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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-12-01

1t is a commendable precaution to
tie horses when one has to go some
distance from them. True, one may
leave them without tying fifty times
without harm resulting. Yet the
next time something may happen to
frighten them, and runaway is the
result. in which vehicle or machinery
may not only be damaged, but the
team seriously injured. Insurance
against such fracas is worth the time
required to make team secure.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-12-01

Whether one be grower OF grain,
vegetables or fruit. it would be TO MS
advantage TO have his name entered
on the mailing list for the crop bu!le-
tins which are issued simultaneously
every month by the crop reporting
board of the department of agricul-
ture. These reports not only give the
conditions of any given crop ut the
time issued. but also give the figures
for the same time for the year preced'
ing and for period Of ten years.
They enable one to determine in what
states there is crop shortage ana
where the best market for produce II
likely to be. Uncle Sam sends tier!
out for the benefit Of his folks and -
glad to put or his list the na.2es %
those who would like them.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-12-01

1t has been quite generally supposed
that seed of most any kind brought
from a distance would produce better
and larger crops than that grown neal
home. Some experiments recently con
cluded by the Missouri experiment sta
ton prove quite conclusively that
while this principle seems to work out
all right in the case Of seed potatoes
it does not hold in the case Of import
ed seed corn. In fact, the best results
have been secured with seed which
was acclimated to the conditions up
der which it is grown.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-12-01

One of the most common ailments tha5
,ard working people are afflicted with is
ame back. Apply Chamberlain's Liniment
twice day and massage the parts thoroughly
at each application, and you will get quick
relief. For saleb by all dealers.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-12-01

While the adoption Of the Canadian
reciprocity measure may have some
slight effect in reducing the price OF
wheat at points near the Canadian
border. it is apparent that it will
greatly stimulate the demand for
American horses by the removal Of
the $40 per head duty. \ friend who
lives at Outlook. Saskatchewan, tells
us there is great demand for horses
in the Canadian northwest and that at
present horses which he can buy at
$3.50 per pair in the states he can ship
to Sasha K haw.:n and get $500 for.
This price would cover the $40 duty
and handsome profit over and ABOVE
transportation charges.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-12-01

A cheese factory at Appleton, Wis.
has been awarded the contract of man
ufacturing a 10000 pound cheese,
which is said to be three times the
size of any cheese on record. To make
this cheese. which is to be exhibited
Mt the national dairy show in Chicago,
will require the milk of $500 COWS
for the day, or 10000 pounds of milk.
The making Of the cheese will be in
charge of eighteen expert cheese
makers and twenty-five helpers. 1t is
to be made on special fiat car, and q
refrigerator will have to be built
around it il order to keep 1t until the
time of the dairy show.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25

But Washington was at no loss.
Could do his share.
He threw 1900 troops across
The Delaware.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25

in staid and conservative Massachusetts,
the leaven of the popular election of
Senators should be working. Surely
the people of Massachusetts have no
complaint to make of a system which has
given them such men as Webster, Sum-
ner, Hoar, and Lodge-men who have
not only honored their State, but the
entire nation
The action in Massachusetts is, how
ever, sign of the times. The people
everywhere are demanding closer re-
lationship to public affairs. They want
to vote directly for the men who are
to represent them in Federal, State, and
municipal government 1t is not what
has happened in Massachusetts, in the
past, but what has happened in other
States and what may happen in Massa-
chusetts in the future that has led its
legislators into new paths.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25
The Board of Trade Meeting.

The members of the Board of Trade
will meet tonight to decide whether
there shall be a merger OF that body
and the Chamber of Commerce.
While the opponents of the proposed
consolidation are men whose opinions
every one is bound to respect and whose
interest in the welfare of the city has
been repeatedly demonstrated, the fact
remains that apparently a large major
lty of both organizations favor the pro-
posed merger.
1t would seem as if in this CITY,
where the population is comparatively
small, and where the commercial and
civic interests are not of extraordinary
extent, the questions of vital interes,
could best be handled by one COMPACT
influential, all-embracing body. The rec
omnendation of such an organization
would unquestionably have weight with
Congress. There has been in the past toe
great dissipation of forces. Two in
= stitutions have existed, sometimes trav-
cling in parallel paths, but also FIRE.
quently moving along divergent lines.
In unity there is strength. The prov
erb is as old as the hills. 1t is also
as true as gospel.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25
Protect the Insane Patients.

