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The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
SUSPECTED
In SALISBURY CASE
Probe May Be Confined, n Au-
thorities Have Some Other
Clews.

Salisbury, July with the arrest OF
Harold w. Smith. the general manager
of the Home Gas Company, who Is
charged with being implicated In the per
forming the criminal operation that
killed Florence Wainwright. the COM
pany's cashier. Salisbury has assumed a
normal condition. The general impress
sion. long before a coroner's jury mer-
toned Smith in its verdict. was that he
was connected with the crime. and now
that he is out on 5000 bail for the action
OF the grand jury the people seem salts
fed.
1t is understood that the Investigation
into all the facts connected with the
young woman's death will not cease.
There seems some reason TO believe that
other persons were concerned. and the
local authorities are OF the opinion that
they can trace clews which will bring at
least another man before the bar OF
justice.
There was some talk here this morning
that Miss Wainwright had gone to VIII
mington during the week or her death.
and that the operation was performed
there. However the authorities have
learned by corroborative witnesses that
she was not out OF Salisbury several
months before June 20. the day her body
was found at her desk.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
Stop Bathing in the Nude.

The police ought at once to stop
persons from disporting themselves in
the Potomac River in the altogether.
The practice of unclothed men wading,
swimming. and boating in the stream
makes an outing there distressing ex-
perience for women-so distressing, in
fact, that many women will forego
the pleasure of canoe or launch ride
rather than risk the embarrassment of
coming suddenly upon the nude.
The Potomac River is a source of
healthful delight to thousands of our
people who swim and boat in it. In the
enjoyment of this as of all other
community pleasures the individual
must maintain a careful regard for
other peoples rights. The enthusiastic
amphibians who are primordially I'm
afraid in their nakedness before God
and man must nevertheless realize that
they should not rob other people of
pleasure merely because of an aver
sion 10 bathing suits.
The District police, if their juris-
diction is not as broad as the river,
doubtless would have the assistance of
the excellent Virginia constabulary in
campaign against the nude.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
LADY SACKVILLE TELLS
/ OF ARDENT LOVE SUIT
Reeites to Court How Young Man
Followed Her on Bonded
Knees Pleading.

London, July LADY Sackville today
took the witness stand in her own de-
Tense to the suit by which the relatives
of Sir John Murray Scott are seeking to
break mis- S5VO0,uO will. ana denied tnat
she ever Influenced or attempted to in
fiuence Sir John 10 leave her his fortune.
She asserted that Walter Scott. brother
of Sir John. had repeatedly declared his
love for her. On one occasion, the wit
ness said. Walter followed her across the
room on his knees. all the while plead
ing his suit
Lady Sackville said she told her hus-
band about this, and that he later told
Sir John OF the occurrence.
Lady Sackville testified that her father,
former British Minister to Washington.
was very quiet and disnified man, ard
that Sir John was about the only fr.cnd
he had"
Sir Edward Carson. attorney for Lady
Sackville, told the court that the friend
ship between Sir John and the Sackvilles
was solely that Of connoisseurs, the Sack
villes having very little money, but pos
sessing a valuable art collection. and Sir
John left his money to Lady Sackville
in order that this collection might be
preserved.
The Judge refused to dismiss the case
on the ground that no evidence had
been presented to show the existence of
a codicil to the will revoking the legacy
to Lady Sackvtlle. saying that the case
must be left with the special jury.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
The Hague Opium Conference.

The international conference on the
suppression of traffic in opium, CO.
caine, and other habit-forming drugs
which was adjourned at The Hague in
January, 1912, was -econvened there
yesterday. Rarely representatives of so
many nations were gathered together
in common cause, and it is hoped TO
ratify the convention of twelve of the
leading powers entered into at that
time
Active efforts have been made since
to bring other nations into the agree
ment, the only ones holding out at
present being Peru and Turkey, the
former for the mercenary reason that
the destruction OF the plant from
which cocaine is extracted would ruin
one of her most profitable international
trades.
The American delegation hitherto
has been embarrassed in its action be-
cause of the failure of Congress to
pay any attention to appeals for legis-
lation that would put this country on
an equal footing with others in the
national regulation of the opium traf-
fc. But this inaction has now been
eliminated by the imposition of a pro-
hibitive internal revenue tax on the
manufacture of smoking opium, passed
by the House of Representatives and
expected to be approved by the Sem
ate.
Should The Hague conference agree
upon a plan that will suppress this
social curse it will confer a great, an
inestimable boon upon mankind and
upon manhood.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2. 1913.
Gettysburg.

