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The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

1854. During the hrst days fighting We maze
a change and captured six 20pound guns. and
on the second 5000 Confederate soldiers and
three stands of colors. Immediately after the
battle / secured one of these flags and sent 1t
home by express believe 1 am the only
private citizen In the country today who has
In his possession a captured Confederate ban
ner."
battle. These are the veterans Of the Span
ish-Amercan Ex-senator Charles Dick.
of Ohio, recalls a rather unusual incident In
this. our most recent conflict.
my regiment arrived at Santiago, Cuba
Just week before its surrender. being sent
there to reinforce General Shafter." said he
I'VE. a regiment were eager to be sent on
to Porto Rico. but the authorities insisted on
our undergoing a ten-day quarantine for yel-
low fever. They camped on top OF high
hill SO that we were completely isolated. At
the expiration Of the time set, the doctors dis
covered 21O cases of the dread disease among
U.s. This. of. course. shattered all hopes of our
ever going anywhere except home. when the
sick ones recovered"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
The power of a Word.

A single word was often sufficient
for Talleyrand to make his keenest
retort. When hypochondriac, who
had notoriously let profligate life.
complained to the diplomatist that
he was enduring the tortures Of hell.
Talleyrand simply answered, al.
ready?"
To the woman who had lost her
husband. Tallyrand once addressed
letter of coincidence in two words:
"Oh, madam"
In less than year the woman had
married again, and then his-letter OF
congratulations was:
"Ah, madam"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Aftermath,

The great ball bad been given,
says Harpers Weekly, and Mrs.
Noovo was running over the bills with
her husband. When it was found
that it totaled $4,000 Mr.. Noovo
WINGED.
by ginger, Maria" he calculated,
$4,000 is pile o. money"
I'VE have to Go it, Silas, to get into
society,"" replied Mrs. Noovo.
Well" said the old man, scratch
ing his head, "judgin' from results,
it don't seem to me that we're gettin'
into society quite SO much as society
is gettin' into u.s.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Tricked Brother Smugglers

men dressed in the uniform of Italian
customs officers arrived on the scene
and commanded the smugglers to
surrender themselves. The men fed
into the woods. but thinking it strange
that they were not fired upon, te-
manned In ambush, and were greatly
surprised to see the douaniers throw
OF their official uniforms and, each
carrying n sack, disappear In the op-
posite direction with the booty. The
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Success Through Earnestness

II have been very fortunate In
worldly matters; many men have
worked much harder and yet not sue
ceeded half so well: but never could
have done what have done, without
the habits of punctuality. order and
diligence, without the determination
to concentrate myself to one object
at a time no matter how quickly Its
successor should come upon Its heels.
Heaven knows I write this In no spir-
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

An amusing incident on the Swiss
italian frontier shows that there is
no honor among smugglers. Eight
young smugglers of Varesse. ca 'rying
sacks filled with tobacco and sac
charine. boldly cut through the wire
fence on the frontier during an ex-
change of guards not long ago, and
passed over with their valuable booty.
They were placing the sacks in CON
yepient cave when suddenly eight
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
SICK
twelve YEARS
Wants OtherWomen to Know
How She Was Finally
Restored to Health.
Louisiana, Mo.:-"I think a woman
naturally dislikes to make her troubles

known to the public,
but complete restox-
alton tohealth means
30 much to me that
I cannot keep from
telling mine for the
sake of other suffer-
ing women.
az had been sick
about twelve years,
and had eleven doc
tors. I had drag
Cinp down pains,
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
The Mule,

The Iaule is stupid, SO they say;
He has no Trains with which to
think;
But he can always turn away
When he's had enough to drink.
No matter If his foolish brother
Insists that he must have another.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
second band of smugglers wanted to
take no risks.
Practical "water shoes.r

Herr Keller. German inventor, has
taken three-mile walk over Stran-
berg lake. near Munich. using water
shoes" of his own construction. De
spite the wind and the rough surface
OF the water. he covered the distance
In an hour and half. The water
shoes" are of cylindrical form and are
six feet long. They are constructed
of brass frame and sailcloth.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Tho Heroes,

Bring laurel and myrtle oak and bay,
And wreaths OF roses. white and gold.
And drape their graves on this holy day
With the flag they loved in the days OF old :
For the red is red of the blood they gave
The white is the smoke OF the belching gun,
And the blue Is the blue of the sky they clave
To gain the stars in the crowns they won.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

