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The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
Presidential Primaries in District.
From the Evening Times


Everybody remembers the story Of the
old lady. who. when she invited her un-
expected guests to sit down to dinner,
waved her hand toward the viands spread
before them and said: Its very good.
what there is Of it,
That was a long time ago, but the
story could very properly be given local
application to-day by citizens Of the Dis
trict. whom Senator Joseph L. Bristow,
Of Kansas, has invited to his Presidential
primary dinner. His bill giving WASH
ingtonians a direct primary on nomina-
tions of President and Vice President
and In election Of national committeeman
and delegates to national conventions
Is very good. what there is Of it." It
would require considerable stretching Of
facts. however. to interpret the measure
as the first step toward local self-gov-
ernment 1t has nothing whatever to do
with the administration Of the affairs Of
the municipality.
The District of Columbia already has
representation in the national conven-
tions. The election of delegates. how
ever, is purely an informal, unofficial
proceeding. 1t is not regulated by law.
Senator Bristow's bill would throw about
this local election all the protection and
restriction that hedges general elections
and primary elections in the various
States. 1t goes one step further. It
would give the citizens opportunity to
cast their ballots direct for the nominal
ton of candidates for President and Vice
President. Provision is also made in the
bill for expressing second choice for Pres
ident and Vice President Such an cleo
ton would bind the delegates to work
for the nomination OF the candidates
favored by the voters.
Although the citizens of the District
would have no chance to vote for Presi-
dent and Vice President in the general
election following the national convelr-
tions. they are entitled to every neces-
sary legal protection while participating
in the business of nominating candidates.
They are going to participate anyway
as they have in the past: the quadrennial
election in the District is a fixed institu-
ton. The Bristow bill merely recognizes
and legalizes its existence.
The establishment of legal Presidential
primaries in Washington would also
exert a wholesome influence in Fastening
the day when the various States would
enact legislation giving the voters the
right to express themselves on candidat tes
for nomination for President and Vice
President
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
SOCIAL GOSSIP OF
FOREIGN CAPITALS

| am not surprised at the indifference
shown by the Bourbon-Orleanist, as well
as the Bonpartist pretenders, to the
French throne, of which their loyal SUBJ
jects'' recently have so loudly COM
planned in the monarchistic Partisan
press. The secret is that the 'king<busi-
ness nowadays is beset with all kinds
| of dangers. even in constitutional mon-
arches. There isn't a monarch that
dares take his walk abroad with any de-
gree of security. Even the debonair
King Edward of Britain always was ac-
companied by secret service men to for
fend the danger of a bomb thrown by
some anarchist. The least offensive of
the continental sovereigns, Victor En-
manuel, with his fathers fate before
him. never leaves his palace without a
premonition that bomb may reach him.
No royal family in Europe ventures to
take the entire family in one conveyance
since the slaughter of the King and his
heir in Portugal.
But by far the most harassed OF all
rulers is Nicholas II. who can't even
count on the fidelity of his chosen body
guard. Since the outbreak in st. Peters
burg six years ago, the Car most OF the
time has been in everything but name
virtual prisoner. He is reported to bear
the strain with pathetic endurance But
his wife, the German Princess Alix Won
Hessen und zu Rhein, has undergone
such a strain that she Is now looked upon
as almost bereft of her reason.
Physicians from all of Europe have
been called upon to minister to her, but
the wretched Czarina can't be cured or
q never-ceasing panic of terror. during
four years she has never slept a night
through without a spasm OF fright Every
hour Of the day she starts at an un-
wonted sound. paralyzed with the rear
that her husband or son has been made
way with The son she never lets out
of her sight, and at night sleeps within
sight of his cradle.
During the long journeys when Nicho-
las visited the Western Europe seaports,
the Czarina was guarded night ana DAY.
for she seemed conscious OF nothing out
her children. The entrance OF an unex-
pected messenger throws her into
spasm. Life has become such a torment
to the imperial couple that they dare
not inhabit the great palaces reared oy
their predecessors. At Tsarskoe Selo the
palace fashioned by the voluptuous EN-
press Catharine II, the regime is more
like a simple private mansion than the
abode of royalty. During the last six
or seven years the Czarina has refused
10 enter any of the sumptuous piles de-
voted to the rulers In st. Petersburg.
Tsarskoe Selo is about fifteen miles from
the capital, but the palace built there is
badly fitted for an imperial winter resi-
dence. since there are no Railways. 1t Is
but two stories high. and all the apart
ments open into each other.
Within a few rods Of this pleasance of
the luxurious Catharine the imperial VIC
tins inhabit cottage built Of stueco and
hardly more imposing than the porter's
ledge ON country estate The interior
Is as little pretentious as the exterior.
All the beds are Of brass or iron. White
enamel b ON all the furniture. The only
NE IN this modest lodge y the antics Of
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York. May IA remarkable petit
tion has been addressed to the nine JUS
tices Of the Supreme Court Of the United
States by the brokerage firm of J.. S.
Bache & Co.. of this city. urging that the
court hasten its decision in the Standard
OIL and tobacco trust cases. The letter
declares that the business of the country
is at a standstill because Of the uncer-
tainty regarding the pending decision.
which Is to define the rights and limits
Of corporations under the law, and closes
with the appeal that the court extend its
sitting through the usual summer vaca-
ton time in order that these important
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
LiRht Work.
From Lirpincott's

