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The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
The Cabinet Undisclosed.

During the evening of March 3, 1869,
Gen. Grant took from his waistcoat
pocket list of distinguished men. He
showed it to personal friend, asking
if the initials of one of the names
were correct. This is believed to have
been the first disclosure of the COM
plete' identity of the Cabinet whose
nominations he sent the next afternoon
to the Senate. ....-
OF course. there were guesses and
conjectures. but some of the men upon
whom he, bestowed a portfolio were
not advised until after the appointment
was announced.
Gov. Wilson is apparently bent upon
equaling this record. Judged by recent
standards, he has been highly success
full in keeping the secret of his choice.
No positive confirmation has been ac-
corded any report. Every one believes
Mr.. Bryan will be Secretary of State
because every one else believes it, but
nowhere is to be found any admission
of this, either by the President-elect
or by the Commoner.
The personnel of the Taft Cabinet
was known long before this four years
ago, with one or two exceptions. Mr..
Roosevelt in 1905 retained most of the
Cabinet of his previous administration,
which was a mixture of Mckinley ap-
pointees and his own Mr. Mckinley
let it be known, previous to his inau-
guration in 1897, who would sit at his
council table.
1t is now more than three months
since Woodrow Wilson was elected
President Single-handed he has
shaped the plans for his administration.
Advice he has sought from many, but
his confidence has been given to few.
He has not deemed it necessary to ac-
cord the public an indication of his
policies through the announcement that
this or that man representing a certain
element of his party or a certain point
of view in public affairs has been
chosen.
Soon after election Lincoln asked
Seward to be his Secretary OF State
Seward was then in the Senate and his
effectiveness in many conciliatory cf-
forts made to prevent secession was
heightened when it became known that
he had been rendered and had accepted
the portfolio of State. Mr. Lincoln
found the announcement of Stewards
selection a source of strength. but Mr..
Wilson evidently feels no such de-
pendence on any other member of his
party. How significantly this now
forecasts the relations of President and
Cabinet only time can tell.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
The Returned Mail.
From the Omaha Bee.

From the Omaha Bee.
The government has just realized more
than $4,000 proceeds from the sale of
valuables found in mail returned to the
Dead Letter Office. which means some
heavy individual losses. This is all be-
cause of the simple carelessness of writ
ers in failing to place their names and
addresses in the upper left-hand corner
Of the envelope or wrapper, ans they arc
instructed to do. 1t stands to reason that
II the Post-office Department has so
much difficulty in securing proper COM
pliance with established customs. II will
continue to encounter added trouble with
the multiplying complications of the sys-
TEN, such, for. instance, as parcel post.
All Of which emphasizes the fact that
profitable returns would surely follow .
reasonable amount of Judicious advertis-
ing in connection with its services to
the public for a price. The Post-office
Department Is a gigantic business insti-
tuition. and Is just as much in need of
advertising as another large commercial
enterprise. The failure to take advan-
tage of modern business methods is one
Of the weaknesses In government-man-
aged Industries, yet weakness that
might easily be cured.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
Our Military Budget and Others.

Comparisons at best are odious
The speaker at peace meeting the
other night wasted his words when
he drew the attention of his hearers
to the difference in army and naval
expenditures between this country and
continental Europe. Here is the rea-
son: The army of former days cost
the United States twice as much as
the present establishment does, because
our totals include pensions for wars
OF days long gone by. Then there are
any number of private pension bills
passed by Congress, an important ad-
dition to the already sufficiently large
aggregate.
The conscription nations, Germany
Austria, France, and Russia, simply
compel their youth who are fit to be
soldiers. They do not have to hire
their military force. as the United
States has to do. Therefore, it should
cause no surprise that Germany, for
instance, is able to get along with an
annual budget of $eo4ooo,ooo for all
military purposes, and about SII5,ooo,-
600 for its navy. France boasts of a
still lower cost, that is, $eoI 100000
for the army and $85,ooo,ooo for the
navy
Besides, the pay of soldier in those
countries amounts to but a few cents
a day, while the wage of a private
here is more than what a second lieu
tenant gets in either France or Ger
many. If the United States should
ever introduce compulsory service, this
country also could cut down army and
navy bills. But this would mean a
military state and militarism, neither
of which is relished by the American
citizen.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

