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The Washington herald., 1914-10-26
The Carman Trial.

That the jury failed to agree to the innocence
or guilt of Mrs. Carman, accused of shooting and
killing patient of her husband physician,
is not surprising That many as ten of the twelve
jurors voted steadfastly to acquit the woman how
ever, hardly to have been expected. A remark
ably strong chain of circumstantia evidence was
negro servant, who swore that Mrs. Carman had
admitted the shooting to her. The circumstances
pointing most directly to her guilt were:
She had installed a dictograph in her husbands
office and secretly removed it early in the morning
after the murder.
She consulted counsel on that same day, before
suspicion against her was publicly voiced
She, according to her own testimony was lying
in bed when she heard loud commotion. She went
to the floor below, discovered every evidence of a
tragedy of some sort, but returned to her room
without learning that woman had been killed in
her husbands Office.
She viewed Mrs Bailey's body in the village
where she had lived, but completely ignored her
relatives griefstrcken the death of the woman
shot to death in the Carman home
Giving no consideration whatever to the negro
maids testimony, the crcumstantal evidence. while
leaving room for the reasonable doubt which saves
accused persons from paying the penalty for murder
in the first degree should have weighed heavily in
the deliberations of twelve men sworn to do their
duty.
Whether not Mrs Carman is ever brought
to trial again. the fact that she was speedily freed
by a verdict of not guilty. is to be regarded with
satisfaction. She may be innocent, and if so the
suffering she has been caused is to be deeply de-
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Out of the PubEic's Pocket.

The Pennsylvania Railroad has much justifca-
ton for its campaign to have the so-called full
statute costs this line than 100000 a year
for the employment of whose services the Of
hcias consider unnecessary to the operation of the
road to the safety of passengers The other rail-
roads in the State bear like burden
The money thus spent would contribute much
more to safety if it were spent in improving road
bed and rolling stock and removing grade cross
lngs. All railroads being hard hit by existing
financial conditions, that they are endeavoring
to raise freight and passenger rates 1t seems fool
lsh to compel by law huge expenditure annually
the wisdom of which is doubtful, when the money
to pay for it must so directly out of the pub
lies pocket.-New York Tribune
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26
The Nations Fire Losses.

September's fire losses in the United States and
Canada showed decrease of over S3sooooo as COM
pared with 1913 and for the first nine months of the
year they slightly less than those of IoI3 and
one recalls how much has been printed and preached
about fire prevention in the last two years but still
it is in the right direction When it is re-
country are steadily increasing there is distinct
gain if the fire losses can be kept stationary Still
greater, of course, is the saving if they can be
diminished When the ideas of greater carefulness
can consciousness there will undoubtedly be de-
cided Improvement in the matter of preYentable FIRE
losses philadelphia Record.
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KNEW OF PUDD,EHEAD.
Col. Harvey. story that Made the
President Laugh.

When Col George Harvey chatted with
the President on peace Sunday" he told
the Chief Executive a story which made
Mr.. Wilson rock with laughter. They
were talking about history and literature
and other pleasant topics on which both
men are exceedingly well informed,
when Col. Harvey said:
Mr.. President. do you know. there's
actually a man here, a candidate for Of
fee. too. who has never heard Of Mark
Twain?"
rs that possible7" asked Mr.. Wilson.
Yes, sir. asked him II he'd ever
heard OF Tom Sawyer. Was he from
OhIo?' this man queried. told him No,
he was a Mlssourian.' tried him on
Huck Finn and on Col Mulberry Sellers.
but he didn't know them. Finally ! said:
Have you ever heard Of Pudd 'nhead VIII
sonT Yes, indeed said the candidate,
I voted for him."
And as the President held his sides, Col.
Harvey continued:
And he added: a lot OF good II done
meT Washington letter to Louisville
Courier-JournaL
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26
Out-oETown Social Doings

