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The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
THE PEOPLES FORUM
PROTECTION FROM
RECKLESS AUTOlSTS
Warrington in Need Of More Strin'
gent Regulations of
Traffic,

To the Editor: On Sunday there oc-
CURED In this city a most shocking acci-
dent, one of a class which have greatly
increased in numbers in this city as
well as everywhere else during the last
few years. A small child. the daughter
and granddaughter Of well-known people.
was struck. run over and killed by an
automobile. 1t is not my intention to
criticise the driver Of the vehicle. with
no more knowledge OF the facts than
possess. But using this unfortunate acci-
dent as an example of the kind OF acci-
dents that We. our parents. wives. sisters.
brothers, and children are daily exposed
to. it is my earnest desire through the
columns of your paper. to make an effort
to arouse public interest to the end that
We may secure in this city some remedy
which will render our streets safer for
the public in general than they now
ara.
There are many other accidents to
which reference could be made. For in
stance the case OF the Fourteenth Street
car conductor. who last winter was
nearly killed by recklessly driven auto
mobile which struck him while he was
standing in the street beside his car.
1t is not necessary to cite them all.
is notorious that since the advent of
automobiles our streets have become far
less safe than was formerly the case, or
than should be the case. Where once
the pedestrian could in comparative
safety Seave the curb to board a street
car. assured that the drivers Of horse
drawn vehicles proceeding in the same
direction as the car he might intend to
board would slow up to avoid running
over him, to-day he must frequently dart
back to the sidewalk and miss his car
to avoid being run over by a swift
moving machine, whose driver seldom II
ever seems to respect his rights at all.
Runabouts, touring cars and heavily
laden trucks seem to vie with one an
other in violating the speed regulations
and the rules Of common decency.
Connecticut Avenue. recently a safe
street. is now at certain times of the
day one of the most dangerous streets
of the writer's acquaintance here or
elsewhere. At Dupont Circle automo-
biles dart back and forth. skirting the
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
ANOTHER PLEA FOR
SAFETY ON STREETS

To the Editor: In to-days paper. under
the Peoples Forum, is letter from
Frederic Enger. asking If pedestrians
have no rights on the streets. 1 wish to
second all he says. 1t is time these bar
barities of which he writes were being
stopped. I have seen driver OF an
automobile laugh when I narrowly es-
capped being run down by him at a cross
ing If the voice Of one more citizen
can help in the least bit to ending these
outrages perpetrated by motor car drivers
(for drivers Of horses are as a rule care
fuD. eagerly add my name to Mr..
Enger's petition for justice to the pedes-
trian.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
THE BALKAN SITUATION.
Herald Praised for Its Editorial o.
the Subject.

the SuO)ect.
To the Editor: Your editorial in this
mornings Herald entitled AT Adrian
ople" is the only thing that l have seen
written upon the subject that is at all
worthy of that subject A great many
are expressing themselves in a manner
not complimentary to the Turks. forget
ting that the same Turk. who by force
of arms won Constantinople and its
MAGNIFICENT temple. san Sophia. from
the Christians. has throughout these
ages, since Mahomet. preserved by force
of arms both Constantinople and It's
Temple San Sophia to the Turks and TO
Mahomet. There are many churches In
Cons,antinople which are Christian
churches There is the American School
for Girls at Scutari and Roberts College.
the American college. further up the
Bosphorus, all of them enjoying not only
the consent, but also the protection OF
the Turkish government. notwithstand-
ing that they are all Christian insutu-
tions.
All excepting "San Sophia" This
maRnificent temple. captured with Con-
stantinople by Mahomet. is Mo-
hammedan place of worship. and will
remain SO as long as the Turks hold IT.
Don't for a moment forget yourself and
saw that the Turks will not fight; 1t Is a
great mistake They will fight. from the
meanest soldier up. And Yet IL may be
the purpose Of Almighty God to restore
the Temple of San Sophia to the Chris
tan religion, and let it be to the Greek
and to the Episcopal churches what ST.
Peters is to the Romans and the Catho-
lie churches. But If that event ever oc-
ours, the Christians must deserve It and
must Law down their blood for 1t.
write this, encouraged by your article.
You are the only editor who has written
anything evincing knowledge upon the
subject. ,,u,
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
BALLOON UNCLE SAM WINS
BENNETT INTERNATIONAL CUP,
BEATING FRENCH COMPETITOR