Bakhmeteff, the wife OF the Russian
Ambassador at Washington. sent aid
through the American Red Cross: assist
ance came also from Russia, while in
England there has been activity in
forming relief committees. Lady Mond,
Miss Fax Ironside. Mrs. Heath. Mrs.
Millar. and Mrs. Bridgeport were among
prominent workers
The death, at the age Of seventy-eight,
of Sir James Coats. at Gsrrick House.
near Ayr, in Scotland, recalls one of the
most extraordinary romances of industry
of the nineteenth century. 1t was in
1924 that Mr.. James Coats, grandfather of
the late baronet. began business as n
maker of thread I'm the little town OF
FALSELY, In Renfrewshire (near Glasgow.
But the origin of the thread making
trade goes farther back to the early
part of the eighteenth century. in fact.
when Scotch women did their own spin
ming at home. The wife Of q Renfrew-
shire clergyman. who mad great skill in
the use of the spinning wheel. taught
her craft to a number OF young women
in her district. In that way the industry
spread, and it grew with astonishing
rapidity after 1874. The year in which
Mr.. James Coats opened his little fac
tory.
Mr.. Coats was the grandfather of the
late Sir James and of Sir Thomas Glen
Coats, and of Mr.. George Coats, the
present director of the big firm. With
the extension OF the business FALSELY
grew in Importance and one Of the sights
of the West of Scotland to-day is the
great range of mills and factories in
which the thread is manufactured The
works cover more than 100 acres of
ground and more than 1o,oe0 men and
women are employed in them.
Mr. James Coats Gas he then wa9 went
as a young. man. at the time of the
were then the most valuable market for
thread. The war. however, prevented
the full development of his plans, and
he returned to Scotland. Before long.
he was back in America Factories were
set up, and year by year the businesss
developed and was extended into the
countries of Europe. The turning point
in the history of the firm came in 1895
when the great combine was formed
of Coats. Clark-a rival Paisley firm
Jonas Brook & Bros, and James Chad
wick & Bros. Utd). English makers OF
thread. Some years earlier. in 1890, the
firm of j. and p. Coats had been form
ed. and 1t undoubtedly was the amaz-
ing success of this company that led to
the greater combine of sewing cotton
manufacturers. The prosperity of the
Coats company may be gathered from
the fact that its dividends rose from
s per cent in the first year to 30 per
cent in 1S9e-1soo.
The members of the Coats family have
left enormous fortunes. Mr.. James
Coats, jr.. of Ferguslie, Paisley, left
G., ,9S4,76 and Mr.. Archibald Coats, Of
woodsile. Paisley, s1,SsS.1so.
The late Sir James is survived by his
second wife, and he is succeeded in the
title by Mr. Stuart Auchincloss Coats,
who was born in 1855. FLANEUR-
(Coryrigit. 1913, by Court Gossip syndicate.l
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
ALITTIEN oNSElgsE

