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ROOSEVELT FLAYS
Tells Argentinos Judges Have
Usurped Rights of
the People.
DEFENDS HIS PROGRAM
FOR JUDICIAL RECALLS
Declares U. S. Supieine Bench Has
Wantonly Served the Inter
ests of Privilege.
ROOSEVELT'S OPINION
OF SUPREME COURT
Speaking at Ituenos \ it es of the
potvrr w ieldefl I? > the tinted
states Supreme Court,
f'oos . el t said:
"Fur a Ihjril ?( n ernliir* ll linn
? un Iteeu ullli nbal I
nlu furcrd la? i?a ? . Ulu j; at rn ? r
l> mid deliiie r?lel?, ha? lieeii lu
rirttMlilr mill rrcklri* nuuluuuf^n
?in behalf ?( prltlli'Kr muiI
Ikr lalrrrkl* of /ki* ?rr.t |ieo|ile
for nhiiin il in iiiiwI iirrillul ill a I
tkr |io?rr of k?i rrnmriil nlionlil
be Imokrd."
KI'K,\l'S AI ll KS. NuVrinlo-i Theo
dore l!(H):<ivell re. iltii hi- |?ol? t??-;?I
creed b.-fu.t an a.idit nee of \ i ?-,> nliiii.
here yesteiilay .m<l outtitn d 'tl a speech
lasting liiu.K than :i:i i.our the ftu;k <ii.it
he and his follow n s had ^t-l l heinse! v <?.*
to a</conip!ish in th/ I uitr-t Slat. s.
"\V e do hot all Mir* -:?*!?* that it
will be n< . <-.-at \ In talie In the future
in order to realize oui ideals," In- said.
"But we do see ili*' six or eight or a
dozen -steps whit li it I* now liec.a ry
to tak> These ?( shall take. an?l then
the further steps will become clearer to
11* We welcome the aid of lho.se who be
lieve In rhir taking tlo-ae tirst steps. e\ en
though it may i?e that our ways shall
be sundered from their wa>s in the re
mote future."' <
Recall of Decisions.
Col. Roosevelt spoke lit length on tiie i
topic of recalling judicial decisions. In (
the I'nlted Stales, lie sa'al. certain j^reat
privileged interests had sought for two
generations to rob the peo->le of their
sovereignty by dividing it between courts
nnd legislatures and finally by placing it
In the courts through giving the courts
political and non-judicial power. Tirs
nas one <*f the grave evils which li<? and
his followers sought to wipe out. Among
the nianv reforms written on their pro
gram. he said, were the:?e:
"We propose to make the process of
constitutional amendment far easier,
speedier and simpler than at nresent.
"We wish tu maki the people the su
preme arb;'~rs between their servants,
the court and the legislature, when the
court an<i the legislature differ as to the
proper interpretation of the Constitution
which the people made.
Control of Greed.
"We know that it is folly to make the
fool the equal of the wise man. but we
Intend to control greed and cunning and
brutality in high places just as we con
trol greed and cunning and brutality in
low places.
"We intend to provide for the mother
whose husband, the breadwinner, has
died.
"We intend to protect the right of chil
dren to their childhood.
"From the men and women who work
hard with clean hands we intend to try
to lift the burden of haunting fear of an
old age of undeserved penury and mis
ery .
"We intend that machinery shall be the
handmaiden and not the mistress of
humanity.
"We intend to make the government a
nm?t potent instrument in working for
th? uplifting of mankind."
Defends His Propaganda.
The greater part of Col. Roosevelt's
spct?h was devoted to an explanation of
the indicia! system of the I'nited States
and ii defense of his propaganda for the
ret-all of judicial decisions.
originallv founded." he said. "the
judicial) was also intended to. pots:s3
the powers that the courts at that time
hold in tlic cr< at civilized nations of the
? ?hi world. Kugland especially, and France
and Ccrmany. For a dozen years after
the foundation of the government the
federal cour! of the t nited States con
lin-d it-elf substantially to tin- exercise
of such functions as then were and still
;i-? . M -i is.il b> the courts of Kngland,
Fr-1 nee. i!ri niany an?l other Kuropean
power*:.
'in one early ca, e the decision rati
counti-i to tin -tionu general sentiment
?.r jti. people oi the I'nion: whereupon
ib?? t' ooij tlx recalled the decision, pass
ing ? (institutional amendment. th?*
i-ieyntb. spcciticalb dc< taring that ill
' as. |li?- Constitution was to lie
co".(in.-1 in i< sense exactly the reverse
o^ .hat in * hit 'i t'u Suprcim Court had
.1*1* t ? oust rued it The tcrtn had not
at 11 ?.*t tino been invented, and the pro
< red nt; w a needlessly cumbrous, even
those nir|\ and comparatively simple
?!a." s. but i . principle was prerisci- that
whieh i?:< - been styled th. recall of
?'JOikiiI *b .'isioiiv
'Th#* do. 11 in. that the |ieopl|? have not
th. right th'"nfje!ves. ill orde-u fashion
j.ii- h\ whatever procedure tliey choose
to provide. t'? ? bang! or construe the
? "?! .fltufioii a-. the\ desire would have
i em- .1 I... \\ asliington and his associates
r.eri :'i nil.I the n? -at'oii of true d?'moc
r.i.
A'egression of Court*.
^i that im?e fie eniirt never dreamed
,.f erti'iz sii.ii a right an against the
tndepfl. at that lime the S;i- l
T.it.urt ilnl not - i|fliclcnt!\ assert!
>*=??? f even against other governmental
asrn- i* o the people. Congress passed
ir?<? w iiicii aiousett violent antagonism
In ? ? ? ta n s. ? t 'ins of tlie Union, and two
..f th* states declared that the- had the
ncht to nullify these" laws i if course,
t tie admission of any such right was
equivalent to national suicide, and neither
the federal court nor any other federal
sjovevnment authority would nowadays
for a moment tolerate its attempted ex
rrrj.se: yet at that-time no one thought
of Invoking the authority of the federal
? ovirt In the matter.
