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The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
Life Insurance and the Income Tax.

The tariff conferees, to Judge from
the present outlook, may make their
report to the House Monday or Tues
day, which may be in the hands OF the
Senate within day or two later, when
the new tariff will become a law, as
OF course. there is not the slightest
doubt as to the President signing the
bill as soon as it reaches the White
House
Great interest centers about the de-
cision of the tariff conferecs TO ex-
empt from the income tax that portion
of the premiums on mutual life insur-
ance policies which is returned to pol
icyholders as dividends. This action
came rather unexpected. as the amend
ments made originally by the Senate
to hIat effect had been dropped before
the bill went into conference.
Under the decision, all life insurance
companies, writing mutual policies, also
mutual marine insurance companies
are treated alike. The Senate Finance
Committee urged this action some
weeks ago. Now the conferees have
decided that the provision is within
their jurisdiction and that they had
authority to make the change. Holders
of mutual insurance policies havs
urged that such an exemption ought tc
be part of the income tax to protect
the right Of those who hold dividend
paying policies.
Few questions now remain unsettled
President Wilson's suggestion and ad
vice have aided the conferees in dis.
posing of all matters relating to for
eign tariff or trade policy. The con,
ferees agreed upon $1,000 as tn,
amount of income of single man thai
shall be freed from taxation. For {
married man it will be $1,000, with nc
further exemption for children. ever
though husband and wife have each Z
separate income.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
FormaIities that Handicap Justice.

Most European nations are fully as
accessible to the United States for the
arrest and extradition Of a criminal.
who i d fugitive from Justice from
any Of our States. as is any State of
our Union to another. Each nation
nowadays draws very near to every
other nation for purposes OF universal
or international Justice Only in this
Country OF many laws one of the sis
tcrhood of States is as far apart from
another as the different nations were
formerly.
A spirit OF fair play and mutual
protection, steam and the telegraph
have oblitcratcd distances. and today
neither the Pacific nor the Atlantic
divides nationaities. Only in this land
which prides itself upon its foremost
rank in modern civilization, petty State
rights concerning witnesses wanted in
the courts or fleeing offenders, con-
tinue to interfere with and to obstruct
the designs of justice.
Why should a free people be COM
PEELED to submit to entanglements and
subterfuge which are a benefit to
wrongdoers needing technical defend
ing and having the money to pay for
it? 1t is a regrettable state of affairs
a misapplication of justice which in the
end is a profit solely to the lawyers.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
IdyI of Manhattan

Letter to the New York Sun.
To citizens in general, but especially
those of somber or pessimistic turn, /
would recommend that they pay visit
to the park one of these autumn even
ings and listen to the snowy tree cricket
l promise them that they will forget all
about the Sulzer impeachment, Tammany
Hall, fusion. Gaynorism, Huerta, Thaw
and other questions that loom so largely
and disturbingly in their overheated
minds. For the music of the snowy tree
cricket has pre-eminently a Lethean
quality--it is so sweet, so soft, so rhyth-
mical, so drowsy, so vague, so charming.
1t may be compared to fairy sleighbells
at a distance The woods ring with it
and yet the effect is that Of perfect si-
lence. Anything more soothing it would
be impossible to imagine. AS one listens
to it he has almost an irresistible desire
to sleep, or rather to dream.
And If he have any imagination at all
he will dream that this little insect has
filed the autumnal nights with harmony
for thousands of years, and will continue
to stridulate peacefully when we and our
petty concerns are buried in oblivion.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
SOCIETY MATRON TO AID
ALLEGED MURDERER
Mrs. Jasper Lynch, Lakewood Leader,
to Assist Leehan at Trial
for Staying Woman.

Lakewood, N j., Sept. 2s.-When Will
lam ]. Leehan is placed on trial here
tomorrow charged with the murder of
Mrs. Carrie Turner on April 26, 1911. he
will be materially assisted in his fight
for life by Mrs Jasper Lynch, promi-
nent society woman OF New York and
Lakewood. and vice president OF the
State Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals.
II have undertaken the defense of
Leehan in the right of justice" said
Mrs. Lynch tonight Il have come into
possession of certain facts which indi-
cate his innocence"
At the time OF the murder OF Mrs.
Turner, Mrs. Lynch engaged detectives
to work on the case, and she claims
evidence found by them proves that the
crime was committed by another. Mrs.
Lynch has engaged three attorneys to
represent Leehan.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
Railroad Valuation.

