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The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
A Referendum in Pennsylvania.

Recently there has appeared in the
advertising columns of some Pennsyl-
vania newspapers notice of five amend
ments to the State constitution, adopt
ed by the Legislature in 1911, and
which are to be submitted to a vote
of the people on November S. II
adopted the proposed amendments be-
come part Of the constitution. This is
the referendum pure and simple The
Philadelphia Public Ledger ventures the
statement that few of the million and
more voters of that State know that
these amendments are pending, that
fewer still have read them, and tina,
very few would understand them il
they did read them.
1t is nobody's duty to explain them to
the electorate. No argument has been
advanced, either on the stump or in the
press, for or against them, and they
will either be adopted or rejected by a
mere fraction of the total vote. which
in most cases will be ignorantly cast.
This is no reflection on the intelligence
of the people-but one does not sit up
at night reading a column and a half
of fine print, and, even if he did, unless
he had lawyer at his elbow he would
not know much more when he had
finished than before he began.
If all or any considerable amount of
legislation is to be passed upon directly
by the people schools will have to be
established to teach voters what it is
all about, and truant officers sent out
to bring in the scholars. If a propo-
sition were brought forward to submit
to the voters the question whether an
titoxin should be used in diphtheria
cases, a shout of laughter would go up.
And yet what is now being actually
done in the case of these amendments
is no more absurd 1t may be con-
ceded that the average elector is an
intelligent citizen. but in neither case
can he reach a proper conclusion about
subjects to which he has given no at
tention, which he has no time to study,
and for the matter of that no in
clination to familiarize himself with.
The day may come when every ones
opinion upon every subject will be
equally valuable But that time and the
millennium are likely to arrive at the
same time.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
B00KKEEPER STICKS TO STORY.

indianapolis. Ind. Oct A-Miss Mary
c. Dye, Of Pittsburg, bookkeeper Of the
Ironworkers' Union for three years, was
cross-examined to-day by the defense In
the dynamite conspiracy trial, but her
testimony for the prosecution was un-
shaken.
Attorney W. N. Harding. for the de-
fense, started his questions with Miss
Dyes first association with ]. ]. Nc
Namara, her former sweetheart. She
said she knew Mcnamara seven years
before she went to work for him In
1907. She first knew him when they were
young people at Marietta. Ohio
Miss Dye later was acquainted with,
but not employed by, Mcnamara when
the ironworkers' headquarters were in
Cleveland. Ohio.
She said that McNamara employed her
knowing she had little experience In
bookkeeping. and that he gave her the
combination to the safe soon after she
came to the Office.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
AGED COUPLE INJURED.
A automobile Strikes George Story
and Wife.

Crossing at Sixteenth and Irving
Streets Northwest shortly after o'clock
last night In a wind and rain storm
which made 1t difficult to hear and see,
George Story. fifty-seven years old.
clerk in the War Department. and his
wife, Mrs. Octav1a Story, fifty-seven
years old. of the Darlington Apart
ments. 1898 Sixteenth Street Northwest.
were knocked down by n motor car.
Mrs. Story sustained conclusion Of
the brain. a wound over the left eve
and bruises and minor cuts. while her
husband was hurt on the arms and
back. Both husband and wife are suf-
fering from severe shock. but physi-
clans believe they will recover within
fortnight.
DIR. Francis S. Machen. of 31il Mount
Pleasant Street Northwest, who was
driving the automobile, declares he
could not avoid the accident He stop
ped as soon as he struck the couple
and put Mrs. Story in the machine.
speeding to the Northern Dispensary.
Story was conveyed to Garfield Hospi-
tai in an automobile and his wife was
later conveyed to the same institution.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
WOMAN RUN DOWN
BY TOURING CAR

In a tangIe OF traffic at the height
OF the busy shopping rush at Tenth
and G Streets Northwest yesterday
afternoon. woman giving her name
as Margaret Allen and her age as sew
enty years, was crushed beneath a
touring car driven by Frederick Mar
tens. OF 64o East Capitol Street, and
probably injured fatally.
Scores OF shoppers who saw the accf-
dent told the police that the driver Of
the machine was not responsible. The
aged woman had passed in front of the
automobile when she suddenly seemed
to take fright and stepped quickly
backward into the path of the machine.
Unconscious. the aged woman was pick
ed up. placed IN an auto, and hurried to
Emergency Hospital. At a late hour las.
night she partially regained her facul-
ties and was able to talk. She gave
her name and age and said she lived at
Twenty-frss and G Streets. The police
were Unable to locate relatives or
friends in that vicinity
The woman Is suffering from concus-
sion OF the brain. bruises, and severe
shock.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
CORN HUSKING
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of cat Good Old siwash."

