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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19
Another High-ideaI Marriage.

From the New York World.
1t appears to have become the fashion
in the advanced literary set for young
men and women to devise marriage con-
tracts according to their own notions.
Following the example of the Danas in
Massachusetts, comes the contract en-
tered into at Los Angeles by Carlton w.
Washburne, a son of Marion Foster
Washburne. author and lecturer, with
Miss Chandler, a daughter of Julius
w Chandler, of Philadelphia The con-
tracing parties undertake to assure each
other freedom to separate whenever they
choose. The contract sets forth that the
present marriage shall not be a bar to
other marriage should it prove unfruit-
full and that neither shall have the right
to restrain the other should he or she
see fit 10 incur other parental respon-
sibility.
AS these marriages are carried out in
legal form, the parties are, of course,
bound by the marriage law of the State.
Their prenuptial contract, devised with
the intention of evading the law, is in
valid. II either Of the parties should
enter into marriage with some one else
without a legal divorce, there would be
trouble.
But the significant feature of the new
movement is the ardor of the women
that are urging it on. In every case IT
is pleaded that they are women of
high ideals" The phrase is odd. Once
upon a time the high ideal of marriage
was for better or worse, till death us
do part. Now 1t is for as long as I like
and you please. What height Is thatf
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19
THE OPEN FORUM
THE ENGLISH PROTEST.
Has No Right 10 Assume Her AttI-
tude on Panama CannI.

To the Editor: In view of the attitude
of England. respecting her protest on
tolls on the Panama Canal. 1t is apparent
that the question OF supremacy on this
hemisphere is the issue.
That England is supreme in the coun-
ellis Of nations there is not a manner
of doubt This is not a fact without the
philosophy of fact, and the philosophy
OF this fact is very simple.
England has used Intelligent effort,
backed by industry and skill while
other nations have been supine and
never realv troubled themselves much
about what was going on until the trick
was done.
When We think OF this arrogant attl-
tude toward nation of 10000. 900
from a nation OF only 100000 We may
rub our eyes and ask what have We
been thinking about?
How can we sumbt to have such ma
ton forbid our building canal in terri
tory over which we. al least, exercised
protectorate? the Monroe doctrine
makes this nation the protector OF the
states to the South of US. From where
does England derive this authority? She
derives it solely by her arrogance. by
our pot questioning her about it and tell
ing her it is an insult to us to arrogate it.
. BY what right can she draw up a pro-
test to us about a purely domestic mat
ter?
In this protest she cites the leniency
she has shown US by allowing us to abrO-
gate treaty that she had no more right
to ask us TO enter into than Holland
had. This treaty recognized her as su-
preme on this continent. and this pro-
test If yielded to makes her so. She owns
territory on this continent, and so does
France and Holland II England has a
right to forbid our construction of a
canal through territory over which We
have even a proteCtorate and with the
consent of the state through which the
canal runs, manifestly France and Hol-
land have the same right. How would
we have treated Holland If she had
drawn up such a treaty?
During the progress of the civil war,
England seized a strip Of country be-
tween Mexico and Guilamala known as
Belize. She now holds this territory in
spite of the Monroe doctrine. Could not
We propose to England that while We
did not recognize her right to interfere
with any course We adopted toward the
canal. We would waive that phase OF the
subject, and give our consent to arbitrate
our right to a perfect control of the
canal. provided she would consent to
arbitrate her right to Belize. This would
towards England.
ton. Belize is a very strong strategic
point in the hands of England towards
the canal England is as fond of the
things which make supremacy as she is
of being supreme.
GEORGE G. TANNER
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19
MONKEY ON A SHIELD.
How the Queer Animal Got Into
HeraIdry.
Prom the New Tork Pres

