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The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
DOGS FURN1sFPowER.

From the New York American.
Boys and girls of the Flatbush section
of Brooklyn have invented a new way
of getting over the smooth pavements
at a rapid rate. They are training dogs
to pull them on roller skates.
The craze for this novel form of
locomotion was started by a lad on
Beverly road. who put shoulder harness
on his bulldog and had his brother stand
a block away and call the dog. The dog
dashed down the street, pulling the in
ventor on rollers.
Other boys. noticing this experiment.
brought out their dogs and trained them
to draw skaters. II remained for Thco-
dore Peters. a student in the Erasmus
Hall High School to perfect the inven.
ton. He straddled his large collie dog
on his roller skates. gave the dog a
slap on the back, and then skated away
with the dog between his legs as fast
as the collie could run.
Girls in the aristocratic section took
up with the new idea. At the present
time Miss Beatrice Bells, of 2H East
Eighteenth Street, is one of the most
skillful drivers" on roller skates. The
other girls are getting tneir dogs trained
for a race.
After school hours is the most pop
ular time for this new sport. The pave
ments are dotted with the dog-drawn
roller skaters.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
Given Its Own Dose by Gov. Sulzer.

Coy. Sulzcr justihes his bills requir-
ing the New York Stock Exchange to
incorporate. and prohibiting a number
of reprchensible practices in vogue
there, with the statement that the ex-
change has the power of affecting d
great deal OF property other than that
in the hands OF It's members or their
customers
In other words. Gov. Sulzer tries to
make it plain to the average investor
that the value of the securities traded
on change is affected by the operations
there. no matter if the owners of them
neither buy nor sell. His declaration
that the New York Stock Exchange is
Il scni-public institution cannot be
gainsaid. Because the exchange, while
under no obligation to allow nonmcm-
bcrs to do business on its floor. is
obliged 10 do business for all who
offer il
The Governor bills arc intended to
prevent dishonest transactions. the max
ing OF artificial or even fictitious prices
and. above all, the dccciving Che calls
it "chcating') of customers. We arc
convinced that. even as it is. most OF
tho tricks OF the brokers trade arc
violations Of the -cgulations of the
stock exchange. but that institution
never has been energetic in enforcing
or seen fit TO enforce its rules, except
the ono which prohibits the splitting"
of a commission between broker and
customer Being price-cutting, this is
! severely.
this has furnished Gov. Sulzer
handle TO attack the methods
stock exchange: III the ex-
he says. ''iS indifferent to
that hurt the customer only,
owncrs Of securities who are
ding, the State has the right
that it does away with bucket
mock auctions. bookrnaking, &c.
which are dishonest and against
policy
exchange needs reforming, no
of that. and it is likely to be
reformed ere Gov. Sulzer gets through.
especially after the slight it administer
cd TO the Hughes commissions rec
concentrations several years ago, by
utterly ignoring them.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
Canada Invites Ulster.

From the Toronto Telegram.
Canada is often quoted as great
and conclusive argument for home rule.
Canada Is a final argument against
home rule in the sense that Canads's
experience illustrates the impossIbility
of a nonclerical minority living and
thriving under the a.cendancy OF q
proclerical majority.
Rural Ireland will become as impos-
sibls as a place of residence for nom
clericals as rural Quebec Is. The nom
clericals of Ulster may gracefully sub
nit to a destiny of gradual extinction.
There is no reason to believe that the
nonclericals of Ulster can escape the
tendency to he squeezed out by the
same clerical forces that have squeezed
out the Protestants IN Quebec The
ical population of Ireland. The Cnion-
history of rural Quebec will repeat 1t
self in the slow exodus OF the noncler-
cal population of Ireland. The Union
lists of Ulster may choose resistance to
the death of emigration as the alterna-
tive of submission to the pressure that
has unified Quebec. Resistance to the
death means civil war. Emigration
should be listers choice as between
the alternative of civil war or sub
mission to home rule. Canada's expert
ence has proved. and is still proving.
that nonclerical minority cannot
thrive under the ascendancy Of a pro-
clerical majority. A proclenical minority
can thrive under the supremacy of 4
nonclerical majority. Ulster might better
be the starting point of quick exodus
Of anti-home rulers to Canada rather
than be the theater of civil war or the
scene of an Irish reproduction Of The
Tragedy of Quebec"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
for WashinRtOn.
MISS TARBELL'S IDEA OF NEWS.
Every Reporter should Have . Pas
sion for Truth, She Says.


