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The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
A Murder a Day in New York.

The records of New York show a
murder day for July, twenty-three
of which occurred in the borough OF
Manhattan and the Bronx. We should
think that this alone demonstrates the
ineficiency of the police protection
there More than half dozen of these
homicides were due to gang men, and
it may as well be conceded thai these
gangs could not exist if the police did
not let them exist
Their members and their criminal rec
ords are known, and, wfthal, not even
a demand from the Court of General
Sessions is sufficient to induce the New
York police to interfere with the doings
of these men, who go about licensed to
kill whom they please or whom they
may be hired to kill. This has been
amply proven by the failure of Judge
Swami to obtain the arrest of num-
Der of criminals wanted in connection
with the Rosenthal case.
This is bad enough, but the police,
not satisfied with this sort of protec-
ton Of the citizens lives, excuse their
action (or better nonaction) by blam-
ing the courts for the failure of New
York City to curb homicidal tendencies.
To begin with, what have the courts
to do with apprehending criminals?
And then it is altogether out of the
jurisdiction of the police to presume to
pass judgment upon what causes the
courts to show leniency or what verdict
10 impose.
But granted that the police were in
the right When have courts bungled
as amazingly as did the police in the
simple Julia Connors case, when for
days they allowed themselves to be
fooled by a lying child, and when, for
many days after, they failed to find out
that man with a record of attacking
women had fed from the vicinity of
the crime and failed to look for him at
his old haunts?
Then, as to the Rosenthal case. Here
the police work was unbelievably bad,
purposely bad! With the names and
the histories of those alleged to have
done the shooting in their possession
they spent two weeks and more looking
for them, and with what result?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
MOTHER AND SON
SERIOUSLY BURNED
Mrs. Edith Rothery Saves Her
Child's Life, but Is Herself
Injured.

His clothing ignited while playing
with matches. Gordon Rothery, six years
old son OF H. C. Rothery. grocer. was
saved from burning to death yesterday
afternoon by his mother. Mrs. Edith
Rothery, who risked her own life in
beating out the flames and was painfully
burned before she had eXt.nguished the
last spark.
Physicians say that the child was not
fatally burned. HIS mother sustained
burns on both hands and the right arm
and Is suffering from nervous shock.
With a candle and a box Of matches
found in his fathers grocery store. Cor
den went into the street TO play shortly
after o'clock. With a companion Cor
don tried to light the candle The wind
blew out the flame and Gordon gave the
candle and matches to his playmate.
Gordon faced the wind and in the
shelter OF his back the other child tried
to light the candle. Gordon's blouse was
isnited. Screaming the child ran half
a block to his home at 1911 Georgia Ave
nue. Northwest attracting the attention
of his mother, who ran out to meet the
boy.
Clad in a f,imsy dress which would
have burned in a few seconds IL ignited.
Mrs. Rothery beat out the fire with her
bare hands, carried the crying child in
the house and collapsed. DR.. David W.
Tastet. Of 2s2 Eleventh Street North
west, attended mother and son.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
DUPLICATE KEY"
THIEF BACK AGAIN
Apartments in Columbia Road En-
tered and Robbed of Hand
bag and Clothing.

After an inactivity Of several weeks. the
duplicate key thief. who recently was
a thorn in the side OF Mai Sylvester and
source OF worry 10 the entire Police
Department, yesterday renewed opera
tions.
He made his presence known by ran
sacking and robbing the apartments of
Samuel McPhearson. in the Wesley. lI2l
Columbia Road Northwest Entrance
was gained with a master key.
The thief escaped with a handbag con-
tanning sl5. clothing. receipts. and other
articles of little value except to the
owner. Detectives who Investigated fall
ed to find a clew, but said the theft
was undoubtedly the work OF the ''du-
pllcate key man.
Two other petty thefts were reported
to the police. The apartments OF Mrs.
Alfred EIdridge n the Decatur. cl2l
Florida Avenue Northwest. were entered
and a handbag containing $50 stolen.
A purse containing S was taken from
a bureau drawer in the home OF Mrs
Albert Dyke. 1879 Columbia Road North
west.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
Playing with Marked Cards.

