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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-16
"Pigs In Clover" at Niagara.

Carranza refused to attend the Niagara Falls
mediation party on the terms prescribed by the med-
ators and they in turn declined to admit him the
terms dictated by himself. Now it is the plan of the
United States delegates insist the selection of
a provisional president of Mexico who shall have
the approval of Carranza, thus compelling the revolu
tonary leader to have voice in the proceedings.
Doubtless Carranza will consent to mediate to that
extent at least, in which event probably Huerta will
pop Carranza pops in, like the pigs in clover"
puzzle.
However. as the main purpose of this government
is to put Huerta down and out automatically, ex-
pedtously and permanently, preferably but down and
out at all events mediation possibly may not be
retarded by this eventuaiity But even when Huera is
eliminated and a provisional president approved by
Carranza is agreed upon there will be other points
on which carranza may not be easily satisfied,
and possibly the mediators themselves NAV make
bold to put in word New York is betting on the
international polo tournament and the international
yacht race Washington might indulge in little specu-
iation as to whether mediation will blow up before
Congress adjourns.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-16
Mistake Demanding Investigation.

The United States Senate will not live up to its
traditions if it fails to have complete nvestiga-
ton made of the widely published statement that the
official letter paper of two Senate committees has
been used in the exploitation of gold mine of more
or less promise in North Carolina Senator Chiffon
of West Virginia, and Senator Overman, OF North
Carolina chairmen of the Committees on Census and
Rules, respectively whose letter paper used for
of the mne admit that they are financially interested
in the property and it is also admitted that Federal
assayist Investigated the mine and made report by
direction of John Shelton Williams when he was As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury
An investigation is due the two Senators named
and the score of other Senators whose names ap-
pear on the committee stationery The of Senate
letter paper for the purpose of exploiting gold mine
was highly improper under any circumstances and
while the integrity of the Senators mentioned will
not for moment be questioned, and there will be
no disposition doubt the explanation that the paper
was used by mistake of the committee clerks, the
tire proceeding should be investigated and the result.
made matter of public record.
The statement has been made that numerous copies
of the gold mine prospectus on Senate stationery
were distributed in the New York financial district
gold mine prospectus under such auspices ought be
a gold mine in itself, properly worked in Wall
Street, and the Senate will be amply justified in
certainng to what extent has been used in the job
of exploitation and by whom.
1t will be interesting to know just how many
copies of the prospectus were made and the names
of the promoters if any, who prohted by the mis-
take of the committee clerks
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NAVAL ORDERS.

Lieut.. Lucian Minor. detached Ohio;
Lieut.. F. n. Ekland. detached Receiv-
Ing Ship. Boston: to Rhode Island.
Lieut.. Adolphus Station. detached South
Carolina: to office of Judge Advocate
General. Navy Department.
Lieut.. A. s. Eibber detached Navy
Yard. Norfolk. Va; to New Jersey.
Lieut.. Ounior grade) r. ]. Willie. de-
tached Denver to home and wait orders
Lieut.. Uunior grade) p. E. Speicher,
detached Rhode Island: to Receiving Ship
at Boston. Mass.
Ensign {: Z: Johnston. detached Con-
nf s Il SURF So e.'J J. B. Msars. detached
Navy Training Station. St Helena, Va. !:
20 Receiving Ship. Norfolk. Va.
p. A. Surg. J. G. Amelvena, commits
stoned from October'1. 1913.
p A. Surg. L. L. Pratt. commissioned
from October l. 1913
P. A. Surg. J. v. Howard. commits
stoned from October !. 1913.
p A. Surg. c. c. Kress, commissioned
from October S. 1913
A. Surg. E. K Scott. Medical Reserv,
Corps. commissioned from May Is. 1914
Paymaster G. A. Helmicks. retired.
placed upon retired list from Juue O.
Chaplain J. J; Brady. to Maine
Nav. Con. P. VI. Fretz. commits
stoned from April %. 1914
tired. died at New York. n. Y, June IL
fsll. Medical Director G. p. Bradley,
retired. died at South Lancaster. Mass.
June T. 1s1l-CabIegrams from Comman-
der-in.chief. Asiatic Fleet shanghaf,
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-16

