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A Factor in the Cost of Living.

The river and harbor appropriation
bill, which is. to be reported by the
committee to the House this week, sp-
proximates nearly S4I,oooooo, larger
amount than heretofore, but it contains
some 800 items, twenty-one of which
are for entirely new projects.
We agree with the chairman of that
committee, Mr.. Sparkman, that the
commercial growth of the country has
created demand for increased water
way improvements. This growth,
which has been phenomenal during the
past decade, has been more rapid than
ever before since the panic of the fall
of 1907, and not only in isolated Sec
tions, but throughout the land.
The railroads are not able to handle
satisfactorily all the commerce of the
country. They must be supplemented
by river traffic, quite independent of
the fact that harborS are necessary ad-
juncts to the railroads in the way of
terminals The committee, which has
its hands full as it is. TO select from
the large number of projects submitted
the most important and pressing.
should be aided in arriving at correct
conclusions for the improvement of
transportation and in the interest of
enlarged shipping facilities.
We cheerfully subscribe to the eY-
PLANTATION that there is mo pork barrel
feature" in the present House bill.
How can there be. when works on
rivers, harbors, canals. &c, are under
way to the amount of total of $780,
ooo.ooo besides new work calling for
100000 more? In fact. to be per-
fectly fair about it. S4I,oooooo for the
fiscal year hardly will be enough, and
some of the work in hand is bound TO
be tied up and delayed.
The Herald once before. on the occa-
sion of the convention of the deeper
waterways advocates. pointed out
the great benefits accruing to France,
Germany, and Holland from their
complete network of canals, where
transportation is so cheap that it cuts
quite a figure in the pressing problem
of how to reduce the high cost of liv-
ing. This years appropriation of the
Rivers and Harbors Committee of the
House may seem large. but it should
not be forgotten that that body must
be allowed latitude to enable it to
work successfully for the present in
terest OF the people, and for better
economical conditions in the future,
brought about by quicker and cheaper
transportation OF products and COM
modities
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STA TEsMEN-REAL AND NEAR
BY FRED C. KELLY

Dur;ng the R.i,,r,ore convention. when
NJ pw -. 10. ,,,.rr,,no nm IN
60. n..
P'Sh ioi the "hsoi eeahi' fep
i've Tom HELM or Alabama sun mop
ing that Oscar Underwood might pre-
WALL walked up to Bryan and asked him:
What I'm the name of sense are you
sunnor,,,s yyuson for, WHY. he never
voted fnr vouo."
"Wa,I nv d.ar ,e,,ov" saws BRYAN.
..vou L1or, ,,o,rsa,, thst tbere are LOTS
~ raorIo ~ ra,,sr ,,ot.d FOR me"
Senator Carroll 8 Page of Vermont
alias Calf skin paue-by virtue of being
a. -. a,,.,,,. .,,,.,, ara
-.
ueaier-n noteworthy io' many
lie Is so lively on his feet' Tor All ms
seventy years, that he is the nearest ap-
proach about the Senate chamber to a
cricket And not the least of the things
a.,
- % i, 800 $50
@-Oo so'o p e "e =.
u -. 90 "a
dano,n,ra,,on
BEFORE starting on a Journey. and
whenever he runs out of pocket money.
Senator Page walks into a bank and
gets himself fitted out with n good sup
ply of $3.50 gold pieces. II IL is a bank
where he deals right along. the paving
teller never asks him the customary
How do YOU want III" but counts out
the neat little gold discs as a matter of
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me in the last month. asking for jobs,
number more than two million. I can
show you the letters"
Though he Is to be here only short
time, Senator Perky OF Idaho has been
going after the record OF his predecessor
Senator Hepburn. in one particular.
Hepburn was the biggest eater in the
upper branch OF Congress. And Perky
Is no SLOUGH in that respect himself.
About the only man he has to keep his
eye on is Senator Swanson OF Virginia.
Every little while some one expresses
idle curiosity about what Nick Long
worth will do when he gets out of Con-
gress next March-whether he will go
back to that Cincinnati, Ohio, and
practice law, start a bowling alley and
pool room, go In for foreign travel. or
retire to a farm and raise dogs and
onions for the market.
Here Is a prediction on what Nick will
do, offered free of charge just for hu-
manity's sake:
to thinking up ways and means for maxi
ing cocksure Of being returned to Con-
gress at the election In November, 1914.
II is further spredicted that any pres
ent constituent who writes to Nick Long
worth and asks him about any old thing
at all. no matter how inconsequential,
will get a prompt. courteous, and pains
taking reply. And this applies to many
other defeated members. Nearly all. II
they admit II, have a sneaking notion
that they may be beating II back here
two years hence. For that reason there
Is scarcely a single instance of an out
going member lying down on his Job just
because his salary vouchers will cease
after March 4.
Yet. on all sides, one hears such talk
as this:
/. Yes. It will be n great satisfaction
to get back to my long neglected law
practice"
2. "And my wife Is even more pleased
about Il than / am. She says she has
now found her home again and will be
spared the bother OF packing up and
traipsing down here TO Washington every
year"
J. Having children in school. it practl-
cally is impossible for me to divide by
time between two places
All these. you know. from members
who spent a couple OF years salary try
ing to get another term, Inconvenience
and all. Human beings are an optimistic
lot.
Gen. Sherwood. who represents the
Toledo COhio) district. will be the only
Union veteran In the next House of
Congress, but there will remain fifteen
Confederate veterans.
Copyright. 1913 b. Fred G. Kelly. All rights re-
hsryed.
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Senator Gore and the Supreme Court.

