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The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
Strengthen, Canal Protection.

1hS HOoSAu PohSy vi. udNai .SOuSCll-
tration is manifest in the convention
signed Friday at Havana, whereby the
United States relinquishes to Cuba its
rights to- naval station at Bahia
Honda in exchange for an enlargement
of the base at Guantanamo !.
Bahia Honda is near the western ex-
tremity of the north coast of Cuba. II
commands the route from Key West
to the Panama Canal around the west
end of the island. Guantanamo is near
the eastern extremity of the south
coast of Cuba, and infinitely stronger
from strategic standpoint than Bahia
Honda, for it commands the four prin-
cipal approaches to the Panama Canal.
The Platt amendment, under which
Cuba was set up as an independent ma
ton, contains this provision: o.
To enable the United States to nIain-
tain the independence of Cuba and to
protect the people thereof, as well as
for its own defense, the Cuban gov
ernment will sell or lease to the Unit
ed States the lands necessary for coal
ing or naval stations, at certain speci-
fed points, to be agreed upon with the
President of the United States.
This provision was incorporated in
an appendix to the Cuban constitution,
and Bahia Honda and Guantanamo
thereupon fixed as the desirable sites.
From the first the United States con-
centrated its interest and work upon
Guantanamo. Surveys were made at
Bahia Honda, but little or no money
was spent there. Guantanamo, on the
other hand, has been constantly used
both as a rendezvous for the Atlantic
feet while engaged in winter maneu-
vers and as marine camp whittier the
ever-ready Soldiers and sailors, too, /"
might be dispatched to scenes of trou-
bic around the Caribbean.
The addition of 5000 acres to the
reservation will assure a wholesome
water supply and sites for the fortif-
cations required TO defend the har-
Dor works from rear attack.
When the Plat amendment was en-
acted the largest American battleship
i'll commission was the Maine, with a
speed of eighteen knots and a radius
of 5000 miles at ten knots. The
Wyoming and Arkansas, now the larg-
est of the feet, have a radius of fully
1000 miles. Wireless, then in its ex-
perimental stage, has vastly increased
the capabilities OF any feet called upon
to guard the approaches to the Pam
anna Canal. When the treaty pledging
these naval stations to the United
States was signed nearly ten years ago.
it was unknown whether the Isthmian
Canal would be built via Nicaragua or
at Panama. The heavy fighting ships
of the American navy were then di-
vided between the Atlantic and the Pa
cifc. Now they are concentrated on
the Atlantic Seaboard.
Concentration is the watchword of
all sea power and the centering OF all
energies in the development and forti
fcation OF single naval base at
Guantanamo is in line with the best
thought in naval science.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
D. A. R. Chapter Meets.

The December meeting OF Constitution
Chapter. d. \. r.. was held at the home
OF Mrs Frickey. in the Portner- Reports
o. committees were given. and letters
from two former members were read.
Miss Florence Schneider was unanimous
.Iv elected to membership. Mrs. Emig
read a PAPER upon the genealogy OF her
family. and Miss Pierce sang "Tha
Breaking Waves Dashed High" Papers
upon three early Presidents were as fol-
lows: John Adams, Mrs. Frickey; James
Madison, Mrs. Phillips, and James Mon
roe Miss Pierce.
The secretary was directed to send in
vitations to national officers and District
chapters for a tea to be given by Mrs.
Morgan d. Lewis and Mrs. Harold \
Lewis, on st. Distaff's Day, January :.
1918, from to $50 o'clock in the George
Washington library. Of the Hotel Pow
hatan. in honor of st. DistafT, patron
saint Of the chapter
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
Senate Bill 7675.