1t of self-laudation. My meaning sim
ply is that whatever l have tried to do
in life I have tried with all my heart
to do well; that whatever / have de-
voted myself to. | have devoted my
self to completely; that in great aims
and in small I have always been thor
oughly in earnest."-Copperfie
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

killed him passed first
through my leg and then
through the saddle before
reaching him. / could not
get another mount. 80
fought the rest OF the bat
tie on foot. As 1t after
ward turned out. this was
fortunate for me. for every
mounted officer on both
sides was either killed or
wounded. When the battle
closed there was not a
mounted officer on either
line.
II have in my home one
reminder Of the Civil War
that, should all else fall.
would compel recollection
Of that mighty struggle. 1t
is a Confederate flag cap
tured in the two-day fight
at Nashville In December
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Ala Sherlock Holmes.

"Flubdud has just been calling on
his best girl"
How do you know"
"He has taken three cigars from his
waistcoat pocket, and everyone OF
them was broken"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Wonderful,

"How well you are looking?"
"Yes. l am a vegetarian"
That settles 1t. | shall never eat
meat again. How long have you been
one?"
81 begin tomorrow"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Got the Snail Boa

A scientist has made the statement
that a snail can crawl over the eoss
of a razor blade without cutting
itself"
That's nothing. crawled out OF
bed over the baby without waking IL
last night"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
How Fame Comes.

Scribbler-It took me nearly ten
years to learn that couldn't write.
Friend-Gave it up then, did you!
Scribbler-oh, no. BY that time I
had a reputation.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

Tho Other Part.
HE always kept an eye on the stage"
did he get part to fit him?"
"He did. He got the hook"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes winter than snow.
All good grocers.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
Queer Paradox.

Queer Paradox.
They say labortng man cannot choose
job but must take what he can get"
well, isn't that so?"
YES. and it's odd, because as a matter of
fact he can always take his pick"
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

That irritable, nervous condition duo TO {
bad liver calls for Its natural antidote-
Garfield Tea.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
BUT WOULD SHE HEAR IT7

Ella-Our new minister has a per.
fectly lovely voice.
stella-Yes. It would be worth
while to die Just to hear him read the
burial service.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

Tact sometimes consists of knowing
enough not to know too much.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

Even when a bill collector finds a
man in he Is apt to find him out.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
HOWARD E. BURTON, ASSAYER & CHEMIST

LEADFILLE. COLORADO,
Specimen prices; Gold. silver, lead ii. .o,,
silver. 7bc: gold. soc; zinc or copper II
Mailing envelopes and fun price list sen, on ~,
application. Control and umpire worE IN On
hcitsd. reference: Carbonate National n.nL
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24

Some women reign and others Just
'torm about.
The Springfield herald., 1912-05-24
lta ule.

HAS that prison laundry"
Certainly. Don't they have to wash
and iron the convicts?"
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
TAFT AND CARDINAL
GIBBONS TO ATTEND
STATUE UNWILLING
Exercises in Honor of Bishop
Carroll at Georgetown
Set for May.

With a list of speakers which includes
church dignitaries and prominent lay
men, the ceremonies incident to the un-
yelling of the statue of Bishop John
Carroll, founder of Georgetown Univer-
sity, scheduled for May 4. are expected
to eclipse all other functionslin the his
tory of the Catholic institution.
Alumni and friends of the university
are making elaborate preparations to
participate in the three days celebration
with its receptions, religious obsery-
ances, and attractions. Members of
classes graduated many years ago are
looking forward to the reunion in the
first week in May, with its banquet and
general good time. The graduates will
attend the ceremonies and functions un-
der the auspices of the Philodemic De-
batting Society, the National Alumni So
ciety, and the president OF the institu-
ton.
The statue is the work of Jerome Con-
ner and Is the fruition of the hope ex-
pressed by the Rev. John A. Conway,
s. j., at the banquet Of the National
Alumni Society three years ago.
The unveiling ceremonies Will consist
of a presentation address by the alumni
president and a response by the presi-
dent of the university the Rev. Alphon;,
sus j. Donlon, s. j. The statue will
then be unveiled. after which Cardinal
Gibbons will deliver an address. Presi-
dent Taft and the Speaker of the House
will then follow with. appropriate ad-
contributed his share In the foundation
of the republic,
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
TEXAS COMMISSION
TO APPEAL DECISION
Ruling of Interstate Body Claims
Power Over Local
Boards.

