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The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
A CITY IN A GORGE.
The First View of La Paz Il START
ling TO the Tourist.

James Bryce, in his book South Amer
ica," gives a picturesque description OF
the approach to La Paz, Bolivia. He
tells how the traveller who nears La Paz
has a surprise in front OF him IL he is
coming from Lake Titicaca, the usual
route from the coast At a point 1900
feet above sea level the railway from
GuayaGuil meets the railway from Anto-
fagasta, 400 miles away to the south.
From this point. called ViacEa, the
route turns eastward toward the Cor
dillera, the line climbing slowly N wild ,
sweeps over the dusty and shrubless pla-
teau on whose thin grass sheep are
browsing. There is not a house visible,
and the smooth slope seems to run right
up against the mountain wall beyond.
Where can La Paz be? asks the traveller.
Presently. however. he perceives
strings Of llamas and donkeys and way
tarers on foot moving along the slope to-
ward a aa:nt where they all suddenly
vanish and are no more seen. Then a
spot is reached where the railway itself
seems to end between n few sheds. He
gets out and walks few yards to the
east and then suddenly pulls up, with a
start on the edge of a yawning abyss
Right beneath him, 500 feet oeiow, a
gray, red-roofed city fills the bottom OF
the gorge and climbs up its sides on both
banks OF the torrent that foams through
il. Every street and square, every yard
and garden, is laid out under the eve as
IL on a map, and one almost seems to
hear the rattle of vehicles over stony
pavemeTts coming family up through the
thin air."
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28

UP word was brought to him that Brodie
had been shot, and he at once sent me
TO take charge OF the left wing. II was
more open country here, and at least L
was able to get glimpse OF my own
men and exercise some control over
them. There was much firing going on,
but for the life OF me / could not see
any Spaniards, and neither could any
one else. Finally we made up our
minds that they were shooting at US
from a set OF red-tiled ranch buildings a
good way in front, and these assaulted.
finally charging them Before We came
anywhere near. the Spaniards. who. as
it proved. really were inside and around
them. abandoned them, leaving a few
dead men.
BY the time I had taken possession OF
these buildings all firing had ceased
everywhere. / had not the faintest idea
what had happened; whether the fight
was over: or whether this was merely
a lull In the fight; or where the Span
iards were; or whether we might be at
tackled again; or whether we ought our
selves to attack somebody somewhere
else got my men in order and sent
out small parties to explore the ground
IN front, who returned without finding
any foe. (By this time. as a matter of
fact the spaniards were in full retreat)
MednWnlle 1 was extending my line so
as to get into touch with our people on
the right. Word was brought to me that
Wood had been shot-which fortunately
proved not to be true-and as, II this
were so. II meant that | must take
charge Of the regiment, I moved over
personally to inquire. Soon learned thar
he was all right. that the Spaniards had
retreated along the main ROAD, and that
Cnl Wood and two or three other officers
were a short distance away Before 7
reached them I encountered a captain OF
the Ninth Cavalry, very glum becaus,
his troopers had not been Up in time to
take part in the fight, and he congratu-
lated me-with visible effortt-upon my
share in our first victory. ] thanked him
cordially, not confiding in him that till
that moment / myself knew exceedingly
little about the victory: and proceeded
10 where Generals Wheeler, Lawton, and
Chaffee. who had just come up, in COM
pany with Wood. were seated on a bank
They expressed appreciation OF the wav
that l had handled my troops first on
the right wing and then on the left As
j was quite prepared to find I had COM
mitted some awful sin. did nv best
to accept this in a nOnchalant manner,
and not to look as relieved as l felt.
AS throughout the morning I had pre-
served a specious aspect Of wisdom, and
had commanded first one and then the
other wing the fight was really a capi-
tai thing for me. for practically all ths
men had served under nv actual COM
mand. and thenCeforth felt an enthu-
siastic belief that 1 would lead them
Alright.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
JOY IN WORK AND LONGEVITY.
Little Essny Applicable to the
Waning Vacation Season.

