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The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

President Taft has several names un-
der consideration for the post of AM
bassador to Germany, which will be-
come vacant on July l next through the
resignation of DR.. David ]. Hill, the
incumbnet. Among them are Hunt
ington Wilson, Assistant Secretary of
State; Thomas J. O'Brien. who is now
Ambassador at Tokyo, and Charles H.
Sheriff., who is now Minister to the
Argentine Republic. 1t is not likely,
however, that the President will rea III
a decision for several weeks.
Friends of Assistant Secretary Wilson
say that he personally would prefer to
be transferred from his present post to
Berlin. Secretary OF State Knox. how
ever, it Is understood. would like to re-
tain Mr.. Wilson in the department. but
is not desirous of interfering with Mr..
Wilson's personal wishes II he Is in
clined to insist upon a transfer. 1t is
believed that President Taft will hold
the vacancy open until an agreement is
reached between MIR. Wilson and Secre-
tary Knox on the question.
Ambassador OBrien has been anxious
to leave Tokyo for some time, because
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY
BY A. w. MACY.
GEORGE iii CONFESSES DEFEAT.

After the close Of the Revolu-
tionary war. King George III
made a speech to his Parlia-
ment in which he endeavored
to explain how and why he had
ended the war and agreed to a
separation of the American colo
nies from the mother country. He
closed his speech with these
words:
I'm thus admitting their sepa-
ration from the Crown Of these
Kingdoms, I have sacrificed every
consideration of my own to the
wishes and opinion of my peo-
pie. I make 1t my humble
and earnest prayer to Almighty
God that Great Britain may
not feel the evils which night
result from so great a dis
memberment of the empire, and
those calamities which have for
merly proved in the mother coun-
try how essential monarchy is to
the enjoyment Of constitutional
liberty. Religion. language, in
terest, affections may. and I hope
will, yet prove a bond Of perma-
nent union between the two
countries; to this end. neither at
tention nor disposition on my
part shall be wanting"
Copyright. 1911. by Joseph B. Bowlea)
Tomorrow - @PunishinE AMI.
mails n Criminals."
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
Government Ownership of Railroads.

The Railway Age Gazette takes too
gloomy view of the consequences of
the decisions of the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the question of an ad-
vance in rates, saying it is long step
toward government ownership, and that
the question whether the public manage
ment of public utilities, while these con-
tinue to be private property, is consti-
tutional must be litigated for final set
tlement
While the railroads and equipment are
private property" in the sense that they
are provided by private capital and are
owned by corporations, they, are en-
ployed in what has been judicially de-
scribed as quasi public service, and they
are, of necessity, subject to regulation in
the interest of the public which they
serve Without the grant of certain
corporate rights and privileges they
could not exist, and their value depends
na merely upon the amount of capital
put into them and the skill with which
they are managed, but in great part upon
the privileges which they are allowed
to exercise in interstate commerce, SUBJ
ject to regulation by the government.
This is not public management of rail-
roads, and it is not step toward gov
ernment ownership. Effective regula-
ton. to prevent unjust charges, discrimi-
nation, favoritism, and other abuses in
the service of common carriers, is the
surest safeguard against the growth of
a demand for government ownership and
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

public management. The latter would
invite abuses and disasters far greater
than any to be apprehended from corpo-
rate control. We must avail ourselves
of all the benefit of private enterprise,
energy, and skill, stimulated by the
prospect of fair return upon invested
capital, and yet at the same time guard
the rights and interests of the public
against possible excesses or abuses of
corporate power. Government owner
ship of public utilities in the form of rail-
road systems appears to be the last of
all things to be desired, but regulation
of their use is an absolute necessity.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
OFFICERS BODIES
FOUND IN SNOW
Long March on Trail Ends
in Death of Four.

Ottawa, Ontario, April 1s.-News Of one
Of the worst tragedies in the annals Of
the Royal Northwest Mounted Police was
received here to-day by Col. White. COM
mandant. in a telegram from Dawson,
sent by Inspector Dempler, saying that
four members OF the patrol who left
Dawson last fall to make the usual
march to Macpherson had fallen victims
OF the cold.
The members of the Fort Macpherson
expedition were Inspector F. ]. Fitzger-
aid and Constables Carter. Kinney, and
Taylor.
When the men were forty days over
due a searching party was sent out from
Dawson, with the result that the dead
bodies of Kinney and Taylor were found
thirty-five miles from Fort MACPHERSON,
and the bodies of Fitzgerald and Carter
twenty-five miles from the fort. The
men had perished almost in sight Of their
goal
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
HUNTS CHEF JURIST IN VAIN.

