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The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
Justice Gof and the Navy.

Justice Gof has struck the right
chord when in sentencing an offender
in the New York Court of General
Sessions he remarked in reply to a
certain request made by the defend
ants counsel:
The time has gone by when VIC can
send scoundrels to the navy for REFORM
atory purposes" he said in declining
10 suspend sentence on a voting man
who had been convicted of stealing.
This protest from the bench against
the theory that the army or navy is
the proper place for the undesirables
of this nation cannot be commended
too strongly. 1t is a regretable de-
lusion that man cuts himself off from
society when he dons the uniform of
this country and enlists in its defense
Such an unwarranted prejudice has
been promoted often by attempts to
exclude soldiers or sailors from public
places OF entertainment, not because
they were disorderly or offensive in
appearance or manners. but on the al
legged ground that civilians regarded 4
soldier or sailor to be on i lower level
than themselves.
This is a prcposterous presumption,
and army and navy officials have taken
issue with it, pointing out that a ma
ton which does not respect its own
defenders is not worthy of being de-
Tended. In Europe a countrys uni
form is a badge of honor. On the
other hand. look at China. Some CEN
turics ago the profession of a soldier
came into disrepute there through the
teachings of a peace-loving dreamer.
What was the result: To this very
day the Chinese are paying the penalty
for their error with condition of de-
fenselessness that ought to be an OBJ
ject lesson to any country of demo-
cratic institutions.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
The King Method of Reward.

1t is pleasing to the editor to be
able to write editorial acknowledgment
without comment, for merit is its own
acknowledgment. The action of Pres
ident c. p King, of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company, in dis
tributing SIo,I23 among the conductors,
motormen, and others employed in the
companyS car service, cannot be too
highly recognized. 1t is part of Mr..
Kings proft-sharing plan, and every
man who has been working for this
company longer than one year re-
ceived an individual check drawn to
his order for S2S.72.
This is the right spirit in an effort to
equalizc conditions among the masses !;
it is the only Christmas gift appre-
ciated for its real value by the wives
and families of the men; it is the right
sort of a New Years present.
Talk about the present insistent de-
sire on the part OF economic and polit-
ical leaders to uplift and make more
comfortable the lot of the toilers, Mr.
King has adopted the only true and
telling method of accomplishing his
part of the plan.
Mr.. King. The Herald congratulatc5
you and thanks you in the name of
true progress and the true ideals Of
democracy.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
T O P K A
By GEORGE FITCH,
Aathor of "At Good old sfwash.s

Topeka Is situated in the heart of Kan
sas, 1850 miles from Broadway. but well
within the country club and ornamental
light belt 1t is the capital Of Kansas,
which is enough of a job to keep any two
cities busy.
Topeka has only 5000 people. IL you
are from the East. or almost over 5000
IL you are from Kansas. 1t is a gigantic
town for its size, and has several NAM
moth attractions, including the largest
creamery in the world, the largest rail-
road shops in the world. the biggest pipe
organ between Chicago and Salt Lake
CITY. and a magazine with nearly mil
lion circulation
Topeka is seventy years old, and was
founded by free soilers, who has con-
tinued to be almost phenomenally free.
IL Is situated on the banks OF the kaw,
which sluices out the lower wards each
spring, and is a large rectangular town
with scaiare blocks and a main business
thoroughfare so wide that two windstorms
can do business independently on II, side
by side, on a March day.
Topeka is like most Kansas towns. 1t
Is twice as big as its population shows.
because its citizens move twice as fast as
ordinary citizens. Topeka Is ahead Of
date waiting for the world to catch up.
Topeka's newspapers occupy marble pal
aces. Topeka's churches hold overflow
class meetings in the furnace room. To-
peka's capitol building has garbage cans
for the disposal OF grafters. Topeka has
the best one-armed golf player in the
United States.
Topeka was made famous by the Atchi-
son. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad.
which. however, kept the city in state
OF nervous prostration for years by
threatening TO move away its shops. They
are now solidly anchored. and the rail-
road has. moreover. given the city a
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
STA ESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