Berlin. Oct. so.-Acording to advices re-
ceived here to-day the American balloon
Uncle Sam. piioted by H. z. Honeywell
and Herman Lang, Of Kansas City. I'm
the Gordon Bennett cup race, landed at
$50 o'clock last night at Zepadnaye, on
the Dwina River. Russia. between 100
and 800 miles northeast Of Moscow, thus
beating the record established by the
French balloon Picardie
The French balloon Bearn, piloted by
u. Blamehet, landed at LabIina, Russia.
The aeronaut was arrested by the police.
There is no indication of the whereabouts
of the Duesseldorf. piloted by John
Watts. of Kansas City. which in any
case has been barred by the committee
from taking a prize.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
Former Chief Counsel of Mccormick
Company Goes ON Stand.

Former Chief Counsel OF McSOrmfck
Company Goes on Stand.
Chicago, Oct. 3o-Asserting that the
net profits of the Mccormick Harvester
Company for three years was 4sS per
cent. Rodney B. Swift. former head Of
the legal, patent. and experimental de-
partments of the Mccormick company,
was star witness to-day before Special
Examiner Robert 8. Taylor when taking
of testimony in the Harvester Trust case
was resumed to-day.
The former confidential man Of the Nc
Cormicks. who organized the alleged
Harvester Trust. told Of events leading
up to the organization of the lnterna-
tional Harvester Company. He said that
the net profits of the Mccormick Com
pany. on its capitalization Of ESQ. 900
during the three years beginning in. jan
uafy., 1900. amounted to $1S.00o.0o0.
Swift told of series OF conferences
between heads Of the Harvester manu-
featuring concerns in Chicago and New
York that preceded combining OF COM
panies controlling from s. to 30 per cent
Of the harvester machine manufacturing
busanssa
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
Political Religion-Political Crime

The work of the Clapp committee
which has adjourned its hearings unit
after election, has not been much of Z
success, for the simple reason that il
was an anomaly in that practically ali
Federal legislation for the regulation
of campaign contributions had beer
enacted before these probers began
their sessions, in other words, such
legislation preceded the investigation
instead OF following its results.
Congress. anyway, had avoided en-
powering the committee to ascertain
how campaign funds had been spent
1t was armed with all the powers o:
a court TO extract information as to
contributions, but it was not author
ized TO ascertain whether the enor-
nous sums testified to were spent
properly or oorruptly. Nor did the
Senators show any visible inclination
to do SO. To that extent the investi-
CATION has been a failure Some oi
our contemporaries call it a farce, but
we have no desire to go as far as this
in Judging the proceedings. Perhaps
the esteemed committee really had nc
suspicion that the 'block-of-five" sys-
tenn or others like it possibly had
survived.
Still the Clapp Investigation ought
TO be taken seriously, for it canno,
help having its salutary effect upon
the present election and upon future
national and State campaigns. Ad-
mittedly planned to injure the Roose-
welt movement, it cannot be. said that
it has done so, because it has no,
changed the opinions either of his
friends or opponents.
That the Clapp investigation has moi
aided the Republican party cannot be
denied. This was shown by the up
held statement of Judge Parker, and
especially by that of Bryan that the
trusts eontributsd heavily to the Re.
publicans in 1904 But the Democrats
also got theirs" when it was estab-
lished that Belmont and Ryan gave
them several hundred thousand dol
lars in 1904 But As far as Mr.. Taft
is concerned his record unquestion-
ably IN this respect is the eleanest- oi
all. as his brothers and few personal
friends financed his campaign.
Political conditions have changed 50
materially. and abruptly that campaign
fund abuses, that were possible in
Ioo4. hardly can occur to-day. Con-
Gfess has prohibited corporations from
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
Worlds Greatest Wireless Station.