Messenger Boy Tries to Deliver Dis
patch at City Hall.
From the New York American.
Shortly after Mayor Gaynor left city
hall last night, a Western Union messen-
ger boy arrived with telegram address,
ed as follows:
Hon. Edward d. White,
Chief Justice Of the
United States Supreme Court
of the Borough of
Manhattan
Not knowing where the Office of the
Chief Justice of the United States Su-
preme Court was located in city hall, the
messenger was directed to deliver the
dispatch in Room No. 9. headquarters
of the reporters. The boy finally was
advised to have the message sent to
WASHINGTON.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
NAVAL ORDERS.

Rear Admiral c. E. VREELAND, de-
tached duty command Second divi-
sion. United States Atlantic Fleet, to
home and wait orders.
Commander w. B. FLETCHER, de-
tached duty command Birmingham,
to home and wait orders.
Commander II. P. JONES detached duty
navy yard. Washington, d. c., to
duty command Birmingham.
Ensign w. w. BRADLEY. Jr., detached
duty Hancock. to duty South Caro-
lima.
Kansas, to duty Louisiana.
Ensign @. L. CASKEY. detached duty
North Dakota, to duty as aid on staff,
commander. Second division. United
States Atlantic Fleet on board Louis
lana.
Ensign NJ. A. LEAHY. detached duty
Connecticut. to duty Marietta.
Midshipman Z. G. LANCE, detached
duty Nebraska. and will continue
treatment at Naval Hospital, New
,MidsSipman F. sLINGLuFF. Jr., de-
tached duty Nebraska. and will con-
tinue. treatment at Naval Hospital,
MidsSipman D. H. STUART. detached
duty .xebraslka. to temporary duty
Franklin.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
Washington Conditions.

We welcome the activities OF Repre-
sentative Berger. If there are condi-
tions in Washington which should be
remedied. and if he can be instrumental
il this regard, he will render this COM
munity incalculable service. 1t is at
least pleasing TO know that he is seri
ously accepting the responsibilities OF his
position on the District committee and
that he hopes to accomplish good.
That there are conditions here which
every right-thinking citizen deplores is
beyond question. 1t is rot enough, how
ever, merely to focus public attention
upon them. Some practical plan should
be devised which will alleviate them. and
then the efforts OF the legislative and ex-
ecutive branches should be concentrated
upon securing results. The existence OF
slums in Washington. for instance, is
not unknown, and for many years the au-
thorities have been working for their
betterment. The Associated Charities,
through its former secretary, Charles
F. Weller, began the agitation. and then
Jacob Riis personally undertook to in
spect conditions. His work led Presi-
dent Roosevelt to appoint a commission
to make thorough investigation, and
this was followed by lengthy report
and recommendations. While no direct
results were achieved, the indirect in
fluence was marked. 1t was unques-
tionably due to the labors Of this COM
mission that at the last Congress an
appropriation was secured for transform
ing Willow Tree alley into a public
playground
In the meantime, the District Com
missioners have not been idle They
have realized that the first and
most important step is the con-
version OF alleys into minor streets.
There are in Washington a large
number of so-called courts, hidden away
in the heart of populous squares, with
only one outlet, where the conditions
are at variance with humanity and law.
1t must be said, however, that the origi-
nal statute which provided for the OPEN
ing of these courts was one that could
not equitably be enforced. 1t laid the
entire burden of cost upon the property
owners in the immediate square, and fire.
queIltly this assessment would have
amounted to confiscation. In order to
avoid this difficulty it was proposed that
the cost Of condemning property and con-
verting the alley into 4 minor street
should be assessed half against the Fed
eral government and half against the
District, and that the latter half should
be equally divided between adjacent
properties and the District treasury. Con-
gress has never seen proper to agree to
this plan, and so the matter has been
allowed to remain in abeyance In the
meantime, of course, the conditions con-
tinue, and the fact that they arouse pro-
test is not strange.
The houses which exist in these alleys
present, however, another and more Sc
rious problem. 1t is impossible for la
bcrers and washerwomen, whose wages
are small, to pay much for house rent,
nor can the property-owner be expected
TO make Improvements at personal loss
to himself. This brings the community
face to face with question which is
most difficult OF solution. We have no
George Peabody here to build comforta-.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
PROVIDES NEW ATTACHES.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin, April 1S.-It is stated that the
budget, shortly to be submitted to the
Reichstag, contains provision for new
diplomatic posts at Washington and Lon
don. The new attaches will be men of
technical knowledge in engineering and
kindred branches, who will report prog
ress in inventions and Industrial devel-
opment.
It Is probable that technical advisers
viii be added to some Of the German
consulates.
If the scheme proves successful In
America and Great Britain II win be ex-
tended to other countrisA
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
VIEWS OF VISITORS TO THE CITY.

