The National tribune., 1910-06-16

Parr as much as $3.50, ,ooo.s Mr.. Mac
Veagh and Mr.. Parr, friends say. never
considered such a reward as that. and
the former decided TO submit the whole
question to Attorney General Wicker
sham. Mr.. Wickersham has gone over
the case within the last few, days. and
is about ready to give his decision.
Mrs. A p German, wife of the late
Senator German, OF Maryland, is lying
seriously i'll at her home on Vermont
avenue. this city, and il is hardly eX-
pected that she will recover
President Roosevelt has not abated
any of his vigor of language since his
trip abroad. In his address at oxford
the following are some of the epigram-
matical utterances:
ITO be opulent and unarmed is 20 Sc
cure ease in the present at the almost
certain cost of disaster in the future.
Rome fell by attack from without,
only because the ills within her own
borders had grown incurable.
The only elective way to help any
man is to help him to help himself
NO doctrinaire theories of vested
rights or freedom of contract can stand
in the way of our cutting out abu seS
from the body polite.
tification for one race managing or con-
trolling another, unless the management
and control are exercised III the interest
and for the benefit of that other race.
Some of You think me a very radical
democrat; as. for the matter of fact. l
am; and my theory of Imperialism
would probably suit the anti-imDerial-
ist as little as it would suit a certain
type of forcible-feeble mperiaiist.
"Dryness is not in itself a measure
of Value A book which is written to be
read should be readable. This rather
obvious fact seems to have been forgot
ten by the more jealous scientific his
torians."
When President Roosevelt comes sail
ing into port under the protecting aegis
of the American Flag he will be ac-
corded splendid honors in many ways,
and the first of these will be the meet
ing down the bay. Collector of the
Port VIM. Loeb. Jr.. and several hun
dred of other personal friends will meet
him on three revenue cutters. and no
doubt the welcome will be right royal
New York City itself will be one blarc
of light and one roar of sounding brass
in honor of the return of its favorite
son.
Mrs. Electra l.. Smith, for more than
IS years an employe of the District
Government, recently resigned from the
service. and has now returned to her
home in Sterling. ILL., Mrs. Smith has
identified herself closely with the affa irS
of the Grand Army of the Republic and
other patriotic organizations, being a
member of the Woman's Relief Corps,
and has worked for these with all her
patriotic soul ever since the war Dur
ing the Spanish-Amerlcan War she de-
voted much of her time and salary to
the benefit Of the soldiers of that war.
Mrs. Smith has stood high in official
circles in Washington, and Is a woman
of sterling worth and is highly esteemed
by everybody who has ever known her.
She was a member of the organization
of the Legion of Loyal Women. which
gave her a reception before she left.
Her friends presented her with a very
beautiful Roman necklace of gold and
mosaic set with amethysts as a goodby
present.
The Abernathy kids were taken in
hand by Gen. Keiferrand carried up to
the Capitol to make a call on Uncle
Joe. Speaker Cannon has a very tender
side for children. Some of the best
pictures of the. speaker are photographs
made with his small grandchildren
around over him. and he has
er Cannon had two or three daughters.
but he never had but one son., and lost
his boy good many years ago, so
when Gen. Keifer pil6ted the Abernathy
kids into the Speakers room to see
him he was perfectly delighted to see
them, and fired questions at them at
the rate of 40 d minute, which the
youngsters answered just as rapidly.
One of the questions the Speaker asked
was how far they rode in a day, and
one of them replied 80 miles. The
said, "Oh, you mean in a week,
don't you?'' and the boy said: Nope;
we rode 80 miles a day; had to to make
it." Whereat the Speaker was perfectly
astonished when ne recalled the Army
test. and the suggestion that 80 miles
in three days was considered a pretty
severe test for grown men in the Army
After the Speaker had talked with them
as long as he desired to. he suggested
to Gen. Keifer that he take the kids
out on the floor, and this Gen. Keifer
did, and so the youngsters enjoyed a
privilege which is given only to the
have been honored with the thanks of
Congress.
The 275 graves of the Confederate
dead in Arlington Cemetery were deco
rated on Sunday, June 5, by a commit
tee of women from the Daughters of
the Confederacy. Secretary of War
Dickinson had expected to deliver the
Grafton, and Gen. George w. Gordon,
National Commander OF the Confederate
Veterans and a member of Congress
from Tennessee, was expected to speak
also. Great preparations had been
made for the unvailing of the Southern
Cross, n huge floral emblem represent
ing the Confederate flag, but the rain
simply poured that day, and SO only a
handful Of women and two or three vet
Grams went to the cemetery. The Con-
federate graves are laid out in circular
form about a central monument in one
of the most beautiful sections of Ar
lington. The bodies were taken up
from a long row of graves extending
along the west wall of the Arlington
grounds. The question has been asked
a number of times If the Confederate
organizations observe Memorial Day
They took up this matter Of decorating
the graves of their dead as National
body some Is years ago, but 1T has only
been general for about 10 years. The
graves in Arlington have only been
decorated for three or four years. The
Confederate Veterans and Daughters of
the Confederacy have never yet been
able to unite upon one day on which to
decorate. Some of them decorate in
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