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The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
The Herald's Anti-drug Crusade.

The Washington Herald is confident that it
good citizens OF Washington in the crusade it has
undertaken against tho unlawful traffic in danger
GUS habit forming drugs that is an alarming men
to the health and morals of the young cspe-
cially in this city. Physicians, police and court
officials everywhere testify to the physical dctcri-
Grafton and the mind-wrecking crime promoting
effects attending the habitual use OF morphine
cocaine and similar drugs. 1t is habit easy for
the young to form and in Washington there is a
growing number of INSCRIPTIONS practitioners
who prepared and eager, for the financial
profit involved, to supply youths OF this city with
the means of wrccking their lives. This vicious
drug traffic has fourished for years in New York.
Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and some cities
further South. More recently it has attained a
recognized foothold in Washington which The
Washington Herald has determined to break
The Herald has obtained evidence against num-
Der of persons engaged in the illegal and indis-
criminate sale of drugs. 1t will not cease its in
vestgatons and the securing of evidence until the
traffic has been broken up
The Herald believes that its crusade is justified
by the danger confronting the growing youth that
is to furnish Washington with its future citizens.
1t appeals to the entire community, and especially
to the clergy, the public school authorities, mu-
ncipal officials and all who are interested in the
welfare of the young the public health and
mo.als, for aid and support. ..-.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Wiggled Mr.. Cabot's Toes.

Boston. Mass. Feb. 2O.-How he wig
gled' the toes of the late Louis Cabot.
OF Milton. many times each night In or
der to put MIR. Cabot TO sleep was re-
lated by Ralph f. Chandler. an under
taker. now of Lewiston. Me-, on the wit
ness stand today in the trial Of the action
of Mrs. l.. Vernon Briggs to break her
fathers will. which disposes of g, .oO0
At the time the "wiggling" occurred
Chandler was in Mr.. Cabot's employ
Did weighing his toes seem to quiet
him." asked Sherman l. Whipple, chief
counsel for Mrs. Briggs
Yes. sir; it did" replied Chandler
Every night Mr.. Cabot would give vent
to a series of wild yells, according to
Chandler. He would often wake up At
all hours of the night, at irregular inter-
yals and scream" he testified.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
SHE'S LOBSTER CHAMPION.
Her Record Twenty-Five Against
Rivals Seventeen.

Mrs. Eleanor Reynolds ate twenty-five
one-pound chicken Holsters last night.
thereby winning the lobster-eating cham
pionship of Harlem and a $50 gold piece.
Charles NJ. Ohrbach. very lean, very tall
and rather gawky. could get outside of
only seventeen Holsters
The contest took place in the Mecca
restaurant. $3.50 Broadway. and was con-
Quoted by the Mecca Club, the presi-
dent of which is Frederic Abeles When
Mrs. Reynolds. who lives at sol East
ls2d street, walked into the restaurant,
40 club members and guests cheered her.
Then came Ohrbach. whose home is at
Convent avenue and 162d street. On his
arm hung Miss Nellie Klein, of Convent
avenue and Hist street.
She had all faith in Ohrbach as an
eater, although only last week Mrs. Rey-
nolds had beaten him by one and half
pounds at a beefsteak-eating contest.
ohrbach has made no secret OF his great
admiration for Miss Klein.
Some of Ohrbach's hackers We're James
| Burden. ir., Isaac Mannheim and Nathan
Wormser. and before the eating started
bets were laid. The odds favored Ohr-
! bach.
What will you drink with your
lobsters?" Mrs. Reynolds was asked.
Water she answered, and she
looked at the Holsters piled in front
| of her
And you. Mr. ohrbach?"
Dark beer for mine," he answered
confidently.
'All ready" called the starter
Mrs. Reynolds seized a lobster So
did Ohrbach.
They're off,
And they were. Never were Holsters
9 ct
to relish every mouthful While the
contest continued there were such
cries as, Go it. you kid. aimed at
Ohrbach. and Chew fast. Eleanor"
The first hour passed. Mrs Rey-
nolds was running easily. She had
devoured sixteen Holsters. Ohrbach
had swallowed thirteen and was slow
! ing up. An hour longer went the
. contest. Then Ohrbach, unable to go
further. managed to gasp, I'm
through
! But Mrs. Reynolds was not through.
She finished the lobster on which she
was then working> before she stopped
Il lodge a protest" cried Ohrbach
Mrs. Reynolds has not eaten in three
days in order to get ready for this
| contest and 1 ate up to dinner"
If any one listened to the protest
Miss Klein did not. She made no
effort to conceal her chagrin. She
| bounced up from her chair and, TAX
ing the arm of a man. went to the
| dancing floor. ignoring Ohrbach
Drank too much beer with my lob
sters,' explained Ohrbach. "or / would
have won in spite of the fact that Mrs
Reynolds had starved herself for the
contest"
Ambulances and physicians had not
been called to the Mecca Club up to
| a late hour-New York World
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
GIVES LIFE TO SAVE FOUR.
, Lawyer Victim of Flames After
Arousing Others.