From the Boston Globe.
Once upon a time Englishmen scorned
work as unworthy of a gentleman. They
are getting over that idea rapidly. This
idea aroused the scorn of the average
American. He looked upon English gen.
/ tlemen as useless parasites Yet they
we're not necessarily so. Like most argu-
ments, it was a question Of definition.
Work in the eyes OF the Englishman
meant one thing and another to the
American.
An Englishman who lives on large es-
] tates often manages a whole town, is Sc
lectman, overseer of the poor collector
Of taxes, chief of police. head of the fire
department, superintendent of schools,
| sealer OF weights and measures. the
board of trustees of the church, county
commissioner and fence viewer, all in
one. In addition he is the manager OF
his own estate. with its acres of farm
lands to be titled. He has to manage
the annual fair and oftentImes he is tho
police court magistrate. II is true that he
may have a steward to do the rent COL
lecting and to look after the minor de-
tails; but the steward no more manages
the estate than the private secretary Of
railroad president manages the rail-
road.
probable that most of US consider the life
of the owner of a large estate about as
delightful as can be imagined. 1t is not
however. a life Of idleness. The rich OF
Europe, as a class, are not idle OF
course, there are some who do absolutely
nothing. There is the same class among
the poor. They are called gentlemen OF
the road.
In America we have an idle rich class.
a he Of 81
wondering what to do with themselves;
one of them lately crossed over into Cam
ada There are very few healthy men,
nevertheless, who would care TO dupn-
cate this life.
IF all the year were playing holidays
the sport would be as tedious as to
work. Shakespeare says this in King
Henry "" somewhere. This is so mod
crate that it leans over backward. II is
not tedious to work 1t is tedious not to
work. Some OF the men who have car
ried out their plan and have retired from
business at middle age say this. You
can find them once in a while. They
are unhappy men. Most of them arc
sour.
Those who do not retire when the time
comes, although they made the resolu-
ton to do so, have a reason for keeping
on with their work. They have become
at the end of the day. Idleness is like
wine. 1t is pleasant for a time, but
then comes remorse. Man was born to
work. Not to work is unnatural Every
other animal works.
Most men cannot be idle and live. That
sounds strange. II is true. 1t Is a law
Of Nature. II a man past forty leads an
idle life the probability is that he Will
live to be ffty-seven years old II hs
leads a harmonious and sufficiently occu-
pied life he will live 10 be sixty-six. This
is the experience of life insurance COM
panies which make speciality of old-age
annuities. Skill. money and time have
been spent by these companies TO learn
these figures. The success of the COM
panies depends on them.
The figures tell the story. Idleness Is
harder on the vital organs of mankind
than work. To be Idle is to die, to work
Is to live.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
THE ARMY CANTEEN.
Medical View of the Proposed Res
toratIon of Beer Selling.

Prom the Medical Record.
The officers OF the United States Army,
chaplains and surgeons. line and stan.
are. with a few notable exceptions, prac-
ticaIly unanimous in urging the restora-
ton OF beer selling in the army canteens.
Tine argument in favor of this restora-
tion appeals almost irresistbly to the
man who does not regard crime. moral
or hygenic, the very moderate use of al
coholic beverages; and even to the moral
list who believes in persuasion rather
than force, in making men better if one
cannot make them perfect. the permission
to drink a definite quantity of very
mild intoxicant within the limits of the
army post Seems preferable to driving
the Convivially disposed soldier outside
the post to dives where unlimited indul-
r-nce in whisky is possible and where
te nptation to venery abound. But, says
the uncompromising and impractical
moralist, the soldier should not be per-
mitted to taste intoxicants within or
without the limits OF the post; some of
the railways and large corporations for
bid their employees to drink and the army
should do the same. II does not seem to
occur to them that men seek employment
on railways and industrial establish
cruits, and it is with difficulty that it
finds enough of them for its needs.
A more serious objection to the army
canteen, as ii formerly was, is that it
encouraged the moderate use OF beer.
which is regarded by many as one of
the most Objectionable forms of alcoholic
drinks, and the immoderate use of to-
bacco, which when smoked in excess, is
Lore injurious to the average man than
is alcohol. To the layman, and even to
many medical men, these statements may
cause surprise, but there is not wanting
abundant evidence to support them.
1t is the fashion now to credit alcohol
with the most of ills OF modern life, but
there are none so illogical as the pro-
fessional anti-alcoholists. Every evil,
mental. moral, or physical, that befalls
one who drinks moderately or immoder-
ately is laid to alcohol. with no dis
elimination as to the kind of alcoholic
beverage INDUCED in and with no recog-
milton of the fact that most of the men
who drink also smoke, often intemper-
ately. Intestinal autointoxication may
not be the cause of all the ills with which
il is credited, but there is no doubt II
contributes to the production of some
and the aggravation of more, and it is
recognized that beer of all the alcoholics
is the most apt to aid intestinal putre-
faction, to say nothing of the injury
to the heart that habitual excess in this
indulgence is known to cause That to-
bacco is a heart poison is freely admit
ted. but the injury II causes is lightly
spoken of as functional and few seem
to realize that the extreme cardiac ar
rhythmia which the drug may cause is
but a step forward from cardiac failure.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28

