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The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
LETTER CARRIERS BENEFIT.
VIII Get One Day on q Week with
Other Postal Employees.

Postmaster General Hitchcock issued
instructions yesterday that will here
after insure to employees Of the postal
is in line with his policy to improve the
conditions OF postal service both in re-
spect to increased compensation and
shorter hours. He believes that the
millions of dollars expended the last few
years in promotions have SO improved
the personnel that the relative cost of
conducting the service has been lesson
ed
Sunday work in post-offices so far as
the clerks are concerned has been re-
duced to the minimum and it is a COM
paratively easy matter to arrange for
allowing them compensatory time on
week days for the work they do on Sun
days, but with respect to the letter car
riers this is practically impossible.
In order to give the letter carriers
therefore a day of rest on Sunday, the
present system Of delivering mail through
the letter carriers window, which re-
quires the attendance of about one-half
the letter carriers for three or four
hours on Sunday. will be discontinued.
Mails will be received and dispatched as
heretofore on Sunday and arrangements
will he made for a limited delivery
through the general delivery window and
the distribution of mail to boxes Win be
continued. Special delivery letters also
will be delivered and patrons will be
given the privilege of having their mail
delivered on Sunday by depositing the
required fee for special delivery service.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
Investors Absolutely Safe.

When the history OF hysteria, as now
manifested in this country, is written,
historians will he compelled to set down
that among lis victims were not merely
readers OF so-called undertaking maya
zines. but also men OF great wealth and
intelligence, who have been frightened al
nothing Leading banking houses pub
lish it as their belief that the most par
alyzing thing in American business life
to-day is the fear, honestly entertained
by capitahsts-Ilot gotten up as a byplay
for Wall street Notwithstanding
the use to which the new machinery OF
government by direct public control is
10 be put They are apprehensive OF
robbery, and they shrink from public
service investment.
Is such q fear warranted? Take, for
instance. Oklahoma, which has been
widely advertised as a State with i radi-
cal constitution 1t has initiative and
referendum. guarantee of bank deposits,
and administrative commissions equip
ped with power to protect the public and
TO control the corporations. These pro-
visions are said to weaken the security
OF property, to overthrow by indirect
means the good old American doctrine
that no mars own may be conhscated-
The answer to this suggestion is found
in a recent decision OF the Supreme
Court OF the new Commonwealth.
The rates Of telephone company were
revised by the corporation commission
as being cxtortionatc The company re-
sisted, and the case went to the State
Supreme Court The chief issues re-
lated to the value of the property on
which income justly could be earned
and whether IN assessing its value it was
permissible to charge against income
Tor general depreciation as we'll as for
repairs and maintenance The court held
with the company and added 20 per cent
TO the value OF the physical property Of
the company. With respect to the in
come to which the company is entitled
the court followed the ruling Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States in
the Consolidated Gas case It allowed
u per cent on the value OF the property
"~cd a. a minimum, but intimatcd that
IN a new State like Oklahoma the maxi
mum might be higher than in the older
mart. nf MIR country
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
SWEDISH PAINTER
TALKS OF WOMEN
Deplores Suffrage Movement
as Seen in America.

New York, March T.-Andreas Zorn.
greatest of Swedish painters, now here
on a visit. and who will be one of the
judges for the Carnegie award for art
April :. in Pittsbure. to-day expressed
interesting opinions regarding the art
movement in Europe and the woman
movement
According to Mr.. Zorn, the movement
in art the work of the youngsters" he
expressed 1t, is sick" He believes he
zeal OF women for the ballot, which he
said. even in this country Is making head
way, will result badly
Anything opposed to the natural order
OF things, that does not take into consid-
Grafton the fundamental object of the
Creator. would prove disastrous, and
would not be permanent" he says.
Woman was created for a different
field of activity than man: she was meant
to he the mother of children and the
homekeeper. When she wants to get out
side of the home and believes she so Is
lettering her condition. she makes a
grave mistake, which Will lead her no
where and make for ineffective discon-
tent to altman and woman"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
Prosecute the Men Higher Up.

