The Washington herald., 1911-01-01
VIEWS AND
INTERVIEWS
Havre second Port In France.

Havre Second Port In France.
.'Havre maintains its position as one
of the great ports of the world, and the
second in France" said James f. Dun
ning United States consul at Havre. at
the New willard last night.
THE work of deepening the channel
of the port continues and great progress
has been made in completing the sheds
and other external features of the new
transatlantic dock and landing pier.
These improvements will make Havre the
best port on the northern French Chan
mel coast. and the way will then be clear
to have the American mail steamers call
to embark and disembark their passen-
gers only a short three hours from Paris,
where now about seven hours is required
over the single-track railroad line from
ICherbourg.
| Meantime additional calls for more
extended freight service between Havre
and various American ports goes on.
Havre is the great cotton market for
France, American cotton forming the
strongest factor"
Taft's New Year GreetinE.
jeremiah Van Horn, of Philadelphia.
an old sea captain. who in his time has
| every poft III the "oi III, SoiO idsSt
night at the Arlington that he had been
told on the best authority" that Pres
fdent Taft as Commander-in-chief Of the
army and navy. is going to send New
Years greeting to every army post.
wherever it may be located, flying sthc
Stars and Stripes. and to every govern
ment vessel. including men-of-war. rev.
cnue cutters. and all other craft, flying
the countrys flag.
This is a decided Innovation, and I
must say that it is very considerate
one characteristic of the thoughtfulness
Of President Taft. You probably can
imagine what it means to receive the
Presidents good wishes when on a ship
in another part of the world, or out m
> the wilds at an army post. either by
wireless or any other means of comnu-
} nicatio There Is no doubt that 1t will
add considerably to the occasion and
heighten good cheer and sentiments OF
: patriotism
''The officers stationed here in WASH
[ ington." continued Mr.. Van Horn. will
naturally. as has been the custom for
years. make their New Years calls in
person at the White House. The inno-
: vation carries the Presidents call to
, those stationed away from the Capital of
the nation.
Duties Not ExactinG.
n United States Consul Fredrick Simpich,
stationed at Bagdad, Turkey, is in this
country on leave of absence, and, with
his wife, went to his home at New Frank
! lin. Mo-. where they ate their Christmas
: dinner it being the town where the consul
and his wife were born.
u 'Bulbul. carpets. dates. and wool are
. the chief imports from Bagdad to the
:. United States. The duties of the consul
v are not very exacting. and / have EN-
e ployed much of my spare time doing
n special newspaper work. Then. too. We
$ learned polo and tennis. and got so We
could play either in a heat that sent the
thermometer up to 30 degrees. This is
e the way Old Sol treats us from May to
e October. and it is some sizzling. The
t United States feels now to my wife and
e myself like the arctic circle must feel to
the north pole hunters.
Some of the greatest scholars of the
y world have journeyed to Bagdad as the
Mohammedans journey to Mecca con-
e tinued Mr.. Simpch. .'Rawlinson, Laird.
: and George Smith. learned men whose
u labors have enlightened the human race,
; spent years there, digging for cuneiform
lcharacters studying Assyriology, reading
e the hieroglyphcs they found as We read
e English. and making all peoples profit by
u their labors. For twenty-three years DR..
% Holloway representative of the German
a Oriental Research Society. has been car
rying on the work Rawlinson and his
y collie gsia- instituted .--.---. -----s-.-r,
ANaaiIs criminal Code.
lie That the eriinlnci code * ths rnuse of
endl-ss Injestice TO persons ON tfisI snd
- an inspiration 10 perjury Is ;as conten-
r. ton " 3afsesict ). short, assistant
=. States aitbrney Of Illinois. who was seen
m at the Ari.ngtor
10 ',hs present sys,er..s said Mr. Short,
Ir lis a huadrrd psa.s bsbind Ine tines,
m borrowed fren. Euglaad during the colon-
Id ia, period. ana hong s!rre Abandoned
there. ElEat Sow chefe IRE thousands
n OF sasas on the dockeis al over the
"a cops:ry: there are thousands Of 7nen in
!. jail. many Of them innocent of any
N cri-re awaiting trial' because of delay
dtI4 70 the olJ-fashioned 1ode.
'Dne ~ the most perntcious Fesss.its or
l. th,s Geiay is The practical irupossteility
). of obtaining the rigit class az tury-
70 men The intelfge,t iurcr, sble 70 give
q a prisoner fair trial s,ifers n pc
'e cuniary loss in giving ap weeks OF time
r for Jury service, and cloaseaussitiy resorts
,e to any means to escape duty. When
~ one is summoned for a jury, his first
question is. "How can i get oh?' The
ISS claim prejudice. and the juror goes into
court and swears he has prejudices in
, the case, of which he has never heard,
!, and in many cases he is excused"
Il Walrus Hunting Great Sport.
William G. Dobbell, of London, Is at
70 the Shoreham. He is an enthusiastic
S. hunter, and said that walrus hunting Is
d, the best sport in the shooting line.
TO There Is something doing" said the
,e Englishman. when you tackle herd
- Of fifty -odd. weighing between one and
m two tons each, that 60 for you. whether
If wounded or not: that can punch a hole
through eight inches of young ice; that
d. try to climb into the boat to get at ol
y upset you, We could never make oui
" :. which. and didn't care, as the result tc
~ us would have been the same; or they
no try to ram your boat.
m Get in a mix-qp with herd. wher
"a ! every man in the whaleboat Is standing
by to repel boarders. hitting them oveI
10 the head with oars, boathooks, and axes
10 and yelling like a cheering section at 9
va college football game, trying to scare
4. them OF; with rifles going like young
Id Gatling guns. and the walruses below
ing from pain and anger. coming to thu
- surface with mad rushes. sending tht
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