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The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
Big Chance I'm Farm Life.

Fr~r the IudiauaTolis Star
What IS the farmer doing with the
money he has been making during the
past decade. since farming suddenly
developed into one Of the most profitable
enterprises of the country? We know
he is investing in bank stocks and West
ern lands. but has he raised his standard
OF living? 1t may well be doubted If
the average city dwelIer has any con-
ception Of the change in farm life The
contrast "f to-day with fifteen years ago
is something startling. 4 visitor from
the East had a taste of IL a few davs
ago. His brother had taken the old
home farm as his share. while the Wis
ito- had taken other property. gone TO
an Eastern city. and grown 10 moderate
prosperity by working his way UP in a
large mercantile institution. He knew
a trolley ran near the old farm and
that the folks" had telephone. but
his imagination went no further. He had
last been home about sixteen years
ago
When he telePhonsd out 10 learn what
trolley he should take. he was told to
wait at his hotel In time his brothers
son came for him in an automobile and
RECALLED him on the way with stories of
HIS 4aSI year AT Ir!nCelOn ArrlNlng. ne
found a modern house with hardwood
floors furnace heat bathrooms, and orr
entail rugs. The chamber they assigned
{" him was the room of one OF the
daughters, such room as one will find
in anv womans college. with its banners
and other like gimcracks On the living
room table he noted a bridge score and
was told that the club met there the
previous Thursday. His recollection ot
country social functions was confined -
church socials and platform dances.
The family, had its daily newspapers.
morning ana evening They attended
the theater frequently and with no hard
ship. In fact. he found his farmer
brother not only making an ample in
come from the old farm. but educating
his children in the best srhc IS and en-
joying every convenience known to the
city dweller except paved streets and
the glare of light
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
NEW YORK CITY
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old Siwash."

New York City is the biggest city in
the world. not because it has the most
people but because il does the biggest
things.
New York has only paltry 100000
people. including millionaires not taxed
while London has 100000. who live near
enough to 1t TO he annoyed by motor
omnibuses. But New York makes Lon
don look like a collection Of Dutch ovens
New York contains the tallest buildings
In the world. the greatest bridges in the
world. the largest railroad station in the
world. the greatest commerce. the most
terrific hotels. the loudest sUbways, the
most prominent baseball team. the great
est financIcrs. and the most princely
grafters on this planet. or any other, so
far as known.
New York. in fact. is so big that many
a small man has swelled up until he
burst while trying to fit 1t. New York
was founded on Manhattan Island almost
800 years ago. but has now spread out
over the country like heavy rash. until
fiat buildings are being built far
north as Yonkers. and as far UP the
third Satellite of Jupiter. The city takes
the raw immigrants from Europe and
works them up into census statistics and
garment workers at the rate OF 2Oo.c0D
a year. II also takes young geniuses OF
all kinds from the West. and doOms them
to a life Of poverty at $l5,011 year on
the nineteenth floor Of an apartment
house. II leads the nation in finance.
commerce. ma anufacture, skysCrapers. re-
dictionaries. drama. dress suits. hotel
prices. automobiles. and press agents.
One reason why New York has become
SO famous is the fact that her writer's
would rather advertise her free Of charge
than get Sl.00o a week for exploring Chi
Cago and other sections OF the wild
interior.
New York is famous for its Sl5O0n.oNo
private residences. and also for its skill
in stufflng 5"a people into A single block
on the East Side. II has produced The"-
dore Roosevelt. ]. T. Morgan. and
George NJ Cohan. but only worshiPs the
last two II is the richest city in the
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
For Third Party Fresh m n.

