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The Washington herald., 1911-12-15
SAYS WASHINGTON
is PROPER PLACE
Lincoln Memorial Should Be
in National Capital.

Declaring that q highway between
Richmond and Gettysburg is not q 1T
ting tribute for the nation to pay to the
memory Of Lincoln, Senator Chamber
lain, In an address at q banquet at the
New Willard marking the close of the
forty-hfth annual convention Of the
American Institute Of Architects, last
night created 4 storm of applause when
he asserted that the proper place for a
memorial to such q President Is right
here in the National Capital"
His addres swas an Endorsement of the
recent decision OF the board of directors
Of the architects. which IN their annual
report to the convention decried the
project TO build a road as a monument
to Lincoln. Senator Chamberlain, speak
ing on the Identification of Washington,
said he hopes Congress will not be
niggardly in condemning buildings on
the south side OF Pennsylvania avenue
SO that they can be demolished and the
heart Of the city enhanced with public
structures and parks"
President Irving K. Pond. the retiring
head of the institute, presided as toast
master. and called for speeches from
Representative Slayden, of Texas; Rep
resentative Kent, of California, and
the delegates will leave for their homes
to-day.
Election of officers and fellows, complI-
mentary speeches to retiring and in
coming officers, votes OF thanks to Presi-
dent Taft and Ambassador Jusserand
for their participation in the ceremonies,
at the presentation OF the gold medal to
George B. Post, and the disposition of
routine business were the features of the
day session which marked the close of
the convention.
The following officers were elected {:
Walter Cook, president; r. CHpston
Sturgis. first vice president; Frank c.
Baldwin, second vice president; Glenn
Brown, secretary and treasurer, and
Thomas j. ID. Fuller. auditor. Irving
X. Pond, John NJ. Donaldson. and Ed
ward A. Crane, were elected members
of the board of directors to serve three
years. ]. Milton Dyer. John Hall RAN
kin. Augustus n. Rantoul Lloyd War
ren, II. B. Wheelock. and C. C. Zant-
Finger We're chosen fellows of the in
stitute.
The meeting place for the convention
of 1912 was left to the board of directors
The committee on town planning was
directed to make a study OF the plans
for municipal improvement under consid-
Grafton by various cities. resolution
was passed expressing regret at the
death Of Honore Daumet, of Paris, an
honorary member OF the institute Pa
pers were read by II. B. Wheelock on
Licensing architects" and Lloyd Warren
on Phases Of architectural education"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-15
MISS McCO0K A BRIDE.

New York, Dec H-Quiet simplicity
this afternoon marked the wedding of
Miss Katharine McCook, a daughter Of
Gen. and Mrs. Anson G. McCook. to Mr..
Hugh Smith Knox, a son of the Secre-
tary Of State and Mrs. Philander c.
Knox. at the McCook residence, 80 West
Fifty-fourth street.
Rev Dr. Jewett performed the mar
riage ceremony. The vedding was at
tended only by the families of the bride
and bridegroom.
Mr.. Philander c. Knox, Secretary of
State: Mrs. Knox. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Reed Knox came here from Washingt n
to be present at the wedding.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-15
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
XHITE


Warren W. Reynclds SO. of Weston, ". Va and
Essie n. Mofatt, q. Of ShrSton, W. Va, Rev. J.
s. Montgomery.
George E Robertson. %, and Abbis H. Fraser, IS,
Of Montpelier, Vt. Rev. Samuel H. Greene.
Theosa o. Crump. 80. and Agnes T. Goode S.
both Of Chesterfield, Va Rev. s. II. Greene
Frank II. Williams, 2s. and Elizabeth @. Clay
borne. z. both Of Richmond, Va Rev. BENJAMIN
ID. Cav.
George W. Peacock. q. and Ada L. Mnstead, 10.
Rev. Charles O. Cowgirl.
Lacy J. Day a. and May o. Embrey. n. both
Of Fauquief County, Va. Rev. ID. @. Macleod.
Eddie II Embrey 81 Of Culpeper Va. ana
Mabsl c. Day, a. OF Fauquisr County, Va Rev.
Donald @. Macleod.
Fnas v. ROXY. q. and June R. I'm. n. Judge
@. s. Bundy.
Raphael semne. =. and Mary NJ MeLArrn. "a
Rev. Stephen 7. MoFIiA
Walter II. Holman. g. Il Gainesville Va and
zenEa D. Kline. n. Of Reliance. Va Rev. Charles
T. FultE.
Stephen A. Carpenter. a. CT Orange County, Va.
and Alics n. Saunders. IS, Of Marcus. Va.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
L. S. Dept Of Agriculture. Weather Bure

[. S. Dept Of Agriculture. Weather Bureau
Washington, Thursday. Dec. a l9ll-S p. m.
II is considerably colder in the South Atlantic
States except Florida and in Southeastern Colorado
and portions Of California Over the remainder Of
the country temperature changes were unlmportant.
II will be somewhat colder Friday IN the East
Gulf States. Central and Eastern Tennesee and
warmer in the Rocky Mountain and Plateau re-
giOns
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BIRTH RECORD.
WHITE.

