The National tribune., 1910-01-13

tatives, and that the sentiment for
iStatehood is very strong, and he is quite
lsure that Arizona will enter the sister
hood of States this Winter.
AS the result of several false alarms
of fire at the White House which have
nearly scared the wits out of the peo-
pie of Washington, the various alarms
in the White House, of which there are
five, have all been connected with the
central station in the White House,
land hereafter if anybody sends off one
of the auxiliary alarms unnecessarily
the blame can be accurately placed.
The Treasury Department has fixed
upon a wonderfully historic site for the
Inew post office building which is to be
erected at Plymouth. Mass. The site is
located at the corner of Leyden and
| Main streets and is to cost 22,0OO, but
when it is remembered that Ieyden
and Main streets are said to be the old
est streets in the United States, having
! been laid out in 1920, of course, the
| cost doesn't seem excessive.
The Red Cross Association, as re-
suit of a conference between President
Taft and Secretary Knox and officers
of the Navy Department, telegraphed
81, 600 to Consul Moffet at Biueiield.
Nicaragua This is for the assistance
of the sick, wounded and suffering who
are in and around that station. It is
said that there is awful suffering there
growing out of the Zelaya imbroSlio.
Mr. John Wilson. of Kansas, has been
weaving fairy stories abount the Sun
| flower State TO people here in Wash
| ington He says, for instance, that the
farmers of Kansas who own motor cars
/ get more fun out of them than any
| body else In the past. when Kansas
! farmers desired to visit relatives or
| friends at distance, they had to either
travel for long and circuitous routes by
rail or in large schooners. To-day Mr..
| Wilson says that not only the wealthy
people in the cities take their vacation
| with their cars, but the humble farmers
! have taken the fad. lie says it is not
always the enthusiastic young man,
either, who INDUCES in the luxury of
motor car.
VIM. J. Cantillion, rs years old, and
member of the Capitol police force
for a great many years, died last week,
and his body was taken to his home in
| Iowa. He was an appointee of the late
| Speaker Henderson, of Iowa, and had
| been stationed at the Capitol in one of
the substations of the Senate and House
buildings for the last two years
There was a very general demand for
gold coins for the Christmas and New
| Years season. The coins most in de-
| mand were gold eagles and quarter
eagles, which had been made at the
mints during the past few weeks. An
| extra consignment of these coins was
shipped from the Denver Mint. 1t was
stated that the people asking for both
gold and silver insisted upon the bright,
shiny new pieces.
Senator Alexander S. Clay has been
seriously i'll for several days, being con-
| fined to a sanitarium in Atlantic City.
Senator Clay has not been well for
some time. He has been recently re-
elected to another term in the Senate.
making his third term. While one of
| the younger members of the United
States Senate, he is one of the very
genial men of that body, and is very
much liked by all of its members. Sen
| ator Clay's illness is thought to be
probably the result of cancer.
A new word has been coined, and it
was coined by the Very Rev. A. Z.
Doyle, one of the highest Catholic pre-
lates in the city. lie said the talk of
the establishment of a Papal Embassy
in Washington is a ''fable-g gram" and
not a "cablegram." "Eablegram" is
really very good, don't you know. The
reverend father also said il is positively
| false that there is any purpose on the
! part of the Pope, nor is there any de-
| sire on the part of the Apostolic Dele
CATION, to have Papal Embassy here.
| Everything is running with smoo5h-
ness, and there is no need of any en-
| bassy to throw a handful of gravel in
the smooth running machinery" He
further adds: THE American principle
hos ,.1,,,
influenced by the state is accepted in
its fullness, and / know of no pae from
the highest Prelate to the hpmbleSt one
who would raise his little finger to have
| it changed tomorrow if he could. The
| Catholics love the American policy bet
ter than any other. and they would be
| the first to protest against any change"
Miss Helen Taft and her brother Rob
ert, who were at the White House for
| the Christmas holidays, since has re-
! turned to her studies at Bryn MaWr, in
which college she earned her scholar
ship, and her brother Robert las te-
turned to Yale University. Miss Helen
Taft earned her honors at Bryn Mawr
at the same time that her father was
nominated for the Presidency of the
United States, and he said that he didn't
| know what gave him the most pleasure
| his nomination or the fact that his
brilliant daughter had had these honors
| bestowed "non her. Miss Taft is not
very much of q s1ciety girl. That is, she
has nothing in common with pink teas
and society guests, but does love the
outdoors, nature and athletic sports.
She much prefers these to coming to
the White House to fritter away her
time doing the society act.
| Senator Elkins will assist with all his
might, and that means n whole lot. in
the inquiry that Congress Will make
into the high prices Of food. Senator
| Eikins entertained Mt a luncheon in the
Senate lunch room, which for cost
| would make the average price of any
food look sick. His guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Goelet and Mrs w. X.
Vanderbilt, Jr, of New York; Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, Miss Katherine
| Elkins, Vice President Sherman, Sem
ators Root, Kean and Brandegee, VIM.
H. r. Hit and Mr.. Geary.
Miss Elkins, by the way, was one of
the handsomely gowned women at the
diplomatic reception at the White
House. She wore white mirror satin
with a long court train of brOcaded
white satin, diamond and pearl car
rings at least three inches long and
some ropes of pearl.
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