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The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
Once More the Age Limit.

We remember we'll the controversy
that ragged at the time the age limit
at the Chicago Young Women's Chris
tian Association building for girl
boarders or dodgers had been fixed a,
thirty. Recently it was decided to re-
duce the limit to twenty-five years, be-
cause large numbers of women under
that age were being kept out of the
home by their sisters who had reached
the spinsterhood period. As resul,
twenty-one young women past twenty
FIVE were obliged to vacate.
This will no doubt create a lot OF
talk in the press, though We believe
that the management could hardly do
otherwise. A girl of thirty has seen
more of the world than her sister OF
twenty or twenty-five, and is, therefore,
better able to take care of herself than
those who just have left the parental
roof to go to the city to seek employ
ment.
No doubt there are many women of
thirty whose religious training would
lead them to prefer the calm, refined
atmosphere of the home, but as the
Chicago building is not large enough
to house these also, and as they are
supposed to have reached the age of
discretion, they will have to do what
they did before the home was built,
shift for themselves.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
Politics in the SchooIhouse.

The Social Center Association oi
America has written to the chairman
of the national committees of the three
leading parties, suggesting that they
make use of the public schoolhouses OF
our large cities for the coming cleo
ton with the consent of the Boards
of Education, instead of undertaking
establishments or barber shops and
the like, for balloting.
This use of the schoolhouse on cleo
ton day, however, is only small part
of the political service to which the
society would plan to devote these
buildings It intends to make them
the centers of political presentation
and debate open to all parties under
the supervision and direction of a
"nonpartisan group" whose secretary,
it is proposed, should be the school
principal of the political district.
The advantages claimed for such a
plan are that they would make the
schoolhouses, as public buildings, more
serviceable to the people, to whom
after all, they belong. Discussions, it
is contended, would be more candid
and there would be less temptation for
corrupt practices. Whether the char
acter of the buildings would have a
calming and restraining effect upon the
participants may be questioned. But
they would act as a stimulus toward
awakening a large measure of political
interest in those who, under present
conditions, prefer to stay away from
political debates, and to this emu would
be welcome.
Making the schoolhouses polling
places would have the merit of an as
sured square deal, but it would in
terfere with their regular use, for one
day at least.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT

From the St Louis Repnbte
An oil we'll that gushes a barrel
minute has been discovered near Tulsa,
We reiterate our prediction that John
d, will yet be a Millionaire. and regard
less. you understand. as to who OWN
that oil well.
From the indianapolis News
Beef Is selling for II cents a pound on
the hoof in Chicago, but let us not be
Observation-Disclosures will soon be ripe.
From the Albany Journal
But what profiteth mere man by the
removal Of the hat OF the woman who
sitteth in front Of him in the theater,
when her coifrure riseth even to the altk
tude Of the hat?
From the New York World.
Prohibiting aliens from owning news
question of amending the present ordi-
nance, would be straining our boasted
hospitality to exiles from other lands
pretty fine.
From the Topeka Capital
We gather, from our casual survey of
the society columns. that another To-
peka man has been run down and that
preparations for dragging him up q church
aisle are under way.
From the Toledo Blade.
Man is weak. That is why he invests
in a cantaloupe when he knows the
chances are ten to one against him.
From the Boston Trans1ip.
The postal savings system gets addition
al advertising from Director Weeds plea
before the Bankers Convention in De-
troit. He wants to get the $500 restric-
ton taken of. But IL the people refuse
to use the banks for small sums will
they be moro attractive by an enlarge
ment Of the limit?
Frum the Providence Journal
A stroke Of lightning at the New York
Zoo instantly destroyed 1000 rats and
500 mica hint to those warning on the
bubonic plague by the destruction OF ro-
dents.
From the Philadelpaia Telegraph.
The Society of American Indians, repre-
senting eS5,6ss red men. will convene in
Columbus next month. Then, II ever.
the shades of Little Turtle and Tecu-
mesh should return to tell the tale OF
Fallen Timbers and Tippecanoe.
From the Boston Herald.
Canada gets I75,0o0 Americans this year
In a century at that rate she will have
us all.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
PREPARING PLANS
FOR BATTLESHIP
Pennsylvania to Be an Oil Burner
and Greatest Fighting
Craft in World.