wHEnH WINFBR m sEAs0NA1LD.
We didn't have much winter.
Those joyous sleighfng scenes
Did not abound,
Were hardly found
Outside the magazines.
There. was. Of course. some skating.
The lovely skating queens
Looked very nice
Upon the ice
In all the magazines :
We have capricious seasons.
To know what winter means.
You'll not deny
We have to buy
The current magazines.
Winter Sports.
There's some exciting Ice yachting 20
ing on upon the cover page of the vari-
Gus magazines, the only place where
there's SUFFICIENT ice for the purpose this
winter.
He Faded Away.
I, rHow about love in a cottage?" asked
the man.
DO you mean bungalow" inquired
the girl.
But he didn't. He knew the difference
between cottage and bungalow.
There Arc some improvements.
'These seed people are as particular
about getting out an annual floral cata-
logue as are the automobile people"
why shouldn't they be?'
II didn't suppose there were any new
models in jonQuiis and dafodils."
|. An Awkward, Attitude. -.
Jaw, shucks! These iashlight fiends
at banauets are a nuisance"
3 How now?'
"Ought to give a fellow warning any,
how. That dashlight last night caught
me with a mouthful Of spinach
An Order Of Beans.
This hash-house slang i much abhor;
II is a thing hate.
! asked for beans; the man yelled for
"A thousand on a plate"
"what witnesses have you on your
sideg' IS
..I have two-a married man and a
single man.
put him on the stand. He can stand
cross-examination better"
In This Paper.
THE poet says that men may rise on
stepping stones of their dead selves to
better things"
THAT may he. But the best thing to
rise on is a want ad.'
she'll Probably Need 1t.
"She is going to marry him to reform
him."
In that case I'll be careful about
selecting the wedding present. I'll pick
out something that she can pawn when
the lean days come"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
Libraries of Authors.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
At the sale Of Goldsmith's library there
was not a single copy Of his own works
except a very imperfect one of the His
tory Of the Earth and Animated Nature. !"
From the catalogue Of the sale OF Field
ing's library it appears that the only
books of his own writing which he pos
sessed- at his death were two volumes
of misceilanies, two mere OF his unim-
portant dramatic works. the second edi-
ton of Jonathan Wild" and pamphlet.
Johnson's' library sold In $50 lots and
fetched little more than ESQ.
Fielding's library was about the same
size and was valued flo0 higher, So that
neither could be described as valuable
when one considers that, the price OF
some OF the lots would be enhanced by
the desire of friends to obtain momen-
toes As for Goldsmith's library. II is
remembered that he would tear half
dozen pages out of volume to save the
trouble of transcription and when the
auctioneer described the collection as
scarce, curious and valuable" the last
epithet was little more than rhetorical
flourish.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
Harvard Up to Date.
lc New York World.

From The New YORK World
Harvard's tribute to the rising sun
is an order to the faculty making the
reading of Woodrow Wilson's Congress
sionaI Government obligatory in the
government course. To make room for
the President-elect's work. James
Bryce's american Commonwealth has
been dropped
This Is like substituting Blaine's
Twenty Years on Congress for Ben
toms Thirty Years View 1t is like
suppressing washington's Farewell Ad-
dress in favor of Lincoln's "Gettys-
burg Speech" 1t is like retiring Web
ster's Reply to Hayne' in order TO
embrace Cleveland's message in favor OF
the gold standard
1t Is well for Harvard to keer up to
date, but in so doing ii should be care
ful not to leave any gaps in the line
of progress.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

cranked up. and the bill keeps piling
up like the national debt thereafter.
American .is full of brave men. a
few Of them use taxicabs without tipping
the driver half a dollar. but most of
them prefer bear hunting and other mol
lycoddle sports
(Copyrisht 1915 by George Mathew AdamA)
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
This Mad World.

| Frvm Judge.
Madge-I understand that she's unduiy
sentimental.
Marjorie-well. she thinks her friends
are very thoughtless unless they send
valentines TO Fido.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

Mexico apparently leads in aviation.
for. judging from reports, every one in
that country seems to be up in the air.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has decided that moss Is not lumber.
This must be mighty comforting to the
.rolfng ston =
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

ShilSo StakOS
under arrest.
The fact thai
nent for the
the direct vot
ready been s1
islatures and
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
r TAXICABS
~ GEonGD FITCH,
AutAes sf "At aee1 OF siwssA-s

that he viii have earned enough more
by the End Of the year to pay almost
all of the additional cost Of transporta--
for Is cents q mile, but In this country
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

