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The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
More Humane Treatment of Convicts.

Growth of sentiment for more ra-
tional methods of dealing with State
convicts is indicated by recent devel-
opments in Ohio and New York. Gov.
Cox, in his message to the Ohio Legis-
lature, urges the abandonment of the
present prison system, which he pro-
nounced as 'abominable." He recon-
mends that the prisoners be employed
in outdoor work as much as possible,
including farm labor, in raising prod
ucts for the use of the State institu-
tions, and in improvement of public
roads. The privilege of working out
of DOORS" he says. should be earned
by good behavior" 1t is repugnant to
the better instinct, he insists, TO make
a profit from convict labor, and what
ever the prisoner earns, in excess of
the cost of his keep. should be placed
TO his credit
Col. Scott, superintendent OF State
prisons in New York, also recommends
outdoor employment under liSht guard.
He believes that public sentiment
would sustain this and would Stand
for some escapes that would necessarily
take place"
1t is quite true that some prison
problems never can be solved, yet that
does not signify that civilized nations
should forswear all further effort from
a humanitarian point of view. We
admit that there is a great deal OF
truth and good sense in what the new
Governor of Ohio had to say in his
message. There is honor among thieves
and out West one or two Governors.
working upon this principle, have
proved that they have struck the right
chord.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
Travelling Presidents.

The contrast of the official life which
Mr.. Taft has led with that OF our first
President shows how vastly our repub-
lie has changed. East and West, ex-
tending to the Pacific, have been sup
pemented by the Panama Canal Zone
and islands OF the far seas, and travel
nowadays seems to be imperative in the
line of public service.
Since 1901. when Mr.. Taft was made
Governor General OF the Philippines, he
has travelled, according to latest esti-
mates. $4,000 miles. In 1908, when he
was elected to the Presidency, he COW
cred 47.27o miles, almost twice the cir
cumference of the earth. Since assum-
ing his duties as President he has trav-
clcd total of II5,ooo miles.
And Washington-in April. I7So,
he left Mount Vernon for New York.
there to be inducted into his new office
On October IS following. he started.
according 10 his diary, on a tour of the
Eastern States. travelling as far az
Portsmouth, not visiting Rhode Island.
which declined TO join the Union But
after the little Commonwealth had
changed its mind and ratified the new
Federal Constitution, he made a sea
trip to Newport and Providence. Later
he was obliged to so to the new capital
city, Philadelphia, from which he was
absent only seldom until the end of his
second term in March, 1877, except for
occasional trips to his home in Mount
Vernon.
In March, 1891, he began an extended
tour through the Southern States,
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
FATHER Of Navy
PLACED INCRYPT
Body Of John Paul Jones Laid
to Rest with Simple Hon.
ors at Annapolis.
DIR. PIERCE ONLY SPEAKER
Entire Student Body of Naval Acae.
emy Acts as Escort for Hero's
Remains.
DR.. PIERCE ONLY SPEAKER

Annapolis, Md. Jan. .l.-The body OF
John Paul Jones, the Father of the
American Navy" after resting for more
than a century in foreign country. was
to-day consigned to its final resting place
in the crypt of the Naval Academy chap
el here.
The ceremonies attending the interment
were simple vet dignifed. The body.
which has been at Annapolis since June.
1906. when Ambassador Horace Porter
had il brought here from an obscure
grave in a Paris cemetery. was escort
ed from Bancroft Hall by the whole mid
shipman body. The only speaker al
the exercises was Chaplain l. q. B.
Pierce. of the United States Senate.
The crypt. which is under the chapel
is circular. the diameter being ninetv-siX
feet. and the sarCOphagus was placed d
rectly under it. 1t is Of antique marble
and bronze. The body OF the sarcophagus
Is upheld by four bronze dolphins rest
ing on the marble base. On the lids are
garlands of oak. pine leaves and cones
in bronze. The complete sarCophagus
stands seven and one-half feet high and
weighs twenty-one tons. The inscrip-
tions, which are placed at the points OF
the crypt, are three in number. as fol-
lows:
For more than a century the mortal
remains of our first great sailor lay in
an unknown grave. lost to his country.
The nation is indebted t" Gen. Horace
Porter for the patriotic effort in the dis
covery and Identification Of the body"
John Paul Jones. 17f7-1792 United
States Navy He gave the nation its
earliest traditions Of bravery and hero
ism. Erected by Congress after hts
death. 1872"
The Bon Homme Richard The Ran
ger. The Providence. The Serapis The
Alfred. The Alliance. The Ariel"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
ROBERT BURNS
~ GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "At Coed OLD Siwash..

