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The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1911
An Injustice Easily Remedied.

1t VIII be an easy matter for the Sen
ate subcommittee which has jurisdiction
over the District appropriation bill to
insert a paragraph in that measure which
will do justice to the teachers of the
public schools Under a decision of the
Comptroller which summarily abolished
a system of employing substitutes which
had been in force for many years, the
teachers are deprived of their pay for
each day that they are not on duty. This
Gears heavily upon teachers who are
absent on account of illness or some
other compelling cause
The remedy lies in simple provision
which will allow the employment of sub
stitutes and which will grant the teach
er permission to be absent with pay when
prevented from being on duty through
illness or other reasonable cause. No
one, of course, advocates a system
whereby any teacher may go upon pro-
longed holiday, with a substitute work
ing for half pay. while the other half OF
the salary goes into the teachers pocket,
and with the teacher returning at the end
of the period to find her position re-
tanned. This condition of affairs is the
other extreme. Ample safeguards can
be provided against the abuse of the
substitute system. The mere fact that
some advantage has been taken of a
rule is not good reason for saying that
the rule is altogether bad
The teachers deserve consideration
They labor faithfully and intelligently,
and upon them devolves the all impor-
tant duty OF developing the minds of the
children. 1t is not much to ask that
when they are compelled to be absent.
substitutes shall be provided, so that
to the burden of illness shall not be
added the loss of pay.
The opportunity to grant this meager
boon, we repeat, is with the Senate COM
mittee which is about to consider the
District appropriation bill.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Made Naval History.

Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, who
died in this city Wednesday, was one
of the few fortunate naval officers to
whom it was given to make history in
times of peace. He it was who took our
great Atlantic fleet around the world, a
| feat without parallel and which gave
the United States naval distinction pre-
| viously unattained. That historic and
memorable cruise is still fresh in our
memories, because of its magnitude, its
accomplishment without a m;shap, and
last but not least, its effect upon foreign
nations.
Starting from San Francisco, where
he was placed in command when Fight
ing Bob" Evans, who had successfully
brought the monster ships around the
Horn from Hampton Roads, was inca
pacitated by illness. Admiral Sperry en-
tered upon his globe-encircling cruise
In many quarters it was regarded as a
warning to Japan in her alleged designs
upon our unprotected Pacific coast.
The fleets cruise, however, had no hos
tile intent 1t was intended to demon
strate that we had taken our place as a
naval power among the nations, and
never was an object lesson more en-
phatically presented. Everywhere the
fleet waS oiyen cordial yveIroue and
in no place was the greeting more
hearty than in the Mikado's empire.
Admiral Sperry had plenty of routine
during his career. Just what all of his fel-
low-officers have to encounter on the
''up grade,' but he was of firm decision
and was possessed OF wide fund of
naval information. He was one OF the
best dsciplinarians in the service, and he
had a rare opportunity to prove his
worth.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
BLACK SNOW IN ALPS.
Covered Swias Valley and Hils ia
Depth Of Six Inches.

Covered SWiss Valley and Hill to
Depth Of Six Inches.
Fun tho Pail Mall Gazette.
A curious natural phenomenon has been
observed during the last few days in the
lower Emmen Valley above the Lake OF
Brienz
Last week the Inhabitants woke up to
dnd that it had been showing both in the
valley and on the slopes of the surround
ing hills. About six inches Of new snow
was lying. and as far as the eye could
see it was not white, but Of a grayish
black color, as if thick coating Of dust
and SCOT had accumulated upon it
1t was much blacker than snow which
has been lying a week in a city exposed
to all the smuts Of the surrounding
chimneys. whereas, of course, in the En-
men Valley there was nothing to soil it.
The only explanation which any one can
offer Of the phenomenon Of black snow is
that 1t may be due to volcanic ash
brought by winds across the sea and the
mountains from Etna, which has lately
been in eruption.
Red snow, Of course. is a fairly common
phenomenon in the Andes, and was re-
marked by Darwin. So far no other part
Of the Alps except tie Emmen Valley
seems to have had the unpleasant ex-
perience OF fall of black snow. The
snow. moreover. is getting darker and
thicker here.
The inhabitants of the valley are herds
men. who in their chaIets make the IA
nous Emmenthal cheese, while those who
live on the shores of the Lake of Brienz
are chiefly engaged in wood carving.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
The Greeley Centenary.