From the New York Mail
Sir: Why not use your valuable Final
Of Public Fut,lity to put third-party ap-
plica nts through their entrance exams ?
As for instance:
,a) DsS-e the irritative and never
Cb) Do you believe ir direct primaries.
or do you think the women should
propose?
Cc) What is the difference between a
Republican?
I'D Do you prefer Theodore Roosevelt
or moving pictures?
(e) Which is the harder on the eyes?
10 Who would you rather be:
Q) If you were President Taft?
C2) If the high cost of living would
let you?
(g) Suppose you were putting on your
shoes. and you got one foot up
and found you had the wrong
shoe for il. would you put up the
other foot? Or reach the other
shoe? Or both?
This last is a Musterberg test for po-
Itical detectives. The answer indicates
the degree of the applicants progresstv-
ism. Try it yourself.
H OH
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
CASE DID NOT COME UP
BEFORE JUSTICE HAAS

To the Editor: l notice in The Herald
Of to-day a publication of an article in
reference to a trial held in my court
where one Morris Eisenberg was hailed
before me on charge Of violating a
health ordinance and fined $2S and costs
OF y cents. / wish to state that this IS
absolutely false. as no such case has
ever been brought before me.
1t also states that it is customary
for a Justice of the Peace to accept fines
OIL the installment plan" This is also
false as no such condition exists. It is do
ing the justices of Prince George
County an injustice by letting this go
unnoticed and should be corrected
So far as the fine OF the colored Offend
er mentioned in the article is concerned.
believe Mayor Plant honestly thought
he was acting within rights as the charge
was a violation of town ordinance
JOSEPH =. HAAS.
Justice Of the Peace.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
MORMONS CROSS BORDER.
Three Hundred Refugees from Mex
leo Enter Texas.

FL Paso. Tex. Aug. l2.-Three hundred
Mormons following their families who
fed Mexico two weeks ago. reached the
United States border early to-day at
Hatchita and came to FL Paso this after
noon to Join their families here. They
abandoned a all they had in the colonies
after the Mexicans had robbed them OF
their arms and had looted their homes
Of furniture They suffered severely on
the trip having but little rood and water.
4 special train brought the rebel army
TO Juarrz to-day. Gen OrozCo is still
in Juarez and is cooperating with the
Texas officials in attempting to find the
band Of marauders who crossed into
Texas last week and looted a number
of ranches. He says he believes the
band was composed Of Federal soldiers
trying tC get away from his men. Orozco
denies anything that comes from Mexico
City in the form OF peace talk, still in
sisting that but one thing can bring
peace and that is the resignation of Ma
dero as President
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
Blue Laws.

The crusade now in progress in
Montgomery County and which seeks
to enforce the so-called blue laws can
only have one object in view. 1t is
to make those laws ridiculous.
Whether or not this is the real rea-
son for the present proceedings it is
certainly true that there can be no
other result In the first place, the
laws themselves, even if they have not
been actually repealed, are obsolete
There are numerous laws still in force
in the District of Columbia and which
have come down to us from our fore
fathers which nobody thinks of resur-
recting from the dusty pigeonholes in
which they are properly entombed.
Times change and people change with
them. The laws of century ago do
not dt present conditions. If they did
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
Mount Rainier, Md.
On Defense of Civil Service.

To the Editor: There appears TO be a
strong determination In the minds Of
some of our representatives of United
States Senators at this session to secure
seven years tenure of service for all
civil service employees. This move itself
II made Il statutory law will easily in
the future be the means of putting an
end to the whole civil service and in
numerous instances throughout all gov
ernment departments be the cause of con-
gestions, discomfort, Decentralization. &C.,
for fear of The spoils system. All know.
who have had experience OF both sys-
tens, that It is not often the govern
Dent receives efficient service from
those employees Of direct political ap-
pointment, such appointe feels averse to
doing his best. not having any assur-
ance of long tenure gets by. by doing s
little as possible. Who are to blame for
this but those who advocate short
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
VIII They Work or strike:

From the Wall Street Journal
The United States Steel Corporation
crowded with orders. needs five thousand
men. and needs them so urgently that II
is not only advertising. but is sending
out canvassers to look for them Other
steel mills and all kindred industries
are in the same plight In the automo-
bile. furniture. and other industries
which center in the neiChborhood Of De-
troit. the shortage Of workmen is keenly
felt From the free labor bureau Of
Cleveland comes the statement that the
demand for labor Is So acute that not
an available workman can be allowed
to leave the city. In the daily papers Of
any considerable city the Help Wanted
columns are swelled far above their
keepers. ChauffeurS. and men for do
mestic service are wanted by the hun
dreds.
Nor is this insistont demand confined
to those who possess some special train
ing or mechanical skill. From the West
comes a stentorian cry for fifty thousand
men to help with the harvest In every
section new work is in progress and the
call for day labor can he heard. From
New York there soon will he demand
for ten thousand urskilIed workmen to
help build s20Hoon.unN of rapid transit
lines The supply. already shortened by
the aqueduCt and other big undertakings.
is likely to be far below the demand.
All this tells Of satisfactory business
in every branch. With labor employed
all over the country. and al the good
wages which must prevail when demand
exceeds supply. every retail store. every
traction line. every place Of recreation
will feel the benefit
Cnless something unforeseen occurs to
breed a lack of confidence. the coming
autumn promises to be one Of excellent
business all round. and one in which
no ahle-bodied man who really wants
to work need lack for means of earn
ing support for himself and for those
dependent upon him.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
A Sea Moving Machine.