?ft was not until a very great man?
?Marshall?became i"hi. f Justice that the
federal court began seriously to abrogate
to itsel the right?a negative but vitally
important right?to say whether or not
the legislature had the power to pass
laws which the court did not regard as
The Star will be glad to
have its attention called to
any misleading or untrue
j
| statement. If such should ap
pear at any time in any ad
vertisement in its columns.
Readers nre requested to as
sist in protecting themselves
and legitimate advertisers.
i
proper under the Constitution. The as
sertion of this right at once overthrew
the theory that each of the throe different
departments of the government was su
preme in itself.
"If the Supreme Court of the ' nited
States has tiie power to annul arts of
Congress, it Is itself not merely a Judicial,
but a law-making power of the first con
sequence, for it is the linal. the sovereign
authority. This is a tremendous author
ity. The right to annul the law or to
change it?as by judicial decision the
fourteenth' amendment to the I nited
States Constitution has been vitally and,
as I hold, lamentably changed?is the
right to govern. The authority that is
able to say by what laws the people
shall be governed is tiie sovereign au
thority in the stute.
Opposition to Doctrine.
"For sixty years :he greatest Piesi
j dents. Jefferson, Jackson and Abraham
I Lincoln, opposed this doctrine as laid
down by the? Supreme Court. It seems
to me, however, that they never any of
them, not even Lincoln .formulated the
right theory of opposition to the doctrine.
Kach of them fought against it on be
half of another branch of the govein
nient. either the executive or the legisla
tive. Their proper ground of opposition
should have been, not that the court
usurped power belonging to the executive
or the legislative, bat that it usurped
power belonging to the people.
"Al> personal judgment is thai Marshal!
rendered a great service at the time of
his decision, because up to that time there
had not been any really sovereign power.
It was' necessary that there should be
somewhere established such a sovereign
power. Il was better that lb ? court should
have ihe UnaI say than that any other
branch of government should have it. or
that it shouTd not exist anywhere. More
over. at first I lie power H as exercised
with greatest caution, and this continued
for half a century. Hut .is the power
hardened into an almost unquestioned,
and then ntlo an unquestioned, right, the
judges began to assert it more and more
frequently.
"for a third of a century it has now
b. en exercised with wlt'ai I anr forced to
say, speaking gravrly ami deliberately,
has bet-ti inexcusable ami reckless Wan
tonness on behalf ?>f privilege and against
llie interests of the very people for whom
it most needful that the power of the
sovvrnnicnt should be invoked.
Alius at PuliticHl*Fuucfioiis.
"I wish v oil to remember that in all tins
I am not speakivig of any judicial func
tion of the judge properly so called I
am not speaking of the judges' power t"
administer the law and to appl> it and do
justice as between man and man. I am
speaking only of the function exercised
by the judges of the I'llited States, but
not exercised b> any ludge in Kngland or
tiermany or France or any similar great
industrial Kuropean nation. 1 am speak
ing of the evercise by the judges of the
I'niteil States of the political or legisla
tive right to annul laws and to declare j
that the people have no power to enact j
those laws which the judges do not think
they ought to enact.
"Let me illustrate just what I mean, in I
order to show \ou that 1 a:u speaking
with exact and accurate reference to the
iacts. The people of the State of New
York declared that bakers who worked
under unhealthy conditions in under
ground factories should not labor over ten
hours a da'. The Supreme Court of the
United States said they had no power to
pass such a law and annulled it.
"Again, the people of the state of New
York declared that in crowded tenement j
houses the men. women and children
should not be allowed to work at the to
bacco trade under unhealthy conditions.
The highest state court said that the peo- !
pie had no power to pass such a law."
The Remedy Proposed.
As to a remedy for tiie conditions lie !
cited. Col. Roosevelt said:
"We do not confine ourselves to mere
scolding. We do not merely, denoutice j
what we do not like. We have a definite ?
plan. which has been outlined above
The courts are oontinuouslj by their de
cisions annulling laws whiclt tiie people
desire to have enacted. They are in ef
fect continually amending the Constitu
tion against the deliberate intent of the
people, who made the Constitution.
"Judicial amendment to the Constitu
tion is fatally easy. Popular amendment
is so difficult that at the best it needs
ten or fifteen years to put it through.
The theory *of the Constitution against j
which we protest takes away from the j
people as a whole their sovereign right
to govern themselves. It deposits this j
right to govern the people in the "hands
of well meaning men who either are not
elected by the people, or at least are not
elected for any such purpose, who can
not be removed by the people, and who
too often perversely pride themselves on
having 110 direct responsibility to the
people.
"We propose to make the process of con
stitutional amendment far easier, speedier
and simpler than at present. Further
more. we propose that in any specific
case where the court declares unconstitu
tional a given law in the interest of so
cial justice, the people themselves shall
have the power to decide whether, not
withstanding such decision, the law in
question shall become part of the law of
the land.
Would Not Strip* Courts.
"Let me repeat once more, for it can
not too often be repeated, that 1 am not
speaking of any judicial function of the
court. I am speaking of their law-mak
ing function, of their constitution-making
function. Kven as regards this, we do
not advocate taking away from tbeni the
power which they have assumed as re
cards the legislative and executive. . We
do not intend to reduce them to the posi
tion in which judges stand in Kngland.
France. Germany and the other great
civihz?d countries of the old world, where
the judges cannot ?-onlrol in even the
smallest degree the law-making power of
th?- legislature. But we do intend that in
these matters of law-making and consti
tut ion-ma king the people aliall be made
supreme over the courts, not merely nom
inally and theoretically, but practically
and as a matter of actual fact.