When Mr.. o. Locker-Lampson recently
introduced in the House of Commons his
bill prohibiting the trafiic in titles and
honors, he declared that titles, like boots
and shoes and even potatoes. had become
marketable commodities and were dealt
In as such.
Neither party in Great Britain can
claim special merit In not having been
influenced by money considerations in
awarding titles. II would be a delicate
matter TO pry into the origin of many OF
the older peerages. In the circumstances
wealthy brewers and whisky dealers,
bankers and shipbuilders and tobacco
manufacturers whether they contributed
TO the Liberaf or Unionist party funds,
have a right to expect all the courtesies
due their rank from their fellow-peers.
Lord Granville once automatically
pointed out TO Queen Victoria how care
full Mr.. Gladstone had been "in selecting
the list for your majesty"-all men of
property and good rent roIls-as well as
the "hurtful anomaly" OF a Liberal
House of Commons land an immense
majority on the opposite side in the
Lords
Between 1895 and 1906 ffty-seven new
peers were created by Lord Salisbury and
Mr.. Balfour. nearly twice as many as
were created from 1857 to 1858 Besides
nine bankers. merchants, and business
men. there were ten others OF wealth and
prominence who were known as loyal
supporters OF the Conservative party In
three years Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-
man added twenty new names to the
peerage. among them eight or nine rich
business men who had subscribed heavily
to the funds for the Liberal party.-New
York World.
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The Divorce Problem.

If it were possible to have identical divorce laws
in all the States there would be difficulty in get
ting an amendment to the Constitution and Fed
eral law As it happens the ideals of different sec
uons of the country so widely diverse that there
Is no present hope or prospect of bringing them to-
gether any common ground Such efforts as those
of the Presbyterian General Assembly toward uni
formty and rgidity will no doubt have their effect
ultimately but it is Utopan to think that South Caro-
lima can be induced grant divorces some of
Western States to limit them because of any mere
ethical appeal. The divorce problem is one which
will have to demonstrate its solution in the
light of long experience-New York Sun.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-16
ARMY ORDERS.

Col. Daniel H. Boushton, cavalry, I'M
assigned. will proceed to Walter Reed
General Hospital. d. c.. for treatment.
Maj. Harry ]. Hirsch, Sixteenth In
fsntry, detailed in the Quartermaster
Corps, to take effect July /, 1914. will
proceed on or about that date 10 the
Preside of San Francisco. Cal, reliev-
ing Mai. George d. Guyer, ouartermaster
Corps. and so much of paragraph Z.
Special Orders. No. 135, June 10. as directs
Mai. Guyer to proceed on July /, 1914. to
join the Sixteenth Infantry is amended
SO as to direct him upon his relief by
Maj. Hirsch to proceed to join that regi-
ment.
Leave for three days is granted Second
Lieut.. Parker c. Kalloch, jr, Twenty
eighth Infantry.
Paragraph Il. Special Orders, No. 20,
War Department. April Il. 1914. announc-
ing the acceptance of the resignation of
Capt. Patrick. Philippine Scouts, Is re-
voked.
BY direction of the President. Capt.
William Fl. Curry. Third Infantry. Is de-
tailed for service and to fill a vacancy in
the Quartermaster Corps, to take effect
July /, vice Capt. Edward T. Hartman,
Quartermaster Corps. who is assigned to
the Third Infantry. to take effect July L
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-16

Judge Pugh's decision that the municipal regula-
ton prohibiting brilliant headlights on automobiles
in the business or congested sections of the city
is too indefinite be enforced, is only plain common
sense The regulation it stands is absurdty and
standing challenge to controversy between the
traffic policeman and the automobile operator sec
ton which appears -congested" to one might look
like desolate waste to another. A definite boundary
should certainly be established for the in which
brilliant lights are prohibited. And, by the way,
isn't there regulation against automobile horns emit
ting unearthly diseordant and alarming soundss If
not there certainly ought to be- This city is cursed
above al others with assortment of noise pro-
ducers well calculated to throw women and children
into panic or transfx them with terror, when the
intent is supposed to be to them to seek places
of safety Among certain class of automobile own
ers here there seems to be rivalry in the production
of hdeous and bIood-eurdlins din that may crafty
those in the machines but which undoubtedly
The aitasonism Of pedestriaeA u
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Under the Capitol Dome.

