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The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
Labor Scarcity and the Results.

Should any American laborer be idle
now. it would seem as if idleness were
not due to low wages. or excess OF sup
ply over demand in the market for
labor. 1t Is declared that industry is
actually hampered by existing scarcity
of labor. and that the stringency is be-
coming more acute President Lovett,
OF the Hartman lines, reports that "a
great deal of work is retarded by lack
OF labor President Ripley, of the
Atchison Road. alleges that the demand
for labor exceeds the supply" From
other railroad heads come similar re-
ports.
In the country the evidence of an
inadequate supply of workers at many
industrial centers and in many indus
tries is on the increase. Farmers in
some districts are paying higher prices
for help than the railroads and the
contractors. as much as $3.50 4 day
and board. Identical conditions exist
in the steel and iron business. The
Pennsylvania mills, since the beginning
OF August, have been handicapped by
inability TO obtain unloaders for cars
massed in their yards. Since Janu-
ary the great Baldwin Locomotive
Works have practically doubled their
force. yet they need more workers. In
New Jersey and New York practically
every mine suffers for want Of miners.
The shortage of labor seems due to
the exodus of European laborers dur
ing the period from 1907 TO 1911, and
to the recent expansion of American
industry that was occasioned by our
enormous crops. 1t is one of the fac
tors that make economic problems in
the United States this year a Chinese
puzzle If European laborers come
here to fill the vacancies the price of
food in this country may be expected
to rise still higher, because the Ameri-
can farm is not supplying the requisite
quantities OF food for the rapidly ex-
banding population
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
4 New Title.

To the editor: In your issue Of Novem-
Der 70. 1872. first page news column
entitled. Censorship of Plays Is Urged
for the Capital presents the follow
ing:
purpose Of UenSOring theatrical playa Rev Michael
Gala CHER aTlan Of public institutions Of the DIs
trct ot Columbia.
An officer should be appointed for the
specific purpose of CensOring theatrical
plays" That is narrow. 1t smacks of
absolutism. II is not well to entrust so
och power to any one officer. 1t is
against public policy. 1t is against pub
lie interest. It is against individual
rights. It places too much power in
one mans hands. No one man is in
fallible. Let it be at least three, and
three very broad-minded ones, at that.
Our free institutions are against one
man power. Ours are institutions OF ma
jority rule. We must watch against one
man power. Yes, friends We must
guard our liberties and commit no folly
as bestowal Of one-man power.
Chaplain of public institutions OF the
District of Columbia"
Where did that title come from? Who
is the father of 1t? ] never heard of
it before in the National Capital. 1t
is an innovation. 1t sounds strange. un-
canny. Did Congress confer II. the Dis
trict Commissioners, or the chief of po-
lice? Or is it simply an assumption?
Is it one-man-power office? If so.
its usefulness is doubtful, especially
when its possessor would have a one
man censor of theaters.
ANDREW JORDAN GREEN.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
The Champion of His Glass.

The champion henpecked husband,
according to Chicago news item pub
lished by contemporary, lives in that
city This has been established by his
reply to his wife's suit for divorce.
As he is a member of the bar, he goes
fully into minute detail. If there is
anything that he has neglected TO men
ton it must have escaped his memory
while lodging furniture for the cata-
logue the instruments of torture she
used, and they were numerous enough
to make any husband lose his head.
According to his affidavit she used
hammer, a pair of scissors, plate.
section of gas hose, a small gas
stove, her shoes, his razor, a butcher S
knife. several pieces of light furniture.
wrench, and a foot rule, which she
broke on his back. But worse than
the use of these instruments of torture
were her curtain lectures, from which
he couldn't escape.
In the recital of his woes other men
throughout the country who imagine.
with or without cause, that they are
henpecked, may find comfort. Misery
loves company, and the man who is
brave enough to acknowledge how
badly henpecked he has been, deserves
the (silent) cheers of his less courage
Gus brothers.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21

