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The evening world., 1913-10-16
ADMIRAL CARRIED
POISON TOK|ll Me-
SAID MRS. EATON
CWoner's Physician Testifies
Widow Accused Husband and
Declared He Used Drugs.
DEADLY STUFF IN HOME.
Prisoner Handed II Over After
Autopsy and Asked Many
Queer Questions.
DEADLY STUFF IN HOME.


PLYlcOUTH. AAa., Oct. IS.-Taking
Of Ss,t,moov Wa begun to-day At the
..,., a.. So. 49, r.,o, ,n.,..a
.
Win the murder OF hsr o'soAno' Nes'-
Admiral Josera q. Eaton. point oon.
s,dered IN q way favorable to Mrs..
80. ...a.d no A..,.,.r, ni..
-. v...m A. ~.
open"s s"u' 80
Ths Froseeu'o' oe. '"s' 'ns ~
ener had poisoned the Aomra' tnroesn
Jealousy. but said that II the Jury 'ound
that she labored under hailucdnation
that constituted an Irresistible impulse
when she committed the crime the state
would be satisfied with . verdict Of not
guilty on the ground OF INSANITY.
MNS. EATON PAI9 ~ VHIAI
ogTo FULLY UNDER WAY.
Immediately following Mr.. KatEmann's
address the presentation Of evidence
was begun. Edward b. Hayward. .
civil engineer. testineo TO the details OF
plane Of the Eaton house made BY him.
and Undsrtaksr Joseph L. Wadsworh
teid Of preparing Admiral Eston's body
for burial.
The courtroom was crowded. Mrs
Eaton closely followed the Prosecutors
talk. She seemed undisturbsa, but was
q little paier than usual.
Medical Examiner Gilman r. Oseood
told Of being summoned to the Eaton
home By Dr. Frame. the attending ply
s,c1an, 4 few hours after the admiral
died. lie talked with Mrs. Eaton. who
sa,d that her husband had BEEN III for
some time ana had died In their bed
while ne slept. Contact with the cold
corpse hsd awakened her.
The witness performed On autopsy.
bus vas unable 10 dstermine definitely
the oau.e Of death and the vital or
cans were sent subsequently, to Prof
whitney Of Harvard for analysis.
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.ess HoR I.1iet.A Axais.

Joseph r. Hon of Lakewood. N. j..
former Republican County Chairman.
charged with having given 500 to men,
bsrs Of . negro political club. has been
indicted. Hon was indicted two years
ago In Q ballot box scandal.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-13
ALEXANDRA'S SHOES.


Queen Alexandra prefers an embroid-
cred shoe above anything else. While
in town she practically wears nothing
making. as it WERE The Queens shoes
are made Of the finest black kid and
cost her e. Is a pair. The toes are en-
broidered in gold. silver. and black jet
spangied on in the most wonderful and
beautiful designs These spangles are
very similar in appearance to those
used on ladies' dresses, and every one
has to be carefully sewed on by hand
by women who have specialized in the
work. Before the shoes are made an
artist draws out designs for the en-
broidery on the shoes. and a number of
these designs are submitted to the
Queen. She is an artist herself, and
often throws out a suggestion for i'm
proving the design. The shoes are, Of
course ordered several pairs at a time.
The whole work in them Is extremely
delicate. the soles, for instance. not be-
ing thicker than a new six pence. and
silk. The bows are spangled in the
same way as the toes are. The Queen
only wears her shoes half a dozen to-
a dozen times, as a rule. Jet and gold
are her two favorite colors for the en-
broidery work. She always wears jet
embroidered shoes. by the way. when
she Is mourning. 1t Is not very well
known that whenever the court goes
into mourning special mourning boots
and shoes are worn These boots have
plain black cloth uppers and are worn
by everybody moving in society on the
death Of royalty. When the Duke OF
Clarence died. the whole court, peers,
NJ. P.'s, and so on, went into the deep
est mourning.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-13
An Indictment Of Ed.cntio,.