MIR. Edwin NJ Borchard, the Law
Librarian of Congress. has drafted a
bill, now pending before the Senate,
to grant relief to persons enormously
convicted in courts of the United
States. By this measure the Court OF
Claims is given jurisdiction of such
cases arising under the Federal stat
ute; but the bill, it appears, easily can
be adopted for the same purpose in
State courts for State cases.
1t is earnestly to be hoped that the
movement for the adoption of such a
law will spread, and that it will be
taken up by bar associations and GRIM
inologists. 1t has always been a mat
ter of surprise to this newspaper that
social justice" of which so much is
heard nowadays, thus far has disre-
garded the sorry plight of the innocent
victims of conviction or detention in
criminal cases. No attempt has ever
been made to indemnify them.
There is the case of Andrew 10th.
which Mr. Borchard quotes. Convicted
of murder in Pennsylvania and SEN
fenced to imprisonment for life, he
was found to have been innocent after
serving twenty years There was no
statute to meet such terrible condi-
ton, and the State Legislature alb
solutely declined to make compensa-
ton. Only through the generosity of
Andrew Carnegie, who knew 10th as
an honest, hard-working man in his
youth, and who allowed him a month
ly pension of $40. was this innocent
victim of our applied justice enabled
to face life once more.
We have read of the fragrant in
justice done Adolf Beck in England,
who, through lax administration of the
criminal law, was convicted for an
other mans crime and made to suffer
the hardships of prison life for. seven
years. While it is to be recorded with
great satisfaction that this fragrant
miscarriage of justice resulted at last
in the creation of Court of Criminal
Appeal in Great Britain-a tribunal not
in existence in England heretofore
yet it left the hapless Beck without the
slightest redress in law.
Anglo-American law contains a
paradox in this respect, and the quicker
it is eliminated the better for the ad-
ministration of that social justice"
which political parties are riding as
their modern hobby.
When property is taken from indi-
viduals for public use, our basic law
prescribes that lust compensation"
must be paid for the exercise of the
right of eminent domainI On the other
hand, when, in the administration of
criminal law, society takes from the
individual his personal liberty, which
is guaranteed under the Constitution
a right at least equally as sacred as
that of property-it dismisses him from
further consideration, regardless of
gross injustice inflicted upon an inno-
cent man without compensation for
such terrible injury.
If it be the ultimate end and object
OF government to protect that which
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
ALWAYS SOMETHING.
The football season killed

The football season killed ten men,
So It Is understood;
A record not so bad, but then
'Tis not so very good.
The hunting season was quite bad
The slain were twenty-five.
This record offers reading sad
For those Of US alive.
These seasons ended surely gave
A rather mournful text
And goodness gracious. now we have
The skating season next!
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
Rising TO the Burden.

An acre Of ground that now supports
two people will have TO support a thou
sand in days TO come
We'll. IT can probably do it," asserted
NJ. WOmbat. Il used to barely support
myself. Now I support wife, four chill
dren. a mother-in-law. and two OF my
wife's brothers. and I don't seem to feel
the strain very much more"
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
December % in History.

December %. l53L-Henry VIII is sassed
by the janitor. Christmas does not last
long.
finds Queen Elizabeth's poodle under the
mistletoe, but merely administers a swift
kick.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
Tough Timber.

why has South America produced so
few really great presidents?"
You can't chop down a mahogany tree
with n little hatchet. Neither are they
easy TO split into rails.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29

of April. Much progress also car
be made during this session with the
preparation of the currency reform
bill, the enactment of which undoubt-
edly viii be insisted upon by Presi-
dent Wilson, and with other measures
to which the Democratic majority is
pledged. 1t would seem to be the part
of wisdom, however, for the House
to ignore during the extra session all
measures except the tariff. The basis
for this assertion can be briefly stated.
The delay in enacting the tariff bill
will be in the Senate. In that body
there is no cloture. In the future, as
in the past, every detail of the bill
will be subjected upon the floor of the
Senate to patient scrutiny and investi-
CATION. This necessarily viii occupy
considerable time, especially as the
Senate will be almost equally divided
in its political complexion If, after
passing the tariff bill, the House pro-
ceeds to the consideration of other
business, the result will be that the
Senate will take its own time. On
the other hand, if the House empha-
sizes its position by adjourning for
three days at a time, the attention of
the country will be focused on the
Senate, and that body will be COM
PEELED, by the force of public senti-
ment, to hasten its work As mat
ter of fact, the tariff not only is the
most important question 10 be settled,
but it is the only one regarding which
prompt action is demanded. Every
thing else can wait. The details of
the tariff must be settled promptly if
the business interests are not to un-
duly suffer. The only way in which
expedition can be secured is to pass
the measure quickly through the
House. and then place upon the SEN
ate the sole responsibility for what
ever delay may occur.
There is no doubt that the Demo-
Gratis have before them a splendid
opportunity to demonstrate their ca
pacity for administration. They come
into power under most favorable aus
pices. As Representative Underwood
stated in a recent speech, the next six
months will be the most important
in the history of the party. The
events of this period will prove
whether the Democrats can make
good. Their future is in their own
hands. They appreciate the response
bility and are carefully planning to
avoid mistakes. They have an appar-
entity wise and tactful leader in the
new President. whose course since his
election has strengthened him in pub
lie esteem. 1t will be a remarkable
thing. however. if the surface of po-
litical affairs remain as placid after
the 4th of March as it is at the pres
ent time
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
Real Joy.