The brilliant spectacle OF charitable en-
tertainments that in other large cities
will open in a fortnight is already under
way in Washington. The opportunities
Of well doing this week include a lee
ture by Prof. Nevil Monroe Hopkins
at the Bella SEQ Theater this afternoon.
also the three days dansant in connec-
ton with the annual style show. open
ing this afternoon at RausChers'. DR..
Hopkins will apply the proceeds Of his
lecture. What Saw of the War" direct
ly TO the relief of the Belgian sufferers.
The minister from that country Is to take
personal charge of the funds. This was
also the plan followed by Mime. de
Meissner last Thursday. when she spoke
in aid OF the Russian soldiers at the
Washington Club. The proceeds of that
very interesting talk were entrusted 10
Mime. Bakhmeten, wife Of the Russian
Amba ssadoT
The beneficiary Of the style show. which
is being given under particularly fashion
CONTINUED on PAGE FIVE.
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pIored But if her guilt was not established beyond
reasonable doubt certainly there almost nothing
in the evidence to indicate her innocence. In this
respect her counsel failed utterly and the two jurors
who stood firmly by their convictions should not be
the objects of condemnation.
Too frequently in the recent past in different parts
,of the country, women known to have committed
murder have gone free on the most Aimsy pretexts.
1t may be that the result of the Carman trial viii
have tendency to conteraet the effect the minds
of women capable of murder of such setting of the
law at nought.
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For more than six months now the United States
at large expense to the taxpayers of the country
has maintained an army in Mexico because of quar-
rels among the different revolutionary leaders and
their followers over the presidency. They are ap-
parenty further from agreement now than when
this government forced the abdcation of Huerta
In fact there is nothing to indicate pacifcaton in the
near or distant future. Mexico seems doomed to
years of strife and revolt The people of this coun-
try will surely rebel before long at maintaining
purposeless army in Mexico They will look for the
withdrawal of our soldiers or the announcement of
definite Mexican policy, an explanation of why the
troops are kept there An army of one nation upon
the soil of another nation means war, but our
soldiers not yet having had the enemy pointed out
20 them, cannot be expected to be able to identify
him, any more than the people on this side of the
border can.
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/ that Of his force. 3.9I3 men had never
hred musket, and that l,6Is OF tben
We're absolutely ignorant Of the manual
Of arms. a.
The same was true in a great measure
! OF the other corps. SO thar wbi1s
! Grants force selected for the ranLing
movement Of the morrow comprised
300 men, 1t did not represent the fsbt-
/ ing strength Of an equally strong com
mand of veteran troops
| Hahcocks men were the first 70 with
uraw from the trenches. They marched
rom their positions at the right of
Gtahts line. near the Apponattoy
InNsF' 10 near Fort Dushane. on the
| weldon Railroad. Immediately south -
Petersburg. and there bivouarke5 Tbe,, -,
were to lead the advance in the morning
and had been placed in position to MAKE
| an early start. ''i'1A
| Inc other troops, who. according n
Gen Grants plans, were to have \
shorter distance to march, were mere
/ ~ brought back from the extreme front
maintaining their usual positions in the
Line. IFeSs cavalry was concentrated
several miles south of Petersburg near
the banks Of Hatchers Run So
stream that was to play an imnorta NJ
day. '''e io''O"lhS
IL was the purpose of the Federal conn-
nander TO throw Hancock's men aCroSs
hatchers Run, and thence, in a wids
circle to point on the South Side Rail
ROAD near sutherland Station. less than
zen zen thiies west OF Petersburg II the South
Side road could be held in force. Cen
Lee line of possible retreat would he
threatened and he probably would be
LoFced 10 eVacuate Petersburg.
To Turn Lees Position.
Hancock's movement was to be COW
ered by an attack on the extreme rigb+
of the Confederate defenses b,, CO
Parke. According to information in IT,
hahds OF Gen. Grant. Gen. Lees en-
renched line had only recently been ey-
tended TO the north bank of Hatcbers
Run, and in that vicinity was in very
incomplete state. It was understood
that there were no Confederate works
south of the stream.
Grant supposed that it would prove a
very easy matter for Gen. Parke. srn-
ported by Gen. Warren, to force an on
trance at that point, and to turn the
enemy's flank. That accomnIisba5 a.
was proposed that Gen. Warren should
follow in Gen. Hancock's footstens
across Hatchers Run, and attack The
Confederates along the Boydton PLANK
road which ran out Of Petersburg from
the southwest.
success. In order to make the force a
large as possible, clerks, orderlies. and
every man on special or extra duty
was put into the ranks. Baggage waF-
ons were sent on to City Point, and
the bulk of the ambulances. amnunftIor
wagons, and the like, were parked in
the rear OF the lines
-Four days rations were issued to the
men who were to march, and six davs'
rations were left for those in the
trenches. Whatever baggage and sup
plies that were to be taken, were to be
carried by pack mules
When all who were to participate in
the operations Of the morrow had been
withdrawn from the trenches there were
scarcely 1900 men Of the Army of the
Potomac facing Lees Confederates in the
works In front of Petersburg
Copyright. 1915
TOmOrrow--BattIe of Hatchers
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