From the New York World
The United States Bureau of Educa-
tion has made an investigation in Wor-
cester, Mass, to answer the query.
why girls leave school" Its findings
are an Indictment of education itself.
Only II per cent of the girls questioned
had finished the grammar grades They
were not taken out of school because Of
economic pressure. They left voluntarily.
Some did not like school" Some could
not get along with the teacher and were
not promoted" Some wanted to 60 to
work." This result confirms observation
elsewhere. However badly parents need
money. they are commonly proud to
make sacrifices to keep their children
in school: this Is especially true Of for
eign-born parents, In spite of their lower
average income. School simply did noe
interest these girls. Says the bulletin:
Not getting the kind Of training they
might have liked and would have profit
ed by, they $lindly Joined the army Of
shifting. ineficient. discontented girls
that 60 from one monotonous factory job
to another. and. because of their lack
Of training rarely rise above the class
The schools are placed on trial by this
finding. They must provide. as the bull
letin says. special training OF q prac-
teal sort" They must teach girls things
Of value to them \
Beyond the set limit Of the truancy
laws. the school must make its place
good precisely as any other agency Of
public education does.
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their hitching straps and ropes. and
the carabao. dangerous beasts in theil
gentlest moods. stampeded and rushed
into the crowd. The whole square was
in violent motion. Natives who had not
hitherto taken to their heels. started
running. Mothers picked up their small
children and ran to hide behind con-
venient buildings. People shouted and
prayed or cursed and struggled as they
tried to make their way to an avenue OF
escape
During all the excitement the actors
on the stage had remained practically
ignorant of what was going on. The
curtain still was down. and they haa
been putting the finishing touches to
their costumes and make ups. The
sound of the pistol shots caused one
to peep out from the side OF the curtain.
He yelled to his companions and jumped.
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the roof. but with its load OF humanity
evenly distributed the bamboo frame Of
this structure had borne up well.
With the weight on one side gone.
however. that which remained on the
other was too much to be withstood
Hardly had the crowd slid OF the near
side of the roof when the house top
pied over toward the left, sending earth
ward its remaining burden. The crash
knocked the ''arigas." or vertical stud
ding out from under the second hut and
down it, too. came, delivering its load
on the heads of those who had been as
sisted to earth.
This last catastrophe added to The gen.
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For ThlB-two Years Judge This Member Of Famous New
England Family Is Expected to Have Notable Ca
reer IN Upper House Of Congress.

leading man in the cor,uur,tv .ca ~.
owner Of two farms Mrs I,,v,n mo !
q snnsrior woman sbe rs.d ~. RIM
Through every wear Sur;ns ,hs az,
thirty-two years of her life
..My first money was earned NJ, M.t
Browns farm-s1s for thres u,onth..
work during a summer xacat;on Ths
educational Religious and nhv.;caI tr.ins
ing received in that Iit,ia Conn.ctic,,,
village was invaluable JooL,n. h.ct
now. / saw in ALI sincerity that T wouIdn.,
have been deprived Of n for anvtb;ng In
the world. NV uncle, Samuel Golf d,ed
in 1862. He Remembered me- the ch,,dren
of his brother in his will 81 Wa left
Mai. Brown, Mrs. Brown. and Alonxo
Young"
"Onderful hoy Inventor.
about vopr pnc,. >.
..H. ma, a. .~t-.,-s,,, O.,
az man
Soil ans~efeo. sent 70 . ooaro
ing school at Amherst, Mass, by hi
father, who was a merchant and = man.
ufacturer, he ran away at the age OF
fourteen and shipped before the mas,
of an East Indiaman, Years ago I saw
some ancient Chinese. firearms in tn,
British Museum. and among the other,
a single-barreled pistol with q revolyins
cylinder containing bullet chambers, Thu
cylinder had TO be turned by hand. how.
ever every time the pistol was nred.
las. a runaway boy and a sailor, Sam.
uel Colt undoubtedly saw such a pisto
in China. At all events. he came home
with a model in wood, whitfield out OF
shipboard. of a revolver, the cylinder o,
which turned automatically wheneve,
the hammer was pulled back for firing
The simple act Of cooking the pistol
YOU understand. brought a bullet around
In line with the hammer. 1t was ar
ingenious and revolutionary invention
Perhaps Samuel Colts father was OF q
dlnerent opinion. At any rate, he sent
the boy to one of his mills to learn
.dyeing OF william I. smith, an educated
chemist .
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and that was the beginning Of a pro-
cession.
One of the actors. in dashing over the
front passed a line of candles placed
there for footlights, tipped over one. and
set fire to the curtain. That quickly
spread to the bunting which decorated
the bamboo. and. as the blaze lighted
up the plaza, 1t showed the whole popu-
lace fleeing in every direction. Soon the
whole space was cleared. except for those
who were hurt too badly to get away.
Events had followed SO thick and fast
that the four American officers hardly
had comprehended what was going on
They now held a hurried consultation.
found q doctor. and set him to work,
and. realizing that there was no cause
for alarm and that the vanished audi
ence could not have gone far, set out
to look for 1t.
Bob Around I'm Water.
Back Of the town they found salt
water estuary Of the bay. At the side IL
this they paused. struck by the sight Of
what appeared to be a lot Of cocoanuts
bobbing up and down on its surface
These turned out to be the heads Of the
greater proportion of the audience that
so recently had left the plaza Most OF
their owners refused to leave the water.
One Of the officers went along the bank
shouting for the Presidente. There was
no response. At length, when entreaties
had given place to threats. bedraggled
figure wearing what had been a spotless
white suit now covered with mud, and
lacking a hat, raised itself from the edge
of the stream near by. slowly stepped to
the bank. bowed and scraped and stood
with mouth open. hands outstretched,
and eyes distended.
Il took some time for the Presidente
to understand the situation. which had
to be explained to him over and over
again. Then he apologized and ha-
rangued the people. at length getting
them started back in the direction of the
plaza, a molly. limp procession. for all
the starch had washed from the ruffs
and wide sleeves that are q distinctive
part of a Fflipino's costume. and water
logged skirts and trousers tapped dis
consolately in the gloom.
When others had been hauled out from
cellars and from holes which had been
dug to provide protection against the bull
lets Of insurrectos. the officers, who had
decided that the performance must go on.
IL only for moral effect. found all the
actors save one. The show that had
been scheduled started about 10 o'clock
and continued without interruption.
To this day the remembrance Of that
first Fourth Of July celebration is fresh
in Lubao. but a marvellous wealth Of de-
tail and rehearsals Of great progidies OF
valor will be thrown in by any native
who will tell you the story. Nevertheless.
there was no heroism displayed that
night, when every man in Lubao who
couldn't find q hole jumped into the wa
ter and turned himself into floating
cocoanut. In the hope that the evil spir-
its that were abroad would not penetrate
his incognito. and SO would pass on.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-13

