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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
Will There Be Two Canals?

In adopting President Taft's Mica
ragua Canal route policy and striving
to push it to contamination, President
Wilson shows vast improvement over
his Democratic predecessor. Mr.. Cleve-
land disapproved and attempted to an
null the policy of "a canal under Ameri-
, can control"
Mr.. Wilson not only agrees with
Mr.. Hays dictum that @the policy of
this country is canal under Aneri-
can control but he also upholds the
wider intimation thai any interoceanic
canal by any route across the American
isthmus must be under our exclusive
control.
The anticipation of DR.. Salvador
Castrillo, the retiring Nicaraguan Min
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

lister, that another interoceanic canal
will soon be built by the United States
by way of Lake Nicaragua, seems
rather premature; but it would not be
surprising il it were realized some day.
There was preliminary negotiation OF
treaty with the Republic of Mica
ragua, the terms of which were sub
stantially agreed upon under the Taft
administration, and President Wilson
has taken an interest in its revival
As DR.. Castrillo says, when the first
Pacific railroad was built, it was
thought to be sufficient for all needs,
but it was speedily followed by de-
mand for other lines. The Minister
refers to the Panama Canal as of mil
itary and strategic importance, but says
that the Nicaraguan Canal would SO
greatly shorten the distance to the Pa
cihc Coast that he is convinced" 1t
will be built This appears to take the
view that they would both be peculiarly
American undertakings.
1t seems to be pretty long look
ahead; but if the Panama Canal, after
it is opened, should fulfill the expec-
tations and give strong stimulus to
trade across two oceans and between
their shores, it may be that interest
in the Nicaragua route would be re-
vived instead of extinguished, and that
it would be promoted mainly as an
adjunct of our coastwise and trans
continental trade.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
Not As of Yore.

We are becoming more convinced
every day that We are governed by
fate. There are many proofs at
hand which seem to support this
thesis. We have not always been
inclined toward fatalisrc tenden-
ctes. but Circumstances alter czses
and fate keeps on grinding out sur
prlses where they are least e.
pected. Fate doesn't care, and
consequently IS without wrinkles To
be Perfectly frank. doesn't IL look
like fate that the crane Juice p-o-
nuncismento Of Sec'y Bryan should
have been pronunciamated almost at
the same time when his bosom friend
7. Il. was srmseGedoning demon rum
out AZ Marquette, and his twin
brother Billy sulzer jumped on the
grape juice cart: II that isn't fate,
We are numbskullS. And again,
doesn't il look like fate, that, since
the Laird Of Skibo has taken excl.
charge Of the dove Of peace and
has been propagandering that bird,
war should disturb our peaceful in
clinations and raise the very deuce
down in Mexico. and out in the
Balkans. make the Militants fight
like fiends. and the Marching Sis
terhoou hike like fury, make the
Japs cocker than ever, bring about
the lobby Investigation Of q pure
minded and high-souled Dem. Sen,
and completely exonerate Mai. Syl-
vester and recommend him for the
Carnegie medal To bring the argu-
ment closer to your hearts: II Is fate
which makes you spend the heated
spell right here In town, when you
ought TO be up at Newport or Mar
ragansett Pier hobnobbing with
kings. queens, jacks, clubs, dia-
monds. and asses. and II Is fate
which will install the locker system
In the clubs after July l to supply
the necessary inspiration as well as
Joys and sorrows.
VICTOR MURDOCH.
&c. o. Pr
JAMES r. MANN,
bull Moose).
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
The New York Mayoralty.

District Attorney Whitman's an.
nouncement that he will accept a nom-
nation for the Mayoralty from any
properly authorized political body
ought to clear up the fusion situation
in New York. If Mr.. Whitman is
willing to run. all the elements which
are combining to end Tammany rule
ought to make him their candidate.
He is the choice of more of the vot-
ers OF anti-Tammany organizations
than any other candidate would be
Most Republicans. Progressives, hide
pendents, and anti-Murphy Democrats
are for him, because they recognize
. that his would not be, in any sense, a
manufactured" nomination.
The campaign this fall will turn
chiefly on the Encouragement and in
efficiency of the police department. Mr..
Whitman has been the leader in the
fight to uncover police corruption and
the political alliances on which law
breakers, inside and outside the force,
have counted for protection. He has
done more in one term in the District
Attorneys office to follow the trail of
police graft higher up" than has been
done by all his predecessors.
His record as a prosecutor has made
him the candidate of the hour. As
Mayor he could continue to pursue
official graft in all its manifestations
with knowledge born of an un-
equaled experience.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
Popular Error About the Church.