1t is a remarkable condition of af-
fairs which a Congressional committee
has discovered at the Government Hos
pital for the Insane.
Over three thousand people in tic
institution, and the protection from fire
is admittedly inadequate.
Out of sixty buildings only fifteen are
new and fireproof. The nearest fire en-
gine is mile away And a patent fire
alarm apparatus, installed at a cost of
$4,000, has never been used because of
a controversy between the inventors and
some government officials.
Fortunately, no holocaust has yet oc-
Cured. Think, however, of the awful
responsibility which rests somewhere
for allowing this state of affairs to exist
1t is not necessary now to waste time
discussing the inaction of the past
Congress has learned the facts Action
is imperative Delay would now be in
excusable The lives of the patients
in the hospital are plainly in danger,
and every day that passes without TAX
ing steps to insure their safety is black
mark upon the record of Congress
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25
THE FUTURE OF WASHINGTON
Eventually 1t Will Become the Most
Beautiful City.

From the Louisville COurleTNJ onlal.
The question OF park improvement In
Washington is by no means local The
Capital will eventually become the most
beautiful of cities. 1t now has more
trees planted in its streets than Paris
boasts. 1t will never have the CRIME OF
either Paris or London. 1t has park
possibilities unsurpassed by those of any
city in the world. With wood and water,
hill and valley. its reservations now ex-
listing, and its areas that should be re-
served, and may be reserved at cost
much below their future value. its sys-
tenn of minor and major parks. bride
paths and boulevardS, leaves nothing
to be desired but a little comparatively
economical legislation to link some Of
its units.
The 'City of Magnificent Distances
has already become a realized dream.
1t is. indeed. something of boom town,
and its real estate dealers are driving
stakes and bargains out in the woods
far beyond the boundaries Washington
knew T. dozen years ago. Each year
sees additions to its list of palaces own
ed by rich Americans who can afford to
set themselves up in the vicinity Of Du-
pont Circle while drawing dividends from
mines in Colorado or lead-pipe cinches
in Chicago or New York. Some of them
have had the best OF their fellow-men
long enough to acquire taste in arChi-
lecture SO that they do not affront their
longer-established neighbors through the
work of their hirelings as we'll as
by the braZenness of their social aspi-
rations. Washington is growing in i'm
portance as city of handsome homes.
Even its Faubourg St Germain, George
town. admits that the city proper has ac-
quired society of It's own that Is not
made up wholly of political magnates
and department clerks. The former gaps
in its street plan are now worth fabulous
sums per front foot. and Pierre rEnfant's 8
estimate of the Washington of the fu-
ture has been proven none too liberal.
To imagine Washington in 1850 it is only
necessary to recall II in 1850. The va
riOus appropriations made to insure the
growth Of the system Of parks in pro-
portion TO the growth Of the city have
been investments. The perfection of the
system OF linking the various reserva-
tlons together may be done more cheap
Iy now than after ten more years have
passed, and 1t will be done sooner or
later.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25
GOOD ROADS ADVOCATES
CALL ON VICE PRESIDENT

Opening up the South by means Of
good roads for automobile travel is the
movement that is being urged by Fred.
lea. Already concerted action in this
direction is shaping itself as a prelimi-
nary to the good roads convention to be
held in Richmond, Va, next October un-
der all favorable auspices that can be
brought to promote the work.
Mr.. Elliott. who has just come from
Richmond, reports the greatest enthusi-
asm on the part of the people of that
city. The National Highway Association
of America is behind the plan. and Logan
w. Page. its president, has promised the
fullest cooperation.
Vice President Sherman yesterday gave
a luncheon in the Capitol. at which there
were present as guests Fred II. Elliott,
Charles S. Bennett, Secretary of the
Senate; l.. p. Page, Senator Oliver. and
Leroy Mark Vice President Sherman
was presented with a handsome set of
blue books, with his name stamped in
gold upon each.
Within month a pathfinding car will
come from New York to take the
highway commissioner Of Virginia and
President Page over the proposed route
to Richmond On the way the path
finder, accompanied by cars Of good
roads enthusiasts from Buffalo. Chi
cago Pittsburg, Philadelphia, and other
points will be met at several places by
the deputy commissioners Of highways
Of each county passed through en- route
This preliminary survey Of the proposed
route is a part OF the work OF organiza-
ton for the October meeting In Rich
mOnd.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25
SO OBSTREPEROUS,
ALLEGE WITNESSES
Sherard Frequently Created
Scenes at His Home.

