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The Washington herald., 1913-01-22

lively engaged in the manufacture of
heavier-than-air machines. The pro-
duction last year was fifteen hundred
machines, at price average of 5000
each. Greater strides will be made in
1913.
In England the Royal Flying Corps
has been organized in both the army
and navy, and the budget for the cur
rent fiscal year shows an appropriation
of $I,54oyooo for the building OF aero
planes.
Germany's appropriation for this
year is 100000, and the German
army possesses upward of $50 aero
planes.
Last year Russia appropriated $780,
600 for aeroplanes.
Italy spent 100000 for the same
purpose in 1911, and has been increas-
ing its appropriation steadily.
Inadequate appropriations and re-
strictions on the organization of the
Army Aviation Corps have made rapid
progress impossible in this country.
France. Russia. Germany England,
Italy, Austria, and Japan have passed
us, and Roumania, Switzerland, and
Sweden are pressing us close. The
Secretary of War urged Congress to
make an appropriation of 100000 for
aeroplanes for the purpose of national
defense. The HOUSE committee scaled
this estimate to 100000 On such an
appropriation we fear that the United
States will not long hold even the
eighth place.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
WILSON GIVES ANOTHER
INSIGHT INTO METHODS
Tells Labor Leaders that Public Office
Is Worthless Unless Good Man Is
Considered for Re-appointment.

Princeton, n. J., Jan. I.-In replying TO
the demands of a labor organization for
recognition in appointments TO public
office to-day, President-elect Wilson laid
down the principle that public office is
not worth anything II an entirely salts
factory fulfillment Of the duties OF an
office does not entitle a man to recon-
s!deration for reappointment." The Gov
ernor was combatted In his view. and
added, epigramatically, that graceful
ness is easy and Justice is hard"
When the spokesman for the delega-
tion urged that they would have him de-
part from his beaten path" to the eS-
tent Of recognizing their candidate, the
Governor replied that the beaten path
leads to scooping every office"
The labor delegation came to advocate
the appointment Of John T. Cosgrove as
Commissioner of Labor. There were
about fifty labor leaders in the delega-
ton from every part OF the state.
amuel Botterin, a member of the sx-
ecutiye committee of the state Council
of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Builders was the spokesman Cosgrove Is
a Democrat Col. Lewis T. Bryant, the
present occupant of the office. is a Re
publican, appointed by Gov. Wilson s
Republican predecessors, and whose term
has overlapped that OF Gov. Wilson. His
term is about to expire. Gov. wilson, IN
his talk. made 1t plain that he intends
to reappoint Col. Bryant, despite the
fact that he is a Republican, and for
no other reason than that he has given
a thoroughly satisfactory administration
Of the department Of labor and deserves
reappointment.
In addressing the Governor. Mr.. Bot
teriIl called attention to the proposed
organization OF a national department of
labor, and declared that a labor man
would be appointed to hear this depart
ment. II the United States government
would grant this much to labor. he
thought the State of New Jersey could
well afford to do SO. Mr.. Bottertll re-
ferred vaguely to two sides to the labor
question and to the hostility that has
been shown TO labor. The Governor
evidently rnisinterpreted these remarks.
for he replied that he thought the
speaker was going "a little far
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Our Military Aviation.

Congress alone is responsible for the
fact that the United States has fallen
from the first to the eighth place in
aviation. The House Committee on
Military Affairs has refused to grant
more than $4,000 for the aviation
force for the coming year. This means
that not more than ten air craft can be
added to our corps. -.-
1t was only few years ago that the
War Department was offered the op-
portunity of securing exclusive right to
the Wright aeroplane for the use of
the Amy for $4,000. To-day this
country occupies the eighth place
among the nations in the strength of
military aerial navigation. France has
FIVE hundred, and the United States has
less than twenty airships. In France
there are nearly fifty companies ac-
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Right Men for Right Place.

In nominating Capt. James F. Oyster
and Cuno H. Rudolph as District Com
missioners for term of three years,
with Mai. Chester Harding as their
associate, President Taft has done the
right thing at the right time.
The two civilians are men who have
shown by their deeds that they are of
the right kind of mettle for the i'm
portant positions to which they have
been named, while the army officers
record is one that commands the great
est respect.
No criticism of Mr. Taft be
made from a political standpoint, the
naming of Capt. Oyster making it a
strictly nonpartisan body, as it should
be. 1t is now up to Congress to avoid
any unseemly wrangling in the District
by promptly confirming the nomina-
tons
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Future of the Consular Service.