The great discovery that man " entirely
competent to govern himself was made
in the United States. We have learned
that the collective conscience and Wis
dom Of men are sufficient for . govern
ment Of justice and liberty. 0overnors
and legislators bow before the win Of
the people.
Public opinion with u. says Bryce.
stands above parties, being cooler and
larger minded than they are; It awes
party leaders and holds in check party
organizations.' Continuing, he declares:
No one ventures openly to oppose IT,
It IL the central point Of the whole
American policy. II grows up. not In
Congress. not in State Legislatures. not
In those great conventions which frame
platforms and choose candidates. but et
large among the people
When the People saved Lineeln.
Party leaders tried to drive Lincoln
of the ticket after he was renomipated
for President In 1854. The people wrecked
that movement as soon as 1t started.
Countries all over the world are drift
ing toward the American form Of gov-
erment. The fact Is proved by recent
history and by current events. We have
the highest type Of government. the most
powerful political system ever known.
In 1t are combined the freedom Of the
individual and the community, and the
strength Of a mighty empire. I do not
think the American people are going
to throw away the very thing the peo-
pie Of all countries are trying to obtain.
Consequently, no internal dangers, as
you term them. bother me. The COM
nonsense and inherent Justice Of the
American people will settle all the ques-
tons of the future. The American. will
take a little less individualism or q little
more paternalism, little less protection.
or a little more free trade IL at any
time he thinks II best meets the public
wants. He Is the State and Q trust
worthy person"
in the meanwhile" I asked. '1s the
country growing irrelis)bus?"
mo" Senator Colt answered. -ceasing
for the moment to tramp back and
forth. TT is increasing In charity and
sympathy. Men may not>go to church
as regularly as formerly. but we are q
Christian people and Christian principles
control the nation The religious feeling
is born in man, no matter where he lives.
and we are sure that our religion II
the highest type known to all the ages.
The Jews worked out religion to the
same degree of perfection that was ac-
complished by the Greeks in the field Of
art We have our religion It came to
us at our birth. II. controls our actions
as individuals and as a nation. But dog
matism Is breaking down.
II was brought up as . high-church
Episcopalian- Some persons want a
large number Of candles when they wor-
ship. An altar aglow. with candles or
no candles at all il exactly the same
with me. Such, ] am sure, Is the case
with most men. The form u disappear
ing, but the substance remains and is
more active and practical than ever
before"
Copyright, lsl3 By James D. Morrow,
The Washington herald., 1913-07-13