There seems to be no Just cause for
the agitation begun by Senator Gore OF
Oklahoma to increase the bench of the
Supreme Court of the United States
from nine justices to eleven. II is
certainly. to say the least. a peculiar
method OF attempting to institute that
economy in governmental expenditures
which the Democrats so loudly de-
manded. and the lack of which. during
Republican administrations, they so
vigorously condemned.
We confess that the able Senator
from the West is the last person who
we should have surmised would favor
an attempt to find new jobs-and such
jobs-for his Democratic friends, to re-
pay them for the long and desultory
period of waiting for their share Of
the spoils There is no need for an
increased Supreme bench. True, the
judges have to wrestle with serious
problems; but none sets a time for a
completion of any of the cases before
them. Besides, it stands to reason that
FIVE to four are every bit as qualified
TO arrive at decisions as six to FIVE
Appeal cases, with the growth of the
country, may have increased, but nine
justices can go through a vast number
OF suits, and the calendar, which quite
naturally fills during the summer
months. generally is reduced with re-
markable alacrity, once the distinguish
ed tribunal begins its public work. 1t
is not an accumulation of material
which holds back decisions, but the
time it requires to go over and get at
the merits of each individual case, the
searching of records and precedents,
&C., or frequently delays caused by
lower courts or attorneys. A man of
Senator Cores sagacity ought to know
this.
If the Supreme Court needs more
judges, then the number of Federal,
circuit. and district judges certainly
ought to be increased, for they are
busy lot, indeed. And this done, the
Attorney Generals force should have
to be vastly enlarged to supply the in
creased judiciary with work
We fear the Senator, for once, has
allowed his sentiment and partisan feel
ings for his fellow-Democrats to get
the better of his otherwise so sound
and deliberate judgment.
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HIDES ARE HIGH.
shortage of Cattle Is Cause, Says
Tanners Association.

The National Association of Tanners
has issued the following statement:
1T seems to be pretty well acknowl-
edged that the shortage of cattle in tho
United States Is responsible for the high
price Of hides. Is very lucid explanation
of this shortage of cattle is given N tbs
Chicago Daily Farmers and Drovers
Journal by Mr.. NJ. +. HORNE Briefly
stated it is as follows:
ITO begin with. the per capita cattle
supply is short. Even IL there We're the
same quantity Of cattle now as formerly.
owing to the rapid increase Of population
OF the country the supply per person
would be less. On the contrary, in actual
figures there Is an even less quantity
than formerly. because
In 1893 and 1910 there was a drought
throughout the Southwestern range re-
gions and Mexico: and in 1910 there was a
general drought throughout Western
Canada, and all the Western and South
western ranges: and in 1911 there was a
partial drought and an extremely severe
winter. which conditions combined to re-
duce the supply of breeding and young
stock resulting in a general scarcity
of all cattle throughout the country.
ITO add to this scarcity, there was In
1910 an overmarketing OF thin cattle, and
owing to the comparatively large corn
crop OF 1910 and mild winter. there was
an overmarketing OF fat cattle the fol-
lowing season.
These two seasons Of guaranteeing
covered over the real facts Of the case,
namely, that there was an ever-decreas-
ing supply Of cattle, and therefore no
effort was made to right the situation.
The supply became so exhausted that IL
will take several years to get back TO
a normal condition. II to get back at all
is possible. The natural and uncontrol-
liable result: HIGHER PRICES OF
LEATHER. HIGHER COST OF LEkTH-
Err GOODS
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and a drunkard. At any rate he is Of
a very retiring disposition.

