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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-02
WHISTLE SAVED WHISTLE
BOY FROM WILD CAT

Seaside. or. April willie Sellers,
whistle-boy al local saw mill, owes
his escape from serious injury from the
claws OF a wild cat, 20 falling across
the cord of the whistle he was tending
The boy is employed at the head OF
a log chute. and when he was attacked
by the cat, tainted. In falling across
the whistle cord. De caused prolong-
ed blast TO sound which caused the
foreman TO investigate the trouble The
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-02
SOAP AS SYMBOL OF
CLEAN ADMINISTRATION

Chicago. April M J. scholey. mayor
Of Kcnosha. wis. introduced now fea-
ture into keuosha politics yesterday
when be- distributed 5000 bars OF toilet
osap as "a means OF calling attention Co
his candidacy for reelection. The soar
ie ordinary toilet size. and ON one SIDE or
tho white bar DOB raised letters is purity
Soap." while on tle reverse u.s. 90 pictur.
of The mayor and Che Inscription. n
clean administration The mayor recent
iy c1mo out with declaration for
cleaner city.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-02
'AlM0N GAMERS DON'T
WANT FEDERAL CONTROL

/ s,alue. Wash. April 2. - Puget
-! salmon Gamers. at a confer
~ hDId yesterday placed themselves
'.,'ld as opposed 20 federal con-
pound waters and condemned The
concentrations of the international
,enffles commission composed OF Prof
ava starr Jordan, representing the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-02

We must make our kitchen
cabinets move. I'm order to do
so we have reduced them 40
per cent.
$500 value ........ S2700
$1,000 value ........S 21.60
S27.00 value ..........S 17.00
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-02
pEsEREr EVENING NEWS SATURDAY April 1910

ard loaf prescribed by the ordinance f.
t1 weigh one pound and bread may
also Doe sold in hail. quarter. double
triple. or quadruplo loaves. but in no
other way.
Tho bakers object that custom has
established five cents as o. standard
price for an ordinary loaf of bread.
The sIzo 1t present varys according
Go tho quality and whether 10 is de-
livorod or not. The bakers think the
price cannot ho altered without stirring
public CitUur
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-02

foreman. who was armed. shot the
animal. which had bounced upon the
body Of the PROSTATE lad.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06
EVERYTHING MUST WORK.
Nothing of Moment In the World Has
Been Accomplished without Toll.

Nothing of Moment I'm the World Has
Been Accomplished without Toll.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin
Even II work comes not as a blessing
per Sc. we have 20 be considered as part
OF the primal curse in which man was
hidden to earn his bread in the sweat OF
his brow. and which the minority of
mankind seem to think did not include
themselves, what right has any created
thing 10 wish 20 evade Il?
Is there such a thing known as abso-
lutte rest among all the powers and
agencies OF the cosmic universe, the very
names Of power and agency implying
action?
Are not the four elements constant at
their never-ceasing. never-resting, always
interchanging labor2 Does one drop OF
water pause IN the roll Of the ocean,
one tongue OF fame hang suspended in
the fire. one cloud stay motionless IN the
wide heavens, one atom OF the brown
earth cease 10 disintegrate. to molder. 70
Crumble, and change for its new state?
is not the seed ever terminating. the
flower ever blooming, the fruit ever ripen-
ing. sunshine falling, rivers running? DO
the planets rest In their courses, the
earth in its revolution, the tides in their
great swinging All the atoms and i'm
pulsiOns OF nature are constantly render
ing their 1.-THE OF service; and why, then
should any Of US, as much an atom OF
nature as stick or stone is, and moved
by natures quickening as much as tide
or sap-why should we halt AZ our work
and bemoan our fate that we have our
share OF work TO do?
Even while we bemoan ourselves the
work Of the universe goes on unceas-
ingly in our own bodies. and the changes
that bring on old age daily within us
and about US. There Is something mar
velously strange In view OF the industry
Of all natural forces that the human race
or any portion OF IL. should be the only
thing 10 rebel at the necessity OF labor
IN some degree at least.
But apart from all fancies OF the kind
| II is fact that there has never beer
anything of moment IN the world accom-.
| plished without work. What an immen.
| sity OF II must have been done TO com.
| plete those conquests over the raw ma,
| terials Of the earth in the ancient deser'
ruins, temples, and aqueducts, In Tax
modern tunneling Of the mountains and
| stretching Of railroads across continents
THE money that you pay for our labor
we send home" said the Chinese 10 som.
| agitator against them, but the work re-
mains for you" And so the act of worl
remains in its effect upon the charactel
OF the worker.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06
That Guildhall Speech.