estimates that there is uncharted
land 10000 square miles in extent. He
confirms his conclusions by study of
the tides and currents of the arctic
regions, the discoveries of Milkkelson
and Lefingwell, and the drifting voy-
age OF the Jeanette. t
No doubt, mankind in future ages
will occupy areas now considered un-
inhabitable. White men, as DR.. Gorgas
points out, will dwell in like comfort
near the equator or the North Pole,
Greenland, and Alaska, and British
North America will not be monopolized
by the Eskimo; the Sahara and interior
Australia, with irrigation, will become
fertile. We are making surprising
discoveries as to the ability of man
kind to withstand high attitudes, ex-
cessive cold and torrid heat Mans
inventive ingenuity will yet devise a
way to conquer the formidable ice cap
of Greenland, which has not been
crossed except at the ends, and the
desolate frozen plateau of Antarctica.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
THE PEOPLES FORUM
OTHERS ARE CRITICISED
BESIDES PLAYS AND ACTORS

To the Editor: I read this morning
in your valuable paper OF which I am
a regular reader. the painful article
about the censorship Of plays by these
so-called reformers, which / think are
no more than a lot of eXaggerating
agitators. Why do these people persist
in knocking the stage and its perform
ers all the time, when there are so many
other things they could he doing? For
instance, going home and attending to
their duties there. Who is it that comes
to the front first of all when called
upon to help the needy from great dis
asters OF any kind? It's not the min
listers OF Gospel or takers OF reform.
It's the theatrical folk every time. Who
gave the performance last week to those
poor little cripples and unfortunate or
phans but Miss TaliaferrO and her
company? Do the refOrmers do it? No,
it's the actor and actress and theater
managers, and then they have to stand
all kinds OF abuse. l think its pretty
near time FOR these people to give the
public a rest. and take their reforms up
and down + Street, Ninth Street. Penn
sylvan.a Avenue at night for the pro-
lection Of young girls and boys. and
they would be doing more good to pub
lie welfare.
MILTON + JOHNSON.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
TUMBLES. MARK
HORSE SHOW DAY
Numerous Mishaps in International
Jumping Contest at Madison
Square Garden.
FOREIGNERS PRIZE WINNERS

New York. Nov. 2O-Numerous tumbles
hunters provided plenty OF excitement
for the spectators at the horse show in
Madison Square Garden this afternoon.
Some Of the riders came bad croppers,
but none was seriously hurt. Earlier in
the week the jumps were four and a half
feet high. To-day six inches We're put
on the gates. and the additional half OF
foot was the cause OF all the trouble.
The horses had to take four successive
jumps Several Of the riders were
stunned. and many Of the horses became
mixed up with the falling bars. but there
was no serious damage. The only hunter
out of the large number entered to make
four clean jumps was Sir Edward, a
brown gelding from the stables of Hon.
Adam Beck. OF London. Ontario.
Miss Maud Preece. the English girl,
took the blue ribbon from Carlton Quail
ity. belonging to Payne Whitney. for
clever work in the saddle. Miss Preece
rode Merry Legs.
In the class for ladies' saddle horses
not exceeding fifteen hands first hOnors
went to Sceptic. owned by Miss Mona
Dunn, of England. Miss H. D. After
bury, on Patricia got the red ribbon.
Clarence F. Levins Domineer was second.
and Elkridge. from the Blenheim Farm.
Baltimore. Nas third in the hunters
event.
In the roadsters' class in harness. for
horses four years old or more, the blue
went to Ruby. exhibited by Z. T. Stotes-
bury. Teneriff. entered by William NJ.
V. Hoffman, got the red, and third place
went to Brother Spier. Mr.. Stotesbury's
entry.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21

tisinS in connection with the contest, by
purchasing manufactured products ad-
vertised in the competition, and by in
ducing new person TO enter the S2S,OOO
race.
Lists Of the merchants and manufac-
turers giving away votes may he OBJ
tanned at the contest home. 1t is adyI.-
able for contestants to secure supplies
81 these lists, and to distribute them
among their friends, with the request
that the stores and products be patron
lied and the votes saved. Hundreds OF
persons are on the lookout for reliable
stores where they may deal. Every
housewife is on the qui vive for manu-
factured products Of quality sold at rea-
sonable prices. 1t may be that vou
would confer a favor by handing YOU
friend one OF the lists of merchants and
manufacturers advertising in the CON
test. All of them are reliable, and th~
goods which they are handling are ~
high quality.
In visiting the Thirteenth Street Build
ing, contestants should not fail to look
over the various awards on display
Changes are being made from time 10
time, ard there is nearly always some
thing new to see Many OF the SNl
awards are on display at the building
They are truly worth seeing. Visitors
are always cordially received by the
Advocate
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
KNOX CONFERS ON
RUSSIAN TREATY
Expiration of Present Understand
ing Will Expire After Next
January !.

