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The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
STATESMEN, REAL AND NEAR.
BY FRED c. KELLY

Representatfye 'Dick" Hobson, OF
Merrimac, Jap war scare. and other
fame. was riding toward washington the
other day when stranger accompanied
by small boy mosied over to him ana
Inquired:
you're Capt. Hobson, aren't your?
Yes" admitted Hobson.
'sWell" said the man, "if you have
no objections I'd like to introduce my
little boy to you. think IT would help
him with his American history to meet
a war hero"
So Hobson obligingly acquiesced-
And now" the fond father asked the
boy, 'Iet's see II you can remember what
ii was that Capt. Hobson did"
'I know" asserted the lad Hes the
fellow that blew up the Maine"
After having big run for the last
year or so Of trim, businesslike, look
ing young members. the United States
Senate may have changed Its luck now
by taking in a member who looks Ike a
young minister. fresh from the seminary
Henry +. Ashurst. OF Arizona. is IT,
He has a raven black name, combed
complexion like a sweet pea or
young woman who does all the things
recommended on the health and beauty
page. Moreover, he has the genue.
dreamy eyes Of a doe. and Is as soft
spoken as a relative who has come to
borrow money.
But Ashurst was a cowboy at fifteen,
and he was a regular cowboy. There
wasn't anything in the way Of cowboy
Accomplishments. such as roping steers.
playing poker, shooting. drinking, and
the like, that he didn't master. Also.
anybody who notes how much he looks
like the young man that fond mothers
point out TO their growing sons as
model-anybody who takes him for that
kind, and gets too brash with him. is
likely to 90 home with his face looking
like a raw beefsteak poultice-
Ashurst has broken nearly every bone
In his right hand at G1e time or an
other by the impact OF his fist against
people who spoke too familiariy on
short acquaintance. On two occasions
in his campaign for the Senate. Ashurst
was accused Of insincerity by somebody
in the audience And each time he met
the issue squareIy by stepping down into
the crowd and pleasantly knocked down
the man who raised the question.
quiet way, "is to be honest and to per-
nit no man to accuse you Of being any
thing else. II a man calls you dishonest
simply knock him down"
He has been making out first rate on
that basis, as his arrival In the United
! States Senate at the age of thirty-six
should indicate.
When he was five years old, Ashurst
participated in a little incident that
probably helped to give him his fighting
spirit. Indians attacked their little
cabin one day when his father was away
from home, and his mother armed with
Winchester defended herself and her
two children. She told little Henry and
his sister to remain at her side, so that
/ II Il came TO the worst she could shoot
them and herself rather than have them
captured by the Indians Happily, the
Indians were scared away just before
her ammunition was used up, but young
Ashurst has distinct recollection OF hang
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
MUSCLE.
NJ GEoRGE FlTcH,
Aufher OF @At Good ola siwash."

4
Muscle Is the power transmission plant
of the human body. It Is operated from
the brain and enables man to move him
self and other things from place TO place
and sometimes back again. Muscle is
about the only thing which distinguishes
some real men from the wooden imita-
tons IN front Of the cigar stores.
Muscle has been great boon to the
human race. BY fits help men have TILED
the soil. worked the mines. built their
homes. and have brought up their sons
to honor and respect them. For many
centuries muscle did all the work Of the
world. 1t built pyramids and smote the
barbarians hip and thigh But gradually
In the last century steam, electricity,
and science have been displaeing muscle
on every hand. The farmer Is more
IN need Of double-seated Overails to-day
than he is Of muscle. The housewife
washes. sews. and sweeps the floor by
electricity. The miner uses powder and
drill. Even trunks are being smashed
by machinery. and autos are being crank
ed by a push button and hypnotic sug-
gestion. The average business man has
no use for muscle except In getting into
street car at night. and In another
century a man who has muscle win be
operated on for them
AS yet. however. muscle is as great
q source OF amusement as the brain.
and is carefully acquired by enthusiastic
collectors who pay large sums for rare
and well developed specimens. Showing
muscle is as enjoyable as showing old
masters, and. in consequences. we have
Marathons. Olympic games boat races.
football cataclysms, pound parties with
ten-round limits. and baseball leagues.
The quantity OF muscle expended each
year IN these pursuits would move
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
Taxation in the District.