Secretary Of Labor Wilson asked the
Interstate Commerce Commission II IL
be possible legally to arrange with the
railroad trunk lines to run sxcursions
into the West and Southwest to carry
farm hands TO assist In harvesting the
great erops-
stats labor commissioners Of Okla
homa. Kansas. Missouri and South Da-
kosa have autographed the Secretary that
10000 men would not more than meet
the need.
Secretary McAdoo Is preparing to sup
ply the Western and Southern banks with
all the money they may need 70 harvest
their cropa
A bill providing for cooperative home
stead entries was introduced by Rep
resentative Baker. OF California He pro-
poses to amend the homestead laws to
permit two or mores persons TO take out
joint interests on homesteadS. each per-
son to file on not less than forty nor
more than 10 acres
Senator Smith. Of Georgia. introduced
In the Senate bill exempting all per-
sons honorabiy discharged from the
military or naval service in the civil
war. whether Federais or Confederates,
from any age limit In the selection Of
fourth-class postmasters.
A subcommittee of the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations. composed
Of Senator John Sharp Williams and
Senator William Alden Smith. heard Boar
w. Long. former chief of the Bureau OF
Latin-American Affairs In the state De-
partment Mr.. Long. who Is a citizen of
New Mexico. has been nominated for
Minister to Salvador. He was questioned
shaply by Senator Smith on some Of his
former commercial Affiliations. Senator
Smith has been objecting to a favorable
report on his nomination
The diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill was before the Senate for nearly
two hours. but was not completed. The
bill was reported by Senator Overman.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-16
Crime Of Bu,ine,s Success.

If man turns his brains to literature-and sue
ceeds-he is genius! If man turns his brains to
medicine-and succeeding is a public benefactor
If turns his brains to law and craftsmanship
and succeeds-he is an ornament to the nation. The
world appauds success in any line of endeavor-ex-
cepting one Let him turn historians to business-and
succeed. AT once-he is seheming rogue and a
ro5ber of the poor! For is not the expression OF
genius and initiative in business CRIME! Is not
the love of money the root of all evil II IS there
his able eutenants toll nightly through the heat Of
summer to crush these offending roots-tat sus-
tain the tree of prosperity. What il the tree die
also? Psychology viii no doubt revive it--Publie
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The Rev. DIR. Anna Howard Shaw, president of
the National Woman Suffrage Association, says the
marriage ceremony is ridiculous that has outlived
its usefulness and should be relocated to oblivion.
There are people in the world nowadays who are
saving this about all of the worlds Interchangeable
institutions but of them ever have anything
10 suggest to take their places The Rev. Anna, who
by the way is old maid will make no converts to
woman suffrage by denouncng the marriage ceremony
which is still believed in by the great majority
of people throughout the civilized world. Her Ut
terance simply adds another to the burdens which the
advocates of the suffrage cause have heaped upon it
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The 0Prt FORUM


z To the Editor: Your issue Of Monday
morning contains . weli-written report
Of an arrest snd commitment for va
grancy. Omcer Drager, watchfui and
duttful policeman. put fn Q criminal cell
one Henry Shorter. who had offended"
against the peace and dignity Of the
city at dead Of night Credit the oficer,
compliment the city. praise the reporter.
This Henry Shorter 10 said to be one
hundred and nine years Of age. His Of
Tense was that he was found sleeping
outdoors without any visible means
OF support" He 10 colored, Afro-Ameri-
can. and 80 an ex-siave. as might be sup
posed. He once worried for and was fed
by Mars jim" but ffty-one years ESQ
he had the misfortune to be set free, and
since then has worked for others; and
now. wholly deaf and nearly blind" he
10 fated to sleep outdoors. and for this
crime Of being homeless and hungry he
Ii arrested and put into jail-the first
time In his life.
BY what rule Of law. equity, or morals
II this man q criminal? It 10 a crime In,
the city Of Washington to be a vasrant,
and warrant Is ''one without visible
means of support" or words to that eff
feet. The policeman did not make, the
law; he did his duty simply So Henry
Shorter. aged one hundred and nine. IN
by law made criminal for being deaf
and nearly blind. by which incidents Of
age and infirmities he Is homeless and
hungry" and therefore q criminal; and
after over 100 years of hard labor for
others Is decorated with the disgrace Of
being in jan for sleeping outdoors,
Is the city of Washington proud Of
that? II so. there are some good people
not very proud Of the city. Henry was
put in Jail so the rest Of ug could sleep
in safety indoors. The police protects
US against him. I know some place IN
the United States, not SO large nor 50
rich nor so proud as Washington. where
Henry would not go to jail for the crime
Of being homeless and hungry" and
that, too, regardless Of his color; and
some of those places are south OF the
latitude Of the Federal Capital-many
hundred miles south.
There is not a city. large or small. IN
the empire of Germany. with 6. 90
population. where anybody goes TO Jail
for any such offense as we call va
grancy." German cities have municipal
lodging-houses: they have homes for the
aged. In Germany Henry need not wan
der about homeless. II misfortune did
befall him. he would be taken In by the
city as a father would take home a stray
and suffering or needy child
Do We not lack city consciousness? Do
We, as q city. not lack moral conscience?
Do We not make criminals by our bar
barous criminal code? We ruin the child
by cruelty at one end and the aged and
homeless and friendless at the other end.
JAMES HUGH KELLEY.
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Fowls of High Degree.

