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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-12

Luck Made a Hero of Johnny,
but He Lived to 1t, After All.
By FOREST LEIGH.

Johnny began to tell her he didn't remem-
Der q blamed thing about 1t, that he had no
idea he was saving any body's life, that he
wasn't hero. and that he wanted to know
what It was all about. But a sort Of pre-
moniuon-a bunch, he called it-restrained
MIN and he let her rattle on.
30 1t transplred that Samuel II. Torklesby.
tooacconist, had escaped the knife that laid
Johnny Benton up for three weeks, and that
Torkesoy was grateful therefor. To prove
which he had paid for Johnnys treatment a.
the hospital and when that young man was
out again asked him how he was fixed.
Johnny truthfully replied that he never
felt better or had less. whereupon Torkles-
BY took it upon himself to give his savior
a Job.
Torhesby's store wasn't much TO look at
The old man was a good tobacconist but a
poor distributor. Now whether Il was the
exact thing for which Johnny was fitted. OF
whether the newspaper publicity attendant
upon the case had placed Johnny in a posi-
ton where he had to live up to his reputa-
tion-whatever It was. Johnny made good
right from the start and proceeded to keep
IL I'D
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-12
Bersson Widely Read Today.


Today the philosophy OF Bergson Is looked
upon as perhaps the latest advance in
thought Current literature OF nearly every
month have articles interpreting or explain
ing or introducing Bergson to q wider audi
ence. Presently some Franklin may come
along and put into very common ter1ninol-
ogy this new philosophy. So reduced It may
serve 10 reduce mems arduous endeavors
make life a much easier and simpler thing
Just as for instance. the electric light repre-
sents an enormous saving Of effort in the
home, as compared with oil or candles-help-
ing men TO make more easily for themselves
and without enormous wastes OF energy. a
place in life that will satisfy their idea Of
successful
Innumerabe are the simple practical les
sons TO be brought from quite transoendental
thought. Take such a one as the importance
Of little things-to be found in both high
and low philosophy-a truth that when acted
upon in the spirit Of "trifes make pertec-
ton. and perfection makes no trifie." a say
ing attributed to one Of the worlds greatest
artists. Michael Angelo-has won fame for
innumerable men.
The Greeks put this idea into the proverb
Great without small makes a bad wall"
Whlch we may not uhoerSNdnn' no" thet
walls are made OF cement, and not of rough
stone. Aesop put the idea into the most
easily understood OF forms, and We find It IN
such a form in the Hindoo philosophy, IN the
story of a man who said to his son: Bring
me a fruit OF that tree and break It open
What is there" The son replied: Some
little seeds" Break one OF them and what
do you see?" Nothing, my lord" My
child" said the father. where you see moth
ing there dwells a mighty tree
Philosophy is just such a seed. It bears
until growths in what may seem but the
most meaningless thought. meaningless to
the thoughtless one or the man Of little ex-
perienCe. 1t may be for YOU TO plant that
seed and keep the weeds and weather and
other hostile influences from destroying the
young plant that appears
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-12
BIN as
bdbitS.

n inexperienced man can better be
intrusted to sell than to buy,
says the head of a large msnufac-
turing concern. He will lose
less money, because, as a rule. the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-12

