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Evening star., 1914-11-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHLANDER JOHNSON.
Faulty Measurements.

Il wouldn't have minded what you
said about me- said the man who pro-
tests mildly, ''if you hadn't been so in
consistent"
What do you mean" asked the vitu-
perative person.
Your sense Of proportion is wrong.
In that letter you wrote about me. you
started out by saying my head was
swelled, and in the next sentence you
refer to me as a 'pinhead.'
Evening star., 1914-11-16
Reciprocity.

you don't feel any personal resent
ment toward the man who defeated
your"
NO replied the statesman. I'm too
broad-minded for that, of course"
"As matter of fact, you are doubt
less grateful to him for allowing you
to leave behind the cares Of public Of
fee and devote yourself to more 1ucra-
tive private business"
Certainly. But I never forget O ia
vor. I'm going to do my best to give
him an opportunity to feel the same
kind of gratitude next election"
Evening star., 1914-11-16
New Ordeal,

MY wife used to insist on my trying
to pronounce truly rural when I was
out late at night
Doesn't she now"
mo. Since the prohibition laws We're
passed she has made the test harder.
Now she gets the newspaper and in
sists on my trying to pronounce 'Prze
mysl.''
Evening star., 1914-11-16

Russia is developing a strong sentiment
In favor Of temperance One drink of
vodka Is calculated to make any man
think twice II It does not totally deprive
him of the power of thought.
Evening star., 1914-11-16
The Autocrat.

"Do you think said the man who
talks all kinds of socialism. that af-
fairs should be permitted to go on in q
way that may tend to leave some one
man in a position to govern the food
supply
NO" answered the unimaginative
person, but l don't see how you are
going to compel the hotel to get rid
of the head walter"
Evening star., 1914-11-16

New York has been slightly hindered
in its financial eminence, but il still
holds the reputation of sending out the
largest and best looking chorus aggre-
cations of any town ou the map.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

While censorship is always resented,
II has been of benefit in connection
with the war III Europe in persuading
those who are neutral TO wait for re-
suits and avoid undue agitation be-
cause Of rumors.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

Perhaps ignorance vas bliss in the
days when the only questions asked
about the milk were prompted by the
suspicion that the milkman had wa
tered IL.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

A certain disposition to ridtcule Car
ranza's whiskers suggests the horrible
suspicion that Villa has sympathizers
at work trying 10 influence public opin-
Evening star., 1914-11-16

Americans have been called "a ma
ton of shopkeepers" by supercilious
brethren abroad. Income tax investi.
cation may cause us to be considered a
nation Of bookkeepers.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

National sentiment has united all fac
tions in the countries now involved in
war abroad. 1t is not a time to play
politics.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

1t is feared that income tax discIo-
sures will result in impairing a num-
ber of regulations for truth and verac-
ity.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

Candidates for the presidential nomi-
nation are being mentioned, but 1t is
generally conceded that these are times
for strict neutrality.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

That the iron ross is free from in
trinsic value is i reminder, Of course
that true valor must not be associate
with mercenary motives
Evening star., 1914-11-16

The kaiser might be tempted to take
men away from their work on Zeppelins
II he thought they could produce another
Emden.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

Before making a decision as to where
the Mexican capital shall be. Villa will
pause and look over his itinerary
Evening star., 1914-11-16

1t would not be surprising if some of
the Young Turks were beginning to
feel little aged and run down by this
time.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

The tariff problem has not been ap-
parently lessened in difficulty by the ar
rival of an income tax problem.
Evening star., 1914-11-16
King Coal!

From the Cincinnati Times Star.
The realm Of old King Coal Is less
vulnerable than that Of old King Cot
ton.
Evening star., 1914-11-16
Classified LAUGHTER,

The kinds Of laugh are far apart,
AS far as honesty from sham;
Some Of us laugh with mind and heart,
Some merely use the Diaphragm.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

