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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-19

Wady Haifa. Upper Egypt. March Is
After travelling by train from Khartoum.
a journey that occupied nearly twenty
four hours. Col Roosevelt and his party
reached here this evening.
A special train had been furnished for
the use OF the party. 1t was well
equipped, cool, and dustproof, and had
dining and sleeping cars attached. Alto
gether. Il was a better train than the
visitors expected to find in the Soudan
and Col. Roosevelt congratulated the di-
rector Of the government railways, who
was on board, both on the equipment and
the speed.
The best part OF the trip was the
desert stretch of 200 miles from Abu-
Hamed to Wady Halfa. The roasting
heat was tempered by pleasant breeze.
and beautiful mirages were seen on
either side of the line during the hottest
part Of the day
Col Roosevelt spent part of the time
in preparing the address that he will de-
liver at the Berlin University the second
week in May. He is not afraid to address
the Germans in their own tongue, and
he is preparing his address in the Ger
man language Furthermore he proposes
10 lecture at the SorbOnne in Paris in
French and this Grafton is also under
way.
Nobel Peace Prize Speech.
Something, too, has been done on the
speech he will deliver at Christiania on
May 4, when he receives the Nobel peace
prize. It is understood that the Chris
tiania speech will be in English.
Mrs. Roosevelt was glad TO have days
rest on the train after two days hard
work sightseeing. which, added to the
heat, had tired her and her daughter.
They are. however, quite Well Col
Roosevelt is as fresh and as energetic as
ever, and he is anticipating his tour Of
Europe with tine esgerness OF a school
boy. knowledge or the numerous func-
tions he viii have TO attend and the nu-
merOus speeches he viii deliver does not
appaIl him in the slightest, He is espe-
ciaIly looking forward TO again going over
the route of his honeymoon in Italy.
Correspondence IS stiT occupying much
of his time. He only replies to urgent
letters. He hopes that the people who
have written to him asking for lion pups
and other animals will wait for their
answers patiently.
Wears a Shamrock.
Irishmen may be interested TO know
that Col Roosevelt wore a shamrock
yesterday An unknown Irishman in
Khartcum sent him a bunch. which he
Immediately pinned 10 his coat.
Upon arriving here this evening, the
party boarded a steamer provided by the
Soudan government They are due to
arrive at Assouan Sunday morning. and
VIII stay there a day and viii visit the
Dam. They will start for Luxor March
q and reach Cairo March a The sub
segment itinerary follows: Rome, April
to April l. after which a week viii be
spent on the Italian Riviera; Vienna,
April IS; Budapest, April II; Paris. April
q; Brussels, April IS; The Hague May !;
Christlania, May 8; Stockholm, May s:
Berlin May 9, and London, probably
May l6.
Col. Roosevelt proposes TO spend q
month in England. and it is expected
that he will repeat there publicly the
many agreeable things he has already
said Of British work in Africa.
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Garrtck C1uh Give. smo,,.r

The Garrick Club gave social ard
smoker at its quarters, 1877 Pennsylvania
avenue, from to Il o'clock last night. A
large number Of the members were
present to enjoy the programme OF vocal
and instrumental numbers that made I'D
the EVENING" entertainment. A buffet
luncheon was served.
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Manx Attend church sn1ea

First Presbyterian Church was the
scene Of an Easter sale OF homemade
fancy things last night An entertain
ment in its connection was given under
auspices Of the Woman's Missionary So
eiety. Mrs. White gave a musical recital
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SUCH is FAME.

Among the recent arrivals at
the Hotel SheIburne IL United
States senator GRynOr, OF Balti-
more Nd. He is accompanied
by his family during an extern
sive visit here. Senator GaynOr
recently figured In one of the
biggest fights that have featured
the Senate sessions in years. He
is prominent in the political cir
cIes of the south.
(From the Atlantic City Press,
March II. 19i0)
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DANIEL RESTING EASILY.

EHy HIOHAIfb UlNt Vui ELUWViuA IIHIHN-
tin at DaytOna.
Daytona. Fla. March 1s.-At . o'clock
tonight physicians IN attendance on
Senator John w. Daniel issued the fol-
lowing statement
Senator Daniels condition had not
changed during the past twenty-four
hours. His pulse. temperature. and kid
ney conditions are satisfactory The
state Of coma continues marked. but is
not of the profoundest type. The patient
is getting an adequate amount Of nourish-
ment."
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Tide Table.