:
A weather-beaten damsel, somewhat
over six feet in height and with a pair
of shoulders proportionately broad. ap-
peared at a back door in Wyoming and
asked for light housework. She said that
her name was Lizzie. and explained thai
she had been i'll with typhoid fever and
was convalescing.
Where did you come from. Lizzie %
inquired the woman OF the house.
Where have you been?"
I've been workin' out on Howells
ranch" replied Lizzie, "diggin' post holes
while l was gittin' my strength back"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

| the children, with whom the Car and
Czarina pass most of their time. The
| small heir has reached an age when toys
interest him most, though he has a very
precocious idea of his own Importance, as
the marine intrusted with his guardian
ship has learned by experience. The
small boys delight is a complete motor
car, just big enough to accommodate his
| small person. In this he whirls and
wheels about the park, shouting orders
| to his four sisters, who bend to his
| every caprice. Whenever any one of the
| sisters ventures to claim a parity Of
! pleasure of equality, the youthful heir is
i said to stamp his small foot and COM
! mand obedience in true Romanof per-
emptoriness. Nicholas, perhaps owing to
his own infirmities of mind, has given
orders that his son is never to be con-
tradicted or chided. He argued with an
old friend who admonished him that he
was bringing the boy up to be terror
to everybody as we'll as himself that, on
the whole he thought it better to let the
child grow up with a will of his own
Even the small autocrat must remark
the difference between his pleasure and
those of his playmates. He is not allowed
In any public place with hs small friends
searched Every window Is examined,
every cupboard and Granny investigated.
His bed is overhauled diligently, lest an
explosive may find its way between the
sheets Not a particle of food is al
lowed within his reach that hasn't been
tasted by a special purveyor and often
by the Czarina herself. 1t is one of the
unhappy mothers manias that some one
on a certain day is going to poison her
darling; then she tastes every morsel or
food prepared. At night she often starts
from her bed to fly to her boys to see
that he Is safe. She knows every In
slant where he is or ought to be, and II
she Unexpectedly reaches part OF the
playroom or ground and he is not there,
she breaks into cries of anguish.
Unlike the King of Spain. who seems
to count the possibilities of bombs as
part of the business of royalty, the Rus
sian sovereigns never think of touring
through their palace neighborhoods.
They don't venture to taste meat or
drink without examinations: they never
venture into an apartment before II has
been scrutinized; they, in fact, are quite
as much prisoners as the most wretched
victim OF Siberia or the vaults OF the
Schluesselburg.
With object lessons like this in mind,
It is hardly to be wondered that the
coy. They are really enjoying most OF
the delights of sovereigns. They are
addressed as king and emperor by
their adherents, and may play king in
all but making war and emptying the
public treasury Prince Victor. the Bona
partist pretender. who recently married
Princess Clementine of Belgium, has
fine revenue and lives in discreet affiu-
ence In Brussels. while the Orleans
king" Philip ". shares the magnificent
afiuence Of British dukes at Wood Nor
ton within easy distance OF the distrac-
tion of London. nANEUR
Copyright 1911. By Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

You can't make people amuse them
selves the woy you may happen to want
them to. Ask any theatrical man il
what I am telling you is not true" said
Mrs. Charles Henry Israel. to the Play
ground and Recreation Association Of
America. last night. Mrs. Israels is
a member of the committee on amuse-
ments and resources for working girls
in New York City. Her subject was So
cial dancing
Mrs. Israels told the delegates just
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
STARTLING POINTS.