What TO do then I had not an idea. The
a poor one. We advanced, firing at them,
and drove them OF.
country in front fell away into a very
difficult jungle-filIed valley. There was
nothing but jungle all around. and II /
advanced l was afraid l might get out
of touch with everybody and not be
going in the right direction. Moreover.
as far as could see, there was now no.
body in front who was shooting a. us,
although some of the men on my left in
sisted that our own men had fired into us
an allegation which l soon found was
almost always made in such fight, and
which in this case was not true. At this
moment some of the regulars appeared
across the rayine on our right The first
thing they did was to fire volley at us.
but one Of our first sergeants went up a
tree and waved a guidon at them and
they stopped.
Firing was stili going on to our left
however. and / was never more puzzled
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28

pier, to put the regiment aboard her.
L found that she had already been as
signed TO a regular regiment and to an
other volunteer regiment, and as IL was
evident that not more than half OF the
men assigned to her could possibly get
on. l was determined that we should not
be among the men left of.
The volunteer regiment offered a COM
paratively easy problem. simply
marched my men past them to the al
lOtted place and held the gangway. With
the regulars I had to be little more
diplomatic, because their commander. a
lieutenant colonel. was my superior in
rank, and also doubtless knew his rights
lie sent word to me to make way, to
draw my regiment of to one side and
let his take possession of the gangway.
could see the transport coming in. and
could dimly make out Woods figure
thereon.
Accordingly I played for time. sent
respectful requests through his officers
to the commander of the regulars, en-
tered into psrleys, and made protesta-
tiOns, until the transport got near enough
so that by yelling at the top OF my
voice | was able 10 get into a-highly
COnstructive-commun with Wood
What he was saying I had no idea. but
he was evidently speaking. and on my
own responsibility I translated 1t into
directions to hold the gangway, and SO
Informed the regulars that ! was under
the orders of my superior and Of a rank
ing officer, and-to my great regret, &c
could not give way as they desired. As
soon as the transport was fast we put
our men aboard at the double. Half Of
the regular regiment got on, and the
other half and the other volunteer rcgi
ment went somewhere else
- Santiago.
We were kept several days OF the
transport. which was jammed with men
so that it was hard to move about on
the deck. Then the fleet got under way.
and We steamed slowly down to San
tiago Here we disembarked. higgIedy-
piggledy, just as we had embarked. Diff
ferent parts of different outfits were
jumbled together and it was no light
labor afterward to assemble the various
batteries. For instance. one transport
had guns, and another the locks for the
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
Partisan Rule I'm Cities.

From the Ohio State Journal.
There is a citizens ticket in Indian
apolis, and those back of II have issued
a statement of doctrine. Here is part
of the statement:
Partisan machine rule means:
Domination by public service corpora
tions.
Domination by breweries and the
saloon element.
Domination by organized vice and or
ganiZed lawlessness.
Bad government for the city.
Heavy taxation and wastefui expendi-
ture of public money.
A horde of political hirelings paid out
of the public treasury for their services
to the partisan machine.
That is fair statement. Partisan
machine rule is an issue in this city
today. What has the Chapter Commits
sion to say about it? Are they COINS
to keep up the old oppression BY the
venerable fraud.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
More Character. Le., Inv.