sion for Truth, She Says.
From the New York World.
Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell spoke at the Pulit-
zer School of Journalism of Columbia
University recently on The Truth in
News She said in part:
Anything that happens to men and
women is material for news, and at one
time or another becomes news.
a good reporter must have an eX-
haustless curiosity about things. He
must know how to work and how to
put things together. not only to see the
outside but the inside, and, having done
this. to make a logical construction of
what he has found.
There is an attempt among the better
class of newspapers to give the exact
picture, regardless OF editorial opinion.
This was demonstrated in the last cam
paign.
No reporter, whatever his training or
experience. gives an impression of truth
IL he does not have a passion for the
truth. for things that are So Let him
have this, with training and industry,
and his reporting becomes something
more than mere space filing.
1T Will have the first quality OF litera-
ture, for what is literature in its funda-
mentals but a report of life? He who Is
led to believe that II is ever anything
else can never hope to stand among the
mighty. In my Judgment. there is no
department OF what We can call journal
ism which leads so sure into higher ranks
OF literature as that of truthful report
ing"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
Solving the Tipping Problem.

Hereafter, III some of the New York
hotels, when a person pays his bill in
the cafe. he is to be allowed a rebate
OF 10 per cent This rebate is to be
retained by the waiter in lieu of the
customary tip.
This sounds we'll The patron SIM
ply pays his bill and is relieved from
all further annoyance. The waiter
takes his toll and all is well.
1t is dollars TO doughnuts. however
that the prices in the cafe will be
raised 10 per cent 10 offset the re-
bate. The burden will remain upon
the back of our old friend. the ultimate
consumer.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
Cornwall. Ougeneraled DeaWashngton
the Blow Which Ends the W-Conwi Expresses His Admiration
Wangon Woe Successful General Occupies Chief Place in the
Thoughts and Affections Of the People.

I adopted CNIarch /. l7SD. in season to
create at least n government which
could sign treaties and conclude wars,
but neither soon enough nor wisely
enough to bring order out of chaos.
The States. glad 10 think the war over.
would do nothing for the army. moth
ing for the public credit. nothing even
for the maintenance of order; and the
articles of confederation only gave the
Congress written warranty for offering
advice: they did not make its shadowy
power real.
Washington Keeps His Command.
that at such a critical time as this
Washington still kept his command
still held affairs under the steady pres
sure Of his will.
His successes had at last given him
a place of authority in the thoughts
and affections of his countrymen in
some sort commensurate with his ca
pacity and his vision in affairs. He
had risen to a very safe footing of
power among all the people as the war
drew toward its close. filling their i'm
aginations. and reigning among them
as securely as among his troops. who
for so long had felt his will wrought
upon them day by day.
His very reserve and the large dignity
and pride Of his stately bearing, made
him seem the more like a hero IN the
peoples eyes. They could understand
a man made in this ample and simple
kind, give them but time enough to sec
him in his full proportions. 1t an
swered TO their thought of him to find
him too proud to dissemble. too master
full to brook unreasonable faults. and
yet slow to grow impatient. though he
must wait a whole twelremonth to
see a plan mature. or coax a half-score
States TO get a purpose made good.
And they could not deem him cold.
though they found him self-possessed.
keeping his own counsel: for was not
the country full of talk how passion
ately he was like to act at a moment
Of crisis and in the field,
4 Fearless Leader.
They only feared to lose leader so
reckless of himself when danger was
sharpest. Our army love their general
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
Tax Certificates.

