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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-09-05
THE AMERICAN ISSUE
September 5, 1913

of the emperors conviction that alcohol the work
ing capacity of He often expresses the opinion
members of his encourage that immoderate drinking
of the greatest factors in reardng the development of
tions.
Some time the kaiser demanded the latest alcoholic
statistics suicides accidents and crimes which
suited from immoderae drinking After study of these
statistics he experimental himself and that
small quantities of liquor essened his energy and capacity for
work. whereupon with characteristic impulsivenes he
alcohol entirely
Talks Temperance
He misses opportunity descant the value
OF and the result is that the members of his
suite who like their wine touch lightly when dining in his
presence
While he swearing in the naval recruits Will
helmshaven recently the took occasion to deliver
lecture on temperance and drank toast to water.
He also recently told army officers who asked if there
would be any objection if his health drunk in
that on the contrary he would be well pleased.
With the president and his cabinet teetoalers and
the Kaiser of Germany joining this class,
severe blow to the liquor interests.
In the Chicago Examiner editorial of August Is
they leave the impression that Germany finds fault
III the use of beer But this noble stand the part
Of this great proves the opposite They say that
the entire population of Germany temperate, law
abiding and prosperous they only drink the light
ura beer and that Lebg, the great German chemist,
told the truth when he said that beer and bread the
natural food for the working After the Kaiser
had demanded the latest alcoholic statistics as to Sui
c1deS accidents and crimes resulting from mmoderae
drinking and after experiencing on himself and finding
that small quantities of liquor lessened his energy
and capacity for work. he cut out alcohol entirely and
has taken his place beside Bryan the water wagon
Surely the liquor interests clearly the handwriting
on the wall
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
Another Russian Pogrom?

Mass meetings in this city and ii
many of our large ccuters of popula.
tions are being held or planned in or.
der to get the government to take d
hand possibly in an attempt TO avert ar
inflammation on the part OF the Rus
sian authorities of the Nationalist
passions through a ritual persecution,
such as apparently is the case at Bialy-
stock, where young Jew is held on
the charge of having used the blood
of a Christian, whom he is said to have
murdered, for the observance of the
Jewish Easter (Passover).
1t is characteristic of the straits to
which Russian Nationalists have been
reduced in search of evidence for pog-
roms at Bialystock against the Lithu-
anian Jews, that the only authority
which would support their wild asser-
tons proved to be a priest who, under
slightly different circumstances, easily
might become an object of persecution
on the part of the Orthodox National
lists. Yet, in the interests of charge
supported by such ridiculously feeble
evidence, the whole ponderous ma
chinery of Russian justice has been set
In motion. The government is strain
ing its energies to magnify the impor
lance of the case, and especial reports
are made to the Gar, as though the
matter were of significance. For the
purposes OF their malignant agitation
the reactionaries have at their disposal
all the apparatus they can possibly de-
sire. and that their sole object is to
create a favorable atmosphere for agi-
tstion they themselves admit unblush-
ingly.
The university town of Kieff is the
most important city of Southern Rus
sia. and, with its ancient churches,
great monastery, and historical tradi-
tions, is the center of Russian ortho-
doxy. For this reason it has been
chosen as the center of reactionary or
ganizations. In such a city a charge
of ritual murder" is calculated to in
fame the most brutal and ignorant of
the masses and to create a mood suit
able for ''pogroms' which would ex-
tend to the towns and townships in the
surrounding Jewish pale. The only ex-
plaration is that the reactionaries are
to be allowed to have their fling on the
understanding that it will be checked
before it becomes dangerous to life.
At the same time the repressive nation
alism which has become the chief con-
tent OF the internal policy of the Rus
sian government is so wholly devoid of
popular support that possibly it is
hoped that the ritual-murder charge
will be rough means of galvanizing
It into life
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
TOBoGGANING IN FUNCHAL.
How They Go Sightseeing in the
Portuguese Island.
From the National MaUzine.