Sufficient time has elapsed for one to
get fairly straight line on English COM
ment anent Mr.. Roosevelt's now famous
Guldhal speech.
Those English periodicals thus far men
tIoning the matter at all-and that means
practically all that have had issues since
the address was delivered-unite in des-
lgnating 1t startling" There they d.
vide into two distinct and separate
groups. The Liberal press refers to It as
'impertinent." ''bumptious." showing q
lack of good manners and information, 3"
"betraying dense ignorance" and so on
The Conservative press applauds enthusi-
astically. 1t rates the speech courageous
in the extreme" frank, outspoken. hon
est. and convincing" and ''demonstra-
tive of careful and conscientious analy-
sis of a tremendous problem
And there you are!
As in practically everything else. It all
depends upon the way you look at it.
Mr.. Roosevelt's words awakened a SYM
pathetic echo in the hearts Of the Con-
servatives. It was an utterance that
conceded with Conservative views. set
forth Conservative ideas, and boosted
Conservative principles. Per contra, It
stepped all over the Liberal toes-yea, on
Liberal pet corns! Consequently. and
not surprisingly. Liberals set up a vo-
ciferous howl. He or the latter faith
"sQuirms." in the Conservative eye. be-
cause the truth hurts" he protests, -
from his own standpoint. because "the
speech teens with unwarranted conciu-
sion, grotesque advice, and immature no.
tions."
| Wherefore, it may be concluded that
the world is right where It was before
the row started. Nobody has been con-
WINGED against hts will. and. II he has
been, he is, as ever. of the same opinion
still. The rumpus has been interesting
but not az all conclusive. So many rum
puses amount to that, and no more.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06
Government Clerks Petition.

The petitions which were distributed on
Saturday and viii be circulated to-day in
every department, bureau. and division
Of the government service in the District
asking Congress to provide early relief
for the aged employees OF the service may
be taken as an evidence that public opin-
son on this subject has at last been crys-
tallized The Washington Herald is glad
TO believe that 1t has borne its share tn
bringing about this result, and 1t hopes
sincerely that some practical measure
may be adopted before the present Con-
gress adjourns.
Much may depend on the unanimity
with which these petitions are signed. If
Il can be demonstrated in this way that
government employees are practically a
unit in their willingness TO contribute
from their own salaries--often meager
enough-in order to enable Congress to
provide relief for those who are to be dis
missed from the service on July /, the
responsibility for providing the necessary
relief viii plainly rest upon Congress. 1t
is understood that q practical measure
has recently been drafted requiring a
contribution of only 2, or at most 3, per
cent of the salaries. which VIII meet the
present emergency.
Too much stress cannot be laid upon
the Importance of practically unanimous
action on the petitions which are being
circulated to-day. It is understood that
in each division some employe has been
charged with the business of circulating
the petitions for signature, and II the en-
ployes hope for any immediate success,
they must realize that every clerk, mes
senger. laborer. or other civil servant who
favors an equitable contributory plan"
of retirement fund should sign.
Practically all the heads Of departments
favor the present movement; have spoken
for it. and. in most cases. will sign the
petitions Many Of the clerks who have
heretofore insisted on a straight pension
fund have come to realize that Congress
IS not prepared TO consider any such plan,
and have fallen into line with the only
plan for relief which stands any possible
chance. 1t is to De hoped that all OF
these will sign the petition.
Now is the psychological moment The
press of the District, led by The Washing
ton Herald, has declared itself strongly
in favor OF some equitable Congressional
action. The merchants and citizens of the
District are strongly in favor OF II. Il
IS known that President Taft and the
members OF his Cabinet are anxious that
some plan of relief should be devised. If
backing this up. come these petitions
signed, practically unanimously. by al
the clerks in the District, there is strong
reason for hope that the matter will come
up for Congressional discussion, out o.
which definite action may result.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
BIRTHDAY OF NATHAN HALE-JUNE 6

