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The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
The Steam Roller at Beverly.

Dropping off the train as it pulls into
the bright and airy little depot at the
North Shore town where President
Taft is "summering" again this year,
the first thing which greets the eye OF
the new arrival is torn up and partly
repaved street, the new stretches of the
concrete being fattened out by a steam
roller
OF course, there would be nothing to
comment upon the coincidence between
this de facto "hattener" and the politi-
cal squeezer that was in use at Chicago.
were it not for the fact that 'longside
this Beverly machine board sign tells
us that this steam roller is in full
operation"
In Beverly! Whoever would have
thought such thing? And is this the
cause or one of the causes why John
Hays Hammond. Mr.. Taft's stanch ally,
to-day is addressing the natives?
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
Our Coinage.

Ffrm the Rochester POst-EKrTess
We are going to have a new scent
piece-whole pockets full Of them. We
may hope-and of a design novel to our
coins. One side will show an Indian head
and the other a buffalo. and IL we did
not have the easily-uttered. glibly-fowing
" ord. nickel, We might call the new coin
a bun or a buffalo. as time saver over
scent piece. Whether the Treasury De-
partment will delete the ancient. thirteen
letter motto-e pluribus unum-remains
to be seen. Probably the Secretary will
go slow in making needless changes. on
the theory that it Is wiser not to trouble
trouble till trouble troubles him. For we
have no bull moose in the White House
now ready to knock God off the national
coins without any reason why and Just
for the sake of showing what he could
do. The suggestion is also made that
we have a 2 1-2-cent coin, nickel or cop
per, and why wouldn't that be preferable
to Scent piece? 1t would fit better
into our decimal scheme and make a
shilling. or an odd number of them, mean
something once more. Why might not
Congress properly authorize the mint 10
stamp oct a few tons OF them on trial?
We should soon know whether they fill
ed q lons-felt want or not -s---- -,
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
Why Russia Is Coming to Terms.

Apparently :he Russian Bear is slow
ly awakening from his long winters
sleep. When the commercial treaty be-
tween the United States and that en-
pire was abrogated last year by Mr..
Taft, with the consent of Congress, it
was reported that the state of resent
ment there was such as to make any
overtures for a new treaty improbable.
But, behold, the Musoovite attitude has
changed, for there is hardly any doubt
that tentative proposals locking to that
end are being discussed at ST. Peters
burg "in camera"
This in itself should be ample to con-
vince the Democrats who fought the
measure on the ground that American
trade would suffer by the abrogation of
the treaty, and that, therefore, the first
overture would have to come from this
government, that there was more jim
goism than patriotism in their opposi-
ton at the time Incidentally, Ameri-
cans. as rule, travel very little in
Russia, and our trade witf0that country
is insignificant The whole thing was
solely a question of national honor. the
passes of American citizens having
been ignored and a protection denied
them which that treaty was supposed
10 have guaranteed them.
The history of Musoovite diplomacy
ever has been one of waiting policy. to
lay quietly in ambush in order to give
the other fellow an opportunity to take
the first step. But once having come
to the conclusion that Russia. in COM
merce, needs us more than we do Rus
sia, the Cabinet will not be slow to say.
"pater peccavi" 1t is a question at
present of the right side of the trade
balance sheet
But if our State Department is under
the impression that Russia is giving in
because she has seen the error of her
former ways, ii fails TO appreciate the
Russian disposition in its true value.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
BOARDWALK GLASS CANOPY.
Hotel Manager Would Cover Part
of Atlantic City Promenade.

Atlantic City Correspondence New York Times
A plan TO cover forty feet of the width
of the Boardwalk with a glass and steel
framed canopy, so that visitors need
not be confined to their hotels in wet
weather was proposed at a meeting of
the City Business League to-day by
Albert T. Bell. of the Chalfonte. one OF
the largest of the beach-front hotels
Mr.. Bell suggested that the business
men first widen the Boardwalk from
sixty feet through the hotel and amuse-
ment district, and then cover forty feet
of the structure on the inner side. so
that travel need never be interrupted by
rain or snow. He suggested that the
steel and glass canopy be erected on a
line with the second story building level
and have curtains to cut off the glare
OF the sun in midsummer Adopt some
thing OF this kind said he, and board
entirely every time 1t rains, would not
be dependent upon the yagaries Of the
weather"
The league discussed the proposals in
formally, but took no action The in
creased revenue. IL was contended.
would soon pay the entire cost of the
Transformation of the promenade.
The business men also took up a sug-
gestion offered by the Rev. Thomas J.
Cross. in the course of memorial ser
vice for the late Melvin Caniman, skip
per OF the airship Akron, to erect a me-
mortal for Vaniman and his crew on
the site of the hangar where the aerial
cruiser which collapsed and carried its
crew to death in the, ocean, was built
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21

