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The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
Lawlessness in Virginia.

The tragedy in Virginia, whereby a
judge of the court. together with court
officials and others. lost their lives
through the murderous attack of a law
less gang. is one that reflects most Sc
riouSly upon the Commonwealth.
Virginia must redeem its good name
by promptly arresting and Furnishing
the murderers. The authorities must
act promptly and effectively.
1t is not always possible to prevent
the commission of crime. but it is I'M
pcrative that the machinery of justice
shall be put into operation and the
majesty of the law vindicated. This is
the duty of Virginia, and those who
know the State and the law-abiding
character of its citizenship feel certain
that the duty will be fully performed
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
STATESMEN, REAL AND NEAR.
BY FRED C. KELLY.

Senator Miles Poindexter stopped In q
little railroad eating place in he state Of
Washington one day last summer for the
purpose of amounting his stomach with L
cents worth OF beans and a sandwich
and a cup of coffee.
The little restaurant had Just Installed
cash register. which glIttered with
newness from its resting place back OF
the counter.
Hoindexter's meal came to 90 cents, and
he handed the woman in charge a hall
dollar. She opened up the cash register
with merry ring and dropped in the 90
cent piece, but with never a move to-
ward pulling out any change.
The Senator ate his beans and sand
wich slowly, saving his coffee to wash
down the =est OF the meal with in case he
had TO hurry. and waited for his change.
Finally he observed casually:
Il have some change coming, I be-
lieve."
"oh, yes" replied the woman. as she
went on polishing up large glass cake
cover.
Again the Senator waited. When his
beans and sandwich were nothing but a
memory. he once more observed in the
same casual tone:
You haven't forgot my change. of
course?'
mo. haven't forgot IT," replied the
woman, and she went on hummIng a
tune that had been popular a year or
two previous
We'll. the amount involved isn't large" I"
remarked Poindexter. but as my train
leaves in two or three minutes, perhaps
1t would be just as well TO let me have
It now. and well call the account square, -
But can't get It for you." said the
woman.
Cant get IL? Why not?'
Because l made a mistake and rang
up 50 cents on the register. You have
% cents coming to you, but IL / took
IT out now after ringing up 50 1t would
mix things all up"
But there must be some way of doing
that" ventured PoIndexter.
Probably there is" conceded the wom-
an. but I don't know II. We've just
got this register, and the book of direc-
tions Is lost. It's too bad, because you're
entitled to your change. The same thing
happened yesterday, and / had to let
man 90 way without Is cents that was
coming to him"
So Poindexter smilinGly went TO his
train, and to his dying day he will be
short 20 cents.
Representative De Forest, OF Schnec-
tady. n. Y, Is one of those who has
acquired a golden cornucopia OF plenty
by the real estate route. He owns the
costliest mansion in his home town, and
maintains a whole squadron Of automo-
biles. One day De Forest went into
place to buy an auto. and finding that he
could get a discount by buying two. he
just up and bought a couple OF the pesky
things. The next morning he tried one
of the new cars, liked it, and went down
and bought a third one. which he gave
to his daughter. He thinks no more OF
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
THE BASEBALL TRUST.
4 Few suEEestIons for Congress
when IL Begins to Investigate.

when IL Begins to Investigate.
Frum the Harrisburg Patriot.
Ii We are to have a Congressional In
vestigatIon of the alleged baseball trust
let's have a thorough one. Out in Rep
resentative Gallagher's district the en-
slavement OF players and the apportion-
ment OF territory and games may be a
live issue, but a vast majority of the fans
are interested In other and more vital
matters connected with the great national
game.
For instance, IL the present Congress
wants to earn the everlasting gratitude
of the baseball lovers OF the country it
TilI determine, by special inquiry or
otherwise. the precise conditions under
which it is wisest to take a weakening
pitcher out anC when he should be per-
In:tted 10 finish his own game. Another
point that ought to be cleared up is why
the crowd in most towns. big and little.
refuse &c support a losing club. The
cause of this once determined 1t might
be POSSIBLE to get the colonel to furnish
a remedy guaranteed to work even in
the Tri-State League.
a Congressional inquiry also might
prove useful in solving the mystery OF
why Eubc Waddell and Bugs Raymond
will not behave. and in discovering
whether Bakers home runs are due to
abnormal powers of vision or to the fact
that he has had his bats subjected 10 a
course OF absent treatment by a fortune
teller. Then there are other things-but
why go any further? let us just have a
nice thoroughgoing inquiry into all the
veXed questions Of the game and a long
and detailed report about the time the
first snow flies next fall, so that the cigar
store and pooi room strategists will have
something TO occupy their minds during
the long and dreary winter months.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
vIRGINIA's LEGISLATURE.
Ii Made n Good Record Through
Enactment of Needed Laws.