Five Big Item. CuIIed From the
List Of
Blankets and Comforts
In our Successful Sale Today.
The values are remarkable-the
prices unusually low. Read:
800 Columbia Wool Blankets,
an original brand blanket; noted
for warmth and wearing quail
ties; W h tie. with
pink or blue bor- NE 7E
ders; size 70xso; silk DO./O
mohair binding. Pair
$500 strictly All-wooI BIsn-
kets. Extraordinary value at
regular price: white and red with
colored bord ers: thoroughly
shrunken; fast color O. AE
size 6sxso; for double sD4.4C
beds. Tomorrow. pair
$3.50 white Wool Blankets.
made of best materials: finished
with soft. close nap: white only.
with dainty pink or blue bor-
ders: bound with a
inch silk ribbon; r1 7S
size 66xso inches. OC./O
tomorrow
$500 Cotton filled Comforts:
NcNSIS VI Vi
brio; pretty patterns and colors:
filled with white cotton: light
and heavy weights; O. IN
size 72xso inches. 1l .Oy
Tomorrow ...
$500 French Sateen covered
Comforts. covered with mercer
ized French sateen: substantial
material: good weight: pure
white cotton filling:
-. good variety of pat O. En
terms and coioringF. DZ.OU
Special al...-...
Blank 81 storc-Sir-ci Floor.
Evening star., 1914-11-16

Payable IN advanee-ny mail, postage prepaid:
Daily Sunday included one month. so cents.
Daily. Sunday excepted. one month. g seass:
Saturday Star. 81 yeaf: Sunday star. 2.> ye4s.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30
Where Youth Is >Conqueror.

| That the struggle now devastating the Continent
of Europe may be long-continued, to the length
of practical determination is regarded as a strong
probability in more than one chancelery There are
numerous indications which point in that direction.
The recent determination of the French government
to put its schoolboys into active training is of
these The minister of public instruction has been
directed to to it Immediately that all the able
bodied youths of eighteen in the republic taught
endurance and dexterity in the of There
are upward of 10000 boys of this class in the re.
public who would be expected report for the usual
military service in 1916 There is little doubt that
they will be called into active service before the
piration of their normal freedom.
Even in Russia, with its reputed capacity for huge
mobilization, something similar is in progress. For
the first time in many generations the exemption
from service in the field which has been accorded by
the imperial government all students of the uni
versities and even the secondary Schools has been
withheld, and this class of young men has been put
into training for military duty. Heretofore the Rus
sian university student has been regarded by his
government as the safe custodian of a musket and
bayone; his revolutionary tendencies facied rea
have served to free him from the burden OF military
service. So it may be regarded contributory evil
dence that a speedy end of the quarrel is not
pected by the Muscovte war experts.
If these young men and boys are called upon to
take the places of the veterans who have preceded
them and have fallen victims the accidents of war,
it will be nothing especially novel in the history of
warfare 1t has happened not infrequently that the
decisive victory has been won not by the invncble
looking host of professional soldiers which out
to meet the earliest onslaught of invading enemy
but by a succeeding troop of those who only in
adolescence when the war began. The final triumph
of many long-fought campaign has been celebrated
chiefly by those whose young blood has conquered
and achieved victory which the spent endurance of
middle-age has failed to secure
1t this fact which inspired a French officer
who was looker-on at the grand review of the Fed
eral troops which held in this city the close
of the civil to record m his published account
of it 1T was the youngest army, in point of in
dividual age, ever saw. Many there who were
considerably short of their majority and whole COM
panies despite the military bearing of the men, were
composed almost entirely of youths. All the rigors
of and the stress of the most exhausting cam
paign of their generation had eaced that radi-
ance of expression which is to be seen only in the
faces of the very young"
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30
England Must Have Cotton.

Sir George Paish IS pretty good authority on
British trade conditions, and he knows of reason
why about the usual amount of cotton should not
be manufactured in England At present manu-
facturers buying little because they not sure
that cotton prices at their lowest The closing
termning what the price of cotton is 1t is delaying
buying by American as well as British, spnners. He
believes the consumption of cotton will be normal,
nearly so, within short time. There has never
been any to suppose that the English cotton
mills were going to shut down for the war. The
temporary interruption of the business has been a
serious matter for growers who needed to market
the bulk of their crop early But you can't market
wheat cotton crop early if you are going to sell
directly to the millers the spinners. They only
need installments from week to week, month to
month About the best thing the cotton growers can
do is to get the exchanges reopened Do they need
any further education regarding the function of these
in marketing the crop?-Philadelphia Record.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30
The Big Little Man.