The veterans who are assembled
upon the historic field of their reunion
must realize that while the place itself
has not changed, save for some addi-
tional shafts, monuments, or markers,
they themselves-the survivors OF the
great battle-have changed very much
indeed. They were young-some very
young-fellows when they faced those
three bloody days in July, 1868; but
they return this time TO the field of
their conflict and valor with eyes
dinrned by age and a retrospect full
of sadness. They who were enthusi-
astic, trudging with full armament and
knapsack along dusty roads in mer-
CHESS midsummer heat, feel the rays
OF the sun now even as they walk
leisurely along the hallowed spots
which they remember so well! Our
veterans are facing an ordeal the Sc
verify OF which they had no concep-
ton when they accepted the invitation.
But while individually it may be a
sad picture to see our aged soldiers
hobbling over roads and fields which
once they traversed with quick feet,
their very presence there reveals the
energy and the strength of the Amer
lean. Only portions of the two great
armies campaigned in the East, and
as for loss OF life Gettysburg was the
oattle of battles for the men on either
side Therefore, when after a lapse
If fifty years we are confronted by the
spectacle of seeing 10000 old soldiers
gathering on the spot where this fierce
fight was fought, we realize how
healthy, how stalwart, and how heroic
was the young manhood OF America
in those days.
The host of Union veterans at the
reunion is estimated at 10000. Penn
sylvania leads with 1880. New York
sends o,639. New Jersey comes next
with Massachusetts, a close fourth.
OF the Confederacy, only Virginia,
with 1897, and North Carolina, with
I,2I5. make a numerically impressive
representation. The other States could
muster but a mere company, or a
largely decimated battalion. There are
many more veterans in the South,
but their failure to attend. the great
reunion should not be misconstrued.
Many were ready enough 10 go, but
the financial resources were made
quate.
The reunion, despite the inirrnity of
SO many of the participants, will not
only be spectacular in its impressive
"mernento mort" it will also be an
occasion, the like of which those who
behold it never have seen before nor
ever will see again.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
CONVICTED SENATOR
MAY TELL OF GRAFT
Silwell, Of New York Legislature,
Confers with District At
torney Whitman.

Senator Stephen ]. Stilwell. sentenced
to from four to eight years in Sing
Sing for soliciting bride from Presi-
dent George H. Kendall, of the New
York Bank Note Company, has offered
to make startling revelations of alleged
crooked transactions at Albany in which
certain Legislators were involved.
An outline Of what Stilwell will tell
SO impressed District Attorney Whit
man that he procured stay Of execu-
ton from Justice Seabury, and Still
well, instead of going to prison to-
day or. tomorrow, has at least a week
to remain in the Tombs.
What the ultimate result his revelation
will have for the convicted man car
only be conjectured. 1t appears that the
District Attorney is interested, and tina,
certain politicians are uneasy as to whal
he may tell
Judge Geigerich yesterday refused SIN.
wells application for a certificate Of rea-
sonable doubt 1t Is believed that stu.
well came to the conclusion that prac-
ticaliy his last hope Of escaping prison
had gone.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
Some Picturesque Weeds.

Upon the hitherto neglected plaza ii
front of the Union Station Dame Ma.
ture has thrown a kindly covering
The stranger who now energies from
the building and looks for the first
time upon the National Capital i:
confronted with a perfect jungle oil
picturesque weeds. There is the stubby
burdock and the inevitable ragweed
together with plantain and pepper grass
and all the other weeds which flourish
in the fields.
1t is a noble crop of weeds which
thus converts the plaza into an area
of waving green. Already they are
so high that if they continue growing
they will hide the dome of the Capitol
in the distance. Thus far no impious
hand has touched them. We hope that
the scythe will spare them. They must
convey to the visitor an impression that
the atmosphere of Washington is al
together rural and delectable. More
than this, a jungle of weeds is a little
more endurable to the eye than the
dirt and rubbish which formerly me.
the view.
So we sing the praises of the Union
Station weeds. May they prosper TN
der the summer sun and may the frost
which blights them be long postponed.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02

magistrate in the morning. All o.
which, we maintain, makes an unrul,
boy sort of hero in his gang; (
makes him bitter toward the civil
power as represented by policeman
and familiarizes him with crime and
criminals and the atmosphere OF the
criminal courts and-worse' than all
with that of penal institutions.
If many of our boys are so very un-
ruly, not to say bad, it is caused BY
lack of uniform and intelligent pa
rental discipline. Restraint must be
exercised as soon as they overstep the
liberal limits allowed them, especially
in this country, and defy the ordinances
and commit malicious mischief.
There should be in every city a
juvenile court, as well as a house OF
detention, besides something in the
nature of boys reform school, no
matter under what name. Every effort
should be made to avoid the necessity
of locking up boys in cells and of
taking them into. criminal courts and
identifying them with the enemies OF
social order. If they get the name,
even in their own minds, of lawbreak-
ers, we may be sure that they will try
to play the game. Hence, nothing is
of more importance to boys, who are
exposed to unwholesome influences,
than to keep them from criminal at
mospheres, associations, and habits.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
FIRST WOMAN JURY
In CRIMINAL CASE
Eleven Married and Prominent in
Club Life-Defense Not
Satisfied.