"Our proposal Is that the court shall
continue to have the right to declare a
given law of the legislature unconstitu
tional. but that in such case the people
shall have the right, by expeditious proc
ess, after taking tim<> for deliberation, but
without any Improper or excessive delay,
to :;ay whether the legislature or the
court shall be held b<st to have inter
preted their wishes
Final Voice the People's.
I
'We do not wish, to take away the
! oower. of the courts to pass on the con
stitutionality of a law. But where they
thus declare a law unconstitutional we
wisii to give to ti:e people who made the
1 onstitution. whose fathers died for it,
who now li\e under it. and to whom it
I belongs, the right to say whether or not
the lav. shall stand.
"We wish to make the people the su
preme arbiters between their servants,
the court and the legislature, when the
| court and the legislature differ as to the
i proper interpretation of the Constitution
which the people made. We wish to give
to the people the power finally to make
their own Constitution, and to make it
by declaring specifically what it is to be
? held to mean in any given case where
the two servants of the people, the court
j and the legislature, disagree , On some
| definite act in the interest of social and
I industrial injustice."
POISON PEECAUTION.
| Bill Introduced in the House to Reg
ulate Sales Here.
To regulate the sale of poisons in the
District of Columbia. Representative
Cary of Wisconsin today introduced a
bill proviffng that careful records should
be kept in the office of both the phy
j sician and the druggist so that sales
j of dangerous compounds can be easily
traced. *
The bill provides that the-prescription
must be made out in triplicate, and that
the name and address of the peison buy
in;: the pois<?ti must he recorded.
I'nder this bill no one could buy
bichloride of mercury or anv other
?iangerous compound un!e?s he was
twenty-one years of age.
Tf you want work, read the want col
umns of The 6tar.
i
National Capital Should Be
Model City, Representa-.
tive Aswell Says.
Asserting that Washington should be
looked to by the 1'>0,0! 10.000 citizens of
the United Siat?-s as the center of clean
1 lineas, beauty anu intelligence. Kepre
j tentative J. M. Aawell of l.ouisiana in an
l address before the Park View Citizens'
{ Association. last night, declared himself
j in favor of making the National <"api^ll
the nation's model city.
Educat'i^n was the subject Represent
ative Aswttll was invited to discuss, anil
i his assurance that, as a member of
j t'ongress, he intends to do all within
j his pow.r to improve the public schools
lof Washington, came as welcome hews
to the association members, vim have
been making a determined light for bet
i ter school fucilitits for the Park View
I secliofi.
The Louisiana' representative, formerly
head of the public educ-atiorfal system of
that iate. stated that a sthtnd is not
preparation for Iif??.. bat is life itself,
and tiiat the iil< at school is one in which
the child lives the fullest life possible
every hour that lie is in the pre?* nee of
his teacher.
Plea for Sixteen-Room Building.
Preceding his address, Charlton M.
Oark, chairman of the committee on
education of tin association, presented a
I report setting forth the principal reasons
I urged for the establishment, of a sixteen
I '*
room school build. u? in i'ark View, lie
said that there are !*mi children of school
age in thai section and thai, a buijdlng
wf'tliis size, wjdeli the District ConitAhr
si oners have inaVle provision for in their
est"mates lu be sen! to Congress 'n De
cember, could In- immediate!) tilled. The
speaker also referred to the fad ilia I U-i
per cent of the residents of I'ark View
own their own homes.
Mi\ i'lark obtained favorable action on
resolutions expressing regret by the as-I
sociation over the resignation of In-.
William .M. Davidson "as superintendent j
of the public schools of the District or '
Columbia, and favoring the penny sub- j
scription plan by which it is proposed the
school children may provide a testimonial
for Dr. Davidson.
In the absence of President John G.
>1 cGrath tiie meeting, which was held at
the Whitney Avenue Christian Church,
was presided over by James L. Wilmeth, j
vice president of the association. i:.it few j
'committee* reports were received and lit- j
lie business was transacted.
Refuse Service Criticised.
Mr. Wilmeth broyght up the subject of;
the refuse collection service in Park View,
which he criticised as being Irregular and
generally unsatisfactory. Similar char
acterization of the service v. as made by
other members, with the result that the
association decided to bring the matter
to the attention of the Commissioners.
$ew members elected were Frank A. i
Frost of 7.10 Quebec street and At. J. Kil- |
erlane of 741 Quebec* street.
The musical program of the evening;
consisted of a vocal solo rendered b\ Al- ;
fred Higbie, accompanied by Miss Fior- j
ence Kidweil on the piano. The woman's L
auxiliary of ihe association also held a
brief business session last night, ad
journing in time to hear the address de- |
livered by Representative Aswell.
MILD MET PRINCE'
Drastic Remedy Suggested to
Emperor William by a
Berlin Weekly.
BERLIN, October 31, 1913.
"Emperor William should arrest his
son. the crown prince, and shut him up
in a fortress," is the drastic remedy
suggested by a Berlin weekly as the
best solution of the situation created by
the crown prince in taking a stand
against the emperor in the matter of the
accession of Prince Ernest August of
Cumberland to the throne of _.uns
wick.
The editor's suggestion recalls the fact
that Frederick the Great, when crown
prince, was actually arrested and kept
under strict surveillance by his father.
King Frederick William T. and that tiie
old emperor, William 1. wished to send
his son,, later Emperor Krcderick. to a
fortress cell. The present conflict be
tween father and son is, in fact, an old
Hohenzollern tradition that has been
handed down with striking regularity
from one generation of the dynasty to
the next.
These conflicts have, however, lost
much of their sharpness. Nevertheless,
it is only sixty-three years since the old
Emperor William, at a time when be
was still heir apparent to the throne
of Prussia, flung his sword to the
ground before his brother. King Fred
erick William IV. witn the bitter re
mark: "Nobody can honorably serve
longer under you." Hardly ten years
had elapsed when William himself,
then King of Prussia, found bis own
son, afterward Emperor Frederick, at
variance with him and siding with the
diet in refusing to make heavy military
appropriations.
