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The Washington herald., 1911-04-09

Daniel 8. Lamont filling the post Of
secretary to the president. The holder
of the ONCE was then entitled private
secretary to the president" Congress
later lopped of the private" and
raised the salary. There IS no longer
anything private about the job. and
it's worth more than il used to be.
From Presidents Secretary to Seere-
tary of War.
Dan Lamont. as he was familiarly
called. was also one Of the big men on
the job. He acted as the presidents 5
secretary throughout the first term Of
Mr.. Cleveland. From 1889 to 1903 he
engaged in business in New York city,
and when his former chief resumed
office in 1903 he summoned Lamont to
Washington again to take the port
folio of secretary OF war. In 1897 La
mont returned again to New York to
become vice president Of the Northern
Pacific railroad. He died in 1905.
President Benjamin Harrison's sec
retary was Elijah W. Halford, now
colonel. United States army, retired
He held the office from 1889 to 1898, be-
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coming a paymaster in the army. with
the rank Of major. in the latter year.
He was retired in 1907.
There has been much talk Of late of
investing the holder OF the office of
secretary Of the president with the ad-
ditional powers and duties and max
ing him a sort OF assistant president
Of the United States. with the salary
OF $4,000 a year. 1t may be said that
in the opinion Of most Washington OBJ
servers the suggestion is foolish mot
IN regard to the salary, since at its
lowest ebb the job is a big one and
worth good pay, but in regard to the
assistant president" idea). A good
man in the office will be an assistant
to the president in all the senses Of
the term assistant" A poor man will
be simply the presidents secretary, a
sort of glorified amanuensis or ste
nographer Some o: the ablest of the
presidents secretaries. b. the way, like
Cortelyou and Loeb. have pot hooked
their way into the secretaryship and
thence to higher Offices. But there
cannot he such a thing as an assist
ant president" The nature of the
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fish, seaweeds and lots Of other things
from the ocean.
The Albatross expedition IS under the
command of DR.. Charles H Townsend,
director of the New York aquarium.
The expedition is called a United
States fishery. oceanographic and bio
logical expedition" and rs announced
purpose is "an exhaustive fishery sur
vey of the peninsula Of Lower Califor-
MIA"
In sending DR.. Townsend to investi-
gate the food fish supply of the Pa
cifc coast the government made q
wise choice. for there are few men in
this country Tor in any other, for that
matter) who know more about fish
than he does. He ranks with President
Jordan of Stanford university ana
Charles F. Holder as an ichthyologist.
and there are few other men of their
reputation in that line in this country.
He has been engaged in scientific
study of the ocean and its interesting
problems since 1888, when he became
assistant to the United States fish COM
mission (the predecessor of the pres
ent bureau of fisheries. a division Of
the department of commerce and la
uOED III SditIlOu pTOpdSdtlOl III SdllIOr-
MIA. Later he became naturalist of the
arctic expedition on the United States
steamship Corwin. and from 1886 to 1896
he cruised about the waters in the
Albatross. seeking new light on the
deep places of the sea After holding
various other offices in which he eXer-
cised his knowledge of fish DR.. Town
send became director of the New York
aquarium in 1902.
The Albatross is one OF two vessels
maintained by the government bureau
Of fisheries. She IS stationed perma-
nently on the Pacific coast, never hav-
ing been in Atlantic waters since she
was sent around Cape Horn, back in
the eighties. She is a vessel of about
100 tons displacement and PA feet
long over all. She is specially fitted
for deep sea work, with trawl and
dredge nets. sounding machines and
other apparatus.
The little sister ship of the Albatross
operating on the Atlantic seaboard Is
known as the Fish Hawk. She Is only
about one-half as large as the AL
batross and Is not fitted so well for
deep sea work.
1t may be unknown to the reader. as
II was to the writer until recently. that
the United States is far ahead of any
other country on earth in the value of
its fisheries. We take from the wa
ters of the seas and lakes and rivers
annually fish worth ssi.so0.0oo. and to
this must be added those of our In
sular possessions. worth SIS. SOC, 900
more. The total is si7.700.000.
ARTHUR J. BRINTON.
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Of approach to the president through
his secretary. Of nerves worn by ever
increasing opportunities. Of vexations
inseparable from a job which makes q
man not exactly great but affords a
cloose approach to greatness.
