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The Washington herald., 1910-01-09

Ask the Vice President that much-dis-
cussed question, What college for the
boy?" and lie viii answer Hamilton
College" ASK Senator Root and he will
recommend Hamilton College, Clinton,
y. Y For this comparatively small col
lege numbers among its loyal alumni at
the same time the presiding officer Of the
Senate and one Of its most distinguished
members.
Like other Hamilton alumni James s.
Sherman. rs. and Elihu Root. "a. have
proved their belief In their alma mater.
Three sons Of Mr.. Sherman have been
graduated from Hamilton within the past
ten years, and a grandson, James s.
Sherman, second, is already on the books
as a prospective subfreshman Mr.. sher-
man is a trustee OF the college and never
misses a chance to visit the old hill
where many OF his pleasantest associa-
tons are centered.
Senator Roots home at Clinton is on
College HILL directly opposite the cam
pus. he spends much OF his time here.
in what he believes the healthiest climate
in the country The Root Hall OF Sci
ence and the Root fellowship IN science
are two Of the more notable Of Mr.
Roots gifts 10 Hamilton. Furthermore
Andrew Carnegie has recently, In honor
OF Elihu Roots services in the cause OF
College with over 100000 Mr.. Root is at
present chairman of the board OF trus-
tees Of Hamilton College.
But these two are not the only Hamil-
ton alumni prominent in Washington. In
almost every business and profession
you will find them. In the House Of
Representatives IS James McI.achlin, rs.
Of California. a classmate Of the Vice
President. Should You be so unfortu-
nate as TO be haled into the municipal
court Judge G. s. Bundy, a, will rule
your fate with equity. If you ara a bold.
bad corporation. look out for J. II. Shep-
herd, 20, of the Department of Justice.
A very good boy who goes TO the Wash
ington School for Boys will probably be
instructed by Prof z. O. Perry. '03. or a
very bad little boy may fall into the
clutches of Superintendent c. W Skin
ner, 81. OF the Industrial School An in
ventor may prosecute his claim for pat
ent rights through one Of numerous
Hamilton patent attorneys. and his ap-
plication, when presented. may be ex-
amined by c. L. Jeulss, '06: NJ B. Ian
ders, '07, or c. D. Huntington, 'OS, all Of
the Patent Office. Ralph ". Stone, 80,
is prominent in the Geological Survey.
Resides these men. Hamilton Is repre-
scented in Washington by numerous law
yers. Including A. R. Server. 81. former
ly of the Civil Service Commission. and
men in responsible positions in almost
every government department.
Washington is not, however, the only
city in which Hamilton men have been
successful. A recently compiled list
ranks Hamilton third among the hun
dreds of educational institutions of this
country in the proportion Of successful
men among her alumni. One reason for
such remarkable showing may be this
AS a mans ability is displayed to others
through his speech or his writing, it is
upon these two subjects, public speaking
and writing English, that Hamilton lays
the greatest stress in training men.
Hamilton does not offer professional
courses. 1t does not give a smattering
of many things. It believes in industry
The Washington herald., 1910-01-09
BY Ex-ATTACHE.

