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The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
EFFORT TO Save
MRS. FITzHUGH
Friends Of Former Capital
Woman Planning to Keep
Her from Prison.
CONFER AT NEW WILLARD
At Conclusion, Greed M. Fulton
Hastens to New York to Start Cam
paign in Her Behalf.

New York, June 17.-Washington friends
of Mrs. Randolph Fitzhugh are deter
mined to save her from prison at all
costs. News that she had halted her
trial on Monday and suddenly pleaded
guilty to stealing a $500 gold mesh bag
from Dorothy W. Fiske, daughter OF
Pliny FIske, the banker. was received
with dismay. Conferences were held In
the New Willard Hotel in Washington
today and at midnight Greed N. Fulton.
q prominent criminal lawyer. Of WASH
ington, left for New York to demand a
new trial and Withdrawal Of the plea
A reporter found the young Southern
woman huddled in a corner of her cell
in the Tombs today. In an exclusive in
terview she said:
II was told that I must plead guilty,
although innocent, to save sentence OF
ten years in Auburn Prison. All the
horrors were pointed out to me. My law
yers said that IL would just plead guilty
the Judge would either suspend sentence
or give me a short term in Bedford Re-
formatory. With everybody advising me
differently and my lawyers threatening
to desert me, 1 became wild and thought
I was choosing the least of two evils.
They cannot reform me by sending me
to Bedford. 1t Is a CHASTITY joke. They
cannot reform an intelligent, God-fearing
woman who KNOWS rlsnt from WronS- II
/ were honestly guilty they could only
reform me through loving guidance in
far different from a reform
school.
IF they cast me among these awful
creatures at Bedford, it will embitter
me, and, with the cruel stigma of prison
on me, I shall emerge embittered- Per-
haps I shall then revenge myself on the
society that condemned me by its man
made laws and become a really clever
and unscrupulous thief.
II am innocent, but they fooled me
into pleading guilty. They promised
leniency, and said conviction was posi-
tive II 1 refused. They told me 1t cost
the State $500 a day to try me and I
could save them this and myself, too
The young woman. who has every indi-
cation of gentle breeding, broke down
as she talked.
''Notoriety in the newspapers has hurt
my case" she said. "Cranks have de-
luged my lawyers and the District At
torney with letters, and everything has
hurt me. / have tried to save myself
and my family. Now they must save me
for my little boys sake
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
ROOSEVELT GUEST OF
Marine CRAFTSMEN
Assistant Secretary Of Navy Says Co
operation Will Reduce Cost
Of Living.
FARMERS ARE DIsTRUsTfUL

''One OF the reasons we are so far be-
mind In this country as compared with
european countries, Is because We lack
cooperation, and one of the main rea-
sons of the cost of high living Is the
lack Of cooperation between farmers in
this country" This statement was made
by Franklin d. Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy, in an address to the
District branch of the American Society
OF Marine Craftsmen at the Cosmos Club,
last night. William L. Buckley. presiding.
Urging cooperation along all lines, Mr..
Roosevelt said that in farming districts
the average American farmer will not
cooperate with his neighbors because he
thinks he will "skin him." which in many
cases, according to the speaker. Is true.
He said he had tried to induce the farm
ers of his district to cooperate, but that
he had failed
Declaring that the human element as
a more powerful factor in the present
administration, Secretary Roosevelt said:
II hope that any OF the men OF the Navy
Department will come to the ONCE Of the
Secretary Of the Navy or the Assistant
Secretary and talk things over concern
Ing the department any time they want
i am certain this course Is not destruc-
tive of discipline as We are all cogs in
big machine. We want you to talk to
US as human beings"
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke OF his entry into
the political field and leaving his law
practice in Wall Street. and said he
learned more in three months campaign
ing last year than he ever learned in
his office. Mr.. Roosevelt said he was
novice In the office he occupies, and as
sured the members of the society they
had conferred a high honor on him by
inviting him to be present as by being
privileged to listen to them he could
learn much that Is necessary to discharge
the duties of his office satisfactorily.
There were songs and recitatioRs by
George E. Wilson. J. L. Bates, and Ed
win Callow. Mr.. Peel, the national sec
retary Of the society, made brief remarks
on the work and influence Of the society.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18

