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The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
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of the sport, and the few who have
sustained injuries will tell you that
such injuries were the result of per-
sonal carelessness.
Three years ago half back on the
Business High School team broke his
arm in a game of football, and when
neighbors tried to console the mother
of the boy who had sustained the ac-
cident, she replied: Il would rather
have my son break his arm while
playing football than to have boy
in school who refused to take part in
a game fearing possible injury"
1t is safe to say that when the num-
Der of college, high school, and inde-
pendent football players throughout
America is taken into consideration,
the fatalities are comparatively small.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
KIMBALL URGED
AS School Head
Supervising Principal Being
Supported for the Su-
perintendency.
LONG EXPERIENCE HERE
A Graduate Of Dartmouth, He Has
Been Connected with Educational
System of Capital Since 1882.
LONG EXPERIENCE HERE

DR.. Z. G. Kimball, superivising prin-
cipal OF the seventh division. scholar,
and one OF the most capable educators
the superintendency OF schools, as sue
cessor to DR. William NJ. Davidson, by
hundreds of friends and former pupils,
leaders at the bar. government officials,
prominent business men and schoolmen,
and. il is understood, is receiving IA
vorable consideration from members of
the Board of Education. OF all candi-
dates, DIR. Kimball seems to have the
strongest and most active support.
DR. KimbaIl is an educator of rare
ability" William ]. Eynon. vice presi-
dent and secretary OF the Board of
Trade, said last night. He has been an
earnest teacher, a good disciplinarian,
and successful administrator. He Is a
man of the highest character and Of un-
usual scholarly attainment"
Among those who are supporting DR..
Kimban are John f. Laskey. Samuel r.
Bond, ]. ]. Darlington. Charles T. Hend-
ley, all prominent Washington attorneys;
Dr. w. n Butler, DIR. Prentiss Wilson.
Justine MorreI Chamberlain, II. Ellis
Chandlee. Thomas J. Fisher, Clarence
Dawson, DIR. Frank Z. Gibson, ]. Waldo
Pfling, and Horace Chandlee.
Il regard Dr. Kimball as the best
teacher l ever had" commented Ralph
Given, Assistant United States District
Attorney Il know him to have unusual
executive ability, and believe him to be
the best possible choice for the leadership
OF our school system. don't believe that
a better man could be found anywhere
in the country"
Came Here in 1sS2.
DR.. KimbaIl has Iong served the cause
of education in Washington. He came to
this city in 1852 and for a year taught the
seventh grade of the Franklin School.
At the end of his first year, he was given
the eighth grade of that school, together
with its principalship. In 1900, he was
promoted to the supervision Of the Eighth
Division. which, takes in South Washing
ton. and in 1908. he was made Supervising
Principal of the Seventh Division, which
position he still holds.
DIR. Kimhall was graduated from Dart
mouth College in 1851. After coming here
he took his degree as doctor OF medicine
in George Washington University. He Is
a member OF the Federal Schoolmen's
club, the National Geographic Society, the
Alpha Delta Phi, President Of the Teach
ers' Annuity and Aid Association of the
District, and a member of the District
Alumni Society.
Friends Are Confident.
Those who are backing Dr. Kimball are
confident he will be the next Superintend-
ent of Washington schools. They believe
members Of the Board OF Education re-
gard the efforts they are making in his
behalf with favor. and. they say several
members of the Board have told them
them they are earnestly considering DR..
kimball for the place.
Among ether candidates receiving sup
port for the superintendency, Selden NJ.
Ely has been indorsed by the North Cap
itol and lexington Citizens Association.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Talk l. Cheap.