To-day-High tide, rs a. m and 500 D. m LoE
tide. s5a p. and 10 p. m
Tomorcw-Higb tide. SIS a. N. and al D m.
Low tide. 1912 a. N. and llO6 p n.
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NATION NEAR WAR
OYER PRETTY GIRL
Revolution in Domingo May
Follow Dispute.
SENoR1rA IS QUEEN OF FETE

Citizens Object and Demand Native
Beauty, But Syrian Gets Votes
Enough-President OF the Republic,
Members of Cabinet, and Army Of
fcers Take sides In Controversy.
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ROOSEVELT WORKS
ON HIS SPEECHES
Party Sees Mirages on the
Desert on Hot Day.
WORE SHAMROCK ON HIS COAT

FORMER President Outlines HIS Ttin-
erary to Time He Reaches Eng
Iand-WiH Speak in German at
Berlin and in French at Paris.
Answers Only Urgent Letters.
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CondItIon of the Wnter.

Special to The Washington Herald.
HArDers Fery. W. Va. March ls-BOth rivers
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Temperaturen fn othcr Citien

Temperatures in other cities. together with the
amount Of rainfall. for the twelve hours ended at
=. N. yesterday, follows:
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GROCERIES
SATURDAYS BIG UNDERPRICING
IN THE PURE FOOD SECTION.
GRADUATED Sugar, Is lbs. for.

WHEN PURCHASED WITH OTHER GROCERIES AMOUNTING
o delivered with
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Van Camps Milk for one day