We find that the dance hall is
largely controlled by the liquor
interests. In Chicago. 100 out Of
1928 halls had a saloon opening
into them. and liquor was sold in
2io. 1t is impossible to get a
drink of water in many Of these
dance halls. Both in New York
and Chicago employees and wait
ers are only too willing to give
information regarding the near
est disreputable hotel. At one
hall in Chicago a cash prize of
800 had been offered to the girl
who at the end OF a month has
the largest number of drinks
placed to her credit.-Mrs. Charles
Henry Israels, to Playground
Convention.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
Treatment He Would Like.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
The Duke of Connaught, as the new
governor general of Canada. is trying u
make II clear that he desires to be
treated only as any other person in his
place as a governor general should be
treated. In other works, he hopes to be
treated as the governor general Of the
dominion rather than as a royal duke
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

a proposition which recognizes some
American attributes in the local popu-
lation excites attention to-day, when a
few years ago it would have been
treated with significant silence or open
opposition.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY

To keep in touch with home
news washingtonians leaving the
city should not fall to have The
Washington Herald mailed to
them. 1t will be sent promptly,
and addresses may be changed rs
often as desired without inter
ruption of service.
Mail order or phone Main $500,
giving the old and new addresses.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
DYING MAN NEGLECTS
TO PROVIDE FOR GIRL

Newport. r. l., May 12.-Miss Edith
Deacon. whose fiance. George Lee Pea
body. of Boston. died during their be-
trothal, from the effects of several
operations. after their wedding day had
been twice postponed. did not inherit
his fortune as he intended.
Peabody made his will. leaving his
entire fortune to her before he was ia
ken to the Johns Hopkins University
Hospital. in Baltimore, but he became
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
MOVE UP FRONT.

Move up front Move up frontl
The blithering idiot says. Il won't :
He stands in the +. A. Y. u. car.
Right In the middle Or not 90 far.
The car h iammed behind his back
Before him, space that others lack.
But there he stands and VIII not
stir
A sslnsh. inconssderate cur.
Move up froutI Move mp fruusl
rhs dsubie-dyed hjit says. Il
won't
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

so Ill that the document was never
signed.
Mr.. Peabody was first stricken dur
ing Marathon tennis match with Miss
Deacon in July, 1909, and she remained
at his side continually until his death.
Miss Deacon is with the Peabody fam
lily, and 1t is said she will make her
permanent home with them. She has
never been able to reconcile herself to
her loss.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto: II you see it in The Biz
Stick. it ism I necessarily 20.
TOWN TID-BITS.

Minister Maurice Francis Esan
has been selected BY the faculty Of
the University Of Copenhagen to
pass upon the credentials Of cur
noted + street explorer. Gerald VI.
Egan. now on his way to Denmark.
Young Egan is famous for having
mapped out the shortest route be-
tween any point within the mile
limit Of Soldiers Home to a sug-
gcsted point beyond.
II. c. Faseett. fish commissioner
for Alaska, left for his arctic post
Of duty yesterday. He will go direct
TO Nome. via New York. if he can
get away from little old Manhat.
before winter sets in
The Washington Board Of Trade
Kazoo Band will give q concert next
Tuesday evening at O'Clock. The
locality Of the concert is omitted by
universal request.
Dick" Connors, Of the Board Of
Trade. is said to be discretion it.
self. Friday night he attended the
annual graduation hop" of Gal
laudet College. Dick" is strong
for "a quiet good time"
Former Representative George A.
Bartlett. of Nevada. who Is back
in Washington in the interests Of
the Panama Pacific Exposition. will
sing Every Little Movement Has
a Meaning Of Its Own" before the
House Committee on Industrial Arts
and Expositions early in the week.
Commissioner Cuno II. Rudolph
has engaged the most expensive
stateroom on board the Old Do
minion liner Princess Anne for
the Chamber Of Commerce New
York iunket. ~'Check inciosed."
Jim" West had the busiest week
Of his career. The Playground As
sociation Of America held q con-
grcss In Washington Air. West
was altogether there most present Of
Among those" We like you. jim
mie. Keep II up. When you can't
find any other playground In which
to frolic you can jump the rope In
The Big Sticks composing room.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
A LITTLE NONSENSE,
WRITING A BOOK.

