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The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
President Wilson and the Panama
Canal

The information that the President
takes the same view of the laws de-
fects as do the opponents of the free
foliage clause for coastwise vessels IN
the Panama Canal, and that he means
to urge upon Congress its repeal or
at least its substantial modification so
as to meet the objections of the Brit
ish government, has not come to the
public authoritatively, but it is to be
hoped that the announcement is found
ed on fact. Mr.. Wilson's motives or
lofty standards cannot be questioned,
but no President, save Mr.. Lincoln,
ever has been confronted with a
stronger challenge for their application
in practice. Thus far he has demon
strated that he possesses extraordinary
influence with the present Congress.
If he could obliterate this objection
able clause he would gain not only
the gratitude of all those citizens who
oppose the free foliage for American
vessels, but his international reputa-
ton as a man of the highest integrity
and fair dealing would be firmly estab-
lished.
Our good faith in the matter of
free foliage for our own ships while
we insist upon payment on the part of
bottoms of other nations has been
often challenged. Europe has loudly
complained that it was not fair play.
British papers have insisted that we
are violating our treaty with that gov
ernment. To say that as the canal
belongs to US, we may do with it what
we choose may satisfy us, but not
other peoples. With the same right
we might say, the canal is ours, hence
we decline to permit any other vessels
but American to pass through it.
The canal belongs to US, but only to
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
DAILY SHORT STORY