Mrs. Goldvein, of Cripple Creek. having
come into a fortune through a lucky
strike, set up a country home near Den
ver where she lived in style. One day.
while she was showing some of her old
time friends about the place. they came
to the poultry yard.
What beautiful chickens" the visitors
exclaimed
''AH prize fowl haughtily explained
the hostess.
do they lay every day." was the next
question.
"Oh, they could. of course, but in our
position il is not necessary for them to
do so."-EXchange.
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D. JOHN b. DARRY,

In great prison young man was recently exc
cuted for numbering his sweetheart The newspaper
described the. agony of his old father and mother
The young man was execrated. Several Of the news.
papers called him monster.
Nevertheless, he was not wholly to blame.
He may have had vague consciousness. Of the
wrong that was done him, for they said he walked
to the scaffoid with bewildement in his eyes, II
wondering what had brought him there.
The path Of the murderer began to be blazed soou
after BIRTH The first sounds that he recognized were
of his father and mother qparreling.
Those sounds gave him his start
With great rapidity he learned from what he heard
and saw, according to the habit of nature,
Each day he and heard his father and mother
resenting each other and resisting
As he grew older the slightest provocation would
drive him into fury. q
His father used to say: "You get your DISPOSE
ton from your mother"
father
When the parents overheard each other speak
ing in this way they would quarrel again.
And the child, looking on, despsed them both
and did exactly as they did.
Meanwhile, ne was marching to his goal.
When the child became he had his father
and mother in subsection.
They were both afraid of him. And yet they loved
him more than anything else in the world
The more violent he grew the more they loved
him and the more they were afraid
There times when they would not dare 60
into his presence for fear of his wrath.
Already he well on his way toward the goal
The day came when the young man fell in love
The father and mother, in spite of their own expe-
rience of love- each thought: Now he will change
He will grow kind"
For time he did grow kind even to them.
Before his sweetheart he was especially careful
to conceal his weakness.
He tried to make her think that he was kind in
his nature.
But once she CHANGED to offend him.
He broke into paroxysm of rage
She looked at him in terror, as if she had made
fearful discovery.
After that time she avoided him.
The goal was almost in sight.
Persistenty the young man strove to win his sweet
heart back.
She would not yield.
At last, when she was alone, he forced his way
into her presence.
He pleaded with her.
She listened in silence, shaking her head.
He tried threats.
she raised her nedd prou0ly, 10 SHOW t1At BIC
was not afraid
She became defiant.
She spoke haunting words.
Then the last obstacle in the path first blazed so
many years before was burned away in the fire of
anger.
The young man had reached his goal. ''
He seized the nearest weapon and struck the blow.
No one tried to find the first of the murder
to determine the real guilt, to discover who had
started the young in the direction OF his goal.
The father and mother, bowed in grief and shame,
did not suspect.
Copyright by John d. Barry)
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PASTOR THRICE HoNoRED.