from the Roanoks Times
The Virginia assembly did a few things
distinctly constructive and progressive
and within the means of the State.
1t provided for the abolition of the pres
ent contracts for convicts and to put 500
or 800 more able-bodied men on the public
roads.
1t provided for a system of vital sta
tfS;ics, putting the State along with the
more advanced States and promising vast
advantages to health and life by securing
definite information of where the un-
healthy places are and the destructive
diseases are. and giving opportunity to
apply remedies.
II provided Tor the deficiencies in the
past due pensions to Confederate veterans
and added $4,000 a year more for the
care of those loved and honored sons of
the State
1t provided for the care Of feeble
minded women OF child-bearing age. that
they might no longer be the prey of
villainous men and the mothers of new
imbeciles and criminals
1t enacted law fer the recognition
and regulation OF primary elections. need
ed in the State the last ten years, and
heretofore denied.
It provided for plants to make lime,
with convict labor, to help the farmers
improve their land. Judging by the ex-
perience of Illinois. this measure will
Introduce and stimulate the use of lime
so as not only to help the farmers, but
develop the lime business OF private man
ufacturers.
This is a good record. And as for the
measures that failed or were rejected. al
most In every case good reasons can be
given. Those reasons are found in the
common sense and knowledge OF actual
conditions of the members Of the assem-
hlN
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
ON THE COACHING LINE.

Frm the Detroit News
The baseball fan has only a little
mo-e than thirty days Of his sentence
10 serve.
From the ChattanOoSa Times.
Even the Chattanooga baseball players
have to practice a little before they win
the pennant
Prom the Richmond Journal
1t has come at last. In order TO divert
attention from the real trusts. It is now
proposed to investigate baseball
Prom the Birmingham AgeHerald
The St Louis baseball club went to
West Baden. Ind. TO practice and It did
not take its snow shovels along.
From the Charleston Post.
The big league teams are now busy ex-
planning how it happened that they are
being beaten by the little leaguers.
From the New York Herald.
Congress has been asked TO investigate
the baseball trust" Trying to get at the
reason for so many strikes"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15

one, but its practical difficulties, unfor-
tunately, seem to be ignored by those
who approach it in the attitude of senti-
mentaliss. As long as people are poor
they will be compelled to live amid un-
desirable surroundings. We do not be-
lieve, however, that poverty is neces-
sarily synonymous with dirt, and the
duty of keeping the alleys clean is one
that ought to be thoroughly performed
by the authorities without further de-
lay.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
TAX SALES ARE LARGE.
More Than 1900 Pieces of Property
Disposed OF.

More than 200 pieces OF property have
been sold so far at the annual District
tax sales. which commenced last Tues
day. The sales will continue daily, COM
ing to a termination next Tuesday
Yesterday 40 lots were sold. Most OF
the property was purchased by Charles
II. Wiltsie. a millionaire real estate
operator Of Rochester, n. Y. who visits
the National Capital annually for the
purpose Of investing in property offered
at the tax sales The sales so far have
aggregated more than $500. II Is ex-
pected that approximately $4,000 will
be realized from the entire sales. Yes
terday the property in squares l25S to
2osS, inclusive on which taxes had not
been paid were offered for sale. The
remainder Of the schedule of squares to
be disposed Of during the sale is as fol-
lows: To-day, squares e5Sl to S523: to-
morrow. 5S2i to 4265: Monday, 4eSi to
$50, and Tuesday. $50 to finish.
The sales are being held under the
general direction Of Charles C. Rogers.
District tax collector. The sales begin
daily at 10 o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
OUR BLUECOAT FRIENDS.

ErrIn the Chicago Examiner.
To have a really well-governed city,
with life and property secure, we must
shatter the orga nizations, open or secret,
that tend to destroy police discipline
From the PittSburE Dispatch.
The Paris police have ruled that pugiI-
lists must not hurt each other. Judging
by the French duel. this is the only way
boxing will ever be made popular in
France.
From the Philadelphia North American.
The police will take 42.255 fraudulent
names off the list Of voters. Another rea-
son why Penrose will not favor popular
primaries for Presidential choice.
Prom the New York Herald.
Policeman deserted fixed post on learn
ing that his wife had given birth to
twins. he will get a chance to do a lot
of patrol duty now.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
ANNIVERSARY DATA.
MARCH Is.