1t is soiemnly declared that Con-
gress is going to investigate the ques-
ton of cold storage and the price OF
eggs and potatoes.
Just why Congress will not heed
the warning of a year ago when 1t
looked into the beef trust and sue
ceeded in sending the price of that nee
essary commodity up another notch it
is hard to tell.
There is also an idea prevailing that
the Standard Oil trust was probed
and ordered dissolved. Congress did
nob1y; the price of stocks in the dif-
ferent companies took a big jump,
while the products of the company
followed suit
Just a short time ago the country
resounded with the Democratic battle
cry of tariff revision and cheaper cost
of living. We have tariff revision; |;
as for the rest it is a mighty mean man
that won't promise.
Precedents are followed by our
courts, but the layman is apt to use
common sense and ignore old rulings.
The Herald is inclined to agree with
the latter; therefore we respectfully
ask Congress to drop its announced in
tention of probing the cost of eggs and
potatoes and cold storage. We have
had too many promises.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2s. 1918.
Woman and the Death Penalty.

They are going to put a woman to
death in Connecticut next month
that is. they are going to legally kill
Mrs. Bessie Wakefield, who murdered
her husband-if the board of pardons
does not commute the sentence, or If
the united efforts of a large number
of people interested in the woman's
case fail to secure her a new trial.
But, in this twentieth century. jus
tioe dispensed by men is not inficting
the death penalty on women, even
though the law specifically provides it
and Juries find no shadow of doubt as
TO their guilt. In this case, as in prac-
tically every case in recent years, some
way will be found to nullify the law,
and Mrs. Wakefield, guilty as she was
proven, will be allowed to live.
In Connecticut they call her "thc
woman who never had a chance" and
that seems to be almost the sole argu-
ment against carrying out the law.
ISt- hIdiS ilICll VIII HSNCl lau a
chance have gone to gallows or cleo
trio chair since the practice of legally
killing women went out of our civili-
zation, and they are still going. 1t is
a situation that may well be given
grave thought by men who make and
execute the laws everywhere
Shall we go on ignoring the law,
sparing women who commit murder,
putting men to death and thus pro-
claiming to women that they may take
human life ard run no risk of paying
the penalty with their own:
Shall We append to each statute pre-
scribing the death penalty final clause:
Provided that this shall not apply to
the, female of the species?
Shall we abolish capital punishment
altogether?
1t is not the intention to discuss here
the right or wrong or the effect OF capi-
tai punishment. There have been cases
of proven, deliberate murder in which
we believe a vote of all the people
would have demanded the death pen
atty. and others where the weight of
public opinion would be against it. The
law, however. takes no note of sex or
circumstance, beyond the broad terms
which define the degrees of murder.
Our purpose is to call attention to the
possible danger to our institutions re-
sulting from what has become the eS-
tabIiShed custom of man-administered
justice of putting men to death and
sparing women, though the law makes
no distinction.
There seems scarcely room for doubt
that the sex instinct plays a large part
in the leniency shown women guilty OF
murder. When women rule, or when
they have larger voice in the admin
istration of justice; when they sit on
the bench or in the jury box will the
man be spared and the woman pay
the penalty? The Herald would like
to have the views of its readers,
women and men. on the case of Mrs.
Wakefield and the present-day custom
of administering the law.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
ORDER OF WASHINGTON MEETS.
New Offices Created and Annual
Uanauet Considered.

With Rear Admiral Charles II. Stock
ton. L. S. N. retired, presiding, the Order
Of Washington met last night at the home
OF Gen. Marcus J. Wright. 143 Corcoran
street northwest Five Offices were ere
ated
Ora E. Monnette. Of Los Angeles, Cal,
was chosen to fill the office of vice chan
cellor and historian general: DR.. William
Berrien Burroughs, OF Brunswick, Ga,
as fourth vice commander; Daniel Smith
Gordon. of Washington, d. c., fifth vice
commander. and Capt Charles C. Rogers.
L. S. N, as sixth vice commander.
A resolution was adopted to hold the
annual banquet of the order in this city
February 3, 1914 Rear Admiral Stockton
will appoint a committee to arrange fur
ther details concerning the banquet
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Football a Manly Sport.

