The National tribune., 1908-11-26

Senior Juan Barrios. the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, last weel
extended to President Roosevelt the
thanks OF the President Of the Republic
of Guatemala for the interest manifest
ed by the United States Government In
the Central American Peace Conference
held last Winter
s;enor Barrios was received by the
President at the White House. The
Guatenalan Minister to the United
States, Toledo Herrarte, was present to
introduce his Minister of Foreign At
fairs to Mr.. Roosevelt.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt. who has been
visiting in New York, came near having
a bad fan the other day. She was rid
ing behind the hounds in the Genesee
Valley Clubs hunt, when big thoro-
bred she was riding went up in the air
and cut lot of monkey shines that
the young lady is not used to. Then
her saddle was not securely cinched,
and as she went to take fence the
thing slipped. But for a member OF
the club seeing the contre temps and
catching the horse by the bride the
only daughter Of the White House
might not have lived to make her
debut next month. AS it was Miss
Ethel escaped with a bad scare and
few bruises.
While the Gipsy Smith revival
seemed to be of tremendous interest to
thousands, and ali the ministers in the
city and all the church members who
could get in went to hear the great
Bohemian every night that he was here,
their interest did not extend to opening
their pocketbooks to any great degree.
There is $500 deficit which the
churches are expected to make up to
pay expenses.
Mrs. W. s. Cowles, wife of Admiral
Cowles and sister of President Roose-
yelt. had a narrow escape from death
the other day. The party was aboard
a gasoline motor car enjoying a pleas
ure trip along the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. They were speeding at rate
OF 20 miles an hour, when they sud
denly came in sight of an approaching
freight train. which was running as an
extra. Mrs. Cowles and her friend and
the men saved their lives by leaping
down q steep emhankment just as the
train dashed by. Their car was hurled
from the track by the passing locomo-
tive.
The President favors single State
hood for Arizona, and has promised
arizona politicians that he will recon-
mend this in his annual message to
Congress.
'sThe decision of the Commissioner
will aid greatly in the enforcement of
the law" said DIR. Harvey Wiley, Chief
Chemist of tie Department of Agricul-
ture, and a member of the Pure Food
Commission, when he learned of
the action of Commissioner Moore.
we have had considerable diff
Guilty with these people, and did
not seem to be able to stop the
wrongful use OF the phrase. Now. how
ever. the man who does SO loses his
trademark, which can be initiated at
will by any other iaw-brealler who de-
sires to do SO, without danger of pun
fshment"
The decison is not retroactive, but it
applies to all labels printed with the
phrase after the issuance of the order.
1t doesn't much matter If you're dis
charged from Government employ for
pernicious political activity IL you can
get right back in. Paul Ewart, OF the
Land Department. was too active in the
Second Minnesota Congressional fight,
and the President ordered him fired.
and fired he was. But now he is back
in again. He SO pleased the President
fa his disclosures concerning that cleo
ton that he has been reappointed and
promoted.
Mr.. Ewart calI,.d at the White House
last week and received notice of his
appointment as an Assistant Attorney
General during the visit He then left
for Oklahoma where his mission is to
recover for the Government many thou
sands of acres of Government land from
persons to whom it was sold on Terri
torial titles
The local courts held that the In
had a right to
sell their lands This a number cf them
did. Now it is claimed that the United
States Government never recognized
these decisions.
Col "Pete- Hepburn is going to die
fighting, he is. And maybe he won't
die at all. so far as Congress is con-
cerned, and IL doesn't make ginger
snap's difference who is elected OF
thinks he is elected in Col. Hepburn's
stead. he hasn't any business to be
there so he hasn't. Col Hepburn says
that his opponent won out by only
few votes mere ESQ plurality, and
as over 900 votes were thrown out
Illegally, as he believes. he will pro-
<eed TO contest and prove his right Il
.he seat. Col. Pete Hepburn ought Il
haze that Reat He ought so, as the!
say down here.
IT looks as tho washington may hav'
National Auditorium" hall bi:
enough to hold at least $4,000 people
and built with beauty commensurate
with the National City and tae crowds
which 1t is expected to entertain. Th
rrovcment has been started by privat
citizens. but 1t is said that there ar
vav-up people in the background. an
St Is TO be hoped that the project WI
20 thru. Just what will be done t
- Scuse the Inaugural Bali is matte
that is agitating the people OF wash
ington ut this time. It IS quite certain
tte Pension Office will never again b
available, and there is nothing else bi
enough. The New National Museum
has been suggested. and falling all els
the great unfinished barn may answer
II is not very well adapted for the pur
nose. but 1t could be pounded into shap
in all probability. 1t Is shame tha
washington, where every man and VIC
mar in the country hopes to come som
time before dying, has no great aud
y forum in which to assemble the PEI
nle who come here in hundreds OF tnoi
sands to attend National affairs. "A
EFFORT will be made to get the Natlon
Auditorium ready for the Inauguratio
according to Mr.. ]. Purvis carte
expert in paintings, hardy coiecue
of paintings in America but mas Dog
sold masters He is particularly nal
on some of the most priced of the pa.n
sngs in our beautiful Corcoran Art ia
iery.