This Is the birthday of Robert Burns.
Incidentally, it is the only day on
which a Scotchman Is dangerous. Those
wishing to commit suicide without an
effort on their part will do well to
asperse the poetry OF Mr.. Burns on
January e5 in the presence of Scotch
man.
Some people write poetry because
they have nothing else to do. and some
because they can't do anything else.
Burns was one of the latter kind. He
was the son of a small farmer. and
began his career as a plowboy soon
after his birth In 1859. However, II
agriculture in Scotland had depended on
Burns efforts. the country would soon
have become a desert. He was so poor
as a farmer that 1t was decided to edu-
cate him instead. This was done. and
Burns began to write poetry at a very
early age.
From that time Burns made his living
from poetry. 1t was a very poor living
up to the time of his death. Since then
II has gotten steadily better. until now
great many people make their living
from Burns poetry. and the man who
can recite his verses with the true
Scotch accent, which sounds like a drill
cutting into a wisdom tooth, need never
but food and drink.
Burns had a heart overfowing with
sentiment. II he had been an ordinary
man this would merely have gotten him
into trouble, but he was a poet. and
whenever he had love affair he en-
balmed II in verse Of such exquisite
beauty that people would weep over 1t
and thank Providence that virtue was
not more rampant in Scotland in the
eighteenth century. Burns lived with
the common people in the common way
most Of his life, and managed to fnd
enough poetry in II to I'LL fat book
printed on thin paper. This should be
a perpetual rebuke to the discontented
folk who find nothing but fatigue and
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
shcpardS Attend Services.

Tarrytown. n. Y. Jan. 26-Mr. and
Mrs. Finley J. Shepard attended service
this morning in the Irvington Presby-
terian Church and heard the Rev. Daniel
Russell, who married them. preach the
sermon. After the service the congrega-
tion gathered around Mr.. and Mrs.
Shepard and showered them with good
wishes. It was the first opportunity the
people of the church had of meeting Mr..
and Mrs. Shepard, none of them having
been invited to the wedding. A social
half hour was enjoyed after which Mr..
and Mrs. Shepard returned to Lyndhurst
They walked to and from church.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
NEWS-SCIMITAR SOLD.
Wel1-foundcd Rumor Says Frank
Nunsey Is Purchaser

Memphis. Tenn, Jan. 26.-Gilbert D.
Raine, editor and practically sole owner
of the Memphis News-Scimitar, an aft
ernoon paper here, has disposed of his
entire holdings in the publication. ac-
cording to authentic report circulated in
financial circles here to-day.
Frank Munsey. the New York publisher,
Is the purchaser, the deal having been
closed after more than a months ne
gotiation.
Mr.. Raine branded the defeat of Roose-
welt last fall as the greatest calamity
that has befallen the American nation, 4"
and placed himself on record as intend
ing to offer his paper for sale to the
highest bidder at prominent downtown
corner here.
Mr.: Raine was not to be found tonight,
out II Is stated on what is regarded as
reliable authority that the price paid
was $4,000 cash and the assumption of
The bonded Indebtedness OF the paper.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27

derance to the Fairfax interest," already
so much regarded in its makeup.
The first furry of differing views and
conflicting purposes among the Virginian
leaders had passed on. The judgment OF
high-spirited men everywhere sustained
Henry-gave him unmistakable authenti-
cation as a leader: put all public men in
the way Of understanding their constitu-
ents. Some were bold and some were
timid, but all were animated by the same
hope and purpose, and few were yet in
temperate.
Henry an Accepted Leader.
Sensible of the Importance OF una
nimity among our constituents" said
Jefferson afterward. looking back to that
time when he was young and in the first
flush Of his radical sentiments. although
we often wished TO have gone faster. We
slackened our pace. that our less ardent
colleagues might keep up with us; and
they. on their part. differing nothing from
us in principle, quickened their gait
somewhat beyond that which their pru-
dence might OF Itself have advised.
Patrick Henry was received to the
place he had earned: and. although the
older leaders resumed that sway in Coun-
sci to which their tried skill and varied
experience in affairs fairly entitled them.
there was no longer and jealous eXCIu-
sion Of new men. Henry'S fame Crept
through the colonies as the man who
had first spoken the mind not of Viz
Sinlans only. but Of all just men. with
regard to the liberties Of Englishmen in
America.
To-morrow-''WashinC in Earnest"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
STA ESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