Prom the New TOrk Pres.
list OF the animals having a place
in hersldry would embrace not only all
the well-knOwn beasts but many weird
and impossible creatures, such as uni
corns, griffins. and dragons. But so far
rs is known there is but one instance OF
the monkeys admission into the select
circle.
Three monkeys figure in the Lelnster
coat-of-arms. They stand with plain COL
lar. chained. The motto is "Crom-a-b boo -
which means ITO victory" This device
was adopted in the year 1876 by John
IItZthomas Fitzgerald. and an Interesting
story attaches thereto
1t appears that when this Earl of Lem
ster was an infant he formed one Of the
residents Of Woodstock, now pertaining
to the Marlborough family. There was Il
IRE in the castle. and in the ensuing con-
fusion the child was overlooked. When
it was remembered those who dashed to
the nursery found 1t in flames. The child
was. however. soon found in one of the
TOW ers, Clasped in the arms of a big ape
which. with considerable courage, hdd
fought its way through the smoke and
flames in order to rescue its young friend
1t had carried the child to the top of the
tower, which. its intelligence told IT, was
the safest place in the burning structure
In recognition Of this act of devotion
the earl. when he attained manhood. act
uaIly discarded the family coat-of-arms
and adopted the monkeys for his crest,
end the family has retained it to this
day
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19
Pity the Panic Starter.

What awful condign punishment has
President-elect Woodrow Wilson con-
ceived for the unhappy wretch of the
Wall Street brand who shall, in any
way, be responsible for bringing on
a panic in our fair land?
We have heard of boiled oil; of the
culprit being shot from the cannon'S
mouth; of starvation, and the terrors
of the Spanish Inquisition; but all of
these are but common everyday tor
lures to what the President-elect has
up his sleeve.
Not only is the culprit in danger,
but so long as his line and name shall
live, so long will the pain continue
Not hanging even on Humans gal
lows that were many cubics high, for
then there would be no pain after
death" Has our good Princeton
president gone back on purgatory and
hades itself, that one so wicked as to
bring disaster, idleness, and smashing
destructive declines on all securities,
even those upon which the widow and
orphan depend for their living. shall
escape the torments of his Satanic
majesty?
No such tencts as these came to him
while in staid and lawful Bermuda,
where the populace, white and black,
has the highest regard for the law
and the promise of proper punish
ment for sinners.
Mr.. Wilson has evidently determined
on something new, something that will
jar Wall Street as it has not been
Jared since the Standard Oil decision;
since the panic of 1907, when one high
in the councils of the newly formed
Bull Moose" party was charged by
Wall Street itself with causing the
disaster.
Seriously, however, there have been
panics for centuries; the history of
business is a story OF failure, of Oft
recurring deprcssions over an entire
country, termed panics.
That panic can be STAYED off by
any threat is more or less nonsense
Mr.. Wilson may rail and then infict
his awful plans, but after he has been
forgotten panics will come in cycles.
If any one man on Wall Street has
the power to cause a panic he should
be shorne of tiff he exerted this
power no punishment could properly
fit the crime"
We sincerely hope that the United
States may have a prosperous era dur
ing the Presidency of Woodrow Will
son, a gentleman, a scholar. and a
student now about to enter upon his
greatest work.
May he never be called upon to in
flict his threatened horrors
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19
THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET.
That Famous Moss Covered One that
Hung In the Well.

Joe Mitchell Chappls in National Magazine
Not far from Boston IS located the
well which inspired the familiar lines
of Samuel Woodwork to the odd
IOakan Bucket" Every time the place
IS visited MANY new traditions are told
concerning the famous old bucket
about which people have been singing
these many years Having drunk deep
of the sparkling waters between whis-
tied snatches Of the familiar refrain.
how disconcertinE ii was to have the
charm broken nv learning that the
original old oaken bucket" was stolen
shortly after his well-known poem be-
came famous,
The Youngest daughte- Of Samuel
Woodwork. the author. who died in
Berkeley. cal. often used to tell about
tho real old oaken bucket and Of the
sadness which came over the house
hold on the day IT was stolen. It
seemed as if one of the family were
missing. In this age of souvenir COL
lection. who knows but that some day
the real old moss covered bucket that
hing in tho yelp' may turn up in a
museum or serve as a water tank in
the show windows of some enterpris-
ing advertiser?
There is no other water bucket in
the world so~enshrined in homely, gen.
uine romance as this one. Even the
golden goblets % royalty and the
treasured chalices of the crusaders
have never awakened the universal
and popular interest attained by the
"old oaken bucket that hung in the
well" until it was stolen and carried
away in the zenith OF Its fame.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19
HUB GETS A GAINSBoROUGH.
Portrait of English Squire Acquired
for Boston's Museum.

