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The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
MISREPRESENTATION
FOR ROOSEVELT
The Road to Mount Vernon.

So long as the high road leading to
Mount Vernon continues in the bad con-
dition in which it has been allowed to
go for these many years, all the talk
about commemorative boulevsrds and
memorial highways to Gettysburg and
elsewhere seems absurd. Any one who
has ever undertaken to go by automo-
bile to the home of Washington and the
tomb OF our great first President has
experienced great personal discomfort
on the trip. And if he were so unfortu-
nate as to try to give visiting friends
pleasant time over that stretch of road,
he has been both embarrassed and hu-
inflated
No doubt the fine asphalted streets
and wide avenues of the city that make
Washington veritable motorists para
disc of ease and enjoyment only serve
to emphasize the difference that one
meets when one strikes the highway to
our most important national point of
patriotic interest The obligation rest
ing on Congress to make the best road
that IS to be found anywhere in the
country to connect this city with the
most hallowed spot in the world for
Americans is very plain This spot
ought to be made as accessible as pos
sible by the pleasantest and most i'm
posing road imaginable. 1t is matter
Of national decency that this be done.
That the place itself has been kept in
as good condition as it is through body
of patriotic women does not relieve Con-
gress of all obligation connected with
il The one place which should be the
pride of Congress was neglected by that
body for too long time, and If was gen.
erous, unselhsh action on the part of a
band of noble women that removed the
disgrace of long neglect. To meet the
obligations, self-imposed though they
were, it is necessary that sustaining
fee be charged all visitors. It is the neg
lect BY Congress that caused the institu-
ton of that fee, and it is the continued
neglected. Congress, that keeps the place
almost inaccessible by road.
This is state of affairs that should
..ot longer exist. In the vicinity and in
the same county the people raised among
themselves the sum of some $4,000 to
build good road for the accommoda-
ton Of the people along the line in com
ing to Washington. This act Of enter
prise on the part of the people of nearby
Virginia in remedying existing condi-
tons for their own convenience, and
incidentally for the benefit Of Washing
ton commercially. only serves to make
the negligence and indifference Of Con-
gress regarding the Mount Vernon road
more to be censured.
This IS not local matter, but one
that affects the reputation Of the entire
country in the matter Of decent respect
for the greatest American. II need not
emanate from the District COMMITTEES,
but may vel be made the matter Of
eonesrn Of any mtmber Of Congress who
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
MISSOURI MILITIA
HAVING HARD TIME.

The old naval monitor AmphItrite.
which has been trying for nearly two
years to make her way up the uncertain
channel Of the Mississippi to St Louis.
has given it up as a bad Job. and has
turned her nose downstream and put on
steam. Naval authorities have no doubt
that the old man-o'-war could get up to,
ST. Louis by taking advantage Of the
flood stage Of the Mississippi, but they
fear that once there she would have to
await another flood to get back out in
the open sea
The Missouri Naval Militia has Jared
badly as sailors. Two or three years
ago. at their urgent request, the Navy
Department turned over 10 them an old
glmboat. which came near falling to
pieces before she, reached New Orleans.
and her engines baked when IL came 10
plowing up the river. The Missouri peo-
pie refused TO give up, however, and de-
manded another ship. Accordingly.
about two years ago, the Amphltrits
was taken down on the shelf and turned
over the the Missouri authorities, who
were told that the ship was theirs II they
could get 1t back home. Every time they
started out to sea a pun Of wind came
up, and every time the wind blew
everybody took sick and the engines re-
fused to worb The navy finally came
along with a tug or two and pulled the
| old war ship down to New Orleans,
where she was left at the mercy OF ths
Missouri militia. and the Missouri militia
was left at the mercy Of the ship.
Since Missouri is not adjacent to a sea-
coast. the Navy Department decided to
give that organization only such a YES
= f.E IL aFT,nf
1t was held that II the Missouri sailors
couldn't get the Amphitrite up the Mis-
sissippi there was not much use Of their
attempting TO handle a ship. Since then
various officers and crews took turns
stoking the furnaces, turning the wheels,
and pushing and showing. but the old
boat refused 10 go by Memphis. There
she stuck in a mud bank, and apparently
was lost
The Navy Department forgot all about
her until last week. when dispatches from
Memphis mentioned that she had been
uncovered by the flood and was being
utilized in relief work. After consulta-
ton among the authorities OF the Navy
Department, II was decided to float the
| AmphItrite back down the Mississippi
while the floating Is good. When she
reaches New Orleans she will be strap
ped to a wharf along the levee, and in
the middle Of night will be exchanged
with the Louisiana State Militia for tha
Isia de Luzon The naval militiameu
| from Missouri, who for the past three
years have demanded to be shown q
real warship. will be given the oppor-
tunity Of sailing. towing, or pushing the
IsIa de Luzon up the Father Of Waters
| TO st. Louis. This boat was captured
from the Spaniards, and is smaller and
lighter than the monitor, and II the
Missouri sailors can't get her into home
waters they probably will not be given
another chance.
When the Navy Department first as
signed a boat to this State, a Missouri
Congressman made a vigorous protest TO
the department because It was only a
small gunboat. He demanded a battle
ship
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
SUICIDES IN JAPAN.