First tests of the American navy's
high power wireless station at Airing
ton. across the Potomac River, were a
complete success. The first step in
the system that is to extend around the
world, with stations at Colon, Hawaii,
Guam, Pearl Harbor, and the Philip
pines. and put every ship in our navy
and the insular possessions in instant
communication with the Capital of the
United States, has been accomplished
successfully.
The radius of the new plant will be
about 5000 miles when it is in work
ing order, but this great range will
only be attained gradually. Communi-
cation with the Pacific Coast just now
will be attempted at night only, but all
day the Secretary Of the Navy, at his
desk in his office in Washington, will
be within instant communication with
Key West, Guantanamo, Colon, all the
naval coaling stations thereabouts, the
winter maneuver grounds of the feet
and all Atlantic stations.
The complete system will cost about
100000. The broad. silent seas no
longer will be a vast wilderness to
the American navy. Ships with weak
er equipment, that cannot communi-
cate direct with the mammoth plan
at Arlington, may relay messages to
the various stations for transmission to
Washington.
Three huge steel towers on the brow
of hill overlooking the Potomac and
dwar6ng the famous Washington
Monument, hold the aerials which. fling
off the messages to the other~s Skilled
iron workers, who feariessly have
braved death on sIyserapers, declined
to climb and work on the spiderlike
structures at such dizzy heights. One
of the towers is Goo feet above the
river, the two others each measure 45o
feet. The base of the tallest tower is
$50 feet square. while the other two
have 40 feet bases.
As a progressive achievement the
two Arlington towers 4t the world.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
One Way to Stop Revolver Toting

1t is as easy to buy a revolver and to
carry it around as to buy and carry
a pocketlenife. Legislation against
carrying concealed weapons is futile
because no one is arrested and search
ed for arms until he has done some
thing to awaken suspicion. Any hard
ware or sporting goods store will sell
a revolver to anybody, and no one will
know that the purchaser is carrying one
until he shoots some one.
Of what use is the deadly re-
volver? What chance does a man at
tackled by highwaymen have to get hi.
revolver out of his hip pocket and to
use it effectively? As to the protec-
ton to ones house the man who is
walked up by noise and goes around
the house hunting for burglar is jus,
as liable to shoot his wife or child.
The revolver is the national toy. The
sale is enormous. No boy is happy
until he possesses one. Any profes-
sional criminal can get all the pistols
he desires, even under the new strict
Sullivan law in New York. Luna.
tics like Schrank live where a large
proportion of men carry pistols, where
shooting affairs occur daily in every
large city, where several thousand
murders occur annually and few per-
sons are severely punished for them.
What is more natural than that a
lunatic should equip himself with a
revolver?
The manufacture and sale of pistols
by private enterprise should be sup
pressed, their manufacture con-
Quoted by the government, and pistols
carried only by soldiers, policemen, and
perhaps some special classes of citi-
zens duly licensed. If such a measure
should be resorted to it would be
necessary to have the entire population
and its homes searched for pocket
weapons at a given time, so that the
law should start with a fair chance of
being effective. If any man thinks
that his home should be protected by
weapons let. him keep shotgun. Those
are things that he cannot carry about
under his clothes on the street.
Several thousand persons are muir
dered every year in this country by
men who are perfectly sane The rate
of homicides per 10000 of population
in our cities was FIVE in the decade
ending 1890, a shade under that i'll the
next decade. seven in the decade end
ing 1910, and more than eight in 1912.
In the last decade the rate was nearly
50 per cent higher than in either of the
two preceding decades, and the pres
ent decade has started off with still
higher rate. The rate in different
parts of the country ranges from 3
to E per 10000. In the North
eastern cities, E to IS in the Western
cities, and in some Southern cities it
runs up to 50 or 70. In no other civil
lized countries are so many homicides
committed and so few murderers pun
ished.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
GIBSON IN COURT.
Exta Panel of Juror. Drawn for In.
dtcted Lawyers Trial.