Nathan Hale, one Of the most pictur-
esque of the martyrs Of the Revolution,
was born on June 6, 1755. He was de-
seendant, through a long line OF distin-
guished ancestry, from John Hale, the
New England clergyman, who was chap
lain in the expedition TO Canada In 1880,
and one Of the prominent persons in the
Salem withcraft trials in 1852.
Hale was only twenty-one years old
when he was made captain of the Con
necticut Rangers" a corps known as
Congress own" commanded by Thomas
KnOWltOn. DR.. Eneas MunsOn, OF New
Haven, says OF him at this time that
he was almost six feet in height, per-
feotiy proportioned, and in figure and
department he was the most manly man
ever met His chest was broad. his
muscles were firm, his face wore a be-
nign expression, his complexion was
roseate, his eyes were light blue, and
beamed with intelligence, his hair was
soft and light brown In color, and his
speech was rather low, sweet, and mu-
steal"
Early in September, in ZIG, Hale was
In New York. Washington was anxious
TO secure some private information re-
garding the condition of the British
army. Hale volunteered to enter the
British lines, Disgusting himself as a
schoolmaster and loyalist, he visited all
of the British camps on Long Island and
In New York, openly making observa-
lions, drawings, and memoranda of forti-
fications.
AS he was about returning he was APP
pretended and taken before Sir William
Howe, who, upon the evidence found in
his shoes, condemned him to be executed
before sunrise on the following morning.
He was denied the attendance of chap
lain. and his request for Bible was
refused.
and betrothed (Who was his stepsister)
were destroyed before his eyes by the
provost marshal. William Cunningham.
so that, as he afterward said. "the rebels
should never know that they had man
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06
0. Short Story Master