and a drunkard At any rate he is Of
a very retiring disposition.
Mahommed V became the nominal
ruler of Turkey in the spring of 1909
when his elder brother. Abdul Hamid II,
was deposed by the Young Turk" party.
He is In his sixty-eighth year and spent
the best part OF his life as a prisoner
in the Dolma Bigheheh Palace. He re-
sembles his cruel brother. Abdul Hamid.
although, as a result of his confinement.
he is much stouter.
Notwithstanding his long imprison-
ment, Mahommed has kept himself TO
some extent, in touch with the progress
sive movements of the time and de-
clares that there was nothing incom-
patible with political freedom in the
Koran of the Mohammedans. He con-
siders It his duty to carry out the aims
and objects Of young Turkey and seeks
to act justly to all, whether Christians
or true believers"
The Sultan is extremely devout. When
he came to the throne he made a vow
that he would worship every Friday in
a different mosque. so as to give the pop
ulation of every district the opportunity
of beholding the Padishah and Khalif.
This vow he has kept. and there is al
most no quarter which he has not visited.
Politically ! regarded him as a nonentity.
Nicholas Petrovio Nzegos was born in
1sl and proclaimed Prince OF Montenegro
as successor to his uncle, Danilo, on
August IA, 1860. The supreme power has
been retained in the family of Petrovic
Nzegos, descending collaterally since the
days of Danilo-Petrovic. who, being pro-
claimed PrincesBishop of Montenegro in
1897, liberated the country from the
Turks and, having established himself as
both spiritual and temporal ruler, entered
into a religious and political alliance with
Russia.
In ISIS the independence Of Montenegro
was formally recognized by Turkey and
the other signatory powers Of the Treaty
OF Berlin. and three years ago the lin
itations which the treaty had placed on
Montenegro's complete sovereignty were
removed, except to erect Notifications at
Antivari or along the Boyana.
Nicholas assumed the title of king In
virtue OF a resolution passed unanimous
ly by the National Skuptchina in August.
1910, on the occasion of the fiftieth ami
yersary of his accession. He married. In
1850, the daughter of senator of Mon
tenegro. and has three sons.
Prince George. the second son OF the
late King Christian Of Denmark, was
elected King Of the Hellenes by the Ma
tional Assembly at Athens In 1853, when
he was eighteen years of age.
In the previous year Prince Alfred. the |
son Of Queen Victoria, had declined the |
offer of the throne. A year later he was
elected: King George was compelled to
accept an ultra-democratic constitution. |
drawn up by the National Assembly. |
This. the sixth constitution voted since |
the establishment Of the kingdom, is
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SEEK LOST TRADE.
Levant Merchants BeinG Trained to
Win Back Commerce.

