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The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
CAPE COD CANAL TO BE
OPENED NEXT YEAR
From the Philadelphia Ledr,r.

From the Phladslphia Ledger.
1t Is announced that seyen-tenths of
the Cape Cod canal has been completed
and that the canal will be opened to
trafflc next year. The work was begun
on June p, 1909. II is a private enter
prise, with August Belmont, Of New
York, as the financial hacker. II con-
meets Boston with Long Island sound.
The cut is eight miles, with a distance
OF eight and one half miles from Barn.
stable Bay to the thirty-foot depth in
Buzzards Bay. with a continuous depth of
twenty-five feet. and with a minimum
width on the bottom OF 800 feet, and on
the surface Of $50 feet. 1t has no locks.
Cape Cod is one OF the grave yards of
commerce. but around it an enormous
traffic has passed yearly. Most Of this
is expected to use the new canal and
the figures include sOOOO 900 tons OF coal,
$4,000 tons of stone, $4,000 tons Of Nova
Scotia plaster, 10000 tons OF oil, 100000
tons OF merchandise, ice, and other COM
modities. 1t is stated that 5000 vessels,
with a total tonnage of 25,oOo.OOO circle
Cape Cod annually, and that a very large
proportion OF them will be diverted to
the canal. They carry 50OO passengers
in the course of a year. Much trafHc
from and to Philadelphia will go by this
route.
Cape Cod is the first link in the chain
of interior waterways planned to extend
from Boston TO Beaufort. n. c. The
central link is the Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal, a distance Of only thirteen
miles, connecting the Delaware and
Chesapeake Bays. For the last ten years
strong efforts have been made TO get
the government to buy the present Ches-
apeake and Delaware Canal, whose
depth is about ten feet, and increase
it so that it will accommodate modern
traffic. The project has been pronounced
eminently practicable by four commits
sions, and the bills introduced in Con-
gress have had no opposition, but the ap-
propriations could not ne secured, and
so far the progress has been small. Per- |
haps private enterprise at Cape Cod will |
stimulate the fortunes OF the Chesapeake |
and Delaware.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

case savors entirely too much of per-
sonal persecution.
The very fact that jerome, Thaw's
nemesis, who more than any one else
has thwarted every effort made by
Thaw and his friends to escape from
his confinement, should, while no long
er an official of the State of New
York, inject himself into the case, has
made more friends for Thaw than
anything connected with the now cele-
brated case.
1t was, to say the least, extremely
poor taste for Mr.. Jerome to permit
himself to be drawn into the case, and
confirms, in way, the frequent asser-
ton of the unfortunate Thaw that he
was being prosecuted by Jerome"
Jerome should have had the de-
cency TO have left the further ends of
justice to the care of State officials.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
THE OPEN FORUM
THAW CASE A PARADOX.
Lawyers, Fighting for His Insanity,
Treat Him a. Sane.

Treat Him Rs Sane.
To the Editor: Just now the Interna-
tionaI Congress of Law Reform is in ses-
sion in Quebec. There are assembled in
that body the most astute and progress
sive lawyers of the United States and
Canada, including Viscount Haldane,
Great Britain's Lord High Chancellor,
as their chief guest. One Of the avowed
objects Of this congress is the simplifying
of procedure and the publication OF the
bar.
Are William Travers Jerome, Franklin
Kennedy, and other New York legal
lights who are assisting them In the
prosecution Of Harry K. Thaw by all the
wiles and subterfuges known to perverted
law, who Is now confined in Sherbrooke
Jail, Canada. trying to elevate the bar?
Their procedure pertains more to perse-
cution than to prosecution; more to vim
dictiveness than a high-minded EFFORT to
maintain the majesty of New York law,
which certainly does not demand that
any insane person, even II he be crimi-
nal, shall be bounded TO such an extreme
as to make even a sane man crazy. In
two long protracted trials in the State
Of New York Thaw has been declared
insane, and for the last few years has
been confined in Matteawan Asylum.
Although the law holds him insane, he is
not treated like an insane man. When
he was declared insane by the court the
charge of murder against him was wiped
out. as an insane man cannot commit
crime.
The wife and relatives OF Stanford
White are not pursuing him Their loss
has been vindicated. But these lawyers
are pursuing him as though their repu-
tation and everlasting salvation depended
not alone in keping Thaw in prison. buI
in keeping him in prison in the State Of
New York. They are so jealous Of their
prey they are not willing that any other
State. and that especially any other
country. shall hold him. Asking his re-
hase to their authority on the ground
that he Is insane. they do not treat him
as insane. They get out an Indictment
against him ON the ground that he tried
to bTibe his keeper at the Matteswan
Asylum, and now they charge him with
falsifying the record in his case-offenses
thar only a sane man can commit
Thaw was tired of Matteawan: saw a
gate open and walked out He had
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1913.
Less Tariff.