Perhaps the most remarkable thing
about the Greeley centenary-the great
editor would have been 100 years old
had he lived until to-day-is that it has
aroused no greater interest Several
lrnes it has been urged that there should
be recognition on a national scale, and
one of our St. Louis contemporaries has
been particularly insistent upon paying
honor to a great figure in our national
history
None of the suggestions made was
given more than perfunctory attention.
A few, who may have had some special
reason for entertaining kind remem-
branccs OF Mr. Greeley, indorsed the
idea. but there was nothing that even
approximated a spontaneous or q gen.
eral response. Perhaps reasons suffi-
cient could be assigned for this lack of
interest. To begin with, he was identi-
fed with a profession whose members
are not given to ceremonious hero wor-
ship among themselves. Then. again,
hrs great work is so far away that most
people can have no personal recollection
of it, and yet it is not sufficiently re-
mote to become a tradition.
Though a leading politician, Mr.
Greeley never held any important Off
cai position, and as a writer he wrote
almost nothing in form calculated or
meant for preservation. BY most per-
sons, probably. his name is remembered
as defeated minority nominee for
President, and as a man whose last
years seemed to be marked by strange
inconsistencies. And yet, explanations
leave something still to be explained.
1t IS curious. to say the least, that an
opportunity like the present for remind
ing this generation of his career should
be unutilized and pass with apparent
apathy.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
A Proper Appeal from Alaska.

Who will blame the 64.ooo inhabitants
of Alaska. no matter how firmly, even.
they may believe in the principle OF con-
servation, for urging development of the
abundant deposits OF Alaska coal, when
they have to pay SIS ton, with duty
| added. for an inferior grade OF fuel
from British Columbia? They arouse
our sympathy when they appeal strongly
for autonomy which would give them as
much freedom as other Territories of
the United States have enjoyed. Their
objection to a commission form of gov
ernment, sent there from Washington.
is upheld by the President himself, who
has urged upon the present Congress the
need of more representative form of
government for this vast domain OF the
north.
The Alaska problem is too large a
one to be solved in a day, or perhaps in
single session But do not let us for
get that whatever move is made for a
more acceptable form of government to
meet the rapidly developing needs OF
Alaska will benefit the whole Union as
well as Alaska, because the opening up
of the vast coal tracts, comprising an
area OF some I,ooo square miles, must
OF necessity in the future bring great ad-
vantages to our people. 1t is not time to
act when inhabitants of the ccideSt spot
on the civilized earth have to freeze un-
less they are able to pay exorbitant
prices to foreign dealers, despite the
fact that they have boundless quantities
of the finest of hard coal at their very
doors? 1t seems to us that a little bit
of paternalism would be a very well
come thing on the part of our govern
ment in this instance.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
A Statement as to Porto Rico.

Editor The Washington HeraId:
The statement that the people of Porto
Rico recommended that officials of the
district courts be appointed by the gov
ernor, and not by the people, and that
corporations be allowed to own more than
5000 acres of land for cultivation, is a
misunderstanding. What the Porto
Ricans always asked was that the secre-
taries and marshals Of the district courts,
as well as the municipal judges. be elect
ed by the people, and that mo corpora
ton be allowed to own over 5000 acres of
land. The Olmsted bill as passed by the
House last June provided that the Sec
retaries and marshals Of those courts be
elected by the people, and the municipal
judges appointed by the governor. and
that corporations be. not allowed to own
over 5000 acres. The bill having gone
to the Senate. the Committee on the Pa
cific Islands and Porto Rico amended
these provisions making all of the ofii-
cials of the courts appointed by the
governor and increasing the number of
acres Of land that corporations may cul-
tivate to 5.O00 further providing that IL
q successfully increasing excess OF taxes
be paid they may be allowed to cultivate
all they please.
I win add that Porto Rico never favored
the Olmsted bill. OF course. the Porto
Rscans would rather haye It enacted into
law as passed BY the Houoe than 70 be
compslled 10 accept Il in the way It has
boea aaboaAoa ~ do 0sdakes S
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The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
By FRED C.. KELLY.