The majority report of the Stanley
Committee adds nothing to the sum
of general knowledge on the matters
investigated, and those who have main
tanned all along that Mr.. Roosevelt
showed Executive favoritism to the
Steel Company as well as to the Har-
vester people will continue to do so.
The recommendations of the CON-
mittee's report are nothing but what
will be talked about among the other
leading issues almost daily on the
stump in the present campaign. This
report will be superseded by the gen.
eral programme outlined by the candi-
dates for the Presidency just as any
other committee report would be under
the circumstances. The steel schedule
bill, in fact, forecasts a repetition this
year of last summers farci:al fight for
tariff revision.
The Senate Democrats and insur-
gents, the latter lead by the unforgiving
La Toilette. never for a moment for
get their common aim, namely, to put
the President in a hole They pur-
posely frame tariff measures in such
manner as to invite vetoes. which, by
the way, is pretty shrewd proceeding
of deeply laid plans, for by doing so
they escape responsibility for the bad
effect the bills would have if enacted,
both on industry and on the revenues,
as they cannot muster a two-thirds ma
jority to override such veto.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
Mrs. Clark TO Form
Club for Servants
aIch Dien," or ~ Serve" Is
to Be the Motto of Organ
ization-To Restore the
Word "Serpant" to Place
of Honor Is the Idea of
the Organizers.

A servants' club. made up Of real serv-
ants Of the people. Is being organized by
Mrs. Champ Clark. wife Of the Speaker.
Itch diem CT serve'). the motto Of the
reigning house Of Great Britain. Is the
motto which has been chosen for the club
which Mrs. Clark and those allied with
her are forming. for they wish their asso-
citation to be one OF persons who will
serve.
To restore the word servant to a posi-
tion OF honor. as well as to inspire mem
bers Of the club to service, II purpose Of
the name to be adopted by the organiza-
ton. Mrs. Clark said
Associated with her are some Of tho
most prominent people of the country
those high in Official, literary, scientific,
and commercial life. Among them are
DR.. Thomas Nelson Page. Mrs. John Hays
Hammond. Miss Frances Stockwell. Mrs.
John B. Henderson. Mrs. Joseph Foraker.
Miss Catherine G. Dabney, Mrs. r. n.
Hit. Mrs. NJ. E. Driscoll. Wayne Mac
Veagh, Andrew Carnegie. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Seth Low.
To Organise Soon.
All these persons-by their rank in on
cial life. by their works in science or
literature. or the other arts or in soci-
'iosy VI puSihess-haNo peSoine serNauo
OF the people. It was pointed out by Mrs.
Clark. 1t is their privilege to serve the
people.
There are many cases where there Is
no present organization to take care Of"
Mrs Clark said."It is our wish to estah-
lish an association only for the purpose
of serving"
Those interested in the new organiza-
tion have had several informal confer
ences upon Il. II Is understood that the
case OF John Early the Leper" Is one
of those which interested Mrs. Clark and
her associates, and that the cases OF
government clerks who had no way of
forcibly stating their troubles also ap-
pealed TO them.
The organizers Of tho club have had
no formal meetings yet. Organization
will be permanently effected. II Is expect
cd next winter
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
CALL ON GOV. WILSON.
Colored Delegation Urge Passage of
S25o,OOO Appropriation Bill.

A delegation representing the largest
colored organizations Of the country
called on Gov. Wilson at Trenton. \. J..
yesterday in the interest OF the bill now
before Congress TO make an appropriation
of $50, 600 for the celebration Of negro
progress since the emancipation
The spokesman was DR.. R. R. Wright.
jr., editor Of the Christian Recorder. off,
cial organ OF the A. NJ. E Church, rep
resenting 10000 negroes. The Governor
expressed himself in hearty accord with
the wishes Of the delegation. saying that
he hoped the bill would pass. as il has
most worthy object.
Besides DIR. Wright. the other members
OF the delegation were Bishop ]. S. Cald-
we'll. of the \. N. E. Zion Church: Bishop
l.. ]. Coppin. OF the A. NJ E. Church:
Bishop G. l. Blackwell. Bishop W. H.
Heard, Bishop ]. A. johnson. Rev. Mat
thew Anderson. president Of Berean In
dustrial School. DR.. A. B. Jackson, presi-
dent of the Negro Business League; Har-
ry W. Bass, member Of the Pennsylvania
r. A. Cooper, member Of
Common Councils Of Philadelphia: DR..
William NJ. Slour, Rev. I. NJ. Q. Round
tree and T. p. Hood, OF Trenton. and w.
Walter G. Scott, of Pittsburg.
Bishop Heard declared that he was for
Gov. Wilson for President. and declared
that II the bill was passed by the Demo-
cratic House 1t would help the Democratic
cause considerably in the Northern States
where the colored people had a vote.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
Delay Is Inexcusable.