To-day is the birthday of Andrew
jackson, seventh President of the
United States, who was born at Cure
toms Pond. Union County, n. c.,
March Il. 1867.
The trial of the thirty-six Comor-
rists was begun at ViterbO, Italy. one
year ago.
This is a national holiday in Qua
temsla. where the people are to-day
celebrating the accession of the Presi-
dent
Hon william ID. Bloxham. former
governor Of Florida. died one year
ago. at the age Of seventy-six years.
A bloooy contest of two hours was
fought with the British at Guilford
Court House, Va, by Gen. Green's
command. one hundred and thirty-one
years ago.
The State of Maine was admitted to
the onion ninety-two years ago.
The siege of Island No. 10, on the
Mississippi. was begun by Commodore
Foote. with his gunboats fifty years
ago. The island was abandoned by
the Confederates after the lapse Of
twenty-threes days.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
TELLS OF SALE OF
SEGAL'S REFINERY
Sugar Trust Defendant Takes Stand
After His Case Is Nolle
Pressed.

New York, March 1L-The government
gave a sudden twist to-day to the prose-
cution of the sugar trust magnates that
spell The situation produced was dra-
matte and ridiculous in turn.
Thomas B. Harmed. one Of the defend
ants. was called as a witness by United
States Attorney Wise. In q jiffy every
lawyer for the defense was on his feet
protesting against the governments sud
den action. Leayit Hunt, Harned's spe-
cisl counsel, yehemently objected. He
said his client did not desire the immu-
nifty bath which would follow his being
placed in the witness chair. Delaney
NicolI. r. v. Lindabury, James NJ. Beck.
and John ID. Lindsay. counsel for the COM
pany and the four directors under indict-
ment. charged with violating the criminal
clause of the sherman antitrust law.
formed a flying wedge and rushed at the
Imperturbable Judge Hand in protest.
Then I'll 20 further and subpoena Mr..
Harmed forthwith as a government witt
ness and move at the same time that
the court nolIe pross the indictment
against him." calmly replied Mr.. Wise,
holding his ground steadily against the
onslaughts OF the defense.
"But my client Is not asking to be dis
charged" pleaded Attorney Hunt. For
nearly three years he has been under
criminal indictment in this court. He
seeks nothing less than direct verdict at
the hands of this jury"
In the midst OF the confusion caused
by the chickering's of the lawyers Judge
Hand ordered that recess be taken
for ten minutes. during which time the
United States attorneys office might is
sue a subpoena for Harmed as a witness.
This was done.
Judge Hand assured him that he
would direct the clerk of the court to
enter upon the record that the defendant
had been found not guilty. This seemed
to placate the lawyers feelings, and then
he began his testimony under questioning
by United States Attorney Wise.
Mr.. Harmed was counsel for Adolph
Segal through all the transactions lead
ing up TO the sugar trusts securing
control of Segars refinery in Philadel-
phia by means of the 81, $4,000 loan nego-
tiated by the late Gustave E. Kissel.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
DEALERS READY FOR STRIKE.
Big Coal supply Being Laid In Hers
for Emergency.

Hundreds of car loads OF coal are being
received by Washington dealers every
day in preparation for strike should
one occur. The yards at Benning ara
ined with anthracite and bituminous coal.
and all available track space is occupied
in other yards. The replenshing of stock
by the dealers follows a report circulated
In New York that none Of the concessions
asked by the miners had been granted by
the owners.
Manufacturers are most concerned
about the rumors of a strike. and they
are buying all the available supply. The
Potomac Electric Power Company is rap
dly accommodating a large reserve supply
at its power house on Eastern Branch.
Dealers attribute the activity in laying in
surplus to precaution on the part of
the manufacturers.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
nAok YAnp aARpEN.

Once more take my trusty spade
And work begin.
I'll have to have q subson made
OF battered tin.
I'iI mash a lot OF rusty pans
Into a mass.
Top dress the same with empty cans
And broken glass.
Some ashes on the beds I'll dump
From time to time.
With now and then handy lump
OF builders lime.
And soon III have garden fine
In my back yard.
And sit beneath a spreading vine,
happy bard.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
OF INTEREST IN WASHINGTON.