/ Now I voted for the Payne-Aldrich bill
II you desire to cast your ballots agains
somebody who voted for that bill, dom
vote against Gov. Draper, but agsins
me. I'm the man"
And do you know" remarked Gardne
the other day. in recalling the incident
there are about 10000 Republican voter,
up there in my district with no NOR,
sense OF humor than to take mo at m.
word. as the falling OF in my vote vii
show"
Representative William A. Ashbrook
of the Newark, Ohio. district, obtained a
pension a few months ago for a colored
constituent, who for the purposes of this
narrative may be known as Alexander
Lucas. Alexander had a brother-in-law
whom we'll call Adam Washington. who
was also extremely anxious to get or
the pension lists, and he walked eighteen
miles one day to Ashbrook's home tc
tell him how he had gone into the war
with his master, how his master had
been KILLED in battle, whereupon he
PICKED Up his masters gun. and con-
tinued zealously in the conflict.
Now. Alexander was extremely op-
posed to brother-in-law Adam getting a
pension, because he knew that il he had
SO a month or SO to spend he would
put on airs and become so thoroughly
nndpn0crofi@
Ing with him. So Alexander dropped
around to see Ashbrook and tell him not
to be fooled by any talk Of Adams about
service in the war.
But ne says that when his master was
killed he took his gun and went into the
fight in a highly COURAGEOUS manner. ="
suggested Ashbrook. by way Of drawing
out his informant.
1essah. that's what that fool Adams
been a-tellin' aroun'," admitted Alexan-
der. but the truth is that his mastah
nevah died till jest about 'leven yeahs
aso-he wasn't shot in no wah, at ALL
Then he added: The trouble with that
Adam niggah. Mistah Ashbrook.. is he
don't hahmonize his statements"
Timothy Ansberry. Democratic Repre-
tentative from Ohio. is getting a reputa-
ton as the possessor OF a voice of rare
cadence. resonance. and audibility.
The other day Tim stood in the corridor
just outside the main entrance to the
House. talking in normal speaking tones
to constituent who had called him out
to pass the time of day. total stranger
who was standing around went up and
askedSa doorkeeper who the man with
the voice happened to be.
That's the best natural voice I've
heard for years. he remarked. Why,
with the carrying qualities of that voice.
the fellow could talk in a stage whisper
and make himself heard all over the
Capitol
The Ansberry voice. IL properly ex-
plotted, so one is led to believe might be
for speaking purposes what the Caruso
voice is applied TO song. II it were pos
sible TO have voice incorporated and
water the stock, it Is quite probable that
Timothy could make a handsome thing
out of il.
Copyrighted. 1911. by Fred C KellyI
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
The Law Regarding Dynamite.

The terrible explosion of an entire
carload of dynamite at Communipaw, in
the harbor of New York, with its ac-
companying disastrous loss of life and
property. suggests the possibility of
more widespread calamity unless
greater precautions are taken in the
handling of this high explosive. Is it
actually true that any law would per-
NIT the assembling of tons upon tons
of dynamite in that crowded harbor !?
There does not seem to be any valid
reason why such an enormous quantity
should be stored in one place. AS the
ealsmity occurred on New Jersey terri-
-. that State ought to look into the
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