In the untimely death OF Sydney Porter,
better known 10 the literary world by his
nom de guerre OF 20. Henry" It is not too
much TO say that America has lost liter
airy genius who did more than any ore
else in his time to keep the United States
in the front rank as the producer of per-
feet short stories. In all our literary
history we have never had so unique and
prolific genius as o. Henry He was of
no school, for he founded school OF his
own, based on keen and realistic observa-
/ ton of men and things. and his admirable
art. which delighted thousands. was as
individual and untrammeled by eOnven-
ton as the art of Poe. the first American
master of the short story.
There went into the literary craftsman
ship of o, Henry the same sort of expert
ence that makes the very best type of
newspaper man, and, in a way, his short
stories. whether they dealt with South
America. the Philippines, the Ear West,
or New York City, were of the type of
the highest form OF journalism, for back
Of all Of them was fundamental truth.
He had had a varied life-as cowboy on
the Western plains. merchant. miner.
druggist. sheep herder, sailor, newspaper
reporter-and his experiences had tended
to give him that wide sympathy with
human nature. that tolerant outlook on
life and the springs that move men, that
lent his stories their intensely human
quality.
There was no writer less bound by con-
ventions than he. He wrote with equal
facility any place he CHANGED to be, and
though his work was in such demand
among the magazines that he could COM
mand almost any price he chose. he lived
hand-to-mouth existence, largely be-
cause Of his immense generosity.
It is doubtful whether any maker of
current literature will be more missed
than o, Henry His typical Amerieanism,
his inexhaustible fund of humor, his
fecundity of plot, his mastery of dialogue,
his fertility of invention. all these swept
a breeziness and freshness into American
short fiction that already has exercised
an enormous influence on the younger
writer's, and which in the time to come
is bound to exert more influence still.
He demonstrated by his work how per-
feet thing the short story might be;
how complete in plot; how original in
execution; and it was not the least test
Of his value 10 his time that he won the
great success that came to him by sturdy
violation of what were supposed to be
established rules for short-story writing
ard by displaying the power of the new
rules-or lack of rules-under which he
worked. Not Kipllng nor Du Maupassant
carved out newer roads through the
thicket of literary conventions than did
o. Henry, and the influence Of his success
as an entertainer of hundreds of thou
sands is bound TO be widespread.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Senator Gallinger and Commissioned
Judson were chatting in the Senator's
Office few days ago when in walked an
irate woman. She had fire in her eyes
and bore an umbrella IN her hand. She
had plant to lay before the Senator
concerning her treatment In the engineer
department at the District Building She
ripped the engineer department from top
TO bottom, paved the air. and scattered
her wrath throughout the entire build
Ing. And all the time Commissioner judi
son, the head Of the engineer depart
ment, was there-smiling
Finally the Senator said
Yes. Madam, | agree with you There
is nothing but trouble down in that Dis
triet Building. I have trouble with them
all the time. And the engineer depart
ment is bad. isn't it?'
The viprous one departed. feeling in
her bones that she had won the Senator's
sympathy.
Whenever the Commissioners handle a
paper which is considered too delicate for
the public to have. the mystic letters. "N
F. p" are marked on the documents. so
that newspaper reporters will not handle
them. The letters mean not for publ
cation"
As a rule, these matters are trivial.
Neighborhood rows, complaints against
back yards, and the like make up their
general run. Arrests OF diplomats chauf-
feurs are marked for secrecy. and if not
there Is a general understanding that
they ought to be.
But the prize IN. F. p" of the entire
District Building was the paper which
went the rounds some time ago. II was
made up somewhere IN the basement of
the building, and was handled furtively
by the elevator squad. There was so much
secrecy attached 10 It that one Of the
District Building reporters investigated.
II proved to be instructions to the ele-
vator operators TO keep their buttons and
| hats neat, and to be sure 70 be courteous!
But therel II Is a secret Perhaps too
much has already been divulged
4 = = =
Washington is growing at such a rapid
pace that the time may soon come when
1t viii be impossible to secure a home
within the District of Columbia, and as
the children OF the District gaze toward
the coveted land beyond the Potomac
one hears much talk about the vision OF
Washington and lEnfant.
| Just think of IL! No more land avail
able in the city, and so many persons
| seeking investments in Washington!
/ What a baleful day that Will be. Land
/ in Virginia will not sell for building lots
/ quite as well as land In Washington
/ But this is mercenaTy talk, and the real
} Issue is to improve the western banks OF
| the Potomac and consummate the great
plan of the father of the country.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06
The Crisis in China.

It is plain that conditions are once
more in a critical situation In China,
though we feel quite confident that the
powers having taken due warning from
the Boxer uprising. there is little dam
ger of a repetition Of the horrors OF
that time. But conditions, as reported
by the foreign consuls at Nankin. show
that the same spirit OF unrest and re-
belllon is present as was manifest Just
before the outbreak in Pekin some ten
years ago.
We believe that the demonstration
against the foreigners in China is only
Incidental in the purpose Of the rebels
The foreigners are under the protection
of the existing government, and il Is
this government that the demonstrations
are intended TO embarrass, 1t certainly
shows the present government to be
weak and unable TO cope fully with the
situation when the American consulate
at Nankin can be defiled in the most
gross manner, foreigners in the streets
be subjected to open insult. and placards
calling for the slaughter of the foreign
devils" be posted publicly.
Yet the threatened revolt is not, It
must be understood. against the for
eigners in China. II is primarily a revolt
against the present dynasty, the Manchu
rulers of China. Those who are at the
head Of the revolt hope that. by out
RACES on foreigners-which will show that
the present government is too weak to
maintain order-the powers may over
throw the present Manchu rulers, and
thus make way for the establishment of
a purely Chinese government.
With these internal questions of China's
governmental policy neither the United
States nor the other powers have aught
TO do, save TO realize that II is impera-
tive that due precaution is taken for the
protection of foreign lives and property.
It is gratifying to know that American.
British, German. and Japanese war
ships are lying in the roadstead close TO
the scene OF the threatened outbreak. and
that the commanders Of these ships have
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06