| falling into the hands of the wicked Re-
publicans last November. AS Watson
walked into the Senate chamber the
other day, visitor in the gallery re-
IhRrked:
Well. how gloomy that Mr.. Watson
looks since his defeat"
Which was an unconscious joke. for
Watson always wears the same Gloomy
Gus expression, though as a matter of
fact he is of a cheerful disposition and
has fair sense of humor. Even in his
most giddy moments he looks as IL he
were about to go and perform an
autopsy on three or four OF his best
friends.
Copyright. 1878. by Fred c. Kelly. All rights re-
l
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
Respect for the Flag.

Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing, COM
manding the Department OF Mindanao
in the Philippines, recently issued an
order directing a greater show of re-
Spect 10 the flag. not only by soldiers,
but by civilians who chance to be on
military reservations. Gen. Pershings
authority ends at the limits of his post,
hut this suggestion may we'll be adopt
ed by American citizens generally:
children should be taught to assume
the required position toward the flag,
and should learn from their parents
the full measure OF this fundamental
lesson in patriotism"
Gen. Pershing has given orders that
any person on military reservations
within his authority who knowingly
fails to stand in a respectful attitude
while the band is playing The Star
Spangled Banner at retreat shall be
escorted from the post. If put into
effect at Fort Myer this would mean
that any person who carclessly saun-
tered from the parade ground during
the brief period that the national an
them is played would be considered
thoroughly discourteous. Yet thou
sands of persons do this. Gen. PERISH
ing goes so far in his order as to say =:
When an individual pays the pre-
scribed honors to the flag in a careless
and perfunctory manner. his patriotism
at once falls under suspicion"
Our lack of formal Difference to the
flag and its musical embodiment is dis
graceful Yet it is more difficult for
a civilian than for soldier to render
formal tribute outside of military
reservation. The national anthem is
played only at significant moments at
d military post or aboard a warship.
1t is not played during baseball games
at Fort Mycr. The Stcrnest discipline
could not bring the spectators, Mill
tary or civilian. to attention if there
were three men on bases and two out.
The civilian hears The Star Span2lcd
Banner at horse races and in moving
picture shows. in all-night restaurants,
and on excursion steamers. 1t leaps at
him from the midst OF 'medlcys" OF
popular songs. If he starts to his feet
he finds the air switched to the latest
bit of ragtime before his knees are
straight
The playing Of The Star Spanglcd
Banner should be limited to appro-
pirate occasions. Its intrinsic musical
value is not sufficient to enforce patri-
otto fcrvor in the midst OF other
thoughts Just after the final curtain
in the theater is an appropriate mo-
ment. That is when British orchestras
play God Save the King" and while I
certain percentage Of the audience IS
more intent on its hat and coat, the 81
lent and respectful attitude of the rest
is an impressive tribute to King and
country. Let the rendition OF our ma
tional anthem be always suitably en-
vironed instead OF commercialized by
orchestra leaders and theatrical pro-
ducers who boast that ''the old flag has
saved many 4 bum show"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27

II in yerse."
can make a hell out OF an enchanting
valley with a few smokestacks and a
Supreme Court. which doesn't believe
in child labor laws. That is why the
world has always loved poets.
Burns lived a crowded and exciting
life. and those who have read his ad-
ventures with lassies and laws are sur
prised to find that he managed to pack
II all into thirty-seven years. No peo-
pie begin life so early as poets or make
II hum so while they are about Il.
Copyright. 1913. by Georg. Mathew Adamsl
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
NURSE IN CIVIL WAR.
Mrs. Annie r. Hooks Dies in George
town Hospital.