Corn husking Is a national game which
begins about the time baseball peters
out and continues until the blizzard sea-
son. It produces the same distressing
results to the fingers az baseball does,
but as dividend producer II Is about q
thousand times more effective.
Corn husking is not a college diver
sion but has sent thousands OF boys to
college. and has given them their sinewy
wrists with which to grasp the flying
half back by the spinal column and
check him in his mad career. Corn husk-
ing cannot be played in a stadium or
amphitheater. II requires as much room
as golf. A forty acre field will keep
100 golfers busy for years. but a 100 acre
field will only last two expert corn
huskers for a few weeks.
Corn husking Is the most valuable ex-
erc!se IN America. Corn that hasn't
been husked is as valueless as q Salome
dancer In street clothes. Hundreds of
throbbins geniuses have spent their lives
IN trying to invent a machine which will
deftly remove an ear of corn from its
garments and toss II into a wagon. but
the only entirely reliable machine Of this
sort In use is the farmer boy who rises
at 4 a. m. and grasps 100 bushels of corn
ears firmly between his aching thumb
and forefingers before the sun goes down.
The rules OF corn husking are very
simple. The husker arms himself with
pair OF large mittens with armored
thumbs and follows a wagon across a
cornfeld denuding two rows Of stalks
as he goes and trying to keep the horses
from eating themselves to death while
waiting for him. The wagon keeps moy-
ing all day long and II the husker Is
beside Il at night he wins. II he doesn't.
the wagon wins. II is a very exciting
game. but not suitable for delicate young
athletes with fragile. manicured fingers.
Many q man who can follow q golf ball
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
A B'Nai Birth "Temple" ("

The proposition advanced by our
fellow-citizen, Mr.. Strasburger, at the
banquet rendered by Argo Lodge to its
former President, Julius I. Peyser, a
prominent attorney at law of this city,
in honor of his recent election as head
of the Grand Lodge of the Independ-
ent Order B'nai Birth for the Fifth
District, to erect in this, the National
Capital, temple to be used, so to say,
as seat of government of this great
international order, which in this coun-
try alone enjoys membership of more
than $1,000. is fully indorscd by The
Herald.
! The B'nai Birth is an organization
of leading men of the Mosaic faith, of
which the nation has reason to be
proud. 1t is composed of the very best
element of our Jewish fellow-citizens
and, in times of need, in times critical,
or of emergency to their brethren in
the clutches of an unsympathetic, be-
4nighted, and brutal government this
order has demonstrated how far-reach-
ing is its influence in worthy cause ;
for in no other would this prominent
sfraternal organization take the lead. Its
efforts for the betterment of the race,
for civilization, for material aid, for
hygienie perfection, for education; in
short, for everything that stands for
equal rights, for humanity, for uplift,
have given this organization a fame
fsr beyond the confines of our eoun,
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
STEAMSHIP STILL AFIRE.

Flames Break out AfresA On Ders<-
shire-Destruction Threatened.
Norfolk, Va. Oct 2a-Flrs again broke
out In the Merchants and Miners liner
Tho Berkshire. The revenue cutter
Seminole had fve streams playing upon
the burning steamer and the blaze Il
confined to the forward compartments.
Tho fire started Sunday and all the
passengers were taken OF and conveyed
to Beaufort. N. c.. OF which port the
steamer now lies. Capt. Harden, Of the
Seminole, has reported that he Is out
Of coal and II fuel is not Immediately
furnished his pumps will stop. and the
liner will be destroyed.
The cutter Pamlico has been ordered
to the aid OF the Seminole with a cargo
of coal
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS RALLY.
Representative Hehfn of Alabama
Speaks at Upper Marlboro.