Secretary Knox conferred with AM
bassador Bakhmetefr of Russia yester-
day. and though no official announce
ment was made. the impression is that
all is progressing satisfactorily thus far
toward the governments of the United
States and Russia arriving at an under
standing regarding the situation which
will exist following the expiration of
the treaty Of 1882. on January ! next.
The chief endeavor thus far in the con-
ference between representatives Of the
two governments. has been to ascertain
with eXactness what will stand after
January l. and what will fall with the
treaty. The next objective agreed upon
by both Russia and the United States
is to save as much as possible from the
general wreCkage. Both governments,
aside from the Jewish passport question.
are discussing the situation with the
utmost good feeling. and both desire to
avert A disturbance of trade relations
II possible. Ii is now believed that some
understanding can be reached even
tually which will prevent a tariff war
between the two countries. In such a
tariff war as it is being sought to pre-
vent. the United States would be many
times as great a sufferer as would
Russia.
1t is understood that further confer
ences will be held by Secretary Knox
and Ambassador Bakhmeteff. 1t is rea-
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
UNIVERSITY GETS
A BIG REQUEST
Rev. David Carroll, of Baltimore,
Leaves 100000 to Washing
ton Institution of Learning.

a legacy approximately OF 100000
from the late Rev. David H. Carroll, D.
D.. of Baltimore, whose will was filed
in the Orphans Court in Baltimore yes
terday to the American University, of
Washington. may place that institution
upon a sound operative basis.
The legacy comes at a time when
efforts for the exercise Of the proper
functions of the university. which is
under the control of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, are unusually strong.
The legacy from DR.. Carroll. therefore,
may result in an immediate and health
full growth of the institution.
At present the university has buildings
at the corner of Nebraska and Mexico
Avenues, but its activities have been
so limited that it may be said to have
been almost inert far rs instruction
is concerned. 1t has had practically no
students or professors, though it has a
library of 10000 volumes.
The Rev. DR.. Carroll was president of
the board Of trustees. Charles c. Glover,
of Washington, Isl its treasure and Rev.
Charles W. Baldwin, of Washington, its
secretary. Franklin Hamilton. Ill. D.,
is chancellor. and Rev. Albert Osborn,
of Washington Grove, registrar.
The officials of the university have not
formally been notified of the provisions
of the will.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
THE BUSY BEE
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "At Good old siwaSh."

The busy bee is a small, fuzzy animal
with a great habit Of minding its own
business and almost unparalleled facili-
ties for encouraging the casual passer-by
to do the same.
The bee is small and could not lick a
grown man I'm a fist fight. But very
few men care to creep up to an indus
trious bee and look over its shoulder
tc see what it is doing. II a bee must
be approached it is best TO meet him
face to face and treat him with distant
respect. Even those who love the bee
do not stroke him on the back. Those
who have been led in enthusiastic mo-
ments to do so have acquired a hand
which could be wrapped up and sold
for Virginia ham.
The busy bee gets up at daylight and
tolls with tremendous industry until
dark, gathering honey and storing II
away. He is the most industrious of
all insects and is pointed out by philo-
sophers as a model to the human race.
While man is dwadling over his break
fast or reading four acres Of useless
mobile into action, the busy bee is nobIy
Juggling honey to his hive in minute
quantities without even pausinS to ad-
mire the scenery.
Thousands Of lectures have been writ
ten on the bees industry. but very few
philosophers have paused to deprecate
tie bees thick hea aded dncss. No one
works harder than the bee or gets less
out of it. Instead Of sticking to the
woods and hiding his honey where it
will do him the most good in winter,
he allows himself to he tempted into a
hive in the backyard of constituencies
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
STATE OFFICERS
To HOLD JOBS
Legislative Bill Trainers Begin
Hearings-Estimates Are
Conservative.
BILL TO CARRY $4,000, 900