has been brought on by man and Is a
mans question. not a woman's Dr.
Hutchinson. in replying. said that un-
doubtedly this was so. but that men
were secondary rather than a pri-
mary cause; that investigation had
shown between sixty and seventy per
cent CT this kind of women to be men
tally and physically so constituted
from birth that they We're unable to
protect themselves. to earn their own
livelihood. and that while IL was the
shame OF the male sex that they have
taken advantage of this. and that pros
titution has grown up as a result. the
primary cause was. nevertheless hered-
itary and ill-bornness.
The evening programme also included
papers by Prof. William T. Sedgwick OF
Boston: DIR. Winthrop Talbot. of CIeve-
land: DIR. 4. J. Orenstein, Of the Canal
Zone; DR.. Eduardo Liceaga. OF Mexico;
DR.. l.. l. Lumsden. OF the Public Health
Service; DIR. r. NJ. Simpson. of Canada:
DR.. Thomas Tetreau. of North Yakima.
Wash; DR.. William c. Hanson. Of Bos-
ton: DR.. Charles F BolGuan. OF New
York. and DR.. John \. Amyot. OF
Canada.
DR.. Jacques Bertillon. OF Paris, the
celebrated expert on vital statistics. who
was elected an honorary member of the
association. addressed the meeting briefly.
Colorado Springs was selected as the
next place OF meeting. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President. DIR. Rudolph Herring. New
York: first vice president. DIR. W. r.
Bait Harrisburg. Pa: second vice presi-
dent. DR. James Roberts, Hamilton. On
tario: third vice president. Or. J. E.
Monjaras Mexico; secretary. Prof.
traa nr
Livingston Farrand. New York: execu-
tive committee (two-year term), DIR. ].
Y Peters. Florida: DR.. J. F. Anderson.
and DR.. W. G.. Mckay.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
'Rough-house" Audiences.

Close political observers here in
Washington, Bull Moosers not exclud-
ed, admit that Mr. Roosevelt's Western
tour has been a failure OF course,
there was some enthusiasm, and some
large audiences, especially in certain
sections where rough house" always is
welcome. But careful scrutiny of the
papers fails to show any unusual dem
onstration-
The ''trailers'- from the Republican
army, Harlan and Bede. have had fully
as large audiences and were just as
cordially received Incidentally, it is
their personality, their logic. and their
convincing arguments that has put new
life into the Republican campaign. The
poor showing of the Bull Moosers in
Minnesota also is a body blow for
Roosevelt. If anything, it shows that
the strength of the party in that State
is waning. All this is quite discourag-
ing for Roosevelt's financial hackers
Another telling detection occurred
Thursday when Col. Frederick Hale,
member of the Republican National
Committee for Maine, the man who
captured the Maine delegation for Mi
Roosevelt, publicly and definitely advo-
Gated the reelection OF Mr.. Taft. He
sees no need of third party and will
endeavor to reunite Republicans and
Progressives against the common
enemy"
Mr.. Harlan, a son of the late Justice
of the United States Supreme Court.
openly accuses Perkins of grubstaking
the colonel because he expects to share
the profits later. basing his contention
on previous compensation for former
favors.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
ROOSEVELT FINDS
CAUSE FOR WRATH
Colonel Jumps on Republican Com
mittee for Throwing Out
Progressive Members.