It -was a well known fact that the
present emperor himself was, during
the brief hundred days' reign of his 'ly
ing father, vigorously opposed to him
in many of his measures, and. William
did not hesitate to show thia by a com
plete change of policies as soon as he
ascended the throne. All things con
sidered, therefore, the present con
flict between the emperor and the
crown prince is but a mild repetition of
the old Hohenzollern tradition.
Injured Fireman Is Better.
Private George M. Pickral of No. 9
engine company, who was seriously in
jured by a fall from a ladder yesterday
morning while fighting a tire at 1621
12th street northwest, spent a restful
night at Homeopathic Hospital. His
condition was somewhat better this ,
morning, and physicians think he has a
splendid chance to get well, although
the fractures he received may prevent !
him from returning to active duty in
the fire department.
AUDUBON 1-8-5-6.
Tea? h : l.ootv in ycur historj hook
snd tell me v. hn w as John James Au
dubon, and when did he die?
Johnn\ Hn was a great bird lover;
I don't know when he died. ?
Teacher?There it la before you,
1856.
.frvh.ni: v- I ?bought , that . was his
telephone number,-*
TO BE HANGED MARCH 4 UNLESS j
HER SENTENCE IS COMMUTED
Mrs. Nellie Wakefield, ^twenty-four years old, one of* sixteen children,
who insisted she was not properly tea red because of the large family her
father had to care for. is under sentence of death in N<-\v llaven. Conn., for
killing her husband last June. He Was considerably older than sin-. She
says lie treated her cnielly.
Then James Plew came along. He clothed her children and treated her
kindly. After a while she began to think more of him than of her husband.
Tlien tliey took Wakefield out in tiie woods and killed, him. Two weeks
later, draw n"back to the scene, in kccoid vsith the tradition about murderers,
they were traced and caught. Plew confessed. Mrs. Wakefield pleaded not
guilty artd was convicted. jGov. I'a-ldwin is receiving many letters asking
him to pardon her, but he has answered so far that he has power only as
one member of the board of pardons. . -
IN OUR SCHOOL.
] .u rjrf quantities of school this morning.
Tory Stebhins was 011' time through a
mean trick by thare cook who set tlie
clock ahead so's Torp sot to school at
'_?<( minutes to Torp says you betcher
it woan't happin again, and only done so
this time because instead of lookin'
ahead like he'd on.'"h tor. he had his eyes
on the ?iownd thinking up his excuse.
When asked why he kicked so at being
on lime. Torp said it made the day so
blamed long.
WHAT ! I U't'K.VKK TO FATTY.
I.ige Bogert brut a hung of tar to school
with him arid give it to Fatty Bel!o>ve-"
for l iii-win;;. Fritty soon they was muf
fled' prunes from behind Fatty;s Gogra
phy, and Miss Palmer investigated. They
was a 'paned expression on Fatty's face,
but when she asked him what it was he
just mumbled and couldn't say ^ nut hi tig,
STEVE HARDY NAMES HIS NEW
HORSE FOR GENEVIEVE HICKS.
so Miss Palmer made him rite it oh his
slaii. and Fatty rote "My.teath is stuck
togcather?Tar." Miss Palmer tride to
pry them oaoi>en. but she was afrade
Fatty's tcath would come out too, so she
decided fo wate and see would they come
ADVOCATE LOCAL MAN
AS HEAOOF SCHOOLSj
Members of Northwest Sub
urban Association Ask Rec
ognition of "Home Rule."
The appointment ?>f a local man as
superintendent of schools na? urged iu a
resolution unanimously adopted-last night
by tho members of the <'itiz'?ns' North
west . Suburban Association, which held
Its November meeting iu tlve Masonic
Temple at Tenleytown. The resolution
was introduced by t>r. John ? W. <'hap
pen.' He declared that there is ample
talent among the principals and teachers
of the public school system from wjiieli
to select a competent superintendent, and
asked that the board of education recog
nize the American principle of "home
rule."
O. C. Lancaster, president of the asso
ciation. in seconding the adoption of the
resolution, criticised Dr. William M. David
son, the present superintendent of schools,
for accepting the offer from the Pittsburgh
pub'ic school system. His decision to
take this offer, which, Mr. Lancaster said,
was a violation of the "gentlemen's agree
ment" made by Dr. Davidson to stay in
Washington three years, made one of the
strongest possible arguments against giv
ing this position to other than a Wash
ington man.
Debate Over Suffrage.
A great deal of discussion followed the
reading of a letter from the suffragists'
organization, offering to send one or more
speakers to one of the meetings of the
association in order to explain the pur
pose of the movement for the enfran
chisement of women.
William -Allison moved that the offer
be accepted, and A. E. Shoemaker sec
onded it. "Dr. John W. Chappell and Dr.
C. B. Boyle opposed taking such action,
on the ground that the community would
take it for granted, on the acceptance of
such an offer, that the association wa$
pledged to the cause of woman suffrage.
Mr. ? Shoemaker pointed out-that the as
sociation needt express no sentiment on
that subject, as the offer was merely to
send a speaker to explain the purposes
of the movement. "It would be the only
courteous ? and kind thing-to- do,"' Mr
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apart by themselves. . In the meentiine,
Fatty s excused from resiting.
ICEPE IT DARK'
Andy Anderson has discovered how to
niaik "counterfit money and is going to get
verry riteh. Armyhody ran join his- ganp
of countertttters if the> will bring ;thare
I
j FATTY GAVE AN EXTRA HAKL>
YANK.
own silver paper like what comes round
tobaci o pluss. but kepc it dark.
11 Fatty Bellowes' teath is still
stuck. Fatty has now missed spelling
and thot ho would set out of penmanship,
but Miss Palmer said.she couldent see
how stuck teath made any difference. But
as Fatty cant rile without sticking his
tung out he is handicapped.
IS GEN. INSUL.TED?