Greeks in the United States and In
ether countries outside Of their own dis
play so many qualities of good citizen
ship that one would be almost tempted
TO believe from the present condition Of
affairs at Athens that all the better ele-
ment Of the nation had quilted their
native land IN disgust, leaving only the
rifraff at home.
"a New York, In London, I'm Paris. az
Alexandria. and. above all, at Constanti-
nople. the Greek colonies command the
respect and good viii Of the authorities
and % the population In these cities
they have won name for integrity an4
ofderliness In their business dealings. as
well as a place in the very front rank of
the great houses of banking and COM
merte
Under the circumstances il is alto
gether amazing that the Greeks who
have remained in the land OF their birth
should display such an extraordinary N
erti;Gde In tn arrangement Of their sf-
fairs, an ineptitude so great as to render
the very name Of the Greek government
and of the Greek legislature subjects OF
ridicule and contempt abroad.
Chaos has reigned in King Georges
dominions for some months past That
is nothing new. and the remainder Of
the civilized world would be perfectly
content to allow Greece TO stew, ffgJr-
atively speaking. in her own juice. Who'll
~ Indifferent 10 her fate, were II not for
two things
The lesser Of these two is the danger
10 those monuments Of the classic times
of which the Greeks to-day are the
wholly unworthy custodsns and which
cannot be considered in the light OF
purely Hellenic possessions. as they seem
to believe, but which belong 20 the entire
civilized universe.
Experience Of the past has shown that
the degenerate descendants OF Themis-
tocles, Phidias. Agamemnon. Alciblades,
and LeOnidas are only too inclined 20
turn a dshonOred penny by selling the
art treasures Of the country 70 any one
willing 20 pay the price. pulling down
temples and monuments for the purpose.
putting the stones that are not thus dis
posed OF TO base uses or leaving them
to neglect
Apparently they have no reverence for
the past. and are even ready, Ike the
anarchists. TO destroy for the pure Joy OF
destruction. since proposals 20 blow up
tho AerOpots at Athens with dynamite
have been repeatedly heard amid all the
foolish rawlings that have been uttered al
Athens during the past few months.
But Of even stu graver concern is the
growing peril Of another great interna-
tional crisis. such as that which brought
Germany and Austria 10 the very brink
Of a war with Russia year ago. being
evolved from the present situation at
Athens. It is not alone that all law and
order are set at just as much defiance in
civil life as are discipline in the army
and navy Of Greece, that the authority OF
the Crown is de-ided and the cabinet
powerless to resist the Military League,
the BOule torn asunder into innumerable
small factions. all at war with one an
ether, the taxes unpaid, and the treasury
empty, but # is the inc0nCeiYable reck-
lessness with which the people OF every
class and rank are apparently ready 70
The Washington herald., 1910-01-09
ENDING BOSSLSM IN HLINOLS
Governor Deneen Organizer of Talent and Ability His
Record in Public Life Shops.

Of thirty-three. He is older now and bet
ter looking-ethically, politically mar
TALLY. and constructively.
Dossism Is Necessary.
rs the boss" I asked him. testing
my footing into his confidence. "a neces-
sary person in party management"
Yes, when nominations for public Of
fee are made by delegates who assemble
in conventions He is not necessary in
the sense that he is Indispensable but he
is logical and. I would say. unavoidable
When a few men come together to NOM
mate a ticket, bOssism, having begun
back in the wards and precincts by the
selection of the delegates. already has
planned the proceedings to the last de-
tail. Conventions being thus control
liable, are controlled. and so the boss
Is one of the inevitable calamities OF
politics. He will disappear only when
conventions are abolished and tickets are
nominated by the voters themselves and
The Washington herald., 1910-01-09

politician, officeholder, and business man.
That Is the greatest of all questions. ana
1t should be discussed and vigorously agi-
tated until law-breaking. no matter by
whom. becomes perilous in the United
states. Next In Importance, 1 think, is
the slmplification of our criminal pro-
cedure so that a person charged with
crime may be tried quickly and pun
ished. If guilty-punished. l say. with no
hope or chance OF escape through tech
nicalities.
THE sound Of your name" / said.
might indicate that you are Irish?"
LAS to that" Gov. Deneen replied. Il
only know there is some conflict of opin-
ion in the family as to whether our an
cestors were Huguenots or Scotchmen. |
have relatives who capitalize the m in
writing our name on the ground that Il
was originally French and nothing else
in my Immediate family we all agree
that we are the descendants, through
The Washington herald., 1910-01-09
FEAR SAFETY OF ACROPOLLS
Greeks in This Country Alarmed at Craze Peril of nterna-
tion0 ConfIagratOn in Athens, Now Settling Capital