The establishment of an income tax
as a part of the Federal fiscal system
of this country is one of the many
signs that burdensome tariff laws are
passing. Often in the past high duties
have been justified. hypocritically, it is
true, on the ground that the govern
ment must have the revenue. In the
future they cannot be justified on this
ground The legislators will increase
revenue by increasing the income tax.
The tariff IS a tax on consumption,
and as a means of obtaining revenue,
should be confined strictly to luNuries.
1t is only when there are other bene-
fits, such as the protection of legiti-
mate industry, that its extension to
necessities of life can be defended. II
should be the policy of government
to keep tariff duties at minihu
Being taxes on consumption, they are
relatively a much heavier burden on
the poor than on the rich. Under
our tariff laws the poor have paid and
will pay more than their share of
Federal taxation, and this fact, if no
other. would Justify exempting them
from the operations of the income tax.
a graded income tax is not the
arraying of class against class, nor is
it tax which will discourage success.
1t is an effective method for distrib-
uting the burden of government and
for compelling the wealthy to pay for
the security and happiness which they
enjoy under our institutions.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
Nest on a Sleeps Back.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
During sheep-shearing operations on
Gourrwood Farm (near Bideford), which
is occupied by Mr.. Cox, one of the shear
ers cut into a fleshy substance. and eX-
animation showed that he had cut in
half young starting, which was In a
nest that had been built in the sleeps
wool, and alive. The nest was composed
of moss and twigs. For some weeks
previous to the shearing the sheep, with
others, had'the run OF three fields near
the farm.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
ALTTTLE NONSENSE.
THE COUNTY FAIR.

The county fair looms everywhere.
Each farmer takes his rig
And goes to see the blooded bee,
Also the fatted pig.
The mammoth squash evokes a "Gosh!'
The farmer moves along,
Inspecting cakes or patent rakes, -
Amid a happy throng.
Ere long he seeks the sideshow freaks
The dancers have much charm.
Such things as these not only please,
But help a fellow farm.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
Jerome VS.. Thaw.

Without in any manner supporting
the cause of Harry Thaw, fugitive
from New York State. it is neverthe-
less a fact that many right-minded
people feel that the entrance of for
rneT States Attorney Jerome into the
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
The Difference.

What's the difference between specu-
lation and investment?''
when you lose. IT is speculation; when
you win, II il investment"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

A London court has decided that women
may not practice law in England. At
present they are practicing lawlessness.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

The fellow who feels that the world
owes him a living generally wants some
body else to collect it for him.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

In Pittsburgh the other day a woman
wearing slit skirt was arrested for va
grancy And yet she had visible means
of support.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

What has become Of the old-fashioned
man who said Mr.. Bryan was going to
run this administration?
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

The Senate might do well to remem-
Der, while it is slashing the tariff bill
to pieces. that Oscar Underwood is 60
ing to be on the conference committee.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

The administration cannot ignore
Huerta, although it refuses to recognize
him.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

But If New York had a dozen Cover
nors they could all find plenty to do.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

If we were asked to name the gentler
sex in England today we would say men.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

The next time you have any dealings
with Col. Mulhan use the telephone.
Don't write.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

If the Culebra Cut has any more sliding
to do it had better do it now. 1t will
soon be too late.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

The eternal question: Where is the
cook?
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

not grow rich, and while others toll
blithely in soft seated chairs he must
stand at his forge bathing himself in
sparks and now and then picking up a
red hot horse tool by mistake. No black
smith has as yet become president. On
the other hand. practically no black
smiths are arrested for littering up the
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

What some men call their dignity is
just pure laziness
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
On The Beach.