London. May 24-The hearing in the
suit OF Irene Osgood, the novelist, for
a judicial separation from her husband,
Robert Sherard. was resumed this morn
Ing. Several witnesses testified in refer
enoe to Mr.. Sherard's behavior at their
home. GuildsbOrough Hall Col. Ducrot.
who was visitor at the hall In October.
1910. said Mr.. Sherard had told him that
his wife had gone to London to meet
certain count. Subsequently Sheraru
mentioned one of the maid servants and
admitted that he had assaulted her, but
he afterward retracted this.
Other witnesses testified that on boxing
day. December &c. 1908. Sherard was very
drunk. He talked about the most absurd
things and created a scene outside his
wife's room. He threatened to knoch
down any one who approached the door.
He kicked one guest in the stomach
and struck Miss Osgoods secretary.
During the commotion revolver shots
were heard, and Miss Osgood, who had
fired them. was found in her bedroom
in a swoon.
A maid who accompanied the Sherards
to Jamaica testified that on one occasion
she found her mistress in a fainting fit
in her cabin with her husband standing
over her.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25
WILL HOLD M'QEAGH
DlSOBEYED THELAW
Failure to Erect New Bureau
Building Will Be Criticised.

Based on his report to Congress on
the progress made toward the erection
Of a new building for the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing. Secretary
MacVeagh is in line for a scoring on
the part Of Chairman Fitzgerald of the
Committee on Appropriations. for hav-
Ing. in the chairman's estimation, dis
obeyed the statute in the particular
plan for the new building which he is
preparing to follow.
Representative Fitzgerald contends that
In presenting a plan for a building with
four wings and three open courts. Sec
retary MacVeagh has disregarded the
express terms OF the appropriation which
calls for a rectangular building with
inner courts" This Limitation was placed
in the law for the purpose Of thwartins
any attempt Of the builders to repeat
the proceeding involved In the erection
Of the building authorized for the De-
partment Of Agriculture, wherein the ap-
propriations committee discovered that
merely two wings of what eventualitly
is hoped shall be a great structure. were
built instead Of a compact edifice.
Representative Fitzgerald intimated
yesterday that he was ready to find
severe fault with the Treasury Depart
ment for what he charged was its at
tempt to change the form Of the build
ing prescribed by the statute. He con-
tends that a four-wing building is not
rectangular in form and that the adop-
tion of such a plan means additional ex-
pense In the future.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25
Joaquin Miller's Log Cabin.

Joaquin Miller, the "Poet of the Sier-
ras," deserves at the hands of the resi-
dents of Washington the preservation
Of the log cabin on Meridian Hill which
for many years was his humble home
The little dwelling is in a good state
of preservation, and the efforts of the
members of the California Society to
have it removed to Rock Creek Park
ought to be encouraged. No better
location for the former home of the
poet of the mountains and plains, who
loved nature so WELL. could be found
than in the Rock Creek Valley, where
the wild natural beauty of the landscape
is so sensibly preserved.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25
VETERANS MOURN
COMRADES LOSS
Memorial Exercises Held by
Burnside Post, G. A. R.

Memorial services for the comrades OF
Burnside Post No. g. Department Of the
Potomac, G.. A. r.. who have died since
the last annual memorial meeting, were
held last night at Grand Army Hail.
The honored dead are William jeffrey.
Dennis Lee, William p Titcomb. Will
fam A. Knapp. w. 2. Worcester. Francis
NJ. Charles, Stephen J. Mulhall, James o.
Mcclellan, Zachariah Pickles, John L.
Houchen, William Mayse. Thomas Nc
Dermott, Francis /. Willis, William
Shelley. and Andrew F. Sperry.
Addresses were made by L. B. Gregg.
L. ID. Alden, Arthur Hendricks. ]. w.
Corey, f. w. Woodruff, A: 2. Tasker, J.
II. Blodgett. J. B. Chase. J. E. Hart II.
B. MoultOn. II. A. Cobaugh, T. =. keene.
I. H Sypherd and g. II. La Fetra.
Floral tributes We're presented to rela-
tives Of the deceased comrades. Music
was in charge of George Newton. Quartet
selections and solos were given by Mrs.
Mabel Clafiin Lindsay, soprano; Mrs
Nellie Newton Shore Contralto; George
Newton, tenor; Newton w. Preston. bass,
and A. p. Trasker. pianist The commit
tee on neurology was composed OF Lucius
d. Alden, Walter Hilton and L. E Grid
lev
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25
ARBITRATION TREATY
WITH JAPAN is PLAN
No Danger from Yellow Peril if Pact Is Arranged
by Secretary of State Knox