Occasionally the poor reminded of what they
owe to the taxpayers. For example, in New York
CITY, there public baths in the poor districts,
rather handsome structures, with inscriptions bear
ing legends of this kind: Dedicated by the City of
New York to the People of New York" These pub
lie baths the poor regard gift They are ex-
pected to feel grateful to the city Often they are
grateful 1t does not occur to them that they are
themselves part of the city, that they help to create
the city, and that often they pay for those lighthouses
with blood, their own and their children's
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

Without a days delay the District authorities
should take steps to prevent repetition of the ac-
cident which occurred on Saturday night near
Eighteenth and Kenyon streets when an automobile
plunged over enbankment and fell distance Of
seventy-ve feet severly injuring its two occupants
This is the second accident in six or eight months
at the same dangerous point, though in the former
one the chauffeur eaped from his taxicab in time
to escape injury the machine being smashed to bits
the bottom of the pit. Conditions in this vicinity
are to life and limb and should not be per-
mitted to exist another day. --a
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

The Stars and Stripes futtering over the stately
plaza of Union Station will be pleasing sight for
the daily procession of visitors the Capital The
three gaunt and naked poles amid such artistic
roundings have long been a puzzle, not only to
strangers, but to Washingtonians as WELL but now
from one of them at least the flag will wave a well
come at the gateway to the seat of government, as
is appropriate William B. Cushing Camp Sons of
Veterans, is to be congratulated on its spirit of
patriotism which has brought about the change
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

If last weeks volume of exports from the port
of New York can be maintained, we shall soon have
stop talking about the injurious effect of the war
our commerce and industries. For FIVE days last
week exports were in excess of those for the same
period in 1913 and 1912, At this rate the war as
for the tax law and the huge treasury
deficit will quickly be worn threadbare
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26
CIVIL WAR DAY BY DAY
Fifty Years Ago.
October e. lS6-Ha Of the Army of Potomac Withdrawn from the
Petersburg Trenches Preparation for Movement Against Lee
the Next Day-HOw Proposed Turn the Confederate Lin.
cwrIttsn expressly for The wsshlng,on Herald,

Fifty years ago today half Of the Army
OF the Potomac was withdrawn from the
Petersburg trenches in preparation for a
flank movement against the COnfederates
under Lee the next day.
Great things were expected Of the pro-
posed operations. and unusual secrecy
was maintained within the Union lines
The troops assigned to the work were
withdrawn from their positions on the
firing line with the utmost caution, and
marched silently to the rear.
Bugles and drums were hushed, the
great piles OF rubbish that ordinarily
were burned on the eve Of march re-
mained untouched. and the Gordon of
sentinels was frightened so that no de
serter might go over to the enemy
with news Of the proposed movement.
There was much speculation among
the men of the Union ranks as to what
these preparations meant. No inklinG
Of the objective Of the movement had
been given out, and though the constant
trend OF Grants operations toward the
west, to locate the Confederate right
flank, had made It almost certain that
this new attack was to be made in that
general direction the boys did not
know whether 1t was to entail a long
march to the Confederate rear or a
sudden descent upon the enemy's lines.
Troops were selected from the three
army corps in front of the beleaguered
city. Gen. w. $. Hancock, commanding
the Second Corps, picked the divisions
OF Gems. Gershom Mott and Thomas W.
Egan Gibbons division), together
nearly 1000 men, leaving Gen. Nelson
A. Miles division in the trenches. Gen.
G. X. Warren, commanding the Fifth
Corps, left only 2.50O men behind. while
Gen. ]. G. Parke of the Ninth Corps left
but 1900
The detachments of the last two corps
numbered about 1900 each. and with
Hancock's men and 5000 cavalry under
Gen. David NJ. McGregg, made a total
Federal force of about 1900 men.
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A Line O Cheer Each Day o
the Year.
HOMEMADE WEATHER.
Written Expressly for The Herald.l
By JOHN EENDRICK BANGS.
Copyright. 1914

tCopyriEht. lslI.l
Clouds are dark. and skies are gray.
Lowering, glOwering, is the day
What Of that, o friend Of mine,
II within the Suns ashine?
We can make our weather here
We can fill the day with cheer.
Rain or what-nOt. light is there
II within alls sweet and fair.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

