The National tribune., 1911-03-16

There is an item in the appropriation
bill which Representative Tawney
Chairman of that great bill, debated or
a good while, but concluded he would
let stay in. The appropriation is fol
$4,000, and is for the purchase of like
nesses in oil of Is distinguished JUS
tees who have sat on the Supreme
Bench and some of whom are now sit
ting there. Albert Rosenthal, of Phila-
delphia, painted these Is portraits, ana
then could not get his money for then
from the Justices and Rosenthai de
clared to Chairman Tawney that he
had not been able to get his money, be-
cause they all told him they were toe
poor to buy them. The artist made !
price of $500 fiat each for the 15 paint
ings. Sub rosa, however, these paint
ings as works of art aren't worth IS
You could probably tell who they Were
meant to represent if the sitters were
standing beside the portraits. The por-
traits il is proposed to purchase with
the appropriation are of Chief Justice
Fuller and of Associate Justices Brew
err. Peckham, Brown, Gushing, Wilson
Blair, Iredell, Thomas Johnson, Patter'
son, Chase, Moore and William John
son.
Incidentally it might be stated that
the picture of former Associate Justice
Moody appears without moustache
and Mr.. Rosenthal assured the Commit
tee on Appropriations that he would
paint in moustache and make such
alterations in any of the portraits as
would make them recognizable to the
public.
Arthur Brisbane, the star man o!
the New York Journal, talking before
few members of the United States
Senate. took a slam at Senator Lori
mer. He declared:
IF there is one place where a man
has a right to a seat despite the emf
ployment of bribery to obtain that seat,
it is the United States Senate. If that
body votes to unseat Senator Lorimer,
it will merely show the lack of sense
of humor Lorirler is no worse than
two-thirds of the members of the Upper
House"
Oh, my!
There is a very funny case on before
the courts of Washington. A certain
tea company sold out its store and sup
plies to a certain woman. The front of
the building had been painted by the
tea company deep, dark, rosy red, and
on the windows the name of the tea
company had been painted in red upon
a background of white. The woman
has been running the place as grocery
store for some time, and now the tea
company comes at her and asks an in
dictment, because the owner of the
grocery store has not elected to paint
the front of the store a bright yellow,
green or blue. The tea company claims
that It is entitled to the exclusive use
of this bright red paint and that the
woman VINO is operating grocery store
behind that red front is doing 1t with
intent to deceive the public, and they
want it suppressed. So that those peo-
pie who want to paint the town red
NJ nj n ranen1har that certain tea
company has a copyright on red paint.
Thomas N. Bell, who is Represen-
tative of the Ninth Georgia District in
the National House of Representatives
has correspondent in Atlanta. The
correspondents movements are some
what circumscribed, for he is now in
the Federal Prison there for moonshin-
ing. OF course, he wants to get out,
and he wants Representative Bell to
hell him. The following is a clause
from his letter:
"Pm here in prison for moonshin-
ing" the man wrote, land I want to
get out. Please arrange to have me
released soon, as / want 10 get out I
, will give you the names Of seven infiu-
entail citizens who will cooperate with
you toward getting me out. They are
also here in prison with me for moon
shining"
There were rather startling develop
ments in the Navy Department last
week when the news was given out by
Paymaster-General T. ]. Cowie that
$4,000 had disappeared. This $780,
900 was in gold and paper belonging to
the Government, which was held in the
ships safe of the Georgia, and the
Georgia was anchored in the harbor at
Guantanamo, Cuba, at the time. Rear
Admiral Schroeder is in command of
the Georgia The story goes that an
absconding clerk got hold of the money
ana had two days the start of the de-
tectives, as the theft was not discovered
for that length of time. 1t was COM
mitted about Feb. s. The robber was
captured in Cuba just as he was max
ing negotiations with steamship to
return to the United States with his
booty. The name of the thief has not
been revealed. and it is said he is
aboard the Georgia in irons
The Gideons, an organization of trav-
cling men, which is striving for the
spiritual betternent of tho 500, 900 trav-
cling men of the country, is making a
specially of distributing Bibles in the
hotels of the country. A Bible is placed
in each room for the use OF guests. So
far 10000 volumes have been placed.
w. E Henderson, National Secretary
of the organization, was in Washington
to'errange for the distribution of II. 900
Bibles in the hotels of the National
Capital. The distribution will be made
thru the local Y. Nj. C. A. The date for
the distribution has not been deter
mined.
Associate Justice Hughes, of the
United States Supreme Court, will be
Chairman of the Commission which is
to investigate the proposed increase in
second-class postage rates which the
popular magazines of the country have
fought so strenuously.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
announced that the Treasury Depart
rnent will within a few months make an
issue of Panama Canal bonds. probably
to the amount of s50.000,000. It is
thought that they Will be put on the
market before June.
The home of Secretary of the Treas
ury MacVeagh and Mrs. MacYeagh was
the scene of brilliant gathering of So
ciety women one day last week to hear
a most interesting lecture by DR.. Yamai
Kin. of China, the first woman doctor
OF China to attain eminence She has
charge of the Medical Department OF
Northern China. after an education in
medicine in New York, and is in this
country on a visit and to establish an
other countrywoman in her studies
along the same lines. DIR. Yamai Kin is
Mrs. HacVeagh's house guest.
The Secretary Of War has another
think coming A week or two ago the
aforementioned Marina Conn