Some complaint has recently arisen
concerning carclessncss in the issue OF
tax certificates. In one case 4 settle
nlcnt of property was effected upon the
faith OF one of these certificates. the
purchaser being eventually subjected
TO considerable loss on account of an
error.
There is, of course, 10 way to make
clerical force absolutely infallible.
Mistakes will occur. but it would seem
as if the possibility of error could be
reduced to a minimum by having the
certificates reviewed before issue. As
the case now stands there is no re-
dress for the innocent sufferer. 1t is
true that he accepts the certificates
only as prima facie evidence as to the
condition of the property in relation
TO the taxes, but if the declarations
arc not to be relied upon they might
as we'll not be issued.
Would it not be worth while to con-
slder a scheme whereby bonding
company would undertake to 'indem-
nifty holders of tax certificates should
the inaccuracies of these certificates
result in monetary loss? Either this
should be done or else Congress
should authorize the District Commits
sioners TO make refunds out OF District
revenues whenever loss is occasioned
by clerical error in the District Of
fec. The present situation is not fair
TO the taxpayer, who pays for tax
certificate and then if it is faulty
through omission or inaccurate state
n1ent, cannot find refress.
The Commissioners certainly must
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
CALICO
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old Siwash."

This is the birthday OF Calico. an
Italian, who would have derived the most
intense pleasure from living In this en-
lightened age, but who instead had to
struggle along In the sixteenth century
when ignorance had all the delegates
and steam-rollered wisdom with joyous
unconcern.
Galileo was born February Is. 1854.
in Pisa, and at an early age became chief
mathematician to a Grand Duke-Dukes
In those days not being able as rule
to count above ten. While engaged In
figuring out mortality tables and esti-
mated capacities for execution rooms and
money bins. he became interested In the
telescope, which was a new invention,
built one for himself.
When Galileo began to use his tele-
scope he became so wrapped up In
astronomy that he neglected his busf-
ness altogether. and the Grand Duke
frequently had to wait several hours
for him to figure the interest on for
ty-two forms. Calico discovered the
rings of Saturn, the satellites Of Ju-
piter, the spots on the sun and anal
yzed the milky way. Some time before
this Copernicus had advanced the pre-
posterous theory that the sun stood
still while the earth moved around II,
whereas any fool could see the sun
moving with the naked eye. However,
Gallileo decided that Copernicus was
right. and announced the fact early in
the seventeenth century.
At that time the monks were the
great standpatters. and when Calico
go off the reservation and began to
put out his wild and frivolous theories.
they withdrew all his patronage and
prepared a large and excessively hot
bonfire. Calico was then led up to the
bonfire and asked whether he preferred
to remain on n stationary earth in
good health or on n revolving world in
in the middle of the said bonfire.
After some hesitation, Galileo an.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
Adopt Women', minimum Wac Law.

We have heard so much about the
very low wages earned at long hours
of labor in New York by women with
families to support that our sympathy
has been aroused.
1t is not a square deal to let women
work from twelve to fourteen hours a
day in order to earn S. or s. a week,
with which to pay rent, buy food and
clothes, and to otherwise support
themselves and their families. The op-
ponents of this law maintain that the
result of its operation in New Zealand
and Australia has been more than
doubtful. They say that the minimum
scale, instead of increasing the wages
of the poorly paid, often have cost them
their employment, whenever they were
not efficient enough to keep up the
pace set by more skillful fellow
workers.
We are convinced that in this coun-
try minimum wage scale for women
now underpaid and ovcrworked would
escape whatever i'll results have been
realized in other countries that have
tried the experiment. True, the laws
of economies in themselves are merci-
less. They recognize neither age nor
SEX But the man-made laws are not
They recognize both. They are made
to mitigate the laws of nature, to aid
the "underdog," to take the raw edge
off the terrible maxim of the survival
of the fttest"
Hence, if there be any justification
anywhere for the earnest efforts of
man to mitigate, with his laws, those
OF nature. it surely is in the case of
women who work to the limit of their
cndurance-and often beyond-for a
pay that is altogether inadequate to
support their bodies and those of the
little ones dependent upon them.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
Girding the Air.

The Marconi Company is arranging
to build four sending and four re
ceiving" wireless stations. which. with
existing installations. will complete the
wireless circuit of the earth One pair
of these stations will be situated on the
New Jersey coast, one on the Massa-
chusettS shore, one i'll California, and
mother in the Sandwich Islands. From
the Sandwich Islands I message is to
leap through the ether to a powerful
receiving station to be built in Japan,
1904 miles away.
. 1t is a far cry from Marconi's first
experiments to the transmission of
radiograms over such distances, even
in defiance of physical obstacles that
beSet the wireless circuit. In 1893 the
inventor proved to the satisfaction of
the British authorities, according to the
London Chronicle, that he could send
messages fourteen and a half miles.
between Alum Bay and Bournemouth.
In 1899 the channel was crossed from
South Foreland lighthouse to a point
near Boulogne, a distance of thirty
miles In January. 1901, finally, COM
munication was established between
the Lizard. off the rocky coast of Corn
wall, and the Isle of Wight This was
a distance of 200 miles.
The history of the experimentation
since that time is a record of Success
sive prolongations of the practicable
distance to the present magnificent cul-
mination.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
Couldn't Lose Himself.