Omaha. Nebr.. Sept 2n.-His arch
enemies, the Republican National Com
mittee. came in for a peppery onslaught
from Col. Roosevelt here tonight for its
abrupt action in throwing the Roosevelt
committeeman out this week and re-
placing them with Taft men.
The colonel mildly raped William J.
Bryan for his insinuation that the Pro-
gressives had appropriated the striking
features Of the Democratic platform and
took a fling at Victor ROSewater, former
chairman Of the Republican National
Committee, leader of the Taft forces in
Nebraska for his part in the steam
roller tragedy al the Chicago Conven-
tion.
a rapid rush through Nebraska, during
which he stopped OF at Lincoln long
enough TO express his feelings about
Mr.. Bryan before 300 Of the Democratic
leaders, townspeople
Roosevelt met with a lively greeting
everywhere, although the crowds were
not SO large as those that cheered him
in his invasion of the state during the
spring primaries
In his swing through the State the
colonel was accompanied by Gov. AID
rich. one of the seven Roosevelt Gov
ernors who signed the call for him TO
take up the nomination fight against
President Taft.
Devoting himself to the attack on the
National Convention Committee. Roose-
welt. at the Auditorium here. alluded TO
the Republican bosses as the kind Of
creatures YOU have to reform with a
club"
The former President gave Gov. AID
rich. who sat on the platform with him
at Lincoln. something of a Jolt when he
referred to Gov. Johnson as having done
more for progressive legislation than
any other Governor who ever lived
Aldrich has been campaigning on what
he considers a strikingly progressive rec
ord.
Roosevelt departed tonight for a day
Of stumping in other parts of Nebraska
and in Kansas, winding up tomorrow
at Topeka.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
The Latest Ananias Addition.

No less distinguished a parsonage
than the Democratic candidate for Pres
ident has been made a member of the
Ananias Club, which ought to be joyful
tidings to the other members Mr..
Roosevelt declares Gov. Wilson's state
ments in relation to trusts and the Pro-
grcssives are not in accordance with
facts He adds that Mr. Wilson should
be above misquoting facts in order to
bolster up his arguments, and he con-
cludes with the statement that Wilson
is a believer in the outworn doctrine
Of the benefits of unlimited and reckless
competition.
As the colonel never has bolstered up
his argument with palpable untruths, as
he never-no never-has misquoted
facts, and he has never upheld the
trusts and their deliberate killing of
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21

Dr. David T. Day has several titles The Big
Sticks Hall Of Fame He mineralogst established
holds position Geological
where he frames mineral petroleum, and kindred
materials He and nicely
how much luatins product Be derived from given guam
tity Of oDal Of specified quality. chemist, and
knows the difference between test tube and a
Dr. S 4 foyeu speaker Is in demand before
scientific bodies for his regarding the
deposits the probability petroleum
running dry and and which fails
interest his audience -
DR. Day made extensive mineral
Of the Southern States and has sd dressed gatherings which have
exploitation
is In Of he
principles because he and
cap2et Of learning him
neither a q pedant.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
A TRAGIC iBoB) TALE.

with apologies to Thackeray)
There lived a dog in days of yore.
And he a handsome bob-tail wore.
But wondered much and snrrowed
more
Because 1t hung behind him.
He mnsed upon this curious case.
And swore he'd change that bob
tails place.
And have It hanging at his face.
Not dangling there behind him.
Says he. The mystery I've found.
I'll tun me round''-he turned him
round.
But when he looked. alas he found
That still IL hung behind him.
Then round and round ard out
and in,
All day that bobtal'd dog did
spin;
In vain-it msttered not a pin
The bobtail hung behind him
And right. and left, and round
about,
And up, and down, and in and
out,
He turned: but still his bob-tail
stout
Hung steadily behind him.
He never let his efforts slack.
But all his life did twirl and tack;
In death, sill faithful TO his back.
That bob-tail hung behind him.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
A FRUITLESS TASK.

I. ]. Costigan, a popular Young
attorney Of this city. is making
strenuous efforts on the Y. NJ. G.
A. tennis courts every morning to
preserve his Apollo de Belvedere
figure within the strictest lines of
artistic symmetry. ]. ]. AYERS that
the air and sunshine will by and
by cover his bald pate with a
luxurious growth Of raven-black
locks. He is Loyalty assisted in his
laudable and highly commendabls
efforts by John Kirby. one Il the
finest newsgatherers that ever came
down the A. p. pike. and no
mistake.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
Fireproof Dresses.