Senator Burton of Ohio, most solemn
of Senators-with the sole exception of
his colleague, Senator Pomerene-was
strolling along a Washington thorough
fare the other morning past a musical
conservatory where some well-inten-
toned young woman. whose folks have
money. was evidently endeavoring to
learn to sing.
Burton listened to the weird sounds
emanating from the place, and then.
with a sad shake of his head, observed,
sympathetically:
There is, indeed, a lot of trouble in
this old world, isn't there?'
When the committees were made up
for the newly-organized House of Rep
resentatives here recently, there were
two that were more sought after than
all the rest. Every other member
thought he had Just the qualifications to
make him a valuable member Of the
Committee on Industrial Arts and Expo
sitions, or else the Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce. And why
Is 1t that everybody pants to be on those
committees? Oh, it's simply wanderlust:
that's what II is. When a man is a MEM
ber OF the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce, he is expected to
sail on a free trip to Panama every little
while, to make sure that the work on
the canal is being done properly. Every
now and then there is a Congressman
who at some time in his life has had a
dwelling house built, and has supervised
the work OF excavating a cellar. Such a
member can stand on the brink of the
cana! and tell at a glance IL everything
is proceeding regularly.
N6A nvrntf raj rral a.
the one on Industrial Arts and EXPOSE
tions, will have to do with the big
Frisco exposition in celebration of the
opening of the canal Members of that
committee will ride back and forth
across the continent on free trips of in
spection. and will view millions of dol
lars worth of lovely scenery, besides
having a lot of fun. You are right. It
is no wonder so many members wish to
be on these committees. They simply
desire to get on the choo choos or q
once in while and see some
thing of the big, wide world in which
we live. They are prompted by the same
inborn instinct of travel that leads a
man to forsake home and friends on a
hot Sunday in August and ride for hours
on a dollar excursion.
Mr.. Uncle Joe Cannon, visiting in WASH |
ngton recently, bumped into John Burke, !
Treasurer CT the United States.
I've still got the knife" remarked |
Uncle Joe.
"And I've got mine. too." replied Burke.
That was all that was said. They passed |
on.
The brief dialogue requires some ex- |
planation. without which the reader |
would be justified In muttering: well, |
what Of lit"
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
Currency Reform.

President Wilson evidently DeneVe!
that the new tariff will not have fan
chance under the existing currency
laws. This system was produced by
the war conditions of 1868 and 1864
and for nearly fifty years has remained
unchanged. During this time practi-
calIy every other civilized country ha:
modernized its currency.
President Wilson's insistence upon
currency legislation is, therefore, mere
" an effort TO catch up with the times,
1t is not strange that the currency
question should be considered mar
velously complicated. Few Legislators
have considered it seriously. There is
no such digest of currency ideas and
principles as has been produced by
four years Of tariff discussion.
The acknowledged defects of the
American banking system are the lack
of provision for concentration of cash
reserves and their employment wher-
ever needed in times of trouble, the
rigidity of the bond-secured national
bank note circulation, and the absence
of any machinery for banking CO.
operation
The measure which was prepared
after conference between Senator
Owen, Representative Glass, Secretary
McAdoo, and the President is based
upon the creation of regional reserve
associations, all subject to a Federal
reserve board at Washington. The
business-like freedom of commercial
banking, and the conservative restraint
of governmental supervision appear to
have been wisely blended in the meas
ure, which, of course, contemplates the
issuance of new circulation on COM
mercial papef security instead of gov
eminent bond security as now. To ef-
feet the transition it will be necessary,
apparently, for the government to re-
fund some S7oooooooo of per cent
bonds by issues of 3 per cent bonds.
The per cents could never have been
advantageously marketed save for the
circulation privilege.
The authors of the bill are under
stood to have provided an authorize
ton for such employment of reserves
as will make them worthy of their
name At present the cash reserve is
not really a reserve at all, for it can
not be utilized in time of need, al
though it does remain in the bank
vaults as a species of ultimate and
partial guarantee.
Authorization for so-called country
banks to loan on real estate and for
national banks to establish foreign
branches to assist the export trade
widen the field of national banking in
prudent manner. Detailed discus
sion of the measure must await its
publication. but enough has been dis
closed of its character to indicate the
earnestness with which the legislators
most directly concerned and the Pres
ident and his Cabinet advisers have
labored on one of their greatest re-
sponsibilities.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
CITIZENS
TO PRESENT SIDE
Four Arrive in Capital to Explain the
Other End Of Alien Land
Question.