Boston Disratrh to New YORK Sun.
NJ. Jean Guiffrey. curator of the depart
ment of paintings at the Museum of Fine
Arts. has returned from Europe with
the news that he has purchased for the
museums permanent collection paintings
by Gainsborough, Lippi Matsyi and Lor-
raine.
In each Of these acquisitions NJ. Cuff
frey has followed his policy of filling
gap in the collection. The museum
already possessed a landscape by Gains
borough, and there was a feeling that it
was desirable to have him represented
here by a good example Of his portrait
work
and has been set up in the directors
room at the museum.
The portrait, which is that of John Ed.
Esq. OF Seighford Hall, Stafrordshlre
England, has been known but a COM
paratively short time. as 1t was only re-
Gently found" in the Staffordshire Gen
eral Infirmary, which was founded in
l7O4 by Squire Ed. The canvas was
sold for the benefit of the institution.
Gainsborough painted the squire in
red coat and vest trimmed with gold
braid. red breeches. white stockings. and
cravat, powdered hair. wearing a sword
and holding in his hands a plan of the
infrmary. He is shown standing by the
side Of a column, on the plinth Of which
rests his cooked hat. The background
is of foliage. There is an inscription at
the base Of the column. which runs as
follows:
Under the command and at the ex-
pense of the subscribers
The canvas is 90 inches high by IS
inches wide, and it was painted about
l772
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19

From the New York World.
The suicide of the white wife OF Jack
Johnson, the negro pugilist.. has So
Geological interest by reason of its bear
ing on the question OF racial intermar-
rage. Some time before she killed her
self the unfortunate woman is reported
to have said: Il am tired of being a
social outcast. Even the negroes don't
respect me; they hate me-"
Ostracism was the inevitable penalty
Of this ill-assorted marriage. as II is of
marriages between white men and negro
women. Political equality under the Con-
stltution is one thing. but a degree of
social equality admitting of the inter-
marriage of the races is impossible. Ma
ture. has forbidden the banns with an
authority that no law Of man can over
ride.
Doubtless irregular alliances between
blacks and whites will always occur and
the birth of an Alexandra Dumas serve
only to confute theories. But marriage
under such conditions is bound to prove
hateful to either race. Statutes may sane
ton II. but public sentiment no less than
racial instinct never VIII.
The white woman who marries a negro
and the negro wife of a white husband
NAV always expect the contempt of
their kind. In the fact lies the coun-
try's protection against the bogy of
miscegenation which the fears OF the
South at one time magnified into a real
danger.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19
The Man or the SYSTEM

