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4 New Emperor of Rome.

King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy,
proposes shortly to assume the title
of Emperor of Rome. The recent con-
quest of Tripoli has doubtless inspired
the King or some far-sighted adviser
to suggest this strategic move. Italys
dependencies. geographically, hardly
would entitle her to be classed as an
empire These dependencies consist Of
go miles of coast on the Red Sea
with 10000 inhabitants; Italian
Somaliland with 10000 inhabitants; :
concession at Tientsin. China, Of
eighteen square miles, with 1900 ma
Gyes and 100000 people.
Italy is member of the aDrei-
bund," and with Germany and Aus
tria shares the advantages of the pres
eut arrangement ..of the European
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Philippine situation thoroughly and then
to submit carefully written report of
the conditions In the islands.
Summing up his experiences in the
Philippincs. DR.. schurman said on the
last page of the book entitled Phillip
pine Affairs" ANY decent form Of gov
eminent Of Fflipinos by Fflipinos Is bet
ter than the best possible form OF gov
eminent Of Filipinos by Americans"
MAKING NJ KALAw.
Manage4 Of Tho Filipino Peopis.
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LAYMAN's OPINION ON
THE BECKER VERDICT

To the Editor: With interest we send
your query as to the law laid down in
the Becker case. and call upon members
Of the bar to express their opinion.
Being a constant reader Of your paper.
We know considerable law. but not a
member Of the fraternity. yet We offer
our opinion-not just for what it's
worth" but what We know to be the
practice of Judges. When question of
his character came before them they
invariably refused to be the sole arbiter.
but demand a jury. I'll now state your
question. You say. When all Is said.
there seems something that does not
tit into the picture of the whole pro-
ceeding-at least not to your mind You
say Justice Con was very careful TO
state that he declined to instruct as to
Sam Schepps. Upon Schepps, he said.
hinges the entire case Was he an ac-
complete OF Becker and the gunner. or
not? ! am personally In doubt about IL
it is for you to decide this important
point.
Then YOU remark the Judge knew his
law. Now. then. IL the judge himself 20
plainly impressed the jury that there
was a strong doubt in his own mind. and
he declines to speak the word that meant
or limited at conviction. You ask was it
for the jury to take upon itself to refuse
the prisoner this beneft Of the doubt?
UNREASONABLE. yes. It's for the jury
and the jury alone to decide just such
cases and conditions.
The judge, learned in the law, but
moved from the people. knows less,
probably, than any juryman at his bar.
The true charac ter of the average man,
witness after witness, comes before him,
of whose peculiarities. personality and
characteristics he knows nothing: there
fore his testimony may or may not have
more or less weight where IT deserves
none. and would have none with the
average juryman, who daily mingles
with such members OF society, who pos
sibIy often visit saloons and siums with
such characters.
THEREFORE they know just how much to
believe, and how seriously to take their
word. In other words, can read the
character of others OF the same stripe
in which they had mingled and had
many a lark as clearly as II 1t was
written in holy writ"
A Judge cannot possibly know Of these
things and hold his self-respect upon
the bench. for these obvious reasons:
The Judge decides the law points; the
jury decides the facts as gathered from
the witnesses.
The Judge might. on account Of his
long career on the bench. be oftep mis-
led by q witness, as he may have been
in this case. Not 30 with twelve jury
men. More than one. at least. having
a personal experience with the true
character of Schepps. arrives at a
decision which ninety-nine times in one
hundred Is correct
JAMES A. FRAZIER.
Clifton Forge. Va.
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What Swiss Referendum Means,

Progressive spellbinders always con-
tend that the initiative and referendum,
as proposed in some States of the
Union, and adopted and in working
order in others, is an exact counter
part of that in vogue in Switzerland.
But there is only scintilla Of truth in
what they say, while the greater part
of their explanations or statements are
made to fit whatever occasion demands.
True. striking popularity of the
Swiss federal constitution is the d.
rect voice of the people in legislative
matters through the initiative and ref
erendum-
The demand of 10000 citizens-not a
handful or a small percentage. as in
some Of our progressive Western
States, or in some instances of all the
voters of eight cantons Federated
states), obliges the Assembly to SUBJ
NH. any one of its acts to popular
vote for revision or annulment.
This is strong safeguard, but it
applies only to new legislation. There
is a stronger guard still thrown around
the Swiss federal constitution, as an
amendment to the fundamental law can
be submitted to the vote of the people
only at Che request of 10000 voters.
The different cantons. each having its
own Assembly Conforming to our
own State Legislatures), apply the
above principle in different degrees. In
IA few of the smaller mountain, cantons
70 the south. all legislative matters are
decided 1t an annual sprinG unss-mees.
inn. -
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Clifton Forge. Va.