Philadelphia. Feb 2O.-Louis Silverman.
thirty years old, n lawyer. sacrificed his
life in a fire that partly destroyed 'he
home Of DR.. N. Blumberg. los Pine street.
today, and thus saved four others from
being burned to death. Two firemen and
another lodger in the house were in
jured.
Silverman awoke to find the Railways
of the second and third floors OF the
building filled with smoke. He made his
way through the house giving the alarm.
and after the fire was extinSuished he
was found dead from burns and suffo-
cation in a third-story ROOM
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Shipping Bill a Striking Example.

The ship-purcEase bill stands as the climax OF
an almost uninterrupted series OF examples of
executive domination.
1t is true that the President has been defeated
in his effort TO force this bill through the Senate.
A determined opposition. which included members
of his own party awaited itself OF the mpossibility
under the Senate rules OF compelling a vote as long
,as a Senator indicates his desire to speak upon
the pending question. The President rcsenting
the miscarriage OF his plans, publicly announced
that he favored cloturc in the Senate and inspired
his friends to an effort to adopt gag rule. The
cndeavor failed because it is easy TO debate
cloture as any other subject and no willing
to incur the obloquy attaching TO revolutionary
proceedings even to gain Presidential approba-
ton.
In the House, where the gag rule has been
Iappled more frequently and drastcally than in
the palmicst days OF Reed and Cannon, the wishes
OF the President found prompt compliance The
Democratic platform distinctly declares that the
merchant marine shall be fostercd without i'm
posing additional burdens upon the people. The
ship purchase bill proposed to add burden of
5000 900. This made no difference. A caucus
was held, the whip swishcd through the air.
and the bill passed. Why should any suggest
that the measure was like dose given to child
to swallow, that it was not the outcome Of
popular demand or that it was rushed through
with haste that made the so-called debate little
more than farce Like the noble six hundred,
the Democrats did not stop to,reason why. They
were told in the caucus that they there to
execute the will of the President and that was
enough.
What Will Be the Outcome?
Perhaps it is all right to have the President
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Ever Hea- of Such Things !

New York. Feb. 9o-Declaring that in
ternatonal marriages breed war. Lady
Briggs. widow of Sir John Henry Briggs,
at the woman's peace parley meeting.
urged an international law prohibiting
such unions.
Poughkeepsie, y. y. Feb. 20-Vincent
Aston has ordered 2,lO0 apple trees from
n Maryland nursery concern as a starter
in his plan to have the largest orchard
in the State.
New York. Feb. 0-Mrs Eleanor Rey-
nods ate twenty-five one-pound Holsters.
thereby winning the lobster-eating cham
pionship OF Harlem and so in gold. Her
rival, Charles NJ. Ohrebeck, could only
eat seventeen Holsters.
Bridgeport. Conn, Feb. @.-Declaring
that his wife couldn't be persuaded to
stay home nights because of her craze
for tango dances and movies Leslie
Bailey sued for divorce.
New York. Feb. Ca moving picture
production Of the church-steeple strug
gle from Victor Hugo's .'Hunchback of
Notre Dame so terrified Miss Mary T.
Cuff. twenty-five years old, that she died
from heart failure.
New York, Feb. 20-Dinah. the only
gorilla in captivity who is suffering from
locomotor ataXia, will recover. her at
tending physicians believe today. because
she has found a sweetheart. The sweet
heart is a mongrel dog, who strayed into
the Bronx Zoo. and which has been
christened Little Memo" Dinah weeps
every time the dog leaves her cage.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
PREDICTS EARLY END OF WAR.
John Hays Hammond Says One Big
Battle VIII settle Conflict.