VAN CAMPS EvAPoRATED MILK. FAMILY s1zB; SELLING
at not 20 a buyer.
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In short, Colonel Roosevelt has comb
ed the jungles. curried the forests and
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secured the veldts until he has gath
cred together a Veritable Noah's ark
collection OF the wild living things of
the parts Of Africa where he hunted.
One is reminded of the old darby song
anent Father Noah and his salvation
ark:
De animals went IN two by two
Dere's one mo- ribbeT TO cross.
The one more river in this instance
Is the Atlantic ocean, which Colonel
Roosevelt viii cross the middle of
June in order 10 reach home in time for
the wedding of his son, Theodore jun
Tor, 70 Miss Eleanor Alexander of New
York, which is 10 take place June 16.
In the meantime the colonel will COM
plete his conquest of Europe, The
great capitals-Paris, Berlin. London,
Rome-stand ready to receive him with
open arms and open mouths, the latter
ajar in awe at the approach Of this
most unusual American, OF whom the
Europeans have heard so much in the
past decade. but whom they have not
seen. 1t was inevitable that Colonel
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! Shackleton, who went 40 miles nearer
the south pole than any other ex-
plorer has gone, says that pole is sit
uated on land. in the midst Of a vast
continent covered with ice glaciers and
snow. He says the explorer who final
ly reaches the pole viii find himself on
a plateau at an altitude Of about 10000
feet above sea level.
For hundreds of miles Shackleton and
his party pushed southwark across
frozen land, crossing mountain ranges,
sledging along the backs OF glaciers
and saving themselves from dropping
to doom down treacherous crevasses
only by the mountain climbing device
Of roping the individuals together and
proceeding at some distance apart
It is agreeable to know that when
ever the south pole is marked 1t will
stay marked unless perchance there
may be a sliding glacier at that point,
which is not considered likely All
records left by Peary at the north pole
and for hundreds Of miles on his
march have moved away with the fee
drift. Being on land. the south pole
ID a otoJ NllGAE plbfNSAtltAis
However. IT is not believed that any
flag, stars and stripes or union jack.
will float very long at the south pole
Shackleton found that region infested
with billiards that blew a matter Of
eighty miles an hour, and on his re-
turn from farthest south he greeted
only bare poles at the stations where
he had raised flags 20 mark his track.
The billiards had blown the flags
away.
Shackleton's story OF his march to-
ward the pole shows that polar travel
is a great leveler and equalizer Of
men. Sir Philip Brocklehurst, baronet,
was geologist and baker to the expedi-
ton. No doubt the Brocklehurst bis
cults and pony pot roasts were prop
erly appreciated by both plebeian and
patrician appetites. It was the pony
meat, in fact, that saved the expedition
from starvation. Shacllleton tells us
that on his march southwark he killed
pony here and there. marking the
place where the meat was left. On the
march back every time the party
reached dead pony the food had run
out. Each pony carcass preserved the
lives Of the men until they reached the
next one
Sir Ernest has a real thriller in his
description Of the ascent Of Mount
Erebus, the antarctic volcano noun
/ tain. At the top was found a large,
active crater, belching forth great
volumes of steam to a height Of 1000
feet He has moving pictures to IL
lustrate his lectures-the first ever
made on a polar march.
Shaekleton is the son of London
physician. An adventurer from child
hood. at sixteen he Joined the merchant
marine, making voyages to various
ports aboard tramp ships. Later he
became a ships officer on a line be-
tween England and South Africa. He
also entered the royal naval reserves
as an officer. When Captain Scott
made his record breaking attempt up
on the south pole in 1901 Shackleton
went along as his third officer. That
trip gave the young man a Pearyistic
taste for further pole potting adven-
ture. THOMAS SHELBY.
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Advocates OF rice eating, who are
springing up here and there through
out the United States in considerable
numbers Of late, declare that this diff
ference in consumption is due chiefly
to the difference in cooking There are,
Of course. hundreds OF ways OF serving
rice, but those who are seeking to push
this delectable and economical food
down the American throat aver loudly
and with reiterant acclaim that the
basis of all rice delights lies in the
boiling of the grain. If II is boiled so
that each grain stands out like a sepa-
rate individual at a dignified mass
meeting, instead OF sticking together
like the conglomerate atoms Of a street
mob, the rice is fit to eat.
As nation we are beginning to learn
that rice growing and rice eating are
quite worth while. Government stat
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And was this intention carried out?
Well, these are the busy days Of a
large group Of persons professionally
affiliated with the Smithsonian insti-
tuition and the National museum. For
some months past there have been ar
irving at Washington consignments Of
queer things from British East Africa.
Latest estimates of the result Of the
Roosevelt Smithsonian expedition show
more than 5000 vertebrates procured
for the museum. There are $50 large
mammals. 1879 small mammals, 1900
reptiles Colonel Roosevelt didn't balk
even at snakes). 2.7s4 birds and ESQ
fish. Then there is Uganda yet to hear
from, and it is well known that in that
land governed by native negroes Colo
mel Roosevelt and his party shot
specimens of every beast that blinked
and every bird that warbled and cap
tured individual types Of every serpent
that Kissed.
Africa Noah's Arksd.
In short, Colonel Roosevelt has comb
ed the jungles, curried the forests and
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sonian institution at Washington is
sued an Official statement in which
this was the opening paragraph:
Not Merely & Shooting Party.
IN March, 1909, Mr.. Theodore Roose-
Welt will head a scientific expedition TO
Africa, QUILTED by the Smithsonian
institution and starting from New
York city. This expedition will gather
natural history materials for the gov
eminent collections, to be deposited by
the Smithsonian institution in the new
United States National museum at
Washington"
There you have the genesis Of the
Roosevelt expedition to Africa. It is
called officially the Roosevelt Smith
sonian African expedition. It has been
from its inception in the mind Of
President Roosevelt to its finish at the
palace Of the sirdar at Khartum a
scientific expedition-an exploration Of
British East African wilds with an
abundance Of arsenal apparatus and
ammunition for the expressed pur-
pose OF finding and forwarding TO the
United States, for the benefit Of the
science Of natural history and Of all
the people of the nation, such zoolOg-
ical specimens as should be deemed de-
sirable to have on exhibition in the
household Of the great American
family.
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than ever. a citizen OF the world. En-
perors and kings viii have grasped his
hand and talked with him. Nations
viii have honored him. Populaces viii
have acclaimed him a bully good fell
low. And those black. half naked ma
tives OF Africa, the woolly people OF the
wilds, who carried his supplies on their
shoulders and heads through the jun
giles and trotted faithfully at his COM
mands for whole year. will pass down
TO their descendants the great story OF
their service under the big American
with the wonderful teeth.
It is matter for congratulation that
this representative American has come
through all the perils Of the African
wilderness unframed. When he made
his exit through a side door at the
capitol after the inauguration of
President Taft on the 4th OF March.
1908. and ~departed Immediately for
home. to take ship for Africa a few
days later, many were the doleful pre-
dictions that d lion would rend him, a
bull rhinOcerous paw him down. an
elephant charge over him. or the jungle
fever-direst peril OF all-get its
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Rice Only Staple Food Of Stationary Price
American Output Rapidly ncreang--sman Demand
Heretofore to Be to BadC Cooking