According to statistics compiled by
anti-football calamity howlers, the rec
ord for the season nearly closed shows
that fourteen men have been killed and
US hurt while engaging in the grid
iron game.
1t is admitted that the list of injured
represents only those incapacitated for
a few days, but in looking over the
death toll one fails to notice any mem
Der of teams the caliber' of Harvard,
Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Cornell
or other big college institution.
Football is in measure dangerous
for the reason that football is football
and not pingpong or checkers. Base
ball is also a dangerous pastime, yet
one never sees printed the death and
injured toll of a baseball season.
Nine deaths out of ten from foot
ball occur on teams representing unor-
ganized teams or minor colleges, where
the men do not get the right kind of
training. Who ever heard of mem
Der of a Michigan or Navy team be-
ing killed on the gridiron?
Unless physically fit, boy should
not be allowed to play football, and
parents themselves ought to be the
Judge of this.
The advantages of football among
college men and high school boys can
never be appreciated. First of all, it
teaches the players self-controI; sec
ondly. fair play on the field, and
thirdly, just ask a college man the
benefits derived from football-physi-
cal benefits.
Take Washington for an example,
where FIVE high schools schedule each
year championship games. No District
schoolboy has been killed in the history
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
JAPANESE REPORT ON KOREA.
Interesting Story ON Reforms and
Progress Since Annexation.


Progress Since Annexation.
The Imperial Japanese Embassy has
presented to The Washington Herald
the annual report on reforms and prog
ress in Chosen CKorea) for 1s11-12. COM
piled by the goveFnor-general Of
Chosen. a volume Of remarkable interest
It is an extensive presentation of the de-
veiopmnt of Koreak since its annexation
to Japan in 1911 and explains the ad-
ministrative measures by which Japan
has sought both TO advance the progress
OF the Korean people in industry, agri-
culture commerce, science and the
arts but to establish a real sympathy
between them and the japanese.
That great success has been achieved
in these undertakings in clearly indicated
by the report. The members of the Ko-
rean royal family, the nobility and the
people in general. the report states, have
been treated with dignity and considera-
ton. and the feeling of good will, Sc
curity and well-founded prosperity is
general. An extraordinary imperial do
nation fund OF generous proportions was
expended for Industrial and agricultural
encouragement and for providing relief
during famines and other calamities.
Training stations OF various kinds,
schools and charity asylums were estab-
lished; administration OF executive and
judicial functions OF government i'm
proved; conservation OF natural resources
instituted: facilities of communication
extended. and both domestic and foreign
trade enlarged.
The report Is illustrated with numerous
engravings Of intrinsic interest and
splendid finish.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

be added that since the coxey invasion
OF 1894 he has been at the head Of several
big Industrial concerns, and became a
magnate without loss OF interest In the
downtrodden. or those who humbiy ton
and pay rent
He happened In Washington this time
on the day that his old friend and orisi-
nal press agent. Robert Z. skinner. was
promoted TO be Consul sGeneral at at
Berlin. Skinner was editor OF paper
at MassilIon when Coxey began talking
about the need OF an uprising, march
ing upon Washington. and Skinner see
ing the news feature of IL all took pains
to artfuliy urge Coxey into action with
judicious publication in out OF town
papers. It grew possibly more tnan
skinner expected, and he now modestiy
seeks to discIaim credit for pushing the
thing along. Even 50, It was aided won
derfully by the newspapers, and oid
much to put Massillon on the map.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Friends Are Confident.
RED CROSS TO ENTERTAIN.
Washington Chapter VIII BE Host.
to Tuberculosis Campers.

Washington Chapter OF the American
Red Cross will be hosts to eighty resi-
dents at the Red Cross tuberculosis camp
here, at a Thanksgiving dinner The
camp has been in existence five years,
but this will be the fret Thanksgiving
celebration, as in past years weather
has been too unfavorable to permit the
camp remaining open in November.
Miss Jones. nurse In charge of the
camp at Fourteenth and Upshur streets
northwest. has charge of arrangements
for the dinner. Admiral N. E. Mason.
Mrs. W. ]. Boardman, II. S. Reeside
and Mrs. T. NJ. Mclaughlin comprise the
board Of managers OF the camp.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Union Thank..iving services.