The first sea moving machine has been
launched at San Diego. II will be used
for cutting the millions of tons of kelp
and seaweed that grow along the coast.
A gasoline launch has been fitted with a
horizontal Jack shaft revolving at right
angles to the keel Two vertical shafts
are fitted with four-foot blades that re-
volve at high speed ten feet below the
surface. The moved kelp floats ashore.
is taken out and dried. and later is
hauled to a factory to be converted into
fertilizer.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

Liberty. the PENNSYLVANIA Station. China
town. the Hungarian restaurants. the
Jewish quarter. little Italy. the Irish
consulate at the City Hall. the Vienness
operas. the English clothes on Fifth
Avenue. the old Dutch aristocraCy. the
African prize-fighters the Turkish baths,
and an American Alderman on Long Is
land.
One could easily spend a month seeing
sights in New York. hut owing 10 the
far greater ease with which he can spend
everything else. he has most people come
coach.
ICorrsht. 1872 70 George Mathew Adarns.l
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
Hiram Decidedly Old.

The second oldest schooner in the
United States is now tied up at Red
Beach. nine miles from Calais. her home
port. She IS the Hiram. and she was
built twelve years later than the famous
old Polly. Her keel was laid down at
Biddeford in 1919" and since she was
launched the little two-masted schooner
has led a strenuous life UP and down
the Atlantic coast. Although the vessel
has been repaired time and again, she
still has her original keel and bottom.
which are In good condition. She is So S
feet long. has a gross tonnage OF sixty
seven tons, and carried a crew Of three
Fo- many years after she was built the
Hiram WAS commanded by members OF
the Cook family. Of that city, and she
is now owned by Elmer Mcdonald, OF
Red Beach.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
Panama Canal Tolls.

AS long as Congress contented itself
with granting free passage to Ameri-
can coasting vessels through the Pam
anna Canal we argued that this could
not be considered in the light of a vio-
lation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
We held that this could not possibly
be looked upon as a discrimination
against other nations, as foreign bot
toms are not permitted by a century,
old staeute to engage in coastwise
trade. We have read since that even
Britain has admitted that under the
treaty this preference might be given.
But when the Senate, our august,
dignified, and honorable highest leg
islative body, proposes that ships owned
by Americans. no matter where built,
and used in foreign trade, shall pass
the canal free of toll, it is a plain vio-
lation of the treaty provision which
stipulates:
The canal shall be free and open TO
the vessels of commerce and war of all
nations observing these rules, on terms
OF entire equality, so that there shall be
no discrimination against any nation or
It's citizens or subjects in respect of the
conditions or charges of traffic or
otherwise"
This shows, TO our mind. that the
action of the Senate in adding the
above detailed proviso to the House
bill is in direct contravention of that
clause OF the treaty. The Senate could
only have done this under the supposi-
ton that the land through which the
canal passes belongs to this country
and that the treaty, therefore, did not
bind us. But if our title is so COM
plete and absolute the logical thing TO
do would have been TO forbid the use
of the canal entirely to the ships of
other nations.
When it comes TO this, however, the
Senate is again in error As a matter
of fact our ownership is not perfect,
but limited by this very treaty in a
SidusS VI NIliIH pIoNluSS lIldl
No change of territorial sovereignty
in the canal region shall affect the gen
eral principle of naturalization or the
obligation of the high contracting
parties under the present treaty"
incidentally, we are not the Sow
ereign lord" over the canal strip. We
have no deed. but hold the zone under
a lease in perpetuity" OF course, it
is the same thing as possession for
ever, but it leaves open the very argu-
ment which the Senate ought to have
avoided
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty is in full
force There was no violation of it in |
the bill before it reached the Senate. |
Now there is. Whatever harsh things |
the British press will now say about
us will be well deserved. Besides. we
are deliberately inviting a commercial |
warfare with all the sea-tradiug ma
tions of the world. This is a poor
sort of beginning for the worlds
greatest commercial waterway
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
impossible Happens Again.