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie F.
Hooks. widow of Capt. Charles A. Hooks.
who died Saturday at Georgetown Hos
pital. will be held to-day from Lees
Chapel. lnterment will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Mrs. Hooks served through, the Civil
War as a nurse with the Second. Third
and Fourth Michigan regiments. and
for distinguished service was presented
with the Kearney Cross by Gen. Birney.
an honor which has been awarded to
but few women. Mrs. Hooks was in the
Treasury Department until a year ago,
when forced to resign on account OF ILL
health. Since that time she has been
in the hospital, where she died.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
LINERS RACE ACROSS SEA.
Sayoie and Cnmpanin Dock In New
York mt Same Time.

New York, Jan. 26.-The steamship Sa-
vote. OF the French line. and the Cam
pania. of the Cunard line. arrived in port
to-day at about the same hour, after
voyages across the Atlantic in which
they were In sight of each other almost
the entire trip. The passengers exchang-
ed many wireless greetings and a num-
ber of wagers were laid as to which ship
would reach her pier first The Cam
pania won by less than an hour. Both
vessels were a day late, owing to the
heavy weather. Among the passengers
on the Campania were Eugene thinner
man. OF Cincinnati: Miss Ella Woolriche-
Whitmore, G. Fortescue. and Miss
Choate.
Aboard the Savoie were the Countess
Benoist day, wife of the French naval
attache at Washington: Gustave Scholl.
secretary OF the American Embassy at
Madrid: Nine. Ysaye. wife Of the violin
ist, and Mr.. Monet, the new French con-
sui general at San Francisco.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
NAMED MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
DIR. AIvah Fl. Doty to Supervise
wircmcn's Benefit System.

DIR. AIvah II. Doty. formerly health
officer OF the port Of New York. has
been appointed medical director OF the
employees benefit fund committee of the
American Telephone and Telegraph Com
pary, the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, and the Western Electric Company
in connection with the administration of
the new pension and sick benefit plan
for employees OF these allied corpora
tons
There will be established gradually by
these companies system of medical
supervision and preventive sanitation de-
signed to preserve the health OF the tele-
phone and telegraph army.
This undertaking on so large a scale
the companies have nearly 100000 workers
-inaugurates a new era in the relations
OF employer and employe.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
Mexican Rebel still at Iarpe

Mexico City, Jan. 26.-Gen. Radilla, who
has been operating for some time in the
state of Guerrero, has not surrendered.
as was reported by the government sew
eral days ago. The government authori-
ties to-day acknowledged that the rebel
leader had not given up his sword. and
that nothing had been done in that part
of the republic toward settling the reyo
luton except to present the overtures
from the government commissioners who
are now in that state
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27

dreariness in any life which is not sat
urated in gasoline.
Burns whote his poetry in the Scotch
dialect. which is a great advantage,
because when he could not find an Eng
lish word to rhyme, he could use a
Scotch one. He loved Scotland and
made il so beautiful that tourists who
visit 1t nowadays have much trouble
in recognizing 1t. A good poet can
make a paradise out of mud hut on
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
London Face. Bread Famin.

London. Jan. 26.-London is threatened
by bread famine. Should a manifesto.
issued to-day by the bakers to their en-
ployers, calling for better pay and
shorter hours. be not complied with,
there will be a strike. The bakers de-
mand a fifty-four hour week, with a
minimum wage of s. per week. At
present. it is said, there are many cases
Of men working one hundred hours for
s. per week.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
Freighter on Rocks.

Los Angeles. Jan. 2s.-It is reported the
freighter Mackinaw. which arrived from
Panama this morning and sailed for the
north this afternoon. is on the rocks
of San Pedro and is wirelessing for
help. No passengers are aboard.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
Field NIarshnI Wood Hurt.

London, Jan. 26-Field Marshal Sir
Evelyn Wood had a narrow escape from
death yesterday, his horse falling and
injuring itself so badly that Sir Evelyn
had to shoot IL. The veteran soldier,
who is seventy-ive. was thrown heavily,
but escaped without injury.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
just Kids.

I'll tell me big brudder on you
'Aw. me big sister kin make him jump
through hoops. See%'
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
Old Habits.

II believe that phrenologist is a fake"
Why"
He asked me in an absent-minded way
IL / didn't want shampoo. Tried to
laugh it of Immediately. but 1 have
my suspicious
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
In the Beginning.

The parasol might be considered the
feminine of the umbrella, / suppose"
Il suppose so. What about it?''
Il was Just wondering If the nrst
parasoI was made from IAN umbrellas s
rib"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
Modern Requirements.