are ample, that in every age OF the world
the work of the echoiar-whether In natural
philosophy or mennal-and the work OF those
related to him through noble endeavor 10
ward as unselfish ends as those he works for,
have-constituted almost all that has been
worth passing on from generation to genera
tion. They have thought great thoughts
which have filtered down to the people, and
been embodied in practical works. but the fl
tering process has sometimes been very
long one. Some everyday philosopher had
finally to take them up and put them into ev-
eryday terminology 30 that the least thought
full man could grasp their meaning.
Benjamin Franklin was one OF the latter
philosophers. Samuel Smiles was another.
and thousands of lesser men everyday writ
ers and preachers, belong to the class. They
are doing for men, sometimes, what men
ought to do for themselves. They are think
ing for them. 1t is quite extraordinary how
much men-and women, too-do love some OF
the people who think for them. these peo-
pie who are taking abstract Thought and
translatins # into everyday language. II a
good faker comes along. with taste for this
sort OF thing, he can win an immense fol-
lowing by making believe that these great
thoughts are his own, and by fatterIng those
who listen 10 him into believing that they
are getting something very abstruse. alb
szract and transcendental indeed, something
that only minds of great capacity can grasp.
Il
Ideas Many Times Repeated.
1t is one Of the delights Of philosophical
study. even of philosophy in its simpler
forms, to identify thought through the
ages. The poets of any account have al
- nh Inv at
first or second or third hand. Sometimes
they have themselves been true philoso-
piers and been among the first to think out
the particular thoughts of generation Ten
nyson has been given the credit Of doing
so. But let us take some one idea that has
a philosophical content and notice how it
has been repeated. 1t is in Longfellow's
line, Art is long and time is fieetins." a
line in a poem that has been an inspira-
ton to thousands Chaucer writing 400
years earlier has the same line, in middle
English, and It IS an exact translation from
the Greek Of 1850 or 1,6oo years earlier.
From such simple statements as these
thousands of men have received inspira-
ton for successful endeavor. Some Of
them represent the philosophy OF history:
even such one as honesty is the best
policy - may be said 10 do 50. To be honest
for the sake OF being honest might not ap-
peal Ia some men. 50 that when Franklin
reduced a great idea to a form that might
appeal to the lowest type Of mantle man
without moral sense-he indeed brought phil
osophy, as he brought the lightning, from
the skies Perhaps he could do one be-
cause he could do the other II some
times takes a great deal Of really philosoph-
ical thinking 10 arrive at the conclusion that
the doing Of some very simple thing will
produce marvellous results In a physical
world the putting together of inert mixtures
which together equal gun powder il a sim
pie example.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
WILSON SIGNS
TARIFF BILL
III DHEE &EN
Law Effective at Once and Col
IeCtors are Notified.
CURRENCY REFORM URGED.
President Uses Two Pens In Affixing
His Signature, One Going To
Simmons and the Other
To Underwood.

Washington-Surr by the
leaders of a united Democracy, Presi-
dent Wilson signed the Underwood,
simmons 1rarilt bill at 9;9s o'clock
ss
' ssiiisf
70 customs collectors throu sioNt the
coonn.s w the Treasury Department
putting into actual operation the first
Democratic tariff revision since 1894.
The act becomes effective imme-
diately.
A happy group of legislators, mem
bers of the Cabinet and friends en-
circled the President as he smilingly
sat down and slowly affixed his sigma
ture with two gold pens. He presented
to Representative Underwood the pen
that had written the word "Woodrow"
and the one which had complete his
name to Senator Simmons. Both
recipients bowed their appreciation.
In impressive silence the President
rose and delivered in easy, natural
tones an extemporaneous speech that
brought prolonged applause.
Asks Currency Legislation.
The President declared that the
journey of legislative accomplishment
had only been partly completed; that
a great service had been done for the
rank and file of the country, but that
the second step in the emancipation
of business was currency reform. He
earnestly called upon his colleagues
| to go 1.-THE rest of the journey" with
fresh impulse.
Gentlemen, feel a very peculiar
pleasure" said the President, "ir
what have just done by way of taking
part in the completion of great piece
of business. 1t is a pleasure which j;
very hard to express in words ade
quate to express the feeling, because
the feeling that have is that we have
done the rank and file of the people
of this country great service. 1t /:
hard to speak of these things withou
seeming to go off into campaign elo
quence, but that is not my feeling. |
is one very profound, a feeling of pro
found gratitude that, working with thu
splendid men who have carried thi
thing through with studious attention
and doing justice all round, SHOULD
have had part in serving the people o
this country as we have been strivint
to serve them ever since | can re
member"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
EIGHT DAYS IN
A LIVING TOMB
Rescued Miner Comes Out, De-
cIaring He Feels Bully.
HIS NARROWING EXP ERlENcE
Toshesky Was Able, To The Sur
prise Of All, To Walk unaided
After Leaving His Prison
Home.