To the Editor: The Herald Of October
q. when commenting on Minister Schur'
mans Endorsement of the Jones indie.
pendence bill published in the October
Filipino People, says that such attitude
Of the former Cornell President was a
great surprise to the administration OF.
fcials. The administration need not BE-
surprised at such Endorsement. DR.
Schurman has been always in sympathy
with the Philippine cause. 1t should be
remembered that he is one of those
Americans who have a first-hand knowl.
edge Of Philippine affairs. He was the
president of the first Philippine commits
sion appointed by President Mckinley
to negotiate with Aguinaldo. When the
commission reached the islands. how.
ever, hostilities between Americans and
Filipinos had already begun. and Sc
he could not perform his mission. What
the commission did was to study the
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Won Bisberstein's Successor

Herald readers will recollect that
when commenting upon the death of
the German Ambassador at the Court
of St. James, Baron Marschall Won
Bieberstein. a few months after his
transfer to London from his former
post at the Sublime Porte, and, in, con-
sequence, specializing upon his possible
successor, We rejected the idea ad-
vanced by some of our leading con-
temporaries that either the German
Foreign Secretary Won Kinderien-
Waechter or the German Ambassador
to this country, Count Won Bernstorff.
would be named for this important
mission. We also gave our reasons,
and the appointment of Prince Lich-
nowsky to this highly important post
has borne out our reasoning.
Karl Macmillan, the Sixth Hered-
itary Prince (Fuerst) Won Lichnowsky,
is one of Prussia's land all Germanys)
grand seigneurs, who belongs to that
ancient and powerful class of noble
houses of which the Pless, Fuersten-
berg, Ujest (Ratibor), Croys, Radzi-
will, Czartovisky, Metternich, &c. are
shining examples. The Prince. who is
fifty-two years of age, is almost an
outsider. so far as diplomatic service
is concerned. His chief work in this
direction was his assistance in the ne
gotiations with Italy and Austria in
concluding the treaties of commerce,
his intimate relations with the courts
OF Vienna and Rome, contributing
largely to the success of the agree
ments.
As his name implies, Prince Lich-
nowsky is of Polish extraction. He is
a Catholic. and greatly liked at the
Vatican. 1t is told of him that his
manly breast is not broad enough to
bear all his decorations. Notwith-
standing his great wealth and distin-
guished name, he is very democratic.
His tastes are scholarly, and he is an
intimate friend of the Kaiser, who
would have sent him to London when
Prince Metternich abdicated, but for
the powerful Endorsement given Won
Bieberstein by the Kaiser's aunt, the
Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden
More than this, when Prince Buelow
resigned the German Chancellorship,
Lichnowsky was very much in the
Kaiser's mind as a possibility for the
place. But the prince still has to win
his spurs as a diplomat of fnesse.
Hence Won Bethmann- Hollweg was ap-
pointed.
Prince Lichnowsky holds the rank
of major in the Prussian Hussar
Guards, and is hereditary member
of the Prussian House of Lords. His
wife was a Countess Arco-Zinneberg,
and is far-famed for her beauty. As
social representative in England the
Kaiser could not have found a better
liked or better-equipped couple. Their
standing in this respect is of the high
est, and all that could be desired. The
princes views on the Anglo-German
situation are summed up in these five
words: German invasion is a childish
legend
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AID MEN TO VISIT CITY.
Associated CI.bs 70 See Capital Il
June, 1913.