From the National MaEazins
Waiting at the dock to convey the pas
sengers to the town OF Funchal were such
curious-Iooking vehicles. They resembled
the old stone boats I had seen as child
on the farm in Wisconsin, with sort OF
phaeton top, and harnessed to each stone
boat carriage was a pair Of robust oxen.
Over the cobblestone streets the sledge
glided easily, and where the road was
level the oxen were urged into mild
galIop.
Besides the OK sledges there were ham
mock chairs, carried by strong Portuguese
men. one at either end of the vehicle.
These conveyances proved delightfully."-
comfortable for a lady who wished to
make a tour OF the shops and the price
was most reasonable. The shops along
the streets were gay with bright colors
and filled with bargains in linen embroid-
cred by the native Portuguese women.
baskets made on the Island, odd chains
and small curios.
Our collection OF chains and necklaces
made in various countries received here
an addition OF two hOrsehair chains. one
all black, one black and white, woven
evidently from the long hairs Of the ami
able animals tail.
Our phaeton carried Us to the end OF the
line. where we took a scenic railway and
ascended the remainder OF the 200 feet
summit which overlooked the town. Here
We were conducted by guides to various
points of historic and scenic beauty and
finally landed in large baskets, fashioned
to hold two or three people, and with
Portuguese man at either side holding
the basket back by a strong cord, We
tobogganed down the hill TO the town
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
TWO TYPES OF DRINKERS.
.IncI< London Tells of Liquors Most
Terrible Effect.

Jack London. in John Barleyeorn.
There are, broadly speaking. two typeI
Of drinkers. There is the man We all
know stupid, unimaginative, whose
brain is bitten numbly by numb maggots,
who walks generously with widespread,
tentative legs, falls frequently in the
gutter. and who sees in the extremity OF
his ecstasy blue mice and pink elephants.
He is the type that gives rise to the
jokes in the funny papers.
The other type OF drinker has imagina-
ton, vision. Even when most pleasantly
jingled he walks straight and naturally,
never staggers nor falls, and knows just
where he is and what he is doing. 1t is
not his body. but his brain that Is drunk.
en-. He may bubble with wit or expand
with good fellowship. Or he may see in.
tellectual specters and phantoms that
are cosmic and logical, and that takes
the forms of syllogisms. 1t is when in
this condition that he strips away the
husks of life's healthiest illusions and
graveIy considers the iron collar Of ne
cessity welded about the neck Of hi.
soul. This is the hour OF John Barley.
corn's subtlest power. II is easy for any
man to roll in the gutter. But II is
terrible ordeal for a man to stand up
right on his two legs unswaying and de-
eide that in all the universe there is for
himself but one freedom, namely. the an
ticipating of the day OF his death.
This soul sickness, life sickness, is the
penalty the imaginative man must pay
for his friendship with John Barley
corn. The penalty paid by the stupid
man Is simpler. easier. He drinks him
self into scottish Inconsistencies. He
sleeps a drugged sleep, and il he dreams
his dreams are dim and inarticulate But
to the imaginative man John Barley
corn sends the pitiless spectral syllO-
gisms OF the white logic. He looks upon
life and all its affairs with the jaun-
diced eye Of pessimistic German phil
osopher. He sees through all illusions.
He transvaIues all values. God is bad.
truth is a cheat. and life is joke.
Beirut in 1911 and 1872 imported over
IA, 900 sacks Of flour OF 30 pounds each.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
To Control Alaska Telegraph Lines.

1t would not surprise The Herald to
see that the government, encouraged
at the success Of its invasion of the
express field, should be considering a
similar move in the direction of the
telephone and telegraph lines. At
least. it is significant this sudden ac-
ton on the part of the War Depart
ment to seek the transfer of the Wash
ington-Alsska military cable and tele-
graph system to the Postofice Depart
ment-
1t is rumored on the Hill that admin
istration leaders are formulating plan
for the absorption of the telephone and
telegraph lines by our government. The
Signal Corps, which in 1000 estab-
lished that system, comprising at pres
ent $500 miles of telegraph and cable
lines between Alaska and the rest of
the country, as we'll as within the
boundaries of Alaska itself, is urging
the change, for the reason that the
200 men and officers required to oper-
ate the service are needed solely for
military purposes; yet, coming so
closely upon the heels of the fight
against the express companies, there
Is suspicion that the whole idea is
not the War Departments, but has
emanated from the Postmaster Cen
eral.
However this may be, or may not
be. one thing is sure: Maj. Saltzman,
of the Signal Corps, has been ordered
to report to the Postmaster General
for duty "in Connection with transfer
TO the Postofice Department of the
entire Alaskan system"
This leaves room for but one con-
clusion, namely, that the transfer has
been definitely, if quietly, decided upon,
and that soon the Postofice Depart
uient will supersede the War Depart
ment in the control of Alaskan COM
munication, now grown from a mill
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