with a swiftness almost miraculous; only
the type Of building which the modern
occupant demands is slightly different
from the palace of the legend. and par
ticularly is this true in the last few years.
when the city dweller asks to be relieved
OF many of the vexatious burdens which
rest inevitably upon the HORSEPOWER
and wishes to combine in his place Of
residence the comfort of a town house
with the convenience of a hotel.
I'm response to this demand there has
arisen IN New York a new variation OF the
urban fat. It is as huge as a hotel, hand
somely appointed, luxurious to a degree
hitherto unknown. and expensive as any
millionaire could desire. 1t towers above
the pavement fifteen and twenty stories
and costs anywhere from N.0ooo00 up
ward"
Laws Concerning Coins.
Joseph F. Nichols, of Chicago. who is
at the Raleigh. and is engaged in the
jewelry manufacturing business. said that
thousands of dollars are lost yearly by
big firms through ignorance or care
lessness in observing the Federal laws
governing abuse Of coins.
Just lately in Chicago a piano COM
pany came to grief in this way" said
Mr.. Nichols. Had they asked the proper
authorities they would have been told
that they were breaking the law. Much
trouble and expense would have been
saved the firm and the government had
the law only been read. 1t all happened
in this way: Some clever advertiser con-
ceived the idea of an tad' Of metal just
the size of a dime. with the wording and
printing placed in such a way that at
first glance 1t would appear as a dime
The idea was cleverly executed. A fair
imitation OF a head Of Liberty was on
one side and the advertisement on the
other. The number was placed where
the date on a dime is, and the first glance
certainly impressed one with the belief
that II was a real coin. The other side
had a sheaf of wheat, and in the center
the words On time
THE firm had no desire to defraud
the public. But unscrupulous people who
had access to the coin did. Several
walters at a summer park lost money by
accepting the advertisement for real
money. chewing-gum machines were filled
learned how matters were and began an
investigation. There were 10000 Of the
metals confiscated. Some stray ones,
however, were in circulation, and 1t took
almost a year to hunt them down."
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
PONIES GET ALIMONY
DUE FORMER SPOUSE
Owner of Racing Stable Files Notice That Millions
Have Flown and Dame Fortune FrOwns.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
New York, April 1S.-Francis v. Alex
andre, a well-known clubman, and heir
to 100000 from the estate of his father,
to-day filed notice in the Supreme Court
that he is broke" and wants TO be re-
lieved from paying his wife $50 a month
alimohy. Mrs. Sedonya Bussell Alex
andre divorced him last November.
Alexandra married Miss Bussell. who
was a belle of Baltimore. secretly while
he was a student in Harvard College, in
December, 1885. For over a year the
young couple kept their secret, and when
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Boxes at the grand opera in London in
coronation week will sell for s525 and
upward. But John Hays Hammond can
afford it
From the Birmingham AgeHerald.
More savings banks are to be opened,
thus putting more stockings and mat
tresses and unused stoves out of the
banking business.
From the New Bedford Standard.
One of the disturbing things about this
Mexican fuss is the prospect of a new
crop of Rough Riders.
From the Pittsburs Gazette Times.
The egg, says a university extension
professor, was the symbol for eternity
among the Druids. Modern cold storage
enterprise is doing its best to approxi-
mate that ideal.
From the Boston Herald.
Wisconsin has passed resolutions con-
for Lorimer and commencing the other
for voting against him. Massachusetts
wouldn't do such a thing as that!
From the Albany Journal.
In Minnesota the other day the mer-
curry took a drop of 70 degrees in five
hours, which was obviously a drop too
much.
From the Detroit News.
Now that Harmon and Bryan are agreed
that Bryan and Harmon are impossible.
the situation clears up considerably.
From the Boston Transcript.
When Carrie Nation reads the French
champagne rioD dispatches she must feel
that, after all, her fame is local.
From the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Prof. Sargent, of Harvard, claims that
flowers reform bad boys. This accounts
for the practice of laying big bouquets
on the desks of Congressman.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