Naval constructors are at work on the
plans for the new battleship Pennsyl-
vanIa. and 1t is expected some announce
ment will be made in regard to them
in the near future.
The Pennsylvania will carry twelve II
inch guns. This is a heavier armament
than is possessed by any United States
battleship or any European fighting ship
at the present time. The 14-inch gun is
a new arrival in the United States Navy
and will appear first on the Texas and
New York. the latter to be launched At
the New York Navy Yard on october 90.
The New York will have. however only
ten Of these huge rifles. while the Penn
sylvania will carry fourteen. The new
battleship will also have twenty-six s.
inch guns in her secondary battery, II is
understood. and probably four submerged
torpedo tubes.
Her length. 1t is reported. will be $50
feet, fifty-five feet longer than that of
the largest battleships in this navy built
or building. Her beam Will be between
sS and 100 feet, permitting her to pass
through the Panama Canal locks.
Were 1t not for the Limitation on beam
by the canal locks the Pennsylvania
would be given greater breadth. As II
is, however. the naval constructors are
restricted and this fact accounts for her
greater length. With the increased
length the Pennsylvania will gain in
speed, probably more than one knot over
the twenty-one knots which the New
York is expected to make. Sixteen-inch
armor is to extend almost her entire
length, two feet above the water line,
II Is stated.
1t has not yet been decided whether
turbines or the recIprocatIng typs of en-
gine will be installed. The vessel will
use only oil as fuel. and the economy in
space resulting by the elimination of
coal bunkers and the substitution OF oil
tanks will In part contribute to her abil-
ity to make better speed. Her tonnage
will be about 1.0oo tons. It is now cal
culated.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
Billingsgate, Not Politics.

Ir one of his recent speeches in tht
West, Gov. Johnson of California, the
Bull Moose candidate for Vice Presi.
dent, made this disgracefui utterance:
Do not for a minute consider
President Taft in this race. He is Z
negligible quantity. II is with shame
as an American citizen, that l say that
to-day the most hum:liating character
in all American history is the Presi-
dent.
The Herald never has been in favor
of undertaking and mudslinging. Much
Of what the chief Bull Moose and his
flock have perpetrated in this direc-
ton has been ignored in these col
umns because it is not only un-Amer-
icau, but hardly fit for reproduction in
self-respecting journal, TO be dished
up 10 self-respecting, fair-minded
readers.
But there is another side to such
vituperative attacks. If the Roose-
welt party leaders really believe that
this sort of thing will lead to victory,
or get them a satisfactory number of
votes, even in the West, they have an
other guess coming.
Mr.. Taft, in the mind of the Bull
Moosers, and perhaps others. may have
erred in judgment Che is but hunan)
but most emphatically he is not "the
most humiliating character in all
American history" an epithet which we
believe rather fits the man who ut
tered these words. Let US compare
this and similar talk by Roosevelt with
what he himself, long after his re-
turn from Africa. as chairman of the
New York Republican State Convex
ton, had TO say:
The great work that had been done,
and its benehcence and far-reaching
importance measured the credit which
IS rightly due to Congress and to our
able, upright and distinguished Presi-
dent, William Howard Taft.
1t is the old, old story as to whose
OK is gored." We quote what the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, an ultra
conservative paper that weighs every
word it writes, and rarely. if ever, re-
sorts to invective, said editorially upon
the Hiram Johnson episode:
That thousands heard him with en-
thusiasm and applauded his inordinate
exhibition of himself as lying hypo-
critic, churlish migrate, and an assassin
of character is as much to their shame
as the speech itself was to Gov. John
sons lasting infamy. The most hu-
initiating character in all American
history is Gov. Hiram Johnson of Cal
ifornia.
Mr.. Taft may be deficient in certain
personal qualities that are supposed to
be necessary to be party leader, but
nevertheless, he will be remembered
with pride after Johnson is forgotten,
and his reputation also will outlast
that of his former friend, who even
now is trying to break down the very
safeguards OF our republic in order
to get square" with the man who re-
fused to vacate the White House at
his order"
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
Lesson Taught in Blood.