The calliope Is the Caruso Of musical
instruments. On a calm day it can be
heard ten miles.
Calliopes are not used in grand opera,
however. but are confined to circuses and
steamboats,. Every circus has a calliope
attached to its parade in order to scare
away thunder showers, while most of
the Mississippi River excursion steamers
are armed with large and furious speci-
mems.
A caIliope is composed of a large num-
Der Of steam whistles of various sizes so
arranged that they form a musical in
strument of three oCtayes. The per
former thumps out a tune on the key
board and the faithful whistles perform
it for him in a series OF terrific and ter
rifying toots.
At a distance Of five miles. especially
over water, the calliope is a sweet
sounding instrument and gives real
pleasure. As the instrument draws near
er the pleasure decreases. A calliope at
close range fills one with the same thrills
of ecstasy that are produced by a boiler
shop with the muffier off.
The calIiope would not be so bad IL 1t
could be kept in tune. The various whis-
ties wander from their keys like pigs
from the home pen. Once there was
calliope artist on the Mississippi River
who detected something wrong with his
beloved machine. He examined it and
worked with it and tried to fix it up
little with an ak and an old pair of tin
shears, and it stiIl had peculiar note
which elbowed into the most divine mel
odies and made them seem coarse and
cheap.
At last the expert discovered the trou-
Bile. That one note was in tune.
Nobody knows why the calliope was
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

Il feel quite home" D. J.
the wk Penna mcht Big Stick Hall
Fame and glanced
snages Tom Grant the genial the Chamber Of Commerce. and
Wood Wilson, the equally genial Pres the U.
Il know good these Kaufman continued
Il think III be acclhnated
Mr.. Kaufman
right in the imeIght Washington
boosng-dOSn the
gaGenent with the Lower Potomac lads Washington dur
the celebrated TRADE
Stick Socabe politics and has people feel good
than almost anybody world
Il who AWs
fayorie Kaufman he pulls good
The Big
nt things said about the worlds of Kauf
With the worlds series all but ostwth tahn bill
the statute books and
did hesitate
was
There
cnaent superiority said Kaufman unconsciOusly striking
attitude.
We finished in place, the real
cernd and the dope Capital this
will be vim
What could ask for?
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
Bankers Unwise Statement.

1t does not appear logically correct
for the chairman of the trust COM
pany section of the American Bank
ers' Association (Mr. w. c. Pollion),
now in session at Boston, to remark at
the opening of the proceedings:
1t is a matter of the greatest regret
that the Aldrich bill, which was pre-
pared by the National Monetary Com
mission after an exhaustive investiga-
ton of the leading monetary systems
of the world, failed to pass Congress
at its last regular session. The Fed
eral reserve act, now under considera-
ton by Congress, is not considered a
satisfactory currency measure by the
bankers of the country at large.
Mr. Pollion should have either been
more explicit or should have kept his
own counsel in this matter; for there
are a number of clauses in the new
currency bill which are the exact coun-
terpart of what the Aldrich bill pro-
vided. Let US quote a few of them ::
Elastic currency; a system of rediS-
count; division OF the country into
such rediscount districts; extension Of
these privileges to State banks and
trust companies; a broad market for
commercial paper; limited loans on
farm lands; foreign branch banks, and
a system of bank acceptances. As to
local cash reserves, the new bill is far
more generous than was the Aldrich
measure, of which the bankers seem
so fond
The bankers dislike the present ad-
ministration bill because it aims to re-
move the bank reserves from Wall
Street, so that the entire country
should participate in these great ad
vantages and safeguards. What they
do want is a central bank, which the
Aldrich bill provided and which was to
be under their own control And what
they do desire more than anything else
is a controlling membership in the new
system which could be used by the big
financial chiefs to maintain their say-so
over the countrys bank credit
Mr. Pollion was not wise to make
this statement and to issue this chal-
lenge at the very outset of the bank
ers' gathering. No set of men have
their fingers on the commercial pulse as
have our bankers. Others may know
a great deal of the conditions in their
own line OF trade. The banker knows
each day the condition of all business,
at least in his home section-often all
over the country. Hence no set OF
men should be so vitality interested in
the prosperity OF the land. The ma
jority of the banks are creditors to the
amount of their loans; debtors to the
of their deposits. They are
dealers" in credit, which must suffer
if their patrons suffer They are the
very first to be caught in a panic or
even by a prostration in business ac-
tivity. In short, they have to find and
develop the resources with which TO
carry on the business, the industries
of the country. OF course, they are
not infallible, and there may be those
among them who may want it all :"
still they are not in the majority.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