ministrsfion Of justice vas called into
their cases by the early 5urists OF Rome.
In the language of lawyers II b known
AZ the Law OF Nature. The courts OF
the United States have been governed
by its precepts. Our judges have said
contradict the Law 81 Nature"
Why Judges Change the Laws.
And thus American courts have
changed the laws" I-said. Ito conform
to what they believe is common sense.
Indeed. they have turned legislators in
some instances"
Courts" Senator Colt replied. have
carried on judicial legislation from the
infancy OF the law, In order that society
might advance with the law. In p pro-
gressive nation there are legal rules
and immovable. They cannot. in the
very nature of things. be otherwise.
Then there is a developing society with
new necessities and changing opinions.
Il often happens therefore, that the old
immovable laws do not fit the new facts
Of life. In that event the laws are said
to be narrow and out of harmony with
enlightened public sentiment
"Now 1t Is desirable-yes. II Is neces-
sary-that the rules of positive law be
kent Al nearly as possibIe abreast of
socia, wants and public opinion. II In a
dif,cult task Maine. whom l have AL
readv ouoted saw. we NAV come indie
f,niteIv near IN closing the Rap between
sociaI necessities and sociaI opinions and
the law hut that the gan has per-
petual tendency to reopen.
nor. thar ono. can never he hridSed
entirely. A stationary body, as is the
law. and a moving body. as Is public
1p ~ Sao. De Hep' n.' ~
.t.tnt. - navar construed aea,n., On.
plain and obvious dictates OF reason. !,
Construed by whom? The Judges, of
course.
''On the one hand. we have legislative
omnipotence-thati is. unbounded power
and. on the other hand. we have the
courts trying to do Justice by construc-
tion. Thus judges. by reason Of their
power of construction and Interpretation.
have prevented the enforcement of un-
reasonable statute laws.
Every important new case presents
some new facts. The facts may be
comm ercial or industrial Sociefv de.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-13
By JAMES B. MORROW.

Do, honest. learned. and patriotic
judges change the laws of Congress and
the legislatures of States?
Has the United States Supreme Court.
for instance. the right under established
practice to '1egislate" the word "unreas-
enable" into the Sherman act forbidding
restraint Of trade when that debated
word is nowhere to be found In that cele-
brated statute? Thus says the court.
restraint upon trade must not be un-
reasonable. The law. SO 1t is contended
by many lawyers outside the court. en-
phatically says there shall be no re-
straint whatever.
took the question and others Of per-
sonal and impersonal nature to lie Baron
Bradford Colt, who has just come into
the Senate from Rhode Island and who
rs both a great judge and great Ameri-
can. He left the bench of the United
States, after a service of thirty-two years
in the judicial Office, to be a member OF
Congress. In politics he is Republican,
in religion an Episcopalfan, and in tenn
permanent a cheerful, sympathetic, ard
democratic citizen. As a young man he
hoped to be a Senator. Now, at the age
of sixty-seven, after a notable career as
a jurist, he finds his ambition realized
II is predicted that he win become
famous as an orator, debater. and legisla-
tor, and one Of the leaders of the Senate.
The Colts are remarkable family.
They have lived in New England for
centuries. Some Of them were pioneers in
the silk industry. Samuel, the Senator S
uncle. invented the rapid-firing revolver.
Col Samuel P. Colt, the Senator's broth
er. has been the Attorney General Of
Rhode Island, has organized banks, and
is now president of the United States
Rubber Company. He, too. in the past
has been a candidate for Senator. Judge
Colt describes him as ''the financial sue
cess of the family
A Plain, Wise, and Happy Man.
Walking his Office, as was his habit
when debating decisions to a stenog-
rapher. Senator Colt heard and answered
my inquiries. He wore fashionable cloth
ing and smoked good cigar. Though
a judge for a generation. he is affable.
optimistic and lively of thought and
manner He belonged to that class of
judges SO admirably represented in mod
ern days by David ]. Brewer and John
NJ Harlan, plain men, wise men and
happy men, who were interested in the
whole of human life and all its prob
lens. The bench, in short. HAS not taken
the smile out of Senator Colts patrician
face nor the twinkle from his eyes. the
blue of which is as clear and deep as
indigo
The Senator's father, Christopher Colt,
owned a silk mill in Hartford. He
moved there from Dedham, in Massachu-
setts. Afterward he built a mill at
Patterson, n. J.. The Senator'sI mother
was a De Wolf. She was educated at
Miss Diapers school, and published a
volume of poems. At the death of her
husband she purchased the old De Wolf
homestead at Bristol, r. 1.
"One summer" the Senator said to
me. as he paced his office, I'VE met
Alonzo Young, principal Of the village
school at New Hartford, Conn. He was
a man of excellent parts Our income
not being large, my two bfothers and
myself were placed under his instruc-
ton. We boarded with Maj. Brown, the
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may be said to have a judicial tempera-
ment."
"A judge. standing somewhat aloof
from the world" / said, must at time.
feel lonely"
mot II he keeps on good terms with
his associates and the lawyers who prac.
tice in his court and tries when of the
bench to be a human being. But
wouldn't advise a Judge to take lunch
con with the lawyers for the plaintiff.
Those for the defendant should also be
present"
Would a law permitting the recall of
judges help the country or the bench?"
The Washington herald., 1913-07-13
Bsll's Beard Bill.