Recruiting in England seems to be proceeding fair
ly we'll at present The fall of Antwerp like the other
setbacs of the allies, caused rush to the recruiting
stations, and the weekly average of accepted volun
teers u put at $4,000 The new army in unofhcially
stated to number well 10000 men, leaving about
10000 needed to complete the quota asked for by
Eord Kitchener.
In the meantime loud wall has arisen from the
little who have been rejected for lack of height
The hve-foot-four men seize their pens to write to
the newspapers to complain of the injustice. How
about Nelson and Napoleon? they exclaim. And
hasn't Japan something of army and navy COM
posed exclusively of little men? Welshmen are
especially loud in complaint. One recruiting officer
who presented themselves in Wales were under FIVE
feet three inches in height These small fellows who
were too insignificant for the British army none
the less handling weight of soupe seventy-fve tons
a day at their regular jobs he ascertained
in response to the criticism and as an aid to re-
cruiting, the minimum height was put down to FIVE
feet five inches for infantry last week Perhaps be-
fore the 4oooooa obtained the really little men may
get chance, after ail-New York Tnbune
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30
Rates and Credit.

Do some members of the Interstate Commerce
Commission doubt the power Of that body to affor,
relief to the railroads at this time. Certain state
ments from the bench during the rehearing Of th
rate case particularly some comment by Commits
sioner Clements, indicate line of reasoning of th
kind that would restrict the problem of the carriers
to the protection of their credit and exclude tha
proposition from the rate regulating power of tn,
commission. This narrow view varies so sharpl,
from principles laid down. in language that is unmis
taxable by the commission ITSELF that its serious ac
eeptance is unsafe until its foundation has been clearly
disclosed. Almost from its inception the commission
has done more than mechanically interpret and en-
force the laws enacted by the Congress and approved
by the President 1t has outlined and maintained
policy in keeping with the important function i'm
posed upon it
The commission discussed this identical PROPOSE
ton at various points in its last decision in the rate
case, at one of which it made this comprehensive
declaration:
"The public interest demands not only the
adequate maintenance of existing railroads, but a
constant increase of transportation facilities 10
keep pace with the growth and requirements of our
commerce. If, however, that development is TO be
accomplished with private capital in conformity with
our traditions, nothing be certain than that
the facilities will not be provided except under such
a. system of regulation as will reasonably permit
a fair return on the money invested"
1t was on the same ground when it made the
two declarations that follow:
THE great burden of creating these avenues of
private investors We cannot doubt that the
policy of inviting and authorizing the performance
OF this public function by privately owned companies
involves obligations the part of the public to the
owners of these properties.
The proceeding before US may be described as
in sense, a controversy between the consuming
public, which pays the rates, and the investor, who
furnishes the facilities for moving the freight and
duty is to ascertain from the record before US
what their respective rights"
The foregoing were declarations of broad prin-
cples and policies and here is an affirmation of
specific intent under them also quoted from the de-
cision of last July:
1--WE of opinion that the net operating income
of the railroads in official classification territory
taken a whole. is smaller than is demanded in the
interest of both the general public and the railroads;
and it is duty and purpose to aid, far
as we legally may, in the solution of the problem
to the that the carriers may pursue
the situation.
Earlier in the year the commission found no legal
obstacles barring the way to rate increases of
which were granted, and it is impossible to under
stand how any can be discovered created at this
time Credit is absolutely essential the railroads
and credit can have no other basis than in adequate
rates. No adequate policy of fair governmental con-
ro of the railroads could exclude it from consider
atiQn
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30
HISTORY BUILDERS,
When Note Shaving Was Popular in
New England.
twhti.a E1prussly ~ Ne Hsald.l
BY DR. y. y. EDWARDs.