II INDIVIDUALS learn rapidly, but
races acquire enlightenment only
through age long processes. This
- thought is evoked by contempla-
ton Of the statement Of an Arkansas
farmer that he has raised rice on
prairie land in his own state, shipped
1t to China and sold it at a profit in
competition with the rice raised in that
country, the vast majority OF whose
teeming millions have cultivated and
consumed rice as their chief food since
long before Confucius lived and taught
In the United States, where we are
in the midst Of an unsatisfactory cru
SADIE against the high prices Of food,
we pay about 80 cents for a pound of
porterhouse steak. Yet we are assured
by patient scientific investigators that
one pound of rice, which costs about
nickel. has the same nutritive value as
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were planted 10 rice last year. Just
here ii is well to state that rice
is almost the only food that has not
increased greatly in price during the
past twenty years. Most Of our staple
foods have scared TO heights from 100
10 400 per cent higher than their alti-
tude back in 1890, while rice sells now
at practically the same figure It sold at
then. This. quite probably, may be
due to the bad cooking. which has
served to keep down the demand
As Abraham Lincoln remarked, II
you like that sort of thing, that is the
sort Of thing you like; so If you Ike
rice you like ii, and it will encourages
you TO learn that the American output
nowadays is of a bigness not TO bs
sneezed at and is increasing rapidly.
1t is estimated that The product last
year aggregated billion pounds OF
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Roosevelt should make this grand
swing around the circle in Europe II
Will be recalled that General Grant
after eight years in the presidency
went around the world and collected
various trophies in the way Of the free
dom Of cities presented in gold or sill
yer caskets. London already has pre-
pared its freedom for Roosevelt, snugly
ensconced in a gold box considerably
bigger than a brick. Colonel ROOse-
welt has duties TO perform in Europe.
For one thing. he must deliver an adj
dress in acknowledgment OF the Nobel
peace prize which he received in 1904
for his services in achieving peace be-
tween Russia and Japan. Other lee
lures before learned bodies he will de-
liver. and then he will HE him home
ward. landing at New York about fif-
teen months after his departure in
March, 1909. when he boarded the liner
Hamburg for his voyage 10 Africa
European Honors Galore.
When Theodore Roosevelt gets home
he win have become, in a larger sense
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.sHAS1LET0N NANTARc7cDRE

dog tenacity which kept Peary on the
march to the north pole until victory
crowned his efforts at the age of fifty
three, Sir Ernest seems to be the sort
of man who, unless Scott or the Amer
lean leader yet to be selected for the
next dash southwark shall arrive at
the goal, will keep up the fight until
he plants the union Jack on the high
plateau where, according to his own
belief, the south pole is located.
Shackleton's discoveries in the ant
arctic are considerably more thrilling
and interesting. as a matter of fact,
than those Of Peary in the arctic. The
north pole is IN the midst Of a vast
frozen sea- mere point on the ice.
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z OW that Sir Ernest Shackle-
ton, the Englishman who on
the 9Th OF January, 1909,
4 reached a point only III
miles from the south pole is in Ameri-
co to tell US all about his achievement
polar interest is renewed with a prom
Use of pleasanter progress than that
which attended the late Peary-Cook
controversy. Sir Ernest is acclaimed
in old world and new as next TO Com
mander Peary the chief polar explorer
He holds the championship belt from
the antarctic, though his fellow coun-
tryman, Captain Robert F. Scott, is
getting ready to unbuckle the belt from
Shaekleton, and an American eXpedi-
ton also is preparing to try for the
trophy.
Sir Ernest. who is accompanied by
Lady Shackleton, is receiving a warm
greeting from Americans, who know
how to appreciate a man who has
braved polar rigors and achieved glori-
Gus results. While congress still wran-
giles over the bestowal of honors upon
Peary, Shackleton comes to US wearing
the flower of knighthood, graciously be-
slowed by King Edward shortly after
the explorer got home from the far
south. Until then he was plain Lieu
tenant ShackIeton of the British royal
naval reserves.
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It is pleasant to know that Com
mander Peary is going to return the
visit of Sir Ernest by going to Eng
land early in the summer on lectur-
ing tour. Peary is to receive a round
dozen medals Of honor from British
societies. Shackleton is receiving med
ais from American societies. Dinners
galore, which should be highly appre-
ciated by these men who have subsist-
ed on short rations Of penmican
(Shackleton also tried pony), are on
the programs both in England and
America.
Sir Ernest is a man Of striking per-
sonality. He is only forty years old.
Possessing in a large measure that bull
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BY RoRERTUs LOVE.