New Haven. Feb. 2o.-The European
war will be settled by one big battle.
which will be waged in the near future.
according to John Hays Hammond in an
address before the New Haven Chamber
of Commerce today.
Il do not share the apprehension or
those who believe that a very long time
will be required for the rehabilitation or
the industries of the warning nations,
he added. for 1t seems incredible that
the war will be terminated only after the
utter destruction of the industries of the
national resources of the warning coun-
tries"
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
The Test Supreme.

You say that women haven't the
endurance of mem"
They haven't"
That they cannot successfully re-
sist unusual mental strain or physical
fatigue-that they lack nerve and
patience and endurance"
Yes"
do you see that little woman over
there"
Yes"
You have never known . man who
could endure what she has endured"
Eth! Why. what II She"
She's the reader of the love-stories
submitted to . popular magasine."-s
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Liner Santa Marta Is Safe.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 2o.-The steamship
Santa Marta Of the United Fruit Line,
which broke her rudder in a storm at
sea while on her way to New York from
Port Limon. is safe. according to wire
less message received today from the
coast guard cutter Onondaga- The Santa
Marta, which carried sixty-hve passen-
gers. probably will be towed either TO
New York or to this port.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

Iach morn | look into my face
To sec whose mark is there
For in its lines the eye can trac:
True joyousncss or care.
II it be care find thereon
strive TO find out whence
Hath come that bit of voc SO u.,r
That lmneth its offcnsc.
Bit II It's JOY ! opc my door,
And seek the highways free
To spread broadcast, the wide world DER,
The gift that's come to me.
Copyright. lsl5J
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Well Q1alided.

do you women realize what you are
doing: Suppose you got to holding
office-with your ineNperience it would
be ten years before you would be ready
to pass any laws" Well. ask any
business man IL that wouldn't be the
best thing that could possibly happen
to the ountry."-Suffrag Number of
Puck.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Within the Law.

You can't stand on the step" warn
ed the conductor. mindful of the safety
first campaign. It's all right: he amt
on the step" proclaimed another pa
tron; hes riding on my feet."-Buf-
falo Express.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

The suggestion that the United States send
warships conveys for its merchant shipping
through the German war is not all in
Nrting view OF Gcrnanys other suggestion that
its mines not able TO recognize neutral ships.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

Mrs. Askum-"So you took trip
abroad last summer. Did you go up
the Rhine?" Mrs. Newrich-"Right up
TO the very top. What a splendid view
there is from the summit"-Boston
Transcript.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Compensation.

The blamed shirts won't fit me:
they're three sizes too SMALL
But. Henry, they are regular So
shirts l got for $1"'-Philadelphla
Bulletin.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

A New York girl has been arrested ior pronis-
ing to get Federal positions in Washington Tor
deserving New York Democrats. The trouble
with her promises was that she charged money
Tor them.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

The Senate is TO be congratulated on elIminat-
ing from appropriation bill the item OF S2,2So,-
for the taking OF agricultural census. The
present provisions for counting the and
chickens ample.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

President Wilson put the machinery OF
the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco
in motion by touching button in the White
House. II only he could stop the war in Europe
as easily.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Cotton Shin Reaches Bremen.

Amsterdam. Feb 2o-The American
steamer J. L. Luckenbach, which left
Boston on January with cargo vi
cotton and wool. arrived at Bremen to-
day.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
The Chief Pleasure.

DO you think aeroplanes will ever
be as popular as automobiles?'
Never. You can't fly low enough to
put on airs for the benefit Of your
pedestrian friends. Courier
Jorunal.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

At any rate Frank James died without hearing
OF that train robbery in Virginia which Melted
tho bandits s..
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
U. S. MARINES STOP HAITIENS Z
Four American war.hip' in Fort
au-Prince, Says Report

Cape Haitien, Haiti, Feb. S-The
march of the revolutionary forces OF Gea.
Guillaume against Port au Prince has
been stopped as the result Of the land
ing of 40 United States marines in the
capital. Gen. Manplaisir, the govern
ment commander. was drowned near st.
Marc. while trying to swim to a Haitien
gunboat following the defeat of his
troops.
Four United States warships are in the
harbor at Port au Prince. The situa-
ton there is critical.
Neither the Navy nor the State De-
partments received confirmation Of re-
ports that United States marines and
bluejackets had been landed in Haiti
as the result Of the fighting going on
In that country.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

Ships plying between Irish and English ports
arc going to fly the Irish flag but ii is not likely
that those German mines will be able to recog-
nizc it as neutral
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
China and chile Enact Treaty.