WHITE.
Samuel W. Bradshaw. s. years, Soldiers Home.
Amy NJ. Riggles. s. m G st. NV.
Dennis Mccarthy, 75 Government Hospital Insane.
Michael Beads, 76 Government Hospital Insane
Clyde Crandau, p, Naval Hospital. Sd and Z stA
salIie Isuenberg, 46 Garfield Hospital.
George Collins 81. 100 Irving st. ne.
Margaret A. Krepps 81, 1914 Z. Cap St
Louise McKensie 60, l4l3 18th ST. NV.
La Bebe AbOd, 30 Georgetown Hospital.
Ida l. Chase, g. SIS st &C.
COLORED.
Hattie Murray a. loo Sd St NV.
William SewaIl, co. l4l6 Swami st.
Martha Lewis o. tuberculosis Hospital.
Herbert Adams p Washington Asylum HOSPITAL.
Blanche Talbot q, Tuberculosis Hospital.
Mabel Addison, q s5 5th St ne
Mary Lyons, Il, Kenilworth, d. @.
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DEATH RECORD.
WHITE

WHITE.
Ernest NJ and Sarah T. Caran girl.
Francis ]. and Nellie W. Fhnlips, boy.
Paul c. and Florence Smith, boy.
William K. and Mary V. Smith, glri.
Peter and Georgia Wells, 10y
Frederick r, and Myrtle G. Hilleary, girl.
COLORED.
William Fl. and Mary Z. Berry. girl
Oscar and Maggie Blair, girl.
Archie and Jennie Vest, boy.
Norris C. and Sarah Harris boy
The Washington herald., 1911-12-15
Local Temperature.

Midnight. 20; . A. m, 3: a m, 81; a m, 3
a. m, q; 10 a m, 81; IL noon, Al; 2 p. m. a.
-. m, e; p. m, 70; p. m, 10; 10 p. m, 40.
Highest, q; lowest o.
Relative humidity-s a. m. IS; p. m. g.; p.
m. 90. Rainfall (s D. m. TO p. M. trace.
Temperature same date last year-Highest, g.
lowest. IS
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Tide Table.

TodAy-HISh tide 4ov a. m. and An p m /; low
tide los q m. and ii:l1 . m
TomorUw- tide. 5a4 .. N. and So ,. m;
low tide. nas q. m.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-15

Russian sable is to be protected from
extermination by two-year closed sea-
son.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-15
Temperature. I'm DINER cttie,.

Temperatures in other cities. together with the
amount Of rainfall for the twenty-f0ur houn ended
At D. m. yesterday. follows:
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Piles Cured in to II Days.
Your druggist viii refund money II Pano Oinfment
fails to clrs auy cass II Itching. Blind Rleodmg
q PfutzudinE Pila in . 70 u dayA &c.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-15
Try MURINE EYE REMEDY

Eor Red. weak, Weary, Watery Eyes and
GRANULATED EYELIDs
Murine Doesn't snart-sosthss Eye Pain
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of the Intercontinental Correspondence
University for the election Of Board Of Trustees
for the ensuing year and such other business
may properly before such meeting. will be held
At the Office Of the university 1916 street north
west, Washington. ID. c.. on MONDAY AFTER
NOON January IS. 1872. at 40 O'Clock.
OFFICE OF THE LANsToN AoNOTYPE MA
chine Company Philadelphia, Pa.-The board OF
directors has this day declared quarterly dividend
Of III per cent the capital stock Of this cDm-
pany payable on the 18th DAY OF DECEMBER.
lsll to stockholders Of record at the close Of buS
ness December ., 1911
j. SELLERS BANCROFT.
Treasurer.
PHILADELPHIA Dec s. 1911 dc5l5
PERSONS WHO WITNESSED An ACCIDENT
on Massachusetts, avenue. between 18th and 18th
sts MONDAY, Dec. II, about $50 p. m. in which
an automobile into a lamppOst, inFuing at the
same time an elderly colored woman. will rendS
terial assistance by 50 writing BOX II. Herald
OHare $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16