San Francisco, July L-For the first
time in history a jury composed entire
iy OF women was sworn in to try a crini-
inal case here today. The case Is that
of Mrs. Bertha Williams. charged with
sending a letter to Mrs. Robinson to ex-
tort money.
The jury consisted of eleven married
women and one spinster. Several arc
prominent clubwomen. Thirty women
were drawn. One asked to be excused
en- account OF her baby: another because
she had to nurse a sick father, and a
third because she had pressing business
which would not permit her to serve.
The prosecuting attorney favored the
women for the jury. but the defense did
not appear to he happy over the pros
pect of trying their client before women
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
commerce court
ENDS IT'S EXISTENCE
Dies After Three Ysars - Account &
Failure sf csasrsss 10 Mako
Apprepriaton.
SHIPPERS COULD NOT APPEAL

The Commerce Court Of the United
States automatically passed out OF exist
ence yesterday. Congress created this
court about three years ago. but In some
way or other 90 framed the Language OF
the act that only railroads could appeal
to It. As a result the court has been
made the target Of attack in the House
and Senate, 30 that 1t has been impos-
sible to secure appropriations for II.
The last appropriation was made by
Congress Just before the expiration OF
President Taft's term, and this appro-
priation expired at midnight Monday.
Congress created the court to expedite
litigation between shippers and railroads.
but in some unaccountable way and not
withstanding that the bill creating the
court was debated at length by inter-
state commerce experts. such rs Senators
La Toilette, Cummins. and others, no
provision was made for a shipper to en-
ter the court. 1t took the Supreme Court
Of the United States to discover this.
which II did in the case Of the Proctor
and Gamble Company against the Inter-
state Commerce Commission and rail-
road company.
In substance, Congress deliberately Gre
ated through inadvertence court to
which only one party to litigation could
appeal. The Commerce Court when or
sanized did not take this view. but as
sumed Jurisdiction when shippers began
to appeal to 1t.
The court, however, was overruled by
the Supreme Court of the United States
and struck from its docket fourteen i'm
portant cases. which had been filed by
shippers.
The situation now is that while the
four judges constituting the court. Judges
Knapp. Hunt, Garland, and Mack. are
still circuit judges of the United States
and drawing salary. they are practically
without work to perform.
The Democratic caucus in the House
has decided against continuing the Com
merce Court. Representative Broussard
Of Louisiana and others are making ef-
forts to even UP things and get an
amendment to the act creating the court
that will continue Its appropriation and
provide for shippers being given the op-
portunity TO appeal to the court.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS INQUIRY.
RedAeld Has Ordered Investigation
Into Causes of Disaster.

Secretary OF Commerce Redfield has
instructed the Bureau Of Standards to
make a careful study into the causes
Of railroad accidents resulting from brok-
en- car wheels and axles and into other
problems relating thereto and to pre-
pare report which, 1t is believed. will
have great effect not only upon the
public mind, but the action of those
who are responsible for the conditions.
e Certain da.a taken from the annual re-
port of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion for the year ending June 30. 1872, CIV
ing the derailments due to defective equip
ment and roadway for the eleven years,
1s1oe-1sl2. inclusive, were called to the
Secretary's attention and this study is
the outcome. From this data II appears
that the wrecks caused by broken car
wheels are substantially four times as
numerous as those caused by broken
rails. and the wrecks arising from brok-
en- axles are one-half greater In number
than those from broken rails.
It would appear, therefore, that the
total accidents arising from broken
wheels and axles taken together are al
most six times as numerous a. those
arising from broken rails within thu
period named. and that the tendency IL
toward . continuance Of this condition.
especially a. regards wheels.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
Mayor Gaynor Is Right.

No doubt there are some very bat
boys in each city. But to arrest them
for their mischievous pranks or annoy.
ance of people is to start boys rec.
ord wrong altogether. For when the
cell door closes on him the door to a
criminal life swings opc-,.
Boys must be kept in order, but with
the minimum use of police and the
usual criminal machinery. Therefore
every thoughtful person must feel SYM
pathy with the Mayor of New York
in his objection to the arrest of BOYS
for petty offenses. They are taken in
charge by policemen, locked in cells
overnight, and arfaigned before a
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
SMOKER IS ENJOYED.
Central Citizens Association Holds
Last Meeting OF Season.