Special to The Washington Herald
Hyattsville, Nd. Oct. 2S-Representa-
tive Heflin Of Alabama was the principal
speaker at two largely attended Demo-
cratic meetings In Prince George County
to-day.
At Upper Marlboro Judson II. Ralston,
of Hyattsville. presided. This meeting
was held in the courthouse and 500 Dem
ocrats from every section Of the county
were present.
]. Enos Ray. 1r., former speaker of the
Maryland House Of Delegates, presided
at the meeting held in Firemen's Hall.
Bren wood, tonight. Democrats from
the upper section OF the county were
present In large numbers. Representative
Heflin talked for about an hour and
created much enthusiasm.
A careful survey of the political situa-
ton In Prince George County indicates
that. while the county usually gives a
Republican majority in Presidential and
Congressional years. Wilson probably will
carry the county by small majority this
year and will take Smith, the Demo-
cratic nominee for Congress. along with
him.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
In Case Of Nonelection.
Ex-Attorney General Pillsbury,

. Ex-Attomey General Pillsbury, in
; the current issue of the Independent,
discussed what possibly might happen
!: If no candidate for President or Vice
President should be elected by the
people; or rather, if, when the cleo
toral votes were counted and declared
by the two Houses of Congress next
February, none of the candidates should
find in the result warrant for taking
the Offices of President and Vice Presi-
dent. Of course, such a situation is
not probable, though within the bounds
of possibilities.
Provision has been made in a Fed
,eral statute to complete what the peo-
pie thus may fail to accomplish. The
House of Representatives at once and
voting by States, choose by ballot a
President, and a like duty falls upon
the Senate with respect to Vice
President, though there is no mandate
in that case that it shall be done i'm
mediately. If the House makes no
choice of President the man chosen as
Vice President shall exercise the func-
tions of the former office.
Unfortunately this does not cover
every possible contingency. Suppos-
ing the House made no choice
of President or the Senate of
a Vice President, whom do Constitu-
ton and laws invest with the executive
authority of the nation?
In case of removal, death, resigna-
ton, or inability of both the President
and Vice President the successors are
the members of the Cabinet in regular
order. But no provision for calling
upon them in case of failure to elect
either of these officials has been any,
where established Mr. Pillsbury main
-tains that the political divisions in the
States, as represented in Congress, are
very close Of course, could that
body go outside of the prescribed lin
its for candidate, the duty might be
more easily discharged, but it must
sconfne its voting to the three candi-
adates receiving the largest number of
electoral votes, majority of States
being necessary to . choice.
: Mr.. Pillsbuy regards the failure of
all existing expedients so remote as to
be beyond the bounds of probability, but
he says that it would be highly inter-
esting' should it actually occur. He
believes here is a weakness in our sys-
tenn that should be corrected, else the
consequences may be disastrous. As he
reads the Constitution he finds war
rant for action by Congress that will
guard the country against even so re-
mote contingency. By the terms of
our fundamental law that body is in
vested with power to make all laws
which shall be necessary and proper
for carrying into execution the fore
going powers and all other powers
vested by this Constitution in the gov
eminent of the United States or in any
department or office thereof. This, he
maintains. is plainly a case for the
making of necessary and proper law
for carrying into execution the powers
vested by the Constitution in the Presi-
dent
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
PRINTER FOUND DEAD,
j. +. McGin Dies in Hallway Mt
Sixth and G Streets.

In the vestibule OF the Building Trades
Hall at Sixth and G Streets Northwest,
]. F. McGill. sixty years old. printer.
living at l5 H Street Northwest, was
found dead shortly before II o'clock last
night by Lester Johnson. a porter in a
nearby saloon.
McGill was seen sitting on a box early
in the evening. and II was thought he
was asleep. Between his fingers he held
an old pipe.
When Lester Johnhon tried to arouse
the aged man his body fell face forward
on the floor. The porter then discov-
cred that the body was cold and called
the police. The body was removed to the
Morgue.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24

WHEN SUMNER MEETS AUTUMN
Grand sutumn days are hersi Bshn,d the hush!
Soon viii the leaves begin to fsds and fan;
Sad harbneefs Of rapture peer and blush
Through leaky iattices Of nook and wall
All nature seems coumuning and the air
Breathes drsary langu@ On tbs fading scenea
Wills visions of the parting days repair
In notseleD paisht behind enchanted srena
Ths voics of alencs t1ils each mutiled sound
Breaking the druwg charm Of meek rspuoa
Now quaintly hovezs over dell and mound,
Clothed in grandeur x spangied afterglows.
The rstlinS tremos cast . peaceful spen, .
As dappled robes of autumn slowly fall
And scatter the summer vhispas Of farewell
That echo with . soft, retreating cali.
Amid pale. unseen chambers oe tie Wild,
A lstleas spirit wanders to and fru,
While nature strikes q chord. enthraIlod and mild
That soothes the woods with music sweet and low
The dghing trees reaect the aging year,
As evening star and sun smile through the biue
And bsthe tho water cleaning olm and clear,
While m1ing On the brief dissolSing view.
In thoss sublime dminious Il the ~,
Ths fountain q departed ae.s doxS
And hills IN charming awe the houn that die
Among the falling leaves and faded rosa
The crystal crown of beauty thrills the soul
With baimy drafts of spsrklng memory
Along blight, dlve1y aialcs where vigils stroll
Through 5evcled bDwas Of the wood and N.
N etmsa ntss q tviisht arch he trso
And lock IL gioy tn ths nnhin's hreast
A. sutumn dh0t3 chaut dead memories
Round dnEa1 paths that summer lishtly prun>d
Hisht LONELY eumss. and with penslve hand
6he sweeps away the magic sceno Of mirth,
Wh1le natuD hsan . message thruuGh Tie land
~ 0b ~ uan69inG skudr0 Saek to sarlA,
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
POLITICAL FIGHT IN CUBA.
Serious Disorders Threatened q
Result of Party Enmity.

