The National tribune., 1911-01-12
THE NATIONAL wAsNGT0 THURSDAY JANUARY

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
u not . dryAoek In this country In
which the unsr could be looked. ana
shs would be practically . useless hulk
when the Chelssa piers were designed
in 1907 the company begged Secretary
OF War Dickinson to permit them to
make the piers longer, and the request
was refused. A longer pier y absolute
ly necessary, and 1t Il a puzsis to work
out what is going to happen when the
President Taft has a good many
rights that are not given him by the
Constitution. A treaty with the Indiana
provides that they give the President
the right to appoint heads Of the Ma.
tons for them. While the President
appoints the chief. the nominee is re-
quired to be of Indian blood. He has
just now appointed David McCurtain, Of
| Oklahoma, principal chief of the Choc-
taw Nation. He is the son of the late
Green McCurtain, who had been chief
of the Choctaw Nation for a number of
years and who died a few days ago.
McCurtain was appointed upon the rec
concentration of Secretary Ballinger, OF
the Interior Department, which Depart
ment has charge of the administration
of Indian affairs.
Senator Charles w. Hughes, of Colo
RADIO, is suffering from malignant goiter,
and 1t is said his political career Is
practically ended. 1t is thought that
he will retire at once, which will leave
four years of his second term unserved
He took trip to the Hawaiian Islands,
hoping to be improved in health by it.
but came back in a worse condition
fbon VIII no VIII
refused the nomination for Governor of
Colorado, and his illness will proba bly,
be of not very long duration, as it is
bound to terminate his life very soon.
President Taft had as his guests at
both of his brothers. Mr.. Charles P.
Taft and Mr. Horace Taft, of Ohio and
Connecticut. Mr.. Charles P. Taft was
accompanied by his wife and their
daughter, Miss Louise, and they all had
a most delightful time. On their return
to their home in Connecticut Master
Charlie Taft went with them to COM
mence the Spring term of school.
Senator Newlands, of Nevada, is a
standpat Democrat. He wears sun
flower hair, where he has any, and
white spats a good deal of the time.
He is rich enough to wear any kind of
ciolHeS ne Wants TO. he was Orating
before the Senate the other day, and
scared into the empyrean with sonor-
Gus periods ending well-rounded SEN
fences. Even Mfr Newiands recognized
the 1act that he was getting dangerous
ly highfalutin, and SO excused himself
to the President of the Senate by say
ing: Indeed, Mr.. President, perfervid
oratory may be pardoned. for this sub
Iect furnished all the food eloquence
needs" Which let Mr.. Newlands down
beautifully and very much to his own
satisfaction, but he wasn't feeling so
happy next morning when he read the
Congressional Record and found that
he had asserted in his speech that the
subject upon which he had been "mirat-
ing" furnished all the food elephants
need"
Mrs Mary Bruce Kelly, widow of
Gen. Benjamin f. Kelly. who died last
week, was buried in Arlington Gene
terry beside the distinguished General
The flood of small coins which the
mints ground out for the Christmas
trade has begun to find it's way back to
the vaults of the Treasury, where il
will lie until another holiday shopping
season
Some s20.Go0,0eo in all, in dimes.
quarters and halves, are coming into
"d5u'HSlcH Nv express. stores hustle
the coin to the banks, and the banks
quickly send it back to the Treasury
1t is being redeemed mostly in silver
certificates.
Christmas this year made a new rec
ord in the demand for pennies. For
three weeks preceding Christmas the
Philadelphia Mint stamped coppers at
the rate of 100000 day without
stemrning the demand.
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The United States Vice and Deputy
Consul, Adelph A. Williamson, who Is
located at Dairen, Mancburia, was at
tackled by a party of japanese and Chi
nese on the night of Dec. 20 and very,
severely injured, so much so that he
was unable to receive the japanese dig
nitaries who called officially upon him
OH the next day. So far as the truth
can be ascertained it was a wanton at
tack on Consul Williamson by Ameri-
can-hating japanese and Chinese. The
Government is looking into the matter
Frederick Simpich, United States Con-
SUI at Ragdad, Turkey, has been home
on a furlongh. and has been talking
very entertai-iinsly of his sojourn in
that strange land. He says that he and
his wife We're the only Americans in
that part of Asia. There were a few
British, fewer Germans and still fewer
rFeIcH. Out no Otner Americans. Mr.
Simpich says:
1T ought to be of interest to all who
would like to see the Mississippi River
made navigable the year around 10
KNOW that-the present navigation of the
T1gris, the historic stream beside which
ancient Babylon stood. and where mod
ern Bagdad now stands, was made Dos
sibie by a study of the boats in use on
the river at St Louis. A big com pany
FORMED for the purpose of navigating
the Tigris, sent an Englishman on tour
10 learn methods employed on rivers of
other countries. This man came quietly
TO st. Louis, took trip down the Mis-
sissippi, and made careful study Of
boats of light draft and heavy tonnage.
He reported to his employers in favor
of the Mississippi boats. and now they
are the sort which carry the travellers
to and from the place we used to read
about when we were children, the home
of All Baba and the host of characters
interesting in juvenile miEds'
Mr.. George Pixley, of London, has
been giving some pointers to the De-
partment of Agriculture while on q visit
10 Washington. He says that the mar
ket gardeners about London have been
in the habit of injecting steam into the
soil where tomatoes, cucumbers and
similar vegetables are grown, with a
view TO killing the insects and sIugs.
Mr.. Pixley states that tire effect of the
use of steam was singularly successful.
but, he added: The unexpected has de-
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