Among the many nominations sent
to the Senate by President Taft, the
confirmation of which is denied by the
Democrats. are those of a score OF
consular officers These were not made
for political reasons, but in the course
of the general administration of the
consular service They represent trans
fers and promotions of men who have
served creditably in promoting Ameri-
can trade abroad and in facilitating in
ternational commerce.
Since 1906, when President Roosevelt
issued an executive order providing
that admission to the consular service
be obtained only after examination, and
that all vacancies above Class 8 should
be filled by promotion, based upon eff
cheney and ability. no charge OF politi-
cal exploitation of the service has been
heard much less proved American
manufacturers. turning more and more
toward the foreign market. have learned
to lean upon the service. For years the
consuls general and consuls bewailed
the indifference OF American business
men 10 the opportunities which lay
outside their own country. Ncverthe-
less, they kept pointing the way to new
markets, and the results of persistent
work arc now apparent in the swelling
exports of American manufacturers
articles which enter into the kecncst
competition with the products of the
mills and factories OF European ma
lions.
Shortly before the last election an
organization of manufacturers, anxious
to see the merit system in the consular
service maintained, addressed letters to
each Presidential candidate. All CON-
mitted themselves. i'll general terms at
least. TO the merit system.
Gov. Wilson's inclinations are toward
the civil service system and against
spoils. but his Democratic friends in the
Senate are holding up the nominations
of consular officers, exactly as they are
holding up the nominations of post
masters, customs collectors, United
States marshals, and the other classes
of Federal oficeholders whose Jobs are
frankly in the political grab-bag. Army
and navy nominations are confirmed.
Why not consular nominations?
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
STA ESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

told him they had decided to award the
diplomas
so far as am concerned" replied
O'Hair. Il came here for the sole OBJ
ject OF having you offer me your ac-
cursed old diploma so that ! could turn
II down. purpose TO try TO so through
life without it. As for Miss Smith, she
can speak for herself"
The young woman was an orator. but
she never spoke with such oratorical
power as when she stood up then before
the faculty and told them what she
thought of them and that she would
have none OF their diplomas.
When she had finished, OHair offered
her his arm and with much dignity they
strode out.
In the interest OF romance. this story
should now go on to tell how O'Hair and
the girl went straightway to the license
clerks desk and from there to a kindly
them. that they might go through life
chuckling over the way they gave that
college faculty the hoarse hoot-
But the fact is that there was nothing
sentimental about the affair at all.
O'Hair was simply a good friend Of the
girls brother and wished to see her get
a square deal. A few years later after
she had got married and gone to New
York TO live. she relented and accepted
her diploma.
O'Hair. too. was offered his diploma
once again, a few years later. and his
letter TO the college faculty was char
acteristic
He told them that he had been worry
ing along without their old diploma for
number of years. making a comfort
able living regardless OF the fact that
he didn't have the thing framed and
hung up in the front parlor, with cattails
and peacock feathers over II. and that
unless he took a violent change Of mind
he purposed 10 let them keep the diploma
and Jump in the river with II, or resort
to whatever other caprices they might
see fit.
Ollie James received a letter from q
kentucky woman, who wished him to
see Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and use his
influence to try to get her appointed
Mrs. Wilson's secretary. That was be-
fore the appointment of Miss Hagner
had been announced.
I'd just as soon 60 to some man
and recommend to him whom he ought
TO marry" remarked Ollie.
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia is a
hospitable man. and, moreover. he has
hobby for entertaining young people.
The consequence is that almost any noon
he may be seen in the Senate restaurant
with a bevy of young women at his
table. buying them expensive food.
Copyright lsl3 By Fred C. Kelly. All rights 70
srTed.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Fire Threatens Town.