The grand jury OF Nernilion County,
ILL.,, took step in the right direction
when it adopted the following declara-
ton:
That the most astounding state Of
political corruption prevails in Nermil-
ion County. and especially in Danville
That the election laws have been openly
and frequently vIUiated, and that vast
sums OF money have been used in cor
rupdng the electorate That persistent
attempts have been made by men promi-
nent in political and business circles in
Danvllle to induce the grand jury to
abandon the investigation of election
bribery. the apparent purpose being to
shield men high up in the public service
from exposure"
Somehow, election fraud inquisitors
stop when their probe leads to high
places 1t is strange, however, that, de-
spite the above sentiments, the same
grand jury in its fourteen true bills in
dIcted no prominent men, the accused
being precinct captains and workers
about the polls. It is thus stultifed by
its own action. 1t must have known
that precinct captains and poll workers
do not devise the schemes to debase
the elective franchise They are mere
pawns in the game The vast sums Of
money alluded to by the Vernilion
County grand jury do not come from
these poor tools 1t is not by precon-
certed arrangement among these petty
criminals that the voting lists of whole
county or of an entire State are honey
combed by fraud and swollen with fic-
titious names. There is directing mind,
or group of directing minds, behind
this questionable work
The proper line of inquiry would not
be so very hard to find The treasurers
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
MOTHERS IN CONGRESS.
Speakers Explain What Should Be
Done with Children.

Men have a greater sense of law and
truth than women, and should therefore
take a more active part in the raising
Of children said Mrs F. J. Goodwin in
her address on THE unknown factor in
the home equation yesterday afternoon
at the monthly meeting of the Congress
of Mothers, in the Cook School, under
the auspices of the Parents and Teach
ers' Association
What is good for one child is not
good for another said Mrs Goodwin.
'rYou cannot take a group of children in
common mold and treat them all in
the same way"
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, speaking on
School work in the home" said that the
teachers should stand hand in hand with
the mothers and should communicate
with them, because a teacher cannot I'M
derstand a child unless she has a knowl-
edge of its environment Mrs. ]. Q.
Kern spoke on My work in New York -
Miss Ayls Bentley sang children's songs.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
LEGAL FIGHT FOR CHILD ON.
Aunt of Two-year-old Girl Files
Writ of Habcas Corpus.

The fight for the possession of Cath
crime B. Baston, the two-year old daugh-
ter of Charles G. Baston, the former
policeman, who was sentenced for life
for the killing of his wife, on a writ
Of habeas corpus, was begun yesterday
before Justice Anderson
Mrs Charles Strignitz, a sister of the
former wife of Baston, and her husband,
who have cared for the child since it lost
her mother. are demanding the return of
the child into their custody. The little
one is now in the possession of Mrs
Antoinette G. Schumacher, mother of
Baston, who says that she is the pater-
nal grandmother of the child: that she Is
by profession a trained nurse and n
seamstreSS, and has a comfortable home
with ample means to support the child.
1t is her contention that under the law
the father. having appealed his case, Is
without any question, under the code, en-
titled to direct the custody of his child.
She also claims that she is the nearest
living relative in this city of the infant.
Mrs. Schumacher alleges that the neigh
berhood in which Mr.. and Mrs Strignitz
live is very injurious to the health of
the child, and ask that the petition be
dismissed.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
The City Garden Movement.

The campaign for the education of
District people in the Identification of
lawns and back yards has seriously be-
gun. In every section there is to be in
struction by competent and intelligent
workers, and it is expected that much
enthusiasm will be awakened. This Ger
tainly ought to be the case Nothing
adds so greatly to the attractiveness of
a city as well-kept and decorated lawns,
while if the effort goes still further and
transforms vacant lots into floral gar
dcnS. the result will be worth ten times
the trouble and expense which it may
cost
The public spirit which animateS the
leaders in this civic movement is most
commendabc The enthusiasm which
they manifest will be communicated
through the medium of the citizens asSo-
Citations to hOuseholdcrS and property
owners and will stimulate interest every
where The work is one in which all
can Join. and with anything like universal
corporation Washington will become,
in fact. a most beautiful city, not merely
because the government buildings and
parks are located here. but also because
the citizens themselves do their full share
in accomplishing the desired result.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
WEDDING PARTY
IN TAXI CRASH
All Are Patched Up and Ar
rive 20 Minutes Late.