The testimony of Assessor Richards
regarding taxation in Washington be-
fore the House District Committee
merely emphasizes a fact which
has long been known to many-that the
valuation of city property has not been
properly assessed because of the mad
equate force of assessors provided by
Congress.
Assessor Richards makes the conten-
ton that the increased valuations in
the business district has more than paid
for the taxes in the past ten years. He
shows that valuations in this section
jumped from $7o,ooo,ooo in 1909 to
S43oooooo N 1912. This is a greater
rise than in the previous half century"
says Mr.. Richards, "and indicates that
there was something radically wrong
with the valuations on which the as
ssssments were made ten years ago
that they were far too low"
Discrepancies and inequalities in as
sessments, both in the city and in the
country, were cited by the Assessor.
None of the determinations" are de-
liberate and intentional, but are due to
the fact that the force of assessors is too
small. The only remedy for this con-
dition of affairs viii be a larger sp-
preparation for Assessor Richards Of
fice in the District budget.
Mr.. Richards says there is plenty of
property assessed on the books too high
as well as much that is too low. All
of it will have to wait for future ad-
justment,. and in cases where appeals
have been taken to the courts, single
property holder has often caused an en-
tire shift of assessments for the sur
rounding blocks. The fact that this
condition of affairs is acknowledged by
the chief taxation officer of the District
gives it the force and authority of an
Official announcement, and a remedy is
imperative
The remedy lies with Congress. If
assessments in Washington are unequal
and unfair, Congress can remove the
basis of the trouble.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
Not Wu Ting.fanrf


Washington eonfesses TO a feeling
akin to disappointment over the ssmi-
Official announcement that WI Ting
fang IS not going to return to US as
minister from the Celestial republic. Not
that the Capital has anything against
Chung Nun Yew, but WI Ting-fang
occupied a very high place in the re-
gard of its citizens. and they rejoieed
at the prospect Of his return.
There has never been a diplomat sta
toned in Washington, Oriental or Eu-
ropean, who combined such picturesque
personal qualities with the equipment
of a diplomat Others, like James
Bryce, have won regard through their
intellectual qualities; scores have been
highly popular in the limited circles of
ofioialdom and of society; but few
have won the popular heart in the same
delightful fashion and with such as
sumption of naivete as Wa Tng-fang.
who travelled from one end of the land
to the other asking questions, and get
ting them answered.
But Chung Nun Yew, who confesses
to Ameficanization through Yale and
other influences, will be given well
come to Washington If he comes. He
is the only Chinese member of Delta
Kappa Epsilon, one of the most ex-
elusive of the collegiate Greek let
ters." If we cannot have DR.. WI, Chung
Nun Yew will doubtless prove a popu-
lar substitute.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
Life.saTing Equipment.

Locking the barn door after the
horse is stolen IS an old adage that
has been the source of lot of alleged
Jokes of the humorist, but still one
that is good, notwithstanding the funny
things that have been said about it
To-day the civilized world IS con-
demning the White Star people for not
providing sufficient lifebosts to care for
every person on its ships if occasion
for such should arise. They should be
criticised and so should every other ma
ton or company or individual that al
lows ships to go to sea unPrepared for
the grayest Of emergencies. Yet The
Herald questions If there is one pas
senger-carrying vessel fully equipped
with life preservers and lifeboats to
care for every one on board leaving
any port in any country, not even bar
ring our own lake ports.
The White Star Company was crim-
insIly careless, has been the cry. One
hysterical writer called its directors
murderers for allowing such condi-
ton to exist. Now, according to a
published statement. Unjust one branch
of the United States Navy, the trans
port service, there is provided a life
boat capacity of 4,s54 and carrying
capacity of Iz,7Is.
This is not very pleasant compari-
son, although it is extremely probable
the figures will fit the same service in
other countries.
The awful disaster that caused these
comparisons to be made will undoubt-
edly do puch to alter the present CON
ditions, and in that regard at Least has
been of benefit to future sea-going peo-
pie
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24