1t would be reproach to the United
States if, after all. the completion and
opening up of the Panama Canal were
to be delayed, not by engineering diff
fculties or by insanitary conditions
which handicapped others and dis
couraged the world, but by questions
of academic debates in Congress.
The adoption of the policy of all or
nothing" in regard to Panama Canal
legislation would be- disastrous and
should be avoided by Congress. There
has been a disposition to delay all en-
actments under the difficulties apparent
ly brought about by the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty that could be disposed of,
but this ought not to prevail.
Why should undisputed matters be
made to wait upon the clearing away of
clauses said to be in dispute when the
former are of far more importance
than the latter? Pending legislation
is for the entire Canal Zone. To us
there can be nothing more urgent than
the plan of governing the Canal Zone.
The question of tolls, of admission or
exclusion of certain vessels, has nothing
to do with that and rightfully ought
to be dealt with in separate bills.
Engineers and sanitarians have ac-.
complished miracles of efficiency in
Panama. All that is asked of Congress
is more haste and less talk.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
THE PEOPLES FORUM
Outside Pupils Have Grounds for
Recognition.

To the Editor: notice by recent pub
lication that the District OF Columbia
law is to be enforced more strongly
against the children OF Maryland and
Virginia than heretofore has been the
custom. making It necessary for the par
ents Of said children to pay a fee or
own property in the District OF Colum-
bia and pay taxes.
I do not think that the children from
the States adjoining the District Of CO.
lumbia ought to be educated at the ex-
pense of the District OF Columbia gov
ernment indiscriminately, but It seems to
me the law as II was enforced last
year was strict enough when the par
ents OF said children to have free tui-
ton in the schools Of the District OF
Columbia had to be engaged in business
within the territory of the District Of
Columbia or pay taxes to the District
of Columbia government. for II a parent
were engaged in business he naturally
would spend most OF his earnings in
Washington and vicinity.
Moreover, the District government
draws no small revenues from the peo-
pie OF Maryland and Virginia in various
ways. such as tags for business wagons.
licenses for automobiles. &c, besides the
amount OF taxes paid by railroad COM
poiLcS oOlL6 IDdu pusAHtSss dllu
owing their existence to the people Of
Maryland and Virginia very largely.
1t Is a fact also that a large proper
ton Of the residents OF territory con-
tiguous to the District OF Columbia spend
most Of their earning with the mer-
chants OF Washington, and said mer-
chants are always on the alert for coun-
try trade. So while do not think
that all children Of the States of Mary
the expense OF the District OF Columbia
government I do think that a parent
who is employed or licensed for employ
ment and making his living in and
spending his wages with the merchants
of the District Of Columbia ought to be
exempt from having to pay a fee for
school privilege in the District OF Co
lumbia.
Z p. SIMPSON. " d.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
NO CtEW TO ROBBERY.
Police still Hunt for Jewels of
Scnor Bonflln.

Working entirely in the dark. the police
are bafled In connection with the mys.
terious disappearance Of jewelry valued
close TO A,0o0 from the apartments OF
Senior NJ. A. Bonilla. secretary to the
representative in the Costa Rica- Panama
boundary.
Two servants who were employed AT
1Sll K Street Northwest. where Mrs.
Cunningham conducts a rooming and
boarding house, and where Senior Bonilla
Is staying, with his wife, were arrested.
but subsequently released by the police
because of lack OF evidence
Central Office detectives. in conjunction
with the various police stations. are
conducting lookout In all pawnshops,
although. in view of the release of the
two colored maids. they have absolutely
no clew for the apprehension of the
thief
Police, however. are satisfied that the
thief was familiar with the hiding place
where the Jewels were secreted. It is
not thought the robbery was the work Of
a ''second-story' man.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
COL. C0SBY'S REPORT.
1t shows Many Improvements Hav
Been Made Recently.

IL SHOWS Many Improvements Have
Been Made Recently.
The annual report of Col. Cosby, su-
perintendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds, submitted to the War Depart
ment yesterday. contained interesting
informa ton.
1t is stated that since Washington
Monument was opened to the public, in
-sSs, up to July 1 last, the total num-
Der of persons who had ascended the
monument was S.734.419. During the
last fiscal year there were 164,ssI yisi-
tors to the monument. 2o,770 of whom
ascended by the steps.
Various improvements In public
parks have been made during the past
years. Incandescent electric lights
and gas lights were substituted for
arc lights In all the parks.
The report recommends increased
pay for park watchmen, who now re-
ceive $50 q month and their uniforms.
The Commissioners of the District
also transferred additional park space
to the Chief of Engineers. The reser-
walton In Georgetown, containing the
old high service reservoir. was trans
ferred to the ONCE of Public Buildings
and Grounds, and will probably be
made into a park.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
Illogical and Ungrateful.