New York. March I.-Dr. D. Randall
MacIver. riding in a taxicab with the
man who was TO stand up with him
at his wedding. was badly cut this after
noon in a collision with another taxicab.
in which Magistrate Corrigan, who was
hurryinG to attend Dr. MacIvers we'd
ding. was also hurt by the fly
ing glass. The best man, James
G Brown, was not scratched, and after
the bridegroom and the wedding guest
were patched up by the same doctor they
went along TO the wedding and per-
formed their respective parts.
DIR. Randall MacIver, who Is a Phila-
delphian and an Psychologist. connected
with the University OF Pennsylvania, was
to marry Miss Joanna Stewart Davidge
in Grace Church at 4 p. m.
The party arrived twenty minutes late
and found the bride in alarm All was
explained. and they were married by Dr.
Charles l.. Slattery. of Grace Church
Mrs. MacIver is the daughter of Mrs
William H Davidge, who was Miss Vir-
GINA Mason Her sister-in-law was a
daughter Of the late Bishop Potter.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
Hands Across the Potomac.

Once a year the retail merchants OF
Alexandria gather around the banquet
table and enjoy the good things of life
Very properly upon such occasions they
invite a number OF guests from this city,
and the incident is thus made something
more than a merely local affair. With
equal propricty the programme includes
some afterdinner speeches, and the air
is laden with complimentary references
to our sister city.
This is as it should be Alexandria
IS 4 good neighbor. 1t has cast off the
spirit of sluggishness and indifference
and IS a progressive, entcrpTsing mu-
nicpality, whose citizens have more
than the usual proportion of civic pride
Its people arc closely allied to Wash
ington by business and family ties AS
the National Capital grows, Alexandria
will progress, sharing in the glory of
Washington Its population will in
crease, its business develop, its society
become more delightful than ever. Then,
as now, the people OF Washington will
shake hands with their neighbors across
the Potomac and share with Alexandria
the era of prosperity which both deserve
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
DIR. MARY WALKER
SENATE CANDIDATE
Advocate of Woman's Rights
Argues at Albany.

Albany, y. Y, March T--Dr. Mary
Walker started an active campaign to-
day to be the United States Senatorial
nominee. The doctor went so far as to
breach the subject to several assembly,
men and then made an open declaration
before the judiciary committee She ap-
peared primarily before the committee to
argue for an equal suffrage bin that AS
semblyman Sweet had introduced for her.
At the conclusion OF the argument she
suddenly said:
You gentlemen had better make me
United States Senator. I'm capable and
eligible. and I've read the Constitution.
which is more than many legislators have
done"
Are you serious about announcing your
candidacy for United States Senator?'
asked a reporter.
IT certainly am" replied the doctor.
Later she whispered for several min
utes in the ear of Chairman Levy.
''She promised to do everything she
could for Tammany Hall IL we would
elect her." said Mr.. Levy after the doctor
had left the room.
During her argument DR.. Walker de-
clared that only ignorant women smoke
and, she regretted to say, some intelligent
men.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
Rural Versus City Life.

Two fixed ideas have been exploded
by a recent New York City report on
vital statistics. One OF them is that the
birth rate in rural districts is higher
than in urban communities, and the
other that life in the country is longer
and healthier, and that the rush. con-
gestion, and noise in cities affect ply
steal and mental vigor. The figures de-
stroy old-established and popular no
tons and require explanation
1t is true that there are disadvantages
in city life: dust, smoke, noise, greater
liability to oOntaglon, and so forth. But
pure water IS a city rather than a coun-
try boon, and typhoid is more prevalent
in country than in urban districts. City
men often contract typhoid in summer
resorts Again, the monotony of rural
life is bad for the health, while urban
variety, pleasure, and diversified inter
ests arc good for the health. Suicide
actually is more common in the country
than in cities pro rata of the inhabitants.
And, lastly, there is plenty of insanity in
the country, due to isolation, worry, and
lack of diversion
The report makes it clear that the old,
superficial generalization ought to be
discarded The Disadvantages of rural
life should be diminished by the intro
duction of more comforts and pleasures,
while city life can be greatly improved
by eliminating nuisances, filth. and over
crowded tenements.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
$3.50 MORE FOR SUFFERERS.
Chinese of This City Among Con-
trfbutors to Famine Relief Fund.