Steve Hardy has naimed thare new
hoarse after Genevieve "Hicks. and Gen.
was verry consented abowt it at ferst.
but when she seen the hoarse she maid
Sieve change the naim. Steve says if the
hojirse dont kick ho dont see why Gen.
hadent onghter be satisfied.
12:15?Fatty Bellowes' tcath is still
stuck, and as recesses near In- is think
ing ahowt his lunch.
12:21?Ex. Brigham tells Fatty not to
worry abowt his lunch. Ex. will etc it
foar him.
12:21',At this news Fatty give a ox
try hard yank and his teath come un
stuck, three of them coming out, but he
doant care, having plenty moar left.
Shoemaker said. When a vote was
taken, however, the motion failed.
Electric Lights Desired.
j By the passage of a resolution intro
duced by F. F. "Ftobey, Maj. ("1108101
Harding. Engineer fommiasioner. was
called upon to restore the electric lights
on the suburban toads and streets which,
the resolution "stated, were "unjustly re
moved three years ago against the varu
est protest of our people."
Because numerous"large tracts of land
| in the territory covered by the atsoc'a
! lion are lying unimproved, it was voted.
Ion the resolution of Dr. B. Boyle, to
appeal publicly to tlve property owners
; of land in this section whose property.
I through vneglect, "prevents the prosp**'"
! ou's development of this beautiful xec
j tion." to wake up- to the necessity and
i importance of improving their property.
! tlierWjy "enlarging their own wealth and
I enhancing the beauty and development
of this (beautiful and desirable soct>on."
? * V
Tells of -Rose Shows.
Charles F. Tansiu.' president of the
Brookiand Brotherhood, on the invita
tion of the association; told the members
of tlie rose shows hold by tlie organiza
| tion which ho heads, and offered them the
j co-operation of the brotherhood in liold
!i;ig such an exhibit. W.illjam F. Pcabody.
! president of the Street Safety Associa
tion. also spoke, by invitation, on the need
of pressing and supporting the movement
for greater safety in the streets. He
quoted statistics of tlte appalling toll of
deaths in the larger cities from avoidable
accidents. Both speakers were thanked
by a rising vote of the members of the
association.
it was voted to appropriate a fund for
donating a cup as a prize to be awarded
| at the poultry and pigeon show to be held
! early next month, to be known as the
"Citizens'. Northwest Suburban cup."
i Buffet Lunch to Follow Elections.
The annual meeting of St. Andrew's
Society of Washington is scheduled to
be held next Wednesday night at the
New Ebbitt House. Following a busi
ness session there is to be an enter
tainment, and a buffet luncheon will be
served.
? ? .
Newman as Principal Speaker.
I Commissioner Newman is to be the
j principal speaker at a meeting of the
> Lincoln Pari; Citizens' Association next
! Wednesday night, in its nail at 14th
and A streets southeast. Miss Emma
Jacobs, who is in charge of the domestic
.science department of the public
schools, will tell of the v\ork of her
department, and J5. S. Martin, super
intendent of the playgrounds of the
District, will explain what is being done
to provide recreation for children. ?
WINTER CH PLANS
FOR REVENUE CUTTERS
President Approves Order for
Patrol of Atlantic Coast
From December Until April.
The winter cruise of revenue cutters,
patrolling the Atlantic coast to afford
aid for distressed navigators, will begin
December 1 and continue until April
1 next year The Secretary of the Treas- j
ur.v has designated the vessels which will !
patrol the coast waters of the 1'nited
States dining the term of the cruise, and
the President has approved the order.
The vessels designated to this duty are
the Woodbury." the Androscoggin, the
Gresham, Acushnet. the Mohawk, the
Onondago. the Apache, the Pamlico, the
Seminole, the Itasca and the 1 ;;macraw.
The revenue cutter service will issue
the early part of next week the orders
to the revenue cutters, assigning them
to special pa rol posts in the dangerous
waters of the coast.
The revenue cutters designated will
actively cruise up and down their posts
during the specified term. rej.dy to af
ford aid to distressed navigators as their
circumstances may require.
! Cutters to Be Well Provided.
i
Kach revenue cutter v. ill be provided
with provisions, water ami fuel in such
quantities as can be conveniently stowed,
in order to be able to extend ivlU-f to
crews of \ essels in distress.
The vessels of the patrol Meet will
make port only when stress of weather,
want of fuel, provisions, or other goo.l
reasons require. They will keep at all
times a vigilant lookout for vessels in
need of aid. .
Kach cruising district will be covered
by tile vessel assigned to.il in the most
effective manner, extending aid as it may
be in its powei to render to those in need.
Arrangements will be made with tin* life
saving service, along the coast, ami cuii
j veiiieiil t ignal or other stations, for the
transmission to the cutter by telegraph
or otherwise of such information regard
ing wrecks, vessels In distress, etc., as
may enable them the more expeditiously
to carry out the intent of their instruc
tions.
Patrol Ships to Enforce Laws.
The customs and navigation laws will
be enforced by the patrol ships 'causing
vessels fallen in with to be boarded and
examined. Commandants of ships will
confer with customs authorities at ports
of visit with a view to correction of In
fractions of law. Reports to the revenue
cutter service will be made frequently.
Information as to wrecks within each
I cruising district, in the path of eom
j meice outside the three-mile limit, will be
| acted on at once by the patrol craft, with
out specific orders from headquarters.
! The cutters will If expected to do all
j in their power to :entove or destroy such
I derelicts. Sunken vessels or other ob
! fit ruction's to navigation within the three
! mile limit that cannot "be removed witb
! out destruction will be reported to head
quarters. AH floating obstructions to
i navigation will be removed wherever
i found.
The patrol vessels will ket^p In commu
I nication with each othe ? as far as prac
ticable. Xo leaves of absence to officers
or crew will be granted during the cruis
ing period.
ARE OPPOSEDTO ASWELL
Objections by Colored Resi
dents to Appointment as
School Superintendent.