ing around wondering when It would be
time for him to be shot
No matter how thoroughly he make.
good. Ashurst can never have the sat
isfaction OF having his birthplace
pointed out by the megaphone men on
the sightseeing wagons. For the fact Is
that he was born in a tent when his
parents were on their way to Arizona
from California. and not even a tent
stake or a sardine can marks the place
for Ashurst to show 10 his grandchil-
dren.
The thing that gave Ashurst his start.
though, was not so much his humble
birthplace as "Abbott's Lives of the
Presidents" His father made him a
present OF the book when he was six
years old. and he took the statesman
proposition seriously right on the jump.
His teachers used to introduce him to
school visitors as the boy who intended
to be President.
He has been rummaging after all avail
able facts in American history ever since.
And in addition he IS said TO be one OF
the best-informed men around these
parts on the subject Of English history.
But here's the strangest thing about
Ashurst: The fellow has been reading
the Congressional Record without miss-
ing an issue for twenty years He has
steadfastIy ignored all the quips and
foxes about the dullness Of the Record.
and has devoted an hour a day to II
since he was sixteen. One day he was
sitting in a poker game Just after MS
daily romp through the Record. and he
made up his mind that he'd Just simply
have to get into public Affairs, like the
men he'd been reading about. So he left
the poker game on some pretext. and
hasn't done any drinking. smoking, or
gambling since but has devoted himself
entirely 70 getting ready to be a United
States Senator.
They have a saloonkeeper over In
Greensburg. Pa, where Representative
Gregg comes from, who is one OF the
brides Of the community. He has never
vet been known 10 lack for word or
reply and people there go out Of their
way TO hunt him up and learn what he
will say next. Not long ago a stranger
dropped in at our hero's dispensary and
bought himself a drink Of whisky. He
regarded himself as q bit OF connois-
seur and remarked. when he had tasted
his drink:
This seems a little smoky
"Yes." replied the proprietor, I'VE Just
fred bartender"
Representative John ". Weeks, Of
Massachusetts, is a graduate Of Annap-
oils. and Representative Butler Ames OF
the same state, went through West
Point
ICo,yriEht, Igia BY Fred c. Kelly. All dEhts
rcssTsdD
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
Department Store Growth.

In the general extension and growth
Of business in Washington that is good
to see, it would be hard to specify
which branch of business shows the
greatest increase. For the growth IS
percepti6le in all phases of commercial
and financial development Not only
have enormous Office buildings been
added to the already large number of
frst-class structures of this type which
have been the development of the last
decade, but there has been very no.
ticeable enlargement of the structures
that have up to this time suficed for
the transaction of the business of the
city.
He would be blind who cannot see
in this gratifying extension the hopes
and aims of the financial and business
men of the city being fast realized.
The prophecies that have been made
in this direction by those who have
had faith in the commercial and fnan-
cial great future of this city have been
looked upon by some as being mere
dreams of the optimist or of the over
sanguine But events of only the past
year have gone far to convince even the
most skeptical that the era of good
times. of great growth, and of exten-
sive commercial greatness is not only
on its way, but the vanguard has al
ready arrived.
Perhaps the greatest index of all Of
this is to be found in the extension Of
the department store business of Wash
ington in the last year. Several of
our leading stores, which in quality of
stock, extent of choice, and excellent
service would do credit to the largest
of cities, have found it necessary to
build on extensive additions to their
already large premises in order to give
to the citizens the accommodation and
good service for which they are to be
commended. Large lots have been
bought and built upon, and where this
was not possible the height of the
buildings has been increased.
That all of this is the natural growth
of business and is not concentration
of trade is to be seen by the improve
ments that have been made in so many
Of our smaller establishments whose
owners have felt the great impetus of
trade. The number of smaller stores
which have exhibited the sign that
there is no interruption to business, !"
while carpenters, elass-6tters, and other
worICmen have had charge of the places
of business making necessary enlarge
ments, proves this point beyond ques-
ton.
We are able to read in this, and we
are satisfied that our reading is correct.
the very sure indications that the peo-
pie Of Washington have now fully real
lied the excellent opportunities that
the stores of the city afford for sup
plying al needs, gratifying ali tastes.
however fsstidious, and that it IS vast
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24

" more satisfactory to buy in this city
from a fun stock Of goods that viii
bear the most critical inspection than to
trust to the reputation of far-bif houses
with all Of the attendant delays and
dissatisfaction that is certain to result
from, this. mode Of buying. Our de-
partment stores are at once credit to
the city. an indication Of the enterprise
OF the owners, and sigreat lconvenience
to the public, home-staying as well as
transient
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24

tralnioad Of coal from New York to san
Francisco. What Is more to the point.
Il would keep every sidewalk IN the coun-
Try free from snow all winter.
Men who have large bulging muscles
are very proud Of them and Ike to Be
photographed In a state OF rigidity and
dishabiiIe. looking like a tufted leather
couch. But they are no more useful
and cast no more powerful ballots than
the little fellows with a bale OF hay In
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
Home Rule BIZ Approved.