The charge is sometimes brought
against the modern church that in its
ministry it is not sufficiently consider
ate of the rank and fle-that the edi-
fees reared for the worship of God
are not hospitable 10 the sort OF folk
that are reached by the work of the
Salvation Army. The animadversion
is most frequently uttered by those
who never darken the church door by
visit in order to inform themselves
by personal observation. 1t is a pleas
ing superstition that an "aristocratic"
congregation is not interested in the
welfare of the masses.
The church never before extended to
all sorts and conditions of men the
earnest. eager welcome she extends to-
day. More clearly than ever before is
manifest the disposition on the part
Of churchgoers TO forfeit ease and to go
as torchbearers into the slums or the
steerage, or wherever their presence
will do good This applies to the ac-
ton of the Right Rev. Charles Henry
Brent, Episcopal Bishop of the Phil
ippines, who is not given to sensa-
tionalism. His journey from Liver
pool in the Storage with I,44I immi-
grants was not made for the sake of
self-exploitation. He came in that way
because he wanted to meet 'the real
people" He met them and did world
of good.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
immigration by Percentage.

Senator Dillingham;, not discouraged
by the fate of the last bill to regulate
immigration, which President Taft We
toed, now proposes to attack the ex-
clusion of undesirables from another
angle. His bill seeks to check the in
flow of people who are not ready to
be assimilated. He seeks. TO attain
his end by establishing a fixed proper
ton of immigration to the number of
persons of similar nationality shown to
be residents of the United States when
the last census was taken. The effect
of this method would be to keep down
immigration from Italy, Austris-Hun-
gary, Greece, and Turkey, whereas a
larger number than at present might
come in from Germany, Great Britain,
and the Northern and Western Euro
pean countries generally.
Senator Dillingham; must expect to
encounter opposition. Representatives
of the people most affected will or
ganize protests against the exclusion
of any of their countrynen. The bill
is open to the practical objection that
it raises the issue of nationalism. 1t
is, therefore, much less simple meas
ure than that which encountered Presi-
dent Taft's objection. The literacy
test was what wrecked the last immi-
grafton bill at the White House, though
in one way it aimed at the end which
Senator Dillingham; now proposes to
accomplish.
1t excludes illiterates, and the bulk
of illiteracy is found among those peo-
pie against whom a new form of bar
rier is now proposed to be set up. With
the exception of Russia, immigrants
from Northern Europe today possess
a common school education. Italy,
Austria-Hungary, Greece, and Turkey
all are backward nations in the matter
of popular education, though Austria
Hungary is making much progress. The
former bill, however, reached the de-
STABILITY test by road which was not
incumbered by racialism, and, there
fore, would have been found easier of
enforcement.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
Court Gossip of Interesting
Events on THO Continents