From the Weekly Telegraph.
A Scottish tourist walking about the
streets of Paris. some distance from his
hotel. found he had taken wrong
turning. and, to make things worse, he
couldn't. through ignorance of the Ian
guage. ask the way.
Then a happy thought struck him. BY
dint OF signs he. concluded a. bargain
with a fruit hawker for a bas6etrul of
gooseberries. and then. to the amaze
ment OF every body. went about shouting:
Fine Scotch grossets! penny a pun!'
This went on for while. till fellow
countryman rushed forward and asked
Man, dye think ye're in the streets
OF Glesca. that We gang about like a
madman crying grossets?"
"Ech.' replied the hawker. with a sense
Of relief. we're just the man ! was look
ing for. Dye ken the way to the
hotelr''
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
EXPERT ON DEsERTERS.
\ Man Who Caught 5000 Missins 9
Soldiers in Eight Years.

f1NA bae anericAp hasaZinc
Col. Charles II. Haskell. OF Missouri
became an expert in catching army de-
serters and in eight years caught 800
of them. This was during his term of
service as a United States deputy mar
shall in st. Joseph. Mo.
He arrested them singly and in gangs.
He bagged five four years ago with Bar
mum Bailey's circus In Atchison, Kan.
Standing at the entrance OF the dining
tent, he spotted them as they marched
in The runaways sat together, and
when they were ready to leave the tent
he drew his revolver and arrested the
quint. A few days later he arrested
three deserters who were found sitting
around a card table in a saloon in
Kansas City, No. making eight for the
week"
intuitivcly" Haskell said, Naturally they
seek each others sympathy. II there
are two or more deserters loafing In a
town. or even a large city, they are
pretty sure to get together. Men who
are strangers to each other. but who
have served in the army or navy, will
recognize the fact almost Immediately
when they are thrown together.
In his wide experience Haskell ar
rested numerous professional deserters.'
men who make a business of deserving
and re-enisting under different names.
Their graft is TO obtain all the free sup
plies possible from the government. buy
to the full limit of their credit. and
then skip. One of the professionals ar
rested at the instance of Haskell had
enlisted in the army thirteen times
under as many different names In two
years.
The increasing number OF desertions
makes n serious problem for both the
army and navy. About 5000 men take
French leave from The army every year.
and almost rs many from the navy
The soldier has more opportunity to
desert than the sailor. who is at sea
much Of the time
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18

move there was no need of inserting IL
in the platform OF the party. and he
was allowed to live. He survived many
years. and undoubtedly made many
more discoveries. But he did not ad-
vertise them extensively.
II Galileo lived to-day he would be
honored for his wisdom and would be
compelled to speak 800 nights a year at
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
A Manager's Trials.

Il have to watch those players who
were on the stage all winter" remarked
the manager.
why so?'
It's hard to get 'em TO go nine in
nings after they have gotten used to a
drama that only lasted four acts"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18

banquets until he died of dyspepsia.
As IL was. he lived a nervous life. and
every time he passed an executioner
the latter ran his thumb along the edge
of his axe in horribly suggestive
manner. All this was because thet
was a wisdom trust in those days and
the independent producer Of imperish-
able ideas usually got exterminated for
heresy. And vet we think We arc af
flicted by trusts to-day.
QDmusht. III. b Geosss Mathsn Adaus.l
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
She Loves Her Town.