Hara-Kari out Of Datey Modern
Method, Jumping Into Volcanoes.
From the Pan Mall Gazstte.
The Japanese are now busily debating
the ethics OF suicide. The case out Of
which the controversy has arisen is that
of the station master at Mol, who be-
cause Of a mishap to the imperial train
which made 1t necessary for the Emper-
or TO adjourn for half an hour to a wait
ing room showed his repentance by
throwing himself under the wheels OF
the express.
The station masters devotion having
evoked a wave of popular admiration
which took shape In a proposal to erect
a monument 10 his memory, the nation
has been rebuked by the president Of
the Kyushu University for thus glorify-
ing an act of self-destruction; and the
latter, finding himself out Of tunelDTith
public opinion, has resigned his position.
It is a singular thing that among a
people so cheerful as the Japanese sui
eide should be so common. Ten thou
sand destroy themselves every year in
Japan. and the figures cannot, be said
to be diminishing. But hara-kiri as such
is out Of date
The modern victims Of the suicidal ma
MIA, when they do not throw themselves
in front OF a train, jump into the crater
Of an active volcano. Asams, IN CEN
trail Japan. and Aso-san. in Kyushu, have
both acquired a sinister reputation in
this respect.
It is, however, a disquieting sign OF
the times to find the student class re-
sorting so largely to Enthusiastically
Of the spectacular sort. and this, no
doubt. is DIR. Yamakawa-s motive in pro-
testing against the exaltation Of an act
which the Christian world regards as a
grieyous sin.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
is NEW CONCEPTION
OF GENUS INVENTOR
Miss knight Has Patented Many
Improvements in Mill
Machinery.

Probably the most popular conception
of an inventor Is a short thin man. with
q big. bald head. staring eyes behind
bulging spectaeles. untidy apparel. the
habit Of sitting on the edge OF his chair
while he is explaining his inven Ions to
prospective promoters, and q German
accent, 50 when a reporter for The
Washington Herald was sent TO inter-
view an inventor named Knight yester-
day afternoon. he was given quite a jolt
when a tall. white haired, dignined,
soft-spoken, elderly woman was pre-
scented TO him.
She is Miss Margaret z. Knight. OF
Boston. who came to Washington yester-
day to make application for patents on
a number OF her latest inventions. Al
though sixty-eight years Of age, and
the patentee OF 'eighty-seven devices
Miss knight has not ceased from her
labors and is still engaged in thinking
up schemes to tighten the labor Of man
kind.
Her latest invention is a sleeve valve
motor" At her rooms, ITO High Street,
Boston. she has worked out problems In
mechanics which have stumped many
a masculine inventor and for reward
has a comfortable fortune and deal
Of satisfaction
II like to produce results rather than
talk about them, said Miss Knight
yesterday II do not make good ma
terial for newspaper copy.
perhaps the most interesting thing
about me is the way I started. When I
was twelve years old and living with
my parents at Manchester, n. H, !
CLEANED considerable knowledge of the
machinery OF the mills there. My first
invention was prompted by an accident
witnessed one day In the mills. The
steel tip Of a rapidly moving loom
few OF and injured an operator. 80
thought UP a device which would pre-
vent the tip from coming on. In ISL
invented a machine for making and
folding paper bags. which Is still in
use. Most Of my inventions are appli-
ances for rubber, cotton, and shoe ma
chimes, but I have also invented steam,
hot-air, internal combustion, and a good
many other varieties OF engines even
including a gas turbine and gas rotary
engine. 1 Just watch a machine work
for while and try to see something
about II which could be improved.
often succeed and sometimes am able
to work out a perfected method and pat
ent #"
Miss knight was involved in a law suit
short time ago over an engine appll-
ance. She employed a Washington pat
ent attorney at 800 q day to conduct
her case She won IT, In fact the
cases which she does not win are few
and far between.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
D. A. r. Welcome.