James F. Burke, who represents ,one
Of the Pittsburg districts. stumbled
upon rare bit Of Pennsylvania inge-
nuity a few months ago. He had gone
to address a political meeting at small
town in Western Pennsylvania Owing
to the lack of other halls with sufncient
seating accommodations. fhe meeting
was held in a small church.
There were to be two speeches, and
Burke was first on the programme. A
few minutes before tho meeting started
the janitor hunted him up and asked
him how long he expected to speak.
"Oh, about an hour" he told the man.
Very we'll, then" replied the janitor.
II think everything'n be all right. Even
IL you each speak for an hour. there'll
be no difficulty
Burke marveled at the mans words,
but forgot all about the incident until,
almost at the moment he reached his
closing sentences, the large lamp that
if the Oil was about exhausted. The
janitor came forward and said he'd light
up the other lamp in the chandelier. But
in adjusting the lamp he made a fox
pass. and the lamp fell to the floor,
breaking into innumerable pieces and
spilling all the John D. Illuminating COM
modify it contained
Sorry spoke up the janitor, but
there isn't another drop Of oil around
here Guess we'll have to close the
meeting"
So the exercises ended right there, with
the crowd in darkness. for tho other
lamp had already gone clear out, and the
other speaker didn't get to tell the audi
ence SO much as the title line Of his ad-
dress
There was a mystery about the whole
thing to BIrke, and before he left the
building he got hold of the janitor. whom
he asked for explanations-what he meant
by his conversation earlier in the evening
and all.
You see," began the janitor. they've
got a preacher here that's purity long
Wln0ed- so some OF the younger people
arranged with me to put just enough oil
in the lamps to last an hour. That keeps
the services down to reasonable length.
Tonight put enough oil for an hour in
each lamp, and calculated to give you
felers an hour apiece. II that second
lamp hadn't O. fell everything. would
have gone of nicely"
When Representative Augustus p.
Gardner. son-in-law of Senator Lodge.
started to make his campaign for re-elec-
ton in Massachusetts, last fall, he kept
hearing of people who were going to
scratch Draper. Republican candidate for
governor. just to chastise the Republicans
for passing the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill
Gardner began to chide his constituents
in his speeches, from time to time, for
being swayed to such an absurd extent by
prejudice.
Gov. Draper is not the man to vote
against" said Gardner in one speech.
He WIS not in Congress. and couldn't
have voted for the tariff bill IL he had
desired to- He had nothing more to do
with the tariff revision than you had.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Names in Siam.

From the Christian Herald
The late King of Siam had for a full
name Phra Bat Somdeth Phra Para
mindr Maha Chulilongkorn Phra Chula
Chum Klo Chow Yu Hua, and this does
not include his titles. A wag in Bonn
bay saw it in the paper when the ruler
was visiting that city and was being
received by the British officials, and
passed it over to a young Irish sub
alteran with the challenge that he pro-
nounce it. The young fellow looked at
it moment and then handed it back.
He said he was not long enough winded.
but he was sure he could play it on the
garrison club piano if the instrument
were a couple of octaves longer.
The Kings uncle. however. who was
also a prince high priest, had for one
name alone the following collection of
letters: Pawaratsawarlyalong Any
one who can get through this and not
fiat one of the notes has lived a long
time where he can look out of the win
dow and see the gilded peak of a wat
or temple shimmering in the equatorial
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Sawdust COnta mi mates Stream.

From Popular Mechanics
Sawdust contaminates water. according
to. the decision of a Virginia court in the
case brought by residents along the
banks of a stream to prevent the own
ers of a sawmill from dumping the dust
from their mill into the water.
The farmers testified that the sawdust
gave the water such a color and offen-
sive odor that the cattle would not drink
it. On the strength of this testimony and
other facts brought out the court or
dered the sawmill people to make other
disposition of their refuse.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
POLITICAL COMMENT.

From the ST. Louis Republic.
BY their works We shall know them
Knox negotiated the trade agreement
with Canada; Penrose balks and SHES at
it; oliver opposes ratification.
From the Austin Statesman.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer calls Luke
Lea, the young Senator-elect from Ten
nessee. a stripping. II our contemporary
could see Luke once it would understand
that he is not a stripping. but a strappins
strapling.
From the Philadelphia Public Leadyer.
Senator Oliver. who represents the or
thodox Pennsylvania school of high pro-
lection. has already expressed himself as
pleased with the Canadian concessions on
farmer
From the St. Louis Star
The people are demanding light. and are
getting it. When they see clearly they
may be depended upon to act rightly.
They are beginning to see the evil Of vote
trading in tariff framing.
From the Houston Post
Hall the men who declare their joy at
retiring from public life do not tell the
truth about it, and they are not at home
three weeks before theD commence to
prick up their ears whenever anybody
mentions a prospective vacancy.
From the Ceveland Plain Dealer.
1t Is shown that Rhode Island has
more people to the square mile than any
other state In the Union. That is all
right enough, but when you have said
'the square mile" there 10 not much else
to talk about In the case Of Rhode
Island.
Ftum the Detroit Free FreR
Congressman Underwood. Of Alabama.
viii be the next chairman Of the Ways
and Means Committee. which assures that
the lumber interests viii be considerably
looked alter.
Rtum tie pinnipshsn Nsws
About ths only wev lGr. Carnegie can
insure .peaca y 70 panslon the armor-
Ilaae pUle - ~ slnraksfa
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

Have you noticed any stampeding OF
the bachelors to get out of Massachusetts,
because that State has enacted a law
taxing all bachelors of good standing and
moral character S year?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
A LITTLE NONSENSE,
SPRING HUNTING.