Four Japanese citizens have arrived In
Washington in the interest of the Jap
anese side OF the controversy between
the United States and that country in
regard to the California alien land law.
The Japanese who have come to WASH
ington are DIR. Soyeda, one Of the lead
ing financiers in Japan, and Messrs.
kamiya, Shima, and Abeko, who are
residents in the United States. The last
named is editor of a Japanese paper
published in San Francisco. while Shima
is known in California as the potato
king" owing to the virtual corner on
the potato market, which he has estao-
lished through his control Of the Cali
fornia potato crop.
Secretary of State Bryan has already
indicated his willingness to receive these
Japanese. having SO informed Ambassa-
dor Chinda. No appointment for them
to see the Secretary has yet been asked
for, however.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
STA TIE SMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

Uncle Joe and Burke traded knives a
year or so ago.
The occasion was a little semi-public
gathering at which Burke, then Governor
or North Dakota, made a speech He
mentioned the fact that the newspapers
had been printing pictures OF a former
Gov. Burke. of his State, and labelling
II as his own-which. he said, was GER
tainly very kind of the newspapers, as
It prevented a great many readers from
knowing how unhandsome a Governor
could be.
When Burke had finished, Uncle Joe
Cannon came up to him and handed him
pocket Knife.
I've been carrying that knife for
twenty years" said Uncle Joe, waiting
to give it to a man homelier than my
self. At last I've found him. Take
the knife. It's yours. Keep it. You're
entitled to it"
Very WELL" said Burke, "and I've got
a knife here that I have long carried
with similar purpose in view. Won't
you accept it?''
So they traded.
One hsstens to add that Burke isn't so
homely when seen face to face II is
just in his pictures that he puts his worst
looks forward,
Representative Richard Austin, the
Tennessee comedian. sat in the private
secretary's ofice at the White House
the other morning, waiting 20 engage the
President in brief conversation.
I'm going to invite him down to my
State to make an address," Austin told
colleague, who also was there waiting
around.
Think he'll accept?" asked the other
man.
7
Austin, solemnly. but he'd better, II
he doesn't I simply won't have anything
more to do with him. I'll cut him
dead"
Secretary OF War Garrison has a
friend who Is constantly on guard against
being a spendthrift. The matter of ex-
penditures Is ever on his mind. Not long
ago he took up golf and made fair
progress. One day Garrison asked him
how he was getting along at the game
''oh, Just fair" the man replied. sadly
I've already lost three balls"
Later particulars-The same man went
out to golf one afternoon, and became
SO impatient with himself for his medi-
ocre playing that he picked UP one OF
his clubs and started to break II across
his knee to show his disgust. Then he
tried again, and controlled his temper
fairly well until he made another espe-
cialIy poor stroke. Once more he started
to break up one or more OF his clubs.
but exerted his will power and held
himself back as he exclaimed:
I'll never play this conrounded game
again! I'll take my gosh-blamed clubs
and Tll-rll-SELL them
tCopsrisht lsls. BY Fred O Kelly. Al nghh
nomcrVcdl
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
WARRANTS FOR ARREST
OF DEALERS In MILK
United States Attorney Prosecuting
Alleged Sellers of Impure
Milk.

To stop the sale Of milk that comes
below the required standard, the United
States Attorneys office has issued III
warrants for dairymen, druggists, gro
GERS, and other sellers of milk in the
District, 1t being declared that they have
sold milk containing an excessive amount
of bacteria
in the United States branch of the Police
Court one day the latter part of this
week and enter their pleas. Jury trials
will be demanded by them. Special United
States Attorney Cobb will conduct the
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
TRIBUNAL ALLOWS BETTING.
Court of Appeals of New York Gives
Decision.