Mr.. Roosevelt in deciding to ignore
the request of the colored man south of
the Mason and Dixon's line for recog-
milton in progressive politics has en-
ployed his gift as master of sophistry
to a larger extent than ever before
His fertility in why's" and where
fores" is amazing. At any rate, he is
determined that the color line is to be
sharply drawn in the South and that
only white men will be sought in that
section. This is his dictum:
81 earnestly believe that by appealing
to the best white men in the South, the
men OF justice and of wisdom, as well
as of strength and leadership, and by
frankly putting the movement in their
hands from the outset we shall create
a situation by which the colored men
OF the South will ultimately get justice" {"
1t is quite a convenient word, this
ultimately" when a politician is de-
sirous of lodging an issue But to
break the force of an attitude that
can but result in disappointment to his
interrogators, he does not fail to state
in the same breath what he did in the
way of putting colored men in Office
when he was President
What Mr.. Roosevelt, however, omits
to state is that at that time he expected
nothing from the South. But now con-
ditions have changed He is banking
for his success upon strong support in
the Southern States. Therefore, he
does not hesitate to say that wherein
he shows ingratitude:
In the national conventions the
colored members have been almost ex-
clusively from the South, and the great
majority OF them have been of such
character that their political activities
were merely source of harm, and of
very great harm, to their own race"
If this has been the case how is II
that Mr.. Roosevelt has not failed to
encourage these harmful, tendencies
when he could reap political advantage
from them by exploiting them for his
own political interests or those of his
successor.
1t is easy to discern that the ex-
cluding clause never would have been
written if the oolored delegates at the
Republican National Convention had
yielded to the persuasIveness of Orms-
by McHarg and betrayed their. trust in
order to aid in giving Roosevelt the
nomination. The facr is. they showed
. much keener sense Of honor than the
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
RAILWAY COMPANY
GREASES ITS CARS
It Takes Jury Only Five Minutes to
Dispose of First Case in
Police Court.

Prosecution Of the railway companies
OF the District for eighteen alleged vio-
lations OF the regulations governing the
operations OF cars In the city was started
in the Police Court yesterday after
noon.
After a heated discussion between
counsel at the beginning Of the proceed
!ngs 1t was decided that the minor
charges should be taken up first and
that the more important ones should be
postponed until later in the summer
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. informed the court that the
defendant companies were not prepared
at the tine to answer the charges OF
violations OF the regulations dealing with
the occupancy OF running boards and
the maintenance OF schedules.
Mr.. Hoover expressed the opinion that
the Interstate Commerce Commission
had no authority TO pass the running
board regulation. He said that It was
absolutely impossible for the railway
companies to enforce II. and added that
in other cities where such ordinances
had been passed the courts had declared
them null and void. He intimated that
the railway companies OF the District
would carry the question to the District
Court of Appeals.
Hoover Is Scored.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Smith
scored Mr.. Hoover for requesting a con-
tinuance CT the important cases.
These are the very cases which should
be considered first" he said. They
set forth serious violations OF the law
The railway companies have been given
ample time to prepare their defense 1t
is nothing but the love of delay which
has prompted this request for continu-,
ance."
Despite the protest. It was decided by
the court TO postpone the cases for the
time.
The first case taken UP was one in
volving a violation of the regulation re-
quiring the greasing OF gears so as to
render them practically noiseless. The
Railway and Electric Com
pany, the defendant corporation. had a
large contingent Of grease and axle ex-
perts on hand to testify. The complain
ing witness was Harry C. Eddy. secre-
tary of the District Electric Railway
Mr.. Eddy declared that on July IS, 1911,
he discovered a car on the Mount Pleas
ant line which was being operated with
a gear not well creased. Several en-
ployes Of the company testified that In
their opinion the gear was amply coated
with grease. The grease experts had
their say. too. The jury returned a ver-
dict of not guilty after being out about
five minutes.
The remaining cases against the COM
panies will be taken up in rapid success
sion.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07

Roosevelt lieutenahts who tried to buy
their votes.
This illogical and ungrateful act on
Mr.. Roosevelfs part is just another in
stance of his readiness to sacrifice any
body, friend or benefactor, when he
seems an obstacle to the furtherance
of his boundless selhshness and am
bition.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
ALDERMEN ARRAIGNED.
Nine City Fathers of Detroit Called
to Plead to Graft Charges.