embark upon a war with Turkey, which
| can only result in disaster to their arms
even far greater than that OF fifteen
years ago.
Then, as to-day, Crete was the cause OF
the conflict. and the action of the Cretan
assembly in arranging for the election OF
deputies to the Greek Parliament and
the announcement that the island must
henceforth be governed from Athens can
! not fail to bring Turkey on TO the war
path If there is the slightest inclination
of the situation.
The Boule reaches the termination of
its four years legislative mandate this
month. General elections will follow i'm
mediately throughout the kingdom. and
the representatives Of the Cretan people
are to be sent to the new Parliament at
Athens.
The sublime porte has already notified
Greece that in the event OF the Cretan
deputies being recognized by the new
Boule and seats accorded to them it will
be construed at ConstantinopIe as a
casus belu
On the other hand. the Greeks are not
in a mood to defer to the views of Tur-
key in the matter OF tO<listen to the warn
ings. of the foreign powers and of their
representatives. Divided upon almost
every other question, there Is one issue
upon which all rival factions save the
court party appear united. namely. the
admission OF Crete as part and parcel Of
the Kingdom Of Greece. Already a year
ago Crete declared It's union with Greece.
Only by means % the utmost pressure
on the part OF King George and Of the
foreign ENJOYS at Athens was the accept
aEce Of the CFetans' announcement de-
clined for the time being by the Hellenic
government.
But It was understood by the people
that this rejection was merely temporary,
just long enough 20 enable the King 20
secure, through his relatives among the
reigning houses OF Europe and through
his royal and imperial influences abroad.
the sanction OF the Greek powers 10 the
Incorporation OF Crete as part and parcel
Of Greece.
The powers were at drst disposed TO
defer 10 King Georges arguments. but
found themselves somewhat unexpected
ly confronted by the stand taken by the
new regime az STEAMBOAT. which declared
that sooner than surrender any bit Of
Ottoman territory TO Greece it would go
to war.
The powers realized that a WsS Of that
kind would in a measure be welcomed by
the Sultan. since II would have the effect
of uniting all the races subject TO his
rule in the defense OF the integrity Of the
empire
But the danger Of war between Tur-
hey and Greece would be the difficulty OF
restricting the struggle TO those two ma
tons. and on that ground the great pow
crs declined to countenance the annexs-
ton OF Crete by Greece. In fact. they
refused to hold out any prospect OF the
fUlhllment OF the aspirations OF the
Greeks and Of the Cretans in the matter.
crushing the hopes which they had quiet
" encouraged Greeks and Cretans 10 en-
terrain as long as Abdul Hamid occupied
the Ottoman throne
The disappointment created throughout
the dominions Of King George by this
The Washington herald., 1910-01-09
WafernroOf.
Manchester Guardian

From the Manchester Guardian
a big black puppy stood. looking very
unhappy. in a rallied Enclosure which was
soaked periodically with the outpourings
OF a broken raiR-spout. Surely" sug-
gested a friend of the owner, the dog
can't be healthy there?" That's all
right explained the owner. why, that
dogs a Newfoundland"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-09
Safe
From the ArVonaut.

hrCgn the Argonaut.
An Ely County citizen who had 'ust
graduated from law school wrote 10 a
prominent lawyer in an Arkansas town
to find out what chance there would be
for him in that part OF the country. Il
am Republican IN politics., he wrote,
''and an honest lawyer If you are an
honest lawyer" came the reply, you
will have no competition, and II you are
Republican, the game law will protect
you
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-09

The state food and dairy commits.
sioner has an opportunity to do a
good work in his investigation Of the
ice cream cone business in Iowa. The
discovery was first made In the east
that In many of the cones, in which
dealers sell ice cream, compounds are
used which are prohibited by the pure
food laws. Physicians believe that
many cases Of children's complaints
come from eating the cones The
dealers who sell these cones are not
to blame. They purchase them in
good faith from the eastern manu-
facturers and they are not expected
to make chemical analysis of every
thing they purchase. 1t is necessary
to reach the manufacturers, however,
through the dealers, and for this rea-
son the commissioners are proceeding
by this means.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-09

Mayor Hanna Of Des Moines be-
lieves his city is trying to do too
much. Des Moines receives about
$1,00O,00O year from taxes and
other sources. The mayor says there
are now nearly million dollars of Inn
provement under way, enough to wipe
out the receipts OF the city from all
sources for year, leaving nothing for
the care Of the fire, police and health
departments. Inasmuch as these three
are the most important departments,
Mayor Hanna's point that they should
not be starved for the benefit Of i'm
provements that can wait is well
taken. Des Moines can well afford to
make haste slowly. If it's present ex-
pansion movement lasts the improve
ments will all come. If the expansion
movement does not last there may be
loud objection when it comes time
to pay for the big improvements
planned.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-09
professional caller in town /. few day.

