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The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
BIG PRIZES FOR WOMEN.
Chicago Plan for Recognition OF
Notable achievements.

Chicago DisTatch to New York Times.
A movement which is receiving cOnsid-
cradle support and arousing much en-
thusiasm has been inaugurated by the
Chicago Woman's Association Of Com
mcrce, whereby American recognition is
to he accorded tn" notable achievements
of women by the bcstowal Of a series Of
prizes similar to the Nobel prizes. 1t is
tentatively suggested that the prizes range
from $1,000 to Sin.CO0.
The plan will he presented next June
to a body of women. consisting Of the
great women writers. artists, musicians,
financiers, scientists. and thinkers Of the
age. Calls are being sent all over the
world to summon these women to a meet
ing in Chicago. to be held between the
18th and 20th OF June. Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson will be among those invited.
The biennial convention of the General
Federation of Womcn's Clubs, which will
meet in Chicago AT that time. will call
Of women from all over the
world to the city. \ Congress of Wom-
ems Achievements. to he held by the
Womans Association of Commerce at
that time, will provide an appropriate set
ting for the meeting.
Chicago women interested in tho pro-
posed congress are Ella Flagg Young.
Jane Addams. Harrictte Taylor Tread
we'll. and Florrnrc King, president Of the
Woman's Association of Com
merce.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
GREAT CITY FOR TWINS.
One Hundred and Forty-two Pairs
for Cleveland Last Year.

Nearly 1900 children were born in
Cleveland in 1918. according to the Off
cial report of the health division issued
yesterday
OF the 1877 births reported 7,l95 were
boys and see girls. In 7.513 cases both
parents were foreign born and in 3,s.s
both parents were born in the United
States
The years total births exceeds that of
any year in the history Of the city. The
total births in 1872 was IS.033 In 1911 a
total of 13.1ss waS reported. The total
for 1910 was Is, 45s and in 1903 the total was
l3,lOO
One hundred and forty-two pairs of
twins were born in Cleveland in l913 and
the birth of triplets was reported once
Mothers of l.O54 of the children were
under twenty and mothers of 1884 were
between twenty and twenty-five. Moth
ers of Asa weresbetweea twenty-five and
thirty. and 1868 mothers were between
thirty and forty. Mothers of 3A were
between forty and fifty.
Fathers of thirty-five children were
under twenty. and 2.aO3 were from twenty
to twenty-five. Ages of ,45s of the faith
ers ranged from twenty-five to thirty.
and Of 5.s3i from thirty to forty. The
report shows IS fathers were from
forty to fifty years of age and l3s were
fifty or over.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

LIEUT.. col William LAssiter Fourth Field Ar
tillery. detaed q mCmhsr Of the hoard ot o'-
No. lsl August Is. 1919. War Department. for the
purpose Of conducting competitive trst "t auto
matte rifles. vice Lieut.. Col. Ernest Hinds. Fifth
Field ARTILLERY. hereby relieved.
board Of officers ot the Ordnance Department,
to consist Of Iisut. Col Jay Z. Hoder. Mai Iii
ward +. OHeTn. and Mai. Jesse g. Nlcholls. -
appointed tc meet at SANDY Hook proving ground.
Sandy Hook. y. ] a. ll;3D a m. March 10. 1914.
for the purpose ot marking the examination paTrr>
Of officers examined for detail Ia the Ordnance
Department and of making recommendations as TO
those who qualify for detail.
Col Thomas CTuse. OuartermaSter CorTs. will
reTsir To this city on official business pertaining
to the QuArtemasi CnvRs. reporting to the chief
Of the Quartsrmaster CorTs.
SO much Of paragraph :. special orders. No. ls.
January le l9I Mar Department. a. directs Col
Ohm Mitcham. Ordnance Department. or his
commissioned assistant TO visit the f"llOWing named
grouIs Of place i revoked: Wet Point. y. Y;
Fort Slocum Fort Tutten. and Fort SCHUYLER, v
Y; Furt Du P0nt and Fort Delaware. Del. and
Fort Mott. y. ] Fnr Howard. Fort AmistCad.
Fort Carroll. and F"rt Smsllwnod Md Fort
Washington. Md. and Fort Hunt and Fort
Myer. Va.
So much of paragraph l. spectral orders. No :.
January 5. 1914. WaT Department. directs the
commanding officer Wstert"Wn Arsenal. Mass. o<
one Of his commissioned assistants. TO make visits
to the following named g1ouT- of places Is revoked:
tD Brockton. Taunton. Fan River. New Bedford,
and Fort Rodman. Mass.
tcl Providence. Fsvtucket. wc'nsocket. and Wcs-
terly. r. J.
Cdj Laconia. DnrcT. Exeter Portsmouth. Fort
Constitution. Fou stark. y. II. and Fort Eos
ter. Me.
Cgl Lewiston Nulr1rn Bath Brunswick Port
land. We~tbrouk Biddefurd. and Sanford. Mc.
Leave for ten days is granted Col. CALVIN II.
Cowles. U. :. 4. retired
BY direction of the President. First Lirut. An
drew u. Chafhn Twenty ninth Infantry, is detailed
as professor Of military science and tactics the
PENNSYLVANIA State COIlege, State College ia. to
take effect April 5. 1914.
Ry direction of the President First Lieut..
Thomas H. Lowe Tvcnty-eishth Infantry. is re-
Iiered from duty at the Pennsylvania State Cot
Iege State College. Pa. to take effect March 49,
1914
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
District Bill u the Senate.