Negotiations for a general arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Japan are expected to begin shortly.
Reliable Information has been received
here indicating that the Japanese gov
ernment is favorable to the negotiation
OF such q convention.
Secretary Of State Knox Is willing to
begin negotiations with any government
which expresses a desire to take up the
question. The only difficulty is that the
Japanese government apparently intends
to wait for Secretary Knox to take the
initiative. Mr.. Knox. however, takes the
view that the United States will COM
mence negotiations with any foreign
government which wishes to arrange
such a convention.
In the opinion Of officers Of the State
Department, however, the question as to
which government will initiate the dis
cussion of the subject is OF comparatively
little moment. The most important
phase of the matter is that both the
United States and Japan are in favor of
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25
SPORTS WILL BE FEATURE
OF TRADERS SHAD BAKE
Prizes for Athletic Events Donated by Leading Mer-
chants Victorious Ball Players to Get Laundry
Done Free for Six Months

, Three-legged race-First prize diamond
pin, donated by Shaw & Brown Com.
pany; second prize, bottle Mumms Extra
Dry. donated by To-Kalon Wine Com.
| donated by Spalding Brothers; fourth
prize. picture. Shippers Home" do
mated by c. G. Sloan: fifth prize, key
ring and chain, E. G.. Hines.
Relay race -four teams Of four men
| each)-Prizes. Stetson hat. donated by
| Stinemetz &c Co.; statuary. donated by
Palais Royal: picture, donated by Grogan
&c Sons: ash tray, donated by L. Lee
| Combs
Tug Of war-Box clear Havana cigars
to winning team, donated by g. G. Corn
| we'll.
| Sack race-First prize. silver watch and
chain. donated by Henry c. Karr; Sec
ond prize, steel engraving, donated by
Fisher Art Company: third prize, hand
camera, donated by w. F. Roberts Com
pany; fourth prize, picture. donated by
Venable: fifth prize, statuette. donated by
Palais Royal.
Bobbing for apples-First prize. clock,
donated by s. Kann, Sons & Co; second
prize. Masonic emblem. donated by S. N.
Meyer; third prize, catchers mitt, do
mated by Saks &c Company; fourth prize.
safety razor, donated by D. n. Walord;
| fifth prize. running shoes, donated by
| Arthur Burt
! Fifty-yard dash-First prize, medal, do
mated by Schmedtie Bros; second prize
emerald watch fob, donated by Brown
| & Armstrong; third prize, field glasses,
donated by F. II. Edmonds; fourth prize.
razor, donated by Roger w. Duffey; fifth
prize. dinner chimes, donated by NJ.
Goldenberg.
Soap bubble blowing contest-First
prize, sapphire watch fob. donated by
| Goldsmith; second prize. white hair mat
tress. donated by Stumph & Lyford; third
prize. suitcase, donated by Conrad Beck
| er: fourth prize. pipe-"smoker's de-
| light'-donated by Cochran & Co.; fifth
pride. fountain pen, donated by Kraemer
| & Duehring.
Pie-eating contest-First prize, half
dozen shirts, donated by P. T. Hall: sec
ond prize, pocketbook. donated by Berry
| & Whitmore; third prize, picture, donated
| by r. Z. Burks: fourth prize. book. do
mated by Woodward & Lothrop: fifth
prize. box of writing paper and envelopes.
donated by Copenhaver.
To each member of the winning base
bail team the Star Laundry has donated
six months laundry free. To the holder
of the lucky numbered ticket the F. G.
Smith Piano Company will present a
handsome upright piano.
A final meeting of the committee on
sports and amusement has been called by
Chairman Wilson for tomorrow after
noon at o'clock to close up all details.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25
Walsh and Morse.