When Sue and / were sweethearts
And life was like a song.
We used to hunt for violets
When springtime came along.
We have no time since marriage
For anything like that
We simply put our rubbers on
And hunt another fiat.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

The world has grown 25 per cent worse
in the past ten years, says New York
preacher. We hate to blame the preach
ers, but what have they been doing dur
ing these ten years?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

1t is true that now you may go around
the world in thirty-seven days. but there
does not seem to be any particular rea-
son for doing IT.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

According to statistics. fifty-seven un-
married men commit suicide to only
forty-three married men. The married
ones do not dare. They have families
to provide for.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

Twenty years ago. II hotelkeeper re-
fused to shelter the dog Of a leading
actress, it is ten to one that the nation
at large never would have even heard Of
the incident"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

Here is good win to men" with a
vengeance The wife of the Archbishop
Of Canterbury has been chosen to christen
Englands newest Dreadnought.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

Gov. Baldwin is not going to sue ex
President Roosevelt. But, then, why no
publish the correspondence?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
A Governors TrOubIes.

whats the matter. GOVERNOR
"Oh. 1 Let a man out of the peniten-
tiary to go home to die. Now I find he
has married chorus girl and gone on
the stage in a vaudeville sketch"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

With fine nerve. Gov. Wilson made
his fight by appealing to the people, who
upheld him, and he wun- That Is the sort
Of man any country needs in critical
times
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

On the whole. Mr.. Taft may congratu-
late himself for having taken UP a fine
strategic position.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

New York. 1t is said. is threatened with
a water famine. What a chance for Wall
street,
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

Secretary Meyer has thrown cold water
upon the League Island dry dock.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
RECIPROCITY APPROVED.
ON the DetrGt Free Press.

From the DetrGt Free Press.
The agreement is so much more COM
prehensive than had been hoped for. and
its effects in promoting a better feeling
between the two countries affected are
so manifest that a refusal of this gen.
eral approval would be a serious mis-
fortune.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

What seems to be wanted in the Arnold
case is not SO many clews. but more dis.
coveries.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

A Chicago highwayman robbed an actor
of 250OO0-stage money.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

DO married women all own their
clothes? asks a suffragette. Ask the in
Stallment houses
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

Some how all sessions OF Congress never
seem really long enough for important
legislation.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Too Frivolous.

MY daughter is so pretty that I
can't interest her in the serious things
of life"
She may lose her beauty some day"
so I tell her. And then she'll be
sorry that she didn't learn to play
bridge"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

II now costs less than formerly to be
uncomfortable in a Pullman car
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

Has any one ever written a love letter
that sounded sensible in a court room?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

From the New Haven Register.
To let in Canadian paper free would
not lower the price of paper TO where
it was five years ago. for the immense
increase in demand has its important in
fiuence, and the supply has discernable
limit. but it would lower the price TO
a point making much more bearable the
publishers burden.
From the Atlanta Journal.
The citizens Of these two nations are
so closely allied by origin and language
and geographical location that they
should enjoy the freest trade relation
ships Their commercial interests are
practically identical.
From the Chicago News.
A few special interests alone have
something to gain by opposing Canadian
reciprocity. The communities tributary
to the Great Lakes would benefit espe-
ciaIly from the fostering of trade with
Canada because of the opportunity that
is offered to make use of water trans
portation in the interchange of COM
moditieS.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Other Attractions.

OfheF AttFNCffOnR.
II fear we are losing our ideals in
the mad rush for wealth"
"Oh. + don't know. The mad rush
for the ball park will soon begin"
The Amateur Gardener.
Again ! have the garden craze
And send my cash
To purchase seeds from which to raise
Some Succotash.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Higher Education.

Can you give me a job as Office
boy?"
Il might. How arc you on spelling
and arithmetic?"
I'VE didn't pay much attention to
those studies at our school But I can
model in clay and do worsted work"