l think III write a sea tale next;
They sell, l find.
I'll fill it with salt water text;
You know the kind.
Ill prate about the cardboard jb,
The lee bilge slings.
And sprinkle in sea terms ad lib.,
To flavor things
Upon a sea tale / must try
Ny scribbling bent,
I've never seen ship; but why
Need that prevent?
All Explained.
What is this reciprocity proposition,
anyhow"
Why, 1t means that a State agrees to
recognize the automobile licenses Of the
adjoining States"
Better Not.
Il am willing to marry this lady who
advertises that she has 100000. May /
see her photograph"
You may" answered the head of the
matrimonial bureau. But really, my
friend, you don't want to-"
Looks that Way.
He is high in the councils of his party
Il see that phrase so often. Some
seem to be higher than others in party
councils. Are party councils held on a
stepladder?"
Checking a Career.
1 think I'll beat my youngest son
Into a pulp.
The festive gent has temperament
And wants to sculp.
Going to the Coronation.
Il see now why Maybelle picked out
a slow steamer"
why did she?'
she started as a brunette and arrived
as a blonde
For One Admission.
IAN this rain means many postponed
games" complained the baseball pessi-
mist.
Never mind" said the baseball, opti-
mist. Postponed games means double.
headers later"
The Shocking Part.
This book is rather racy. Wasn't
your husband shocked?
He was when he learned / had bought
1t. instead Of getting it from the public
library"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

Granted, Just for arguments sake, that
the Boston commissioner Is right. and
q woman teacher can live comfortably
on ,24o a year. but man on only $40.
we have another reason why young men
do not marry.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

To the close Of 1910 aS3 persons had
been granted aviators' licenses IN France.
forty-six In Germany, forty-fve In Eng
land, thirty-two In Italy. twenty-seven
in Belgium. and twenty-six In the United
States.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
AN INVITATION.

Editor Big Stick:
Hare one onRe-In. rAper drink
ing cup. Sfncereiy yours.
J ROSS r. ANDRHWA
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
SPORTING NOTES.

kid Cotton" Sully and "Coro.
nation Jack" Hammond have signed
articles for 4 fight to a finish. under
the District d Columbia code. Jact
will train in London. his prin'
cipal exercise being pIntinG mp and
down the Thames with the nobility.
Kid Cotton will train on one Of his
plantations. juggling bales of cottor
instead Of the usual medicine ball.
Superstition. owned by cur es
tcemed fellow-worter, Harry Pnce,
brought hcmr the pork and bans
at Pimlico Wednesday. Careful
search cf The Big Sticks pockets fail
to reveal any part Of the $1,000 that
washington's sports are supposed tn
have cleaned mp on the sallor. Tir
N on next time. Harry.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
POLISHED IVORY.

Whether the weather
n hot cr not:
The top Of my head
Il the cooleet spot.
OLLIE JAMES
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

The heat didn't faze Z. Z. Jor-
dan. His long sojourn in Arizona
and his summers campaign with
the Rough Riders at Tampa. ia,
render him immune to heat.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

Dr. Percy HicklinG was seen driv-
ing his electric reepabout at fun
speed. steering with cne hand and
welding q palm-Ieaf fan with the
other.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

John Joy Edson appeared at the
Board Of Trade meeting yesterday
with his hat filied with crushed ice.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
HOT TINES HITS.

George Howard did not buy or
build a hotel yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

George O'Donnell got his annual
summer hair cut
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

Billy Hibbs were three shirts and
five cellars yesterday and still looked
like a wilted hly.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

Tom Noyes was so hot around the
collar Thursday eve that he. called
up Jimmy McAleer In Chicago TO
get . chill.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
Better Not.
Looks that Way,

He is high in the councils of his party
Il see that phrase so often. Some
seem to be higher than others in party
councils. Are party councils held on a
stepladder?"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

The Washington Board Of Trade
Kazoo Band will give q concert next
Tuesday evening at 8 O'Clock. The
locality Of the concert is omitted by
universal request.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
Checking a Career.
For One Admission,

"All this rain means many postponed
games" complained the baseball pessi-
mist.
Never mind" said the baseball opti-
mist Postponed games means double.
headers later"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13
The Shocking Part.