bus being by birth Genoese, but his
parents emigrated to Portugal, and this
is the reason why that country also
claims him as her son. Latest researches
assert, more or less authoritatively, that
his parents and himself were Jews, who
owing to the inquisition and its terrors
pretended to be Catholics. He died at
Valadolid. in Spain. in 1906, after suffering
indignities and ingratitude on the part
of the country TO which he had brought
untold riches. FLANEUR-
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

oughfares vas literally smothered
with haEs, bunting. flowers, and
other evidences Of JOY and enthnsi-
asn. Many had oTcliestras playing
all day. Othes gave away souvenirs.
while the rest dispensed buffet
funcheons. Never saw so many hags
In my life. and think we all owe
Il. 4. Andrews a vote Of thanks for
his herrulean efforts to bring about
this beautiful and highly satisfactory
state OF affairs.
BILLY HENSHAw.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
Doings of Our Town

Several Of our streets are being
torn up for some reason OF other.
Well. here IL is Oct. Pretty soon
it will be hollow eve, then thanks
giving. then Xmas, and then all
over again.
People who think that our climate
IS changing have another think.
Many Of our elite have been talk
Ing enthusiastically about the Wis
iting soldiers
Col. kroll is back again and
smokes new corn cob.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

tary necessity to great and growing
commercial proportions. And those
mostly interested have this problem to
ponder over-that with a nucleus of
some $500 miles the Postmaster Cen
eral has ample lines to experiment
with, and that a nationwide service is
not at all among the improbabilities.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
A Hit for
Every Head
ONE CENT.
Inside Baseball.
BY EDDO DE GRILL.

PROT. Of Mathematics. Grandstand
University
The more ! study the modern 81
entihc game Of baseball, the more |
wonder why people so to ball games
and SIT for an hour and fifty minutes
looking at something which they do
not understand any more than a nab
bit. In the old and unscientihc
days there was something TO So; but
now every contest Is strictly q math-
ematical problem. as involved as IL
is possible TO be IN three dimensions.
What the spectator SECS, or thinks
he sces is as unreal sS the panOTamR
Of a dream: for the actual struggle.
the conflict Of angles and tangents
and hypOthsnuSss, and the continual
shifting Of equations and differentials
these things are as remote frum
the comprehension Of the average fan
as a page Of Homer. Even the
mathematiciAns IN the press box
have difficulty in following the game.
The deluded fan sees (fOr he thinks
he seesl a man pitch 4 ball, a batter
strike it and rIn. the ball fielded
to frst base. and the man called
out; that's all But this is what
actually oe1Irs. New York is play
ing the Athletics. As Burns comes
to bat. MSrquIrd puts his thumb TO
his nose and wiggles his fingers at
Doyle, who scratches his left shin
with his right foot TO indicate that
he understands. At the same instant
Merkls removes his coat. looks
th0ughtfully at II and puts It on
again. Fletcher takes out q plug Of
eating tobacco and bites of 4 corner.
Tesreau changes his socks. Meyers
rubs his nose in the dust. BY the
time CrandAll has finished winding
up every man On the defense knows
that Baker will drive the ball seven
feet TO the night Of second base and
eighteen feet in the air Ot that point.
II is a matter Of geometry. With
the crack Of the bat Tesreau and
Strlnk move TO the point in dia-
mOnd seven feet TO the right Of SEC
ond. Meyers leaps lightly to their
shoulders. forming a solid figure
contained by several triangles. and
when the bail arrives Meyers stahs
Il and tusses to MeTklc. NO RUNS.
BILL PEET.
RIP MTLLIKEN.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
Enthusiastic Merchants.