that. In these days of Mediterranean
trips. glimpse OF the Balkans has been
achieved by the largest number of tour
lists A motor service Is a recent now
city. But the old diligence rules showed
a pleasing trace OF the paternal govern
ment. Article ID provided that the trav-
eler is entitled to the seat marked upon
his ticket. but the respect due by the
young to the old requires that the for
mer should always yield the best places
to their seniors
1t is difficult to fix the boundaries of
ancient Albania now. But nobody takes
SO wide view as Byron did:
Land Of Albania. where Islander rose.
Theme Of the young. and Beacon Of the wise,
And he his namesake. whose oft-hattled foes,
Shrunk from his deeds Of chiEslrous 0nprize.
The two Islanders" are Alexander
the Great and Skanderbeg. But Alex
ander came from Pella, in Macedonia,
|, not far from Saloniki, and Byron him
self in a note felt the necessity of plead
ing Gibbons example for making the
two Islanders fellow-countrymen-
Durazzo, under its successive names
has been a center of strife repeatedly ia
the worlds history. One of the causes
leading up to the Peloponnesian war
called then, between the attacks of the
Illyrians 1.-THE Albanians' ancestors) and
the jealousies of its parent State Cor
cyra CORFU and the grandparent, Cor
NTH FOUNDER of Corcyra). Then the Ro-
mans, believing that Epidamnus sounded
unlucky, changed the name to Dyrra-
chium. Caesar and Pompey struggled
there for mastery. A thousand years
later Durazzo witnessed an encore. as IL
were, Of the battle of Hastings. The
Norman, Robert Guiscard, encountered
there the guard of the Emperor of Con-
stantinople. which included many brave
English who would not stay in England
after the conquest And, as at Hastings.
the Norman enttced them from their po-
sition by a feigned retreat and so de-
stroyed them.
The remarkable recognition Of Chris
tianity by the new Chinese government
is the most striking stage in a story
which has covered nearly a millennium
and a half. For Christianity first reached
China nearly a century before St Agus-
tine landed on the Isle of Thanet. Not
from Europe, however. II was Nesto-
rian missionaries from Persia and Ne
pal. who came to China in the Year, 500.
Upon a tablet. erected by imperial sane
ton and still to be seen near the city OF
Hsi-an-Fu. the doctrines of their church
were recorded in outline. More than 1,OoO
years passed before the Jesuit father.
Matteo Ricci, found his way to Peking.
The Manor House at Garsington. near
Oxford, has been purchased by Mr.. Nor
rell from Mr.. Tyrhitt Drake. of Sharde-
Ices, near Amersham. Garsington is well
placed on high ground and commands
extensive and very fine views. The pic
turesque old manor house has charming
gardens and grounds. and the place has
many interesting associations. Mr.. Nor
rell. the new owner. is married to Lady
ottoline Cavendish-Bentinck. half-sister
of the Duke of Portland. FLANEUR.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
Valuable Hints.

In writing a story Of mystery for
serial publication the chief trick
Is to end each ,installment with a
paragraph that will hold the interest
OF the reader until the -sxt install
ment appears. That engaging tale.
The Padded One-horse van," has
30 many gripping instalIm-1t end
ings that we Gull few for the bene-
Mt Of the young writer:
AS / opened tine dooc. whom
should see but the beautiful giri
whose mangled body had seen on
the railway track fi-e minutes be-
fore
ITO be continued)
when | returned to the house I
found everything in a turmoil. and l
had not far to look to determire the
cause.' -
ITO be contlnuestD
II opened the paper AMI started
back with a cry Of horror. Thcrf
on the first page were the words I
dreaded most to see: His throat vas
psrched and his eyes were dlll.'
Ito be continnefn ~
SAM BLYTHE or JIM HAY.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
HOW | WON.
Rep. Willis Tells Big Stick in
Exclusive Interview.

Exclusive Interview.
"Judicious training. to the mo-
ment l entered the ring, won the
battle for me-"
With these words. Rep. Willis
Of Ohio laid hare the mystery of
his victory over such redoubtable
orthopaedists as Thete Sims. Miles
PoindeIter, and Irwin Barbour.
Most Of the men against me
were overturned. After yeSrs Of
not spelling at all, they put in
a week Of such heavy work as
'consanglIinity, 'yaletudinarianisTn,
and 'abecedarian.' put in the
morning in light practice-ba, ba
k-e-r, ksr, baker; tat, ia k-e-r, ker.
taker, and so on. ] took a good
rest at the tariff debate, ate .
light meal, had a few minutes
brisk polysyllabic practice, and q
rundown. and then rested till time
was called.
As stated before entering the
ring. l never felt better in my
life"
Asked for a statement on the
humorous report that Miles Poin-
dexter intended TO appeal from
Prof. Houston's decision, Rep. VIII
lis said:
TT is absurd. The best man
won. The truth Of it Is Mr.. Poin-
dexter is from a part al our noble
republic which will recall judges
or anything that decides against
them l understand that he will
appeal on an sdiectiyal. really a
nominal, technically. have only
this to Ay-my defeated friend
may as well know that the rule
Of reason cannot be invoked in a
Undergraduates, us, us-case."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
That Mint Bed,