the announcement was made 1t created
quite a sensation in social circles. Dur
ing this period Mrs. Alexandra had been
prominent figure at many race tracks
with her husbands. He was then owner
Of a racing stable.
Young Alexandra is a member Of the
New York Yacht Club, the New York
Athletic Club, the Turf and Field Club,
and the Harvard Club.
In his petition to the court, Mr. Alex
andre declared that he had neither in
come nor property and cannot pay the
$50 a month that he has been ordered to
pay his ex-wife.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
DYING MAN RUNS AN AUTO.
Connecticut Doctor Stricken
With ApopleIy While Driving.

n SOhnectICut DOCTOR stricken
With ApopIeIy While Driving.
From the New York Herald.
South Norwalk. Conn, Monday
Stricken with apoplexy when alone in his
automobile and six miles from home. Dr.
Frederick B. Baker pluckily drove his car
all the way home, put it in the garage
and staggered into his home. dying in a
short space OF time
How he drove the car through crowd
ed streets when in a dying condition is
mystery to the medical profession.
Although speechless when he entered the
house he smiled at his wife so as not
to cause her alarm. He mumbled some
thing, and she asked him II he was talk
ing a foreign language.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
ACTRESS LOSES.
Paper Wins Case Over Criticism of
Her PLAYS.

Columbus. Ohio, April 1S.-In the Su-
preme Court here to-day the Cleveland
Leader won its case against Olga Meth
ersole, the actress, in which she charged
certain criticisms Of her plays "'Sappho, -
Camille" and The Labyrinth were
libelous She secured judgment in the
Cuyahoga County courts, but the Su-
preme Court revrsed it.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
Thuuder and LightninE.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Muvver DEAR" asked Lakewood child
the other day, sis It the lightning that
strikes or the thunder
"The lightning, DEAR. answered the
mother.
whats the thunder, then, mamms :
asked the innocent babe. The walking
dslesate7.'
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

If we constitute as we have started
out, the fire loss for the year will foot
up more than $500. 100000. The worst kind
of improvidence of the most improvident
nation in the world
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

Wellington and Napoleon are the names
of two towns in the same county in
Kansas. And now, midway between
them, the new town of Waterloo has been
started
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
The "Touch of Nature, !,

From the Louisville CoIrier-Journal.
Mr. Taft admits that he shaves himself
every morning. and IL he wants to make
himself the most beloved Of Presidents
let him tell US how TO keep razors sharp.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

Another argument against woman suf-
frage is that a woman is apt to ask 20
have her ballot returned in order to add
q postcript.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
Gettinx BON Feed In.

From the Des Moines Capital.
Gaynor doesn't repent Of putting his
foot in 1t. He has another. and is put
ting that In also.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

Considering the number of infiammatory
speeches that have been made in the
Capitol all these years it is remarkable
that so far It has escaped destruction by
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