Result Of Party Enmity.
Havana, Oct. s3.-Congressman wifredo
Fernandez has telegraphed government
officials from the city Of Pinar del Rio
that the Liberals threaten to burn the
residences Of the Conservatives. and
warning the government that the Con-
servatives propose to defend themselves
The acting secretary late to-day tele-
graphed the Mayors in the province Of
Pinar del Rio that they will be held
responsible for any outbreak.
Gen. Monteaguedo. commanding the
Federal army. announced this morning
that he would not allow any Interference
by his men in politics.
The government is taking every pre-
caution, but it Is feared in all quarters
that disorders Of a serious nature are
almost certain between now and Novem-
Der II. the date Of the elections.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24

chiefs discomfort Of explaining that
nothing had happened except that ths
walters had struck or been DISCHARGED
for receiving tips and moro would be
gotten At once from New York. London,
Paris-enywhere-if only the people would
be SO kind as to sit down and wait
Wait till the walters waited again.
The New Willard was just beginning
to hum with the evening business. The
two big dining rooms. one on each side
Of Peacock's Alley. were comfortably
just struck up the first piece OF the
evening. when q shrill whistle sounded
through the dining rooms.
Diners Left Guessing.
L Immediately practically all the watt
GERS in the rooms dropped their nap
kins and filed out. There was no dis.
order and II was several minutes be-
fore the diners realized what had oc.
CURED. Some Of them had begun to
complain about the tardiness IN the
service when they were informed that
they were confronted by a strike.
In the meantime the management OF
the Willard had been very busy re-
cruitirg a force OF walters from other
departments In the big hotel. The bell
boys and extra elevator men were rap
ioAy pEcrscu luho btENlCc. a.
some OF the chefs were walking out
others on the night force were Just ar.
riving for work. Some OF the latter
refused to Join in the walk-out and
manned the kitchen.
The Raleigh. which Is one Of the oldest
and best known hotels in Washington.
Jared worse. The fifty walters and cooks
walked out at that hotel at o'clock. The
Raleigh management was so badly tied
an hAe ehA,r @hr -
grill room and the cafe on the first floor.
An effort was made to keep open the
regular dlning-room, but the service was
SO slow that II. too. was soon deserted.
The Powhatan. one OF Washington q
newest hotels. also had its walters walk
out. but managed to run a part OF their
dining-room service.
Senator Paynter Of Kentucky. a MEM
ber OF the Clapp committee. was one OF
the diners in the Hotel Willard when
the signal was given. He had invited
Interstate Commissioner McChord and
his wife as his guests. They had just
finished oysters. and finally succeeded in
getting the rest OF their dinner after
Senator Paynter had appealed to the
head waiter not to break up his dinner
party.
Strikers Hold Meeting.
meeting was held by the strikers At
the old Masonic Temple, Ninth and F
Streets. Immediately after the walk-out.
There were about 600 present. Squads OF
twenty-one were appointed TO picket
the hotels and other squads to relieve
them in the morning. The pickets were
instructed to use ''Sentleness' at first
with strlke-breakers, but II that did not
avail. to make sure that they left the
District.
The women among the strikers are
fighting for a nine-hour day, one day
OF a week with pay. and s. a month
wages. The cooks are striking for q
sixty-hour week. and one day in seven
of with pay.
The walters demand a 1o-hour day. two
days of a month with pay. and $40 a
month salary. TO be paid in weekly in
stallments. General demand of all en-
ployes are good food and plenty Of Il:
sanitary quarters and proper length Of
time to eat their meals.
No disorder was occasioned when the
walters went out. II was all over before
the guests knew what was taking place.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24

When We have a few more Of our dis
tinguished men sacrificed to murderous
mania, we shall perhaps find time for
more proper Interference with the
great industry which provides them with
their weapons.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
Cambridge Professor Here.