The Christian Herald, of New York.
sent to the state Department at Wash
ington yesterday a certified check of s25,-
600 for transportation to China for the
famine sufferers. This makes 5000, in
Guiding tho flour supplied to the army
transport BufOrd. which the Christian
Herald has sent in the past two months
for this purpose. The money is given
by the readers OF this publication, and
by II forwarded to the State Department
1t is of local interest TO know that the
men of the Chinese Sunday schools of the
First and the Calvary Baptist churches
of this city contributed 800 toward the
above amount. In addition to this
amount by the Baptist schools, more
than $1,000 has been raised for the same
purpose by the Chinese in various parts
Of the city. II is notable that the Chi
nese all over the country are taking COL
lections for the famine relief organiza-
tons in China
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
NOT DEPENDENT ON CONGRESS.
Washington Growing More Metro
poIftan and SeIf-reliant.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
The resident Washingtonian, when the
crowds attendant upon each recurring
session OF Congress have dispersed Is
left to contemplate his city in its normal
aspects and to measure as best he may
its permanent growth. Although Wash
ington's greatest asset consists IN the
fact that it is the capital OF the coun-
try, yet it has ceased in recent years 10
be entirely dependent upon its official
population or to DE as strongly affected
as formerly by the ebb and flow and
fuctustion Of political life. Washington
as the Capital and Washington as city
of homes may now be clearly Different
ated OF course, it never could have been
the city IL is If it had not been, first Of
all. the Capital: but assuming that the
seat OF national government should be
changed tomorrow. the abandoned city
could not be deprived of attractions that
would always make it an exceptional
place of residence.
Washington is growing more and more
beautiful as the years go by, and more
and more metropolitan and self-reliant-
1t has long since abandoned the idea
that because II enjoyed some special ad-
vantages which enabled 1t 10 lead other
large cities in some respects, it could af-
ford to be behind them in some others.
1t has been of late years providing for
its visitors those accommodations which
they find elsewhere. and without which
outward attractions lose much of their
charm. Thus, Washington has now its
magnificent and ably managed hotels,
and is expecting soon to have more of
them. Rebuilding of the Arlington alone
Is expected to cost in the neiGhborhood
of 100000. The city has one OF the larG-
est and finest railway stations in the
world. 1t is going to erect in the near fu-
ture some great modern business blocks. II
will spend s2.uOOO upon the reclarna-
ton of the Anacostia flats Between
$500. 600 and 100000 will be spent upon
parks and boulevards in the next five
years. The government itself is about
to begin the erection OF public buildings
to cost about $S.0OI.0O0. Altogether. some
thing like $20.0I0.0oO will be expended soon
in the further Improvement and beauti-
fication of the city.
1t is very different Washington from
what it was fifty years ago this month
What it will be fifty years hence is a
matter that must be left to conjecture,
but II promises TO be one of the finest
cities in the world.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22

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California was formerly an actor
and other welknown
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Frank Leslie
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The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
a CLEVELAND ANNIVERSARY.
Late Presidents Friends to Meet An
nualIy on His Birthday.

FT7Tn The New NOrk Sun.
The Cleveland Administration Associa-
ton which is composed of officeholders
under and personal friends of the late
CNPresident, will meet annually here
after for the purpose Of celebrating Mr..
Cleveland's birthday and fostering the
spirit of his administration.
The association held an informal meet
ing Saturday afternoon at O'Clock at
the Southern Clubs rooms. in the Ma
sonic Temple. New York. to which the
public WAS invited. Letters and rerninis-
cences. of Mr.. Cleveland were read.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22

of county committees could be examined
as to the amount of money disbursed and
made to tell whence or from whom
it was received; and committeeman
could be made to testify how much they
got and what they did with it. Why
should criminal responsibility be shield
ed and only criminal ignorance or GRIM
inal poverty be pilloried?
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
SOCIALIST BLOWS BLAST.
Also Exhibits P1acards Against Wal
on His Wagon.