UT Of the jungle safe and sound
81 Theodore Roosevelt is begin
ming his conquest of Europe.
- This amazing American. this
astounding world citizen. this indom-
table exponent of the gospel Of ag-
gression, has completed with undenl
able success the most notable animal
hunt in the history Of mankind. They
call him the mighty Nimrod. and the
characterization fits the subject. He
has out Nimroded Nimrod. Rather let
Us reverse history and say hereafter
that Nimrod was the mighty Roose-
welt. Emperor William has done some
hunting himself King Edward has
shot pheasants and other feathered
friends Grover Cleveland used TO go
duck hunting with annual regularity.
But Theodore Roosevelt's hunting eX-
ploits from the time when he was a
young ranchman in Dakota to the mo-
ment when he embarked on the White
Nile fc' Khartum a few weeks ago
have thrown an eclipsing shade over
those Of all these noted hunters in q
bunch. with all the other noted hunt
ers Of the world thrown into the group
for good count.
If there be any bird Swimming the
azure. any beast beating tracks through
the jungle. any animal Looping across
the plains or any amphibian swimming
IN reedy rivers which Colonel RoOse-
welt has not specimenized with his gun
let the same appear forthwith and
make deposition or forever hereafter
keep in hiding. One wonders how the
colonel will be able to content himself
now that he has conquered all the
worlds of craftsmanship.
But il should be borne in mind that
this recently ended African expedition
was not merely a hunt for wild ami
mails and not undertaken merely for
the lust Of killing brute beasts. Back
IN December. 1908, while Colonel Roose-
Welt was still president Of the United
States, Secretary Walcott Of the Smith
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clutch upon him. But Colonel Roose-
welt and his son Kermit, the Official
photographer Of the party and account
ed a surer shot than his father. are
said 20 be the only white men Who es-
capped sickness The colonel took shots
at everything he fancied, rode on cow
catchers, cut his way through jungles,
visited and fraternized with native
monarchs. broke bread with heroic
missionaries and ran the whole gamut
OF African experiences.
II is comforting 60 read that Mrs.
Roosevelt took with her to Khartum a
dress suit for her husband. so that for
the first time in a year he was able TO
discard his khaki garb and appear in
the habiliments of a conventional
American gentleman. OF course Colo
mel Roosevelt IS an intensely human
person, but without these little per-
sonai touches now and then TO relieve
the monotony OF the highly heroic mar
rative one might be inclined TO pedestal
the subject Of this brief sketch as a
demigod 1t is more than likely that
! Colonel Roosevelt wrote TO Mrs. Roose-
l NetI SOiIGlIALE III llllo llldlIEEr anu
please don't forget to bring along my
swaIlowtail. for they win expect me to
dress up when I get to Paris and Ber-
/ lin"
Reading Shelley In the Jungle.
1t has been said that the taste for
poetry is dying out, If not already dead,
because Of the strenuity Of this mod
ern world. Colonel Roosevelt is the
worlds leading exponent of strenuity.
/ yet he has told US himself that he took
along with him 10 the African interior,
bound in pigszin. for perusal between
shots. more than. dozen volumes OF
/ poetry. including the works Of SHELF 4
! Keats and Emerson. Fancy Theodore
/ Roosevelt. the bristling aggressor. the
/ terror of trusts and roaring lions. sit
ting in front Of his tent OF an African
afternoon reading Shelley's elegy on
/ the death Of John Keats or the ethereal
/ lyrics in "Prometheus Unbound" But
/ the great hunter carried with him also
the 'Tliad" Of Homer. and IL may be
] that Kermit read Keats and Shelley.
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two pounds Of porterhouse. Rice,
properly cooked-and please stick a
pin here for future Intermediates not
clog up the digestive apparatus of the
human animal as beeksteak does, and
that is another point in favor of the
Asiatic cereal. Individuals in America
have known for a long time how to
cook rice so that it is palatable, but as
a nation we are still ignorant in that
respect.