For two years has President Taft
filled his office. and he has had two
secretaries already. and a third one
will take the position soon. Fred w.
Carpenter began the administration
with Mr.. Taft and is now representing
the United States at the court of the
sultan Of Morocco. His successor was
Charles D. Norton. who has just given
up the office. He will go into the
banking business as vice president of
the big and important First National
bank of New York city. Now comes
on the scene Charles D. Hille@, taking
a flying leap from the big treasury
building. where he has been assistant
secretary. over the intervening White
House into the executive building to
assume the onerous duties of secretary
to the president. From the clear, cold,
thin air of finance to the turbid at
mosphere which surrounds the job Of
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was one Of the secretaries to Presi-
dent Lincoln. In the first administra-
ton Of President Roosevelt he was the
heir to the presidency itself in default
Of a vice president and in virtue Of
his office as head Of the cabinet. Mr..
Roosevelt's first secretary. George Il.
Cortelyou. sizes up we'll with tn other
holders of the position. He left the
office Of secretary to the president to
become the first head OF the new de-
partment Of commerce and labor and
then became in turn postmaster gen.
eral, secretly OF the treasury and
president Of the biggest gas company
in the city OF New York. Mr.. Cortel-
you received honorable mention" in
1903 as a possible candidate for the
presidency. His successor, William
Loeb. Jr, who served as buffer for
President Roosevelt-and as goat"
also many. many times II the current
reports are worthy of belief-is now
the energetic (too energetic. some folks
think) collector Of the customs at the
port OF New York. Going back to the
days. almost thirty years go. OF Cleve-
lands first administration, we find
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my IN maintenance are the points Of
advantage emphasized by the commits
sioner in speaking of the new motors.
The busiest engines in the city do not
travel more than an average Of a mile
and a half. day. They are idle at
least sS per cent of the time. While
the horses stand idle in their stalls
they consume food. but the automobile
engine when motionless does not con-
sumo gasoline. When the horses have
taken the engine or hose wagon or
ladder truck to a fire they stand near
by, watched and tended by a man spe-
cially detailed for that purpose. He
is useless. so far as actual fire fighting
IL concerned. He must guard his
team. The automobile. on the other
hand, requires no watcher. The crank
key Is removed to prevent meddling.
and the formerly useless fireman goes
to add his efficiency and experience
and courage to those of his fellows.
Twelve miles, or fifteen miles an
hour at most measures the speed of
the horse drawn fire wagon, necessari-
" heavy and cumbersome. 1t looks
like one of the swiftest things on earth
as the horses gallop through the
streets. but It is really slow compared
with the motor drawn fire engine. The
latter can go at the rate of twenty or
thirty miles an hour If need be, and
its speed will lessen greatly the fear
of fire felt by the dwellers in the out
lying portions Of the cities.
In real estate saving also the cost to
the city by means of the new engines
will be very great They can be housed
in much less space than the horse
drawn vehicles and the horses. 1t Is
estimated that the new departure will
double the capacity Of the fire houses,
many of which are now situated on
very valuable plots in accessible parts
of the city.
instruction in driving the new mo-
tors is being given to the New York
firemen at the fire college recently es-
tablished at fire headquarters in New
York city. The department has al
ready FIVE large hose wagons for use
in the high pressure districts, besides
other automobile apparatus. A novel
sort of engine that has been planned,
but that is still in the experimental
stage, is the gasoline propelled engine.
or pumping engine. in which the pump
is actuated not by steam. as in the
present type of steamer. but by gaso-
line. 1t is expected that this engine
will be highly successful. So sure Is
its builder of its efficacy. that he has
agreed with Fire Commissioner Waldo
to assume all the risks of demonstra-
ton. guaranteeing satisfaction to Chief
Croker and the otter eminently prac-
tical fire lighters of the New York de-
partmsnt WALTER THOMPSON.
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buffer for the president IL a decided
step for Mr.. Hilles, and IT remains to
be seen how he will like the change.
Men Who Have Held tho Place.