New London, Ohio, Jan. A.-Fire which
threatened for time to wipe out the
town Of New London to-day burned two
business blocks and partially DESTROYED
two others, with losses estimated at
s125. .0O0
The fire originated in the basement of
Day Bros and 10-cent store and was
discovered shortly after 2 o'clock For
seven hours the firemen battled with 1t
before it was under control. DR.. c. D.
Weebman. who was sleeping In his Office
in one of the burned blocks. fell and
broke an arm.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22

When he gets around to preparing his
biography for the Congressional direc-
tory. Frank T. O'Hair. the man who
defeated Uncle Joe Cannon out In H.
inois, cannot refer TO himself as a grad
Uate OF any college.
Yet he spent four years at De Pauw
University and completed the full course
without receiving a single funk" All
he lacks is the diploma.
And that brings us up to the story
we're fixing to tell.
New paragraph. In the days when
OHair attended De Pauw University.
score of so of years ago. the little In
dian college was famous for the good ora
tors II turned out. When O'Hair was
member of the graduating class. the
champion orator OF the place was a young
woman classmate OF his, whom we'll
call Jennie Smith. oHsir heard that
her instructor in German didn't like
the girl for some reason and planned
to funk her. AS she had been obliged
TO give a lot OF time to her oratorical
work, to the neglect of other studies.
o Hair feared the instructor might find
excuse to carry out his intention. To
become the champion orator OF the school
and then not be graduated would be ex-
tremelv humilistins to the girl, naturally.
and O'Hair's sympathies were aroused.
he WdOe I'D MS NINA 10 Hcip ner
through the German examination, in case
she needed help. even If the performance
was not exactly regular.
Cnhappily, O'Hair and the girl were
seated at opposite corners of the room.
He saw that his one chance TO help her
was to get through first and try to
hand her a copy Of his examination
paper This he did. chivalrously dropping
the paper near her desk as he sauntered
by.
The eagIe-eyed professor. however. saw
what happened, or thought he did, and
during the rest OF the examination hour
he stood within yard of Jennie Smiths
desk This served to upset the girl so
completely that she made an utter
failure Of an examination that she might
have passed easily. She went to O'Hair
and told him tearfully what had hap
pened. OHair. in turn, went TO the
faculty and confessed the whole thing.
asking that the girl receive diploma.
inasmuch as she had been an innocent
party to the attempted foul
But the faculty decided not TO award
either one a diploma.
The following summer, when the
faculty and trustees were holding joint
meeting at indianapolis, QHair and Jen-
ME Smith interrupted the proceedings
by walking in together and demanding
a hearing. O'Hair told them about 1t
with a forcefulness and vigor that made
them all sit and stare. When he got
through the trustees talked II over with
the faculty and one Of the faculty heads
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
More Police Needed.

Will the subcommittee now framing
the District appropriation bill increase
the police force?
The question is a vital one to Dis
trict people.
Robberies, outrages, and assaults are
becoming entirely too frequent. Every
day men and women are victims of
lawleSsness. The criminal clement in
the city is taking advantage of the lack
of police protection. 1t is no eXag-
geration ts say that the streets OF
Washington are unsafe for pedestrians
at night. 1t Is a condition of affairs
which ought not to exist.
Last year the police force, instead of
being increased, was reduced. This
action was a serious mistake, for which
the penalty is now being paid. Unless
Mai. Sylvester is given more men, the
District will confront a serious situa-
ton. The Commissioners should at
once prepare and submit TO Congress a
list OF the assaults and robberies to
which the District people have been re-
Gently subjected, and insist. with all
possible emphasis, that proper degree
of protection be afforded.
And the appeal Of the Commission
ers should be supplemented by the eff
forts of every law-abiding citizen. We
believe that if this is done Congress
will be brought to a realization of the
duty which it owes to the people of
the National Capital.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Turkey to Remain in Europe.