Records of the graduates of the COM
merciaI department of the American Uni
versity at Beirut Justify the foRdest
hopes and the highest desires Of thoss
who were bringing the School of Com
.merce into existence II Is stated in
''Levant Trade Review" published by
the American Chamber of Commerce for
the Levant-
The School of Commerce was establish
ed twelve years ago, and its first gradu-
ates have not yet been out a decade.
they are still very young men. Too
much must not be expected Of them at
this time"
Almost without exception. however.
continues an artkle in the Levant Trade
Review by Prof. Ed. F. Nikoley. these
men have made their personal influence
Strong power in the house in which
they found their employment
The commercial department of the
American University at Beirut aims 10
fit its students for the positions that are
opening in constantly increasing number
and variety in the business houses Of the
Levant. Its raison dire, however. is not
solely nor principally to assure its young
men OF paying jobs. The School OF
Commerce grew out of the conviction on
the part Of the trustees and faculty that
a great service could he rendered TO the
Lands of the Near East by giving them
assistance in the all but hopeless strug-
gle TO regain something Of their lost
prestige in trade and industry. The
school hopes so to instruct the future
business men of these lands in the prin-
Ciples and the methods by which the
merchants of the West have won their
success, that in the coming generations
Turkey and the neighbOring countries
shall take a more active part in the trade
II the world and the people will derive
greater benefit from the natural re-
sources which are ever so abundant
From the first those charged with the
organization Of the department made
every effort TO make the curriculum
practical"
The course covers four years.
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the charm of this stately young soldier
who now came riding her way upon the
public business
A WILLIE Captive.
His age was her own: all the land knew
MIN and loved him for gallantry and
brave capacity; he carried himself like a
prince-and he forgot his errand to linger
In her company. Dinner was soon over,
and his horses at the door: there was
the drilled and dutiful Bishop, trained
servant that he was, leading his restless
and impatient charge back and forth
within sight Of the windows and of the
terrace where his young colonel tarried,
absorbed and fOrgetful; man and beast
alike had been in the service of the I'M
happy Braddock. and might seem to walk
there lively memorials of duty done and
undertaken.
But dusk came: the horses were put
up; and the next morning was well ad-
Vanced before the distracted young Off
Ger got at last to his saddle. and spurred
on belated to Williamsburg His bust
ness concerned the preparations then
afOot for Gen. Forbes advance upon
Duquesne. Il came here at this critical
juncture,' said Washington to the Presi-
dent Of the Council, by the express
order of Sir John ST. Clair, TO represent
in the fullest manner the posture of our
affairs at Winchester"-lack OF clothes.
arms, and equipage; lack Of money
and discipline.
Visit and n Pledge.
Gen. Forbes had been in Philadel-
phia a month already, awaiting the for
nation of his army in Virginia: Sir John
st. Clair. his quartermaster-general. had
come into the province TO see that proper
plans were made and executed; 1t was
necessary that matters should be pressed
forward very diligently and at once; and
Washington, when once at the seat II
government, was not slack TO urge and
superintend official action.
But. the troublesome business once in
proper course. be turned back to seek
Mrs. Gusts again. this time at her own
home. ere he went the long distance OF
the frontier. The onset was made with
a soldiers promptness and audacity. He
returned to his post. after a delay too
slight to deserve any reasonable mans
remark. and yet with a pledge given and
taken which made him look forward 10
the end of the campaign with a new
longing as to the winning OF a real home
and an unwonted happiness.
Tomorrow Thanked by the
Burgesses.
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bered among the first half-dozen in
point of CIRCULATION.
To conclude, Washington has every
reason to be pleased and gratifed with
having so important society located
within its gates, for its achievements
rebound to the credit of the National
Capital as well.
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EVELYN THAW PENNILESS.
Wife of Stanford Whites Slayer
Makes Declaration in Court.

New York, Jan. 16.-Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw, wife of Harry Kendall Thaw
through her attorney, John Reilly. con-
fessed in the City Court to-day that she
is penniless and therefore is unable to
stand the expense of a second trial of
the suit of Gorham & Co, jew
elers, to recover from her s20n.s0 worth
of Jewels purchased by the defendant
while her husband was in the Tombs
awaiting his second trial for the killing
of Stanford White.
Reilly agreed to an inquest for his
client, which means that judgment
will be granted against Mrs. Thaw, TO
be followed by an examination In sup
Elementary proceedings. when the
sources and amounts of Mrs Thaw's in
come will be inquired into infinitely.
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send up their feeble petitions that some
day every pair of trousers may contain
real man.
Examine the stranger who seeks to do
business with you in the winter for CAL
louses on his palm. Lead him to q snow
The Washington herald., 1913-01-17

Most of President-elect Wilson's caus-
tic remarks to the multimillionaire beef
packers at the Chicago Commercial Club
dinner were received coldly, and the
plutocrats reserved their comments Just
another instance of cold storage"
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Big Fire I'm Battle Creek.

Battle Creek, Mich, Jan. 16.-Fire that
destroyed half a city block did $500, 900
damage here to-day. The fire department
battled fiercely to keep the flames con-
fined to the portion destroyed.
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Let certain of our friends remember
that the chauffeur of the aqua auto really
needs no assistance whatever when he
is adjusting the anti-skid chains to the
tires.
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shovel. and II he grasps It with the
confident skill OF college boy fOndlins
a Billiard cue. lend him money and sell
him goods on time. But II he backs
away from the instrument with suspicion
and asks you what it is, treat him coldly
and tell him that you never deal in pork
on a falling market.
Copyright. 1918. by George Mathew AdamSl
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
MARCH OF THE surFRiGEr