Detroit. Aug. 6-Nine Detroit Aldermen
wers arraigned before Justice Stein in
Police Court here to-day on the charge
CT bribery in connection with action on
the petition of the Wabash Railroad
Company for violation of a certain part
Of Brooklyn Avenue. Aldermen Thomas
E. Gilman. Andrew ]. Walsh, Joseph L.
Theiken. and Lewis E. Tossy stood mute
when asked to plead. and a plea of not
guilty was entered for them. Aldermen
Alois A Deimel, David Rosenthal, Ar
lin ]. Osternwoski. Lewis Brozo. and
Frank J. Mason pleaded not guilty.
Police Court examination was set for
August %, and they were released on
s. 900 bail each.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
LITTLE NONSENSE.
aHRuNK soNn.

GHRUNK SOME.
rve been back to the swimming hole
OF which we boys were fond
But It has dwindled. Bless my SOUL
Il isn't half q pond.
It used to seem Q good mile wide
When we kids used to meet.
But now really must decide
Its only twenty feet
Uncle Pennywise sayss
A poor motherless girl Is up against
It. Everybody wants to marry . rich
motheriess girl.
When Women Campaign.
why is she going around in that 80
cent hatr'
AFTER votes. Of course She has q
$50 connection that she wears on the sly"
August In History.
August Z, l5s4Henry VIII decides not
August 7, l5so-wfIliam Shakespeare is
captured In a raid on Sir Thomas Lucy's
melon patch.
The Important Point.
TIN fer Sim wombat fer Poundmaster
of PiunkvIle. Amt your"
Dunno"
"You dunno! Why, he's the peoples
choice"
He may be the peoples choice; but
how does he stand with Roosevelt?"
A Few Coming.
On the road to Oyster Bay
Divers men
May be seen along the way
Now and then.
A Possible Reason.
why have the baths Of Diocletian sur
vtved when other structures have per-
ished?'
II s'pose they wasn't used much"
An once Ultimatum.
son. we have a new typewriter"
Yes. dad, and she's a peach"
'I know she IL. Now I have no OBJ
lection to your falling in love with her,
but that back correspondence must be
brought down to date first"
Not So Foolish.
You give all your money to your
wife? Bah! You haven't much sense"
"Oh, I don't know. think I'm i'm
proving. I gave 1t to the bookmakers
for years"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
Electors and Gov. sfubbs
Victors in Primary.

Topeka, Kans., Aug. 6.-The early pri-
mary returns tonight indicate that the
Progressive Republican ticket has swept
the State by twenty to twenty-five thou
sand majority. This includes the Roose-
welt Presidential electors and the nomi-
nation of Gov. Stubbs for United States
Senator over Charles Curtis, his reac-
tionary Republican opponent, and the
entire progressive Republican slate for
State officers headed by Arthur Capper.
Of Topeka.
The primary vote was the heaviest
Kansas has poiled since the law was
enacted. The indications are that 10 per
cent Of the total possible vote OF both
parties was cast.
Both the Republican and the Demo-
cratic parties had sharp contests for
nearly every State ofice.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
Durbin L. Choice.

Indianapolis. Aug. s.-Ex-Gov. Winfield
T. Durbin. OF Anderson. was nominated
for Governor by the Republican State
convention this afternoon. He received
SOC votes on the first ballot, after which
Shank. Clancy. and Carlisle withdrew.
County local option was indorsed.
Thomas 7. Moore, Greencastle. for
Lieutenant Governor. and Fred /. King.
Of Wabash. for Secretary of stats. vere
nominated By exclamation. =
The Washington herald., 1912-08-07
RAILROAD MEMS OUTING.
Chesapeake Beach Company's En-
ployes to Picnic August 80.

Chairman W. F. Rector and his asso-
ciates on the committee on arrangements
for the eleventh annual excursion Of
the Chesapeake Beach Railway trainmen
Friday to Chesapeake Beach. August 81.
held a meeting last night in furtherance
of their plans. and selected more COM
m.tteemen to help them.
This was decided upon IN view OF the
great interest which the public has taken
in the excursion. for because of the
popularity already assured for the event
the programme Is being elaborated. w.
T. Jones, President of the Chesapeake
Beach Railway. and W. ]. Hayward,
general superintendent OF the roat,- are
taking a deep interest in the success OF
the trainmen's outing. and have assisted
them in their plans.
Already about 5000 tickets have been
sold, II was said last night.