l
In the days when the State banks OF
New England were maintaining with sue
cess q fund with one OF the large banks
Of Boston with which bank notes were
redeemed upon presentation. II was
spoken Of with pride by New England
bankers that in all the years these banks
issued their notes and redeemed them at
Boston there was not an appreciable loss
on account OF any OF these issues. The
aggregate loss In all the years was a frac-
ton Of per cent.
That high standard OF banking was nat
urally reflected In the disposition Of the
leading business men. Of New England
also TO maintain high credit. II was re-
garded as 4 serious reflection upon the
credit Of any business man II he offered
his notes to note brokers with the under
standing that he was willing TO pay a
larger rate than the one customarily de-
manded by the banks. There were, Of
course, occasions when business men Of
good repute found themselves temporarily
embarrassed, and to relieve their embar-
rassment they secretly sought the aid
Of the note brokers, or, as they were COM
monty called, the note shayers. These
transactions were carried on In secret.
because business men feared that II II
were known that they had borrowed
money and paid an excessive rate OF in
terest upon the loan their business stand
ing would be seriously affected. -
But there was one business man Of
New England who was not ashamed to let
IL be known that he had been compelled
70 borrow money with the agreement that
he was to pay interest at the rate of
per cent a month for its use. He was
Francis w. -Birge, and in his day no
name OF citizen Of Massachusetts, was
better known.
Mr.. Birge had created and developed a
large paper-manufacturing establishment.
in his time one OF the largest OF the
State. His philanthropies his willing ac-
ceptance OF his duties as a citizen, and his
energy, which led him to undertake many
things, brought him into prominence, and
that was amplihed by his impressive per-
sonal appearance, for he was a man Of
unusual stature, standing more than a
head above the majority OF men. Mr..
Birge was, however, not brought into
prominent official relation with the peo-
pie. and that was chiefly due to his almost
unique frankness In expressing his con-
victions and in justifying his actions. At
a time of a temporary emergency Mr..
Birge visited the ONCE Of a note broker
in Boston to ask for the discount OF a
note for about $500.
You can have the money, Mr. Birge.
I'll buy your paper without any indorse-
ment, for / have perfect confidence in
you. But / shall have to exact an inter
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30
Secrecy as to Shipping.

The policy adopted by the government OF
withholding information regarding vessels sailing
from American ports, their cargoes and destination
is quite legal and proper and may be regarded as
advisable from the standpoint of strict neutrality
None of the belligerents can regard it as an un-
friendly proceeding. Nor does this government
question the right of the nations at war to search
such vessels on the high 1t does seem, how
ever, that the order issued to custom collectors
by Secretary McAdoo will have the effect of
impeding and delaying commerce Vessels and car
goes leaving ports, having clear right to pro-
ceed without moestation, will nevertheless be under
suspicion and subject to seizure and search The
policy of secrecy may lessen the danger of ships
carrying contraband- at the owners risk, of
course-being captured but it confers no apparent
benefits on shippers of products that not con-
traband It would appear that system of making
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30

Is, at the rate OF per cent month. /"
said the broker.
Mr.. Blrge did not object TO this high
interest The note was accepted and he
received the money. II was q time Of
some lively political activity, In which Mr..
BirEe was prominently associated. There
spread abroad rumors that Frank-Birge
had been borrowing money Of the note
shayers and paying per cent a month
for It. and that was q dangerous accusa-
ton to make at that time against any
business man who was being urged to
run for political ONCE. The rufnors were
at last brought to Mr. Birge's attention.
His friends hoped that he would promptly
deny the accusation. Instead Of doing so
he said:
THAT statement Is true. You can tell
anybody who asks you about the trans
action that did Il. And you can, fur
thermore. say that ! would have paid 10
per cent a month rather than fall to
meet an imperative business obligation"
They respected his frankness. They re-
peated his confession. and yet. while there
was admiration for his courage, there was
feeling that his political availability
at that time had been impaired
Copyright. 1914. By Z. J. Edwards. All rights re-
served.l
Tomorrow DR.. Edwards will tell Of The
Actual Hero OF a FoTlom Hope"
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30
CIVIL WAR DAY BY DAY
Fifty Years Ago.
October go lS64Gen Sherman Having Determined March
Georgia the Sea- Ordered the Twenty third Corps Under JOhr
M SehO6ed Report Gen Thomas Tennessee Aid in Re
peIing Threatened Confederate Invasion.