Had lots of fun on the ice yesterday.
why. you can't skate"
But can strap on skates for this
girls, can't To-
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
His Vague Beliefs.

The duke has some vague ideas as to
our history"
"So?"
Yes: he thinks the civil war was
fought between North and South
America "
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
DR.. viii to Lecture.

DR.. Thomas f. Will, secretary Of the
District Suffrage League. will speak be-
fore the typographical Temple audience
this evening on Votes in the District"
Questions and discussions follow the
meeting.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
Not a Kiss.

She throws the mistletoe away.
A trihe cross;
Calls the investment. by the way.
\ total loss.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
So Il Goes.

You used to want to hold my hand be-
fore we were married. she complained.
ia like TO now" said be easily. but
II would keep you from your housework'
my dear
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29
Judgment Suspended.

Prom Judge.
Well Harry said the visitor, did
you-come out well at Christmas?a
II don't know yet,'' said Harry 81
haven't had time to swap any OF my pres
ents with the other fellers vet. -
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29

Kansas women are taking the right
step to show that they mean to be
American eitizenesses. They begin by
shirking jury duty.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29

Here is the true Christmas spirit of
good will and no mistake. A woman
in Jail for bigamy received gifts from
both her husbands
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29

The success of the Housewives League
in lowering the egg prices has proved
that the ''middlewoH1an" was badly
needed by the consumers
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29

What the Balkan allies are after is to
have the peace conference give them all
they have failed to secure by war
The Washington herald., 1912-12-29

The popular outcry over Miss Gardens
raiment in La Tosca" is much ado
about approximately nothing.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
WANTED HANDLES FOR DRUM
Eastern Firm Hears From Irate Gus
toner Who Resides at San Le-
andre, Cal.

Camden, N. J.-Among the numer-
ous letters received at drum works
was the following:
"I got the Drum which 1 buy from
you alrite, but why for gods sake you
doan send me no handels? Watts the
use the Drum when she doan have no
handels? loose to me my customah
sure thing you doan treate me rite is
my money not so good to you as the
otha fella? I waite ten days, and my
customah he holler like H for the
Drum, you know he is hot You doan
send me the handels poretty quick I
sen her back and order some drum
from some Sherman companee. Good
Bye your fren, Antonio S. Dutes."
In a postscript the writer adds:
since I rite 1 find the handels in the
box excuse me-" The writer resides
at San Leandro, Cal.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
BIRDS EAT SoLoNs' SEEDS
sparroWs Play Havoc With Congress
mems Gifts to Loyal Constituents
in Mail Sacks.

Guthrie, Ky.-Thrifty congressman
Of western Tennessee and Kentucky,
who had hoped to reap rich harvest
Of votes from the timely scattering of
garden seeds furnished by the depart
ment of agriculture may, unless they
can secure another consignment, find
themselves at harvest time in the pre-
dicament of the scriptural husband
man whose seed the birds ate up, for
that is what happened to pouches full
OF congressional free seed here.
The pouches were thrown off the
trains going west, but when they were
picked up from the shed to be placed
on the proper trains, they were found
to be perforated in scores of places
and contained nothing excepting
empty packages bearing the names
and addresses of deserving and loyal
constituents. Hungry sparrows, made
desperate by the cold weather, had
pecked holes in the pouches and eaten
every grain out of hundreds of pack
ages.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
SHE MENDS BABY CARRIAGES
Young Boston Woman Makes Her
Living Repairing Damaged
Vehicles.