Headed by Representative johnson of
South Carolina the subcommittee OF the
House Committee on Appropriations,
which is framing the legislative. execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill for
the fiscal year ending June %, 1914.
opened hearings Yesterday morning. and
before adjournment had completed con-
sideration of the estimates submitted for
the Bureau Of Education. the Library Of
Congress. the Civil Service Commission.
and the Department of State. To-day 5
hearings will be given over to the Treas
ury Department. which part the sub
committee hopes to complete before
evening. 1t is hoped to have the bill
drafted and ready for consideration by
the full committee when Congress con-
venes next month.
Except in the cases of the Civil Scrv-
ice Commission and the Bureau of Edu-
cation. few marked increases were ask
ed in the estimates considered Scster-
day. The State Department apparently
Is satisfied with the disposition made
last session If the offices supported by
the $lOn.OOU fund granted the State De-
partment originally to carry out the
maximum AMI minimum clause of the
Payne-Aldr.ch tariff law. This fund
which had been retained in the bills
from wear to year until last session,
had been used for the support of sew
eral bureaus and divisions, forming a
very important part Of the organization
of the State Department. The fund was
cut out by the House Committee last
year. and later most of the othcers IN
vOlved were taken care OF through a
conference agreement. This years esti-
mates ask fOc the same solution as was
decided upon last session, and the sub
fs1r, ,,T,off - these
estimates be permitted to stand.
Civil Service stan Increased.
Large increases in the staff OF the Civil
Service Commission are asked in the
estimates submitted by President Black.
of the commission, and the probabilities
are that the subcommittee will recon-
mend that much of the desired increase
be permitted. in view Of necessary in
crease in work. Two things. said Mr..
Black. when before the subcommittee
yesterday. make the increase necessary.
In the first place, the requirement in the
last legislative. executive, and judicial
bill, that a system Of efficiency ratings
tor civil service employees be established
and maintained. has necessitated big in
crease in the force of clerks, and the re-
cent order of the President, placing in
the neighborhoOd OF 5000 additional
postmasters under the civil service, adds
greatly to the work.
Commissioner of Education p. p. ClaX-
ton told the subcommittee that his bu-
reau had broadened its work considerably
along the lines of vocational and indus
trial education, and that the consequent
increase in work could not be met by
his present force.
Barring some necessary increases in
the copyright division, the Library Of
Congress estimates were but slightly
greater than the appropriation under
which the establishment now is working.
1t is estimated that the legislative bill
this year will carry appropriations aggre-
eating about 100000.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
ROAD DELEGATES MEET.
Highway Improvement Association
Holds First Convention.

Richmond, Va, Nov. 2O.-The first an
nual congress of the American Associa.
ton for Highway Improvement con-
vened here to-day. The congress will
adjourn on November "a.
All the road associations in the United
States and Canada which were affiliated
with the American association when II
was inaugurated last year We're well rep
resented at the opening meeting. These
comprised twenty-three State and inter-
state organizations. In addition to these
delegates, many highway engineers and
officials, legislators, and manufacturers
of road machinery were among the dele
gates.
The delegates were welcomed by United
States Senators Swanson and Martin OF
Virginia. Both of these legislators made
a strong plea for better roads, quoting
from President Taft's statement in ac-
eepting an honorary membership in the
organization.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
SPECIAL VOTING CONTEST
RAPIDLY NEARING CLOSE
Several Hundred Persons Striving for Two Special
Awards to Be Given Away to the
Winners