The Daughters Of the American Reyo-
luton will convene this morning at
Memorial Continental Hall for their an
nual congress, and Washington gladly
extends to this organization Of patriotic
women a most hearty welcome. Their
earnest efforts to not only perpetuate 10
sentiment the patriotic deeds performed
by our Revolutionary forbears by the
erection of suitable monuments, the pur-
chase Of historic landmarks and docu-
ments bearing on the early history Of
this republic. deserve the sincere appre-
citation of every American They have
organized working forces to implant
into The minds and hearts Of foreign
immigrants and their children ideals and
thoughts which must tend to develop
them into good and useful American
citizens. The Daughters make liberal
appropriations to educational institu-
tons in remote mountainous, regions
where there is lack Of public schools I;
they award scholarships; equip play
grounds; offer cash prizes to public
school pupils for essays on patriotic
subjects; provide for free lectures on
American history in night schools; fur
nish flowers and flags for the annual
decoration Of soldiers graves, and per-
form iunumerabie other works of pa
triotism, richly deserving the grateful
appreciation of every American citizen.
In the erection of their beautiful
Memorial Hall in Seventeenth Street the
Daughters have made splendid con-
tribution to make Washington City
Beautiful, and for that reason and the
fact that hundreds of their members,
delegates. alternstes, guests. and visitors
will stay in Washington during the con-
vention, their welcome is surely not lack
ing in sincerity and warmth
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
CAPITAL In LINE
FOR ROAD CONGRESS
Committee on Time and Place to
Visit This City in Making (.
Selection.

washington Is being considered. among
other clties as the seat Of the American
Road Congress. which Is to be the con-
solicitations Of the conventions Of all the
important bodies In the United States
working for the Improvement Of public
roads. The executive COMMITTEES Of the
congress. headed by Charles Henry
Davis. chairman. has appointed COM
mittee on, time and place to investigate
the whole subject.
When II became known at the Rich
mond convention OF the American Asso-
citation for Highway Improvement last
year that the next meeting OF that body
would be held In connection with the
conventions OF the American Road Build
erg' Association. the American Automo-
bile Association. and the National Asso-
citation Of Road Material and Machinery
Manufacturers. all OF which had previ-
ously been holding Individual conventions.
a score OF big cities Immediately put In
bids for the united congress,
When the various associations were
holding separate conventions. the attend
ance AZ each was exceedingly large
United as they will be this year, the at
tendance undoubtedly will be- the great
est that the country has ever known
Millions OF persons are affected by the
Improvement OF public highways. and u
is expected that all those directly affect
ed. in every State in the Union. will be
present az the first united road congress
ever held In the United States.
While there may be changes In the
programme. the probability Is that the
committee on time and place will visit
Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, Detroit
Kansas City, 81. Louis. Atlantic City.
Buffalo, and Washington. d. c. All these
cities have put In bids for the congress
and the facilities Offered ny each viii De
given careful consideration. Bids have
also been received from Milwaukee. Phil
adelphia. Cincinnati, Cleveland. San
francisco. Denver, Colorado Springs.
and Mountain Lake Park, Nd. Some OF
these cities may be visited. but at the
present time they are not on the visiting
list.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
P1oUANT PERSONALS.

Frum the Milwaukee Sentinel.
How have the highly fallenI Beatty.
the aviator, was arrested the other day
fec speeding In a motorcar.
Frua TIE Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It Is said that Sarah Bernhardt has
consulted an astrologer who predicted
her death. But why go to an astrologsr?
From the St Louis Republic.
The wife of the Russian Ambassador
has been requested not to smoke in
public in America Anybody who has
ever smelt a Russian cigarette will read
ily appreciate the necessity.
Fruu the Baltimore Sun
Marcus Aurelius Smith, Of Arizona,
was determined to make an instant hit
as q new Senator, even IL he had to
punch en- elevator man to do H.
From the Galveston Morning News
w. Morgan shuster has been employed
by an international banking syndicate
to 60 to South America and help them
get the money. 1t pays to advertise.
From the Chattanooga Times.
They do say that Senator La Toilette
is really enjoying the humiliation OF the
seven little Governors.
Ffun the Ohio STATE Journal
Senator Bailey Will always think ne
would have been President II 1t hadn't
been for the unreasoning prejudice
against q Southern man.
Ffum the Desert Evening NswA
Congressman Berger says that he con-
sidvrs the defeat OF the Socialist ticket
IN Milwaukee a victory for the Socialist
party Here is an optimist to cry aloud,
20 death. where is thy stingi o grave,
where is thy victoryF'
Ffom the PittSburg Post
Abe Ruef has decided to earn a little
money honestly. He Is writing for the
Newspapers at space rates.
Frun the ols.sIaSd Leadsr.
Luther Burbank has produced a stone
less plum But he viii confer q far
greater benefit on mankind II he win
evolve stoneiess minee pie.
Ffun the chicro Rssrd-Hsrald
Wa Ting-fang wants to be the Chinese
Republics representative e washington.
Can you blame himl
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
FRIcK BUYS ART WORKS.