London, Feb. 20.-China and Chile, Il
was announced here today. have signed
treaty under which each will appoint
diplomatic and consular Representatives
to the other for the arst timA
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Morning Smiles.
Cured.

Skinum-'I want to interest you in
a mining proposition. It's good
thing" Flubdud-"Perhaps it is; but
I'm not"-Judge.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
An Appeal for German Children.

Editor of The Washington Herald:
About three years ago, when the sub
ject of warm lunches for our school
children was agitated by the press of
this city / cut from, Washington paper.
a short article headed. Go Supperless
to Bed" dated Berlin. November Is.
Quoting from the Volkswohlpahrt, or
Public Veal Society. il went on to say
that an investigation of 1s9 German
towns revealed the fact that 90, 900
children habitually went breakfastless to
school. and per cent were sent to bed
hungry; g, 900 children had to be fed by
public assistance"
Without commenting on the causes
leading up to il. l want to ask how many
more children now orphaned are subsist-
ing on one meal day? This starving of
little children as a retaliatory measure
against the acts OF their fathers, is
something the women. the mothers of
civilized nations, will not stand for, and
/ am willing to start the ball rolling by
donating fifty pounds of -four to the
school children of Germany. How many
citizens will follow.
EMMA r. KELLEY.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

Even a Democratic President OF the United
States has to Shatter precedent every time he
docs something in just the way ordinary ci-
zen would do it
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Fire Wrecks Department Store.

Fail River. Mass. Feb. ae.-rhe Troy
Store, a large department store Of the
sherer Dry Goods Company. was almost
completely destroyed by fire today. The
loss was over 100000.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

Forest fires in British Columbia
covered more than 100000 acres dur
ing the past year.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

Three Norwegian vessels have in con-
tact with mines since the so-called blockade by
Germany went into effect. Perhaps all neutrals
arc not patient.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
THE OPEN FORUM.
Cultivation of Vacant Lots as Remedy
for ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Editor of The Washington Herald: In
this and other cities there is a great deal
Of discussion regarding methods Of relief
for the unemployed. One of the most
practical methods suggested for imme-
diate relief is that of cultivating vacant
lots in or near our large cities. Several
years ago this plan was popufarized in
Detroit by Mayor Pingree. 1t is proposed
to try it in Chicago. 1t has the advan-
tage that II requires no preliminary leg
islation and very little capital.
All that is necessary is to secure the
consent of the owners of the vacant lots
and tracts. and to purchase seeds and
simple tools. As the planting season is
approaching. this is the right time to pre-
pare for such experiments.
There would be no unemployed prob
lem if all speculative land-holdings
were forced into use. So long as city
lots and farming and mining lands
can be profitably held out Of use for
speculative purposes. there Will con-
tinue to be ten men for every nine
jobs. A much heavier rate of taxation
on land values, and corresponding
reduction in the rate of taxation OF
buildings. improvements and personal
property would force land into use.
mininl tracts would be compelled
either to use their land holdings in
the production of wealth or to sell
them to those who would. The result
ing increase in the demand for labor
would provide jobs for all who are
willing to work, and would cause a
material advance in wages. This
statement is not mere theory. Its
truth is supported by the experience
of Houston, Tex; Vancouver, Edmon-
ton. and other cities in the Canadian
Northwest. which have adopted the
new system of taxation.
The shifting of taxation TO land
values is not a panacea for all the
ills to which humanity is heir. But
to employ additional labor, additional
land must be brought into use. and a
heavier tax on land values is the most
logical and effecting method for Sc
curing this result. The benefits to be
obtained by raising garden truck on
available city lots are small. COM
pared with what could be accomplish
ed by taxing land into use-the policy
commonly known as the single tax.
W. D. MACKENZIE.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