Announcement is made through the
washington Ad Club that in June. 1913,
the Associated Advertising Clubs OF
America will visit this city. This bod.
is the national convention made up OF
delegates from the local bodies through
out the country.
The convention will be held. In Baiti'
more. but the entire body VIII come &c
WASHINGTON for day or two. and viii
bring here some of the representative
advertising men OF the United States
The local club desires to give the ma
t;onal body appropriate Welcome and en-
tertainment, and in due course of time
pans will be arranged to that end.
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PERTINENT AND nlPERTMENT

From he Boston Herald.
Judge Parker IL also learning things
about the 1904 campaign that astound
him.
From the New Tak Sum-
That which makes the kingdom OF Italy
one Of the most remarkable political phe-
nomena Of modern Europe 10 the CONVEX
sion Of what DisraeH termed "a geo
ton.
From the New York Tribune.
The Balkan war IL young yet, and no
correspondents have thus far been per-
mitted to go to the front: but the crop
Of grapevine ''cunarders' Is already
abundant.
From the Boston Transcript.
The opinions Of the lady who IL rum
ming for the ONCE OF Mayor of San
Diego bear out Mr.. Shaw's prediction
that the first result of giving women
the vote will be a crushing tax on
bachelors
From the Phil.delphi. Public Ledsr
Celebrities are always excused for
yielding now and then to emotional i'm
pulse. But the line should be drawn
Wnen 30 stalWart person as JACK
johnson tries to be temperamental.
Frum the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Oklahoma IL going to have all the
culture there is going. For its univer-
sity president it has just imported a
Boston man.
From the Boston Globe.
Boston legislators will have a sense
Of vindication from the news that a mil
liner in Pennsylvania has suffered blood
p0isoning from the prick Of q hatpin.
From the New Yort Pres.
ITO succeed in America" says Calve,
'one must be tall and thin" Mme Calve
must have a little bet up on Wilson.
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people. who DO not have the automobiis
20 beautiful that the msn cannot b
driven out Of the stats sxespt whom
elopihg. Frank L. Stanton 10 the post
lAur{Ate Of Georgia, Alexander 0tsph-
ems Ind Joel Chandler Harris III mast
sainted memories and Barney OldAeid
and Hoks Smith its largest citizens ~
present
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Preacher EavOrs Taft.

The colored voter was advised against
Roosevelt and Wilson and urged to cast
his ballot for Taft in speech made
yesterday by Rev. DIR. Simon p. w.
Drew, pastor Of Cosmopolitan Baptist
Church, at q political meeting In Cadets
Armory. 7OS o Street Northwest.
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Movable Billiard SPOT.

Melbourne Inman. in the Strand.
came across something really unique
in the way of rules in a hotel at New
ara-Eliya, where I was once booked to
play when touring in India. In the bill
lard room. Immediately opposite the
table, where every one could see II, hung
a card bearing the following announce
ment:
For first cut. .....................100 rupees
second cut ....................-.... 80 rupees
Third cut ...l..................... 20 rupees
Any subsequent cut. 10 rupees
Judging from the appearance of the
cloth, l should think that table must
have been veritable gold mine to its
proprietor, II he collected all the fines.
Evidently his motto was, Cut and come
again"
On another occasion. while staying at
Wellington. New Zealand. I was invited
to play at the Tararua Club. Pahiatua.
The table itself, I found, wasn't at all
bad: but when 1 looked at IL closely I
noticed that the billiard spot was at
least three inches too far to one side.
1 had become fairly hardened to try
ing conditions by this time. but to at
tempt to play with the red ball inches
out of it's recognised position was more
than dared to do
whats the matter with that spot?"
I asked. TT isn't right. IL ft?'
The man addressed squinted at the
apot.
Seems .sorter crooked" he agreed
slowly; but the fac Of the matter in
that We change the position Of that
yere spot once a week. Otherwise it'd
work hole in the cloth"
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N.r.ery workers to Meet.

A meeting In the interest Of the Chill
dren's Day Nursery at ~ N Street
win be held at the residence Of Mrs. A.
II. Glenn. ~ 9 Street. ON Friday even
ling ct 5:oosoclock.
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=
siast3c admirsss?
49,. 1865 ~. p.H,s..sse-.
I. Tne various candiontee ere
IN the masazinss this year.
am going % vote for ~. e
easa ons my.
sew his a. In Hamfafs weekly.
~esf %
October .. 1Elo-Hsnry VIII has hfs
4 5enoI~.r rr.rr
October -. 1nb-Bosweli introduces Dr..
Johnson to the cocktail ana SHOWS MIN
now to Dob Tor cherrses.
A FasAis.able oAsreh.
.AnA Inv a the nav minister rettins
alongr'
All. "a srno,,r6 ~. moral Law WITHOUT
otiendins any OF the interests IN the
peWG
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Last Re0ol

Il guess he's got me cornered. VIVA
would you do?'
Il think I'd contrivs to tip over thu
chessboard on the sly"
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A Mean Thrast.