In all my long and checkered ca.
reer IS forage and prUyender pro-
Tider, and as yarnspinner as we'll.
and as long as have used herricide
for my luTuriant locks, ! have never
seen such genuine enthusiasm dis
played by our merchants as WAS
shown everywhere during Trade
Week. Every store along + Street.
Pa. Ave, and other business thor
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
MAN EMBROIDERS BEST.
Women of Three States ConspIre to
Defeat Him.


ST. ClairsTlls tOhiol Correspondents TO the New
York World.
In a determined effort to out-embroid-
er mere man" embroiderer. women OF
three States have been called in by fair
but defeated embro!derers Of Belmont
County. John Mcbride the cause OF the
uproar, is a Barton mine maChinist, who
for three successive years has been
awarded first prizes for embroidered
work at the county fair.
The annual fair will open Tuesday and
McBride's embroidery will again be
pitted against that OF feminine needle
workers. But this year Mcbride will
have real competition. Not only in pros
porous Belmont County have the wom-
ems needles been busy, but they have
been working day and night in rude
mountain cabins OF West Virginia and
among the oil derricks of Western Penn
sylvana.
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Reward.

Any man, woman or child solving
the mystery Of the deep holes and
excavations al corner Of Vermont
avenue and Streets. and at 18th
and F Streets will receive a box for
mat. at New Polls. and a full
fetched Sunday dinner at the New
Arlington.
ELDRIDGE JORDAN,
J. ERIS POWELL.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
THE CALLIOPE
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old SIwaSh."

invented. but 1t is thought that the an
cient Greeks used them to repel besieger,
from their city walls. River traffic in
the United States was in a highly -four
ishing condition half a century ago. Then
some one invented the callioPe. Inside Of
twenty-five years the steamer had al
most disappeared from our rivers.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

Do we believe the story that there is
a Texas editor who is worth 800, 600?
OF course we believe it. Amy editor is
worth 100000 to any community, but
mighty few of them can cash in for
more than seven or eight cents on the
dollar.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

The Republican National Committee is
saving wood, and there are indications
that 1t proposes to chase the negro out
of the woOdpile.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

The times are not as good as they
might be, perhaps; but We should all
give thanks for this beef surcease from
the Thaw case.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

The coal production OF the Transvaal
for 1912 showed an increase over the
previous year the figures being 4.75I. So
tons. valued at s5.OS5 424, compared with
4.343,6S0 tons, OF the value of Si,96S543 in
1911.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
Court Is Looking Up.

The Big Stick points with nride
TO the improvements being made IN
cur judiciary. The Municipal Court
wants a bigger and better building.
II is only short time ago that
this same hon. court installed
George e. Montgomery as clerk.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

It begins to look assif President Will
son may have to reform the Senate be-
fore he gets currency reforms.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

Chicago has disowned Murderer Spen-
Ger now that it has been proved that
his victims number only two.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

No: we are not eligible to the income
tax. but We will appreciate the COM
pIiment if the collector will call around.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

Mr.. Edison's remark that Americans
eat too much meat ought to be convinc-
ing that he doesn't own any stock in the
Beef Trust.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

''Ths Car7Iso Of musical instruments"
However. the calliope can be made
highly useful. II 1t will be domesticated
and put on the stump during our political
campaigns it will serve a great purpose.
II will tell as much truth as most politi-
cal orators. and it will make no reckless
promises which may later involve the
party in deep and mucky morasses OF
defeat.
Copyright, 1913. by Georvs Mathew AdnnAl
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
As n Reward.

BE a good boy" said auntie, the mill
tant.
youngster.
"Auntle will take you down town and
let you see her throw a brick through a
window"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

He is a dull man indeed who doesn't
think he could do your work better than
you are doing it
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

Uncle Sam will be polite to Mrs. Pank-
hurst, of course: but that is Just about
as far as he will go.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

The Italian artist who spent month
in a sewer may be getting ready to go
into politics.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11
HiEhbrow BARRIERS.

Then you were disappointed in Bos-
TONI"
Yes; the BARRIERS talked nothing but
prize fights and the worlds series"
What did you expect?''
81 always had an idea Boston BARRIERS
discussed ethical questions"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

You would hardly ever hear Of Phila-
delphia II it were not for the Hon.
Cornelius McGinicuddy.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

If silence is golden. Hon. John Lind
must be a wealthy man by now.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-11

The fishing season is over. but some
men just keep on lying.