care for me, and you never would,
Rose. You're not that kind. You're
| too changeable and experimental
fell in love with you last summer, and
| IT was natural, too, with US out riding
together, and you talking about all
the things I'd missed seeing. You kind
! Of stood to me for that world down
yonder, just as I stood to you for
this"-he waved his whip out at the
country around. And we didn't fall
in love with each other. but with what
We each seemed to stand for, don't
you see? Now, you're a bit tired and
maybe nervous, and you wanted the
hills again, SO you thought you wanted
me, too. and you don't any such thing.
And even IL you did. it's too late now,
because I belong to Nevada"
She caught her breath sharply. her
eyes closed He laid one hand on her
shoulder with quick sympathy
Now don't, Rose It wasn't to be;
can't you ses thsiT Ever nov, IL I
hadn't married, aEter ! few weeks of
this you change yggr mind again
and wal % nj away on ths first
eastboun express Et1 mighty nice
of you TO core hack hn5 even remem-
ber me. I wasn't your kind Dc people.
though, and Nevada, why. Nevada and
are just mates. I've known her since
Sn0 was a lL&llc Dll OL q Slfls anu cne
always boxed my ears for kissing her,
but she doesn't any more"
He stopped and glanced at the clear
cut. indignant profile, half turned away
from him.
'I suppose you expected ne to wait
back here like a pet tsms bear for
you to change your mind" he said
gently. But you didn't leave any room
for doubt"
Below them the road dipped into a
valley, with a ranch house a mile
farther on, and the road forked here.
Rose looked down at it dreamily That
was Ellison's ranch, she remembered.
And Bob Ellison had tried his best to
win her that summer, when she had
ridden over the long trails only with
Clifford. She smiled. a CLINT Of renewed
interest and mischief in her soft dark
eyes.
you may drive me over there, Cliff.
please. Just tell your mother that I
changed my mind and preferred the
Ellisons."
He gave her one quick look Of admira-
ton.
you're sure game" he said.
She shook her head, the color rising
in her cheeks from the fast driving.
'It isn't that I think you're right.
after all. I do love the hills and the
open country up here, and I want to
stay. think, perhaps, / liked you be-
cause someway you reminded me OF
Bob"
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Sarah TO breathe her last and leave you
liberal legacy.
Samuel. you hadn't been gone ten min
utes when Mrs. Whitbeck came in She
came TO tell me that l had been living
with an outlaw for the last seven years
and never suspected it!'
Perhaps the deacon smiled at this. II
wards, where IL would have taken an
X-ray to discover II.
Yes, Samuel. seven long years ago you
took so and went over TO Elyria to buy
a suit OF clothes. You came home with
out them or the money. When I asked
you about It you said you had been
robbed, but from that day to this you
have never raised a hand to find the
robber. Why hain't you? I have thought
and thunk and thought a thousand times,
but never knew till tonight"'
1t was coming, but the deacon was
game. He didn't gasp a gasp nor lose a
breath. On the contrary, he cracked his
toes like a man taking solid comfort and
having no fears
Robbed! robbed!' sneered Mrs. Dolby.
There was circus at Elyria that day.
and you went around with your mouth
open, looking at the sights. There was
a man who had a string with loops In II.
and he wanted you to bet you could put
your finger in a loop that would catch
and hold 1t. You felt sure you could, and
you up and bet that SO and then come
home and lied about it!''
Yes, that was just the way Of II. The
deacon wildly remembered how sure he
was Of winning that bet, and the feeling
that came over him when he lost. He had
come home and lied. but that vas seven
years ago, and no liar ought to be held
to the mark after that interval of time.
Anything to say, Samuel?"
He hadn't He had turned page in
the almanac and had become interested
in how to exterminste polecats in a way
they would stay exterminated.
mo more lies?"
He had none. He knew when to let
well enough alone.
Very weI. go TO my deathi / take
paris green / have 1t all mixed up out
out in my agony, but you needn't mind.
Just sit right there and keep on reading
your darned old almanac"
That's what the deacon did.
She retired to the kitchen.
She ratified a spoon In a teacup.
She sighed and she groaned. She opened
and closed the outside door.
She Topped down on the floor and
asked the angels to receive her soul.
1t was half an hour before the deacon
closed the almanac and wandered into
the kitchen. Mrs. Dolby sat on the floor
with her head and arms on q chair, and
was fast asleep. He shook her shoulder
and she reused up and said:
''Yes, 1t must be bedtime. 1 was
dreaming what a good man you have
always been. Samuel"
."Ho-hum! he yawned. and wound up
the clock.
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when he turned up the light that he dis
covered a piece of paper on which Mrs.
Dolby had scrawled:
Farewell, Samuel have committed
suicide rather than live longer with an
outlaw. Mrs. whitbeck has been here
and told me alli''
The deacon didn't tremble.
He didn't swear.
He didn't smile.
He simply passed into the sitting-room.
lighted the light there. and drawing up
a rocking chair and pulling of his boots,
he reached for the family almanac and
began to read. There were jokes ana
conundrums in that almanac. It also
told about the moons phases. Also what
the weather was going to be ten months
ahead. 1t also gave the births and
deaths of Alexander the Great, Nero, CO.
lumbus, Shakespeare, Washington, Cleo
patra, and that hustling maiden Lucre-
tia Borgia. The deacon had Just figured
out that he and Nero were born on the
same day Of the same month and were
very likely much the same In disposition,
when he heard a rusriing behind him
and realized that Mrs. Dolby stood IN
the door. He didn't turn, however. He
had Just come to a paragraph where the
public was informed that Plimsol's
cough. remedy would cure the worst
cough In two minutes and ten seconds,
or money refunded. and he wanted to
drink in every word Of It
Samuel Dolbyr'
Yes, that was the voice Of Mrs. Dolby.
but the deacon didn't give such start
Of surprise that he busted on any but
tons.
Samuel, I am speaking to you,"
OF course, she was. but he had finished
the cough syrup paragraph and lit down
on one relating to enlarged livers and
the remedy TO take for them. One dose
would shrink a liver as large as a beer
keg down TO the dimensions of cocoa
nut. and two would cause your Aunt
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
Horrors of the Balkan War.