Senator La Follete's article on the
physical valuation Of railroads in the
October number of National Water
ways, the official organ of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress, has a
peculiar significance because he deals
with the experiences of his own State
He describes at length the methods
pursued by the Wisconsin Public Util,
ities Commission to arrive at an ac-
curate and just valuation of railroad
properties within the State as a basis
for determining rates. The result, he
says. has been that reductions have beer
made which cause a saving upon the
intraStatc business in that Common
wealth of upward of 100000 per an
nam, and this has been brought about
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
Earth ms Diet.
From the Chicago Journal.

From the Chicago Journal
-arth eating is a hibit often observed
. in India, and il is very widely distributed.
1t often manifests itself as a symptom
of isease of perverted cppet''- but
among many healthy people it is regu-
lar habit In addition to India, the Sou
dan, China, and the Malay archipelago
are mentioned as places where the Gus
tom prevails, but these by no means ex-
haust the list II is said that in ST.
IBERIA S1d Lapland earth consisting OF
the fosslized siliceous shells Of diatoms
is mixed with meal to make a kind OF
-four II also is said that the Ainu5 OF
Japan used TO eat a paste made Of a
mixture of diatomaceous earth. The In
dians of Guatemala eat yellowish edible
earth containing sulphur. not so much
as a food. but as a prophylatic against
disease. There are people in Bengal who
regard the fine earth of which anthills
are built as a delcacy, and the explana-
tion has been suggested that the flavor is
due to a digestive fluid added to the earth
by the ants to make it more easily
worked.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

he adds, without doing injustice to the
railroads and with their acquiesence.
Having been pioneer in the effort
to secure the physical valuation OF all
the railroads in the United States, 4
proposition once regarded as impossi-
bic of execution, but now being actual
,ly undertaken, Senator La Toilette nat
urally anticipates with keen interest the
results which will follow He insists,
and with considerable foundation, that
the railroads have been the recipients
OF generous consideration in gifts OF
land and of funds from city, county,
and State authorities, and he also
truthfully asserts that they will be
abundantly able to take care of them
selves during the inquiry now in prog
ress. With these facts as basis, he
believes that when the information has
been gathered the experience of Wis
consin will be repeated and that the
IdlCS WHICH lHC AiitSl SldlS NOhiihSiSS
Commission will inaugurate will oper-
ate with great benefit to the public.
Every one hopes, of course, that this
will be the case. Experience is great
teacher, and if the experiment of phys
ical valuation has proven so successful
in Wisconsin it would seem reasonable
to believe that it will achieve the same
beneficial results when nationally ap-
piled. At any rate, the railroads can
not complain when, instead of arbitra-
rily fixing rates, the government pro-
poses to base the regulation of those
rates upon actual knowledge of the
cost of construction and the amount
invested in rolling stock and terminals.
This preliminary investigation evil
dences, at least, a spirit of fairness
which guarantees equitable treatment
for the corporations.
And if, in the end, millions OF dol
lars are to be saved to the commercial
world without doing injustice to the
railroads, the time and money required
for the work OF physical valuation Will
not have been spent in vain
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
A Chance for the Commerce Court.