"A great many women want the name
, of my dressmaker." wheezed the blonde
lady, ''but I wont give II to any OF
them"
..Your dressmaker? had always sup
posed you patronixed IN UPHOLSTERED,
responded tho brunette dame.
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DIR. James ]. Garvey, deputy health
officer. will go to Harrisonburg. Va.
Thursday to inspect a number of horses,
as he contemplates selecting two horses
for the Reliance Fire Engine Company
The present horses used for drawing the
engine will be sent to the almshouse for
use after the other horses are obtained.
The Glenwood post., 1912-10-12
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY

At the Colorado avenue home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Smith,
Thursday evening, Kenneth Smith cele-
brated his birthday, his guests being
selected principally from his high
school friends. Cards and music we-e
the order of the evening and delight
full time was had.
Those present were. Gladys Rober-
sol, re Wu fsohn. Bern &c Hubbard,
Mabel Moore, Ruby Clark, Pearl White,
Maccahee Haley and Helen Knapp.
The gentlemen were: John Noonan Il,
Lester Mechau, Amos Trimble, Harold
Korn, Henry French. Kenneth Smith,
Morgan Gavin and Raymond Heiser.
The Glenwood post., 1912-10-12
WOMAN FAINTS IN COURT;
LOSES IN FAMOUS cow CASE
Twenty Opinions Handed Down BY
Supreme Court; Local option
Interpreted

Denver, Oct. 1.-The decision in the
famous "cow" case, imposing on Mamie
Mitchell of Glenwood Springs fine Of
81, 900 for stealing and killing calf,
was affirmed by the state supreme
court today. This was decision day,
and twenty opinions were issued. The
most of them involved minor cases.
The supreme court held in one case
that the local option law, when in effect,
annuls all town ordinances relative to
the liquor traffic.
In a number of quiet title cases, the
court decided that the five-year limit
does not prevent grantees from start
ing quiet title proceedings before five
years have elapsed.
The COW case involved the question
whether John T. Shumate. district
Judge in Garfield courty, should have
granted Mamie Mitchell new trial
when she presented new affidavits pur-
porting to show that the COW in ques-
The Glenwood post., 1912-10-12
PASSENGER AGENTS HERE

4 special excursion of the American
passer agents arrived in Glenwood yes
terday afternoon over the Colorado Mid
land. They were met at the station
with conveyances and taken to the
Hotel Colorado after reception by
the Glenwood Cowboy band.
After drive up the Grand canon
and to the Elk farm and fish hatchery
they Were given the courtesies of the
Glenwood baths by the Hot Springs
company. Then came q special dinner
at the Colorado and in the evening
they Were entertained by Manager
Lucas with a grand ball at the Colora-
do. They left on the Rio Grande on
their return trip.
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Stay Home Nights and Try This On Your Piano

ton was her own property and was not
stolen. The supreme court held that
the court was right in refusing new
trial.
Mrs. Mitchell was charged with steal
ing and killing ca f belonging to
Charles IL. and r chard Paris. 1t was
alleged that the hide was found in her
possession.
She swore that she butchered her
family calf, Ringie, and that witnesses
had m staken this animal for the Paris
calf.
Mrs. Mitchell tainted in court when
the verdict of the jury finding her
guilty and the judgment of the court
were announced
The Glenwood post., 1912-10-12
REBEKAHs HONOR NEw1YwEps