professional caller In town q few days
ago.
Mrs. Dora Noble and daughter and
Miss Mary Lewis who visited In LIB
ertyville and vicinity couple Of
weeks have returned home.
The funeral OF Steven Starr occur
red Tuesday conducted by Rev. ]. G.
Caughlin, pastor OF the M. r. church.
Mrs. Spencer and children Of Grin
nell are visiting friends In town and
In Clay township.
A. B. Crew is spending few weeks
In Olwein.
Mrs. Johnson and Daughter Of Fair
field were in the city Tuesday calling
on friends.
Mrs. Ailsa Sellers and Mrs. Jesse
Smith went to Roscoe, s. d, Tuesday
night to visit the John Greeson fam
lily who moved there Last spring.
Ross johnson has returned from
Dakota where he has been all summer.
Mr.. and Mrs Oliver TrtRg came In
from Chicago Monday to spend q few
days with the George Trigg family. :.
Miss Bertha Greeson OF Packwood
was calling on friends here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hadlay are en-
joying visit in North Caroline with
relatives. Before returning horne they
Will attend the Friends yeariing meet
Ing In Indianapolis, Ind.
Thursday forenoon occurred tha
sudden and Unexpected, death Of Kari
Hamilton, 9 young man Of % years.
He came here Saturday from Okla
homa to visit his parents and Monday
was taken sick. physician was called
and Thursday morning he was sup
posed to be better. but death came
about9 o'rfock.
The Misses Lucille and.,L1ouise Brady
are at home from their visit in Colo-
RADIO and Kansas,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-09
stoouRNEY.


Martin Reinert Of Boulder. Colo,
was in Sigourney a couple Of days this
week renewing old acquatntnncea. He
left here for New York City and from,
there he will sail for Europe, going to-
Germany where his parents live. He
expects to be gone several months.
H. G. Brown. wife and children left,
Tuesday for Mackinac where they
went to spend several weeks at thoi
lakes.
former residents of Siguurney. butt
now living at Pasadena, Calf, arrived
in the city Tuesday for an extended
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hahn returned
home from Wisconsin where they have
been visiting their son Walter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louie Kracht and q
party Of ladies drove overland to He'd
rick Thursday, evening to attend chau-
tauqua at that place.
Mrs. White Of Washington and MRS.,
Hez Tracy Of Richland, sisters Of Mrs
L. A. Funk were In Sigourney the fore
part of the week visiting with Mrs.
Funk and family
Henry Duensing Of Boynton, Okla.
arrived In Sigourney Monday for a
visit with his parents. Mr.. Duensing
owns q good farm In Oklahoma and
Hikes the country fine.
DE-. and Mrs. G. w. Brown Of Grand'
Junction, Colo, are In the city this
week visiting with the s. T. Brown
family.
Mrs. T. o. Foley left for Keokuk on,
Wednesday after having spent a
couple Of weeks at the home Of her
father Capt. J. T. Parker.
S. B. Dewey OF Washington arriveds
in Sigourney Wednesday.
w. NJ Painter Of New York City ar
rived In Sigourney Tuesday for visit
with his son Ross Painter.
Mrs. Eva Ogden drove across the
country to What Cheer Thursday on
q business trip.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-09
WEST POINT.
-
!. -

Rev. J. F. Kempker Of Davenport
arrived Wednesday for a visit with
relatives.
Miss Meta Bec1sle,, returned to her
home In Hil)shc - -. -,'>,- after
weeks visit WI 900.
Mr.. and NJ - vcdnes-
iday for Bow where
they expect y ut at thu
Springs.
Mrs. Henry .wo daugh-
ters left Tuesda for visit at
the Stsve Luetkehan home at Spring
Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Schroeder and
daughter Margaret Of Springfield, Ill.
arrived Wednesday for a visit at the
Miss Agnes woodrur Of Burlington
who has been visiting at the Chas.
turned home Tuesday evening.
1.atha have returned home after
weeks visit with relatives at Bona
parte.
VIM. culligan and family are in Mt.
Pleasant attending the funeral of Mr.,
Culligan's father, James Culligan. The
remains were brought to st. Paul on
Thursday morning and inferred In the
John Alfred, the 4-year-old son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brockway Of
Denmark died Sunday July 81. 1910 OF
scarlet fever. The sympathy Of their
many friends goes out to them as their
other little child diedSa few years ago.
making their sorrow all the harder to
bear. Mr.. and Mrs. JIM. Conley at
tended the funeral services held Tues
1 day. ap ssfg
Miss Jeanette Jansen LETT Friday fos,
St Louis whore she expects to remain
l for some time. Eat
Contractor T. H. ossenbrink and
Paul Hirschler left Monday for Sc
dalia, Mo-, where they will build a
house and barn for Henry Rotrige.
| Mrs. Elizabeth Stolze and children
OF Burlington are visiting Mrs Stolze's
parents Mr. and Mrs. Herman Poll
peter.
Henry Boeding left Monday for
trip through North and South Dakotas.
Mrs. George Otte Of Ottumwa is Wis
iting her parents Mr.. and Mrs. John
Rump.
\ Mr.. and Mrs. George Lehman OF Fl.
Madison are visiting at the home Of
Mrs. Catherine Lehman and family.
Mrs. Mary Weisnsan and Mrs. Marie
Green Of Keokuk spent Thursday az
the B~inok home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-09
THE PLAN IN KEokUk.