agreed upon g plan OF concerted action.
II action becomes necessary.
It is doubtful whether. In spite of the
alleged great Improvement IN the Chi
nese army and the police, the gov
ernmentaI forces will prove adequate to
deal with any difficulty that may arise.
for there is always the difficulty of get
ting one section of China TO fight against
the other. If the rebels should rise and
meet with any immediate success, ii is
likely, indeed. that the spirit of sedition
and disloyalty would soon spread. and
in that case we should once more have
the spectacle Of the powers landing
troops on Chinese soil TO maintain order.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06

who could die with such frmness.'
Hale's execution took place in Col.
Henry Rutgers orchard, near the present
junction of Market street and East
Broadway. New York City. AS he as
cended the scaffold he said: you are
shedding the blood OF the innocent: If I
had ten thousand lives. I would lay them
down in defense Of my injured. bleeding
country" and his last words were; 81
only regret that I have but one life to
lose for my country"
At the time OF the breaking out Of the
revolution Hale was teaching school In
New London. Conn. The news of Lex
ington reached the quiet village, and a
town meeting was at once held. Hale
was among the speakers, and he urged
immediate action, saying: Let us march
Immediately and never lay down our
arms until we obtain our independence. -
He at once enrolled himself as a volun-
teer and was made a lieutenant in Col.
Charles Webbs regiment.
Hale's military career was cut short,
owing to the unfortunate circumstances
referred to above, but the country has
come to greatly admire this daring young
| patriot, who risked so much for our
cause, and met such an untimely death.
on September q. ZIG. His countrymen
never pretended that the beauty of Hale
character should have exempted him
from the penalty which the laws of war
Of that day imposed; their only com.
plant was that the hours of his imprls-
onment were embittered by barbarous
| harshness
June is the date OF the burning OF
the Temple Of Diana of Ephesus. b c.,
S56. It is the birthday of Pierre corneine
the noted French dramatist Q606); John
Trumbull, the noted soldier and artist
Ql56); Samuel 2. Newman, author and
| educator Qi9D: Louis A. Cooley. pub
Usher 0S0D; Catherine A Wariield. poe,
and author QS16; and Thomas L. Brad
1 ford. physician and authority on home
/ opathy lS47). To-day is the date OF the
/ death Of Patrick Henry in 1873.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-06
WOMEN WHO SAIL THE SEAS.
Shippers Accompanied by Wives
and Children on Long Cruises.

Prom the San Francisco Chrouicle.
During the storm and shipwreck it has
not always been the women that have
wavered. The sailor VIII tell you that
when it comes to facing danger at sea the
members OF the gentler sex are Just as
good hands in keeping cool as the men in
the foTecastle.
Capt Krugh, of the British turret
steamer Claverley, which tramps among
the ports of the world. Is accompanied by
his wife and two little daughters. IN
order that their education may not be ne
elected and that they may have some
profitable means OF employing their time
while at sea, Mrs. Krugh has arranged
school hours for her girls aboard ship
From $3.50 o'clock until noon. with the
usual recess at II o'clock. the children
are busy with their studies, and then
again in the afternoon from until 4
o'clock they are employed. In this way
the children gain much practical knowl-
edge Of geography. In addition to their
regular school studies.
Capt. Murphy one OF the best known OF
the Oldtime shipmasters who is taking
the familiar ship Shenandoah around to
the East coast. where she is to be con-
NtiASA illt q ANdl num- - dALtUt pdlllCu
by his wife. Mrs. Murphy has sailed
with her husband for many years, and
could no doubt qualify for masters pa
pers The wife Of Capt Lewis, port cap
tain Of Hind. Rolph & Co., is another
woman who is a good sailor
Queene the little daughter Of Capt.
La Roche. of the ship Port Arthur, is the
sunshine that has aided the windjammer
many times on fast runs. Every sailor
man on board is her individual nurse
maid. and 1t Is funny as we'll as pleasant
TO see the big awkward seamen walking
along the deck with Queenie, watching
her every movement as zealously as a
maid might during a stroll in the park.
Queenie has her dolls, and In the evening.
when the big swinging lantern lights up
the cabin. the little one plays as happily
as any child ashore. unmindful of the
rushing waves along the ships sides and
the wind singing through the rigging.