There is this much to be said about
the position Of secretary to the presi-
dent-it can be made a great big job
or just a high one. according to the
calfber of the incumbent. A full sized
man can convert it into an office rival
ing in dignity and importance that OF
cabinet officer A smaller man may
bring 1t down to the level of an ordi-
nary seCretaryship-that is, not quite.
but almost. for there is enough OF in
herent worth about the job to make
II big regardless Of the personality of
its holder.
Be il said to the credit Of the judg-
ment of men Possessed by the presi-
dents of the United States, most OF
the secretaries of the presidents in re-
cent years have been above the ordi-
nary. There was John Hay. for in
stance, considered in later years by
some persons the ablest secretary of
state the United States ever had. He
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chief executives work precludes the
idea The glory and the power Of the
office are his. and so must be the un-
divided responsibility.
Who the New Secretary Is.
To Charles Dewey Hilles Of Dobbs
Ferry, n. Y, falls the task Of seeing
that the presidents business office Is
run correctly and with the minimum
amount of friction due to botheration
by senator's, representatives AMI ordi-
nary people. Running business has
been Mr.. Hilles' speciality in the past.
and there Is no reason to doubt that
he will make good in his new office.
He is an Ohio man by birth and has
been known personally to Mr.. Taft for
several years. In Ohio Mr.. Hilles
when a very young mamie is under
forty-four still-made a state wide rep
utation for himself IN the superin-
tendency OF the Boys Industrial
school at Lancaster. His reputation
passed the state boundaries and led
to his selection to head the New York
Juvenile asylum. a reformatory insti-
tuition at Dobbs Ferry. n. Y. He re-
mained there until the early part of
1909. when he became assistant secre-
tary of the Il easury at the request Of
President Taft and at the sacrifice Of
at least $4,000 a year IN salary. Mr..
Hilles' strongest point is his intellect.
which is big enough to run a cabinet
office II necessary and broad enough
to consider the minutest problem in
philanthropy. a subject which has en-
gagged much of his time and thought in
the past.
He has rot sought public notice:
neither has ne avoided it. AS BELTS a
man chosen to fill the cfrice Of presi-
ient's secretary his acquainTanceship
among public men IS wide. and there
are few who have not a good word for
his friendly. kindly manner. combined
with the keen incisiveness which
marks the man of affairs. OF course
he is a Republican in politics. but he
has not been working much at II" in
the way of partisanship.
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u fire horses gallop their way
to the place Of alarm; no more the
glorious rush Of heroic horses, eager
to rescue and save, urged on by more
heroic men: instead. the "chirr- chirr'
OF seventy horsepower motors-less
picturesque perhaps, appealing less TO
our love Of the sensational. but speedier.
more efficient, less costly. less perilous
to fire and spectator.
Rhinelander Waldo, New York's able
and energetic fire commissioner. has
decreed the passing Of the fire horse
from the streets of his city. That
means the Punishment OF the animal
from the big cities of the entire coun-
try. for in a fire fighting sense, still
more than in politics. ''as goes New
York so goes the Union" New York
has the largest. finest and best equip
ped firefighting department in the
world. 1t is bigger and better than
those OF Paris and Berlin combined.
and on the authority of Winfield R.
Sheehan, secretary to Commissioner
Waldo. 1t may be stated that II is
larger than the combined fire depart
ments Of any other six American cities
Therefore saying that within five wears
not one horse will be left in the serv-
ice of the New York fire department
means that the passing of the fire horse
from the entire country Is certain. In
the matter Of fire fighting the rest of
the United States follows and initiates
New York,
From every viewpoint. including that
Of sentiment the substitution Of mo-
tor propelled IRE fighting apparatus for
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that drawn by horsepower ic desirable.
There is more sentiment about the saw
ing OF the lives of the two or three
firemen killed yearly in n, York
through the use of horses than there
is about the sight of the finest team of
horses in he world galloping through
the street Ia front Of a hose wagon, a
fire steamer or a hook and ladder truck.
On the ground Of economy there can
be no comparison. The average life OF
a fire horse is only FIVE years. 1t costs
about s220 a year to keep a fire horse
fed and properly shod, with medical
supervision and treatment. For three
horse steamer the cost of horsefiesh IL
about $3.50 year. The same work may
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IA NJ Is II0 champion DulIcr
~ OF the country? No, Mr..