Centralia, Pa.-Thomas Toshesky,
prisoner for eight days in an aban-
doned chamber Of the Continental
Mine oGths Eehigh Valley ti0al QlsI
,AaAa &
and eohlpsr b WI wei mass SaSHrdesS
.inorning lie Was taAen tc his home
in Centralia, three miles away from
his underground prison, and at once
put to bed, apparently no worse for
his remarkable experience:
1t was 715 o'clock when the last
barrier of coal was driven away and
Toshesky crawled through the open
ing from his prison chamber into The
tunnel which had been steadily driven
toward him by eager, willing rescuers.
Seven minutes later the first intima-
tion was given to the outside world
that the big task was completed and
the prisoner was free. This was when
miner crawled to the mouth of the
tunnel and called to the top Of the pit
for blankets and hot water to be sent
down
Tae work of getting the man ready
for his exit occupied the next few
minutes, and at 7.3S O'Clock file OF
men emerging from the heading her
aided the approach Of the hero of the
occasion. Toshesky came from the
hole with a gray blanket wrapped
about his shoulders. Back of him was
miner with hands upraised ready
to assist if he should be needed, but
Toshesky walked with astonishing
agility considering his experience.
A Narrowing Experience.
Describing his experience TosheskI
said when he was closed in he though
he would be crushed to death, as sey
eral thousand wagonloads of coal pilet
toward him from the bottom Of th'
breast. In fact, two breasts of Goa
ran away. Continuing, Toshesky said
through an interpreter:
"My dinner bucket and coat at thu
bottom of the breast were lost as tht
coal rushed. had all my mine tool
with me and my lamp was burning.
had half quart Of oil in a can by M
side. Sizing up the situation, l foun
| was entombed in a space 7 by 1
feet I had been entombed twice bt
fore and rescuers soon got me ou
I felt that they would again take car
IT me, From Friday until Tuesda
was without anything to eat and o
he last day my oil gave out wa
in darkness. 1t was dismal perio
from then until the rescuers drove tn
bore hole through. After got SCI
eral drinks OF eggnog felt like a ne
man"
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
TOWN OF NOME
WRECKED BY STORM
Most NOrtherly City in the World
Devastated.
BUILT ON A SANDY BEACH.
Men And Women Work All Night In
Icy Water To Save Household
Effects = Population 1000
In Summer.

Nome, Alaska.-Nome has been al
most destroyed by storm. All the
south side of Front street is gone.
The sandspit has disappeared.
Two miles Of territory next to the
sea was devastated, but no lives were
lost.
Five hundred houses have been de-
molished, and more are falling.
The electric light plant was wrecked
and telephone service cut of.
The steamships Victoria and Cor
win, which were lying in the road
stead, ran to the open sea and es,
capped damage.
All the small boats on the beach
were destroyed
The loss is estimated at $1,50O,OOO.
There will be much suffering, and
outside help will be required. Winter
is at hand and 1t will be impossible to
get in supplies needed. u
The revenue cutter Bear is now
on the way here from Unalaska and is
expected to reach Nome in day or
two. The cutter probably will make a
report on the needs of the people.
Has Produced ss5,ooo,ooo Gold.
Nome, the famous gold camp on
Bering Sea, the most northerly city in
the world, was built on a sandy sea
beach. In front of the town there is
an anchorage for ships, but steamers
| do not make landing. Cargoes and
passengers are landed at an aerial
tramway station in deep water,
The principal part of the town
which dozen years ago had o pQpu
4 l.siticp 1900. Is nns tass eas side
N III S4lAk NJ wiftf y ilpger tend
H iig to tIae west along u aartoS sand
spit. This sandspIt wasyricn in golS
dust and the early settlers built, theil
cabins there. 3
OF late years the sands have beer
worked out and little except dredgint
operations which requires large cap
ital, is being done, 1t has been esti
mated that the dredges have enougl
ground in sight to operate so year
more. Nome has produced more thai
$35,O0O,OOO in gold dust. Some year
the yield has been as high as So
100000. This year the production vii
not exceed s4,O00,000 owing to lac
of water.
The summer population of Nome
about 1000 and in winter 1000 re
main, the others coming out on steam
ships that leave late in October. On
steamship is yet to leave Seattle TO
Nome.
1t will be possible to send revenu
cutters to Nome to deliver supple
and take away needy persons wh
wish to leave.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10


An appointment to the "Woolsack~
is synonymous to an appointment to
the lord high chancellorship of Eng
land.
The woolsack is a sort of broad,
square, fiat, blue cloth divan in the
house of lords and is supposed to
consist of tightly packed wool. There
are several of these woolsacks placed
in the center aisle of the house mid
way between the throne and the cross
benches. 1t is the one nearest the
throne that is occupied by the lord
high chancellor. The others are re-
served for the use of the judges OF
the high court, who sit in the house
of lords for the purpose of giving
legal advice, but who do not vote.
The woolsacks date from ancient
days. stringent laws were enacted tc
prevent the expectation of wool.
which was then regarded as the chief
source Of the wealth of the nation,
and that the Importance of this staple
product of the realm might be kept
constantly in mind by the legislators
woolsacks were placed in the house
| OF peers as seats for the lord high
chancellors and others
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
1T. r." OFF FOR TROPICS.
Sails For South America on Lecture
And Exploring Tour.