Dublin. April "a resolution approv-
ing Premier Asquith's home rule bill was
adopted with enthusiasm in the national
convention OF the Irish party here to-
day The motion to approve the bill in
its entirety was made by John Redmond,
NJ P. The convention also adopted
resolution expressing lreland.s sorToW Tor
those who were thrown into mourning
by the Titanic disaster. Mr.. Redmond
also moved this resolution and when the
delegates passed il unanimously, all arose
with bowed heads.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
Indict Rock Island Mayor.

Rock Island. H.. April 22-An indIct-
ment charging assault with intent TO 60
great bodily injury to John Looney. pub
Usher Of the Rock Island News, was
returned to-day against Mayor Harry NJ
Schrlver. Schriver's bond was fixed at
500. Schriver beat Lsooney in police
headquarters while under arrest follow
ing the appearance Of an attack on the
Mayor IN the News.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
NEW NATURALIZATION RECORD
Receipts for Year VIII BE 100000.
Rush for Papers.

New York. April 23-Applicants for last
citizenship papers must be sworn as citi-
zens of the United States at once or they
cannot vote at the coming Presidential
election in November.
In consequence there is a rush for final
papers in the Naturalization Bureau in
the County Clerks Office. and County
Clerk Schneider is working his force day
and night in order to accommodate those
who wish TO cast their first vote.
1--WE thought we did a big business in
the naturalization OF aliens last year"
said the County Clerk to-day, but the
records Of the bureau show that since
last May the bureau has done the largest
business in its history. The receipts for
this month. April, will total the entire
receipts for the year 1903, which were
1900. In 1910 the receipts were $4,000; in
1911. 5000. and It IS expected that the
receipts for the year 1912 will total $780,
OOs."
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
Italian Troops Lanaed.

Rome. April ga force OF italian
troops has been landed on the Island OF
stampaiia. Turkish possession In the
Greclan Archipelago, It was ANNOUNCED
by the War Department to-day.
Stampalia Is small island containing
ffty square miles and has population
of Loo
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
Mini.ter Rent WHO.

Trenton. N. J.. April zS-charging
that her husband beat her at regular In
te-vals. Mrs George w. Myers. wife Of
a Methodist minister at Kearney. has
sued for divorce.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
ExpIo.lon Kiils Three Men.

Elko. New. April 21-Thres trainmen
were instantly killed and several others
were injured to-day when the boiler of
locomotive on the Western Pacific
Railroad exploded on the top Of Antelope
Hill. thirty-six miles west Of Winnie
mucca
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
Find Two ohiIaren Ineineratea.

ogdensburg, N. Y, April 3.-Returning
home early to-day. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Rivard. OF Sellwood. found two OF their
six children burned TO death from lamp
explosion. The others had escaped. The
respectfully
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
UncIe Penny,Eise sayaI

=
They claim that money doesn't bring
happiness. but that's one thing people
want 70 investigate for themselves.
A Kick.
s'what's the matter. Hiram7"
II thought the Agricultural Department
was run in the interests Of the American
farmer
II wrote 'em for some literature to help
me get summer boarders. but they had
nothing Of the kind In stock"
April 20 IN History.
April "a ls1I-slr waiter Scott COM
pletes 'waverIey.' dialect novel popu-
lar in its day.
April "a. IsO5-NapoleOn gets Josephine's
nrst millinery bin, and a terrible scene
ensues.
strong Clans.
Here's a fellow declares the Smiths
are for Taft Guess that about settles
the nomination, hey2'
Not II the Joneses come out for Roose-
No secret.
The buds appear. wis.
On every bough.
You may have noticed this.
Perhaps. by now.
More Fun.
. Going TO make garden this spring?"
mo: I'm busy experimenting that OF
my next door nelghbor."
Preparing for the stage.
rs KID wAllop on the level in this
coming fight?"
I'm sure of it I know he expects 70
win"
what makes you think he expects to
VIM"
Hes having mOnologue written"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24

the shoulders Of their coats. What
America needs Is a commission for ths
conservation of muscle. Millions Of
pounds Of muscle are going to waste
while the mashers and hoodlums are go
ing uncorrected. and the science Of beat
ing them up by machinery Is still a dream
OF the future
Ccupyhsht. isls. By esO-ss MATHEW Adams,
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
FOURTH WEEK OF SUSPENSION.
Anthracite Negotiations for work.
ing Agreement Continued.