The. "unwritten law" is responsible
for another chapter in a domestic
tragedy that has been the cause OF
the murder of father and his SON
Capt A c. Boyce and Al Boyce-
by John Beal Snead. And they were
former friends.
1t is the same old story, with the
same disgraceful end of the second
chapter. What the final chapter will
be cannot be foretold.
Starting in a most commonplace
manner of friendly meetings at each
others homes, the snake appeared to
them as it did in the Garden of Eden.
Mrs. Snead, young, and reported to
be beautiful, ate the apple with A. c.
Boyce, jr., and the demon Of jealousy
was born. Forgetful of their own
honor, ignoring the laws of society,
the mother of two innocent children
left her home with the son of a man
who later on was killed because of
that relationship.
The staying of father and son by
an outraged husband puts an end to
their troubles. The two children that
are left are the ones to be pitied. Their
mother guilty of a grave sin, their
father responsible for two deaths, a
dark cloud hangs over their future.
Now that it is too late, the mother
will undoubtedly repent in sackcloth
and ashes. The father will be upheld
by some and condemned by others, yet
It is probable he will seek justification
in his own conscience that he has done
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
BODY FOUND IN CANAL.
Identified as that of MfssinR
ColOred Woman.

While fishing in the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal about half a mile west Of the
Aqueduct Bridge yesterday. Henry Nor
gan. colored. of 1874 Twenty-ninth Street
Northwest. pulled to the surface the body
of a colored woman.
At the morgue the body was Identified
as that Of Annie Lewis. thirty-four years
old, of 9oS Twenty-seventh Street North
west. While the police believe the woman
accidentally fell into the canal shortly
after she disappeared from her home
Saturday night the body will be examined
to-day by Deputy Coroner White tc
ascertain whether death was due to vio-
lence.
A cursory examination by Assistant
Morguemaster Rundle revealed no marks
and drowning 10 held as the cause oi
death,
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
GROVES FUNERAL TO-DAY.
Last Rites for Victim of Automobil
Accident In Alexandria.

The body OF A. J. Groves. Of sos
Ninth Street Northwest, who died al
Casualty Hospital Saturday night as
the result of injuries received in an
automobile accident Friday. will be
taken to Alexandria, his former home
for interment this afternoon. A short
service will be held at the Washington
residence.
Mr.. Groves was forty-one years old
and a native of Alexandria, Va, where
he lived until six years ago. He had
been in the automobile business ten
years.
Besides his wife. four children sur
vive him. They are Harry, aged eight
cen: Gordon, aged seventeen; Frank.
aged eleven, and Alice, aged six years.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
EDITOR SHOT DEAD.
Frank Merrick, of Guthrie, Okla,
Slain from Ambush.

Guthrie, Okla. Sept Is. - A. posse Of
several hundred men and boys with a.
pack Of bloodhounds is searching ths
country tonight for the slayer OF Frank
Merrick. managing editor or the Guthris
Leader, who was lured to a lonely spot
on the outskirts OF the town early to-
day and shot dead by an ambushed mur-
derer. The killing is believed to have
been IN revenge for the death Of a negro
whom Merrick shot about a year ago.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
ALWAYs HAPPENs.

Alone at home. you mop your dome
Discard your sticky things.
To take q bath. when. to your wrath.
The peshy door bell rings.
Ting-a-ling!
Ting-a-ling.lingl
Ker-bling!
Twas ever thus! This awful fuss
or changing gongs you hate.
And you'll agree that bell must be
Rung by the hand Of Fate.
Ting-a-ling!
Ting-a-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-ling
Ker-blang!
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16

treed by q bulldog and lets the voter
battle for reform by himself.
On the other hand. the man Who -
such coward that he is afraid Of his
reputation II great blessing to any
community. When q man treats his repu-
tation as carefully as he does his liver
he can generally be used to advantage
by the people in = position Of trust
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16

Frrm Judges Library.
Tommy's mamma-Why aren't you a
good boy like Willie Bjones?"
Tommy-Huh! It's easy enough for
him to be good. He's sick most OF the
time.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16

Why blame the Illinois Liquor Dealers'
Association for opposing the pitcher
trade. There is lot more profit in SELL
ing 1t in high-collar glasses or steina.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
One Advanta &c.
4 CInch.

One advantage Of indulging in day
dreams is that your pipe never goes out
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
Uncle Pennywise says,

A politician is always ready to discuss
Questions; but he seldom has an answer
for any Of our troubles.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
September 10 in History.