Mrs. O r. Miller in Lsshe'S
Indeed, IL seemed that ninety-uine out
of every hundred men in SeFEia had
been MANNED in some manner go where
helpless creatures were TO be seen limp
ing along the roads.
I met a number who had received no
medical treatment. although their
wounds were several days old and they
were making their way as best they
could to the nearest hospital. On two
or three occasions saw men come to
the hospitals with serious wounds which
had never even been bandaged, al
though the wounds were over . week
old and blood poisoning had already
set in. Men were brought in whose
eyes had been gouged out. and, in one
instance, part OF the face had been shot
away as well; yet this poor MANNED
creature made no complaint as he sat
awaiting his turn in the operating room.
] might write pages of the horrors OF
this war and OF the nature of the wounds
inflicted by one human being upon an
other-wounds which seem incredible in
this age and in a war between Christian
nations. Many times I have turned from
these sickening scenes of blood and felt
as IL time had in some manner turned
back TO scenes Of the Middle Ages.
gloom-the work Of the women. the Flor
ence Nightingales of this war-and 1t was
to see them in the role OF ministering
angels that went again and again to
these houses Of suffering.
At the General Military Hospital which
ranks with the finest military hospitals
in Europe, found Nine Sinka Iovona-
witch, the wife of the Minister OF Puohc
Instruction and one of Belgrades social
leaders. This lady has been al tnle hN
pItal for several weeks, doing Red cross
work. She greeted me in chs 7iins
manner and with her made ter ot
the wards and private rooms, where A.ofe
than 500 men suffering from all manner
of wounds are housed at present women,
like Nine. Iovonavitch know what this
war means; she knows th.e tne crops
have rotted in the fields because the
peasants were doing military duty and
there was no one TO gather the harvest
she knows Of the suffehng OF the Sioows
and orphans and Of me famine which Is
sure 10 come during the winter unless at
least part Of the crops are saved
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fering no pain. but cometely prostrated.
Judge Hunts Illness kas the cause Of
serious embarrassment the court itself.
There were very manylmportant cases
before II for decision. he judges were
Ioverworked, and to theiigreat labor was
added the work which Jnge Hunt would
have done had he been lble TO SIT upon
the bench.
Cautious inquiries shEed that Judge
Hunts Illness was organi and permanent
That left the court short ne member. But
there was NO way by WITCH the vacancy
could be filled unless Jude Hunt resigned
IT was learned that thisgreat man-one
u the greatest lawyers ne country mas
erer 2ossessed-was in absolute depen-
deace upon his salary forhis support. he
hao practically no propety from which
ne csuld derive any income. He had not
serves upon the bench ong enough to
take advantage OF the Law which permit
ted 1sdge after ten years Of service TO
retire uton pension OF MI service.
When II was learned that two years
must pass before Judge Hunt would be
entitled to take ADVANTAGE Of this law.
and when il was also Leaned that IL he
lost his place upon the lench he would
be absolutely Ienniless the suggestion was
made that leg,sfation be secured which
would enable the vacancy 70 be filled by
permitting Judge Hunt to retire at once
upon full pension. But thee were found
to be serious objections 70 such Iegisla-
ton. The Supreme Court therefore was
compelled to sit for two years short one
member. At the end of tAe two years
Judge Hunt resigned and then the law
which permitted him to receive q pension
of $4,000 a year became effective. He lived
only two years after his retirement"
(Copyrixht Isljl
Tomorrow The Herald will tell oi
The Kind of Chief Justice Abraham
Lincoln Would Have Made"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
How Far a Kangaroo Jumps.

From the London Times.
Precisely how far q big kangaroo can
jump Ii q matter Of some dispute The
writer in Casseirs Natural History says
that they can leap lover ten, fifteen, or
more feet" Mr.. II. R. Francis tells US
that he has known an old man to
cover nineteen feet at each bound for
full half mile and he believes that
he does leap IAN average of fuil twenty
feet"
Mr.. Lydekker is Of opinion that the
great kangaroo leaps mot far short OF
thirty feet" and Mr.. Thomas Ward gives
1t as 'at least thirty feet" Probably
Mr.. Rudysrd Kipiing's twenty-five feet
to q bound Is near enough. But with
this more-than-o Olympic leaping power
they seem commonly either unable or
unwilling to rise any height from the
ground. Their speciality Is broad jump
ing only. Mr.. Ward says that they can
not clear an obstacle greater than four
feet" and a five-foot fence is commonly
high enough for any kangaroo paddock.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
Tcn-ton Nutcrac,xer.
From Popular Electricity.