another one has started and promises
to become worthy successor to How
much wood would a woodchuck chuck
II woodchuck could chuck woodr'
Many hereticai versions OF the nsw tsas-I
er are at large. but the true form. ac-i
cording to the New York Tribune. u a.
follows. and must be strictly adhered to
by the faithful:
Bill had a billboard and Bill had q
board biil. and Bilrs board bill bored
Bill till Bill sold BnI's billboard to PAY
Bilrs board bun, and then Hilrs boAcd
Sill no longer bored 1R
The Washington herald., 1913-07-13

From the Springfield Republican.
We shall all Of us agree that J. NJ.
Barrie gave himself his own best title
when he wrote The Little Minister %
Peter Pam" and the other winning
products Of pen that Ii dipped In some
thing brighter than ordinary ink. But
II viii be equally agreed. II titles are to
be given on the birthday Of the English
sovereign and other occasions. and II the
sovereigns' subjects set store by such
things. that there could be no happier
bestowal OF boronetcy than upon Peter
Pans creator. The bestowal Of knight
hood upon Forbes Robertson. the actor,
Ii also q well deserved honor, and one
which incidentally has been expected be-
fore now. Other living English actors,
Beerbohm Tree and Charles wyndham,
have previously been knighted, but
Fosbes-Robsrtson b ., greater actor than
ether.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-13

, tice and common sense There is a
maxim that law is the perfection Of rea-
son and another says that common law
in itself is nothing else but reason"
Has the word reasonableness in court
decisions been given a new application
by modern judges?" I inquired. .
'Reasonableness Is the application Of
the law to meet the best public opinion
Of the time in an advancing or progress
sive country. That sounds like new doc
trine." Senator Colt said. with a smile.
1T rings of modernity, you doubtless
think. Yet intrinsic reasonableness. or
common sense. as a principle in the ad-
The Washington herald., 1913-07-13

For heating shaving water in a cup IN
a minute there mas peen invented a resis-
tance coil, taking electricity through a
cord froua>4- light socket.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-24
EXPERIENCE ONLY WAY.

More than 40 per cent. of all the
farmers interviewed by government
representatives believe that expert
ence is the only way to learn how to
farm. This percentage told agents
recently sent out by the department
of agriculture that they took no stock
in farmers institutes, demonstration
agents, farm papers or department of
agriculture publications as aids in
helping to make the soil more pro-
ductive.
Starting on motorcycles. or on foot
four department agents have travelled
through 13 states, visiti ng every
farmer along the way and asking
questions. This inquiry revealed the
fact that of the farmers who got de-
partment of agriculture bulletins, "a
per cent read them, and 48 per cent
followed the suggestions contained
therein. OF those who attended farm
ers' Institutes it was learned that 54
per cent practiced the methods advo-
Gated there.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-05-24
NEW BRANCH OF EDUCATION.

THE municipal university is COM
paratively new in this country, and its
development will be watched with in
terest." said DR.. P. P. Claxton, United
States commissioner of education the
other day, in discussing the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati. There are Ger.
tain significant things about this city
university that tend 20 show how valu-
able such an institution may be to a
community. Consider the student
body. Something like 22 per cent.
of the students are fatherless. OF the
fathers of the others, less than one
fourth are in the so-called professions.
Over three-fourths are in nonprofes-
sional. commercial or mechanical pur-
suits. AS a further indication of the
class reached by the university, S5.5
per cent. of the male students have
followed gainful occupations before
coming to college. and IA per cent. of
them work regularly for a part of the
time during the year.
Although the municipal university
may be more or less of a novelty in
this country, it is by no means so rare
abroad. Any one who has studied at
Leipsic knows that the university in
that city is not merely great German
university, but is first and foremost
the University of Leipsic-a munich.
pal institution"