Irreverent, not buffer
buffer-the kind of thing
which is put at the side Of a vessel or
in front of a railroad locomotive to
prevent unpleasant impacts. to absorb
shocks. To repeat the question in an
other form. Who is the champion
shock absorber of the United States?
II you are on speaking terms with
the presid cnt of the United States or
with his only living predecessor ask
him, or II you know any senator or
representative or holder of another Of
flee who has had occasion to seek the
ear of the president ask him. There, the
secret is out The rest little all round
receiver of shocks intended for other
persons is the secretary to the presi-
dent of the United States
Job Is Not a "Cinch."
To plunge right into the middle Of
things. as the old Romans put II, let
us say that the job which Charles D.
Hilles is going TO take April is the
furthest possible remove from a
''cinch." You might think It pleasant
to be the constant companion of the
chief executive of the country. with an
office in the executive building adjoin-
ing the White House, accompanying
your boss on all sorts Of trips to the
interesting places Of the country, meet
ing the great Of this land and occa-
sionally Of the rest Of the earth. You
may think that $4,000 year is a pretty
good salary. with all these privileges
thrown in free. You may think that
being courted by all sorts Of men is
pleasant pastime All this is only one
side of the shield, and the bright side.
Turn the other and see written there
on a record of constant hard work, of
continual standing off of men who
want favors and are seeking the right
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be done more quickly and better with
a gasoline motor for less than $50 a
year. Applying the same ratio to all
the horse drawn apparatus in the en-
tire city, the tremendous saving is ap-
parent. There are at present 1,500
horses in the service of the depart
ment None has been purchased for
seven or eight months. and it is the in
tention Of the commissioner not to re-
sumo purchases of horses. He is turn
ing over the horse fund of the depart
ment to the bureau Of fire apparatus
purchase and is buying automobile fire
fighting apparatus as fast as 1t is need
ed in the service.
Speed in settny to ores and scono-
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plished by the discovery and introduc-
ton of new varieties of food fishes.
With that end in view the United
States steamer Albatross is cruising at
present off the coast of California or
Lower California digging up fish. she'll
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Y UNCLE SAM Is going to help us
keep Lent; not this year per-
haps-its little too late for
~ such action by the old gen.
In subsequent years. In
cidentally he u going to do little to-
ward putting down the high prices OF
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70 more the clang and clash Of
nj hoofs beating sparks from
the city cobblestones as the
u fire horses gallop their way
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BY CHARLES N. LURE.

Y YHO Is the Champion buffer
~ OF the country? No, Mr..
wv Irreverent, not buffer
buffer-the kind of thing
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-02
LOOKED LIKE WRECK
Bill Van Sickles a Badly
Battered Man.

When William Van Sickles was
brought into police court this morn
ing. to face a charge of drunk. there
was murmur of sympathy. One eye
was closed, and one ear clotted with
blood Dabs of blood we're over his
face and clothes. Van Sickles hob
bled along on one leg. assisted by a
patrolman. and one hand hung stiff at
his side. 1t was truly "a most bloody
sight
After Van Sickles had been careful
ly propped up in a chair with his off
foot stuck up in front of him, he look
ed at the court out of one eye and
sorrowfully plead guilty. The man
received four and half months in
the county janl. ain
He was given lecture by the court,
Some time ago, Van Sickles's wife
sued for divorce, alleging that her
husband threatened to kill her at vari-
Gus times and that he was habitual
drunkard. Through the efforts of
Sheriff AL Steen, the man and woman
were brought together again and the
divorce proceedings quashed.
He was reproved by the court for
striking at the man who had helped
him. Van Sickles did not seem to
mind the lecture. but sat nursing his
injured paw" like huge grizzly bear.
He was quiet and made no resistance,
when he was taken to the county Jail.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-02
A CLEANING ORDER
ISSUED BY BOARD

The board of works in assisting the
various societies on cleaning day,
Friday, May 5. will put some extra
men and wagons on the street depart
ment to clean all the alleys and
streets, SO that the city will be the
"cleanest she has ever BEEN" to
uote President Hammond of the board
of works.
The city will be given a thorough
house cleaning. The board issues the
request that all citizens clean their
yards, and further keep them clean.