your husband shocked?"
He was when he learned / had bought
1t. instead Of getting it from the public
| library
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

What is this reciprocity proposition,
anyhow"
Why, it means that State agrees to
recognize the automobile licenses of the
adjoining States"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-13

To-mOrrow-"Pau Revere More
than a Midnight Rider.o
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-21
Falls Dead Beside
Bed of His Wife in
Clarkson Hospital

Harry Westveer, aged about 50 years. a
druggist Of Schuyler. with drug stores
there and at Fremont, dropped dead ~
heart disease yesterday afternoon in one
Oh the rooms at the Clarkson hospjtaI
whlle there visiting his wife, who was I'm
the institution, an operation being per-
formed upon her yesterday morning.
tuesday Mr.. and Mrs. westveer came
10 Omaha, the latter becoming a patient
at the Clarkson hospital. Yesterday. Mr.
Westveer was down in the city and met a
friend' w. r. Morse OF Clarks. The two
went up TO the hospital and into the room
occupied by Mrs. Westveer. Mr.. Morse
was standing by the bed talking with
MRS. WestYeer, her husband standing n
Few feet away. Suddenly, he staggered
and fell into rocking chair. The house
doctor was Immediately called ana reach.
Ing the room minute later, pronounced
Mr. Westveer dead The body was taken
in charge by Coroner Crosby, who decided
that death was caused by the bursting OF
an artery leading to the heart. The body
will be taken to schuyler for burial.
Prior TO his sudden demise, Mr.. West
veer had bAeh In perfect health, never
having complained Of any heart, or other
organic trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-21
Two Sudden Deaths
Near Grand Island

GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Dec. 2.-(spe-
cial)-Richard Niemoth, one OF the we'll
known young farmers OF Lake township
in Hall county, fell dead Monday evening
at the home of Joseph Buchflnck. where
he was watching a corn shredder work.
Heart failure is attributed as the cause.
At the home OF Christ Mueller, not far
distant from the Niemoth home. a son.
aged 10 years. died suddenly Of spinal
meningitis. The school in the district
was closed to prevent a possible spread
OF tho disease.
The campaign at the plant OF the Amer
lean Beet Sugar company closed today
after one of the most successful runs in
the history OF the factory here. The
last sugar beets were sliced yesterday and
the last sugar was put up that evening.
The work OF cleaning up will be rushed
so that the factory can be closed by
Saturday night and all will be able to
spend Christmas at home Contracts for
the coming season are coming In fast.
+. +. Kanert, who was found guilty by
a jury on statutory charge here was
last evening sentenced to seven years in
the pententitary by Judge Paul of the
district court. A motion for a new trial
was argued in the case. but was over
ruled. The case viii be appealed to the
supreme court.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-12-21
SENTENCE PASSED ON KELLY
Judge Bradshaw Gives Bluffs Doctor
Indeterminate Penalty.
DOES NOT PASS UPON GUILT
Overrules Motion for Judgment ON
Verdict of IREanity--TPial ON
Charge of Murder of WOplman
..s.- Fixed for January II.
(From a staff correspondent. }

DIES MONIES, Ia, Dec. 20 Especial tale
gram.)--In passing sentence on DIR. Harry
Kelly OF Council Bluffs. and giving him
an indertermlnRte sentence at the state
reformatory today. Judge Bradshaw OF
the district court made no comment indi-
eating his belief in the guilt OF the de-
fendant nor did he pass on the question
whether the jury believed that the in
sanity OF Kelly had nothing to do with
the killing of Edmund STERLING. The
judge was very brief I'm his remarks.
stating that he was unable to find any
authority that would help him in deciding
novel question presented TO him.
III the court suBtalns the motion for
judgment on the verdict Of insanity" said
the judge. that ends the case, but, II It
il overruled and sentence is pronounced,
and afterward a higher court reverses
the case. then no substantial harm has
been done. The court will therefore
overTule the notion"
The sentence was an indeterminate onI
Tor manslaughter. Motion was made for
new trial and notice OF appeal was
taken. Dr. Kelly was alone when SEN
tence was pronounced. The defense asked
that time be fixed for trial OF Kelly on
the indictment accusing him OF the MUIR
der OF Clarence Woolmsh and the court
fixed this for January II,