From the Albany Kniekabocker Pressl
The State does not need more laws
II needs more men of character in pub
lie life. No law ever changed human
nature. Laws do not create character.
II public official has no character, no
moral sense enabling him to differentiate
between right and wrong and no idea
OF fair play, such public official will
never be made to walk the street called
straight by any number Of amendments
to the constitution, by the penal law
or by the general laws OF the State. We
do not need the recall of judicial de-
'cisions, but We do need more men upon
the bench OF the character and integrity
OF the present chief justice of the court
OF appeals, the present presiding judge
Of the appellate division. third deart-
ment, and the late sureme court justics.
Henry B. Conan.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
ROOSEVELT AND ROUGH RIDERS ARRIVE IN CUBA

my next two troops in column through
the jungle without any attempt to de-
ploy until we got on the firing line. This
sounds simple. But 1t was not. / did not
know when I had gotten on the firing
line! / could hear a good deal OF mr.
ing, some over to my right at q good dis
tance, and the rest to the left and ahead.
pushed on, expecting to strike the
enemy somewhere between.
Under Fire.
Soon We came to the brink of a deep
valley. There was good deal of crack
ing OF rifles way of in front of us, but
as they used smokeless powder we had
no idea as to exactly where they we're,
or who they were shooting at Then 1t
dawned on us that We were the target.
The bullets began to come overhead, max
ing sound like the ripping of a silk
dress, with sometimes a kind of pop:
a few of my men fell, and l deployed
the rest. making them lie down and get
behind trees.
Richard Harding Davis was with US,
and as we scanned the landscape with
our. glasses II was he who first pointed
out to Us some Spaniards in a trench
some three-quarters of a mile or 1t
was difficult to make them out. There
were not many of them. However, we
finally did make them out, and We could
see their conical hats, for the trench was
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
Former President Gives Intimate Account Of His First
Fight Against the Spaniards-Praise for
the Men Under Him.

never to do in an actual campaign Is tc
wall up and down a line where he viii
be conspicuous. His business Is to lie
down somewhere OF a ridge crest where
he can see any one approaching, but
where a man approaching cannot see
him. As for the ceremonies, during the
really hard part OF a campaign only the
barest essentials are kept.
Textbook Fighting and the Real
Thing.
Almost AL of the Junior regular on
GERS, and many OF the senior regular Of
ficers, were fine me But, through nc
fault of their own. many of the senior
officers had been forced to lead lives that
fairly paralyzed their efficiency when the
strain of modern war came on them.
The routine elderly regular officer who
knew nothing whatever OF modern war
was in most respect. nearly as worthless
as a raw recruit.
The positions and commands prescribed
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
Difficulties Encountered in Getting His Command on Board
Transport-How Clever Ruse Made Landing
on the Island Possible

to know what to do. did not wish TO
take my men out Of their position with
out orders, for fear that might thereby
be leaving a gap II there was a Spanish
force which meditated an offensive re-
turn. On the other hand, II did nor
seem to me that had been doing enough
fighting to justify my existence, and
there was obviously fighting going on
to the left 1 remember that 1 kept
thinking of the refrain OF the fox-hunt-
ing song, Here's to every friend who
struggled to the end" In the hunting
field / had always acted on this theory,
and, no matter how discouraging ap-
pearances might be, had never stopped
trying to get in at the death until the
hunt was actually over; and now that
there was work, and not play. on hand.
1 intended to struggle as hard as 1
knew how not to be left ont of any
fighting into which / could with any
possible propriety get in.
So I left my men where they were
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28

and started of at a trot toward where
the firing was, with couple of order
lies, to send back for the men in case
that proved advisable. Like most tyros,
1 was wearing my sword, which in
thick jungle now and then got between
my legs From that day on it always
went corded in the baggage. l struck
the trail and began to pass occasional
dead men. Pretty soon ! reached Wood
and found, much to my pleasure, that /
had done the right thing, for as l came
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
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The Washington herald., 1913-09-28

The neIt instsllment Of Mr. Roosereit's Chap
ters Of Possible Autobiography' is entitled The
Rough Riders in Cuba.
Published by special arrangement with the Out
look. Of which Theodore RooseTelt il the con
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
His Instrument.