Boston.-"My work is caring for
100 baby carriages at the rate of 81
month a carriage, so you can easily
figure out my income" said a young
woman, whose home is in one of our
lesser eastern cities.
my mother owns our home. Though
our house is small, there is a large,
old-fashioned stable, which for num-
Der of years we have rented l had
mended my sisters baby carriage SO
successfully on several occasions that
several of our friends had either
asked or limited for me to repair
theirs. Having five carriages on my
hands, the thought came to me, how
much better those carriages would
look and how much longer they would
wear if they had a stitch in time and
also didn't have to be battered by
humping up and down the stairs of
the apartment houses in which many
Of their owners lived.
with the money earned recushioq-
ing those five carriages had hun
dred cards printed, setting forth the
[act that MISS Mary Blank would be
glad to repair and care for baby car
riages at 10 x street These cards I
sent by mail to mothers having small
babies, beginning with those living
Immediately around me.
"Of course, I spoke to friends who
had babies. Fortunately, had already
gained the confidence of the people
whose baby carriages I had repaired,
so 1 started in with those five and my
sisters, making six in ALL AS time
passed the number increased until I
could enjoy the feeling of having more
offers than I could accept. When
there were more than could accom-
modate on the floor of the barn l had
an elevator built by which 1 could
take them up and down and so use
the loft"
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
nificent results.

Abraham Lincoln when young
decided to become a country mer-
chant and opened a store. He
failed, discovered why, gave up
trying to become a merchant
prince and afterwards eked out
living president of the United
States.
On the other hand, Columbus
tried half a dozen times to equip
a fleet for the discovery of
America. After each failure, he
improved his line of talk and
was finally able to persuade
Isabella to pawn her jewels.
Theodore Roosevelt tried to be-
come a great cattleman, but
failed, owing to the severe eli
mate. His failure taught him
to look elsewhere and discovering
that in New York the Republican
bosses had no trouble in keeping
their cattle lined up through a
hard winter, he came east and
went into politics.
HoraceGreeley failed to become
president and was to die of disa-
ppointment. On the other hand,
William J. Bryan scored three
failures aud is still making a COM
Portable living out of them.
Some failures are not only in
structive but glorious in them
selves. Many a man is a business
failure and has to rub along on
$75 a month because he has spent
all the rest of his fortune buying
a reputation which can go on his
tombstone without making any :
one wink and grin.
Some people fail to recognize
failure as a lesson and insist on
regarding it as a medicine.
Taken in this way failure is
very bitter and sours the dispo-
sition without helping the brain
in any way,
A lesson in Failure is worth a lot,
but a dose of Failure can purge
a patient of puck, hope, and am
bition in an alarmingly short
time
Some people are failures and
never know it.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
RESTORES NOTED OLD HALL
Philadelphia RemodeIs Building Ad-
joining independence Hall in
Which Washington Took Oath.

Philadelphia.-Old Congress hall,
adjoining independence hall, is under
going extensive repairs which when
completed will restore the building to
the appearance it had when George
Washington took the oath as presi-
dent in an alcove of the senate cham
ber on the second floor. Since 1920
many alterations have been made ow-
ing to the use of the edifice as court
house. Work is being done under the
supervision of members of the Phila-
delphia chapter American Institute of
Architects.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
Russian Girls on Reqqinu Tour.


Geneva.-Coming from French ter
ritory, band of nomad Russian girls,
fourteen to twenty years old, and who
were headed by two old women. have
entered Swiss territory over the Col
des, Roches, on their way to Neucha-
tel. They were arrested by Swiss gen
darmes, and the old women explained
in broken German that their fathers,
husbands and brothers had been killed
in the Russo-Japanese war, or had
been exiled to Siberia, and as they
could not obtain living in Russia
they had undertaken a begging tour
in Europe.
The story happens to be true, but
how the band of girls crossed the
Russo-German and French frontiers
without any papers or passports is a
mystery.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
A Bad Cold,

She was shiftless, slipshod crea-
ture, not very bright, not very strong,
who used to come around once in a
while to tell her tale of woe, accept
bundle of old clothes and perhaps
earn little by some odd job of clean
ing. The. family had missed her for
weeks; then she reappeared.
well, Leslie, where have you
been?"
ooh, been havin' the worst luck!
First, had bone felon, an couldn't
use my hand any for two weeks Then
had neuralgy pains in my shoulder,
an couldn't use my arms any. Even
now I got such a cold in my head I
amt been able to use my head for a
week. Youths Companion.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
Don't Believe it
(Arizona Democrat)