From Popular Electricity.
Although there are many of the So
called rocking or balancing stones in va
rious parts Of the world. It is very doubt
full IL there is another so decidedly poised
as the one near Tandil. in the province
Of Azul, Argentina So evenly is the
weight of this ten-ton mass o" granite
distributed around its point OF contact
with the larger boulder upon which II
rests that the touch of a child may rock
1t back and forth through an arc of
several inches. The rock is favorite
point of meeting for paseos or picnic
parties. and one OF the favorite tests of
the delicaey with which the stone ball
ances Is for one person TO hold a walnut
under II while another tilts tho great
mass gently down and cracks the shell
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

A Harvard graduate has gone to the
South Sea Islands to seek buried treas
ure. And yet some people say college
education pays.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

Do we have Thanksgiving Day because
OF the football games, or do they play
football games because it is Thanksgiv-
ing Day?
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

The tail may not be able to wag the
dog. but Representative Jim Mann knows
how to keep the House from doing the
things it wants to do.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
FAMILIAR FALL FLOWERS.

FAMILIAR FALL FLOWERS.
Now clerodendron grows apsce where
there are open fields:
The soiidago memorials offers won
drous yields.
Now Indicum compositae Is in full
bloom, II seems.
And in the parks callistephus chinen-
sis proudly CLEANS.
The phaseolus multinorus makes the
meadows gay;
The gorgeous gentiana tribe grows tan
and has its day.
The ampelopsis is afame along the
garden wall:
And all these nice plants. as you know,
are heralds OF the fall.
A Young Housewife.
Grace finds much to marvel at since
she began to cook"
How sor'
"she thought potatoes came peeled
and apples pared"
The WANDERING Boys.
This is old home week in Punk
vile, but I don't think the district at
torney is entering into the spirit of the
thing"
what makes you think thatT
'T just found him overhauling his
old indictments"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
MRS. DoLBY'S TALKS.
She Learns of an Incident Seven
Years Old.
BY M. QUAD.

"Samuei, 9 a ! q
Mrs. Dolby as they
ate supper, 81 was
looking at you this
afternoon W h ! ! o
you were mailing
picksts on TIL 9
fence"
"Yes?'' he replied
as he reached for
the butter.
AID I thought
what q nice man
you was, and how
good you have al
ways been TO me-"
The deacon tried
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

How foolish and wicked 1t Is for other
people to do the things that you don't
like to dol
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

What is the matter with the women?
The devil is always pictured as mascu-
line. while the angels are always pic
tured as feminine.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
Personal Equation.

Calc.lIating machines have nothing on
the calculating mother with three mar
riageable daughters on her hands.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

Chicago doesn't pay any attention to a
murder unless there is mystery con-
nected with II.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

The Panama Canal people are trying to
determine whether the dredge is more
powerful than the steam shovel.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

Congress will take recess" Con
gress viii not take a recess" You can
believe either statement you like.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

I,atber tools made Of alloys Of cobalt
with chromium and other metals have
been found to work satisfactorily at
speeds greater than Is possible with tools
made OF high speed steel
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
The Professor Compliment.
A Relic of summer.

81 felt like Robinson Crusoe just
now" said the man who was spending
a belated vacation at q deserted sum-
mer resort
Make a discovery" asked the ho-
tel clerk.
"Yes; I found. the print of a girls
shoe In the sand"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

The Industrial Workers Of the World
seem to have given it up as bad Job.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

The climax will not be reached until
the suffragist movement reaches Utah.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

1t is taking Nat Goodwin quite a lons
time to get over his latest marriage.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

Give some people an inch and they will
go of and say il was a mile.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
When the United State. Supreme Court Wa. sor Handed

&
ing
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
Such Is Life.