An English professor has at last
perfected a device for the permanent
freproofing OF all kinds of cotton
goods and given satisfactory demon
stration before the faculty of the Col
lege of the City of New York. The
one big problem, he explained, was
to overcome the elbow grease of the
powerful washerwoman augmented by
the modern washing machine and the
use OF strong soaps.
The demonstration showed that the
material is run through a solution of
sodium stsnnate OF some IS degrees
in such manner that it becomes thor
oughly impregnated. 1t is then
squeezed to remove the excess OF the
solution, passed over heated copper
drums to dry it thoroughly, after which
it is run through solution of am
monium sulphate and again squeezed
and dried.
A long series of trials under the
most stringent conditions have proved
conclusively that material subjected to
this process is fireproofed permanently.
as no amount of washing with SOAP
and hot water will be able to remove
the fireproofing chemicals. The ability
of resisting fame lasts as long as the
material itself lasts. To prove this
the professor dragged out from a
handbag an old faded rag. a lamen-
table fragment of yellow petticoat
which had been worn by the daughter
of washerwoman in Manchester for
four years, which had been washed
by hand twenty-five times and washed
in washing machine thirty-dve times
A torch was touched to the petticoat,
but there was no cause for alarm, for
not a thread would burn.
What an ,;ncaIculable boon for the
reckless housewife who will persist in
lighting the kitchen stove with kero-
sene, or the danseuse who steps too
near the footlights. What a boon for
all women who love to dress in the
himsiest, easily inflammable gauze
stuff or muslin. And last, but not
least, what a boon for theatergoers,
if they would only stop crowding at
fire panic!
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
The Cardinal and women's Vote.

1t is not quite clear whether Cardinal
Gibbons in his utterance against equal
suffrage has meant to lay more en-
phasis upon the actual evil of divorce
than upon the possible increase Of that
social expedient through the granting
of votes to women.
His Eminence calls divorce a social
blot He considers it the greatest evil
of the day, especially in its effect upon
the children. When coupling divorce
with woman suffrage, however, the
Cardinal can say nothing worse than
that it might have a tendency of in
creasing divorce owing to a probable
deceiving basis of false independency.
But in contradistinction it may be ad-
vanced that the right to vote would in
crease woman's responsibility, and that
it is the very lack of this feeling which
works against permanency in marriage
This brings US to the question whether
Cardinal Gibbons point is well taken !!
With men the increase of, responsibility
builds up an attitude of more respon-
sibility, and there is nothing to show
that their sex brings to women, with
the vote, also a social laxity or ire
sponsibility. The leading appeals in IA
vor of woman suffrage and their main
propaganda is child welfare" and ed
ucation, and in the Scandinavian states,
where equal suffrage has been in Sue
cessful operation for some years, di-
vorce is not increasing.
A more careful analysis no doubt
would have brought the venerable Car
dinal to the conclusion that there are
other-real-causes for increasing di-
vorce in our midst. Craving for excite
ment, for luxury, dislike of restrictions,
are the prevailing roots of that social
evil.
We are inclined to say that the ad-
dition of several thousand women's bal
lots TO the vote of suffrage States
would be more likely TO influence legis-
lation in favor of domesticity.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
AVIATOR DASHED TO DEATH.
Russell Blair Lunges Fifty Feet to
Ground in Des Moines. Iowa.

Des Moines. Iowa, Sept. 2o.-Aviator
Russell Blair. aged twenty-one. of Kan
sas City. met instant death this after
noon while giving an exhibition flight.
his Curtiss biplane lunging nifty feet to
the ground while he was attempting to
ascend. An air pocket was the cause
Of his accident. The machine dropped
like a plummet and Blair was dead be-
fore the wreckage of the machine could
be removed. Blair's neck was broken
by the weight of the engine and the
propeller slashed his body in a horrible
manner.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Mottos II you see it in The Big
Stick. il ism necessarily SO.
GREEN.EYED MONSTER.

James r. Kelly, q well-knovn
bar-rister Of our town. has returned
from Atlantic City. where he ris-
its every summer for the purpose
Of rescIing "a beautiful young
heiress wearing q rcd bathing cap"
from . watery grave. Jimmy was
q fountain pen journalist among
other things once upon a time.
and this summers story telling Of
his courage and daring in res
cIing the drowning maiden" was
. perfect dream (pipe dresml, and
furnished indisputable evidence Of
Jtmmy's fertile brain and vivid
Imagination. Jim's . bird.
P. S-Jimmy Green says Kelly's
fnovleslge Of swimming Is no con-
parison % his efficiency in TO
marcing.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
Fire Drives 200 Families Out.