So sweeping has become the re-
.versal of public opinion in favor OF
the retention of the Commerce Court
that the clause in the deficiency bill
abolishinC the court has attained the
dignity of an issue. The attempt to
remove the court has been made in
directly. The House ignored the two
bills dealing with the merits OF tine
question and has tried to leglslate the
court out OF existence in a supply bill
an undesirable method OF enactlng
legislation. The House passed the bill
with this clause. and now the question
threatens to hang up the bill indetl-
nitely. for the Senate shows signs OF
being impressed by the demands OF the
shippers for such court. The case
oS the shippers has been strengthened
in the Senate by the suspicion that, by
abolishing the Commerce Court, Con-
gres, would be playing into the hands
OF the railroads.
For a Democratic administration to
make mistake OF this kind would in
volve political danger, which the VIII
son administration is anxious to avoid
When he came to Washington the
President wa, prcjudiccd against the
Comm.rce Court. Had the shippers
remained silent it is likely that he
would not have opposed the action Of
the House. notwithstanding its doubt
ful methods. But Nh Wilson had not
becn in office long before he was
shown the dangers of doing away with
the court. and last week he sent his
Attornav General to the Senate COM
mittcc with instructions to oppose the
House proposition. 1t has been made
clear Al the committee hearings that
il the court is abolished the railroads
will he able to scatter their suits
through cighty-four Federal district
courts. instead OF trying them in
Washington. to the great inconven-
fence OF shippers and delay OF deci-
sions
While two or three OF the earlier
decisions Of the Commerce Court
4roused Suspicion in the minds Of
shippers, whether they had gained any
thing from the new tribunal which
President Taft established with conf
dence. subsequent findings affirmed the
fairness OF the court, until it is now
an open secret on Capitol Hill that the
members OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission would regard the abolition
Of the court as a step backward.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
BAD MEN OF THE MOUNTAINS.
why They Are disappearing from
Eastern Kentucky.

EasIcrn hentucEy.
Louisville Correspondents New York Sun
Men of the type OF General May. who
was executed a short time ago at the
Eddyyille Penitentiary. are disappearing
from the mountains. Varying Influences
are responsible for their disappearance
In the first place, the mountain country
is developing in more ways than one and
the old home amt what ii used TO be-
Railroads have come into isolated To-
calitiss and schools and churches have
increased in number and usefulness. In
dustries follow railroads. and the people
Of the mountains are getting busy The
children are going to school and their
parents are devoting themselves TO gain
full occupations. Time does not hang as
heavily on the mountaineer's hands as
it once did. He has less leisure to de-
vote to the pursuits of his personal
enemies.
Immigration also is having its effect.
The mountain counties are growing in
population and the new blood that is
being infused is not OF a kind TO be
stirred to the boiling point by neighbor-
hood feuds and grudges. Many Of the
bad men, too. have left the country for
the country's good. realizing that the
feud business has come into disfavor and
that it is more essential to have good
reasons for shooting a neighbor than to
have an alibi prepared in advance OF
the event. Last, but not least. the mill
Of justice is working in the mountains
and the law-abiding element is beginning
to assert itself.
The electroCution OF General May
should have a deterring influence in
country where shooting has been so COM
mon in the past that some Of the bad
men. like May. have looked upon IL as a
pastime.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
The Story of Hemp.

John sharp Williams, in the Congressional Record.
Hemp is a singular illustration of an
attempt to create an industry by Iegisla-
tion and of its utter failure There has
been a duty on hemp ever since Henry
Clay's day; but, notwithstanding all that,
the amount Of land in hemp has de-
creased rather than increased. and 1 un-
derstand that in the last ten or twenty
years the decrease has been from about
10000 acres down to about 12.0o0 That
has occurred under an extravagantly
high rate OF duty of So. 80 per ton upon
hemp not hacked or dressed, s45 per ton
upon line hemp or hacked hemp, and
So. 30 per ton even upon the tow hemp
These extravagant rates of duty have
failed to create this industry. so that.
even from a productive standpoint. the
thing is a confessed failure.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
Plans able TO Connect Her with
Panama.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The announcement that the Parliament
Of Portugal formally has authorized the
laying of a cable 10 connect with Pan
anna is to be regarded as indicating the
ambition OF the new republic to create
merchant marine. and do something to-
ward renewing the maritime spirit which
made a little nation four centuries ago a
world power. Portugal has fearless sail
ors who are to be found in every port of
the seven seas. but chiefly under the
flags OF other nations. Her desire to
keep in touch with the Panama Canal
by cable is an expression Of national
hope that is interesting to all students Of
history since the time. seventy years be-
fore the first voyage OF Columbus, Prince
Henry, the navigator. added Madeira, the
Azores, the Cape Verde Islands. and the
Guinea coast to PortugaIs dominion, and
Nasco Da Cana, a contemporary OF Co.
Iumbus, sailed around the Cape OF Good
Hope, took possession of Goa, and dar-
ingly opened the way to the magnificent
acquisition OF the vast empire of Brazil.
II cannot be forgotten that until lS2
Brazil was a mere colony Of Portugal.
and that until 1891 she was virtually un-
der Portuguese influence. Even now ties
of blood bind much OF BraZil's best pop
ulation to Portugal
We sometimes minimize the possibili-
ties of Portugal by losing grip Of the fact
that she holds in Angola a thousand miles
Of coast. that in Angola and Mozam-
bique almost 10000 square miles OF
Africa belong to her. and that the port
Of Lorenzo Marquee is in a sense key
to the Hinterland. for which Britons and
Boers fought Macao, on the China
coast, Goa or Portuguese India. Portu-
guese Timor in the Malay Archipelago.
would give coaling stations for a fresh
commercial development. OF course. as
things now stand, an agreement of other
powers might rob Portugal of these pos
sessions, but such an agreement is most
unlikely.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