Pride goes before a fall. but some
times our enemies keep up waiting
a long time for the expected tumble.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20
HIs Team Lost.

what made your husband sick
The doctor says 1t was the worlds
series"
Neighboring Nations.
Hands across the sea
Used to be in order.
Now 1t seems TO be
Shots across the border.
The Professor Compliment.
"The professor paid me, a compli-
ment that don't know whether to like
or not"
How is that, my girl?"
"He says I am so interesting that
he is going to name q germ after me-"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-20

Tomorrow The Herald will tell Of
The Kind of Chief Justice Abraham
Lincoln Would Have Made"
Evening journal., 1913-10-30
GARRISK BILL PHASES.

Lydia Barry, the clever daughter of
Billy Barry. the famouS comedian, is
making big hit at the Garrick Thea
ire this week with her wit and wis
dom. Miss Barry is no stranger at
the Garrick. and she is welcome every
time she comes here, but on each visit
she has a new outfit of up-to-the-min-
ute jokes, and the way she gets them
OF Is highly entertaining. She has the
comedy nature OF her father and is
perfectly at home on the vaudeville
stage. She is of pleasing appearance
and appears in a number of handsome
gowns. Besides being a comedienne.
she is also a good singer, and one OF
the songs she is singing here this
week. "The Same Old Hat" is des-
tined to become one Of the hits of the
season.
Evening journal., 1913-10-30
RESOURCES OF CITY
LIBRARY ON SHOW

An exhibit of particular interest
was opened yesterday afternoon at
No 5 West Eighth street in connec-
ton with the Free Library. In the
exhibit are shown the resources Of
the library and the various lines Of
work undertaken by the association,
and to those who are unfamiliar with
the work the material being shown
gives a good idee OF what is being
accomplished az the library. which
provides reading for recreation as
we'll as reading beneficial to the stu
dent, professional man or laborer.
The exhibit consists Of collections
of books with a card above each lot
descriptive of the individual collec-
ton. Relative to the playground
work. statement placed near the
door notes that 463 books we're sent
to the Fairgrounds by the library
this summer. Photographs are also
shown
other special collections include
books for mothers and Sunday school
workers. A case OF books in foreign
languages. contains hooks in italian,
French. German. Spanish, Polish and
Hungarian.
A sign. relating to the reference
department. states that its purpose
is Ito give information on all sub
iects quickly and accurately" The
equipment in this department con
sists Of two assistantsi giving full
time. $500 encyclopedias. 500 pub
lie documents. 1000 magazines and
Dos current periodicals. There is also
ia sign giving the following simple
questions fully answered by the ref
erence department
Names and address OF the mayor ol
Indianapolis.
Why is the nothern boundary o.
/ Delaware curved?
Arguments relating to Panam,
I Canal Tolls.
/ Peasant costume Of Europe.
How is milk pasteurized
Form of constitution for a boy
club.
A sample collection Of hooks 10
mechanics and others interested II
/ technical matters is most interesting
The picture collection is we'll rep
/ resented. There arc pictures showing
reproductions of masterpieces of art
I pictures 70 he used by the teachers al
helps in geography and history. pic
/ lures representing various trees
( plants. fruit etc. and pictures o
I famous men and women.
! As the library is largely supported
/ by the taxpayers OF Wilmin gton. the
exhibit is of particular interest ant
! importance. and should be visited b,
Wilmin gtonians in general enough tc
pay a visit to this exhibit and see
exactly what the library is doing.
Evening journal., 1913-10-30
TWO cAsEs HING JrRlEs.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del. Oct. 30.-After being
out on a civil suit in Superior Court
more than FIVE hours yesterday, the
jury in the case OF Reuben r Brown
VS.. Charles L. Terry. being a suit TO
recover $50. for alleged rent due Terry
from Brown for rent Of a house. re-
ported that it was impossible TO agree
on a verdict, after which they we're
discharged.
A second case tried yesterday which
hung a jury. was that Of the Inter
national Harvester Company of Amer
ica VS. William L. David. of Smyrna,
In which the Harvester Company
brought suit against David to recover
S52.3S. the amount Of a freight bill on
q load of machinery sent to David.
David's claim was that he paid the
amount OF the bill to the freight
company, the company. however,
claiming that the freight had been
prepaid