Theodore Roosevelt, who knows tu-
man nature as well as any one, realizes
this menace TO the accomplishment OF
his ambition.
His speech in New York last week
was, therefore, an appeal to his fol-
lowers to stand by him and the party
which he is organizing. He protests
against any amalgamation with the Re-
publicans. He is, however, in a Do
sition where he can make this appeal
without personal sacrifice or even in
convenience. He has everything to
gain and nothing to lose With his
followers the case is different. They
cannot hope 10 get anywhere or any
thing as long as he only leads them
to defeat Many of them supported
him because they thought him invinci-
BILE. They honestly believed that he
would triumphantly sweep the country.
The result was to them rude surprise.
More than that, the feeling of resent
ment which Roosevelt aroused in the
Republican ranks as well as the oppo-
sition manifested against him by con-
servative people everywhere has made
it evident that he never can be elected
President. Under these circumstances,
Mr.. Roosevelt will have difficulty in
holding his adherents together. He
cannot offer them even the hope of
success and no party can expect to
retain its vitality unless it has, at least.
a prospect of victory Even the Pro-
hibition party has practically disinte-
grated. The exception to the rule,
probably, is the Socialist party, and this
is not really political organization.
1t is composed of men who are OBJ
seSsed with an ideal as to social and
economic reforms and they will con-
tinue to work for the sake of gaining a
few more converts
So while Mr.. Roosevelt is uttering
his platitudes in the hope of infusing
new confidence into his supporters, the
movement in the rank and file is really
antagonistic to him. 1t is a movement
apparent in States where the Repub-
licans are becoming very tired of con-
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
February 10 In History

February 16, l11s-Richard the Lion
hearted leads a cotillion.
February 16. 1537-Henry VIII takes his
annual bath.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

y
kutional amend
3 Senators by
people has al
! the State Leg
will soon be
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

Another political development of the
week was the sensational disclosure IN
the West Virginia Legislature, five
members being charged with accept.
ing bribes and the alleged beneficiary
one of the Republican candidates fol
United States Senator. being placed
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

she'll Probably Need 1t.
"She is going to marry him to reform
him.
In that case I'll be careful about
selecting the wedding present. I'll pick
out something that she can pawn when
the lean days come"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16
THE POLITICAL SITUATION

The developments of the week con-
firm the diagnosis of the political Sit
uation made some time ago in The
Washington Herald. The gctting-to-
gether process of the Republican party
will not be from the top, but from the
bottom. Not the leaders, but the rank
and file will be the agency which will
work the cementing of the organization
The Republicans in Michigan, for
instance, realize that if they remain di-
vided they might as well give up all
hope of regaining control of their
State affairs. With two Republican
candidates for Governor-onc a Pro-
sressive and the other a regular-in
the field at the last election a Demo-
crat was chosen. Two Democratic
Congressman were also elected because
Progressive and Republican candidates
divided the Republican vote. If these
conditions continue, Democrats will Sc
cure all the county, municipal, and
State Offices. 1t is no wonder, therefore.
that there has been a gathering of the
members of the dominant party in Mich
isan for the purpose of preventing this
outcome. The movement is significant
Republicans everywhere are just be-
ginning TO realize what the split in
the party means for them The inau-
-guration of Democratic Governors and
other State officers and the consequent
ousting of officials from the various
capitols has been a salutary lesson. The
men who are now on the outside want
to get in again. They cannot hope to
: be successful if they do not unite the
Republican vote.
The issues upon which men differ in
matters of national policy do not apply
to State affairs. This is the vital fac
tor IN the political situation. In the
face of the fact that there is a Demo-
cratic Governor in the Statehouse when
the party that he represents is the mi
nority party, the adoption of the in
itiative and the referendum, the prop
osition to recall judicial decisions, and
the Federal regulation OF corporations
fade into insigniicance. They become
academic questions which may properly
be discussed and voted upon in ma
tional campaign, but, in the meantime,
are the Democrats to hold all the places
and draw all the salaries? Personal and
practical considerations are, after all,
the mainsprings of human action. They
will be effective in politics as they are
in everything else
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

tinuous Democratic administrations.
They, too, are conferring together to
learn how they can nominate q .candi-
date for Governor who can command
the largest measure of support in both
factions of the party and thus be
elected.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

The paramount interest OF these
questions in the public mind is shown
by the fact that at three notable din
ners in Washington i'll as many weeks
the theme of the principal speakers was
the present drift away from constitu-
tional government No other subject
discussed was given such close atten-
ton
The great political battle of the fu-
ture will be over change in our gov
ernmental system. 1t will be battle
royal. because the leaders on both sides
will be earnest and sincere. The out
come of the struggle will vitality affec,
the future of the republic.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