FIouncing back in his recollection to
the carefree boyhood days, Mckee Bar
clay, cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun.
was recalling recently an interesting lit
tie episode in the life OF Ollie James,
Senator-elect from Kentucky.
Barclay was a member Of youthful
baseball team at Louisville. and they
went down to play a picked nine at
Marion, which is the place Ollie comes
from.
1t happened that the day OF the ball
game also was marked by the arrival of
the first railroad train that ever entered
Marion. Among the tOwnspeople that
fiockcd down to the track to see the big
engine was Ollie James. He was almost
as large as he is now, but less attractive
As Barclay recalls Il, the future Senator
was barefooted and wore a torn straw
hat. The engine fascinated Ollie. and
he stood for some minutes just staring
at it prcoccupiedly like a man looking
at hosiery display in a department
store window.
Then he turned TO another bystsnder,
spat. and inquired:
What do you reckon she weighs?"
About that time. Barclay yelled out
roEucishIy:
Look out, she's soin' to turn around"
And Ollie James beat IL eXcitedly up
the side OF a nearby embankment with
the briskness of a pursued hare.
When he had gained a safe distance.
he paused. contemplated the CONSTRUCTED
track. and asked:
''How's she goin' to turn around? I'd
like to have you just tell me that"
To look at Representative Thomas l.
Rubey OF Missouri. modest and unas-
sertive, one would never take him for
the man who introduced the curve ball
into the show-me State. Yet ne did it,
Rubey attended college at the UnIver-
sity OF Missouri. Along in the middle
of his first summer vacation there
dropped along at his home youngish
stranger who had seen better days. At
the moment he met Rubey his life's am
bitions centered around a square meal
He noticed that Rubey had been batting
a ball about the lot and told him that
IL he would provide a little aIimentary
incentive he would show him something.
Rubey hastened into the house and got
a whole apple pie out of the cupboard
when nobody was looking-also a large.
generous hunk of cold roast beef. He
bore these TO the mysterious stranger
on a tin salver, and then sat patiently
TO him cat.
When the stranger had disposed of
everything in sight, with apparent relish,
he told the eager Rubey that II was Dos
sible to throw a ball in such a way as
to make II curve. As soon as his meal
had settled a little he got up and showed
him how. Rubey practiced under the
strangers tutelage for about an hour
When he got back to college and told
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
An Early Boom for Secretary Meyer.

Doubtless without his knowledge or
consent. attention has been directed to
the eligibility for the Senatorship
OF Massachusetts OF Secretary OF
the Navy George Won L. Meyer,
by reason Of his distinguished rec
ord of public service. With Draper,
Guild, Mccall, and Weeks announced
as candidates, the probability is that
the successor to Senator Crane will be
one of that quartet But the apprecia-
ton of Mr.. Meyers record in the dip
lomatic service and in the Cabinet is
timely, nevertheless, for with the end
of the present administration Mr.
Meyer will return to Massachusetts,,
and his qualifications are such as to
suggest his availability for the Govern
orsfip there a year hence.
A successful business man himself,
acquainted by personal experience with
the industries and business needs of
his home State, Mr.. Meyer has had
exceptional opportunities as ambassa-
dor, &c, for observing conditions in
what We are want to call the "Old
World" world that can teach Amer
ica many lessons in graphing with the
problems of modern industrialism. His
satisfactory record as Postmaster Gen.
eral and Secretary of the Navy show
him to be a singularly efficient and
successful administrator. As Governor
of Massachusetts there is every reason
to believe this record would be en-
hanced to the advantages of the peo-
pie of Massachusetts,.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06