MARCH OF THE sUFFRAGETTEs.
The march from Moscow was a tramp
With hardships by the score.
The fields were wet, the highways damp.
And marching was a bore.
But that was just a pleasant stroll.
As you can plainly see.
Compared with that which tried the soul,
The hike to Albany.
The girls all say II was severe.
Admit with painful smiles.
That puffs were scattered here and there
For many weary miles.
Their rats were strewn along the ground.
Their coiffures were awry.
But through II all, 'twis latter found.
They kept their powder dry.
Uncle Pennywise saysi
One half the world doesn't know how
the other half lives. because II hasn't
time to read the society column daily.
Future Baseball.
What's the excitement here to-dayy'
inquired the man from Mars.
'1nterplanet SERIES" explained a fan
briefly. THE Earth plays Saturn for
championship of the Universe"
January II I'm History.
January IL. 1755.-Dr. johnson sells a
poem at the rate OF a cent a yard, and
he and Boswell eat
January II, 1Sos.-Napoleon refuses to
match a sample for Josephine.
Sufficiently Deadly.
Let's send the Gar a bomb concealed
in pium pudding"
why not merely send him a plum
pudding?' suggested the other POTTER
IF he eats it. our work is done and We
run no risks"
Very Musical.
DO you know Gatti-Cazzaza
OF New York opera fame?
certainly think he has
Delightfully."- musical name
The Real JOY.
The girls are getting up another
party
Well, inviting people to ones house is
delightful pleasure"
True; but the keenest enjoyment
seems to come through leaving people
out"
He Knew.
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Rockefeller. DR.. Richardson is likely to
run across a symptom OF cold feet.
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William sulzer is the Thomas Jefferson
Of the present dag.
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Cincinnatis proposal TO tax autos either by
straisht inpo~t by increased license fscs y meet
ius much oppositiou
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II think he cares for me. but he main
tains that II is a platonic affection. What
can do?''
Get some other chap to drop around
occasionally"
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He Knew.

Use short words: they are the kind to
use"
Il know" said the henpecked hus-
band. land thin words; the kind you
can get in edgewise.'
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A WILLIE Captive.

the charm OF this stately young soldier
VINO now came riding her way upon the
public business
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Copyright, 1895. by Harper Brothers All rights
| reseued)
Copyright lsl5. BY Mcclure Newspaper syDdicate)
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me In the last month. asking for Jobs.
number more than two million. l can
show you the letters"
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-05-09
LET GEORGE DO TT.

Dear Boys and Girls:
l ran across something the other
day that was copied from book pub
lished by Macmillan company that is
a buzzer to put on the teachers desk
when she has you making little hatch
cts for Washington's birthday. The
name of the book is "The Friendly
Graft" and it is written by Elizabeth
Deering Hancomb
Here is a side light on George that
is not so inspiring. Here is one of his
letters to one of the slave trading sea
captains and if you can read it with
out despising the brutal hand that
wrote it l miss my guess. Here's the
letter from George Washington whose
picture hangs in ten thousand school
rooms as a model for you:
Mount Vernon, July, ., 1866.
To Captain John Thompson:
Sir-With this letter comes a negro
CTom), which I beg the favor of you
to SELL in any one of the islands you
may go to, for whatever he will fetch,
and bring me in return for him
One HID of best molasses.
One ditto Of best rum.
One barrel Of lymes if good and
cheap
one pot tamarinds, containing about
ten pounds.
one small ditto of mixed sweet
meats. about five pounds each.
And the residue, much or little. i'm
GOOD OLD SPIRITS.
That this fellow lis both a rogue and
"A runaway Though he was by no
means remarkable for the former and
never pracuced the latter until of
latel I shall not pretend 10 deny But
that ne is exceedingly healthy. strong.
and good az the hoe. the whole neigh
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West Virginia

which has been pending for some
time on Paint and Cabin creeks, and
the governor regarded Fritz Merrick
as fire-brand among the burning.
He saw all his peace plans were going
to so a-glimmering, and he thought
best to get this red revolutionist out
of the way before the miners were
fully informed of the workers side of
the case, because Fritz thought the
governors proposition to settle the
miners trouble one-sided, and he did
not fail to tell the miners so through
the columns of the Labor Argus.
Under this law, the death penalty
may be inflicted, as it is an act to
punish conspiracy. BUT FRITZ WILL
NOT BE EXECUTED. Anyway, not
for a while yet!
Harold w. Houston, attorney for
the United Mine Workers, is Fritz's
counsel and Harold can take care of
Fritz all right, in this matter