Of suitable horses, especially in Missouri.
Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
Kansas, In all Of which states l pur-
chased horses from 1896 up to the out
break of the Spanish war. In September.
1885, was relieved from that duty and
had no more connection with 1t until
returned from the Philippines in 1903
when I was assigned to the same duty
and purchased horses over the same sec
ton of the country
II was surprised to see what great
change had taken place as to the prac-
ticability of securing the horses that were
1904 1t was with great difficulty, and only
after unusual efforts. that we could find
horses suitable for the service. My ex-
perience was that of other officers who
relieved me, or who have since been as
signed to that duty"
The story Of the disappearance of the
long winded. clean-limbed horse of the
cavalry and cross-country type, as 1t is
told by Mr.. Rommel, is a fascinating
story of the change of conditions that
has followed the settlement and develop
ment Of the successive frontiers Of the
United States.
"A new country Is country on horse
back" says Mr.. Rommel; IAN up-to-date
one, a country in an easy chair. The
early settlement of the United States,
particularly the eastern part, went on
some time before the advent Of steam
and electric transportation. and the set
Element Of the western part even now in
the more remote regions takes place
without the assistance of modern trans
portation methods. In all new countries
the horse has played an important part
in the advancement Of civilization and
the general scheme of settlement
During the opening of a country the
settler must. owing to the absence Of
roads and other forms of transporta-
ton, put his principal reliance upon
the horse; he is forced to travel trails
and over long distances, and for this
purpose finds that he needs horse
suitable to carry him quickly and COM
fortably to his destination. To ac-
company him and carry the articles
necessary for his daily life he needs
a pack animal
$50 long as these conditions remain
unchanged, desirable type Of saddle
and pack animal will exist in good
numbers. But so soon as the country
becomes more settled and habitations
more permanent. the mountain trail
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COnce1nin0
Weu-knOWn peODle.
The Letter.

DOLCE COMMISSIONER WALDO Of
New York was talking about black
maflers
They are. as rule. stupid" he said.
Their threatening letters are as ludicrous
in their stupidity as a letter friend OF
mine received the other day"
And Commissioner Waldo. with a laugh.
produced the letter. Written in a large,
boyish hand, 1t said:
Deer sir-Your winder was broken by
a bad boi wat throo it throo four thee
pirpus. The ball belonged two NEE, but
an eneme Of mine sneaked 1t and did
the deed to put the blame on NEE
am sorry he did 1t, and that 1t have
give you CRATE pain. and 1 have perse-
cuted the perpeetrater wot done IL. But
you would not have thee innocent suffer
fer the gflty, so. If you have a kind hart
all will bee forgiven. If you drop thee bail
over the garden wall. II you don't, be-
ware!-(signeO Innocent"
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mounted branch of a. small army
Brig. Gen. Aleshire. who has been one
of the most active figures in the de-
velopment of the joint plan of the War
and Agricultural departments for a sys-
tematic breeding of army horses, says
that most of the animals now available
for the army are practically worthless
from military standpoint. They have
a proportion of draft blood that would
tell against them in active service. There
are many good horses In Virginia, but
the animals command prices too high
for the army, and they are too few in
number to offer any permanent source
of supply.
Congress has been asked to make the
necessary appropriations for the estab-
fishing of the breeding depots, and the
plan is now pending before that body.
It is believed that If the scheme can be
developed and the remount depots eX-
tended SO that farmers can be assured
of a quick sale of the unbroken colt be-
fore its keep or handling has cost much,
individual breeders all over the country
will return to the raising of a horse en-
tirely suited to the needs Of Uncle Sans
mounted army.
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Amenities of Collaboration.

@OoTH HARRINGTON, at a banquet
. in Indianapolis, where he was the
r,est of honor. described some of the
osnects of his cola boration with III. l..
Wilson.
"AT collaboration" said Mr.. Tarking-
TON as due to one motive. 1t Is due
70 The fact that each collaboration hopes
that the other will do all the work.
..coI1aborators are very polite to each
,+hor Their criticisms Of each other
are not at all like the criticisms Of their
aoint work that you read in the news
gamers. II l, for example, ever disap-
prove Of one.of Wilson's passages, say
to him:
Rather Shakespearean, is 1T not?'
.And if Wilson finds one OF my scenes
worse than usual he will say:
"A little too much like Ibsen, don't
YOU think?'"
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Summer GirIs-and Boys.