The article in the Star (Tucson)
accusing Governor Hunt of. in
sulting two girl solicitors for that
paper, goes far beyond the facts
in the case, Governor Hunts not
that kind Of man. In Globe
where he has lived for thirty
years, no man stands better or
higher, with good people-wo-
men and men-thanGeorge Hunt.
The gentlemanly attributes, so
common to the men of Arizona,
are found in a marked degree in
Arizona's Governor, a man Of
gentle home loving habits, and
while the Democrat does not al
ways agree with the Governor,
we know that he is absolutely in
capable of insulting either girl
or woman. George Hunt never
rose from waiter in a frontier
restaurant to the high position
Of Governor Of this magnificent
state with such qualities as are
attributed to him by the Star and
Republican. No man could stand
before the Arizona public for
thirty years. and mingle with his
fellow citizens as freely as has
George Hunt and retain their
love and affection as has the gov
ernor, who wonld be guilty of
such grossness as is charged by
these papers. Governor Hunt be-
ing human, will, as matter of
course, err in his duties as Gov
ernor, but the men who disagree
with him in his policies, know
him to be honest and sincere,
and far up and beyond reach of
such slanderous reports as those
put into circulation. We know
whereof we speak, when we say
that the home Of Arizona's Gov
ernor is ideal, a kind father and
husband, and blessed in the high
est degree with that old fashion
ed southern hospitality, that en-
dears all those who come in con-
tact with him in his home in
Arizona's big mining city.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26

Failure is one of the most i'm
portant schools in the University
of Hard Knocks.
More people are attending this
school than any other, but very
few Of them are making any
use out of their lessons.
Failure and Ethics are two of
the hardest branches Of knowl-
edge to harness up and use in
producing dividends.
Failure is regarded with con-
tempt by most people who con-
slider that a man might much
better spend his time learning
feather-stitching or stocking-knit
ting. And yet Failure, il
studied carefully, produces mag
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
Grabbing the PIums.

did yes notice, Pat, that Rear Ad-
miral Hugo Osterhaus was in COM
mand av the feet that President Taft
reviewed in New York the other day?''
'Yis"
''And the secretary av the navy is a
man be the name av Mayer?"
'1s hep"
'And Schultz got the autymobile fer
bein' the best player in the Naytional
league?"
"Dinnis, the furriners are breakin'
In everywhere over here"
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
Too Fast.

Madge-Didn't you think the show
ended rather abruptly?
Mabel-Yes, indeed. We had bare
ly time to take up our things, put on
our hats and coats, and get outside
the theater before the curtain went
down.-Puck
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
SUSPICIOUS.

"How does your husband like the
new meerschaum pipe you gave him
as birthday present, Mrs. Leeder?"
"He won't touch it; he suspects
trick. He thinks it's made of cellu.
loid.'
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
The Gist of It.

Two and two make four This is a
platitude
Two and two make three. This is
1emagogism
Two and two make one hundred and
fifty. This is high nce.-Lippin-
cott's.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
He Was Mistaken.

81 asked your husband last evening
# he had his life to live over again
# ne would marry you, and he said
ne certainly would"
"He certainly wouldn't"
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
LoaicaI Profession.

'Why is it these seers always make
money!"
Because if there wasn't money in
it there wouldn't be any profits"
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
Disproved.

She said, /''I ne'er take up fad,"
But, e'ertheless,
saw her out this morn, egad,
In freakish dress.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
WEDNESDAY. June 26, 1912

This paper is kept on file at the Dake Advertis-
ing Agency incorporated 427 South Main St.
Los Angeles and at IL Geary ST., San Francisco
where contracts for advertising can be made.
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
A Business Proposition.

II thought you told me you were
Miss Fluffy's first choice?'
Tn way, yes. had the refusal
Of her hand"
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
Missinn Mo Onnortunitv.

Jonah had just emerged from the
whale.
Mister" said the small boy who
was waiting, "will We please give me
yer kewpon?"
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
The PITY of It.

''Do you believe necessity is the
mother of invention?"
Eyes, and she is also closely relatr
ed to the promissory note"
Duncan Arizonian., 1912-06-26
Income Property For Sale

A good 3 room dwelling with
about 4 lots; good young bearing
orchard on Main St. This is good
income property and is offered
at a bargain.
And, another Broom dwelling.
lots adjoining the Main street
property, this is also good income
property. At a bargain.
Apply to L. F. Vaughn.
A GOOD gentle buggy horse
for sale, cheap, at this office.
TWO lots, near CampbellPs
mill, for sale, $3.50 each.
L. F. VAUGHN.