Prof. Taft wasn't summoned to
testify about that mint bed. Be that
as it may. il stands to reason If
the White House had been erected
in Ky. that mint bed would never
have been put to such uses as the
garnishing of spring lamb. In our
humble opinion that mint patch
should make the Presidents job
distinctly desirable. We know posi-
lively that the colonel never drank
more than one julep at a time. But
that's about the best any Of us can
do. unless we use a funnel. and any
person or organization intending to
give q banquet in 7. RS honor
should know by this time what not
to order. You may rail at the COL
onel il you will. but you must adj
NIT he Is a wonder. He got the
dull, undressing. undramatic word
.'abstemious" on the front page into
the sesen-cclumn headlines.
WELLIyER. DAVIS.
O'LAUGBL1N & GARDNER.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
The Height of Afiuence

My hfe's whole desire h never to
wear a stocking with hole or a
darn. To own a vitrio.e. To lose
a collar button and nct huat for II.
To wear white kid gloves and net
have them cleaned. TO threw away
a collar before the .dses arc roueh.
Never to use 4 napkin twice. To
puncturc 4 new tire and enjoy the
ride. BY mistake TO give a $50
sold place. for 4 penny and be able
to emile within q week
FREDDY STECkMAN.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
Life's Little Irritations

Those new wells that make the
wearen lock as II they had ring
worrns; the book borrower; the old
maid at the boarding house who
monopolizes the conversation; to
neglect to obtain Transfers when re-
spondble for the fares Of a party I;
climbing two fights to tell your
neighbor that some one wants her 90
your phone and last but not least.
TO step on q cold rubber doll or an
empty cold bottle IN a dark room
TOM MONK.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
SECRETARY BRYAN TO SPEAK.
Holy Cross Academy Commencement
to BE Held Friday.

The Secretary OF State is expected to
deliver the principal address at the COM
mencement exercises of the Holy Cross
Academy at II o'clock next Friday morn
ing. Cardinal Gibbons will preside.
Commencement week will start tomor-
row, when Very Rev. Thomas E Shields
will deliver the baccalaureate sermon
and Right Rev. Thomas ]. Shahan, rec
tor of Catholic University, will address
the graduates at Madonna Evening
services.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
Col. Cosby to Drop His Nickel.

The action of Col Spencer Cosby,
Superintendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds, in refusing permission to the
Chesapeake and Potomac Electric Com
pany to run a cable over the Highway
Bridge unless free telephone service for
the office of public buildings and grounds
were given was reversed by the War
Department.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
Lecture on Egypt Delivered.

L. Dow Covington, F. r. G. s., last
night delivered a lecture on "Cheops
CKhufw His Family and Great Pyra-
mid at Mcmahon Hall, Catholic Uni
versity. In his address, which was IL
Illustrated with stereopticon pictures, Mr..
Covington treated with life and the dy-
nasties in ancient Egypt.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
FARWELL DINNER TO DRO0P.
Friends to Say "Bon Voyage" Il
Washington Business Man.

Edward H. Droop. president OF the
Washington Board of Trade, will be ten
dered a dinner at the Ebbitt House this
evening by friends and business asso-
ciates as a farewell honor in anticipation
Of his trip TO Europe next week.
Mr.. Droop is to sail from New York
Tuesday aboard the Kron Prinzessin
Cecilia Upon the arrival OF the boat at
Bremen Mr.. Droop will journey to Han
over. where Mrs. Droop's daughters, the
Misses Gran, are attending school. The
itinerary of Mr.. Droop includes a visit
to his sister. Mrs. Arthur Leverkus, at
Cologne. Mr.. Droop will return to this
country in about three months.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
CLOSING EXERCISES HELD.
Washington Collegiate school Cele-
brates Passing of scholastic Year.