Albany, June 17.-Oral betting on race
tracks cannot be interfered with in New
York State during the season of 1s13
This is the effect of a decision today
handed down by the Court Of Appeals IN
the test case which has been working its
way .--,ough the courts.
Today's decision does not go to the
merits of the question. but Is based on
the opinion of the court that the appeals
brought before 1t should have been
brought in the name Of the people With
out a decision from the States highest
court. to the contrary. however. the best
law on the subject is the decision Of the
Appellate division that there Is no law
on the statute books of the State which
will prevent oral betting on race tracks
or elsewhere
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
CAPITAL GIRLS GRADUATE.
Three Figure in Exercises of New
England schools.

STeclh % Inc Wasdhston HtfaId-
Boston. Mass, June 1.-THE women's
colleges held the front today in the
graduation season at New England insti-
tutions. Wellesley granting degrees to
2es and Smith College to $40 fair grad
yates.
A Washington girl, Mabel E winslow.
732 Rock Creek Church Road. received
the bachelor of arts degree at Wellesley.
At Smith College. Northampton. three
girls from the National Capital were
given the bachelor OF arts degree. They
are Dorothy Adams. l Dupont Circle;
Elizabeth Holmes johnson, Brookline
Street. and Dorothy Merriam, 1913 Six
teenth Street.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
RAPS AT CHILD LABOR.
Mill Would Bar Their Product from
Interstate Traffic.

All products made in factories where
children under fourteen years OF age are
employed and in mines where children
under sixteen years of age are employed
would be barred from interstate COM
merce IL a bill introduced in the House
yesterday by Representative Copley of
Illinois becomes a law.
Under the terms of the bill, the Sec
retary of Labor is directed TO classify
all industries in which child labor is en-
ployed, and to certify to Governors Of
States the conditions he finds prevailing
in these industries. Heavy penalties are
provided for violation of the various regu-
lations.- The measure Is somewhat SINH
lar to one framed recently by former
Senator Beveridge of Indiana.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
Signs to Unite Couple.

A silent marriage ceremony will take
place today when Miss Sarah L. DALEY.
of this city, and Simon B. Alley. of
Roanoke. Va, will be welded at the
residence of the bride. sos A Street
Southeast The principals are both deaf
and dumb. Rev. Arthur D. Bryont, as
sistant pastor Of Calvary Baptist Church,
win perform the ceremony by means of
sign language. pencil. and paper.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
DINNER TO AMBASSADOR.
George w. Guthrie to Re Dined by
Japanese Envoy.

When the japanese Ambassador, Wis.,
count Chinda, gives a dinner in honor of
George w. Guthrie, the new American
Ambassador to Japan. next Friday night
Secretary of State Bryan will make a
brief address. He will review informally
the progress Of the alien land law nego-
tiations and point out how a spirit of
good will and friendship on the part OF
both nations has been instrumental in
adjusting a difficult international ques-
ton.
1t is expected that the American reply
TO the recent japanese note will be made
within the next few days
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
BOYS TO CARRY MESSAGE.
Scouts to Relay Letter from Wash
inston to Chicago.

Promptly at noon on June "a. accord
ing to plans perfected at the White
House yesterday. Boy Scout will start
from the Executive Mansion in this city
bearing a message from President Wilson
to Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago
The Scout viii carry the message five
miles and will then hand 1t over to an
other boy who will take up the journey.
In this way the message is expected to
reach Chicago in time for the opening
Of the Olympic games on June 2s
The journey will be made by way of
Pittsburg. Cleveland. Toledo. and South
Bend.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18

Comptroller of the Treasury Downey
yesterday ruled that Peter ]. Thull,
steam shovel engineer on the Panama
Railroad, inventor of a device designed
to prevent a steamshovel motor from
jumping the track. may be paid a royalty
by the government. although he is a gov
ernment employe.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
WATER SUPPLY INCREASED.
Basin Is Being Constructed I'm Old
Georgetown Reservoir.