Goshen. N. Y, Oct. 3o.-Burton W. Glib
son. the New York lawyer, indicted for
murder in the first degree by the last
grand jury in connection with the death
of Countess Rosa Szabo at Greenwood
Lake on July Is last. was brought into
court to-day when an order for an extra
panel of 40 jurors was ordered drawn
by Judge Tompkins for the lawyer.
trial. This trial will be held here, be-
ginning Monday; November Is.
Gibson was not represented by counsel.
He asked but one question. inauiring IL
the panel drawn was a special or extra
one. He was informed by the court that
the panel was extra.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31

would not be tolerated in any first-class
English or German city. They are SUCH
that they should be remedied at once,
and IL your paper can take the initiative
in the direction indicated and persist
entity wage a campaign for the better
ment of existing conditions. II Will De
entitled to the greatest credit.
CHARLES T. TITTMANN.F
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
ASK SEARCH FOR PILOT.

Kansas City. Mo-, Oct. s0-The Kansas
City Aero Club tonight wired Secretary
OF State Knox to request the govern
ments Of Norway, Sweden. and Denmark
to institute a search for Pilot Watts, who
represented Kansas City in the interna-
tional balloon race which was inaugu-
rated at Stuttgart last Sunday evening,
-Four balloons are yet to be reported.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
PERTINENT AND NPERTINENT

Ffcm the New York Evening Telegram.
Many a politician who is an expert al
repairing his fences cannot sew on a but
ton, but Gov. Wilson is a master OF
detail.
From the Atchison Globe.
Household economy seldom goes far
enough to be counted a conspiracy In
restraint OF trade.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The President Is backed by one trust
at least-the Taft Family Trust.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
The Republican party 10 preparing to
&c down to history, and we don't know
whether to congratulate history or not
lfm the Kansas City Journal
Mr.. Taft's desire to make 1t easier for
the farmers to borrow money IL a
worthy one. but q good many farmers
out this way are more interested now In
how to lend money probably.
Rrum the indianapolis Star.
News from the aviation fields con-
tlnues to remind u that gravitation ia
on the Job all the time
Fs@ the Nsv York rribine.
\ An old city directory sold the other
day for E,To Who invented the prov
erb "As useless ~ q last years al
manac?''
Fna IL Ati..sa ssaasi,
3hsy ~ the new Slayooo bill y . werig
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The Washington herald., 1912-10-31

all the way from the middle ages on
the ssething present and win hand the
check to you with air Of one who II
not used to carrying checks and despises
the exertion.
later trains because the baggage master
has refused to worry. Other thousands
have gotten their trains and nervous
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31

fussins beanss ii is past train time
prostration. The baggage masters bat
ting average is about 800 per cent. He
gets most Of us. one way or the other.
Baggage masters and the high cost Of
living are running the nerves Of the
American people and until the said b. m.
learns how TO worry. the life of the trav-
eler will not be worth living
Copyright. 1917 by George Mathew AdanA)
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
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The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
HALLOWEEN HAVOC.

And now the gnomes invade our homes
And take our gates away:
Now sportive spirits are out o nishts
And prankish pixies play.
Elves hold the fort and goblins sport.
The puzzled household dame
Surveys the mess, and can but guess
On whom to fix the blame.
We blame the boys for half the noise
Which may assail our homes
But 1t may be that this time We
Had better blame the gnomes.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
The Trophies.

Il understand she's to have a couple
Of dukes at her Halloween party"
Yes; and some other impecunious no.
bility. 1 hear they're going to bob for
four per cent bonds.'
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31

Gen. Felix Dias pays dearly for hsy,ss
Dut his faith IN spaea.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
H.lloween at PlunkvilIe.

Now. Nose. If you takes part in the
apple-bobbin' contest tonight, I wants
you to do SO with some refinement"
"Who, me?"
Yes; and not swaller no apples at .
single swaller."
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
Try This, Girls.

They say II you throw a string OF
pearls over your left shoulder On the
stroke of midnight. It will form the
crest Of the nobleman your father Is 60
ing to buy for you eventually.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
Modern Conditions.

Now this is a witch's test" said the
young man who was the life of the
Halloween party, land in performing it.
l must pretend to ride broomstick.'
I'm sorry. but We haven't broom in
the house." faltered the hostess.
WOULD it work with carpet-sweeper?'
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
The Evil of the Future.