| the older members OF the team that he
could pitch a curved ball, they laughed
at him good-naturedly, and told him
there had been talk OF such a thing
from time TO time. and II might be
done, but II would be impossible TO get
any control However. they said he was
nice little fellow and they liked him.
, for all of his odd notions.
The coach determined. though. to let
Rubey introduce tho curve to Missouri,
and see what would happen.
And Rubey won every game the team
played Since then. so one learns. the
curved hall has enjoyed greatly in
creased popularity.
Representative Frank Willis OF Ohio
has voice that makes a Methodist pipe
organ seem as soft and whispering as
the murmur of lone pine. 1t is a
handy voice TO have when one wishes TO
be heard. but Willis himself does not
realize its carrying power. and he un-
consciously throws IL into the high"
even IL simply talking casually about the
weather, or ncCkties, or Caramels. II is
p forty-horse power voice. fully equipped
and even in its Guieter moments II IS
like unto the shout of a cheer leader
4 man came along from Ohio recently
to have his first look at the House OF
Representatives in session. and there
was parliamentary question that he
didn't understand. The friend who had
him in tow steered him into Willis. who
used to be college professor. and knows
all about such things. Willis explained
II all quite clearly. But when the ex-
PLANTATION was over the visitor fed with
an agonized look. lie declared that
Willis had completely ruined his good
as-new hearing apparatus and that It
would never be the same again
Alaskan natives and near-natIves do
not like Jack London. because he draws
too freely on his Imagination for his in
cidents in his books on Alaskan life.
On the other hand, they all have a high
opinion of Rex Beach, because much Of
his stun Is based on actual happenings
The fact that LOndon's stories are frank
" fiction, not supposed to be true. makes
no difference. They don't care for Lon
don.
James Wickersham. the Alaskan dele
gate, had a new novel on Alaska sent
TO him just before he started on TO
Washington II was a vividly written
story and gave a good idea OF Alaskan
life. besides having a cleverly conceived
plot He handed 1t to a friend, an old
miner, to read.
The, man read 1t through TO the last
threw 1t against the wall with disgust.
eXclaim!ng:
It's a blamed lie, I've been lIvin'
here sixteen years myself. and il arv
OF that ever happened I'd have heard
about it,
Copyright. rsl3. by Fred q Kelly. An rizht, re-
ssrTed-D
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
MIR. Bryce and the Honor List.

The value of title in Great Britain
to-day is purely social, and yet a min
istry that proclaims its democratic
sympathies follows precedents set up
by the Conservatives. This is a con-
trsdiction strange to Americans, but
smilingly explained by the Briton who
knows his politics and his society.
Hence curiosity in Great Britain al
ways is pleasantly excited by specula-
4ions as to ''the New Year honors,"
the titles, 'augmentations," and distinc-
tions supposed to be granted by the
sovereign as rewards of merit, but
really passed upon by the Prime Min
lister. The list of 1913 is short and
simple One would have to be pos
scssed of detailed knowledge of Brit
ish and Colonial politics to guess at
the motives influencing the distinctions
of these few promotions and handles
TO names, save in the instance of Sir
George Sydenham Clarke, conspicuous
for his ability as Indian administrator.
Had Mr.. Bryce been included, the
case would have been different; but he
has escaped" No title obscures his
welI-carned place in the world of let
tiers. Nobody will have to stop puz-
zled to translate an unfamiliar title
into the familiar James Bryce.
In view of the appeal that a title
makes to a Briton, and in view of the
fact that titles occasionally arc award
ed to honor man whom the govern
Inent can pay no other tribute to a
greatness sensed by the whole nation,
st is permissible to wonder whether
Mr. Bryce really wanted to be peer,
whether he declined, and whether, if
he did decline, he was influenced by
pride or Indifference Personal pride
and family pride at times have led
tnen of distinction to put aside titles
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06

Will hold meeting at its hall tomorrow
night at which time final plans will be
completed for its annual banquet in OBJ
servance of Lees birthday. which will
be held January 20 next. Owing to the
fact that the birthday of Gen. Lee. Janu-
airy IL. falls on Sunday, ii was decided
to hold the banquet the following Mon
day. 1t is expected that it will be at
tended by a large number of veterans,
Sons of Veterans and their friends. Com
mander W. A. Smoot will preside and
introduce the speakers.
Among those who will respond to toasts
will be Representative Thomas Hefin II
Alabama and S. \. Roddenberry, of
Georgia The following have signified
their intention of being present if en-
gagements do not prevent: Senator John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi. Represen-
tative Oscar Underwood. Alabama. Repre-
sentative w. W. Kitchin, North Caro-
lima
The banquet will be served by the
Woman's Auxiliary of r. f. Lee Camp.
Confederate Veterans.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
BACK ON EARTH.