London. April 14-Horaee Harding.
who has been travelling with Henry C.
Frick In Egypt and Europe. sailed for
home to-day. He said:
Mr.. Frick is being detained in Lon
don. He has acquired some Important
pictures TO add 70 his collection, includ-
ing two works OF the great master, Paolo
Veroneze.
The fact that Mr. Prick has been able
to add two OF the works Of the vien-
nese master TO his already large eollec-
ton OF old masters viii prove q sur
prise 70 the art world. a. Yeroneze's
works we're gsnsTally supposed TO Be un'
pureaees3elA EafEa ssrs
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15

Of would-be murderers around here
Now. know q couple OF good. reliable
fellows that would be willing to kill
those men for you for SIS a piece.
think you ought TO have It done"
And IL took the friend some moments
to figure out what made Owen laugh
Senator Jonathan Bourne. Jr.. IL SAID
to have spent about $4,000 OF his own
money in the last year or two sending
out copies Of his speeches on popular
government
ICopyrisht, lsla. By Fred C Kelly. An riEhts re-
seTed.l
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
pREsBYTERIEs TO JOIN.
Consolidation WIN he Elected 40
Meeting Tomorrow.

The Presbytery OF Potomac of the
Southern Presbyterian Church will con-
vens in the Central Presbyterian Church,
Third and Streets Northwest, at
o'clock tomorrow night. This meeting
will permanently erect the consolida-
ton Of the Presbyteries OF Chesapeake
and Maryland, both OF which are ada
cent to the Potomac. The Synod Of Yir-
ginia, at its last meeting, ordered the
consolidation OF these two bodies, and q
tentative greeting was held in this city
last January. AS this is the regular
spring meetiag OF the constituent bodies,
the consolidation VIII go into effect at
this time.
The opening sermon tomorrow night
will be preached by Rev. Parker Flour
noy, OF the Bethesda, Md, church. On
Wednesday night Rev. J. L. Allison. OF
Alexandria. win preach the communion
sermon, and the Lords supper win be
observed On Thursday night the sermon
will Be preached By Rev. Harris E Kirk.
@. Baltimore. The commissioners 10 the
General Assembly. which meets AZ Brts4
tot Tean-. IN NAY win p ehossp-
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15

the bIeachers. and soon Wits and loses
his voice when confined IN a box. When
the sun Is 100 IN the shade and the home
team Is two runs ahead. he doesn't care
who Is running for President What he
Is interested IN 10 the man who - run
ming for third, A home run means more
10 him than stock dividend, and when
the team drops four In a row even q
new baby at home can't console him.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
The Celr.tinf reIephone,

From the St. Louis PostDiSpstch.
In China, when g subscriber rings up
the exchange. the operator may be ex-
pected to say:
what number does the honorable son
OF the moon and stars desiref'
''Tohi, two-three."
Silence. Then the exchange resumes:
''will the honorable exchange gracious
~ forgive the inadequacy Of the insignih-
cant service and permit this humble
slave of the wire TO inform him that
the never-to-be-suhicient line
Is busy?"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
The Moraliser.

Ever look into z pawn shop Window
There are always AK or eight guifars.
When adversely comes, the guitar is al
ways the first thing TO go. There's A
bushel Of revolvers. The revolver has
saved many a life IN this way. There
are some banjos and some mandolins.
Music is q luxury. As for flutes and
piccolos, we understand the pavnbrckers
have to dispose OF them finally as IRE
wood by the cord.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
Getting IL All.

The doctor told him he needed car
bohydrates. proteids.. and above all
something nItrogenous. The doctor men
toned a long list Of foods for him to
eat He staggered out and wsbbled to
q restaurant.
How about bsefsteak?' he asked the
waiter. rs that nltrogenousr
The waiter didn't know.
Are fried potatoes rich in carbohy-
drates or not7"
The waiter couldn't say.
well, I'll tx It." declared the pooE
man in despair. Bring me large plate
OF hash"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
the worm Turns.