New York.-Theodore Roosevelt and
party, bound for South America. where
the Colonel will first lecture and then
explore portions of the continent hith
erto untrod by white men, sailed on
the steamer Vandyke. Like his East
African trip, the Colonel proposes to
make his South American trip one
of many aspects aside from the pleas
ure of it. His chief interest probably
lies in the proposed penetration of the
interior of Brazil, with party of fel-
low.naturalists under auspices of the
American Museum of Natural History,
but the earlier part of the six months
which he will spend in South America
will be devoted to addresses upon
American democracy, which he has
been invited to deliver before uni
versities and other bodies.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
GIRLS STRUCK
BY AER0PLANE
One Sister Killed, Other Fatally
Hurt.
MACHINE CRASHES INTO ROOF
Whirlins Blades of the Propeller
sweep tiildreth Sisters, Dsugh-
ters of w. E. Hildreth, of New y
York, From Their Seats.

Hammondsport, N. " Ruth Hid
reth, the 20-year-old daughter of Wal
ter e. Hildreth, formerly of New York,
was instantly killed and her sister,
Dorothy, aged IS, probably fatally in
jured, when gust Of wind drove Lin
coin Beachy's aeroplane down upon the
shed from the roof of which they were
watching the aviation meet on Curtiss
Field.
The announcement that Beachy, who
is we'll known here, would attempt to
emulate the aerial somersault recent
ly performed by the Frenchman, Pc
goud drew a crowd of some 700 per-
sons to the field. About 2.15 Beachy
made his first ascent and swooped over
the field several times in his familiar
spectacular style, The Misses Hid
reth and their escorts, anxious to gain
a better view, climbed to the roof of
a small building used as the headquar-
ters of the naval aviators, Beachy,
who knew the party, saluted them as
he flew by and went on to the, farther
corner of the field, where he turned
back.
AS the machine neared the party on
the roof on its return trip it was seen
to diy wildly. Before the party could
scramble to safety they were struck
by the rear plane and swept to the
Y ground
Machine Wrecked.
The machine careened, wildly strug.
gled upward few feet and then
piitnged about 10 rect to the ground
craHepiins up. Bsaeaey struggled
satn te n srecgags guraet irAl lr
Y ~, IN, H III iie it ~ \ 4 y. lvs ~
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
EXPRESS PLuNeEs OVER BANK.
Passengers Fight Each Other In Panic
and Darkness.

Erie, Pa.-Thirteen victims of the
wreck Of a westbound through pas
senger train on the Philadelphia and
Erie Railway were reported recover
ing at the hospitals here. The train,
running at high rate of speed, struck
an obstruction on the rails near Car
land, Pa. The engine, mail and four
passenger cars rolled down a S0-foot
embankment. For several minutes
the passengers fought each other in a
panicky effort to extricate themselves
from the twisted wreckage. Railroad
employees rushed from the Garland
yards and managed to quell the panic.
The injured were assisted to the town,
where medical aid was obtained. The
more seriously hurt were brought
here for hospital treatment. Most of
the injured were residents OF this
vicinity.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
TO PAY LARGEST INCOME TAX


Philadelphia.-Pro Probably the largest
income tax in America will be paid
by Mrs. Anne Weightman Walker PEN
field, wife of Frederick courtland PEN
field, Ambassador to Austria She VIII
be required to turn over fortune to
Uncle Sam every year under the new
Income Tax law. Mrs. Penfield's in
come from the estate of her father Is
S3,500,00O a year and the tax Will
amount to s245.0OO. The value of the
property is estimated at s70,O0O,OOO
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
O'DONNELL Tells
OF DYNAMIT|NG
Startling Crimes Throughout
the Country.
SUPPLIES MISSING LINKS.
Account OF His Career AS Narrated
BY George E. Davis Reveals List
OF outrages Similar To That
Told BY McManigal.