THE farmer has been bombarded with
advice for so long 1t is little wonder that
1t slides off like water from a ducks
back" said Bert Ball, the secretary of
the crop committee of the American
Council of Grain Exchanges, who Is at
the New Willard I'VE are going about
1t in another way. We are showing him
where he belongs in tho great business
equation, and are harmonizing all the
activities in each county which are try
ing to obtain a larger yield Of better
grain in each locality. The balance Of
trade is going steadily against us. Every
steamer takes away a million dollars in
tourist money; we have a billion dollars
worth of diamonds and imported luxuries
to buy: our immigrants send other mil
lions to their people abroad; we have
millions to pay on our bonds and stocks
held abroad: and money is always going
out which is never coming back unless
we put grain on a world basis where 1t
belongs Other vocations are with us
in this work, the millers, paint manu-
facturers. the railroads. the commercial
clubs. the public schools. the bankers,
the manufacturers Of cereals. and many
other lines all backing up the teachings
OF the Agricultural Department and the
experiment stations of the States,
and carrying It direct to the farm. We
are insisting that the time has come
when every farmer must mix a little
business with his farming or the busi-
ness man will have to mix a little farm
ing with his business. The farmer must
produce scientifically or become merely a
hired hand, a peasant"
New York Buildings.
Handsome buildings not ten years old
are being razed monthly in New York
City. according to Archibald n. Brown,
an architect of New York. who was seen
at the Arlington. to make room for new
er, taller structures.
Luxury is the desideratum," said Mr.
Brown. Expense Is scarcely regarded.
Newly made millionaireS from here and
there and everywhere crowd into New
York to spend their vast income and for
these homeless thousands homes must be
provided. They are satisfied with moth
ing less than the best, or at least with
nothing less than the most expensive.
A profuse scale OF living must often make
what amends II can for the absence OF
established social position, and marble
palaces rise as II by magic.
And money is the modern Aladdin's
lamp which throws up these structures
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
Regular Wo-Maneuver..

From the Providence Journal
The Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton have opened hostilities in Washing
ton. and no one can palm them on as
mere maneuvers."
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

The fact that a contract for street
paving was given to the lowest bidder
in Philadelphia has created a commotion
in that CITY
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

Uncle Sam may be slow. but neverthe-
less. aII's well that ends well. The Cap
itoI has been provided with a fire alarm
at last
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

The worst trouble with some people is
that they are forever looking for trouble.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

At last it looks as though the baseball
magnates have subsidized "Old Prob"
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
saul Among the prophets

From the New York Sun.
Probably Hon. Curtis Guild will be the
only doctor OF sacred theology in the
diplomatic service.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
To suppre.. Jack London.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Possibly the mobilization Of troops on
the Mexican border is meant for the sup
preston Of Jack London.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
How About . Fat Pocketbookf

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Miladi says q cook book IL the best
guide book ON how to manage . husband.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
Predfgested.

I went into Wall street"
And they swallowed you whole, eh:
mo; they shredded me first"
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
TOO ERRATIC,

We all are glad when spring
Comes trailing back.
We love the birds that sing,
The ducks that quack.
We love the babbling rill,
The violet,
The sprightly daffodil,
Et Get, ct Get.
We all are glad when spring
Returns one more.
We love the vines that cling
Around the door.
We love the morning Whit
OF ozone, but
We'd like spring better II
1t would stay put.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
Got an Opening.

Lay a little by advised the editor.
"I'd like to-" declared the poet. BUY
a little lay?'
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
Too Uncertain.

Too Uncertain.
Women patronfze the drama exten-
sively, but they must be assured of a
happy ending"
II guess that's why they don't care
much for baseball"
A Mean Man.
Did Mrs. wombat vote your way?"
inquired the husband Of the prominent
d. A. r. member.
mo; she proved herself a traitress."
How about Mrs. Weebles?"
Another traitress. We propose to ex-
pei her from our chapter"
"I'u tell you what. You girls ought to
get up a nice Benedict Arnold chapter
especially for traitresses."
Sound Reasoning.
why do you object to my placer"
Because It is the resort Of all the bad
characters in this neighborhood.
well, amt 1t better to have 'em
punched than scattered?'
A Sear-limerick.
You've heard Of Oshkosh, Wis.
Few names can discount this.
And yet, you know,
There's Kokomo!
And also Ypsilanti, Michigan.
In Spring.
Saturn is said to have eight suns.
"well?"
DO they all sulk at once; I wonder?'
Got an Opening.
Lay a little by" advised the editor.
"Td like to-" declared the poet. Buy
a little lay?"
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
In Spring.

Saturn is said to have eight suns"
"well?"
do they all sulk at once; I wonder!'
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19
AS OTHERS SEE 1T.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Boxes at the grand opera in London Il
coronation week will sell for s525 an
upward. But John Hays Hammond ca
afford il.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-19

From the Birmingham AgeHerald.
More savings banks are to be opened.
thus putting more stockings and mat
tresses and unused stoves out of the
banking business.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-30

city increases in size; making a total
OF $4,000 a year. for which ths city
has nothing to show except receipts.