When Yuletids came I spent my casi
And cut a goodly swath.
I reveled In the turkey hash
THAT was its aftermath.
I danced around in carefree way
Beneath the holly bOugh.
But We are back on earth to-day;
I'm for retrenchment now.
When Yuletide came 1 spent Of dough
Enough to fill a trunk.
I bought a lot OF mistletoe
And other Yuletide junk.
I had a gay time Christmas week,
As freely / avow:
But these days find me very meek;
I'm for retrenchment now.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
FIND BELL PRESENTED
TO CHURCH IN 1902
BY OLD QUEEN ANNE

Newport. r. l.. Jan. 5-what is re-
Sarded as the most interesting historical
discovery OF decade was made to-day
when an old English bell. dated I7os and
bearing an inscription showing it to have
been presented by Queen Anne of Eng
land. was found beneath an old stage
In the guild hall of Trinity Church. This
Dell, which was one OF several given to
American churches by Queen Anne ts
recorded in history as having been melted
years ago with old material to make a
larger bell for the tower of the church
The date inscribed upon II shows that
II is the oldest bell in America.
The bell stands three feet high and Is
made OF copper and silver, the metal
now being green with age
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06

Church. Burial was made In Bethel Gem
etery. The pallbearers were ]. s. FItz.
gerars, W. l.. Finks, Thomas J. Fannon.
Herbert a. Griffith, J. owen Lynch, and
Mr.. Weston, the latter of Washington.
The body OF Miss Julia Dixon, who
died Thursday at her parents home, IL
Prince Street, will be shipped tomorrow
TO Palm Point. Va, at which place the
burial will be made.
The Holy Name Society of ST. Mary's
Catholic Church held a business meet
ing tonight at the Young Mems Sodality
Lyceum Hall, at which time considerable
business of Importance was disposed Of
= Marshall L. Dinwiddie past high priest
Of Mount Vernon Chapter, No "a, ROYAL
Arch Masons, has been presented with a
life membership in the Masonic Home,
Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Wolford have as
their guests Mrs. Margaret Thomson.
Miss Hannah Thompson. Mr.. Robert
Thompson and wife, Mr.. Lorenzo Thomp-
son. and Mr.. John Thompson, all of
Williamstown, n. J.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
Negotiation the First Step.

II should not hastily be assumed that
President Taft's declaration that he
would not cvade submission OF the
Panama Canal tolls dispute 10 arbitra-
tion necessarily means it Immediately
will be thus disposed of. Great Brit
ain has protested against the exemption
of American coastwise shipping from
the tolls levied on foreign vessels. If
the United States seeks to apply the
law against use of the canal by rail-
road-owned ships TO the Canadian Pa
cihc Railway, London will likewise OBJ
ject to that.
But negotiation is the first step to-
ward settlement of this dispute The
State Department has the British note,
is studying it, and will, in due time,
reply Great Britain will rejoin and
the State Department respond. The
law officers of the respective foreign
Offices will fill quircS of foolscap be-
fore the two governments are really
face TO face with the issue OF arbitra-
tion. The administration, meanwhile,
probably will have changed. 1t is
doubtful if Great Britain would care
10 obtain final decision on its sug-
gestion of arbitration from the Taft
administration, however favorable it is
10 the principle.
There are obscrvant Englishmcn who
feel that Sir Edward Grey's note OF
protest really leaves the way open TO
adjustment of the dispute by diplo-
macy, for he expressly disavowcd any
British intention to deny the United
States the right 10 aid its own shipping
provided it is not done in manner OBJ
noxious to the Hay-Paunccfote treaty
Before VIC arc cngulfcd in the ar
gumcnt il is we'll to cite the salient
facts. Great Britain's claim to a voice
in the policy of the canal rests on this
provision of the Hay Paunccfote
treaty:
The canal shall be free and open
10 the vessels of commerce and of war
OF all nations-on terms of entire
equality, so that there shall be no dis
elimination against any such nation"
And here is the provision of the Pan
anna Canal act passed last summer,
which Great Britain contends violates
the treaty:
NO tolls shall be levied upon vessels
engaged in the coastwisc trade OF the
United States"
Finally comes the arbitration treaty
Of 1908, under which Great Britain
seeks arbitration OF her contention that
the Panama Canal act violates the Hay
paunccfotc treaty:
Differences which may arise of a !
legal nature or relating to the inter
probation OF treaties existing between
the two contracting parties. and which |
il may not have been possible to settle |
by diplomacy, shall be referred to the
permanent court Of arbitration estab- |
lished at The Hague, provided. never
7heless, that they do not affect the vital
interests. the independence. or the
honor of the two contracting states. |
and do not concern the interests of
third parties"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
WALKING GOOD FOR BRIDES.