FrUm the Cleveland Leader
In the latest issue OF the able and by
no means narrow-minded Scientific Amer
ican editorial ridicule is heaped upon the
Frenchmen who undertook TO win a prize
offered for flying a meter-about three
inches more than a yard-at the height
of not less than ten centimeters, or
about four inches, on a bicycle lifted
aeroplane fashion by human muscles
only. II was explained at some length
Just why such a feat was necessarily
impossible and utterly hopeless to un-
dertake.
But the impossible happened. Almost
on the day when the issue OF the Scien-
tific American appeared with its demon
strations Of the folly of attempting any
thing so manifestly absurd the feat was
actually accomplished, not merely once.
but repeatedly. before q big crowd of
spectators.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT

From the St Paul Dispatch.
Senator Nelson voted against the no
tolls provision in the Panama Canal
bill. He was one of eleven who were
able to tell a ship subsidy in disguise.
From the Houston Chronicle.
Resides Detective Burns. they ought
to get the dictagraph and Prof. Mum
sterberg in the Rosenthal murder case.
From the indianapolis News.
Well, anyway, the Senate is doing
all 1t can to lessen the work of the
man who has the Panama toll gate job.
From the St Paul Pioneer Press.
Another evidence of the simple life
Of Haiti SENS to be shown in the news
that the Presidential palace was a
wooden structure.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Uncle" Hiram johnson is relied upon
to deliver those $4,000 red" votes in
Los Angeles.
From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The selection of George w. Perkins
gressive Party was another great tri-
umph OF the people over the bosses.
From the Louisville Post.
Although he is credited with having
saved 100000 out of a salary Of ST.
$50. no one will envy the position OF
Police Lieut.. Becker or deny the
truth of the Gilbertian saying that "a
policeman's lot is not a happy one"
From the GreenriIle IN. c. Tribune.
Woodrow Wilson was born in vir-
ginia-but he was incoropated in New
Jersey.
From the Louisville Couier-Journal
The Senate may make an allowance
OF s35,o0o or $4,000 to Lorimer just to
show him there was no hard feeling
over the expulsion from the Senate.
From the Chicago Examiner
An Aztec has just died at ls5. He
ought to have a medal from T. R.-he
left 1000 descendants.
From the st. Louis Republic.
A Congressman says Congress is as
900 bills behind in its work. 1t can
catch up and do no harm by tabline
$4,000 of them at once.
From the Florida Times Union.
The Pennsylvania .Mooses should call
themselves Warrington Films that
they may be identified.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

world. and doesn't give a whoop who
knows il. 1t is connected with the rest
of the nation by six tunnels and few
Congressman. and with Europe by twen-
ty steamship lines and $50 fathers-in-law
of titles.
The most celebrated sights in New
York are Wall Street, Broadway. the
ffty-stOry office buildings. Central Park.
the East River bridges. the Statue OF
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

Where is Senator Lodge? A wireless
station has been discovered controlled
by corporation alleged to be under the
Influence Of the German government"
What chance for more Monroe doc
trine resolutions!
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
Sugar Plant Burns.

New iberia. La. Aug. 12.-Fire during
the night destroyed the plant of the Sc
sura Sugar Company. The estimated loss
Is 10000.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

Whoever did or did not shoot Eugene
Grace. his domestic life seems to have
strangely belied his family name.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

East st. Louis has adopted a plan of
trying white offenders before negro
juries. Are they itching for a race riot
out there?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

When We agree to forgive our enemies
we usually begin with those who are
stronger than we are.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

Why not make the State whose crook
ed legislators, by sending Lorimer to the
Senate, caused the expensive investiga-
ton foot that s2l5,0oo bill?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

The result of the Kansas primary seems
to indicate with unerring certainty that
something is going to happen to some
body next November
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

The Treasury laundry is not taking Or
ders to cleanse tainted money.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

DR.. Wilson says. I'VE can arrest mo-
nopoly." Sure, 1t ought to be arrested.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
Up Against 1t.
Pretty Good Proof.