The members of Yampah Rebekah
lodge held short session last Tueslav
evening and at the close of the regular
lodge work reception was rendered
two of the members of the lodge, Mr..
and Mrs. Thayer Hubbard, who had
just returned from their bridal tour
to Boulder, Denver and Colorado
Springs.
Besides the lodge members number
of the friends of these popular youn =
people arrived soon after the close o.
the lodge and the evening was very
pleasantly spent in a social way, with
cards, music and dancing. After the
guests had partaken of delicious
luncheon all wished the bride and
groom many years of happiness and
success.
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BOOZE BRINGS
GRIEF TO BRASS
Man Crazed With Bad Liquor
Frightens Ranch People
Who Appeal to Sheriff
SOBER BEHIND BARS

Crazed with bad booze, Frank Brass
a farm hand, created CONSERVATION
among the farmers on Divide creek
Thursday by threatening their lives
driving some OF the people out of theii
homes.
Thursday evening Undersheriff Mala
by received hurry-up call to come tc
Divide creek at once, but the nature
of the trouble was not divulged fur.
ther than that it was serious.
AS all west bound trains were late
Mr.. Malaby took team and drove to
New Castle where another conveyance
was in readiness to take him to the
scene of the trouble.
When he reached the Callen ranch iu
the early morning he found Mrs. Callen
and her child almost Frustrated with
fear in contemplation of the wild ac.
tions of the madman and the threats
he had made to kill those who had be
friended him.
Mr.. Malaby learned that Brass ha /
gone to the former ranch of w. l..
Smith and there brandishing a razo.
had threatened to kill the inhabitant:
who We're forced to flee from the i'll
furiated man and hide in order to save
their lives.
A Mr.. johnson and his wife were Sc
frightened that they left their house
and sought, shelter in nearby buildings
When Mr.. Malaby reached the ranch
near daylight he found that Brass, al
ter the fury of his debauch had been
partially spent, had crawled into
tent and gone to sleep and was beng
guarded by two of the workmen.
When walked up and confronted by
Malaby who relieved him of his razor
the fellow offered no resistance and HI
was brought to New Castle on the
morning train.
When seen at the Jail Brass admitted
that he had made a fool of himself, but
for a reason simply said he was Graz,
| uIuuk. ho AdS pooh Al eAio
creek country about four years, he
says, and has worked for several of the
ranchmen in that country. It is saie
that he has had considerable trouble
before in other parts Of the country
all due to his foniness for booze AM
the fect that when he starts to drink
ing he is soon completely beside him
self.
He is big, strong fellow and is sale
to be an excellent workman. His las
employment was for R. G. Callen fo
whom he has been digging a ditch Az
action will be filed against the mai
at once.
The Glenwood post., 1912-10-12
AUTO MAP PEOPLE
VISIT GLENW0OD
Are Well Pleased With Tenn
essee Pass Also With
independence
ALL PRAISE GLENWOOD

The party of automobile map makers
travelling in the interest of the auto
mobile blue book arrived in Glenwood
Wednesday evening in their new White
car and they were SO pleased with the
scenery of the Grand canon that they
spent couple days here that they
might 90 back and make more caref vi
Investigation, extend their notes more
carefully and make some photograph,
of the scenic beauty spots along the
line.
John P. Dods, in charge of the party,
in speaking to the Post reporter, de-
clareI that the road was much better
than he had expected to find it and
much better than many of the roads in
the east that We of the west imagine
are boulevards. Mr.. Dods said he
would much rather drive a ear from
Denver to Glenwood than from Chica
90 to st. Louis.
Mr.. Lazarnick, the photographer for
the party, is very much in love with
the scenery they have encountered
along the route, SO much SO in fact,
that he has made over 500 negatives
since leaving Denver.
Walter .Rheinick of the White COM
pany agrees with Mr. Dods that our
roads, with very reasonable amount
of work, can be put in splendid condi-
tion and both say we don't begin to
realize what that will mean to us next
year and in increasing ration in the
years in the near future.
The men were entertained by the
Glenwood Motor club, the Hotel Colora.
do and the Glenwood Hot Springs com.
pany.
They will go from here to Salt Lake
and will then return to Grand Junction
and return by way of Delta, Montrose
and Durango to Pueblo Colorado
Springs and Denver. They spoke en-
couragingly of the Independence pass
and Aspen route which they hope to see
used as q circle route in connection
with the Tennessee pass line now use J.
The members Of the party were all very
much impressed with Glenwood Springs
which they pronounced the prettiest
spot they had seen in all their trip.