Philadelphia. Jan. 5.-When you marry
a girl the proper thing to do. according
to p. L. Fison, of Colorado Springs, is
to make her walk 1000 miles. He and
his bride last night reached Philadelphia,
within eighty-five miles of their goal, and
registered at the Bellevue-Stratford.
There is $1,000 in 1t for them il they
deliver to Mayor Gaynor a message from
the Mayor of Colorado Springs within
ninety days from the time they started.
But they have made such good time that
yesterday was their seventy-third day.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06

affair: AZ had come away the friend and
admirer of the gallant Vernon, despite
his headstrOng folly and sad miscarriage.
He had reached home again. late in the
year 1742, only TO see his father pres
emily snatched away by a sudden ILL
ness. and 10 find himself become head
of the family in his stead.
All thought of further service away
from home was dismissed He accepted
a commission as major in the colonial
militia. and an appointment as adjutant-
general Of the military district in which
his lands lay: but he meant that for the
future his duties should he civil rather
than military in the life he set himself
TO live. and turned very quietly 10 the
business and tho social duty of pro-
prietor among his nelghbOrs in Fairfax
County. upon the broad estates to which
he gave the name Mount Vernon. in COM
pliment TO the brave sailor whose friend
he had become in the far, unhappy
South.
Lawrence Marrirs and settles.
Marriage was. Of course. his first step
toward domestication. and the woman he
chose brought him into new connections
which suited both his tastes and his
training. Three months after his fathers
death he married Anne Fairfax, daugh-
ter OF William Fairfax, his neighbor
Twas William FairfaN's granduncle
Thomas. third Lord Fairfax. who had
in that revolutionary year. 1876. sum-
moned Col. Henry Washington to give
into his hands the city of Worcester,
and who had got so sharp an answer
from the Kings stout soldier But the
Fairfaxes had soon enough turned royal
lists again when they saw whittier the
Parliament men would carry them. A
hundred healing years had gone by since
those unhappy days when the nation
was arrayed against the King
Anne Fairfax brought no alien tradi-
tons TO the household OF her young hus-
band Her father had served the King
as her lover had-with more hardship
than reward. as behooved a soldier-in
Spain and in the Bahamas; and was
now. when turned of fifty. agent here
in Virginia to his Cousin Thomas, Sixth
Baron Fairfax. in the management of
his great estates, lying upon the North
ern Neck and in the fruitful valleys be-
yond. William Fairfax had been but
nine years in the colony. but he was
already NirEinian like his neighbors,
and. as collector of his majesty's Gus
toms for the South Potomac and presi-
dent of the Kings council. no small fig
ure in their affairs-a man who had seen
the world and knew how to bear him.
self in this part of II.
To-morrow-Makes friend of
Fairfax.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06
ENGLISH PRESS WELCOMES
PRESIDENT TAFTS STAND

London, Jan. 5.-President Taft's dec
laration in his New York speech Satur-
day that he was willing to submit the
matter of tolls on the Panama Canal to
arbitration is heartily welcomed by the
English press, which. throughout the con-
troversy. has been insisting that arbitra-
tion was the only way to settle the
matter
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06

metropolitan skyline by building a ten
story Office building next to the capitol
building, where Gov. stubbs has acted for
several years as a nonconductor between
the two.
Topeka's people are prosperous. happy.
enterprising. literary. and thirsty. exist
ing on ginger ale and milder drinks. Its
two greatest citizens are DR.. Sheldon,
The Washington herald., 1913-01-06

''Topekas eapttnl building has gart.ss cans for n.
disposal Of grafteTs''
who has written a fve-foot library. and
Arthur Capper. who edits newspapers
and magazines for l.5OoO0O readers and
would have been Governor IL twenty
seven more Kansans had sprouted moose
horns before November 5.
The State capitol building at Topeka
is much finer than the ordinary State
house. and can be looked at even by an
architect without pain.
Copyright. 1913, by George M,thsw AdanA)