Dr. c. William A. Veditz. of George
Washington University. delivered the
principal address at commencement ex-
ercises yesterday of Washington Col
legiate School. 1723 Twenty-hrst Street
Northwest Tully c. Garner was vale
dictorian.
The graduates were Frederick E Alte-
mus. Preston Bacon. Carl c. CHAMPION.
Tully c. Garner. and Clarence F. Nor
ment ir
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

What is needed is an automatic check
booker some sort of an arrangement
that will keep a man from overdrawing
his account.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

Chicago has $50. theaters, and seventy
six others are under construction. II
takes lot of amusement to make people
satisfied to live in that town.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

The Rhode Island State treasury Is
empty but the State officials hope to
get good news from Providence in a few
days
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

Speaking of this row going on in the
Postoffice Department, if the stamps
don't look out they will get licked.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

Washington police force was fully justi-
fed in acquitting ITSELF.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

Wonder if the lobbyists had as hard a
time in locating the Senate as the Senate
is having in locating the Lobbyists.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

4 Painful Truth.

DO your American Indians still paint
their faces?' inquired the foreigner.
Il don't think il is altogether the In
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

spent all her youth in the pages OF
'ouida' to have to finally marry a man
who keeps a delicatessen store.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

Its tough TO have TO leave the OLE
home; but what are you going to d.
when the rubber plant gets too tall TO
the ceilings?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
THE WAY TO LIVE

W - ~
In Baseball Town of great renown,
The People slide to work.
Four hours per day. on double pay,
Belong to every clerk.
The scheme is prime; he takes his time
For talking baseball lore.
Serene he sits, discussing hits,
Or doping out the score.
In Baseball Town they have things down
To suit the toilers, pat.
They see the game, discNss the same,
And work comes after that.
Modern Life.
What's the quickest way of getting
to the sixty-seventh floor of the Skyhigh
Building
Take an express elevator to the fifty
fifth floor. Then take a tram in the cor
ridor to the other side of the building
where you can make close connections
with a fast local elevator to the point
you want"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
Not Very Romantic.

Life might bring a girl a little ro-
nance"
How now"
1T is pretty tough on a girl who has
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

dams that keep the drug stores going, 1"
responded the native, reluctantly.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
Bowed with shame

dams that keep the drug stores going"
responded the native, reluctantly.
Bowed with shame.
THE home team lost"
How do you know
My husband is sneaking in the back
way"
Nothing to 1t.
The nations all are preaching peace;
The word is on all lips.
But what OF that? They never cease
From building battleships.
Folding Hendgenr.
These collapsable opera hats are a
great convenience"
Sop
Yes; you have no idea how much more
room they save in a fiat
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07
EVERY SATURDAY.

Our Mottos II you see it in Ths Big
Stick. it ISM necessarily SO.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-07

Folding Hendgenr,
Domestic Tragedy.

Yes; you have no idea how much more
room they save in a fiat
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
BIC RIVER FETE
FOR 100000
DAM ARRANGED
Conception of Hydro-EIectricaI
Plant at HaIes Bar, Tenny To
Be Celebrated November IL.

CHATTANOOGA, Nov. Featured
by the presence of a large number Of
Congressman, elaborate banquets and
pyrotechnical displays. the celebration
on November 10 marking the compile
ton of the $4,000, 900 lock and dam at
Hales Bar, Tenn, promises to be
epochal in the annals of hydro
electrical development in the South.
The large delegation from the civic
organizations OF the city, as well as
all others in attendance. viii make
the trip of twenty miles to HaIes Bar
on steamboat notila. All the mo-
tor boats and pleasure craft of the
city will also attend in gay decora-
tons.
Upon arrival at the lock and dam
the ceremonies. not yet decided upon
by the committee in charge, will be
begun Immediately.
The party will return to Chatta-
nooga upon a special train early in
the afternoon. and at night a banquet
will be held at the Signal Mountain
Inn, attended by pyrotechnical dis
plays. The price for the repast has
been fixed at SO per plate.
The Congressional delegation will
attend the opening Of the Tennessee
River Improvement Associations
meeting at Sheffield November u, as
well as the exercises at Hales Bar.