Fifty years ago today Gen. Sherman,
having determined TO march from At
lanta across Georgia 10 the sea. ordered
the Twenty-third Corps, under Gen John
NJ. Schofield. TO report TO Gen. Thomas
in Tennessee to aid in repelIing a threat
ened Confederate invasion OF that State.
Affairs west of the mountains were, 10
the unframed observer. in a confused
condition. Three armies were in the field
one under Gen. Sherman massed near
Rome in northwestern Georgia. and NOV
ing back toward Atlanta, from which IL
had recently come: one under Gen. John
B. Hood. Confederate, marching west
along the south bank of the Tennessee
River In Alabama, seeking a point Of
crossing, and a third under Gen. George
II. Thomas, distributed throughout Mid
die Tennessee. from Nashville to Chat
tanooga.
All three armies were maneuveTing for
position. There was no regular campaign
under way. The two Federal command
ers were trying to make out what Gen.
Hood was trying to do. hoping to form
their own plans accordingly.
This much was. however. certain: Sher-
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30

! man Intended to march From Atlanta
to the Sea" leaving Gen. Thomas to take
! care Of Tennessee in case Gen. Hood
! shoulSP invade IT,
There was every reason TO believe that
the Confederates would soon be in that
part OF the country. In September JEFF
ferson Davis, in a speech to Hoods army
near Atlanta. had told the Tennesseeans
that their feet would soon tread their
native SOIL Gen. Sherman had read
the speech in a Confederate Newspaper
Then. In October. after a dash upon the
| Federal railroads north of Atlanta, Gen.
Hood had marched west TO Gadsden. Ala
had conferred there with Gen. G. T
Beauregard, his superior. and then had
turned north and marched with all speed
70 the Tennessee River.
To the Federals this combination Of
events could mean only one thing-Hood
intended 10 invade Middle Tennessee.
4 Bold Campaign.
In that conjecture, Gen. Sherman was
right. Gen. Hood. defeated in his own
territory and seeing Atlanta in the
hands OF the enemy. planned to carry the
war into the North, and. by forcing
Sherman to follow him, to regain all the
ground that had been lost to the Con-
federacy in the AtlanrH campaign.
The plan had been approved by Presi-
dent Davis and by Gen. Beauregard. who
recently had been placed in command of
the Military Division Of the West. The
conference between Hood and Bcaure-
gard at Gadsden had resulted in an i'm
mediate movement OF the Conft dcratcs.
On October . Gen. Hoods army started
North, intent upon crossing the Tennes-
see River at Guntersville. seventy-fveI
miles southwest Of Chattanooga. to
march thence upon Stevenson and finally
along the railroad toward Nashville. It
was to be a bold and sudden dash with
hopes Of its success resting upon finding
the Federals unprepared to meet il.
At that time the hulk OF Sherman's
army was at Gaylesville, Ala. thirty
miles northeast from Gadsden. Hood
hoped to see the Federals march into
Middle Tennessee to meet him. but was
not certain that they would do so. He
realized that Sherman might remain in
Georgia for further operations in that
quarter, and to provide for that contin-
gency he had left all of his cavalry.
about 1000. under Gen. Joseph Wheeler,
to watch him.
II Sherman should try operations in |
Georgia in Hoods absence. it was
planned by the Confederates to bring out
l7,00O State Militia and 5000 men from |
CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30
Blessing for Every One.

fore the adjournment sine die were Tiny Tins God
bless US every one" The Democrats are actually
looking, however for the peoples blessing; and they
are not so sure of it as they would like to be. A
blessing every one can share and appreciate is that
there will be no more Congress until December Z,
and that is something not to be overlooked-SprIng-
field Republican.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30

The man who killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand
and brought on the European war was sentenced TO
twenty years imprisonment. In this case there was
no way of making the punishment fit the results of
the crime. Twenty years in prison will not avenge
the hundreds of thousands of lives sacrificed in the
war, nor would burning at the stake. The assassin
probably will realize what he has done, or that
might bring its punishment
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30

postmaster in Pennsylvania who has held the
job since 1877 has been trying for over year
to give it up. Though there are FIVE applicants
for the place, he declares the Postofice Depart
ment has not yet acted on his resignation which
he sent to Washington in August 1913 He might
try sending in application be retained indorsed
by lot of influential Republicans
The Washington herald., 1914-10-30

1t is said to be quite likely that Kansas will elect
woman Progressive to Congress. If it should turn
out that way, is to be hoped that when the Speaker
recognizes the lady from Kansas none of the other
members will try to prevent her from having the
last word