One of the judges of the New York
Court of Special Sessions, at a pri-
vate dinner in honor of a mutual
friend, was discussing our penal codes,
our penal institutions, recurring to the
overcoming but never satisfactorily
answered question, Does our method
of Furnishing crime reform the offender,
or-by contact with the worst element
of society-transform a novice in
crime into a full-fedged transgressor,
menace and horror to society and
to life and limb?"
Il am not a criminologist," said the
judge, a liberal and affable man, a man
with heart. q am trying to use
common sense paired with earnest OBJ
servation on the bench.
Let me quote an instance that
should give food for reflection and
should interest scientists, penologists,
and social reformers Some three
years ago a youth was brought before
me charged with stealing a stickpin
from patron in a Turkish bath es-
Enlistment. 1t was deliberate theft by
man in a responsible position of
trust. and I was obliged to impose the
maximum penalty. year in the county
penitentiary at Blackwells Island.
You all know the place You all
have read of conditions on the island
where good, bad, and indifferent are
thrown together. helter-skelter; where
first offenders work by day and sleep
by night next TO hardened criminals,
and where segregation is not prac-
ticed. After the expiration Of his term
the youths parents brought him to me,
expressing their JOY that their son had
reformed and telling me how glad
they were
Il looked long into the young mans
face | thought that | detected in it
something that had not been there be-
fore, something that |, though know
ing little, if anything. of criminology,
did not like. But ! expressed my
pleasure at the satisfaction that shone
in the countenances of the old couple,
plain, Woodworking, and absolutely re-
spectacle denizens of the East Side.
Gentlemen, the parents are Solomon
Horowitz and his wife, and my heart
goes out in pity for their terrible af-
Fiction. For their son managed to
leap the entire span in three short
years. He is Horowitz, known TO all
of you as "Gyp the Blood" under SEN
tence of death with his pals. the three
other gunner in connection with the
Becker-Rosenthal case.
WAS it the man or the system?'"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19

The sailors broad collars were de-
vised so that the powder or tar on the
wearers cues should not come off on
the blouses. In those days every sailor
wore his hair in a cue and either had
the cue powdered or held together by
tar. This was not good for the blouse or
jacket underneath. So detachable broad
collars were added. Sailors stopped
wearing cues a century ago. But they
still wear the wide collar. When Lord
Nelson died the British navy went into
mourning for him. Sailors put broad
black ribbons on their caps and black
ribbons on their blouses. And the rib
bons remain to this day not only on the
uniforms of the British sailors, but on
those of other navies as well. The
broad bell shaped ends Of sailors
trousers legs were thus shaped so that
the wearer might more easily turn. his
trousers up above his knees when he
had to swab the decks. Deck swabbing
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19
Railroad Accidents.

There is this passage in the report
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, which amply provides food for
thought:
The most disquieting and perplcxing
feature in the problem of accident pre-
vention is the large proportion of train
accidents caused by dereliction of duty
by the employees involved. OF
the 81 accidents Investigated up to Sep
TENDER l, 81, or more than O. per cent
of the whole number, were caused by
mistakes on the part of employees.
These 81 accidents comprise 4S of the
40 collisions investigated and ! of the
81 derailments. They caused the
death of 248 persons and the injury OF
1909 persons. OF the IS collisions
caused by errors of employees 80 oc-
Cured on roads operated under the
under the block system.
This means to say that the block
system is supposed to make up. in part
at least, for any carelessness Of the
train hands, signal tower, and switch
men, or the engine drivers. 1t seems
strange to expect mechanical or auto
matte measures to prevent the increase
of accidents, as long as employees dis
regard signals or fail to keep clear of
right-of-way trains or fail to control
the speed at crossings,
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion is inclined to place the blame for
railroad accidents upon the enlarged
volume of traffic, increased speed. and
weight of trains and the added duties
and responsibilities which conditions of
modern railroading have placed upon
employees
But, in the opinion of a responsible
railroad emplOye, WHICH was published
quite recently, modern railroading has
not increased, but has rather simplifed
the duties of train and switch oper-
ators. He says that in his signal tower
his former duties of outside and inside
work have been reduced to the single
task of throwing levers. The air
brakes and other inventions also have
greatly simpli6ed every mans work
in proportion, and the powerful unions
have reduced hours of labor.
So it is not that at all Perhaps
the Interstate Commerce Commission
would come nearer the solution by in
vestigating the charge of laxity of dis
cipline, brought about by the grievance
committees of the unions succeeding
in preventing the infiction of penal
ties for derelictions of duty. Hasn't
this something to do with the alarm
ing increase of wrecks, costing thou
sands of lives or more within a year?
The report of the commission shows
neglect of some of the fundamental
conditions Of safety that must be con-
sidered startling indeed.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19
BY FRED c. KELLY