California woman by her will left $1,000 to
provide kidney stew and cream for her pet cat for
the rest of its life. And the Red Cross is calling
for funds to relieve the sufferings of wounded men
lying for days without attention on the battlefeds
of Europe.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26
The ThriftIess People.
BY JOHN d. BARRY.

.WE often hear the poor are
F" thriftless. In the charge
there is much truth. If the poor
were thrifty, they would not be
poor. In fact, all they have to
do in order to escape from their
poverty is to become thrifty.
Each day of their lives this les
son is brought home to them.
And yet they do not profit. In
many cases, instead Of becoming
less poor, they grow poorer.
No wonder that many of US
are tempted to say: at is all
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/; Dotnes Of Society /:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

4 beneft OF the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul A. Andrews ana
Miss Margaret F. Andrews have closed
their stay with Mrs. Frank W. Andrews
and have returned to New York Mrs.
Frank W. Andrews has closed. Sunset
Lodge for the season and after a short
stay in Boston will come to her Mass
achusetts avenue home for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Scott Andrews and
family are still at their Newport home.
Commander and Mrs. AIthouse have
taken possession Of their new home. 1854
Biltmore street. and will have with them
the lattsr's mother and sister. Mrs.
Charles N. Drake and Miss Dorothy
Drake. The latter will be one Of the sea-
sons debutantes.
The Counselor Of the German En-
bassy and Princess Won Hatzfeldt were
among those entertaining guests at din
ner in the rose room Of the Shoreham
last evening preceding the usual Sum-
day evening concert
Mrs. Lloyd W. Bowers, widow Of the
former Solicitor General Of the United
States. who expected TO go abroad for an
indefinite period after the marriage OF
her young stepdaughter. has given up
that plan owing to the European war.
Mrs. Bowers has leased the residence.
lSi2 Connecticut avenue, where she will
pass the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. I. Marshall Of Chicago,
Ill, have returned TO their apartment at
the Hotel Powhatan after a short stay
in Richmond, Va.
Maj Murrough o'Brien has succeeded
Col. Moreton Gage as military attachs Of
the British Embassy and has arrived
in Washington. With the Hon.. Mrs.
O'Brien. Mai. OBrien has taken Up his
residence at the Shoreham Hotel.
Miss Lota Robinson has gone to New
York, where she will be the guest Of Mrs.
Hermann Oelrichs at the latter's home in
East Fifty-seventh street, for the week.
Miss V. L O'Mera has Joined the large
number OF Washington guests passing
the autumn at Craig Hall, Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Berthrang are
at the Dennis, Atlantic City, for a short
stay.
Commodore J. N Miller. U. s. N. re-
tired, will be at the Hotel Powhatau
during his stay IN the city.
Mrs ". D. Morgan, OF Hartford. Conn,
who has been visiting her parents at
the Hotel Powhatan. left for her homo
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Straus-are pass
ing some time at the inn in Stock
bridge. Mr.. Straus playing golf each
pleasant morning They are at LenOE
to see the model Of the statue to the
late Isidor Straus, a victim Of the ILL
fated Titanic, which Augustus Lukeman.
the sculptor, has been shaping at his
studio there. The statue will be placed
in the Plaza at Central Park.
G. F. Downey, L. S. A, has arrived
here from New York and is a guest at
the Hotel Powhatan.
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Some men can tell a lie and look as if they were
telling the truth. And other always look as il
they are lying when they tell the truth
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

Group I embraced eighteen roads in New Eng
land; group p eghty-fve in the Eastern and Middle
States group g. sixty-six in the Middle West groups
and 5, ninety-one in the Southern States; groups
and !, seventy-eght in the Northwest groups and
o, ninety-eght in the Southwest; group 10. fifty on
the Pacific Coast Total mileage in 1913 was 24363o,
while in 1914 it was 246I57.
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RuIhIess March of Progress.