The special twO-weeks' voting contest in
connection with The Washington Her
AIDS $1,000 competition is rapidly near
| ing ITS end. The little secondary race
comes to a close Saturday evening. All
votes in order to be counted in the con-
test must be deposited with the Advo-
cate at the contest headquarters. IL
Thirteenth Street Northwest, by 9 O'Clock
Saturday night.
Contestants are visiting the contest home
in large numbers daily for the purpose
Cf depositing votes and mediums OF ex-
change. 1t can be readily seen that they
are working hard. Some come into the
Thirteenth Street building with packages
Of mediums of exchange so large that
they are almost unable to walk. The
Advocate said last night that he is great
Iy pleased at the interest taken in the
contest. He expressed the opinion that
trade had been decidedly stimulated as a
direct result OF the special twO-weeks'
voting offer.
Several hundred persons are striving
for TIE two special awards which are
10 be given away to the winners. To the
gentleman casting the greatest number
OF votes during the period from Novem-
Der IL to November . will be awarded
a certificate from the establishment of
Leo Davis, merchant tailor. $50 Thir-
tcenth Street Northwest, good for SIS
suit of clothes. to be made TO order. To
the lady casting the biggest number OF
votes will be given a certificate from the
establishment of S. Silverstein, ladies'
tailor, 2i67 Eighteenth Street Northwest
good for. a S35 tailor-made suit.
As the special contest is almost over
contestants should work with all of tho
energy possible. They should purchase
as much as possible. and should so ar.
range the purchases SO as to make every
cent count in the matter of securing
votes. 1t should be remembered that
there are three ways of getting votes:
BY patronizins retail merchants adver-
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
SHIPWRECKED MASTER
EXPRESSES THANKS FOR
AID OF BATTLESHIP.

Capt. +. Godfrey, master of the late
schooner John Maxwell. has written to
Secretary of the Navy Meyer to eX-
press his thanks and appreciation for
the work of the officers and men of the
battleship Michigan. which resulted in
saving his life. when his ship went down
recently near New Inlet, y. {.
Capt. Godfrey wrote that when he
was holding to the rigging, while his
ship was sinking beneath him, the
Michigan arrived on the scene and
turned all her searchlights upon his
schooner. This light disclosed to him
the fact that the stern of his vessel
was raised well above the bow. and
thus he saw where he could find at
least temporary refuge from the waves.
When the ship finally broke up. Capt.
Godfrey seized piece Of wreckage. and
was washed ashore.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
Peoples Rule in Theory and
Practice.

In the West, where the initiative was
first adopted, the number of citizens
required to place a proposed statute
before the Legislature ranges from 5
to IS per cent. For instance, North
and South Dakota each require 5 per
cent; Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, and
Oregon per cent, while Arizona, Ne
vada, and New Mexico require 10 per
cent In Ohio legislation may be
initiated by a petition signed by )
per cent of the voters of the State.
The basis of the required percentage
is the total number of votes cast for
Governor at the last preceding cleo
ton therefor.
But it does not follow that the
referendum is a failure. because many
voters ignore its provisions. Students
of the peoples rule cannot refrain from
surprise at the number OF electors who
refuse to accept responsibility, after
FIRST making loud demands for the eX-
ercise of the rule of the people" "
Despite all the clamor about the
tyranny of the majority, minorities
are permitted to rule the country by
the men who make the most noise
about vested liberties.
In Ohio the license system was
adopted by a referendum vote in which
only one-ffth of the registered voters
participated, although the proposed &C:
had been the subject of heated debate
One-third of the voters served TO de-
feat woman suffrage in that State, and
that. too. after a spectacular campaign.
Another illustration of the neglect
of the citizens is found in the last
New Jersey primaries in which Con-
gresham Hughes was declared to be
the choice of the Democrats for United
States Senator, although he received
about one-ffth of the vote of the party
As to the recall" it has successfully
invaded the East and in no such repre-
hensible a manner as we have read of
the vindictiveness manifested in parts
of the West 1t has been used with
effect byI the new commission govern
mcnt at Atlantic City in its action in
removing the city comptroller and pass
ing an ordinance abolishing the comp
troller's office. This drastic action was
brought about by the dcposed official
having made a payment of claim of
$4,000, which was contested in the
courts. The case may involve the re-
movaI of another official, the city So
licitor, whom the late comptroller named
as havIng advised the payment The
matter of the city solicitors response
bility next will come before the COM
mission for action when similar dis
position OF, the case is looked for, with
the exception of the abolition of the
Office of solicitor, which cannot be
dispensed with.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-21
MONA OF AVON TO TAKE
PLACE OF PAULINE WAYNE"
AS WHITE HOUSE cow

Milwaukee. Wis, Nov. D.-Pauline
WAYNE, the White House COW presented
to President Taft by Senator Stephen
son Of Wisconsin. will go into oblivion
with the present administration.
William Galloway, of Waterloo, Iowa,
who is in Milwaukee, declared to-day
that he would present President-elect
Wilson with a 5000 Ayrshire cow named
Mona of Avon.