cago. John CaIlsn O'LaughIin. Washing
ton correspondent for the Chicago Trib-
une. threw of all caution and made
bets with half the men he knew that
T. r would be the nominee. To keep
the thing from being too sordid he did
not bet vulgar money: the wagers were
all TO be paid in some form Of wearing
apparel hats, suits, socks, fine linen, and
the like.
One of the chief benehciaries OF
O'LaughIin's reckless wagers was Louis
Garthe, OF the Baltimore American.
Furthermore, Garthe was about to be
married. AS soon as the Chicago con-
ventIon had adjourned. with T. r. still
unnominated. Garthe began to think up
things that would be nice for his
rousseau. One bright afternoon he
walked into a Washington haberdashery
and stayed there for three hours and a
half picking out the most fetching crea-
tions in silk underwear and other fixings
that any male human ever put into a
rousseau. And all were charged to
O'Laughlin.
Garthe calls EN- his SILK O'Laughlins-
The chairman OF the Democratic COM
mittee in a New York State town asked
Senator O'Gorman what he thought OF a
certain speaker they expected 10 get for
a big meeting. O'Gorman said that.
while he didn't know much about the
man. he would recommend him Hs
thought ne would make a good speech.
The man became intoxicated and dId
not make as elaborate a speech as hs
had planned to.
The next time the upstate Democratic
chairman saw Senator O'Gorman he up
braided him for not knowing more
about the speaker and warning them
against him.
He got up and said: Vote for WILL
son. Vote for Wilson" and sat down
without saying another word COM
planned the chairman. What do YOU
think Of that. And We had the hall
packed with people who expected =
great speech"
We'll. inquired the International
OGorman. quietly what was the mat
ter with that speech? II was brief and
to the point, wasn't it"
Murderers play their part in sending
folks TO Congress. JudGe W. A. Wat
son, OF Virginia. has been elected TO the
next Congress as a direct consequence
Of the skill he showed in presiding over
the case Of young Beattie, the wife muir
derer whose trial attracted wide atten-
ton in 1911.
Then there's Judge Warren Gard. Of
Hamilton. Ohio who succeeds Governor
elect Jimmy Cox Gard, as prosecuting
attorney, sent to the death chair a
fiend named Knapp. highly successful
stranger of his time and the prosecutor
work in that case boosted him 10 a
judgeship. from which point he stepped
to Congress.
Copyright. 49, ny Fred G Kelly. All rights
reserved
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-19
The Coal Decision.

1t was, as the saying is, half a
loaf" the government being unable to
prove to the satisfaction of the Su-
premc Court of the United States that
there is a combination by the coal
mine-owning railroads to control the
amount of anthracite coal put on the
market The highest court does not
find that the contract with the indie
pendent producers to take over their
output at 65 per cent of the average
market price is an arrangement in re-
straint of trade, or, in other words, il
legal The Independent production is
about IS per cent of the total, and, as
tidewater prices are fixed by the COM
bination of railroads which controls
the remaining Is per cent, it seemed
as though there was a monopoly. The
Attorney General predicts that a break
in these arrangements will destroy the
combination. Let us hope so, but there
are always local conditions which af-
feet not only the price but an ade-
quate supply even at any price.
The suit in hand was instituted I'M
der the Sherman act, and the court
has not considered the Hepburn COM
modities' act in the present situation.
The case against the coal monopoly
has been in the courts some ten years,
but Mondays decision indicates that it
has just begun. The cost of coal to
the consumer is altogether out of pro-
portion to its cost at. the mines The
anthracite railroads, owning the great
er part of the supply and controlling
the rest, besides having a monopoly of
the transportation, have grown amaz-
ingly rich 1t is possible to determine
with exactitude the cost of coal pro-
duetion. Then, why not do it? The
Interstate Commerce Commission can
enforce a reasonable and proper rate