Washington's water supply Is being
greatly increased by the construction OF
the sedimentation basin in a part Of
the old Georgetown reservoir on the Con-
duit Road. The aqueduct office has con-
structed dam across the entire length
OF the receiving basin and has deepened
this portion of the reservoir.
TIL sides OF the dam and slopes have
been paved with granite and concrete
and the entire bottom of approximately
1900 square yards has been filled over
with cement. When this sedimentation
basin is in operation. which will be
within a few days. the water supply
will be greatly benefited in that the gov
eminent engineers are employing the
very latest methods for precipitating the
mud and sediment in the water as
taken from the Potomac.
The work is under the direction of Col.
Langfitt, U. S. Corps OF Engineers, and
recently has been completed by the
Davis Construction Company.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A BIG Jon.

A BIG jon.
Mother has sewing girl
Working with US by the day.
Everything is in a whirl
And in dreadful disarray.
Fabrics litter up the place.
There are stripes and also checks;
There are ribbons by the case,
And Of buttons many pecks.
Poor old father sadly pays:
He must plank the money down.
They are making sister Mays
Dollar graduating gown.
A Modest Start.
What do you sufrragettes want. any
how?"
I'VE want to sweep the country. dad"
We'll. do not despise small beginnings.
Suppose you make a start with the din
ing-room. my dear
She Gave 1t Away.
A woman wants to get rid OF her hus-
bands old clothes in the spring. and he
wants to save about five suits in case
he goes fishing. He never goes fishing,
but he hates to part with his old clothes.
Mr. and Mrs. wombat we're having the
annual battle.
II think I'll give away this old suit,
dear. It's seven years old"
But I might want to wear that suit
to go fishing in"
Not this suit This is a dress suit.
dear"
His REASON.
why do you always summer in the
mountains?"
II got six daughters"
But board at the seaside is Just as
cheap"
"And the price of six bathing suits Is
quite an item to save
Fooled Us.
The farmer fooled US without doubt:
His "ad" made quite a stir.
The farmers ''ad" said there were trout.
And sure enough there were.
Nothing Doing.
MY dear, see you are having some
clothes made for your poodle"
Yes; II is the latest fad"
well, I serve notice right here that !
don't button any dogs down the back
A Whole Language.
Only twenty or thirty words of the
ancient Frankish tongue remain. This Is
submitted for the benefit Of students who
have TO take up a language.
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House Mcmbership Too Large.

Declaring the present House Of Repre-
sentatives too large in membership and
too unwieldy for practical purposes, Rep
resentative Campbell of Kansas intro
duced bill in that body yesterday to re-
duce the membership from 4s3 to 2sa in
1911.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18
NEW REAL ESTATE METHOD,
Property Owners In Rome Fix
Value and Pay Taxes Accordingly.

Representative Henry George. tr., one
of the taxation experts of the House,
returned to his legislative duties yester-
day after several months spent in Italy,
and reports that he found a real estate
ring in existence in Rome
Mr.. George says the city government of
Rome has solved the problem of the real
estate shark by a double system of taxa
ton, which provides that the owner must
pay taxes on land at the price he values
it, and that he can sell it only at the
taxation price.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-18

college for women orators is to be
started in Chicago. Next thing you
know some college will have a profess
sor to teach young ducks to swim.
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1t is explained that those Princeton
seniors who said they had never been
kissed made a boast and not a confess
sion.
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Commodore Perry had no idea of the
Pandora's box he was opening when he
paid that visit to Japan.
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We wouldn't know how good some
people are If they DIDN'T tell Us about IT.
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BAND CONCERTS TODAY.

By United States Marine Band. william
q. santelmann, lnader. al Capitol. at 5
n m PruQr1mme:
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Nothing Doing.

MY dear, 1 see you are having some
clothes made for your poodle"
Yes; 1t is the latest fad"
well. I serve notice right here that
don't button any dogs down the back"
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A Whole Language.

Only twenty or thirty words of the
ancient Frankish tongue remain. This Is
submitted for the benefit Of students who
have to take up a language.
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Fooled Us.

The farmer fooled US without doubt;
His "ad" made quite a stir.
The farmers "ad" said there were trout.
And sure enough there were.
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What do you suffragettes want. any
how?"
I'VE want to sweep the country. dad"
WELL do not despise small beginnings.
Suppose you make a start with the din
ing-room. my dear