From the Pittsburg Post.
\ severe earthquake shock was record
ed by the seismograph at Washington
yesterday. Wonder whatn happen
next?
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Champ Clark refuses to desert his post
in Washington, but his houn' dawg is
doing some tall trPveling
From the Boston Herald.
An earthquake shock is said to have
been felt in Washington. Have those
Congressional Investigations = really
struck something?
From the Kansas City Times.
a Washington dispatch explains that
Senior Ospina, the Colombian Minister,
was not kicked out, but resigned on ac-
count Of the illness of his wife Diplo-
macy's chief aim is to save the faces
of those who play IL.
From the New York Telegram.
One Washington clergyman refers to
Mr.. Roosevelt as a strange mingling of
courage and cowardice" and a "wiggle-
wHggle brand of statesman" while an
other compares him to King Ahab. who
slew Naboth to get his vineyard. TherelI
be a hat found in each OF those pulpits
directly. ..
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
MISS TAFT IN CHARGE.
viii Conduct Camp Fire Girls
Meeting mt Noel House To-day.

Miss Helen Taft will assume charge OF
a group of camp fire girIs at the Noel
House. at $50 o'clock this afternoon. Miss
Taft has become greatly interested in
the new organization for girls and has
decided to take charge of one OF the local
groups.
1t is expected that the camp will grow
rapidly because Of the leadership Of the
daughter of the President The organ
ization has not been formed long. as tho
movement is 4 practically new one 1t
is similar to the Boy Scouts movement
Tonight at the session of the Play
grounds Institute in the New Willard.
Mrs. Luther II. Gulick will explain the
new organization in detail
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15

buying touring car than he would Of
buying a lawn mower.
De Forest has built more than 100
homes and sold them TO working people
in Schenectady. and he takes great pride
In the fact that he has never foreclosed
q mortgage.
to Senator Thomas P. Gore. the. blind
statesman, tell OF the things he has
I"seen."
The San Jose Valley. in California. Is
one OF the most beautiful places have
ever seen." he remarked recently. 1T
would be fine to live there" And he
went ahead to talk Of the beauties Of
California with as great a knowledge of
details as II he had actually beheld II
all. In the same conversation he said:
Boston Is the most interesting city
OF all. though. No matter where one
looks. there is something Of historical
significance to see. / always feel all the
time am in Boston as II were on hal
lowed ground"
Senator Gore has system of his own
for arriving at the growth and prosperity
Of city he visits He usually employs
a messenger boy 10 guide him about, and
the boy. without knowing II. gives him an
excellent idea of the business conditions
OF the place.
How busy are you as compared to last
year, asks the Senator. How many
messenger boys were employed in your
ONCE last year, and how many are there
nowT'
The amount OF work done by messen-
ger boys, declares Gore. Is as good a
criterion for arriving at the city's develop
ment as anything. Then he subjects every
city to a trial by tips" that is, he asks
the belIboys about the amount OF tips
they receive, on the theory that city
here everybody tips literally must be
prosperous. Judged on this basis, Gore
says Los Angeles ranks toward the top
in the prosperity count.
Representative Stephens. Of California.
formerly mayor OF Los Angeles, is always
being taken for twenty-five years or so
older than he really is He Is hearty
and well preserved and all that, but
there is a look of wisdom and maturity
about his face that leads everybody to
guess 50 per cent more than the mere
fifty-two years that the family Bible
record shows.
When Stephens was running for Con-
gress an old man came up TO him one
day and said:
Mr.Stephens. want you to know that
intend to vote for you. I would like to
be represented in Congress by a man
about my own age. We old men should
stand together"
How old are your asked Stephens.
I'm eighty-four." the man replied.
Replies TO correspondents:
]. G. S.-Much obliged for story on
your Congressman friend. but IL was
printed a year or two ago. Try again.
r. L. M.-Sure. Send in your story.
provided II is true.
II. II. C.-Thanks for kind words No;
guess again; we never lived in Terre
Haute.
Copyright 1917 BY Frrd C. Kelly. All rights re-
srrTed.l
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
VOTE FOR GOOD ROADS.
Court sustaIns Decision that County
Can spend Money.
Special to The Washington Herlld

Special to The Washington HerHh
warrenton. Va. March 1.-THE de-
cision Of the Virginia Court Of Appeals,
handed down TO-DAY. sustaining the Cir
cult Court Of Fauquier in its decision
OF last September. which reversed the
verdict OF the election held in August
to vote on a bond issue OF $4,000 for
good roads in Center district. which in
cludes Warrenton, Va, was received here
with great enthusiasm by the advocates
Of good roads, who have been untirinG
In their efforts since the inauguration
Of this movement for material progress
The principal road to be built is on the
Washington to Jacksonville national
highway and will go entirely through
Fauquier County from Prince William
10 Culpeper counties.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
A Good scheme.