The collective note OF the powers to
the Sublime Porte at last proves The
Washington Herald's oft-repeated fore
cast and prediction, namely, that Tur-
key is not to be ousted altogether from
Europe and that it will be left in un-
disturbed possession of Constantinople,
and thus be allowed to continue to hold
the key TO the Levant by a fortified
Dardanelles.
Diplomacy again refuses to consider
the question of right or wrong when
a general policy is concerned. History
probably will regard the necessity for
safeguarding the general interests ot
Europe and preventing, if possible, a
great war as abrogating an abstract
ideal of Justice to the Turk" Through
centuries of misgovernment he sowed
the wind. Now his punishment is to
be the forfeiture of his part OF the
European empire. The powers recon-
mend the surrender of Adrianople to
the Balkan allies and the cession of the
Aegean Islands to the powers for dis
posaI according to their own best judg-
ment. In return they promise that
Moslem interests in Adrianople will be
safeguarded, and that such a disposi-
ton will be made of the Aegean Islands
as will exclude menace to the security
of Turkey. So far as Mussulmans in
terests at Adrianople are concerned
the powers, presumably, would guar
antee not only the protection Of exist
ing mosque edihces and other religious
property in the city, but also might
reserve important grants of extra terri
tory to the Ottoman government. The
most important consideration offered
in return for the surrender of Adrian
ople is not the guarantee of Constan-
tinople. but the promise of moral and
financial support of the Turkish gov
ernment for the development of its
vast empire in Asia. The Sultan and
his advisers may we'll fout the sugges-
ton that the guarantee of CONSTANT
nople means anything The best guar
antee is the strength of the fortifca-
tions at Tchatalja. The integrity OF
the Turkish dominions in Europe was
guaranteed by the powers up to the
time when the war was threatened by
the Balkan states. In the light of
later circumstances, this guarantee was
found untenable and worthless.
In the face Of this unanimous recon-
mendation by the powers. the Turks
do not seem to have any alternative but
the surrender of Adrianople. They are
in a position to make an indefinite de-
fcnse at Tchatalja. but they are pow
erless for aggressive warfare. The
willy Turk. we'll aware that England
would never allow Russia to obtain an
outlet from the Euxine to the Aegean.
has PLAYED his cards well. and. incl
dentally, The Washington Herald was
the only one of the leading American
dailies which has predicted this out
come from the day that war was de-
clared
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
ALITTEE NONSENSE.
CHICKEN FARMING.

I started out to raise some hens;
II first bought wire to make the pens.
You need nice pens to make hens thrive.
Mine cost me forty twenty-five sp.2S).
1 bought eleven kinds of feed:
For fowls a large assortment need.
bought cut bone and grains galore.
The bill was nineteen eighty-four S1s.sD.
or course hens need a chicken shed.
A place to sleep and to be fed.
Mine was a good one through and
through
And cost me sixty forty-tyo seofD.
wonder IL hen farming pays;
I've had twelve eggs in sixty days.
The bills. of course, have been immense.
The twelve eggs brought me thirty
cents (30c)
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
GEN. MoNTEAGUDo HERE.

Gen Monteagudo, commander-in-chiet
of the Cuban army. arrived in Washing
ton yesterday and called upon Mai. Gen
Leonard Wood, Chief of Staf. u. S. A.,
and formerly Governor General OF Cuba
Gen Monteagudo is now on an indefi-
mite leave. and is on his way to France.
where he intends to take a long rest. as
his health became greatly impaired as
a result OF his taking the field in COM
nand of the forces engaged in suppress
ing the negro revolt in Cuba last sum-
mer. He was accompa MED to the War
pepartment by Minister Rivero. Of Cuba.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22

used a wrong font comma in the indict'
ment."
What We need is a new brand of laws
which will take the technicality by the
neck and heave IL far. far from the cour'
room into the unsavory past. When
this is done we will not have TO use one
lawyer to try an assault and battery
case and nine, others TO keep the tech.
nicalities out OF II.
Copyright. 1915. b. George Mathew AdarnAt
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
DYNAMITERS REFUSED BOND.
Ryan, Houlihan, and Shupe Fall II
Second Effort TO Get Freedom.

Chicago, Jan N.-For the second time
bonds for the release of Frank NJ. Ryan,
president of the Ironworkers' Union: r
II. Houlihan and William Shupe. Of
Chicago. convicted of a dynamite con-
spiracy, to-day were rejected by the
United States Court of Appeals. United
States District Attorney Charles W. Mil
Ter, Of Indianapolis. personally objected
to the bonds offered. The bonds are for
release under a writ Of supersedeas,
pending appeal in the case.
Leavenworth. kans.. Jan. 2I-William
f. Reddin. of Milwaukee, and W. ]. Nc
Cain. of Kansas City, labor leaders who
entered the Federal prison here Janu-
airy !, following conviction in connection
with the dynamite conspiracy, were re
leased on bonds this afternoon. Each
had been sentenced TO three years i'm
priSonment.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
BRAND NAMES CABINET.
Pofncare's Successor Submits Names
to President FaIIferes,

Paris Jan. H.-Aristide BRAND, who
succeeded NJ. Poincare as premier. to-
day completed the formation Of his Cab
met and submitted the following port
folio to President Fallieres for his ap-
proval:
Premier and minister of the interior,
Aristide BRAND; justice, Jean Barthou;
foreign affairs, Charles c. A. Jonnast;
war, Eugene Etienne; marine. Pierre
Baudin; finance, Louis Klotz: public In
struction, Jules Steeg; public works, Jean
Dupuy; agriculture, Jean Morel: COM
merce. Bernard David; colonies, Gabriel
Guisthau, and labor. Rene Bernard.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Lecture. ON Lighthouse..