and has to be dug out from under 1.O0O
tons of hot brick. But he does not get
any bonus for the latter feat
When the fireman is not squirting
water he is climbing up a red-hOt wall
and rescuing beautiful ladies and fat
gentlemen who have awakened too late
and have found the elevator not running
The fireman who cannot climb up eleven
stories by a water spout and carry two
women and baby over plank to safety
would be jeered by his comrades.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
SEA MYSTERY IS SOLVED.

Skeletons of Missing ships Crew
Found by Wrecked Sailors.
Christ Church, New Zealand, Sept. 2S.-
4 twenty-year-Old mystery of the sea is
cleared up by a letter received here stat
ing that two survivors of a vessel wrecked
at Cape Horn found the wrecked Glas-
cow ship, Marlborough, in a cove with
twenty skeletons nearby.
The Marlborough left Littleton, New
Zealand, in January. 1890, for London,
and was never heard from It is sup
posed she sank after a collision with an
iceberg.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
NOTED PAINTER DEAD.
Sir Alfred East Well known by
Work In America.

London. Sept 2S.-Sir Alfred East.
r. A., the noted English landscape
painter, died tonight. at the age of sixty
three His art is well represented in
American collections. and his yearly visits
gave him a wide circle of personal
friends in the United States. He was n
member of the advisory committee of the
Carnegie Art Gallery, Pittsburgh.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
Idlers Reject So Jobs.

Crookston. Mimi, Sept. 2S-With scores
Of idle men here. farmers are having
serious trouble I'm hiring men enough to-
man the threshing rigs, All machines
are runnin, rt-handed and men are
refusing to go out for g per day. There
are over 1000 idle men here
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
Drouth Precautions in China,

From the Chicago Daily News.
Famine, seriously threatening because
of the drouth, the Chinese in Honan
district took their gods out Of their tenn
piles and set them in the sun to bake
until they should appreciate the need of
rain.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
ALTTTLE NONSENSE.
so 1T GOES.

Twas rather warm the other week;
Last month We nearly fried.
But now upon the street we seek
The sunny side.
The other day a half-chilled mutt
Upon the street / met
We had a scoTching summer, but
We soon forget.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

Some firemen live to a fat old age and
are buried in one piece by their SORROW
ing comrades after they have died COM
fortably in bed. But many OF them do
not return from the fire until several
DAYS afterward when the ruins have
cooled sufficiently to allow the undertaken
and the coroner to enter. For this rea-
son we do not gaze with envy upon the
fireman as he loafs around the station in
his shirt sleeves doing nothing all day
and waiting patiently for the chance to
allow a large brick house to fall on him.
(Copy1ghted b George Matthew AamAl
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

Tammany seems to think that Gov.
Suffers oftense was all the more heinous
because he speculated on the wrong side
of the market
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