Following speeches against segrega
tion in. the government departments at
the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church
last night, a resolution was unanimous
ly adopted declaring Representative
James K. Aswell of Louisiana, whose
name had been mentioned for the posi
tion of superintendent of District
schools, not a proper person to be head
of the schools of the District, one-third
of whose population is composed of
colored children.. The preamble of the
resolution refers to statements of Mr.
Aswell declaring that the education of
the colored youth should be limited to
Industrial and elementary branches.
Urges Appeal to President.
W. M. Trotter, editor of the IJoston
Guardian, addressed the meeting. He
urged the colored people to continue
petitioning the President, saying I bat
segregation was the issue and not how
It was administered. He said that seg
regation denies equal freedom and
cquHl opportunity to employes of
African descent as compared to all
others. He recommended that judg
ment should be withheld for a reason
able time, in view of the fact that the
President had stated thut there was
no unfriendliness in (he administra
tion toward colored people, and since
he Had promised to go thoroughly into
the matter and endeavor to find a satis
tactorj solution.
other speakers were Dr. U illtam A.
Sinclair of Philadelphia. Rev. A. <\
Garner. Maurice \V. Spepcer. Judge E.
M n. wlett and Joseph II. Stewart.
SOCIALISM IS SPREADING.
Party Continues to Grow in Ger
many Despite Attacks.
FfERI/IN. October :t1, IPR!.
Socialism continues to spread in Ger
manv. despite attacks from without and
dissensions within the party. Figures just
published for lUK! of the number of social
ists in cit.v councils, boards of aldermen,
township boards and other organs of local
government show such a remarkable in
crease that the crown prince may well
fear to see realized in his reign llerr
Itebel's prophecy that be would live to
reign over a nation in wiiieh the socialist*;
will be ip a majority.
March Si. 101-. there were 10.44-- social
ists distributed in the various local gov
I eminent organizations; a year later the
number had jumped to 12,001, an increase
of 1.553, or nearly 1.% per cent. These
numbers would be far higher were a
straight manhood suffrage substituted in
Prussia for the present Prussian class
franchise. It is figured that the number
of socialists aldermen would then be
I almost doubled, and that many of the
i big cRlps of Prussia would be in the
hands of socialist councils, as several of
; the non-Prussian towns in Germany al
! ready are.
BUSINESS ACUMEN.
The De tor?In ancient times w#?"
had queer looking animals called the
petrodactlys and rlyptodons.
Doctor's Son?Say, dad. wouldn't
thoae make dandy names for new
disease??
WANTS SEX HYGIENE
TAUGHT BY PHYSICIANS
English Demonstrator of Moral j
Education Urges Method for j
Public Schools.
The teaching of sex hygiene in the
public schools, "not by ignorant bache
lors or spinsters not familiar with
medicine." but by married medical tnen
and women, was advocated last even
ing: at a banquet of the Federal School
men's Club at the Continental Hotel
I by K. J. liould, demonstrator of the
f Moral Education League of Kngland.
1 Mr. Oould has been in Washington
during the last week lecturing and
demonstrating to the teachers the
method of moral instruction advocated
by the organization he represents.
llis subject was "Character Building
in Our Schools." "The children of the
present day t^iust be taught differently
from those of the nineteenth century,"
said Mr. Could. "Character building
should be brought into every subject
taught the child, even geography and
mathematics " He said that little fault
could lie found with the kindergartens,
as there the right "heart interest" is
displayed ill the work. In the graded
schools, however, he said, improve
ment could be shown.
Dr. William M. Davidson, superintend
ent' of .schools presided. The list of
those present included Paul Burtsch.
Smithsonian Institution; William ^
Bishop. Library of Conv.reMi; ^ ?
Chamberlain. manual training super?
! visor ^public schools: Commissioner of
I Education Philander P. Claxlon. Prof.
! II. K*. l?av,^ Gallaudet I'oliege: Prin
cipal H. W. Draper. Monroe- School;
Supervising Principal S. M. Ely.
Harry English. Prof. A Hah B. Eay. <ial
lautiel College: R I 1 iuycock. principal
,,r 1 i.uustiial Home School: Prof. <Jeorge
X. Hennins- G^?rge Washington I nl
'versltv: IJeun H. 1- I lodgklns. fSeorge
j Washington l nlverslty: Supervising
j Principal B. Janney. Supervising
j Principal !l. .VI. Johnson. Thomas J?sse
I Jones I rilled Slates buceatf of ed
' n cat Ion: I It- K lenim. Supervising
j Principal I'.- Kimball, Supei vising
i Principal S. E. Kramer. Kdga< S
Martin, supervisor o? playgrounds. < .
Meriwether. Business High School: Su
pervising Principal B. W. Murcli. Super
vising Principal W. M. Patterson. A I.
Ramsay. principal of Fairmont Semi
nary' George V Ross Central Hinli
School: Prof. W. C- Ruedlger. George
Washington l*nivjfrsitv: Prof. V 1- ? W
! Schmidt. George W ashington I niverslty .
?C. J. Schwartz. Eastern Jiigli ocliool:
'Thomas v\". Sidwell. nrincipal of Viierd*
;School: Dr. W. S. Small, pilmipal of
'Eastern ligh School: Prof. ? harles S.
' Smith. George Washington Cnlversity:
Ic W Skir.ner. superintendent of the In
dustrial Home School: Lyman J^teed.
I principal of Kendall School : E L. I hurs
iton. assistant superintendent of school*.
? W" I W'allis Eastern High School and
Dean W. A. Wilbur. Georg- Washing
ton 1'niversifry
URGES AGRICULTURE DAY
AS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY
j Or. P. P. Claxton. U. S. Commis
| eioner of Education, Wants Rural
Life Appreciated.
The observance of an "Agriculture and
Rural Life day" as a national holiday is
advocated by Dr. P. P. <"!axton, I'nited
States commissioner of education, in a
pamphlet just issued by the federal t>u
reau of education.