Here's a fellow patents a contrivance
to keep girls from falling out Of ham
lmocks."
More machinery displaclng men,
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

Mrs. Harry Cole. well known in the
army and navy set in this city. has an
nounced that she will perform the Paw
Iowa gavotte at the dansant to be
given at Rauscher's next month for the
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

Mr.. Mann wants the government to do something
for cotton. We advise the Democrats to beware OF
the Republicans when they come bearing gifts
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

Consider, for example, the amounts that the poor
pay for rent alone In the first place, they cannot
afford to pay rent at all. The money they give to
landlords in few years would be enough to pay
for the building of houses where they could live in
comfort. Nevertheless, they go on paying rent and
ridiculously high rent, too For few wretched
rooms often dirty and llsmelling, they will pay far
more than the legal rate of interest would be the
value of the property.
1t is notorious that tenements occupied by the poor
are among the profitable real estate investments
in the world. And yet all know, the landlords
are often cheated by the tenants For, among the
poor, there are many who either will not cannot
pay their bills Nevertheless. the landlords make up
for the loss. How do they do it? They take ad-
vantage of the thriftlessness of the poor Those
that do pay their make up for the loss by paying
more than their share.
We are told how careful the thrifty people are in
their purchasing The poor being thrftless, the
most reckless purchasers Think of the way they
buy coal. By the basket The only way to buy coal
is in large quantities Suppose the railroads of the
country bought their coal by the basket Any rail-
road that tried the experiment would soon 60 out of
business or be gobbled up.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26
Morning Smiles.
The EnHIrnt Way.

Crawford-You can't reason with a
woman.
Crabshaw-I never try. It's much
easier to jolly her. Judge.
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A Prnc,IcnI serenade.

1T must have been romantic in the
old days when damsels were serenaded
by mRndolins and guitars. We have no
such sweet music today"
THAT sort OF serenading didn't get
you anything" retorted the practical girl.
ITO me no music is sweeter than the
automobile honk. Here comes Charles
car now."-Courier Journal
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The Remedy.

Johnny Nav. haven't got enough
butter for my bread.
Mother Well. then, put some OF the
bread back. Boston Transcript
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

Mr.. and Mrs. f. S. Pike, OF Chicago,
are spending some time at the Shore
ham en- route from White Sulphur and
Hot Springs.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

One of the Pankhurst ladies is over here, from
which one may infer that the British authorities will
allow suffragists TO nurse wounded soldiers.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26
The Perfect Brute.

Mrs. Firth My husband is a perfect
bruteI
Friend You amaze met
Mrs. Firth Yes, he Is. Since the
baby began teething. nothing will quiet
the little angel but Pulling papa's beard;
and-would you believe it?-yesterday he
went and had his beard shaved on =
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

As a class, there are no people so extrayagant as
the poor. In this regard they outdo the rich Fos'
nearly always, the rich are thrifty No matter how
much they may SPEND at the end of the year they
manage to have more money than they had the year
before. They know that money breeds money, just
a. the poor know that poverty breeds poverty.
And yet the poor will persist in being poor, in
continuing the extravagances that keep them from
becoming thrifty and that tend to deprive them of
the very necessaries of life.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

Mrs. William S Carroll and children
with Miss Grace Carroll will not occu-
py their Washington home this season
as they have established themselves for
the winter at Newport where Mrs. Car
roll has leased the cottage Of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Manson Smith
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

The old-fashioned man who wound his watch with
q key now has a son who rides in a self-staTting
automobile.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

1t must be fine to be getting such large salar!
that you can afford to cut it 20 per cent
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

The trouble with the Mexicans is that they had
rather execute each other than to execute their laws
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26
One-third Raw Troops.

It is interesting to note the condition
of the Army OF the Potomac at this
time as a result OF expired enlistments
and the reception of much raw material
into the ranks. Gen. Warren reported
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They have declared Tennessee dry, but the
haven't stopped her from drinking.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

Some of the war news is about as distracting as
the war itself.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

When man begins to pose it is time to dispose
of him.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

"The bear that walks like man" can also fight
like the devil
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

But stufing the voters is almost as bad as stufhng
the ballot box.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

Would it be more acceptable if it were called a
peace tax?
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

Having received home rule, Ulster has buried
and has gone off to the wars.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-26

You may not love him, but you can't really hate
a fat man.