The congregations OF the Keller Me-
mortal Lutheran. Ninth Street Christian.
Eastern Presbyterian. Douglas Method
list. Epworth Methodist Episcopal South,
and the Ingram Congregational churches.
Of Northeast Washington. will unite in 3
Thanksgiving service at the Epworth Me-
mortal Church. Seventh and A streets
northeast. tomorrow morning at 1850
o'clock. The sermon will be preached
by Rev. J. W. Frizzeil
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Lecture at Ingram Memorial Church.

Waste and the Burden OF War" was
the subject of an interesting lecture. de-
livered at the Ingram Memorial Church
last night. by George r. Kirkpatrick. OF
New York. author of ''War-What ForT
The lecture was the second in the Lyce-
um course which is being held under the
auspices of the church brotherhood.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

Mr.. Edison talks like a newspaper
man. He says he gets sick when he
stops work.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

Now the football heroes win have to
get of the stage and give other people
a chance.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

New York, Nov. 25.-Miss Eleanor
Hoare, OF Williamsburg. a prospective
bride, who was Tilted by John McCann,
her fiance, at St Ambrose Catholic
Church on her wedding night, Is suffer-
ing from nervous prostration at her
home.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
A Line o Cheer Each Day o
tn Year.
Original Poem Written for The Herald.
By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
A PREFERENCE.

(Copgnght nlO
In distant skies the gorgeous hues
OF scintiIlating beauty glow.
And with their glories vast suffuse
The drifting clouds that float below.
About me on the city streets
A drab and sordid prospect lies,
And everywhere grim sorrow greets
And fills with woe my watching eyes
Yet would dwell below with these
Whose portion Is but grim despair,
Not 'mongst those cloudland mysteries
For all their glowing beauty rare.
For they're but cloudlands. after all.
Adrift all aimlessly above:
While here below whene'er ] cal
ma realities OF love
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

The way of the transgressor is hard,
but it provides an easy living for lawyers
and court officials.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

We know some pictures that might be
improved by turning to the wall.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

You can be firm. but it takes the other
fellow to be stubborn.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

If all the members of the Cabinet were
bachelors. a lot of social warfare might
oe averted.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

Some men are living examples, others
are living excuses.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

Some men are 50 careful that they can
keep an umbrella from one rainy spell to
another.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

Now comes a crazy doctor and says
people can catch cold by kissing. VINO
minds a little thing like a cold?
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

A dull fellow can seldom carry his
point.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

The modern young man serenades his
best girl with an auto horn.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

Out in Arkansas the members of the
governors stan outrank him. He 70 .
major. while they are colonelA
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

Some peoples idea OF modesty is 10
make 1t as conspicuous as possible.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

People who are prepared for the worst
generally get the best of II.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

Politicians ought to make good tango
are expert side-steppers.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

A cynical old bachelor observes that a
talking machine is cheaper than q wife.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

woe be to the manager who dares to be too daring
Witness Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Wanen's Profession;
II ever play had sermon hidden III H. thal play one!
Rat i was strong ncat-much strong for the public
stomach And it failed. There certain scenes, GER
tain places that have absolutely license to be PIC
,ured on the stage The fact that they are true ana
that they exist, IS not sufficient reason 1of pictus
hon, The public doesn't want it and wont have IT,
His eyes twinklcd. Il know what it wants OF me-
and then the slow Warfcldian smile broke at wants
me to play wholesome ovable characters It VIII pay
20 see me just long as continue to play the Kindly
,ybolesoulcd character But if ever were cast for
villains part. then a long farewell to all my success.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