Want a good baseball reporter for tn,
coming season."
Can you write baseball poetry?'
Never tried it."
Sorry, old man, but these days &
baseball writer has to be a first clas'
jourpeyman poet"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
In Boston.

'Yes, children, the eyes enable us to
see. Now, Waldo. what are our ears
for?'
For hooking spectacles over"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
Do II Grucefully.

A kind act should have SAVIOR
To make II worth the while.
So when you do a favor,
Why, do il with a smile.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
Quite So.

One half the world doesn't know hoy
the other half lives, but is usually will
ing to hazard a conjecture.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
January ~ in History.

January q. 15Sa-Henry VIII Is Sc
verely bitten by a Yarmouth bloater.
January "a. 1712-Louis XIV forbids thu
chewing OF gum at court functions.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27
ALTTTLE NONSENSE.
THE VILLAGE CRoEssUs.

Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village garage stands.
The boss. wealthy man Is he,
Who hires a dozen hands.
Repair work keeps him open wide;
He sells a good machine.
And makes a profit on the side
From vending gasoline.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27

s. Louis in isis oolI.et.d silsu.ns IN taxes.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27

In a sense, indeed. he had long oeen
regarded as belonging to official circles
In the colony. more intimately than any
other man who did not hold office. He
had been put forward by the Fairraxes
in his youth; men in the Council and at
the head of affairs had been his sponsors
and friends from the first: he had been
always. like his brother before him.
member of one of the chief groups in the
colony for influence and confidential
connection with the public business II
was even understood that he was him
self destined for the Council. when Il
should be possible TO put him In It with
out seeming to give too great a prepon-
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27

(Copyrisht. Iss. by Harper & Bros. AL rights II
seved.l
icnurrirht 1911 by Mcclure Newsraper syndicate
The Washington herald., 1913-01-27

Senator Watson Of West Virginia will
not be Senator after March 4 on ac-
count Of the Legislature in his State
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-11-08

we're the guests OF the Cathedral
school at a pretty reception. In the
evening the visitors. with many OF
the citizens Of Orlando and Winter
Park, gathered at the Rosalind to
listen to the excellent program ar
ranged.
Wednesdays session OF the feder-
alton began at 10 o'clock with a re-
port from the chairman Of civil ser
vice reform, Mrs. c. T. Harper, Of
West Palm Beach. Mrs Harper
spoke most Interestingly of the es-
tablishment Of this department three
years ago, and Of the value of state
wide civil service reform, and i'm
pressed her hearers with the fact
that it is civil service, rather than
military service that reflects a ma
tons character"
Following Mrs. Harper, Mrs. T.
Picton Warlow, chairman Of the de-
partment Of civics, reported splendid
work accomplished during the past
year. This department has distrib-
uted much instructive literature de-
scribing sanitary methods for the
disposal Of garbage and is many
ways has aided clubs throughout the
state.
Next reports of the clubs were
taken up, sixteen Of these reporting
during the morning session-the
Folio Club of Cocoanut Grove. rep
resented by Mrs. Kirk Munroe; the
HoUsekeeper's Club of Cocoanut
Grove, for which an especially inter
esting report was read by Mrs.
Wade: the Crescent City Village I'M
provement Association, thru Mrs.
Gautier; the Alpha Sorosis Club OF
Dade City, by Mrs. Clarke; the Pal
metto Club Of Daytona, sending a
splendid report by Mrs. Mitchell;
the DeLand Woman's Club, repre-
scented by Mrs. Beatty; the Federal
Point improvement Association, thru
Mrs. John F. Tenney; the Fort Lau
derdale Woman's Club. for which ar
excellent record was given by Mrs
Stranahan; the Fort Myers Woman:
Club, thru Mrs. Hanson, who has
been its president for the pas
twelve years; the Gainesville TWEEN
tieth Century Club, thru Mrs. J. w
McCullough; the Ladies' Improve
| ment Association of Green Gov
| Springs. by Mrs. E. y. Holt; tn
Hastings Club thru Mrs. Everndon
the High Springs Club; the Woman
| Club Of Jacksonville, from Mrs
Buck; the Fairfield Club thru DR.
Stevens; and the Springfield I'm