Prompt appeal to the United States
Commerce Court will be taken by the
Texas railroad commission in an effort
to reverse the decision of the Interstat te
Commerce Commission which has ruled
that lower rates must be granted from
Shreveport, La, into Texas. The case
Is one involving the general powers OF
the interstate body and It's relation to
State railroad commissions. If the Com
merce Court and the Cupreme Court,
where the suit is bound to go uIti-
mately, sustain the Interstate Commits
sion the powers of State commissions
Will be greatly shorn.
Texas railroads have admittedly been
discriminating in favor of Texas traf-
fic from Dallas eastward and although
this traffic is all within the State OF
Texas the Interstate Commerce Com
mission holds that IT has the power to
adjust rates from Shreveport, La,
westward, so that the Louisiana ship
pers need not suffer by the discrimina-
ton. The Texas State commission gets
into the situation by having issued the
order for lower rates from Dallas east,
policy which the railroads made their
own.
NominalIy the ST. Louis and South
western railway is the defendant in the
case,
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
WILLIAMS AGAINST
WILSON, DENOUNCES
LATTER'S TORY|SM
Boston Democrat Declares
His Preference for
Champ Clark.

BOSTON, March 25.-George Fred
Williams, who is candidate for dele
gnte-at-large to the Democratic Ma
tional Conyentlon In Baltimore, has is
sued scorching denunciation of the
candidacy of Woodrow Wilson and de-
claros In favor OF Speaker Champ Clark
for President. Mr. williams arrived
home yesterday from Nebraska.
Mr.. williams says that "Our great
leader, Mr.. Bryan, refuses to be a cam
didate," and that Governor Foss has
definitely declared that he does not in
tend to have his name presented as an
active candidate In the convention"
In his statement. Mr.. williams dis
cusses freely the various utterances
made by Governor Wilson, and says
that the horrible tory" record Of Gov
ernor Wilson would drive the Demo-
cratic radicals to Senator La Toilette.
The statement in part follows:
THE preference primary and duty to
the Democratic voters compel me to
state frankly that my election as a
delega te -at-large involves my determined
opposition 70 the nomination of Wood
row Wilson.
"Our party must have a majority of
the Electoral College to secure the Presi-
u'hSS' L<1 folcSte no" Eeaus the IN
surgent Republican movement. His
name arouses great enthusiasm in Dem.
ocratic audiences. Should he carry but
Two or three states the election may be
thrown into Congress, and the vote by
states is now a tie.
"Ar. Wilson's horrible Tory record
when spread before the public by Re.
publican speakers, would send oar DEM
ocrauc radicals to La Toilette In
droves. With his nomination. our party
would stani third on the list.
~ anu aware that a contingent oi
splendid Democrats is supporting Mr.
Wilson. but I know also that most OF
| them were forced to make Their choice
| before his record was laid bare"
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
Betterment Society =
Raps Charities Board

The Board Of Charities, not the Dis
trict Commissioners, is responsible for
the use of picked" or cold storage,
eggs at the tuberculosis Hospital, ac-
cording to the executive committee of
the Civic Betterment Association, which
held its monthly meeting last night at
SIG X street northwest. The attempt
to place responsibility for the blame
was called forth by a statement at
,trtbuted to Congressman Lobeck, one of
the two members of the District Com
mittee who are making the investiga-
ton of Washington hospitals.
resolution was adopted asking for
the passage of a drastic act against
carrying concealed weapons. Corporal
punishment in schools was denounced
and Endorsement was given the action
of the District Commissioners in re-
porting adversely on the bill providing
FOR the reorganization of the municipal
court.
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
Boy Scouts Planning
Their Summer Campaign