President Taft has declined to exer-
else executive clemency in the cases OF
John R. Walsh and Charles w. Morse,
two men whose Imprisonment has ex-
cited widespread sympathy, and for
whose pardon strenuous appeals have
been made.
In his review of the cases President
Taft displays his judicial temperament
to a marked degree. He presents all
the facts with inpartiality and with
marked clarity of statement. He sweeps
aside with finn hand the nebulous web
of sympathy which has been ingenious
ly woven around the two men, and deals
with the solid and substantial fact that
they were faithless 10 the trust which
had been reposed in them by the depos-
itors of the banks which they con-
trolled. He can discover no justihca-
ton for their conduct in using for their
own private enterprises the funds COM
mitted to their care as deposits in their
banks. The President finds in none of
the excuses now offered sufficient rea-
son to gloss over the fact that these
men took other peoples money for their
own use
Every right-thinking citizen will ap-
plaud the straightforward, earnest
words of the President 1t is of the
utmost Importance, as he says, that
such criminal breaches of trust as were
disclosed in these cases should be Sc
verely punished. There is a distinction
between honest business and dishonest
use of funds, and it is we'll for the coun-
try that the President has not only the
clear vision TO see this distinction, but
the moral courage 20 insist that the law
shall be upheld There is always a
danger, as the President says. that in
the mad rush for wealth the line of de-
marcation between honesty and dishon-
eSty in business transactions will be-
come dimmcd, and in emphasizing the
necessity of strict observance of proper
principles the President elevates the
moral standard OF the country.
There are undoubtedly thousands of
people who have had. and still have,
some sympathy for the convicted men.
In the light OF the Presidents decision
the fiimsy foundation upon which this
sympathy rests is swept away, and,
more than all. he has preserved the
country from the dangerous precedent
Of allowing sentiment to interfere with
the obvious course Of justice in penaliz
ing dishonest acts.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-25

The athletic programme for the Board
of Trade shad bake. at River View June
9. Is the most complete one ever arranged
for a similar occasion
The following constitute the committee
on sports and amusement:
louis c. Wilson, chairman: Charles E.
Langley. vice chairman: Walter H.
Acker. Snowden Ashford. Edward T.
Bates, w. L. Beale, John Brewer, E. r.
Boyle. Robert f. Bradley, Ralph f.
Burgess. Frederick E. Chaplin. E F. Col
laday, Albert T. Coumbe. Joseph II.
Crawford. Clarence Dodge. Orville B.
Drown, DR.. Roger w. Duffey. Carl A.
Duehring. o. Raymond Evans, Henry NJ.
Foote. Arthur D. Joll. John Lane Johns,
Michael A. Keane, William c. Keegin,
Charles w. King. jr.; Benjamin d.
Lieuallen. l.. Bert Nye. Arthur G. Plant,
George Pitt. W. q. Robinson, II. Z. Rup-
precht, Henry w. Samson. Franklin T.
Sanner, Julius NJ. Schneider, Albert
Schuteis, Andrew c. Shannon. Robert
c. Shinn, Ellsworth L. Simpson. A. Left
wich Sinclair. George r. Smith, Odell S.
Smith, w. Hamilton Smith. Thad B.
sargeant, George l.. Starkey, John d.
Sullivan, Luther E. Schreiner, Francis
M. SnOfe, III. u L. StleS, l.. CllItOU
Thomas. Wilmot w. Trew. ]. r. Thomas,
Ferdinand Waldman, E. ]. Walsh. c. w.
Warden, DR.. Frank p. Weller. Joseph l..
Weller, Henry p. West, Robinson White,
George A. White, ]. A Whitfield, John
r. Wright. and John c. Yost
Chairman Wilson and his committee
have devoted considerable time to the
athletic programme. A list of the diff
ferent events. with the prizes to be
awarded the winners. follows:
100-yard dash-First prize. gold medai,
donated by S. n. Meyer; second prize,
link cuff buttons. donated by II. C. Karr;
third prize, scarf pin. donated by Gait
Brothers; fourth prize, pen-knife, do
mated by Louis Hartig; fifth prize, bot
tie of wine, donated by To-Kalon Wine
Company.
Fifty-yard dash for men 200 pounds or
over-First prize. gold medal. donated by
T. Z. Ogram; second prize. umbrella, do
mated by d. ]. Kaufman; third prize.
walking cane, donated by Parker.
Bridget & Co.; fourth prize. pair gloves.
donated by p. T. Hall; fifth prize, pair
slippers, donated by Edmonston & Co.
Potato .race-First prize, gold watcn
and chain, donated by Berry & Whit
more; second prize. electric lamp. do
mated by National Electric Supply Com
pany: third prize. box Havana cigars,
donated by Cochran & Co.; fourth prizts
card case, donated by Woodward & 10th
rop; fifth prize. vase, donated by Wood
ward & Lothrop.