"W'a can do without some of our an
niversaries. if need be," says Dr. Clax
ton. "to have time for this, the most
fundamental of all. The children in our
schools should be given an opportunity to
pause in their regular work and consider
?the significance of agriculture and rural
I life, the worth and worthiness of tillage
of the soil, and the beauty and glory
of simple and sane life in the open
country."
Bureau Issues Bulletin.
Dr Claxton points out that in several
states "Agriculture and Rural Life day"
already has been introduced 'into the
schools, at*the suggestion of the bureau
lof education. In other states appropriate
exercises are held in connection with
Arbor day. Thanksgiving day .?r tlm har
vest home celebration. In order to aid
in the proper observance of the day,
under whatever name it may In- celebrat
ed the bureau of ^duration has just
issued a bulletin containing material thai
can l>e used by tea hers and others in
arranging an interesting program.
Fittingly prefaced with 'the "Country
Boy's Creed." the bulletin includes sec
lions' ?>n man's struggle for food: the ap
plication of science to agriculture: men
influential in improving agriculture?from
George Washington down through Luther
Burbank. Liberty 11. Baihv and other
I prescot-da> men: our domestic animals.
? and a study of forests.
Earth's Mysteries Explained.
How vegetables have been used as med
icines among different peoples: breadmak
hig through the ages: the invsLoricn of
mother earth: the origin food plants:
eu-op'ration anions farmers: wonders of
singh- a? re- these and oilier topics treat
ed with spe 'al reference to glorifying
countrv life. Following each discussion
there is i? list of suitable poems ;>ed
s'liig.^- on fartoio^and farm life.
"What we have tri?><] to do," said Dr
Claxton, "is to K"t together In convenient
form material that will help in the
metjt for appreciation of tin- true value
and beauty or farm lit- among all class#:
of our population. The wider observance
of Agriculture and Rural Life day. both in
city and country schools, will give the
eoinlng generation n clearer Insight than
the past has Had into Hie fact that agri
culture is the baijls of national well-It* in*
and that there is no more honorable work
in life than that on the farm."
Pointed Paragraphs.
A thorn in 'he bush is worth two in the
hand.
Poets are born, and no lavv can prevent
it.
The pen is mightier than some criminals
who try to break out
Every woman thinks she's all r'sht in
her way?if it's her own way.
He gets the leavings who Is satisfied to
take things as they come.
Most of us would feel pretty well If It
wasn't for our imaginary ailmrnts.
You'll always have a dull ax if you
wait for a volunteer to turn the grind
stone.
We dislike to hear a "man who doesn't I
know one note from another attempt to
sing his ov.n praise.
Once in a while we meet a man who is
willing to leave the punishment of his
enemies to the Lord.
*
At the age of forty-five or thereabouts
the average man begins to haunt the bar
gain counters in search of spectacles.
| When a woman has implicit faith in her
husband, most o' the neighbors wonder
how much longer It is going to take her
to pet her eyes open.
Slayer of Two Convicted.
ATOKA. Okla.. November 8.?W. A. Bo
rah. a wealthy merchant, was found guilty
last n'ght of murdering his wife an?l their
daughter, and sentenced to life imprison
ment. The bodies of the vic'.ims were
found In the ruins of the Borah home
after a fire on the night of August ?"??
last. Borah escaped from the burning
house in his night clothes.
SUFFRAGISTS PIAN
CONCERTED ATTACK
National Union at London to
Fight Opposing Cabinet
Members in Election. j?
POLICE VICTIMS OF
MILITANT STRATEGY
| Escape of Prisoner* During Pank
hurst Rioting Is Charged to
Cut Suspenders.
Foreign < ?irrr?|i.?iidcii.* <>f The 8(?r
1-ONDON, October 30. 191 .T
The opening gun of the busy autumn
campaign of the National Union of Wom
en's Suffrage Societies. the constitutional
organization of the .suffragists, will bo
tired in November in the form of a con
certed attack on the constituencies of the
cabinet mem in is who oppose women ?
enfranchisement.
TW." prcliminur\ attack wil! take th*
form of political support of certain labor
candidates who expect to oppoee the anti
suffrage cabinet members at the next
general election The government is be
ins attacked because. although it ha* a
majoiiiv in favor of women's suffrage,
it refuses to make their enfranchisement
a Kovernrtient measure. The labor patty
will be assisted because it is, so far. the
only party which has placed woman's
suffrage in it> ottl.ial platform. The
union itself is non-partisan, einbriu-in i
I mem iters from .ill tin parties, but it J*
; tlie considered opinion of the official* that
the hand o| ill,. go.iilUllent should be
! forced by opposing ii.s anti-suffrage ad
j ht rents.
?ilucHtioaal Side of Campaign.
'? The educational side of the campaign 1*
i to be concentrated on an ctTort to t-how
the public ouiie i-iearl> one at leas; of
the reasons why the unha desires th
enfranchisement of women This i..?ou
I will l e expressed in terms of the iwl!ar?
of children. \ luo^iam has been ar
t ringed under tne general tnle oi "the
child and the Mate." The campaign w.il
be carried on under tiie va ions head <?i
infant mortality children i.i the s ii..,. .
defective children, d< liniment cii'cu n,
state children, empl.-v tn<-ni of < hilor a
j and the legal position of ciiildi-n
The rolice have been sufcli led to con
( sidemble criticism for the s:.in!l n.tm e-r
I or arrests t ?-?? made at the recent Ko-v
Baths riot in th< Ka-'t K: u when SvUia
i i'ankhurs. was rescued b. hei foilo'* -
, ers. but modesty has prevented toe !. n
hion policeman from coming forward w?th
a perfectly adeituaie excuse for his s.call
suffragette has.
Between Conflicting Senses.
The story of th*- newest form of mlll
i tant strategy niignt never lizvt been mad
j public had not some of the victor on?