There will be at least 1000 camps for
Roy Scouts in the country this sum-
mer. Washington scouts will have am
pie opportunity to join in the fun and
training which is planned as a part of
the general training of the 100000 scouts
in the United States.
The figures on the number of the
camps to be staked during warm
weather were gathered by Chief Scout
Director James E. West, who has re-
ports on file in New York showing that
at least that many scoutmasters are
willing to give their time to the work.
Many poor boys have been banding
together during the winter to earn
money to pay their expenses. Scout
troops frequently have a common fund,
into which the vacation money is
poured.
While the boys up to the present have
confined themselves to learning princl-
pies of camping outdoors. signaling,
swimmingfi rowing, and a few other ac-
tivitles, the work this summer will be
much more extensive and will give bet
ter physical and mental training. For
this purpose the leaders OF the scout
movement have turned out q scout mas
ters' manual. a proof copy of which will
be sent within short time to every
scoutmaster in the country.
The new book contains programs OF
work for the scouts and goes into de-
tail in the handling of boys. 1t pro-
vides maEy lines OF activity and has
been worked out by Prof. Irving Vinine
and George II. Merritt, under the direc'
ton of the editorial board of the Boy
Scouts of America. The new book gives
instruction in knot tying, throwing the
lasso, camping, stalking. fire lighting
wigwag signaling, boxing the compass
map making, first aid, and various ac'
tiVitieS.
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
ARMY AWATORS
TO RETURN HERE
EARLY NEXT WEEK
College Park Will Be Mecca
for Enthusiasts After
April 2.

with tho return. on April 2 of the
army aviators from Augusta, Ga, In
terest In aerial navigation will turn to
College Park, Md.
This spring and summer should be
the best in history OF flying for the
Government aeronauts, because of the
many advancements made during the
last six months. Since the fiiers left
College Park, in November, for the
South. a new machine has been pur-
chased, and two new officers have been
added to the rolls. The other machines
have been rebuilt and are in perfect
sailing condition.
Onet feature planned for the sprIng
and summer is the carrying on aerial
trips as many members of Congress as
VIII agree TO ride. While the names of
those who will accept the invitation of
the signal Corps are not known, fully
twenty-five or more are expected to
visit the field during April and spin
through the skies with Captain Beck,
Lieutenant Arnold, and Lieutenant
Milling.
The object OF persuading members of
Congress to take trips is not so much
to get them I'm closer touch with what
the hiers are accomplishing, but to con-
vince them aviation is here to stay.
Lieut.. Leighton w. Hazlehurst, jr., of
Georgia, and Lieut.. Harry Graham, OF
Ohio, are the new men who have joined
the school. Col. c. b. Winder, Of the
Ohio national guard, will be at College
Park during April, and expects to re-
turn to his Stale and teach the militia
ofhcers how-to handle heaVier-than-aiT
craft.
Lieut.. Thomas Dewitt Milling returns
from Augusta, Ga, this evening and will
superintend work of getting the field
and buildings at College Park in shape.
Flights will be held each afternoon
beginning at 8 o'clock and continuing
until dark Cross country trips to neigh
boring hamlets will be made weekly.
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
GALLINGER PUTS IN
BILL FOR PROBE OF
POLITICAL ACTIVITY
New Hampshire Senator Of
fers Substitute for Bris-
tow Measure.

Senator Gallinger has offered in the
Senate substitute for the Bristow
resolution for an inquiry into whether
postmasters and postoffice inspectors
are being used to help force the re-
nomination of President Taft.
The substitute OF Senator GalIinger
would extend the investigation into the
campaign of 1904, as well as into the
present campaign. The object of II, OBJ
viously, is to inquire into the question
whether the Roosevelt Administration
used the patronage club in the fashion
the present Administration Is using II.
The substitute of Senator Gallinger
directs the Committee on Postofflces T.
inquire and report whether postoffice
Inspectors or other officials were used
as political emissaries in 1901 or now in
behalf of any candidate for the Presi-
dency: also to inquire whether post
masters with good official records were
In 1904 or now are threatened with re-
movRl or discipline If they failed to
support certain candidates; also to in
qt1re whether appointments were made
or promised in order to Influence the
election of delegates in 1904 or now.
TIE substitute also compreherds an
inquiry into the recent withdrawal Of
North Carolina postmasters to help
force selection of Taft delegates.
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
PINCHOT TDENOUNCES
CUT IN FUNDS FOR
FORESTPROTECTION
Recalls Fires of 1910 and
Points to Dangers of
lA Present Situation.

