The National tribune., 1910-07-14

Iclined for the reason that private
lcitizen" led it. Minister GUIDE held that
las he was representative of his King
he had precedence over any private
citizen of this or any other country,
land it was for that reason that he de-
Iclined to take part. Nine. GUIDE was
one of the patronesses of the german,
and the refusal of her husband to take
part for the reason assigned by him
created not a little unpleasant COM
lment at that time.
| BY his own request Minister Guides
|remains were cremated, and his wife
ard two daughters, Miss Ingebord and
Miss Sigrid, sailed this week for Nor
way with the precious dust.
Former United States Senator Thos
D. Turley died at his home in Mem
phis, Tenn, last week after an illness
of several weeks, aged 65 years. Sem
ator Turley was appointed to fill the
vacancy in the Senate caused by the
! death of Senator Isham CT. Harris. His
term expired in 1908. He was not then
reelected.
Former Representative Frank c.
Wachter, of Baltimore, Md, died at his
| home in that city of cirrhoSis of the
liver and locomotor ataXia last week,
at the age of 49 years. Mr.. Wachter
served four successive terms in Con-
|
Maryland District, being Republican
in politics.
Miss Margaret V. Kelly, of New
Hampshire, a trusted employe in the
office of the Director of the Mint. Will
enjoy the distinction of being the high
| est-salaried woman employe in the
| Government service. Just before Secre-
tary Cortelyou left the Treasury De-
partment he raised Miss Kelly's salary
| to $4,000 on the recommendation of
George E. Roberts, at that time Direc-
tor of the Mint, in recognition of Miss
Kelly's efficient service.
Beginning with the fiscal year Secre-
| tary MacVeagh, on the recommended
ton of A. Piatt Andrew, Director of
the Mint, increased Miss Kelly's salary
to S2,250.
| The Washington School Board has
new President and Vice President, Capt.
James F. Oyster having resigned. The
new President is VIM. V. Cox, former
Vice President. w. V. Cox is nephew
of former Representative Samuel Sulli-
van Cox, better known as Sunset Cox,
who introduced into ;he L. ). Congress
| the first bill for prevention of desecra-
ton of the Flag, back in the early COS
President Cox is patriotic to the hearts
core. He Is a son of the American
Revolution and a member of the Sign
ers and the Founders and Patriots and
most everything else that has a red
white and blue tint. He is too young
to have been soldier, but he has
sincere admiration for the veterans of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
his love for the Flag is unbounded. In
this he is Joined by his wife, who is
the founder of a new Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Reyolu-
ton, known as "Our Flag" Chapter.
President Cox has been tremendously
interested in the bill before Congress
preventing Dissertation of the Flag, and
is doing everything in his power to have
| 1t become a law.
The new Vice President of the School
Board is Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey.
the only woman dean of a law college
in the world. Mrs. Mussey is a writer
and speaker, Daughter of the American
Revolution, member of the Wonan's
Relief Corps, and is just as much in
terested in the preservation of the Flag
from humiliation as President Cox.
There is great necessity for patriotic
action in the schools of Washington,
and no doubt the election of Presid snt
Cox and Vice President Mussey will
help this movement forward.
More than twice as many aliens were
barred from the United States last year
as in 1908-09, the figures being $4,000
and 1900, respectively. Authorities
are somewhat divided as to what the
great increase indicates. One view is
that the grade of immigration was far
below last years standard, while the
second opinion is that greater caution
and discretion were used by the In
spectors.
The figures, in addition, show a dis
proportionate percentage of increase.
The total number of aliens admitted
,v,n 90
over 1909, or an increase Of approXi-
mately 80 per cent. On this basis the
increase of disbarments over 1909 would
show about 900 per cent. This would
presuppose a lower grade of immigra-
ton.
The transient immigration was 49,
421, a decrease over 1909 of 47,00O.
There is liable to be slight frost in
diplomatic circles when the season"
opens in Washington, and all because
Senior Ygnacio Calderon, the Bolivian
Minister to the United States, has been
and gone and got married. There is
not any doubt that he had perfect
right to marry, as he was widower;
his wife died about eight months ago
She was a Miss Cropper, of Baltimore.
| The trouble Is that Senor Caideron
chose to marry the trained nurse who
had taken care of his wife during her
| long last illness, ana had even accom-
panied her to South America. There
is no objection to the lady, as she is a
perfectly proper maiden lady of some
43 years of age, quiet, dignified and of
| English Darentage, but as she was q
woman who had to work for her living
the Diplomatic Corps is pretty cure to
! turn up its nose at her and Senor CAL
deron, who has been one of the eligi-
bles on the visiting lists of the buds of
Washington, welcomed in every home,
both on his own account and that Of
| his charming sons and daughters. He
is going to find a pretty decided diff
ference when he walks in to some So
cial function as the Minister from Bo-
livia, where are some of the Barons
and Baronesses whom he ranks. with
his trained nurse wife on his arm. But
they will have to grin and bear 1t, and
that is all there is to it,
All the notice that official Washing
ton took of the death of Chief Justice
Fuller was to put the flags at half staff
on the Capitol and the Senate and
House Office Buildings and Grape over
the entrance to the Chamber of the
United States Supreme Court. The
| flags on the various departmental build
| ings flew at full staff as usual AS the
! President was out of the city the flag
was not upon the White House at all
So far as the White House Is concerned,
| they have no use for the flag except
when the President Is under the roof
When a Justice of :he Supreme Court
dies the interior of the chamber ba q