.I saw an inky razor in old Deems
office the other day.
maybe it is what he uses to shave his
Daper with"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
Nothing to Win,

From the st. Louis Post -Dispstch.
Moreover, the American eagle has ne
honors to win in a conflict with ths Msx,
Lean buzxard.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
A Problem In transportation.

Tampa was a scene of the widest con-
fusion. There were miles of tracks
loaded with cars, of the contents of
which nobody seemed to have any def
mite knowledge. Gen. Miles, who was
supposed to have supervision over every
thing, and Gen. Shafter, who had charge
of the expedition, were both there. But
thanks to the fact that nobody had had
any experience in handling even such a
small force as ours-about 1900 men,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17
nat Model Declares She Can Make Any Girl Venus With Proper Bonnet
al LAST--SECRET OF PERENNIAL BEAUTY Is QUIT
NASSAU WOULD
HONOR WILSON
Princeton Alumni Urge Presi-
dent-EIect to Accept Univer-
sity Trusteeship. ]

PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. IA oon-
certed effort is being made among tina
alumni of Princeton university to In
duce President elect Wilson to accept q
trusteeship of the university, which, Of
course, he would hold through his term
est i'll connection with the university.
and the tenure is for five years.
If Mr. Wilson looks for precedent, he
can find 1t in two instances. Theodore
Roosevelt was a member of the board
of overseers of Harvard while he was
president, and President Taft was a.
member OF the Yale corporation up to
few weeks ago. These bodies are SINH
lar to the Princeton board OF trustees.
Election In Juns.
Already several graduates have
placed the president elects name upon
the nomination blanks The Princeton
Alumni the weekly official organ OF
the graduates, has printed a number .of.
communications urging Mr.. Wilson to
accept Nominations close on April l.
and the election will be held in Pune
1t is declared that all the classes that
graduated under the president elect,
eight in number, are anxious to join
the movement
1t Is not known how Mr. Wilson neelp
on the subject. but some of his friends
think he would like to retain an official
relation with Princeton. At present.
Mr.. Wilson is president ex-offfcio Of
Princeton, but he viii relinquish this
office when he resigns as governor Of
New Jersey March
Princeton Alumni Banquet.
Application blanks have been sent out
for banquet to be given President
elect Woodrow Wilson in washington
the night of March 8, at the New will
lard hotel. The banquet will be given
under the auspices OF the Princeton
Alumni Association of the District Of
Columbia. Entrance will be gained bv
ticket only, and graduates are applying
for tickets through blanks mailed to
Frank B. Fox. secretary, Washington
Loan and Trust building, Washington
d. c. The tickets will be given out at
the registration room of the Shoreham
hotel between the hours of 4 and &
O'Clock March 1 and 2, and between
the Rours Of 10 a. m. and p m. on
March g.
stand opposite the white house and
the presidents reviewing stand will be
reserved for Princeton men and their
families to view the inaugural parade.
| This arrangement has been made to
protect alumni against ticket specuIa-
tors. Seats are SO, 81 and IS, according
to location. Each alumnus is entitled
to four seats. Applications must be in
not later than February 90.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17
LORD NELSON ILL AT 90.

LONDON. Feb. 17.--Lord Nelson a
grandson of the hero OF Trafalgar. is
seriously ill., II was said at his resi-
dence today that the gravest fears We're
entertained because Of his advanced
age He H. 90 years OF age.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-17
HUSBAND, AGED 80,
FIGHTS 9TH WIFE'S
SUIT FOR ALIMONY

DALTON, GA. Feb. 1.-THE supreme
court has reversed the decision of the
Murray county superior court in the
alimony case of Knox VS.. Knox, and
the aged Mexican and Civil war veteran
will get new trial.
The case attracted widespread atten-
tion because Of the numerous weddings
IN which the plaintiff and defendant
had participated. Robert S. Knox, the
defendant, has been married just six
times and his wife who was suing for
alimony and attorneys fees and not
divorce, has been married four times.
The defendant is upwards of 80 years
Of age, and his wife, from whom he has
separated, is upwards of so.
The jury gave the plaintiff 500 law
yer's fees and SO monthly alimony
many believing the verdict was so
formed because Of the husbands habit
of writing poetry to his wife.