My wife and myself have made up"
Il thought she went to some sagebush
town to get a divorce"
"She did. but 1t required six months
to give her a residence. She decided that
she would rather live with me than re-
main six months away from Washing
ton"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18

The Times says in big letters: Charlie
Bennett is now painting Bennett has
been painting china for twenty years.
The distance between his Detroit home
and the Munsey Building is only one
days journey. The Times is to be con-
graduated on its quick service
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18

very much" one of his officers had said.
but they have one thing against him.
which is the little care he takes OF
himself in any action" for he had seen
how Washington pressed at Trenton
and at Princeton TO the points that
were most exposed. thinking of his
troops, not of himself.
To-morrOw-Frcnc Admiration
for WashinGtOn.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18

THE Painted Woman" is all right, but
You Beautiful DOLL 10 barred. Yet
what's the difference?
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
An Answer for Everything.

But this lot is an inch under water"
Wei supply you with enough blotters
to soak that water up said the genial
real estate man.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18

appreciate the fact that this matter
is of vital importance to every prop
erty owner in the District.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18

Copyright, Isas. ty HarTsr 4 Bros. All riShs r
served
Coz! right. 1873 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
4 Plant.

That sword never was in the war;"
But i saw the man plow 1t up
And l saw him bury 1t a few days
ago.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
Rather Lazy.

rs he laNy?
He is. He'll go into a revolving door
and then wait for somebody to come
along and turn it around"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
February IS in History.

February Is 1429.-Joan of Arc reviews
her troops and then helps her mother
with the housework.
February is, 153I.-Henry VIII hits his
wife In the eye with a dill pickle.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
Uncle Pcnnywise Saysi

It's getting so a fellow can't run a sue
cessful blacksmith shop without cabaret
The Washington herald., 1913-02-18
No Longer . Sunrasette.

She's quit the cause. has Goldilocks.
The suffragettes. in fine.
Put acid In the letter-boN
And spoiled her valentine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-21
WILL LEAD The MOVEMENT
Team Of Twelve From A. C. and Fargo
College to Promote Forward
Movement in Casselton.

This morning a team of twelve mem
from the state agricultural college and
Fargo college left for Casselton, where,
they will take the leadership in a for
ward movement among the boys there.
The urpos of this movement is to-
aid the boys Of the town, through the
cooperation of the local citizens who
are interested, in perfecting a scheme
whereby they can secure for them
selves better amusements, of the non
commercialized sort, wholesome ath-
letics for all Of the boys in the town.
not just the few that make" teamsA
and a cleaner, more manly, moral life.
The plan is not to form q new organ
~ization, it is merely to make a widen
use Of the existing organizations Of
church and school. The movement is
distinctly christian in spirit; it is the
work of upbuilding. through the initi-
alive Of the boys themselves, a higher
standard of private morals, and a
more healthy social life.
The is composed of Clair Cod
ding and George Stickney of Fargo
college, and from the A. c., David
Sonqulst, George Gustafson, Dean
Mendenhall, Clarence Williams, Theo-
dore Stoa, William Mendenhall, Earl
Warrington, Ward Porter, Alfred Mat
ters, and Ray SWeetman.
Local committees Of boys and citl-
zens are in charge Of the arrange,
ments in Casselton. The team will
return Sunday night.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-21
7. ". c. A.. HONE
FORMALLY OPENED

The new Young Women's Christian
association home on North Broadway
was formally opened last evening by
a reception given for the public. The
members Of the board, Mesdames Rob-
ert McCulloch, r, J. Haxby, Fred Tay-
Tor, w. Fl. Stewart, w. H. Allen, H. III.
Vidger, c. F. Atwood, John Nelson, E.
H. Stickney, John Nelson, w. b. Han
cock, A. G. Hansen, Robert Keller, F.
0. Schlipf, S. S. Lyon and Miss Helen
Lobben, and the secretaries, Miss
Stevenson and Miss Guernsey, receiv-
ed the guests from 8 until 10 o'clock.
The house was made attractive with
quantities Of yellow chrysanthemums
and palms, furnished by the Smedley
Florist Co. The girls who live at the
association home served g. buffet lunch
at pretty booths arranged throughout
he Ooms.
A victrola given by Mrs. e. J. Weiser
furnished the music n Il playlet was
given in the gymnasium by the Cas-
titan society Of the agricultural col
lege. After the programme forty-stx
rooms were thrown open to the in
spectiOn Of the guests.
The reception last evening was Civ
en- in commemoration of the fifth an
%niversary of the Y. w. c. A. organiza-
ton in Fargo and a birthday Offering
was taken.