Rev. John 7. Huddle. pastor OF St
Paurs English Lutheran Church, Elev-
unusual distinction last Friday Of having
the degree OF doctor of divinity conferred
upon him simultaneously by three we'll
known colleges.
He had gone to Pennsylvania College
at Gettysburg. Pa, to receive the degree
when he learned that Roanoke College.
at Salem. Va. of which he is an alum
nus, and Susquehanna University, at
Selinsgrove. Pa. had also given him the
degree
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-06-16
ANOTHER BANK CLOSED.
sixth ofMunday-Lorfmer State In.
stitutfons "Biows Up"

Chirago. June 1a-rhe sixth Of the
chain Of Munday-Lorimer State bank.
was closed today. 1t was taken charge Of
by examiners from the State auditor,
Office this morning The bank was the
State Bank of Marine. capitalized al
5000.
The Barine Bank Is the first of the
string OF down-State banks dominated
by Munday and the La Sale Street Bank
to close.
The list of banks closed. following the
crash Of the La Sale Street Trust and
Savings Bank. now stands: La Sale
Street Trust and Savings Bank, Ashland-
Twelfth State Bank. State Bank Of Hill
nois. Broadway State Bank. State Bank
OF Calumet, and the State Bank Of
Marine.
In addition to these the Southwest Saw
ings Bank, a private institution. Of Chi
cago. has gone into the hands of re-
ceiver. The officers of this bank ha.
funds on deposit in the Munday-Lorimer
Bank. and this made a receivership i'm
perative.
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Col. Henry Watterson declares that Col. Theodore
Roosevelt is engaged in trying to put the Republican
label on the Roosevelt bottle" "Marse Henry added
His real purpose is actually to accomplish the
Diazihcation of this country and the right to do as
he pleases in the conduct of its government But
there is no telling what he will really do. You can
never tell which way the colonel is going to jump
Nobody can forecast what he is going to say do at
given time, about anything, anywhere" From which
it may be inferred that Col Watterson thinks the
skull and cross bones ought to be put the Roose
welt bottle" too .. ~
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HISTORY BUILDERS.


- AsA8stStEI - s~-~ -
Shilling.
twnttsn szprssay ~ fhs HsrAld)
ny Dn. y. JStEDWARDs.
HAVING had occasion to call upon Mr..
Walter L. Clark 20 that ! might gain
from him authoritative Information re-
specting the recent swards by China to
an American industry Of which Mr.. Clark
is vice president Of . very. important con-
tract providing for the equipment OF the
greatest Of Chinese arsenals with Amer
lean gunmaking machinery. happened
casually during the course Of the CONVEX
sation to notice . large painting which
hung upon the wall Of Mr.. Clarks once.
It was apparently Q painting which
showed the mark Of years. i asked Mr..
Clark IL there were any signihcance In
the hanging Of the painting upon the wall
Of his business once. It depicted q
giants boar hunt, and the figures were
full Of animation and the suggestion Of
battle was very vivid.
In reply to my question Mr.. Clark said:
That Is picture by Snyder. one Of the
great painters Of his time. who hved, I
think, in the latter part Of the seven
teenth century. II Is called the boar
hunt, and. as you will see. It Is a very
fine work Of art There is curious
story associated with this painting
which explains how It now happens to
hang upon the wall Of my ONCE
Il was In London some years ago. and
one day, having a little time on my
hands, I wandered into one of those Pc
culiar London institutions where second
hand household articles are sold at auc-
ton. strolled about among these arti-
Giles until at last observed what ap-
peared to be a very old painting.
TT was not in a frame: 1t was very
dirty. and in q most dilapidated condi-
ton. Still. I thought detected evil
dences that II was really q fine work Of
art. Probably II had been stored away
in some house for many years and at
last had been placed with the auctioneer
to sell for what he could get for It.
II waited until the painting was put up
by the auctioneer. and listened to the
bidding. There were bids Of two. three.
and FIVE. I was not certain what was
ment by these bids. but presumed that
two. three. and five meant two, three, and
five pounds, English money.
AT last I had an opportunity to ask
the auctioneer what was meant by the
terms two. three. and 1--WE.
He told me that shillings were meant
at once decided to make q bid, and the
picture was knocked down to me for If
teen shiIlings. English money. or a little
over "a. American money.
II was certain that / had q prize and
caused the picture to be cleaned, reno
waited. and put in q frame. II was q
little later seen by an art critic of e8-
pert authority and he Immediately rec
ognized its great value. The picture was
identified as having been painted by Sny-
der I brought 1t home and had IL hung
on the walls of my ONCE where you now