Us that a walrus out there?'
"No; that is father. He has rather q
large moustache, hasn't he?"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
At the Door.

What's that noise at the door7 op
portunity knocking?"
Nav; it's the wolf"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
How They shop.

ct can understand a woman wanting to
match piece Of silk"
"welI?"
"But why should she make me show
her all the refrigerators and grindstones
we have in stock?'
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
Way II Goes.

All vacationists, they say,
Travel on one track.
Mighty glad TO get away;
Gladder to get back.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

street corners of our cities with their
flirting carcasses. II the world were
filed with blacksmiths the shortage of
soap would be something awful and art
would suffer a swift decline: but II
would be better world than II would
be IL it were carrying an excess cargo
of spectators, hydranic millionaires, or
speeders.
Copyright. 1918, By George Mathew AdamAl
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03

Small Coins.
"who are opposing the coinage of half
cents?"
II suspect the preachers are back Of It,
and don't blame them. Collections are
small enough now"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-03
Smnrt RuHlneaa

"wombat is a smart lunch-room man.
SELLS bum grub
But hires such a pretty cashier tina
nobody kicks about the food"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-12-04
SIRES AND SONS.

John Clark. aged eighty-two. has
been placed In charge of the national
botanic gardens. Washington. a job he
declined fourteen years ago.
Don Carlos Morla Lynch. minister OF
foreign affairs of Chile. has been pre-
scented with the cross of the Sacred
Treasure on. behalf of the emperor Of
Japan. The honor was conferred ow-
ing to his services in the approach
ment between the two nations. ~
John MacVickar. the specialist in
municipal government. is native OF
Canada. He served two terms as may
or Of Des Moines, where the aDes
Moines idea" originated, and is now
member of the city council and super
intendent of the department of streets
and public improvements.
General Carlo Caneya, on whom the
Austrian emperor recently conferred a
high decoration, commanded the first
expedition of Italian troops in Tripoli
in 1911 and was the first governor of
the new Italian colony on the north
ern coast of Africa. He holds the
highest rank in the army after the
king himself. that Of generate d'eser-
cito.~
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-12-04

ssrs.
better seen by the following COM
pafative, statement, which9sets forth
only the amounts paid to the Off
GERS and employees. Here is where
the extravaganza and abuses sought
to be remedied shave prevailed.
Total amount paid ito officers
and employees: 8
s1n the Senate, for 1870; $685.
213.25; for 1872 s44,56g.25.
in the House, for 1910, $780,
51165; for 1912, $50, S52.43.
From the latter statement, 1t
viii be seen that while the expen-
ditures for officers and employees
IN the House increased s340.7S in
1912 over 1910, there was de-
crease in the Senate in sthese ex-
penditures of $2L646l in 1912, Or a
reduction of about S3 per cent. In
the House the same system of leg
is1ative appointments. was in op-
Grafton as in previous sessions. In
the Senate aln41sf2 there was an
entire change III the system of leg
islatiye appointments byareason Of
the resolutions adopted on the first
day OF the SESSION. 1 Under these
resolutions the officers aand en-
ployes Of that body were limited
to a designated snulhbers and the
method Of appointments changed
so that all such appointments were
made by election by hesSenate in
stead of being made by the presi-
dent as had preYscugly been the
practice. 81. -, h :. IS
1 THE satin III the sSenate alone
of $2lss46, without 1essening sor in
any way affecting the efficiency q
the legislas,pey work, seems to
Justify the Efforts that ghave been
made to put stop ito the iextrava-
Egance which has prevailed in the
n.al1er az legzsiat.ve expenses"
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-12-04
Don t0verIook This
A Careful Perusal Will Prove Its
valas to Every Cambridge Reader