VIC don't know yet whether it will be Jack
Johnson or a whole lot of other people who will
I've sore at Carranza Tor letting the fighter go TO
Iuarcx.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
A Line O Cheer Each Day O the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS
BEFORE THE GLASS

First printing of original poem. written daily
for The Washington Herald
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

execute the laws, appoint the judges and dominate
Congress- thus combining within himself the three
branches of the government Perhaps time may
prove that we will get along better under one
man power. In the meantime. however, it might
be worth while to have referendum on the sub
ject and let the people decide for themselves
whether they wholly approve of the situation
which is now existing.
Certainly it must arouse some anxiety in
thoughtful minds TO find the Executive SO in
sistent upon initiating, directing and controlling
legislation. The danger point may not have been
reached but if the people continue to tolerate the
present drift of things the time will surely come
for repentance in sackcloth and ashes. This is
not kingdom but republic; and yet monarch
| in Europe has such power over the Legislative
branch of his government a President Of the
United States exercise over Congress today.
His Endorsement paves the way to enactment, his
opposition seals the fate OF any bill. This is the
case today and who knows what the morrow may
bring forth. Already the safeguards of the Con-
stituton are dsregarded and it is very easy to see
that it is within the power of some INSCRIPTIONS
and ambitious President to finally seek to over
throw them entirely. At some point the brake
must be applied.
There is no doubt that either some limit should
be placed upon the Presidents power OF dis
pensing patronage or it should be taken away
from him entirely. AS former Senator Jonathan
Bourne has suggested, the power could be trans
ferred to the people by allowing them to elect the
postmasters and other officials appointed by
the President. AS time goes on. the number OF
officers will greatly multiply and then the depend
ence Of Senators and Representatives upon Presi-
Dental favor will correspondingly increase. The
situation is serious enough to warrant con-
sideration and certainly one wants to see it
grow more menacing. We may never have in the
White House a second Louis XIV to say, 81 am
the State" but the best way to avoid such a
calamity would be to make it absolutely impos-
siblc
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Nine Months Of Executive Control.

The willing subordnation OF Congress to the
Executive while it is in session carries with it a
baneful influence throughout the ensuing recess.
If President Wilson were not man OF such high
ideals, if he were not so thoroughly permeated
with patriotism and WISDOM one might look for
ward with some trepdation to the next nine
months during which, il there is to be no extra
session the administration OF affairs will be solely
lin his hands The critical questions which must
necessarily arise in dealing with bellgercnt ma
tions will be decided by the Executive alone the
problem in Mexico is to be ignored or dealt with
according to the Presidential pleasure 1t is a
grave responsibility to be imposed upon one man
President Wilson. by announcing that he does
not want Congress here expresses his willingness
to accept this great responsibility. This decision
is thoroughly in line with the masterful attitude
which he has shown toward Congress while it
has been in session If during the long interim
before Congress again convenes he shall steer the
ship of state peacefully and safely and we'll
which everybody hopes and believes will be the
case-he will be given the credit which will be
his due.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
New York Hotel Arrivals.

New York, Feb. 20.-Arrivals from
at New York hotels are:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-11-12
HIGH SHUTS OUT FOLEY

Little Falls high school eleven scor.
ed the fifth consecutive victory Of the
season Saturday afternoon at the fail
grounds when they shut out the Foley
team by score Of 50 to 0, in de-
cidedly one-sided game. The attend.
ance at the game was better than at
any other game this season, owing,
probably, to the advertising secured on
Tag Day.
The local boys started scoring as
soon as they got on the field and just
kept piling up the scores until the time
was up. The Foley boys played poor
game and rather disappointed the crowd
which had gathered, as they expected
to see a hard tussle.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-11-12
QUICK RETURN OF STOLEN ROBE

A black fur robe was stolen from tho
Lewis car at the N. P. station Monday
evening by a hobo. SPECIAL Agent
Friesinger was Immediately notified of
the theft and he set about to recover
the robe. A man who had been seen to
mount the tender of an east bound
train few minutes before, was said to
have been wearing a black fur coat,
and Friesinger Immediately suspected
that this was the robe. He notified the
authorities at St. Cloud and when the
train arrived there the man was caught
and found to have the robe in his Dos
session. The robe was returned to it's
owner the following day.