The public simply wouldn't come to see me, wouldn t
want to see me. Peculiar little body this playgolng
public You have to humorit. 1t knows what 1t wants.
Our mission is to give it that, and not try to tell 1t or
show it what we want it to give
IT'S a very wonderful thing indeed he unused, rs
that publc,-or, | should say, as much OF 1t as we
see sitting there in front OF at nights which constr
tutes orr audience 1t swayS us, makes catch It's
moods more often than behind the footlights sway
it. Many and many night, after had been playing
The Music Master for countless weeks on weeks,
found that the constant iteration Of the same lines
Confined PAGE Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
Drawing by Herbert Paus

70 the Reverend Mason Locke WccmS
Author of Life of Washington with
Curious Anecdotes,
Attic of Hall Of Fame, New York City
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

Counrymcn proves that the attraction Of American
fiction Is not Of recent origin.
TO prcscnday ittcratcurs It is interesting to note
the progressive development Of your creative faculties
Your Masterpiece, for example (Which rivals the story
Of the Prodgal Son in human Interest," did not appear
in the earliest editions, although you contcm-
porary Of the Great Man and had access TO original
sources Of information. 1t was not until YOU got out
among the people and found what they liked that the
Cherry Tree "anccdotc" came 10 mind. And YOU had
monopoly Of il; for nobody else has come along with
the fatchct in his repertoire
Is story. Paryon the Cherry Tree bears the stamp
Of approval Of Your generation and that which
ccocd but kcpticsm has arisen IN these latter days.
The plot i, well constructed; the action is swift and
vigorous; the dialogue is restrained yet emotional; and
the finale Is dramatic and full of human interest But
the microscope Of ttcr-day criticism reveals certain
toouarks that Nigh, well be- ground of in the subsc
qucnt editions IN order that those who come To- the
Cherry Tree ~ scott may remain 10 pray.
y one who vcncratcs the memory Of George lbut
with moderation and reads Your story with increasing
delight from year year. may bc allowed 20 send 20
youacopy Of the original version, withatcw commcntson
The side rs YOU yourself say the story Is too valuable
a. De lost, but il is hardly "too true 20 be doubted"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

Substitute Father -.-
PA; omit cut r. last
sentence; and insert lie
tie" before "ha-chet."
Isn't this action ... inn
pulsive. in all the ..-.r~--
stances, Let Pa staa.-a
moment in indccisiou.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

Did Pa really say thi,
i doesn't sound just ..h
him. somehow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16
EAR PARSON WEEMlS. a

one Of those % whom The I'd OF
February brings surcease OF toll,
| am in duty bound to spend
portion of that day in contem-
plation Of the virtues OF g.
Washington. ESQUIRE. Mention
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

of the name suggests hatchet; the hatch-
ct points TO a cherry tree; and both lead
uncrringlv back TO that Little Masterpiece
of American Fiction which YOU withheld
from publication until the year following
the hcrO'S death.
Perhaps this action was judicious; yet
think how entertaining and comforting
some Of Your anecdotes would have been To
the Father OF His Country in the declining
years,
On my little pilgrimage to the original
sources Of the Cherry Tree story, sought
for YOU in the catalogue Of the Hall Of
Fame. and found YOU not. You are not
among the great physicians and surgeons:
although YOU spent three years ina medical
college. Nor does your genial face look out
from the ranks Of the eminent divincs:
though it is a matter Of record that YOU
preached with great acccptation III diverse
places even 10 the immortal George and
that your prayers were not only moderate
in length but were also divcriing AT times.
Was your exclusion from the lmmor'als
due 10 the charge Of a contemporary that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-16

Weak: his Ratchet al
ready had a bad reputation
about the place.
Gut "hatchet": too sug-
gestive: make it a kitten
or q prayerbook.
Too benevolent: remcm-
Der that much warmth"
No. no! That fleeing
moment Of indecision &C.
gests something.
Better put this back nto
your sermon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-21
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