Philadelphia, Sept. a-More than 20
families living in the territory bounded
by Front and Second Streets and Cath
arine and Fitzwater Streets were driven
from their homes to-day when the ware
house of the Giles Monville Paper and
Woolen Mills supply Company, 127-lc9
Catharine Street, burned. The damage
was 5000
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21

word in two dozen words OF nine syIla-
bles each. His debates and sayings were
faithfully reported by Boswell, who was
his Jacob Riis. and Boswell,'s life OF
Johnson is more famous than anything
which Johnson himself wrote. In fact.
Johnson was made immortal not by what
he wrote. but by what Boswell fwrote OF
him. which shows that We OF the present
have-much to learn from the press agents
Of the past.
Owing 20 the deplorable gap of 10
years between johnson and Theodore
Roosevelt, a debate between these two
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
THERE ARE OTHERS.

Homer Dodge b really deserv-
ing q lot Of credit for his Kip
lingesque attitude. Homer Is
positively growing ruund-shouldered
and chicken-breasted carrying that
heavy literary cane. circumferential
Latin Quarter cap. and literary
atmosphere. But Homer Is an
American after all. and. although
he admires Kiplins. he says Ella
Wheeler WILCOX. Laura Jean LIB
beg. and Mr.. Box. of the L. q.
J., can ''lay It all over Rudyard- "
Homer Is getting older every day.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
More Dam Victims Sue.

Corning. n. Y, Sept 2o.-Twenty-one
more suits have been filed at Couder-
sport Pa. for death claims growing
out of the Austin flood which occurred
when the Bayless Pulp and PAPER Com
pany's dam broke a year ago. There are
now seventy-ive suits for damages pend
ing against the company.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
wHATDoEs HE MEAN?

Handsome Bob Cranston, who put
Doc White on the baseball map
is q Progressive for sire. Just
take q look at Bull Moose" Bob's
trained turtle which disports itself
every day in his store on -Four.
tesnth Street between Clinedinst's
and the White House Lunch. and
be convinced. Bob says he knows
. thing or two in the political
game. and the turtle stunt Is one
Of the two thing.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
Why Motif
PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT.

From the Indianapolis News.
In Santo Domingo. too. eh? 1t begins
10 look as if the intervening business
were becoming very brisk.
From the Boston Transcript
Yet there are honest men even in New
York.
From the Hcis;nn Chronicle.
Whitman Is finding that In the white
light district are some pretty dark do
ings.
From the Philadelphia North American
DR.. Wiley's attack on Roosevelt might
be called part OF his poor feud policy.
From the Phlsd.lphia Pgbre Ledger.
We trust that Frank Hitchcock doesn't
propose to interfere with the young la
dies having their Sunday evening males
From the Albany Journal.
The smaller and meaner a man is the
easier IL is for him to abuse the Presi-
dent of the United States.
From the Philadelphia Press
The Republican national Moose hunt
ers. John NJ Harlan and ]. Adam Bede
are stirring the West with their sxpo-
sure of the Roosevelt sophistries. Harlan
declares the colonel is an actor and
shows that. having been born rich.
Roosevelt is and always has been one Of
the governing class which he affects to
denounce. Mr.. Bede makes a convincing
exhibit of the good work of President
TAFT and shows him in striking con-
trast with the third-term candidate.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
OUR STATESMEN TALK.
Said John r. Costello 10 J. Fred

Kelley:
well. Fred. We are going to
have the tariff discussion all over
again"
IT don't care II we do. John"
replied Fred. Tive sold the seven
shares of stock l had In a wooden
mill, and am confident that the
nation will endure even II the
tariff on woolen goods Is reduced
% per CENT ad vaiorem. Have q
drink. Johnf"
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21

all competition, The Herald must con-
fess that no man has more indisputable
right to call down and swear at his
rivals and to consign them to the
Ananias gathering. than h has!
The Washington herald., 1912-09-21
A Hit for
Every Head.
NOT LILLIAN RUSSELL'S

big Stick.
Dear Editor: A gentleman
friend Of mine told me last night
my elbows looked like goats knees.
and l don't like it one bit. Please
give me a recipe for the same
and tell me how I can get dimples
in my knees. and oblige.
"FLOSSIE."
A liberal application of a stiff
brush and soap and water trepeated
daily as long as YOU livel 10 the
afflicted rArt of your elbows will
eradicate the malAdy. As TO dim
pies on your knees, We refer y0I
TO Schmid. the birdman.
EDITOR BIG STICK.