Lighting the Coasts of the United
States was the subject OF a lee
ture delivered last night by George
r. Putnam, commissioner of lighthouses,
before the Washington Society Of Engi-
neers, at Cosmos Club Hall, last night
The lecture was illustrated with lantern
slides
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
MODERN INVENTIONS
THE TECHNICALIfY
~ GEORGE FITCH.
Aathor Of "At Good Old siwash.-

the minute a case gets technicaIities jus
tice utters a low shrek and proceeds
to have commissions America produces
about 5000 murders a year, and most OF
these are protected on their CORY jour
ney through life by the technicality
which meets them at the courthouse door
and whispers: do not worry: will take
care of you. The States attorney has
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
/. Twenty-three STATE. i'm Line,

Only twenty-three States had delivered
their electoral vote TO the Senate by
messenger up to noon yesterday. The
remaining twenty-six States must under
the law have made the delivery by mail
and messenger before nsxt- Monday.
Thirty-slx have reported by mail.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Organize Labor Present.. side.

Organized labor yesterday Presented Its
views as to currency reform to the
House finance investigating committee.
II. T. Wills. OF Cleveland, representing
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engin-
GERS; John Mitchell. vice president of
the American Federation of Labor, and
former Representative Charles n. Fow-
Ter. for eight years chairman of the
House Currency Committee and author
Of the Fowler DILL, was present
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
PERTINENT AND 1MpERTNENT.

Prom the Atchisou Globe.
Our wide reading Of history shows no
record OF a statesman dying Of overwork
after election.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Mr. Taft invites the larger part of the
late Republican party to come back and
join the smaller part
From the Toledo Blade.
There are two towns In which we would
not like to wait three hours for a train.
One is Gallon, Ohio. and the other Ad-
rianople-
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Only seven Seat. contested.

Despite the angry tempests stirred up
in the elections in November, figures
compiled yesterday by South Trimble,
Clerk of the House, show remarkable
absence of contested elections to the Six
ty-third Congress Seats Of only seven.
new Representatives are seriously con-
tested. Two other record" contests
have been filed. Time for fling election
contests In the House already has ex-'
pired.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Cable. 81, 200 for Refugees.

The American Red Cross yesterday
cabled 81 900 to Ambassador Rockhill. at
Constantinople. in response to an urgent
appeal for more funds with which to
continue the relief work among war ref
ugees. Relief work is being carried on
at Constantinople, Kpnia, Brussa. Mon
astir, Saloniki, and other towns.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Killed ON pattie.hip.

The Navy Department yesterday re-
ceived a wireless dispatch from the bat
tleship Arkansas. now In the Caribbean,
reporting the accidental death OF An
drew H. Gloecke, of Chicago. Ill, ordi-
nary seaman. who was killed while
hosting boat. at o'clock Monday
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Idle Wonder.

- ! wonder IL kings like baked beans,
Indulge in spinach some.
Or II their princesses and queens
Chew gum.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Often the Way.

That doghouse my boy built cost 81" :"
Rather expensive for a doghouse.
Yes: but this turned out like many
building operations do. II was originally
begun on an estimated cost OF IS cents. y
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Very Careless.
had tn sMear off -

Yes; I had to swear off,"
"Why?'
1T was time After getting safely into
the house, / deliberately awoke my wife
to ask her the name OF the song I was
humming. When a man gets that way
its time to quit
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
Good Judgment.

why did you make such an ado over
loaning Wombat a quarter? A quarter
isn't much to lose"
'I didn't want to establish a prece-
dent"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-22
January 22 In History.

January %, n4l-Last brick Is laid on
the great wall of China.
January q. Il65-Richard the Lion
hearted slays 400 Saracens for a moving
picture concern