ing Agreement Continued.
Philadelphia, April 1.-The I7o.Ooo
anthracite coal mine workers to-day
entered upon the fourth week of idle
ness pending negotiations for a new
wage agreement. The subcommittee
Of four representatives OF the miners
and four coal company managers has
been in almost daily session since April
New York.
Unconfrmed reports have reached
the coal regions that an agreement
will soon be reached. One report Is
that the coal companies win grant 10
per cent increase In wages, q shorter
work day. and partial recognition OF
the union.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
4 LITTLE NONSENSE
THE FIRST SHOOT

And now arises IN my yard
A question moot
For / have found and closely guard
A tiny shoot.
II Is a radish, / opine.
Ny friends TO other views incline.
Ny neirhbsrs all their glasses don.
And daily meett
Discuss the matter pro and con
With angry heat.
To, divers theories they lean,
Perhaps il Is a kidney bean.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
Hou.eLeeper. Incorporate.

Albany, n. y. April ss.-Twenty board
ing-house keepers Of New York City
have Incorporated for "intelIectual I'M
proyemenL"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
Pitman ON stand.

The testimony Of Herbert ]. Pitman,
third oficer of the Titanic. who was
the first witness at to-day's hearing.
did not shed any new light upon the
disaster. The main points OF his story
dealt with the speed OF the vessel at
the time OF the collision and his hand
ling of nfeboat No. 5 Of which he had
charge.
The Titanic, he declared. was travel
ing at a rate OF about twenty-one and
a half knots when she collided with the
Iceberg that tore open her starboard
side. The lifeboat Of which Pitman had
charge was about three or four hundred
yards from the Titanic when she sank
and he gave a graphic narrative OF the
cries and groans OF the passengers who
had been thrown into the water by the
foundering OF the vessel. When he heard
the cries for assistance he said he or
dered the boat crew to row 10 their as
sistance. but passengers In his hfeboat
begged him not to return as the drown
ing passengers would probably capsize
the boat and only add 70 the death list
when you heard these cries and
groans,' inquired Senator Smith, did
you not row 10 their assistancer'
when the ship went down and the
passengers were in the water, Pitman
replied, II gave orders 10 row to them
Our boat was not entirely full and we
could have accommodated more passen-
gers But the passengers In the life
boat pleaded with me not 70 return
They said Il would be foolish as we
would only capsize our boat and end in
not only IN saving no one. but IN loalng
our own lives
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
TITANIC MIGHT
HAYE BEEN SAVED
BY BINOCULARS

csnt.assa from P.ss one.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24

They claim that money doesn't bring
happiness but that's one thing people
want 70 investigate for themselves
The Washington herald., 1912-04-24
April 20 IN History.

. Going TO make a garden this spring?
mo; I'm busy superintending that o
my next door neIghbor."
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-11-30
LINEMAN
ASKS BIC
DAMAGES
SUES PIONEER TELEGRAPH
COMPANY FOR $4,000
DAMAGES

The Pioneer telegraph and tele-
phone company is defendant ia a Sl5..
900 damage suit filed in the federal
court -oda hy r A. Santa, a former
tuu.oye Of the company.
Bauta while working for the com
rur In The installation Of new poles
near MuIhau last April. was injured
oe car fgom the TOP OF defective
pole
60 was claimed by Bonita az tne
time of the accident that he protest
ed 10 the foreman Of the linemen's
gang that tbe poles were rotten and
wo.ld no- hold The weight OF a man;
-he brennan Sc Bouta states. insist
~ Thar he clim5 the pols and remove
-he o'd iusu.aaon this he did after
making protest Wben near the toD
the pole erumb'ed and Bonita was
thrown TO the ground receiving pain.
-u' injuries he sues the company
under the fellow servant law. declar.
ns rne accident vas caused bv the
.negl egence aud carelessness Of a fe-