September 16. 117o-Mrs. Richard the
Lion Hearted darns her husbands sheet
iron socksNwith barbed wire.
September 16. 15Ss-Queen Elizabeth
takes q prize at the county fair with
her crabapple jelly.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
Where II Grows.

That's nothing like the roast beef Of
old England" declared the man in the
monocle.
II can go bail for that. oldchappie."
responded the Kansas City man We
ship a good bit Of 1t out Of Kansas City"
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
A Trine Scant.

''she dances with abandon" remarked
the advance agent for the Salome act.
Then no permit in this town." re-
torted the chief of police. I'VE require
more covering than that"
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
Nibble Mt 1t.

You may enjoy your corn on cob.
But let discretion guide your course
Be dainty with the eating job.
And don't approach 1t like horse.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
Count of Last Resort.

Going to that stag dinner to-nightr'
Don't know as yet. My wife said I
couldn't. took an appeal to her mother.
who has the matter under consideration
now"
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
Why of Women.

THAT woman next door Is a cat
How now?"
Here 1 spend $500 for a seaside trip,
and she pretends she didn't know I was
away"
The Washington herald., 1912-09-16
How About Iti

How About Itf
TITS a free and equal country. of
course"
'wellr'
But We all swell up when we get a
brief nod from a millionaire"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-10
CONDITIONS IMPROVING.
Fair Weather in New Orleans District
Drying Out Levees.

New Orleans. May 9.-More sunshine
and three days absence of rain in the
lower Mississippi valley have served TO
bring about marked improvement in flood
conditions The levees in the New Or
leans district have been thoroughly dried
out and. today, practically no work Is
being done in this section except along
a short stretch ON the west side of the
river. This work will be completed BY
nightfall.
Reports received. today. at the army
engineers headquarters from points both
above and below New Orleans We're OPP
timistic. A few weak spots above New
orleans are being strengthened In the
Pointe Coupee district and at intervals
as far south as Donaldsonville, 1000 fed
eral levee workers and still larger
number of state convicts and citizen
volunteers are continuing their efforts to
strengthen the levees to point where
an even higher stage of water would not
be feared. The task of providing for the
food refugees continues. freight train
load OF clothing, shoes, medicine and
supplies left New Orleans. today, for
the refugees camps at Opelousas. LaFay-
cite, Rayne and other towns.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-10
MUCH SUFFERING.
Refugees Passing Through New
Roads, La, Tell Same Story.

New Roads, La. May BY tearing
away 400 feet of the south end of the
Torras crevasse a wall of water from
eight TO 10 feet deep and half a mile in
width is, today, bearing down upon the.
already oyerfiowed area of Pointe Cou-
pee, st. Landry and several other par
ishes to complete its work of ruin. New
Roads. heretofore considered practically
safe from the Torras Hood is rapidly
becoming inundated Boats are being
built and other preparations made oy
the townspeople for hurried exit This
section of the parish being thickly pop
ulated, much rescue work will be re-
anired. Motor boats and skiffs are be-
ing concentrated here by the govern
ment representatives. Farmers, driving
their live stock in advance of the Hood,
arrived here, early today, from the coun-
try around Fordoche They report hum
dreds of people are marooned in their
homes In that vicinity who are in urgent
need of relief Motor boats We're un-
able to reach that district, yesterday.
Looters in skiffs are reported to be reap
ing a rich harvest in the inundated
country Many houses from which their
occupants We're hastily driven have been
broken open and robbed.
over 1900 refugees have passed through
New Roads during the last "a hours. Al
of them tell the same story of hardship
and suffering. Most of them have been
rendered penniless.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-10
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The rate of discount of the Bank OF
England was reduced from Siz to .
per cent, Thursday.
After cough drop had become lodg-
ed, Thursday night, in the throat Of
his 2-year-oid nephew. Marco Sibiio
took the child in his arms and started
in search of a physician, When he
reached Sydenham hospital. Is minutes
later, a surgeon pronounced the child
dead
The Industrial Workers of the World
camp at Yale, headquarters OF the
strike against the contractors building
the Canadian Northern Railway. was
broken up by the provincial police
according to a telegram received az
Vancouver, b. c., Thursday.
Charles Ditton, assistant check mas
ter OF the. Puget Sound navy yard at
Brelnerton, Wash, is dead and George
w. Trahey, the dock master, is fatai-
~ wounded as result of shots urea
by John Haley, who had been de-
cIared insane by physicians, hut hao
been permitted to go about under ODD
servatior.
william r. BarriclSlo of Jersey CITY
was, Thursday, appointed Teceisci y
the Charles r. Partridge Lumber 60,
against which an Involuntary petition
was filed, Wednesday, with Judge
Cross of the United States district
court at Jersey City. In the petition
the liabilities Of the firm which mas
an extensive plant in Jersey City, We're
estimated at $600,000e<and the assets
about $350.0o0. The company was incor-
ported in 1910 with an authorized cap
ital stock of 100000, about $500 600 OF
which has heen issued
Wireless message received. iate
Thursday night, from the America OF
the Hamburg American Line, due, FIT
day, at New York, reported that she
sighted four icebergs further south
than in many years. The position o.
one Of the four icebergs was Lat 3s.o2
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-10
King George at
Naval Maneuvres.