guess de Several by the late King Ed
ward. whose intimate friend the ex-
Portuguese Ambassador was for many
years.
Lord LonsdaIe cheerfulIy answers TO
the name Of THE Gloom" while another
almost equally well knows peer pos
sesses the rather uncomplimentary nick
name of "Porker." II was the March
ioness of Crewe who. with delightful
satire. dubbed the late Duke Of Devon
shire "Sergt Lightning"
Apropos of King Georges success at
the Cowes regatta, II is interesting TO
know that in bygone times yachting
owed much TO English sove-eigns. from
Queen Elizabeth. who had a pleasure
schooner built at Cowes, to William ",
who founded the Royal Yacht Squadron.
but the keenest Of all royal yachtsmen
was Charles IL The merry monarch"
owned fourteen yachts, ranging from
g to 16s tons, and one OF them, the jam
lie. was designed by the King himself and
Lambeth. under his supervision. Charles
and his brother James generally steered
their yachts themselves, and there was
one sailing match between the brothers.
the first contest OF the kind in British
waters.
What Lord stratford de RedcIyrre said
I Grated from Turkey should ever be re-
stored to it.
The present Emperor of Russia prob
ably remembers Prince Gortshakofrs
warning to his grandfather. Alexander
H. al the time of the agitation about
| the Turkish cruelties in Bulgaria in 1876
! 10 do service to a friend is to make
him an enemy" He reminded the Gar
ABOUT Greece for which Russia has done
more to hberate than any other Euro
pean nation, and YET sne was ready
(under King George) to take part any
day in the war against Russia. In the
/ wars OF INA, l7S9. 1Si2, 1880 and 1878
Russia procured the separation OF Mol
| davia WaIlachia, Servia and Bulgaria
| from Turkey with a vast expenditure Of
blood and treasure. and If she now ex-
pended another army and a few millions
| in coercing Turkey, the next generation
OF Bulgarians would have forgotten all
about it,
| The modern man goes by what he
reads. no matter who has written it.
not by what the old men tell him. as
| in the days when education was in its
infancy. Nine. Skobeleff, the mother
of the celebrated general who has done
so much on behalf of Bulgaria, was
rich and most benevolent woman. When
! the war was over she was travelling in
I
lieve distress. when she was murdered
| by Bulgarians.
| The associations Of Grosvenor Square.
| London, where the American Ambassa-
| dor. DR.. Page, has taken up his abode,
| are aristocratic. rather than literary
| William Beckford. Of "Vathek" fame
appears to have been the only famous
author on its roll Of bygone residents,
but DR.. Johnson frequently was to he
seen there in the days when Mrs. Thrale
lived in the square. 1t was the same Dr.
johnson who followed a sturdy thief who
has stolen mis- handkerchief in Grosyenor
Square. seized him by the collar with
! both hands, and shook him violently.
then letting him loose. he gave him a
powerful smack on the face that sent
him reeling or the pavement
FLANECR.
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Had Enough.

Had Enough.
Tell me about the profess of impeach-
ing a Governor" said the foreigner.
We'll, a court decides whether i'm
peachment proceedings will lie; then an
other court decides as to whether the
first court has jurisdiction; then another
court
Never mind, my friend. Tell me
something about your American base
ball"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

What a calamity it would be II Presi-
dent Wilson should not be able TO make
up his mind as to any Of the disputed
points in the tariff bill
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

Boston claims to have nearly 10000
children in school this year. We thought
Boston children were born with an edu-
cation.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

New York" observes an exchange,
never runs out of grafters." And it
might be said that grafters seldom run
out Of New York.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

How refreshing is the sight of a man
who doesn't wear a green hat with a
bow in the back.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

1t is a wart if it is on a man and &
dimple if il is on a girl.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

And sometimes we have visitor who
leaves behind regrets that his stay was
so brief.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

We have not lost any sleep over the
report that a new counterfeit $50 bill is
in circulation.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

That old landmark. the war cloud il
the Balkans, is again visible.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

If women had a sense of humor, they
would not wear the prevailing styles.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

The newest political party in this coun-
try is Hon. Eugene Foss.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

Exports OF biscuits and cakes from
Great Britain Increased to 25,500,O00
pounds the first six months of this
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
a Secret.

Can your wife keep a secret?"
You bet. Nobody has ever been able
to learn where her complexion comes
from"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

1t is claimed that turtles live to be 6OC
years old. Moral: Don't lead a fast life.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

Our idea of a nonentity is the husband
of a militant suffragist.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29
Good Business.

What, another hundred thousand?''
Its for the business, dad. business
enterprise takes so much capital"
Turn your stock over oftener. You
ought to take a few lessons from pea
nut man. He does business on a capital
of SIS"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

The Mann law is rough on some men
The Washington herald., 1913-09-29

Raising check is a poor way of rails
ing the wind.