Il Is becoming apparent that some of
the Iowa cities allowed their enthu-
siasm for the commission plan OF gov
eminent to lead them into the mis-
take Of accepting the new form OF gov
eminent as a cure-all, electing three
or Ave commissioners, according TO
the city's population, and not learn
ing until afterwards that there are OBJ
tectfons to the new plan as we'll as to
the old. Cedar Rapids did not learn
until one Of the commissioners '-ac re-
signed that there were any Irregular
ties In its affairs.
The attorney general has now or
dered an Investigation Of the situation
there. Keokuk finds itself very much
in the dark as to what its admiristra-
ton is doing, due to the fact that the
commissioners hold their meetings IN
secret, and an objection is now raised
in that city. The Keokuk Standard
raises this protest:
The Standard has been constantly
excusing other faults of the commits
sioners Of Keokuk, and still sticks to
its fundamental slogan that the tri-
umvirate should be given more time
to learn their duties as governmental
officers. But 1t can not excuse the
great secrecy which has hedged In the
actions Of the commissioners from the
very beginning when Mayor Elder an
nounced that the public would be ex-
eluded from council meetings ex-
cept those passing ordinances. Keokuk
newspapers used to give columns OF
news reports of council meetings, and
every paper had reporter there hard
at work. This summer no reporter
can get enough news out of the city
hall to make ten lines Of print. The
commissioners have refused to answer
the most natural questions about bust
ness entirely completed, when asked
by newspaper men.
This has nothing to do with the
official proceedings which nobody ever
read, anyhow, but to the usual news
reports Of the doings of the council
men. The official reports Of the pro-
ceedings are made unintelligible with
all the skill of railroad auditor, but
that would not make any difference;
II the newspaper reporters, or citizens
could get information about things
done and doing in the city hall.
The worst of 1t is, that this method
of secrecy is harming the commits
sioners more than anybody else. The
people are continually saying that it
Is suspicious. That Des Moines does
things differently came out recently in
a magazine article pointing out that
the perfect publicity obtaining there
made the press a greater factor in
good government, and made the COM
mission plan perfect success.
The Cedar rapids Republican tells
the Keekuk ser. that 1t cannot EN-;
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-09

Mr.. Wayland was busy over some
rare first edition, recently received
from his English collector, when she
sought him out in the library. He
looked up to inquire:
Has Willis gomez"
Yes. He sent you his adieus by
asked me to marry him."
"Of course" nodded the magnate.
they all do that. What did you say?"
What always say"
"H'm!" He tapped his eyeglasses
meditatively upon the bridge Of his
high-arched nose. "You might do
worse. He suits me-"
II have no doubt he could hold the
millions together. In fact. he Is the
first one I have seen OF whose ability
in that line am quite certain. How
ever" She made slight gesture OF
dismissal
y hope you didn't offend him?"
She raised her brows.
Forgive me. might have known"
He stared at the page before him for q
moment. You have certain f1nality
about you that is almost masculine.
They never return to the charge"
"Oh yes" she demurred. There Is
Alton Clyde, for instance"
Mr.. Wayland dismissed Clyde with
an inarticulate grunt of contempt
which measured that young mans
claim to consideration more compre-
hensively than could a wealth Of
words.
81 would think 1t over II were you %
he advised. Then he pondered. III you
would only change your mind, occas-
ionally, like other girls
Il have changed my mind tonight
since Mr.. Marsh left"
Good" he declared, heartily.
Yes. I have decided to, go to KaL
vik with YOU"
On that very night, in ilttla. snow
smothered cabin crouching close
against the Kalvik bluffs, another girl
was seated at a piano. Her slim,
white fingers had strayed upon the
notes Of song which Boyd Emerson
had sung. In her dream-filled eyes was
the picture of rough.garbed, silent
man at her shoulder, and In her ears
was the sound Of his voice. Clear to
the last melting note she played the
air, and then a pitiful sob shook her.
She bowed her golden head and hid
her face In her arms, for memory
was upon her, forgotten kiss was
hot upon her lips, and she was very
lonely.