The last regular meeting for the sea-
son of the Central Citizens Association
was followed by a smoker Monday even
ing at the home OF the secretary, Leo 4.
Rover. 40 / Street Northwest Many
members and guests thronged the halls
and gardens and smoked. sang. and
made merry until midnight. Al Fennell.
In his inimitable coon songs. and Tory
Callao, the barber" divided honors
with Portland Radcliffe, who mystified
the citizens with magic and legerdemain.
Mr.. Rover acted as POSTMASTER. and in
a speech of welcome reviewed the work
done by the association during its first
year Of existence. Other speakers were
Or. d. d. Mulcahy. T. B. Eckloff, DIR. J..
J. Kilroy. r. A. Dore. and 8. G. Brady.
Dr. Mulcahy urged the association to
work to have the lunacy laws Of the
District of Columbia improved. He
pointed out the weakness and injustice
of the present method of determining q
PERSONS sanity and thought the law in
Illinois might be copied with profit.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
HEARING TO BE ASKED
in CASE OF NEWMAN
Peti6es win Be Presented to he
Senate District Committee
This Morning.
J. 3. coLPors IS CONFIDENT

A formal petition protesting against
the confirmation Of Oliver p. Newman
as District Commissioner and requesting
the granting Of public hearing on the
subject will be presented 10 the Senate
District Committee at the Capitol at Il
o'clock this morning by q delegation from
the District home rule committee
This action was decided upon ut q
meeting yesterday afternoon of the COM
mittee of twenty-five appointed at the
mass meeting held Monday night for the
purpose Of directing the details Of the
INSTRUMENTATION fight. The committee
met in secret session In the law oficea
OF ] w. Staggers in the Washington
Loan and Trust Building.
The delegation appointed to present the
petition consists OF Patrick T. Moran.
Martin Wiegand. James l. Skidmore, J.
W. Frizzell. Bernard G. Brown. F. Ed
ward Mitchell, and NJ. l. Brown.
The question of holding another mass
meeting was discussed, but the matter
was laid on the table, as there was much
opposition to the plan. William J. Neals,
chairman OF the Home Rule Committee,
opposed the mass meeting plan on the
ground that there was no need OF arocs-
ing additional sentiment. as the matter
was one OF technical character.
Several subcommittee were appointed
for the purpose of gathering additional
evidence with respect to Mr. Newman's
alleged nonresidence, tor presentation be-
fore the Senate District Committee III
case a hearing is granted. 1t was sug-
gested that a subcommittee be appointed
to request Mr.. Newman to answer II
possible the charges OF ineligibility. but
this proposal did not meet with uni
versal Endorsement. It Is still possible,
however, that this course finally will be
pursued.
The committee OF twenty-five will meet
again at o'clock tomorrow afternoon in
Mr.. Staggers' Offices in the Washington
Loan and Trust Building.
Unless Senator Smith. chairman OF the
Senate District Committee, takes a poll
of the committee. the matter Of confirma-
ton Of the Commissioners and members
of the excise board will not be considered
until the adjournment OF the Democratic
caucus, now considering the tarin bill.
There is still strong opposition to the
confirmation of John B. Colpoys as men,
Der of the excise board. but the ap-
pointee has numerous supporters and Is
confident of success.
Among those supporting Mr.. Colpoys
Is Eldridge E. Jordan, chairman Of the
board of directors OF the United States
Trust Company, who believes that the
appointee can be relied upon to enforce
the excise law ably and impartially.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
BROKERS' FUNERAL TOMORROW
Remains of A. l.. Sturtevant to he
Inferred in Rock Creek.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at his late residence. 800 Ave-
nue. of the Presidents. for Albert Lee
Sturtevant, realty broker. who died Mon
day. ID. S. II. Newman, president Of
Howard University. will have charge Of
the services. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Mr., Sturtevant was born in New
Hampshire, in 1Sa0 He was in the gov
eminent service here from 1861 to 1898.
when he resigned 10 enter the real
estate business. He was an organizer
of the National Savings Bank. and was
for many years secretary of the insti-
tuition and a member of the board Of
directors.
Mr.. Sturtevant was twice married. Be-
sides his wife. he is survived by two
sons by his first wife, Fred H. Sturte-
vant. of Springfield. Mass. and Charles
L. Sturterant, of this city.