THE fiat runters will soon be coming
around remarked the owner OF the
fashionable apartment house.
''Yessir.' said the janitor.
Always start of by showing them the
telephone booth first"
Very good, sir"
And then the rooms won't seem so
small"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15

CT Office boys who are fired annually for
smoking cigarettes.
Nowadays there is a great desire to
produce less smoke and more heat. and
thousands Of careless chimneys are be-
ing arrested for polluting the atmos-
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15

phere. The reform will never be ac.
complished, however, until some means
of oaling up smoke and selling II for
fuel can be found. When this can he
done some trust will grab all the smoke
In the country and another great natural
resource will have been lost beyond
recall
Copyright. 49, by GeorEc Matthew AdamsD
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
A TrouhIe.ome sfor.eI.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
France and Spain are now making faces
at each other over Morocco. That African
territory seems to be a sort OF internal
tional indigestible security. II certainly,
does worry the swallowers-
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
some Satisfaction Remains,

From the Ohio State Journal.
We all ought to be able to get little
negative satisfaction out of the refiec-
tion that even with universal suffrage
the hired girl couldn't coerce US much
more than she does now.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
Birthplace Located.

From the New York Telegraph.
Heirs to a man who lived in a wind
mill found in ireland" runs a headline
Here is a writer of heads who Is at
least specific. One might have thought
that the windmill was found in Holland.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
They seldom Do.

Il hope your husband has no secrets
from you"
Not many. However. he never would
tell me what he paid for the engagement
ring"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
Right I'm His Line.

who was that man I had for a part
ner at bridge last EVENING""
Hes a writer OF farces."
II might have known it,
'Why?'
He made some mighty funny plays"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
Gentle Spring.

Spring is good for the poets" remark
ed the man in the street.
And that's about all II is good for"
grOwled the other half OF the sketch, as
his hat blew OF
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
A Nice Girl.

IT am visiting Alma Mater" wrote a
girl to her chum.
Il have never met Alma" the chum
wrote back, but IL she's a friend OF
yours, she's a friend of mine. I'm sure
she's a nice girl
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
March Is I'm History.

March Is. 1S1s.-Beau Brummel wears
his first celluloid collar and makes a hit
In Hyde Park.
March Is. 1722.-Peter the Great white
washes the palace fence and cleans up
the premises generally.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
Uncle Pennywise says,

The fellow who asks you how you feel
to-day doesn't want to listen to a lot
of symptoms.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-15
4 Discovery,

1 tried a drink Of water once,
Had nothing else TO drink.
And by the by. 'tis not so dry,
AS many people think.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-21
PRESBYTERIAN
FIRST.

FIRST.
City Hall Park. Services 1870 a..
m. and 1870 p. M. Rev. James
Henry Northrup, minister.
Making Sure will be tb subject
of the minister's sermon. Text III Pc
ter ITO.
Organ-Andante from Sonata opus
lU9 beethoven
Anthem-Rejoice Greatly
Woodward
Solo and Chorus-Sweet is Thy
Mercy BarhDy
Organ-Prelude in A ....... Willy
The Offering will be for the sup
port of aged ministers, their widows
and orphans.
Evening Service.
The Hero Point. There is a hero
in every man, but sometimes this ia
very much asleep. There is a walk
ing point. Where do you begin to
be a hero? Heb. 1924.
Music.
Organ-Intermezzo ........ Smart
Soprano Solo-My Redeemer and My
Miss Mary ridley.
Anthem-O How Amiabie ..Barnby
Organ-March ......... Mozart
Notices: $50 a. N. Sunday school,
$40 p. M. Endeayor meeting.
Monday 8 p. M, meeting Of Tie
board of trustees.
Wednesday TAB p. M, prayer
meeting.
Sunday, Sept. 20, $50 a. ~, Sum
day school rally.
Sunday, Oct. 6, 1880 p. Ia, special
music service by the choir. Sclec-
lions all taken from Mendelssohn.
Sunday, Oct. 10, celebration OF
the Lords supper.
Sunday, Oct. 20, church day.