Prof. Israel Abrahams. Of Cambridge
University, England. internationally
known as a man of letters and orator.
will speak tonight in Eighth Street Tenn
pie on the subject of The Ten Com
mandments in Art" He Is giving a Sc
ries Of lectures at a number Of American
universities. While in Washington Prof.
AbrahamS will be the house guest Of
Rabbi Abraham Simon.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
Turns Down Expense Voucher.

Comptroller Tracewell yesterday re-
fused to honor an expense vouches Of
James s. Harlan, of the Interstate Com
merco Commission. who came from his
summer home at Essex, N. " to testify
before the Interstate Committee Of the
House of Representatives. II was held
that Mr.. Harlan was engaged in official
business incident to his employment as
q member Of the Interstate Commerce
Commfaaion.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24

all day long with the grim tsnacfty Of a
foxhound following an anise seed bag
has retired from a husking game at
noon with a low moan and a bunch Of
dessicated digits.
There are many husking experts who
can keep three ears In the air hight
along ard can hurl 200 bushels Of corn
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
Cxarevitch No Better.

st. Petersburg. Oct. 2a-Anxiety, over
the condition OF Grand Duke Alexis. the
eight-year-old Czarevitch, increased to-
day when a bulletin from spala. Russian
Poland, was received here stating that
he had shown no Improvement during the
night. Although the little patient is re-
ceiving the best Of care from several
physicians in the Imperial Hunting
Lodge. his general condition causes fear
that blood poisoning may develop.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
THE WASHINGTON HERALD THURSDAY OCTOBER "a 1912
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
THE LATEST.

~ .S8 r
A number OF New York hotels hGvs
added tari6 Of 10 cents for hread and
butter.-News item.
They charge for bread ana butter
At-the New York hotelse
And you can hear mutter
Arise in distant dells.
The public u . wonder
AT standing for blum.
But ve can tell. by thunder.
When we have had enough.
They'll tax us next . nicksl
Az nicely ~ you please
For handing ont . pickle
Or cubic inch Of cheese.
To charge for bread and butter
In this high-handed way!
But what's the use to sputter?
Assuredly we'll pay.
"a Uncle Pe.nywise ssyss
consider tho parsnip q very fair imi-
tatton of something to eat
Nailing His Vote.
''wombat seems to bs interested by red
IRE and noise. But will that kind Of a
vote stickr'
I'VE shan try to make It stick. We
propose to have him preceded to the
polls by . man shooting roman candles
bass drum F
October ~ IN History.
October a. ll2sJoan Of Arc gets. a
new coat Of mail cut full over the hips.
October "a l52o- -Chevalier Bayard res
cues . couple of suffragettes from the
police.
The Doctor Knew.
Doctor. my husband is losing his
mind. fear. He continually mumbles
and mutters to himself"
rs It possible?'
"Yes: he mutters to himself. and when
you speak to him he stares at you
blankly."
Il know what the trouble is." said the
doctor. smiling. Hes memorxing some
lodge work. belong to the same lodge"
A Picture Farmer.
The candidate will loud orate
While others pitch the hay:
And then with back against the stack
Be photographed that way.
EASING His Mind.
MY boy. you look uneasy here
lately"
Think soT'
II do. Something on your mind?'
well. yes: there Ii. A straw-vote
fend came along the other day and I
murdered him and buried him on yonder
vacant lot. I feel better now that I
have some one to share my guilty secret.
Looks a little like rain. don't you
Think"
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24
"BILLY.n

Only a newsboy. BILLY" Rush
Gave bis blood girl to saye,
Died In the martyr hero class-
An act to monument his gaysi
Only . newsboy. ampls and kh4
Sacrificed for snotheFs good
Glories IN his loving thought
The pride q human bruthsrhoodi
Only . nevsboy under the od.
Heasen-lit soul with purity
Conc 10 sths upland neIds a God.
Resting q Oaunn & stznityi 50
SoM y Jo6o
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24

Obscured as some Of the issues Of the
present campaign were. they were not
SO to such a degree that the flash of q
revolver was needed to illuminate them,
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24

wear false faces because It Is SO near
election day7
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24

The present fine frosty mornings are
very bracins. but somehow you fail to
think Of this when you have to get up.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-24

Tag Day in Chicago netted only s5s.ooo
Attention was absorbed there by Roose-
welt and the Mercy Hospital.