THE poet says that men may rise or
stepping stones of their dead selves to
better things"
THAT may be. But the best thing tc
rise on is a want ad."
The Washington herald., 1913-02-16

The skies are not serene for the in
coming Democratic administration.
1t may be that the situation in Mex
ico will be apparently settled by the
4th of March, but that it will re-
main a slumbering volcano cannot be
gainsaid. President Taft handled the
conditions incident to the first out
break in Mexico with consummate
skill and is acting in the present crisis
with patience and wisdom. 1t is likely
that President Wilson will more than
once during his administration be cali
ed upon to exercise the highest type
of craftsmanship in connection with
Mexico and will be fortunate if inter-
vention is found to be unnecessary.
The Mexican problem is not, however,
the only serious ono which confronts
the incoming President. The protest
of Great Britain over the alleged in
fraction of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
remains to be settled, while conditions
in the Central American republics, so
called. may strain the Monroe doctrine
to its utmost limit.
Within our own borders, there is tho
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
Tons of Earth and Bowlders Hurled y pom
Victims After Heavy Blast in Lex
ington Avenue Tunnel.
i LOWER LEVEL ROOF COLLAPSES
Office Building in Harlem Cracked by Second Explosion
Morbid Crowds at 56th Street Fight Police
in Effort to See Bodies Of
the Victims.

Two dynamite blasts widely separated sections of the Lex
ngton Of the subway off within few min
tes each early evening brought death and ruin in their
wake
Many twelve the report crushed to death
Lexington and 5oth street.
following and Lexington sec
tunnel destroyed the foundations of the building at
No. cracking the building from cellar to roof
necessitatng the ordering out of all the tenants
Six who their death Lexington avenue and
56t street caught huge of rock weighing
probably hundred crushed badly that identification
impossible except by their badge numbers The never
themselves the great bowder dropped sud-
denly roof and fell directly the spot where they
had been working hand drills
CROWDS AND CONFUSION AT SCENE.
The scene about excavation 6h street
chaotic one Hundreds policemen ambulance priests
the firm of the Bradley Construction Company which
has charge this point and officials OF city
departments there giving ORDERS arguing and as
ssng the injured the ambuances
Police four precincts had be called out to help
order among the thousands of who tried to Jam
way close proximity the OF the accident Fights
place between the police and the mobdy curious VINO were
determined glimpse OF the dead and injured great square
taking twenty blocks formed about the mouth
excavation by police Nobody except those with official
business permitted to pass this Gordon
Similar though smaller degree took place about the
region of blast Harlem The from
the East 10th police station had hard work driving the
all surface traffic Lexington avenue both
north and south bound was tied up for hours
CORONER Anglers SUBWAY BUILDERS.
Conflicting made by police Fire Department
officials Public Service Commission and the Coroner
regarding responsibility for the loss of life at Lexington avenue and
56t Hozhause aroused the ire OF the Bradley
officers when he made the bald statement
that the tunnel had been properly shored the accident would
occurred
One report had cavein the immediate result OF
an extra heavy off before the rock and earth gave way
Another version had the blasts had little do
with the aven and accident occurred because of the dam
oerous condition of the rockbed at that point
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
TO REVIEW MUSICA CASE
Writ of Error Takes 1t to the
U. S. Supreme Court.

Washington, June 14-Justice Lamar
granted to-day a writ of error by which
the Musica case will be brought from
the first city criminal court OF New
Orleans to the Supreme Court OF the
United States for review.
Antonio Musica and his three sons
were arrested at New Orleans as they
were about to embark for Panama
charged with defrauding New York and
European banks out Of S.OOO'ooo
through irregular dealings as hair
goods importers Their firm later was
thrown into bankruptcy.
Grace and Louise Musica, daughters
OF Antonio, were held as material Wit
nesses and $4,000 in currency was
found on them Musica and one son
were indicted by a grand jury IN New
York