The average man is doubter,
and there is little wonder that
this Is so. Misrepresentation make
people skeptics. Nowadays the
public ask for better evidence than
the testimony of strangers. Here
Is proof which should convince ev-
cry Cambridge reader. 49, -
Mrs. NJ. Frazier, III Henry ST.,
Cambridge, Md, says: Zone OF
my children was badly troubled by
weak kidneys, having no control
over the kidney secretions. tried
everything in this case that I thou
ght would be of benefit, but with
little success, until Doan's Kidney
Pills were used. They acted like
magic, and in three weeks brought
1 cure
During a personal interview on
5 March IL, 1912, Mrs. Frazier said:
..The praise gave Doan's Kidney
Pills = year ago, holds good. The
cure they made in my child's case
has been permanent"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States. rs
Remember the name-Doan's--
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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-12-04
VILLA LEAVES JUAREZ
Rebel Leader Says Federal Soldiers ]


Rebel Leader Says Federal Soldiers In
Chihuahua Will Not Be Harmed.
Ell Paso, Tex, Dec. 4. -Declaring
that he would eat his Christmas din
ner in the City of Mexico, Pancho
Villa left Juarez for Chihuahua City.
accompanied by three train loads of
rebel cavalry and artillery and pre-
coded by $500 other rebel troops en-
trained during the past week. q
General Villa was calm and not
bit boastful He aided his men to
load their horses and war munitions
and munched sandwich when he got
hungry. AS the last train was ready
to leave he swung on and stood bow
ing from the rear platform of his
train.
General Villa, known as the bandit
of bloodthristy habits, who has boast
ed of his executions of Federals. is
becoming magnanimous. The messen-
ger who brought him an Invitation
from the people of Chihuahua to come
to the state capital, asked mercy for
the 200 Federal soldiers left by Cen
eral Msscado asa guard for spronerty
In the city. Villa sent word that not a.
hair on their heads would be harmed.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-12-04
II BURNED IN
LODGING HOUSE
Many Leap to Street When Fire
Drives Them to Windows.

Boston, Dec. 4,-Twenty-seven per
sons were burned to death in a fire
which destroyed the Arcadia lodging
house at 1902 Washington street, thi:
being the heaviest death toll ever re
corded in fire in Boston.
Two persons were fatally injured
and more than score were slightly
hurt or overcome by smoke.
There were 179 men asleep in the
lodging house when the fire started
The flames spread swiftly through the
flimsy building and several men caugh
on the upper floors leaped from tht
windows.
All of the victims were poverty
stricken men, the lodging house being
15-cents-a night affair." Many of then
were homeless wanderers, and for thi!
reason the authorities believe that thu
names of all the victims will never bt
learned
The conHagration was attended b!
many thrilling escapes. The firemer
spread nets. and into these many o
the panic-stricken dodgers leaped ON
man wrapped mattress around MI
body and jumped from the fifth floor
the mattress saving his life.
Patrolmen lined along the fire es
capes were forced to beat the fugitive'
with their clubs to start them on theil
way to the street and clear the fir
,eseapes to make room Tor DINERS neg
ing from the building.
The patrolmen stuck to their tash
until the flames burst from all the
upper windows and forced them te
abandon their position.
The streets for blocks in three di
rections were scenes of the Widest
excitement while the fire was in pro
gress. The dead, dying and injured
were distributed about the sidewalks
while the first arrivals were striving
to rescue others from the ames.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-12-04
GENERAL MARKETS