"sIr, do you mind giving me lightT"
sir, / do. seriously object 10 hav-
ing my cigar handled by a stranger
whose fingers may be OF doubtful clean
illness. However. I know II to be tha
custom. 1 can't help myself. Here Is
my cigar. Take IT,"
And the other man took II.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15

.'Yonder damsel is my IDEAL what
golden locks, What ngurel Who IL
she7"
your IDEAL Is q composite" replied
the seminary girl she borrowed those
golden locks from me and her pads from
a girl in the junior class"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
Aprn ls In Hiatory.

April Is. i5ss-Henry WIN invents straw
berry shortcake. This was the only
good thing he ever did.
April IS. iles-Lucretia Borgia turns
down a hattering offer to appear IN
vaudeville.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15

Rot! Not a very elegant word, but
ore that just fits a tumble of words in
the leading editorial of Washington's
Sunday afternoon paper. 1t is such a
combination of Misrepresentation that
The Herald does not deem it worthy of
serious consideration, and only calls at
tention to one of its statements, which
follows:
For three months these three news
papers eWsshington dailies), IN their
zeal to serve what they believed to be
their own interest, have persistently mis-
led their readers as TO the Presidential
campaign Day by day they have re-
ported Taft successes under tremendous
headlines, have omitted or minimized
the news Of Taft reverses and Roosevelt
successes"
Then this same humorous Sunday
afternoon paper, not knowing how to
present the result of the Pennsylvania
primaries to its readers, took its heading
from the Sunday morning Herald. Here
It is:
PENNSYLVANIA IS
OVERWHELMINGLY
FOR ROOSEVELT
Washington Herald.
1t will be observed that The Herald
gave three lines to the above, which was
printed in the first column of its first
page in its blacklist type. Here i, what
the Sunday afternoon paper said, also
on its first page, but with the story in
its last column:
PENNSYLVANIA OVERWHELM-
INGLY FOR ROOSEVELT"
Washington Times
GOOD NIGHT.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
Looked that Way.

Same old 'onauil' and danOdil''
whats the matter? Do you think
nature ought 10 get out some 1872
modelsP'
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15

this year, while he Is at large. Is 70 ap-
preach him and enter into a discussion
Of politics. II he answers you IN bat
ting averages, you may feel safe in ask
ing him II the police are tight about pop
bottles and cushions in his town
Copyright 1917 b. Georzs Matthew AdAnsl
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
uncIe .PennYwi.e sayal

Shakespeare must have had experience
moving accidents BY hood and teid.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15
why Is Thisg

The idols vanish that We love;
Tis very sad,
To-day we hear but little OF
The liver pad
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15

Desertions n the United States army
10 1911 amounted TO only z.& per cent. .
lower. rate than IA any other year tor
ninety ysarE, sxcspt IN IVA
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15

Erum the Miwaukee Sentinel.
How have the highly fallenI Beatty,
the aviator, was arrested the other day
fec speeding In a motorcar.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-15

I'm NE LTlc1I1 H-117l-l TIM
Wa Ting-fanE wants to be the Chinese
Republics representative II WashinSton.
Can you blame hims
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-05-23
LIVED ON
RAW EGGS
Mr.. Richards Experience With DIFF.
ferent Diets. Peaches and
Buttermilk for Three Years.

Cecilton, Md.-Mr. George Richards,
OF this place. during the past II years,
has probably tried more different diets
than the average person would ever use
in lifetime.
What he has 10 say about his expert
ments, must therefore be highly interest,"
ing TO anyone suffering from Indigestion
or stomach troubles OF any kind.
He says: "FOr more than II years,
| suffered with stomach troubles, and
paid hundreds OF dollars for doctor bills
and medicines. ] was also operated on
Tor piles.
i lived on dried peaches and buttermilk
for nearly three years. The only thing
that would not give ME pain was raw eggs.
was a physical wreck. could NOT
sleep, and was as near crazy as mag
could well be.
lmust say that after taking two 25-ceni
packages Of Thedford's Black-Draught,
ii did me more good than all | ever spent
for other medicines.
have been working daily on the farm
ever since, and am as hard as iron" !"
This purely vegetable remedy has been
in successful use for more than 70 years.
Try it. Butbe sure that it's "Ihedford's."