Il wonder IL she cares for me at all
Has she given you no sign?''
"One Once l saw her setting the
clock back when j came to call
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
Constituency.

Wife, take that dime novel away from
Tommy
Then he'll set up a howl"
Then take him to the picture show
at the corner Good film to-day: BAN
dts robbing a stage coach"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
ALlTTLE NONSENSE.
A NEW VERSION.

NEW VERSION.
The lowing herd winds o'er the lea
Near close of day.
Maud Muller gases at them. She
Is rakins hay.
The plowman ploddeth home to sup.
But seeing Maud
He takes a brace and straishtens up
His shoulders broad.
He stops to chat: he steals kiss.
By some mischance
Few people ever heard Of this,
Their brief romance.
Uncle Pennywise Sayss
Appealing eyes are very pretty; you
can't say that of a peeling nose.
Curse the Cards.
Whats the matter with her? Didn't
she catch beau at the seashoreT'
she did. They both pretended to be
excessively rich
Yes"
And now it turns out that they both
work in the same big department store"
August Is In History.
August 1s, II55-The Cheshire Cheese
cloves on the counter.
August 13 153s-Court jester to Henry
VIII originates the bathing suit joke.
They wore 'em very short that year.
Doing Very Well.
Bah, He has no energy"
He has energy enough to roll his
own cigarettes and to carry a large cane.
You can't expect too much Of a young.
feller."
LonGfellow Revised.
1 breathed a song into the air:
1t fell to earth 1 know not where.
OF my voice neighbors don't approve
And they've requested me to move.
Up Against IL.
Pa, l want to go in for a career.
What would you adviser
Il dunno. Politics is crooked, and
law. medicine, and dentistry are over
crowded"
That doesn't leave me much of an
opening. l have no talents for base
ball.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
LonEfellow Revised.

1 breathed a song into the air:
II fell to earth 1 know not where.
OF my voice neighbors don't approve
And they've requested me TO move.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

Congressman says Congress is 35,-
900 bills behind in its work. 1t can
catch up and do no harm by tabling
81, 900 of them at once.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

The Pennsylvania .Mooses should call
themselves Washington Films that
they may be Identified.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

From the st. Paul Dispatch.
Senator Nelson voted against the no
tolls provision in the Panama Canal
bill. He was one of eleven who were
able TO tell a ship subsidy in disguise.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13
DOING Very Well.

Bah, He has no energy"
He has energy enough to roll his
own cigarettes and to carry a large cane.
You can't expect too much Of a young.
feller."
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

Well, anyway, the Senate is doing
all 1t can to lessen the work OF the
man who has the Panama toll gate job.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

From the 81. Paul f1onef1 frts
Another evidence of the simple life
of Haiti SENS to be shown in the news
that the Presidential palace was a
wooden structure.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

An Aztec has just died at 1S5. He
ought TO have a medal from T. R.-he
left 1000 descendants.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Uncle" Hiram johnson is relied upon
to deliver those $1,000 red" votes in
Los Angeles.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

Resides Detective Burns. they ought
10 get the dictagraph and Prof. Mum
sterberg in the Rosenthal murder case.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

The Senate may make an allowance
Of s35.o0o or $4,000 to Lorimer just to
show him there was no hard feeling
over the expulsion from the Senate.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-13

From the GreenriIIe IN. c. Tribune.
Woodrow Wilson was born in vir-
ginia-but he was incoropated in New
Jersey.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-22

Two newspaper men of the state
were honOred at the late election by
being elected to congress. Albert John
son carried the Second district as a re-
publican, and j. w. Bryan won as a
Roosevelt man in the race for Con-
gressman-at-large.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-11-22

The press and politicians are now
busy piecing together cabinet for the
new president. In the meantime Mr.
Wilson holds his counsel, neither af-
firming or denying. AS the cabinet is
the presidents advisory board it is
very probable that Mr.. Wilson will do
his own selecting in the organization
of that body.