The Washington herald., 1907-12-24
AT THE HOTELS.

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George B. Ackerman. mine operator OF
Goldneld. New. az the Raleigh last night.
The sheepmen and the banks are
against Roosevelt said Mr.. Aeloerman.
They are under the impression that he
is at the bottom Of the present unrest in
the business world Particularly active
against Roosevelt are the banks through
out the State. Even Senator Nixon,s own
bank, with the vice president OF which 7
am well acquainted. IS against Roosevelt,
and is working for Hughes, who is de-
Veloping surprising strength
The action Of the President in sending
troops 20 Goldheld was entirely uncsued
for. The sheriff OF the county, who was
entirely ignored in the whole business,
could have attended 70 any disturbance,
had there been any. II was Senator Nixon
and a few others who got together and
worked the scheme from Washington
without consulting anybody out in Gold
field Nixon threatens 20 operate his
mines, the Goldheld Consolidated. with
nonuniOn miners. and says he does not
care whether il viii create disturbances
or not. I understand ne even threatened
TO iTnport foreign miners II ne can't get
any in this country.
The whole trouble started with the
Goidheld Consolidated paying its memz
bers in clearing house certificates. which
they refused 10 accept In place OF cash.
Il is true. there are a number OF b1si-
ness places that were willing 10 take the
certificates in place Of ready money. but
there were others again that declined 10
take them. for instance the Wells Fargo
Express Company and other concerns.
We are operating mining property
about sixty miles from GOldfeld, We
employ union labor exclusively, and never
I had any trouble The matter of stealing
/ dynamite has been given undue prorni-
nence. That occurs at any time miners
viii help themselves to powder or dyna-
mite, whether there is a strike or not
/ And another feature that was exploited
I by NixOn's people was that thuggery
I kept the community IN a state OF terror.
There was no more thuggery at Goldheld
/ than there was at Reno; IL fact there
was not as Gis;ch
Nevada viii again swing back into ira
| Democratic column az the election next
( year. and viii support Bryan FOR the
I Presidency. R0osevelt's popularity the
/ last time carried the State for the Repub-
I leans, and il is his unpOpUlarity that VIII
( give IL 10 the Democrats at the next
election
Women nurses should be employed in
/ the United States navy in order 70 raise
/ the naval medical service 10 its highest
standard Of efficiency" said Dr. r S
I Shoemaker. OF Chicago. al the New VII
I lard yesterday. This is not an idea
original with me, but Dr. r W Plummer.
of the United States medical service. ex-
I pressed himself in favor OF the idea re-
Gently at the meeting Of the national
I Legislative council Of the American Medi-
/ cal Association held IT Chicago.
] u understand a biz for the establish
ment and organization of a corps Of
trained women nurses in the navy was
/ recommended 10 Congress al that time
I said the physician. Tt provides that
women nurses be employed in naval hos
/ pitals on shore in time Of peace and on
I hospital and ambulance ships in tine OF
war. Physicians and surgeons recognize
that women nurses have come 10 stay
/ Up 10 the present time We have had
I 20 get along without women nurses in
/ the navy. The army has women nurses.
/ and the reports from the army surgeons
I show the army medical service has been
/ raised 10 q higher standard. We know
/ that women nurses are essential 20 the
/ highest standard OF efficiency OF the
naval medical service. Their assistance
/ IS as necessary 10 the naval surgeon as 70
the medical men OF the army. Physicians
/ everywhere favor women nurses"
/ DR.. Shoemaker also claimed that the
I medical service OF the United States army
was far inferior 10 that of the japanese
I army. He said this was largely due %
\ the fact that army surgeons had not
sufficient authority over the hospitals.
I Edward O. Donaldson Of Constantine
/ pie. Turkey, the director Of an Amer
ican and English wholesale importing
house in the capital OF the Sultan. IS at
the Shoreham. Speaking Of the Oriental
( and his peculiarities. Mr.. Donaldson said
Oriental people are very ayerse 10
| physical exercise Of any kind. Their idea
OF enjoyment is 70 sit under an awning
and play backgammon. That man
should go out and run around q track in
shameless nakedness. and this with no
/ hope Of gain. only confirms them il the
7 belief that all Americans are mad But
! they are initiative people, and some years
ago the influence and example OF the
/ younger teachers got a Few OF the pre-
paratOry boys out for foot-races.
That day, for Beu Beirut, at least. the
death-blow was struck 70 the pictur-
esQUe dress Of the Orient You can't run
q lo0-yard dash with long. baggy trousers.
and a silk gumbez that hops around your
ankles Even If you tuck your skirts into
! the sash the effect is more startling than
/ speedy. So. one by one. the students
/ ordered European trousers from the city
! tail0rs
AT first they were poorly cut and
viewed with suspicion; but to-day there
are not three men in the collegiate de-
/ partment who wear the old costume, and
many Of the students dress with taste
and an elegance that their professors
cannot afford 10 emulate. Tennis and
basketball soon won their place IN the
students favor. and now We have gym
nastic apparatus and a regularly gradu-
ated athletic director. who has learned
( physical culture and boy nature through
/ a long experience in the gymnasiums OF
I America
But il was football that did the most
toward unifcation. The value of team
work is a new idea 20 Eastern eolleSe
men The old ideal was that Of every
man for himself 1t has been so since
the time Of AIcibiades and AbsaIom. If
it had not been so. tine history of the
world might have been different. It was
comparatively easy TO see the joy OF
winning a foot race or a tennis match,
but 70 play an untheatrical part \ q
football game. ohey-ng a captain and
working for the gOoJ OF the side-that
was very different thing"