! suffragettes boa ted about it to their
) f.iends. According to these fighters every
' time a policeman grasped a suffragette
j one of her comrades, told off for t !>?t
! purpose, would tip open the officer's .oat
and cut his suspenders. Torn between
conflicting senses of duty and modesty,
the constable had to sacrifice his captu:
or his dignity, and every on.- who know
i the London "bobby ' will gucay thai the
; prisoner escaped.
The troubles of the nine!--abused police
J did not end with the escape of their
? prisoners, for when they v. ere lined up
| before the inspector to report oft duty
they got a ratipg for their failure to
'stand at attention w.tii hands at tn^ir
t sides. The charting of their comrades i i
' the station house when they disover?d
' the cause for ibis slackness did not a<i<l
I to their happiness.
It is said that when Miss I'ai iihui <t
was arrested t e next night at I opl.tr
Town Hall her captors p,t,j provided tor
? a repetition of the nt!:.< !t by an*-ii?. ine
! tiieir trousers so securely (ha! :c tn< re
I snipping of the suspend -rs did not ci.ii*?
' them any concern.
Queens in Contrast.
Never was a greater contra:-! ' vr?-n
two cpieons r ITorrlecl Hmm the ore-cnco
together of tjueen: Alary ami \!.\?o<h ?
at the marriage of I'lin-e Arthur of ?'ou
na light and the I Michc-s of lit.
Although common tvnort \ > fp. two
j wotnea are not ? n the ie.o?l f111 ?>
terms, custom demands Shut :il i?? ? ??\
j functions they aopcar together. and ;>?
! the marriage at St. .Ian <v;' I',-.!ae?t tin
J both entered and lei' the chapel h..t|.| l |
j hand. i if the luo. in face, at ?<? i
? "jiietMi Alexandra, who will !??? si\t\ n.n?
i December t next, and >s thei. fnie t \\. ut >
j three years older than lie daughter ri
la^. appears tin younrver. but ?* i- <n>
j walks bee age is more :? 'it. tier
fa?*e. too. is alwa > s hr|?j t* I hv i
! snilh', u bicli. no doubt. ;o . <nM.t . f-? tier
j jiever-w aulng f>??pularit> ??!.;. it- - ir'-n
: era I public, who aluay ejie?*r lui in.it.>
heartily than an\ ineuthers <?(" t'??
j family, with the possible I ?>f
t the I'u1-e <>f t *<?nna I'ght ivi'Ii ?''? <eo be
J divides honor.* In ?h'? reHt>e?*t
! I.caving the < haT'el the ethei ?:.< >i .?
' notieed t tlx i the ?|lie?>n moSlie*" '"Ii Jt ,|i
1 (set lor which botti : lie an?l K!ir: I d
Vv a nl v.er?- f-'nein^, titc.en.J (?> I. u t-. . ? * I
J j>resent, ;?<< 'I'm none *i i"bt f?-,.i 1
i t|i fact she w an S.> (?> 1' a;.tet'l t t u . ,*? \i
j i^tieen had nu n than "o, . i.. i.-u
: 11 v urge bet forw a rd
I
' Designer N'cbolpnn on the .f-.h.
IVaelllFltietl who follov. '<! t ii- , r<
.around l>'-;tisli Isles .id n ..ir. ?i.i
wateta d'iritig tin past .-?.?-on t.tl ;tn
1 incident whiea et?udn?.si7' 5 the t't(.'..(, .)i
' l|e>S With W hieh t'harb-s Niehols. Ml. tl.M
doignei .'f the new \tn?"lca i-op h'.l
l?*n}!?'r, cat riet; out everything P? onde?
takes
!? ??< curbed cluwrd the Ulr^ u ,.j, ),
Iwcut t tie lltt?'U titetei lace ,|f I- .el l,j"
j >ear. Nichcdsoii ttot i-ii", d> '??n?-.l ??n-t
1 i'tli't. .ml also ski|ipeie.| th" I'Urt* hi li^r
iiii,' ia> .;i i ?:i the nee a^ion ment ' iied
fie ya lit w is late in tt. tioig oi.dr ?
t-o iiie stp.itinc |i"int and a friVnd''.*
I steam \ acllt Ci\e her I Inn Phc-e lift
j the steam yaeht so??n P nrned (J.,ii'..
(of the Pdtia's lateness IVreh-d :i'.r. .
' the cross-t rec' '.v;*0 N ielic.l --.m. tt>? .'?>
'signer, buildi''. a'al skipt""'. m??fcitn? ? im
'that s??me holt.*? w? re .piite r;gh: i'e?..ro
the race started.
j Nicholson is probably the le i worr'ej
.'of tiie men intereste<! in ti.e i?ij^r rae? of
next year. A<<ked ttie other da.1 whether
he was not kept busy oil .Shninreek IV,
he shook his head and said: "It does ttot
worry me. It is just a ?|iicsiicui of build
ing another . acht. only .t is n litt:^
larger." Des; ite this Nicholson can b??
! depended upon Jo S'-e that everythhig
| poBsible is done to win the cup, tin mat
I ter how muc;i work and consideration it
1 takes.
$1CO.OOO SPENT ON STEAMER.
Newport News Will Be Practically
a New Craft.
Within the next day or two, it is stated,
the work of lifting the Norfolk and
Washington line steamer Newport New*
with new boilers and making other re
pairs to make her practically a new craft
will be completed and she will leav*
Baltimore for thi* city, he.r home port.
When the vessel returns here she will
l?e found to be much improved in her
passenger accommodations, all of whicn
have been thoroughly overhauled and re
fitted.
The changes made In the boat make her
as modern as pre t;'e new leg steamers
of the Hue which we-e built a jcar or
two auo. It. is stated that nearly f itm.iym
has lieen expended on the steamer to
bring her up to date.
The four new boilers Ju?t placed in ?h?
Newport News are expected to make the
vessel as fast as she was when a new
ship about eighteen years afo.