Weymouth, Eng. May 9.-King
GEORGE. who is here seeing for him.
self the progress toward the re-organ-
ization of the home fleet as outlined
by First Lord of the Admiralty
Churchill in introducing the navy esti-
mates in Parliament, has again taken
up the life of naval officer with re-
markble gusto.
, His Majesty already has added one
item 10 his experience in naval work
by going down in a submarine. He
passed 10 minutes below the surface of
the water in one of the latest d.
type of boats which carries disap-
nearing gun. and expressed himself
as delighted with the venture.
The aerial corps. which is continu-
ally maneuvering over the fieet is hop
ing 10 carry the King as a passenger.
His Majesty. today, Witnessed big gun
practice By the fleet on board the Nep-
time, the flagship of the COMMANDMENTS
chief.
Premier Asquith. Mr.. Churchill and
Mr.. Balfonr, who are attending the
maneuvres, all have been down in a
submarine.
Dense sea fog upset all arrange
merits for the maneuyres. today, the
program being practically abandoned,
except brief target practice in the aft
erneon by The Neptune's 12-ineh guns.
Battle practice with the sl3.5 guns will
be carried out, tomorrow, if the wealth
err clears.
The Kings trip in a submarine. which
travelled two miles submerged was made
in company with his son, Prince Albert,
who Is a student at Dartmouth Naval
College. and Winston Churchill.
Claude Grahame-w White and naval avia-
tors carried out interesting eyolutions
which included flight from the deck OF
the battieship Hbernia, by Commander
Samson. Referring To the fight which
Commander Samson made, Yesterday.
with his hydro-aeroplane. when he cir
cled the fleet at a height OF 1000 feet and
remained lii the air for an hour, alight-
ing in broken water, Horace Short. in
ventor of the hydro aeroplane. said, to-
day, that as a result of that test the
aerial machine will change naval warfare
completely Samson was able to see the
rocks under the water, and it would
therefore be easy TO locate submerged
submarine.
..Nou may take it, said the inven-
| tor, that the aeroplane has knocked
| out the. submarine. The latter's ef-
fectiveness depends upon its invisible
| iiy Now that is gone. The submar-
| Inc has met it's match"
Commander samson carried bomb
| 500 pounds in weight, and Inventor
| Short expressed confidence in his abii-
| Try to construct hydro-aeroplane ca
| pablo of carrying a bomb containing a
| ton OF explosives Such missiles drop
| ped upon the deck of a battlesilip, he
| remarked. would certainly put it out
| of action and probably sink the vessel
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-10

New Orleans, May 9.--Other than
the rescue of marooned persons in
the overlooked sections and the clos
ing of an incipient crevasse at lllyria,
near the mouth of the Mississippi
river the Louisiana food situation,
today was without incident Work
men. in decreased numbers were en-
gagged at nearly all doubtful places
between Natchez and New Orleans
taking advantage Of the fair weather
in strengthening embankments.
Rescuers. working near Lettsworth,
have about completed their work and
turned their attention to places more
distant from the river Water IRON
Torras cfevasse rose three Inches at
Morganza. today. RAILROADS in that
section are. paralyzed by the wash
outs.
Refugees are continuing 20 pour in
to Baton Rouge, Opelcusas and other
concentration camps whence they are
to places less congested.
Few refugees arrived at New Roads
because train service about New
Roads had to be suspended. Federal
engineers here say that with a few
more days sunshine the probability OF
more serious crevasses is remote.