Make every day a cleaning day is
the suggestion.
Citizens must keep the alleys in
the rear of their homes clean and free
from distractions, according to q
statement made by President Ham
mond this morning. All trash should
be placed in convenient receptacles
and not thrown on the ground. In the
future trash men will not come to
residents back doors for garbage as
they have done in the past. If the gar
bage is left in the yards the residents
will be aned for creating public
nuisance.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-02
COMMITTEE IS TO
GREET FAIRBANKS.
Speaker for the Commercial
Club Banquet Tonight
Arrives Late Today.

Former Vice President Charles w.
Fairbanks, who will be the principal
speaker at the Commercial Club ban
quet at the Y. NJ. c. A. this evening
was met upon his arrival in this city
late this afternoon by a reception COM
mittee composed of S. e. Swayne,
John L. Rupe and Judge d. w. Com
stock. He was escorted by the COM
mitteemen to the hotel and later TAX
en- on an automobile ride about the
city, the interesting sights and evil
dences of Richmond's growth and
prosperity being pointed out to him
Reception committees had been APP
pointed for all of the out-of-town
speakers and all were received with
welcome. John l.. Zimmerman of
Springfield. was attended by commit
tee composed of George H. Knollen-
berg. E. NJ. Hass and James A. Carr;
Mayor F. p. Foster and Hon. William
Kittinger of Anderson by a commit
tee composed of Mayor W. w. Zim-
norman and A. d. Gayle; and Law
renee Bertsch of Cambridge City by
a committee composed of Paul Com
stock and B. B. Johnson.
Elaborate preparations have been
made to make the banquet this even.
ing one of the most notable in the
clubs history. An exceedingly large
number of tickets have been sold,
and it is expected the large Y. M. C.
A. gymnasium will be filled to over.
flowing
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-02
RAT|FY INCOME TAX
Become u. S. Law When Six
More States Do So.

New York, May 2.-Twenty-nine
states, according to reports receiv-
ed here have ratified the proposed in
Constitution. Before the amendment
can become q law 1t must be approved
by six more states, making the total in
favor thirty-five, or three-fourths Of
the whole forty-six. Arkansas and
Tennessee were the only states that
ratified during April. Thus far the
proposal has been approved by both
legislative houses in the following
states: Alabama, Arkansas. Califor-
MIA. Colorado. Georgia, Idaho. Illinois,
Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas, Mar
yland. Maine, Michigan. Mississippi.
Missouri. Montana. Nebraska, Nevada,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oregon, Oklahoma, Texas. Washing
ton.
Action Now Pending.
The amendment is pending before
the legislatures of nine states still In
session. These are:
CONSIDERATIONS reported
adversely; no action taken by either
house.
Delaware-No Action.
Florida-Passed by the house, no
action by the senate.
ssachusetts-Passed by the
house. no action by the senate.
New York-Passed by the senate
pending in the house.
Pennsylvania-Com reported
favorably: no action yet by either
house.
| Rhode Island-Defeated in 1910; nc
action this year.
| Virginia-Passed the senate; de
feated in the house.
J Wisconsin-Passed the house; pend
ing In the senate.
Seven state legislatures have ad
journed 80 far this year refusing te
ratify the amendment in one or bett
branches. These were louisiana
Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jer
sey. Utah, West Virginia and Wyom
Ing.
The Vermont legislature defeated
the amendment in 1910 and does no
meet again until 1912.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-02
REP. GRAY ENTERS
HIS PENSION BILL
Provides Dollar-a-day to Vet.
Grams of the Civil and
Mexican Wars.
eAmeriean News Service,

Washington. May 2,-Representative
Gray of Indiana. introduced a dollara-
day pension bill today for all soldiers
serving ninety days in the Civil war
or sixty days in the Mexican war: also
pensions for soldiers widows of twelve
dollars a month. regardless of the
cause of the death Of their husbands.
Soldiers widows must furnish proof
of the legal marriage and death of the
soldier but are not required to prove
that death was due to injuries receiv-
ed in service. 1t must be shown that
the beneficiary married the soldier at
least years before his death and
lived with him continuously. Under
the proposed act pension agencies. ex-
aminers and medical examining
boards are abolished and pension at
torneys are outlawed.