Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-04

are still told with gusto about the ma
tional capital. One is that while ON
shore leave several of the enlisted
where only. officers and gentlemen
were supposed to stop. In the eyes OF
the hotel flunkies, an enlisted man was
not a gentleman. He was only one Of
the hoi polloi, or common pee-pul.
Therefore the said flunkies refusea>to
serve drinks to these enlisted million
aires and violently elected them from
the place, although IL any Of the eject
ed had gone to that hosiery in his
private capacity he would have been
kotowed to and shown all the atten
lions which money commands.
Bought UP Everything In Sight.
+ When on another shore leave, this
time on some one Of those God for
saken southern islands inha bited CHIEF.
ly by mosquitoes, microbes and negro
half breeds. time hung heavily on the
hands Of the naval brigade. and they
concluded to buy up everything in
sight First they purchased all the
cigarettes to be had on the island and
presented bunch to each coon who
had a sufficiently shiny face. There
upon there was a wild demand for
grease among the half breeds. and
shortly every black face on the island
glistened like a fresh shine for which
the bootblack has received an extra
nickel
x-a+ No Not do
not satisfied. On another island. or
possibly it was the same island-this
story is not geography. anyway
the Detroiters began tipping the ma
tives. Nothing less than quarter tip
went. which was more money than
most of the natives had ever seen at
one time. AS result they knocked
off work to revel in their new found
prosperity. Finally the governor of
the island had to beg that the sailors
stop their tipping, or at least hold
down to siXpence throw, which was
equivalent to half days wages. AS
lit was, the Industrial affairs of that
island had been struck with paralysis.
Still the hot sporting blood of De-
troit demanded more. One of the
iackies conceived wild desire for
donkeyS, and as he had the price he
bought all the donkeys for miles
the brutes, he next gathered In all the
baled hay on the island and fed the
donkeys on the plaza.
Warm Friend of Roosevelt.
These are good stories. and I hate
| to cast doubt on them. but one must
| tell the truth sometimes. Now, as q
matter of cold fact. Newberry was n
lieutenant in the navy, so all the tales
do not jbe. Possibly the cigarettes.
the tips and the donkeys appertained
to his friends and not to the secretary
himself. although the veracious news
paper scribes aver that Newberry was
the head of the push in each case
However that may be, it is certain
that the young man gained the indy
ing friendship of Theodore Roosevelt
in that war and as a consequence is
now member of Roosevelt's cabinet
| Owner of Four Homes.
The present naval secretary has moi
quite as many homes or dollars as
Rockefeller, but doubtless has al
easier conscience. The two things
may stand to each other in the relation
of cause and effect. Possessions some
times do burden ones conscience, bu
as Mr.. Newberry got most of his from
his father, his wife and legitimat,
business he Is free from much Of tn
individual responsibility that worries
other possessors Of millions. 1t is salt
that the new cabinet member is abou
twenty times a millionaire, but as thi
Is paper estimate you may apply t,
1t all the grains of saline matter yol
think it requires. As for his homes
he has four, one In Detroit, one jus
outside that city, one in Rhode Islam,
| and one in Washington
| Mrs. Newberry was a Brooklyn cir
and granddaughter Of A. S. Barnes
the famous publisher. She was one o
Broolllyn's popular debutantes and ha
maintained that popularity rs ma
, iron and society leader. The nav
has social set of its own in Wash
ington, one Of the most exclusive there
To say that the navy is ruled by bu
reaucratic clique is only half the trutl
The real governing power is not bu
reacratic, but social. At least it use
to be so, and have heard of no vic
lent revolution In Washington to upse
the old order Well. the Newberry
stand so high socially that the ne,
secretary's double power is at ono
seen. He is not only a naval exper
a fact that everybody admits, but bot
he and his wife are social experts, s
he is supreme In his department froi
both sides. 1t is statement whic
could truthfully be made of but fe,
secretaries Of the navy.
The Newberries have three childre,
a daughter aged nineteen and twi
sons now sixteen. In their Washin,
ton home they entertain extensivel.
as they have done wherever locate
throughout their married life. Th
secretary was never in politics, thong
he did serve on the stan of the gov
ernor Of Michigan. His connectio
with the political world was throug
his father. who was not only a col