clifford Pinchot, president of the Ma
kional Conservation Association, takes
strong exception to the action of the
House of Representatives in slashing
900 from the estimates for the For
est Service. In statement made pub
llc today he says:
These cuts are made in the face of
the record Of 1910, in which seventy-nine
hrefghters and twenty-five settlers were
burned to death in the national forests,
and $12000000 worth of timber was de-
btroyed; and in the face of full knowl-
edge that as the result of insufficient
appropriation the national forests,
which constitute about s, 900, 100000 worth
of public property, are in grave danger
of even greater loss from fire.
The protection of public property and
of the lives of settlers. their wives, and
their children, as well as of the public
servants within the national forests, lies
close to the public welfare. We must
not let false economy further imperil the
Fafety Of public resources and the pro-
tection of human lives.
Should Consider Facts.
1T is time for Congress to face the
facts. Before the national forests can
be made reasonably safe against fire
they must have ten times the present
trails and six times the telephone lines
now built. 1t has taken six years for
Congress to appropriate enough money
to build this small part of what is
urgently needed. The standing timber
alone on national forests is worth not
less than $50O.0OOOOO. In twenty years
it will probably be worth we'll over
$1,000. 100000. If Congress gave the
Forest Service the $4,000 a year it
asks for tos build trails and telephone
lines, 1t would give only one-fourth of
j per cent of the value of timber stand
ing today in the national forests.
The preservation of this standing
timber controls the preservation of
stream flow, whose value is many times
that of all the wood which the national
forests contaR. The value of the range
In national forests, which again is
largely dependent upon forest preser-
walton, is tncalculable.
The Grazing Fees.
THE fees for grazing alone bring into
the public treasury every year twice
the appropriation asked for trails and
telephone lines. Without these improve
ments the forests cannot be made safe,
even with ten times the present patrol.
Fires have already broken out on
national forests in the Southwest as
the result of the exceptionally light
precipitation this winter. 1t would be
hardly less unpatriotic and unwise to
an invading army than to refuse the
appropriation needed to fight these
fires and prevent the greater fires
which may easily follow"
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
Women Lose Money
Kept in Stockings

NEW YORK, March 25.-Charged
with stealing $500 from'the stockings of
twelve young women, Peter Kropp and
George Broda were arraiRned today.
The victims blushingly told the Judge
that they were wearing their stockings
at the time, and that money WASH t
safe anywhere these days"
Kropp's wife conducts rooming
house. Last night Kropp and Broda
proposed that the young women board
ers join them in consuming several bot
ties of ginger ale. After taking a few
sips, the girls %went to sleep, and later
awoke to findd their stockings rined.
The police declare the ginger ale was
drugged.
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
''Drys" Are Victors in
Maine Legislature

AUGUSTA, Me, March 25.-The pro-
posed amendment to the Maine consti-
tuition to allow local option on the ques-
ton Of permitting the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors in all the
cities and in such towns as accept the
provisions Of the resolve has been de-
feated in the legislature. and the
"drys" are rejoicing.
The Democratic majority in the House
failed to muster the necessary two
thirds vote on the hnal passage OF the
resolve. The vote was Il in the affirm
ative and 81 in the negative.
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
History of New Star
Is Being Complied

Scientists connected with the United
States Naval Observatory are compiling
a bulletin giving a history of the new
star recently discovered in the constella-
ton of Gemlni. by Prof. c. Ebeno. OF
Norway. The star in its incipiency was
OF intense brilliance, but is now rapidly
disintegrating.
With the use of a powerful telescope
Profs. Peters and Hall, of the Naval
observatory, have been studying the
star They nave discovered that Vapor
of yellow cast is being emitted from
the body of the star and that It will not
be many days before it vanishes from
the skies.
The Washington times., 1912-03-25
Painting of Monitor Is
Presented to Museum

An oil painting of the battle between
the Monitor and the Merrimac. and a
portrait of John Ericsson, their coun-
tryman and inventor of the Monitor,
had been presented TO the National
Museum by the Swedish American Re-
publican League of Illinois.
The Monitor Merrimac painting IS by
Henry Reuterdahl, the New York
marine artist. and the portrait by Anvil
Nyholm, OF Chicago.
Both paintings will be hung in the
new National Museum building. The
presentation was made yesterday by
representatives of the Swedish Ameri-
can League, accompanied by several
Illinois Congressman. Secretary Wolcott
made the speech OF acceptance on be.
hall of the National Museum.