PHILADEI. PHIA FLOUR quiet
winter clear, $3.50 o. city mills.
fancy, $4.9G a 5.10.
RYE FLOUR firm, ;t $35093.6O
per barrel.
WHEAT steady; No. red. new,
92@921ac.
CORN weak; No. 2 yellow, new, 801a
@81!ac.
OATS weak; No. 2 white. 46c.;
lower grades, 441ac.
POTATOES steady; per bushel, 20
@85c.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 14G
Tic; old ROSTERS, HOBO: turkeys,
10000. Dressed firm; choice fowls,
49,; old ROSTERS, 13c.: turkeys. %
@24c.
BUTTER firm; fancy creamery. 37c.
EGGS steady; selected. 46c.: near
by, 43c.; western, 43c.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-12-04
PREDICTS WAR
'' WITH MEXICO
Congress Mann Believes It is
Inevitable.
PREPARING FOR TROUBLE
sS5use Passes Bill Authorizing Presi-
~SeGent to Raise Volunteers In Thine
= of Actual or Threatened War;"

Washington, Dee. 1. - James R.
Mann, the Republican leader OF the
house, declared III tne course OF de-
bate that war be,ween the United
States and Mexico is inevitable and
that the president is making arrange
ments accol dinghy.
The fact that the Democrats allowed
this statement to go unchallenged has
added to it's significance. Mr. Mann
prophecy OF war with Mexico came as
a surprise and created deep impress
sion in the house. 1t added to the inn
portance of a bill called up by Repre-
sentative Hay, of Virginia, and later
passed, authorizing the president TO
raise volun eer forces in time OF act
ual or threatened war;
Mr.. Mann said solemnly that the Hay
bill was part of the plan of the gov
eminent to get itself in readiness 1or
war with Mexico. From the moment
that Mr.. Mann took part in the debate
interest in the proceedings were emily
ened and the voluntary army Dill
was passed by a unanimous vote.
Predicting war with Mexico, Mr.
Mann said: Il should greatly regret
such a war. l do moi see any escape
from chaos and anarchy in Mexico un
der the plan which we are now pursu
ing. OF course, if that runs very LONG
| it means war.
| Mr.. Mann told of the situation thai
| obtained in congress just before the
cnoonStnd thai
the appearance OF the Hay bill on the
| day following President Wilson's pub
| lie discussion of the Mexican situa
| ton in his me sage was significant.
The Hay bill which provides Tor
voluntary army to be raised in the
4 discretion of the president, now goe:
| to the senate. 1t was said that body
| will take immediate action upon the
| measure.
Color is given to the statement O
| Mr.. Mann that the administration Il
/ preparing for trouble by the haste thai
marked the passage of the Hay bill
The measure was ordered reported a
q special meeting of the military at
1 fairs committee on Tuesday and glveI
i the right of way in the house imme
I diately after the transaction of som'
4 routine business.
Further evidence in support OF MI
1 Mann's belief that the administration
1 is preparing for trouble was found il
an announcement made by Democratic
4 leaders that early next week the hous'
i will pass the naval military bill. Thi
i bill proposes to enlarge and rende
4 the naval militia more efficient, plae
ling it ON a foundation somewhat siml
lar to that upon the land militia rests
THAT is, the naval military will be pro
yided with more me nand more ade
i Quate equipment.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-12-04
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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-12-04
Eloored the Court.

Re- LONDON Law Times tells story OF
the late Lord Ashbourne, who as lorG
chancellor in presiding in the court OF
appeal in Ireland would occasionally
make UP his mind to bring case to
nm end before the rising of the court.
A Junior who was not conscious of
his humor stood up to open what ap-
peared to be a short interlocutory ap-
peal, Lord Ashbourne after SEN
tence or two had been spoken inter-
jected. Now, Mr.. -, why should we
reverse the kings bench on a point
like this?'
My lord" rejoined counsel. there
are six reasons why the ORDER should
be reversed"
Then said the president OF the
court, suppose we commen:" with
your three best" rs ri a.,
mo, my lord" said coun' Il could
not consent to that because have IRE
auently succeeded in this court upon
my bad points, RS. @ 81
Lord Ashbourne collapsed and for
once was unable to have his own way
In the court Of appeal.