ffA SEASHORE summer would be ideal
n if all the engagements really
ended in marriage"
The speaker, Admiral Schley. stood on
the beach at Atlantic City. With a
smile. he resumed:
"a iewelry salesman once entered a
seaside jewelers.
ct must sell YOU he said, a con-
sirnment of wedding rings. Look, your
stock Of them is down to three or four.
while here you have whole big tray
full Of engagement rings; a..
Younr man. said the jeweler, IT
o,, bod been little longer in the
business you'd know that it always
takes at least one trayful Of engage
ment rings to work off three wedding
rings"
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The Editors Drawer,

MAYOR SPEER Of Denver was talk.
1V4 ing about a bill of which he disap-
proved.
why. bill like that" he said, would
soon put the city in the condition of the
Cinnaminson Scimitar.
THE foreman Of the Scimitar's COM
posing room said to the proprietor one
day:
1--WE need drawer. boss. to put these
blocks in
I'VE haven't got drawer that's not
in use,' said the editor-proprietor. Then
he paused and added. Except the cash
drawer. You might as well take that
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On Woman.

A UGUSTUS THOMAS, the noted play
\ wright. was discussing. at the Play
ers' Club in New York. the plays he
had seen on his recent visit to London.
Our own plays" he said, compare
favorably with Englands. Our own play
wrights are more vigorous than Eng
lands. and think they understand
Indeed, the ignorance Of womankind
in some Of the London plays reminded me
of a crusty bachelors 6ictum:
There are two periods In a mans life
when he 10 unable to Understand women.
s One is before marriage. the other after
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typifled by the Belmont stallion Henry
Of Navarro. has sloping withers and
pasterns, carries his rider easily and
smoothly, and has unquestioned strength
and endurance. The War Departments
official description of what Is called
charger, or suitable mount, is as follows:
"a horse with a minimum height of
ID hands 2 inches. and with minimum
weight of 975 pounds. The horse should
be Of good appearance and or such breed
Ing and substance as viii enable him to
carry his owner over jumps Of reason
able stiffness, including hurdles. bitches,
fences and other obstacles Stimulating
those which ordinarily would be met in
going cross country
This is the horse for which men are
searching high and low throughout all
the horse-raising states Of the Union.
One army contractor in Chicago failed
because of his inability to find horses.
The army has a strong rival in the New
York mounted police. which takes many
of the best horses to be found, and pays
an average price close to $500 for them.
much more than the army can pay. The
New York police. perhaps the finest
mounted body in the country, has in all.
however, only about 500 Of these horses;
while the army, with its force Of 10000
horses in the United States and 5000 in
the Philippines. has to renew tenth of
this number each year.
Ouartermaster General Aleshire says
that the change in the character OF
horses raised in the United States. and
the disappearance of the horse most
needed for saddle. cavalry and artillery
Wnrk. dates from a period coincident
with the Spanish war.
1T was first appointed from the cavalry
to the quartermaster's department In
1896, and assigned to the station at st.
Louis, with the duty Of purchasing cav
airy and artillery horses" says Gen. Ale
shire.
AT that time there was an abundance
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more important: the people ride less and
discard the expensive pack transporta-
ton: the horse is attached to a light
vehicle, with which he is able to transport
more than one person, or to carry a
heavier load than before.
GAS the roads become better and the
country more extensively cultivated. the
lighter horse is used more for pleasure,
or solely as means Of drawing the car
riage; another type of horse, the light
draft horse. becomes more useful and eco
nomical, and is in turn succeeded by the
heavy draft horse. Next come the rail-
road, the trolley line and the automobile.
The people ride less and drive less, and
fewer horses of the riding type are bred
"In the United States the type of
horse suitable for army purposes is pro-
portionately less numerous, because 1t is
not found necessary to the civilians OF
the country, and the quartermaster's de-
partment is finding it more difficult each
year to supply the yearly demands of the
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situation. The good horses which como
up to the army requirements of breeding
are not to be had in the United States
in any considerable numbers.
1t Is proposed now, in addition to the
establishment of government stations, to
use every effort to educate the farm
ers and small stock raisers throushout
the country to the idea that draft horses.
even of the lightest kind, will find no
market in the army.
The real decline Of the breeding Of
horses of the saddle and light roadster
type began with the change from horse
car to trolley car in the cities; and re-
ceived the impetus necessary to carry 1t
forward when the automobile came to its
full development. Instead Of going out
of horse breeding. many farmers and
horse raisers simply turned to the more
active field. that Of the draft horse.
which became more useful each year that
road conditions improved.
Most Of the horses now offered the
army are draft animals. or at least have
marked strains OF draft blood in them.
the farmer or horse raiser who tries
to sell one of these horses to the army
for its artillery service does not seem to
realize" says Mr.. Rommel, that the ar
tillery does almost all OF its work at a
dead run. and the cavalry either at q
run or walk. Neither branch Of the
service has any use for horses without
the maximum of endurance; horses that
will break down before the real crisis OF
the battle or campaign Is passed"
The trolley car killed a market that
took the same type Of horse that the
army does. Although not generally ap-
preciated. the good ''railroaders' Of the
city street car systems were Of the same
character as the good artillery or cavalry
horses. The man who raised a horse that
was rejected or not needed by the army.
or that did not qualify for fancy saddle
work. therefore had the street car mar
ket open to him.
The ideal cavalry horse, which u well
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been established at Front Royal Va, the
first of number of horse-breeding head
quarters which the War Department and
the Agricultural Department. working in
cooperation, hope to scatter throughout
the country. It is proposed to buy 100
thoroughbred or standardized stations,
at an initial cost Of about S2J0OOO. The
cost Of maintaining the government stock
farms, and of registering for future army
need the high-bred colts that are raised
throughout the country, will be about
500, 600 a year.
August Belmont OF New L ork has given
the movement for the regeneration of
the saddle and cavalry horse a big i'm
petus by the gift to the government of
two of his most valuable horses These
are Henry of Navarro" once sold for
$4,000 at auction, and noted race
the fastest horses in the United States.
These two horses are now at the Front
Royal station.
Capt Casper H Conrad, 1r., of the
army Is in charge Of the experiments
there, and with George NJ Rommel of
the Agricultural Department has
worked out the plans of the great
nationwide campaign for the re-es-
Enlistment of a type Of horse that
within the last dozen years has been
disappearing at an alarming rate.
I'VE must either go into the business
of breeding horses for the American
army or dismount the cavalry" is the
who is chief of the bureau of animal
husbandry in the Agricultural Depart
ment.
In one way or another this state
ment is reiterated by Maj. Gen. Leon
ard Wood, Quartermaster Gen. James
E. A1eshire. August Belmont and other
leading army officers and horsemen Of
the country. who have become fully
cogniZant of the unusual circumstances
that have surrounded the progress of
horse raising in the last decade.
The automobile, the trolley car, the
good road and the railroad are the
forces that have conspred to bring the
army to the contemplation Of a cavalry
that will have to move by motive power
These forces have not driven the horse
out, as has been frequently predicted.
but they have forced such a complete
change in type that the saddle horse the
thoroughbred and the cavalry and ar
tillery horses are becoming so scarce as
most understandable.
The draft horse is the new horse Of
America. Draft blood has found its way
into every section of the country, and
has crossed almost every strain of stand
ard bred and thoroughbred in the ordi-
nary horse-raising sections. Army officers
have found scores of stock farms from
horses, from Virginia to Montana, grad
ually giving way to the breeding of
draft horses. and have seen the pros
pecttvn cGval Try horse replaced with a
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Gratitude.