Ma, why can't We have the kitchen
for our Halloween tests? We girls want
to know who we are going to marry
THE cook won't tolerate the mess
you'll make. And it Is more important
for me to know who is going to cook
the breakfast in the morning"
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31

The President IL backed by one trust
at least-the Taft Family Trust.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
REVEALS HARVESTER PROFITS.

ApA.ROYp CLASSIC.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31
October 81 in History.

October 81. 1899. Macbeth sees Barquo' S
ghost after a Halloween banquet.
October 3l.15a>, Henry VIII. is chased
by hobgoblins and falls down the cellar
steps, severely spraining his imagina-
ton,
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31

Hna IL Atisata Jsaaai,
xhsy ~ the new plAoao hin y . work
OF Art hus ~ deuse 4 ~ ssa aAoca -
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31

Didn't l tell you what I'd do to you
II 1 caught you drinking those cocktails
again.
Honest, dad. I'm just playing a Hal
loween game"
"A Halloween game?'
YES; ducking for cherries"
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31

4 sample SMILE.
We all admire a cheerful man
To admiration win.
Just initiate the Jackeo-lan-
Terms grin.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-31

| The Republican party 10 preparing to
&c down to history, and we don't know
whether to congratulate history or not
Arizona republican., 1912-08-12
SHE REITERATED
 ID THE WALL
Story Told by a Woman of the Last Quarrel With Her Husband in Which a Dirk Blade Was Driven Through His Heart.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPATCH1

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 11-Otto Fiechtl lies dead from knife wound and Mrs. Ethel F'iechtl. his wife, is un- der arrest on a charge of murder Fiechtl is said to have been a member of a family of professional singers who live in Minneapolis.
 According to the story told by Mrs Feichtl, the couple passed practically all last night in quarrels and recon ciliations. In a final quarrel she said Fiechtl had been skipping and striking her with his fist. she backing away from him until the wall of their room was reached.
 To save herself from further punish ment the woman said she seized a dirk with a blade more than a foot long which was hanging on the wall. and lunged at FeichtI striking him in the breast The weapon went through his heart.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-12
COLONISTS SAFE

FL PASO, August 11-Word was re- ceived here today that 300 American men who have been travelling overland the last week from the Mormon col onies in the Casas Grandes district, ar rived safely today at Hachita, N. M. This brings out practically all the Americans from Casas Grandes dis trict The men of COIonia Morelos south of Douglas, Arizona, however, decided to remain, and is necessary fight for their homes. The party ar irving early today at Hachita comprise residents of the Juarez. Dublan, Gar cia, and Pacheco colonies, from which settlements all the women and child ren were sent a fortnight ago.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-12
FISHERMAN CATCHES CORPSE
Body of Missing Watchman of lIIi nois River Packet is
 Discovered.

PEORIA, Ill, Aug. 1.-The body of man, fastened securely to the end of his line. was the ghastly find of Bert Smith, d fisherman, when he pulled in his throwline after cast into the Illinois river here early this morning. The corpse, which slowly came above the surface as the line was hauled in, proves to be that of Peter Papinau. night Watchman on one of the local packet boats.
 Papinau had been missing since early Friday morning, when the crew on the river packet discovered he had disappeared during the early morning. No search was made for him at the time. however as it had been a cus- tom of Papinaau to depart for some of his favorite hauntS without leav- ing any notice of where or WI y he was going.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-12

coaches stayed with the track, or what is left of it.
 Due to the twisted condition of the rails it is difficult to find the real cause of the accident. It is possible. claim some who saw the wreck, that the switch either was defective or was not properly set. But for that matter there is chance for difference of opin- ion as to the exact place where the en- zine first made it's plunge into the ties The blame cannot be definitely fixed on the switch or frog.
 Wreckers were sent to Tempe soon after the wire had conveyed the news to headquarters. It was not possible to learn exactly how much damage was done or how soon the track will be cleared. A freight was held up in the Phoenix yards until a late hour last night, waiting for news that the way had been opened to Mesa. It is not likely that the service will be held up very far into the morning hours. Passengers of the ;litched train were conveyed to Phoenix and Tempe on an elegantly appointed side door special. Mail also was rushed through on the same train.