The National tribune., 1910-06-30
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complete the scholarship course.
Senator Bailey acts a good deal like
a 10-year-old kid sometimes. A Ions
time ago Senator Bailey wanted to ge
an appropriation to the river and har-
Army engineers got busy with statistics
and reported that the Sabine Canal was
not feasible, and Senator Bailey's Sa-
bine Canal clause mysteriously disap-
peared in conference on the river and
harbor bill. This made the Senator hot
so every time any suggestion is made
of doing anything for the Engineer
Corps Senator Bailey comes out with
his little objection and kills it. 1t was
planned to make Brig.-Gen. VIM. l.
Marshall, who recently retired, Chief OF
the Engineer Corps of the Reclamation
Service. Senator Bailey informed the
Senate that he would talk the thing to
death, and he did. He said that he was
prepared to filibuster from now to the
end of this term of Congress, and he
would defeat any clause that was to
which certainly does look like a very
babyish thing to do.
A shocking accident happened in
Washington the other day to a mighty
brave man, Charles Diver, a motOrman.
trolley wire had broken and short
circuited. Just as the car was about to
run into it he stopped it A dozen cars
were soon lined up behind on. the track,
while carmen tried in vain to repair
the broken wire. The thing was shoot
ing off sparks at a tremendous rate,
and everybody was afraid to touch it.
The cars were filled with scores of
young people on their way to Cabin
John Bridge for the evening, and some
fg,.,I -.,-1., y
torman Diver, whose car was ahead. de-
liberately walked up to the wire, about
to touch it with their feet. He jumped
from his car and threw them roughly
away; then he grabbed some newspa-
pers to lay the wires off the rails, and
was just about to succeed when they
whipped back and around his body, let
ting 5000 volts pass e1ru him. In a
second his clothes were burned from
his body, and his flesh was scared from
his head to his feet. A passing automo-
bile carried him as quickly as possible
to the hospital, two miles away, where
he died a few hours later. 1t was a
wonderfully brave thing to do. He left
a young widow and a two-weekS-old
baby.
Miss Della Torrey, aunt of President
Taft, who lives at Millbury, Mass, is
This delightful old maiden lady, who
her gifted nephew and who
has been like mother to him, was
luoted as to the recipe for making ap-
pie pies in certain way, and it seems
he recipe was not quite complete and
l good many complaints came back to
ler. She says she has had several hun
ired letters suggesting changes in the
'ecipe, and that is what makes her mad. :
She would not have minded the sug-
yestiOns in the least if the recipe had |
)een hers, but it was not, and il puts |
Ter in a false light before the public, as
t tends to make them believe that she |
las been making poor pies for the |
President of the United States. Every |
'ody knows that Miss Torrey's pies are |
ust about the best that ever went into !
II came out of an oven.
AttorneyGeneral Wickersham had a |
nance to offer first aid to the injured"
he other day. He was riding in his
automobile when he came upon a bridal
'ouple who had just been tumbIed out
# a carriage drawn by a runaway
lOrse. They were on their way to the |
Jnion Station for their wedding tour,
md while neither of them was Injured
he bride was pretty badly shaken up.
General Wickersham helped
he young lady into his automobile, and 1
Ter husband climbed in, and he carried |
hem to the Union Station, where they
ontinued their bridal trip.
Another Hough Rider baby born in
he hour of the arrival of former Presi-
lent Roosevelt in this country has been
amed Theodore Roosevelt.
On the same day President Taft and
apt. A. w. Butt, his Aid. We're out rid
ng in one of the big White House auto
mobiles and came upon young man
nd young woman who were riding to-
Yard them on horseback. Just as the
ady's horse got opposite the automo-
lie ii slipped and stumbled, throwing
he young lady with a great deal of
orce to the ground. The President was
ut in an instant, and offered the auto
Mobile to take her to her home The
oung lady declined the offer with a !.
mile, mounted her horse and drove
way. accompanied by her escort.
A perfectly ridiculous paragraph was /
ent out all over the country from Ash
abula. o., saying that Mrs Taft was
here, and that she had taken passage
n a lake steamer for Duluth with her
ister and another Pittsburg woman.
he Is reported to have desired to travel
ncognito, and as Mrs. Taft was in
Washington at that particular time, of
curse there was a great hullabaIloo
aised over somebody trying to imper-
)nate Mrs Taft AS a matter of fact
Irs. Taft had not left Washington, but
er sister, Mrs. Laughlin. was the lady
opposed to be Mrs. Taft. and a little
Mild to whom Mrs. Laughlin had given
souvenir card told that it had been
iven to him by Mrs. Taft, so you can ;
ae how worldwide a fire a souvenir ,
ostal card can kindle.
While the Government is curtailing {
kpenses In all Of its Departments and {
iScharging scores of employees long in I
ne service in order to bring about a re- I
the Post Office Department I
rejoicing greatly. Fifty thousand of /
8 clerks and city carriers are to get I
lcreased pay.
Mrs. Hannah T. German. widow of {
he late Arthur Pue German, former
enator from Maryland, died at her 5
ONE in this city last week. Mrs. Cor 5
ian was an estimable woman, who was {
cry proud of her husbands career in 5
ne United States Senate. but while her {
usband was a very wealthy man and |
rominent in public and official life
lrs. German was very little allied with 5
ne social circles of Washington. She |
AIRED nothing whatever for society and
ntertained but little. She was ex- I
r"mely benevolent. and gave Iiberallv I
) charitable institutions and assisting
ne needy when deserving cases were
rought to her attention. She was a !
lember of the Presbyterian Church.
Miss Mildred Carter, only daughter