CHARLES F. MURPHY, the political
~ leader, said of gratitude at a demo-
cratic banquet in New York:
The gratitude that you meet with IN
POLITICS makes you think OF the hired
girl with thirty years of service behind
her.
ITO this faithful old creature her mis-
tress said:
INV dear Martha, you have now
served us faithfully for thirty years. We
shall henceforth regard you as a men,
Der Of the family. You will receive no
wages"
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light draft horse that Is useless for the
army.
The War Departments first step toward
relieving the situation was the establish
ment about three years ago Of "remount
depots'' at Fort Reno, Okla, and at Fort
Keogh, Mont. 1t was believed that young.
unbroken horses could be obtained more
reasonably than the mature horses, and
could be trained at these depots to make
better cavalry mounts.
This experiment has been partially sue
cessful Where $175 or 500 would not
command good army horse of mature
years, a proportionately smaller sum will
secure an equally good colt for training
at the army remount depot. But this sys-
tenn has only emphasized the alarming
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has brought the American army face to
face with a situation that is causing
great concern In official circles and that
has led TO the adoption Of imp ortant
plans for the re-establishment of the
breeding of good saddle and running
horses in this country.
Army officers are having great difficulty
20 secure the 400 or 1900 horses needed
each year to keep the army equipped dur
,ng time OF complete peace. They con-
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Ne Of the most inn
portant types Of
horse in the United
States Is disap-
pearfng. An alarm
ing shortage OF
cavalry and ar
til ! cry h or S e S
( hro u g hout the
country, which has
been growing more
acute each year
the last decade,