A Socialist got loose in the White
House grounds yesterday morning and
created excitement among the war" cor
respondents by blowing a sudden blast
on an old bugle. When they rushed
out to see what had happened, they
found a man perched high on the seat of
a wagon placarded with signs Ono read:
Withdraw the troops from the Mexican
border.
They were intended for President Taft's
benefit, but the President was busy talk
ing to Senator Curtis. of Kansas, and
missed it all. The Socialist gave his
name of B. F. Adams.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
FUNERAL OF MRS. VROOMAN.
Daughter of Gen. Black to BE Buried
in DanviIIe, Ill.

Funeral services for Mrs. Grace Black
vrooman, wife of Mr.. Frank B. Vroo-
man, and daughter of Cen John C.
Black. president of the Civil Service Com
mission, will be conducted this morning
at 10 o'clock at 1914 Connecticut avenue.
Bishop Harding will officiate- The bur-
ial will take place at Danville. Ill.
Mrs. Vrooman was a member of the Con-
gressonal Club and of the Colonial
Danes. She is survived by her ten-year-
old son. John Black. jr., who is with his
uncle and aunt, Lieut. and Mrs. Stephen
Abbott. at Canyon City. Colo.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
Where Farmers Save Money.

Farmers in Lancaster County, Pa, have
developed n business ability which is
paying them a big financial profit, &C
cordinS to G. NJ. Myers, at Lancaster,
Pa who Is at the National
six years ago twenty-five of them or
ganized a small cooperative association
for the purpose of buying goods direct
from the manufacturers and selling to
themselves at cost. The work was c-ude-
ly handled and the organization was not
particularly well balanced. but 1t proved
popular New members joined the original
twenty-five, and the business of the first
year aggregated 5000. This determined
the orfginators of the scheme to broaden
their field, cover the entire county, and
incorporate the Lancaster County Farm
ers' Association. They did, and to-day
have a membership of over 500 and a
business of over $4,000 yearly, which is
growing fast"
I'm the beginning" said Mr.. Myers, "a
few farmers talked among themselves
and debated whether ii would be possible
to save money by buying certain things
in common. This led to meeting of the
twenty-five and the organization of a
ed by an executive committee. Local
merchants opposed the plan, and a cam
paign was started among the farmers
which resulted in the present association.
A store and warehouse was built at Me
chanicsville, on the trolley line leading
to Lancaster, and the business of buy
ing and selling everything needed by the
farmer, except groceries and clothing,
began. Last years business saved 20 per
cent to the members of the association
Besides this, it was found that a profit
of 10 per cent had been earned. Now
the association has also added monthly
programmes for the entertainment and
instruction to its members. and topics of
agricultural. domestic, scientific, and lit
erary import are assigned and discussed.
The experiment has proved such sue
cess that all over the country organiza-
tons patterned after that Of Lancaster
are forming
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
white House Procedure.

From the LouisEils OumiaJonnal
'I have been nominated secretary to
the President"
VERY good, sir" said the policeman
on guard Incoming secretaries keep
to me right, outgoing secretaries keep
to the left Please do not track mud into
the house"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
Our Biggest Soldier.

Frrrn the Baltimore American
The biggest soldier in the United States,
Joseph D. Dusahame, an inmate of the
Norton Soldiers Home, who weighed $50
pounds, died in South Norfolk, Conn.
OF heart disease. Up to the time of
death, Dusahame was as lively as many
a lighter and younger veteran He was
sixty-five years of age and served in the
civil war in the Connecticut Volunteer
Infantry
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
Could Not Afford 1t.

From the Galveston News
Official announcement that Charles d.
Hiiles is to become secretary to Presi-
dent Taft leads to the conclusion that
Loeb could not afford the job without the
big increase in salary that was refused
by Congress.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22
Go to Help Float Steamer.

Kingston. March "A party of wreck
ers left here to-day to help float the Ham
burg-American steamship Albinga, which
is ashore on the coast of Haiti.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22

Senator Hepburn says the Capitol is not
a fit place for statesmen of culture and
learning. But just the same we fail to
hear that the eminent Senator from
Idaho is going to resign.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22

That Missouri legislator who clinched
with his fists an argument with another
during a session has qualified for a
seat in Congress-
The Washington herald., 1911-03-22

Gold has been found near Reno. When
one industry of that enterprising town
shows signs Of falling off, its citizens
start another.