New York-Dynamite outrages that
rivalled the exploits of the Mcnamara
brothers and of Ortie McManigal were
confessed to by George E. Davis,
union ironworker. Davis, who was
arrested here, was the George O'Don-
nell who figured in the trial at Indian
apolis that resulted in the conviction
of Frank NJ. Ryan, president of the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Ironworkers, and 81 of
his associates. His arrest and its con-
sequences round up the work the fed
eral government started more than
two years ago, when the dynamiting Of
bridges and steel frame buildings all
over the country became national
scandal.
All the explosions that Davis says
he caused were touched on and testi-
fed to at the dynamiters' trial in
indianapolis, but the fact that Davis
himself caused them remained unre-
vealed until he himself told of it.
Davis confession resulted in the
arrest in Indianapolis of Harry Jones,
secretary-treasurer of the Ironwork-
ers' Union. His confession supple
ments the evidence presented at the
indianapolis trial and makes fresh
charges against some of the men there
convicted and now in prison. Some OF
his revelations concern President
Ryan, who is now out on bail pending
appeal from a prison sentence of seven
! years.
/ III nalLoL A. AAa.rdn-
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10

win Defer Exposition Trip Until Japs
And Chinese Make Up.

Washington Owing to the tension
existing between Japan and China the
American commission delegated to
visit those countries in the interest
of the Panama-Pacific Exposition will
not sail from San Francisco Tuesday,
as had been planned. The exposition
authorities suggested that the trip be
deferred until conditions were more
favorable. Former Representative
Harry st. George Tucker, of virginia.
is chairman of the American commits
sion.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
GIVES s4s5.ooo TO CHARITY.
Mrs. Mary Davis Meningitis VIII
Filed At ealesburg, H.

Galesburg, Ill.-With the fling Of
the will of Mrs. Mary Davis Mcknight
It became known that s435.00O OF her
s5O0,0OO estate had been given to char
ity. Among the gifts are; Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago, $4,000; Chi
cago Tract Society. s25,0O0 American
Bible Society. s25,OOO; American
Board of Congregational Foreign Mis-
sions, $4,000. and American Mission
airy Association OF the Congregational
Church, 100000.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
Game.
NEW ITALIAN AMBASSADOR.
count vincenzo' Maeehi pi ceiIere Ap-
pointed.

Rome. Count vincenzo Macchi di
Ceilere was appointed Italian Ambas-
sador at Washington in succession to
the Marquis Cusani Confaloniere. who
has been recalled at his own request.
Count Macchi di cellere was Minister
to Argentina from 1907 until 1912 and
before that was private secretary sue
cessively to Tommaso Tittoni, Mar
quis A. di San Guiiiano and Count
Guieciardini when they held the post
of Minister for Foreign Affairs in the
Italian Cabinet.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING.

Representative Harrison Would Have
Specific Treaties With Powers.
Washington.-Sup of gamb-
ling in cotton futures over the entire
world by negotiation of treaties with
foreign nations was proposed in a
House resolution introduced by Rep
resentatiye Harrison, of Mississippi.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
RED spHYNx IN PHILADELPHIA


Philadelphia sphynx carved from
solid block of red granite and weigh
ing two tons arrived here on the
tramp steamer Schildtrum from Suez
for the collection of the University of
Pennsylvania. The figure bears like
ness of the head of Rameses II ard is
the largest ancient Egyptian monu-
mert ever brought to this country ex-
cept the obelisk. "Cleopatra's Needle. ;
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
ATHLETICS CAPTURE FIRST GAME
slusfest Marks the Initial Encounter;
Score Being to 4.

New York; Quthitting and outfield-
ing the New York Giants in the open
ing game Of the worlds series, the
Philadelphia Athletics defeated the
National League representatives at the
Polo Grounds Tuesday afternoon by
score of six runs to four. So com
plete was. the supremacy of the Amer
lean League champions in the initial
contest that the victory appeared to
be but a continuation of the series
of 1911 when the Athletics won the
title Of that year from the Giants by
four games out of six.
Philadelphia. =. 0 0 o 9 2 90 O-6
New York 49,. 90 l 0 8 0 20 0 0--4
Receipts and Attendance of the First
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10

AZ l5a SANS lie was The man chosen
il x n fat y le
scegber, 1911 after Drew was charged
with Kidnapping John J. Mcnamara.
1t was suggested also that he try to
get William j. Burns, the detective
employed by Drew and his associates
to unearth the dynamite conspiracy.
The price on Drews head at that time,
Davis said, was $4,000 81 told them, !"
his confession continues, "that didn't
want to mix up in such business"
Davis consented to return to Indian
ap6lis without extradition. His bail
was fixed at $4,000.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-10-10
FoooLEss FOR So DAYS.

California Woman Subsisted Entirely
on Water-May Die.
Palo Alto, Cal. = Physicians are
hourly expecting the death of Mrs. G.
H. Foss. who has refused food for e.
days and lived on water diai.