II was, of course, too much to hope
that the District of Columbia appro-
Ipriation bill would pass the Senate in the
precise form, it was reported, after a
most painstaking investigation and study
by the subcommittee having il in charge.
While the measure Jared fairly well
in the first days debate, there was re-
lyealed a certain misapprehension by one
or two. Senators concerning its provi-
sions, which was apparently not entirely
dispelled by the explanations of Senator
Gallinger, than whom no man is better
informed on District affairs. For in
stance, Senator Hoke Smith, while TAX
ing the view that it was unjust to pave
streets at public expense, failed to realize
that the Borland amendment, If enacted,
would fall most heavily upon the man
engaged in the effort to purchase mod
est home in the suburbs where the
streets are not yet paved with asphalt,
while the owners of the higher-priced
property, centrally located, escape the
original cost.
On the broad ground of necessity for
economy Senator Thomas opposed the
appropriation of $4,000 for a new mu-
nicipal hospital an item drawing on the
Federal Treasury for but SIsoooo un-
der the half-and-half principle. If Sen
ator Thomas could but afford the time
to pay visit to the present municipal
hospital he could hardly fail to agree
with Senator Gallinger that it is "re-
proach to civilization" " Certainly Senator
Lodges protest against beginning with
the District of Columbia in the practice
of economies was especially applicable
to this particular item
The question of government owner
ship was injected into the discussion of
the proposed merger Of the two gas COM
panies, against which provision Senator
La Toilette raised point of order. Sen
ators Reed and Overman seemed 10
overlook the fact that the owners of
stock in the Georgetown company are
quite willing to sell their holdings, the
par value OF which is SIS a share, to the
Washington company for SI55 a share.
Likewise, little consideration was given
to the probability of reduction in the
cost OF gas to the Georgetown con-
sumer, or to the fact that the two COM
panies are in no sense competitors and
that what were once the two cities OF
Washington and Georgetown are now
one.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
MIR. Tillman on Plain Living.

Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
in his speech in the Senate upon his
resolution to prohibit smoking on the
floor of the Senate during executive
sessions, gave to the measure a dignity
which displaced the good-natured friv-
olity that some of his colleagues and the
newspapers had put upon it. Mr.. Till
man, whose hygienic career. so TO speak,
has been marvellous, based his plea for
adoption of the resolution on the need
of pure air.
my very life depends on pure air. "
said this venerable statesman, who had
the unusual and not highly valuable
privilege Of reading his own obituary
after he suffered stroke of paralysis
four years ago, and literally dragged
not drugged-himself out OF the valley
of the shadow into the nearly full light
of health and strength. The assertion
of Mr.. Tillman had the quality of be-
ing different from the usual cries OF
the fresh air fends." whose principles
are readily indorsed and almost as
readily forgotten. Mr.. Tillman said he
must have air pure-both fresh and free
from the poison. of staleness and smoke !;
but he added to this the sentiment that
it was not we'll merely to have pure air
hrnttntnf 20 h,,r, He ha1I tt,,t ta
must bring himself into free air.
pure air and sunshine are things Of
which we get too little" Senator Till
man stated. So he invcighed against
the use of automobiles and street cars
instead of walking. Senator Tillman, at
the same time, criticised official life as
being "arduous-a continuous succession
of banquets, dinners and receptions"
with an immense mental strain re-
sultant. His was a practical disserta-
ton upon mortality (and how not to do
it) rather than upon morality.
He recalled the shocking fact that
since he had read his own obituary.
happily denied in propria persona. he
had read the obituaries of twenty-one
Senators whom death had carried be-
yond the bourne of time and place. To
the laborious duties and tremendous re-
sponsibilities borne by Congressman and
to the irregularities of diet imposed
upon them by such labor and RESPONSE
bilities, Senator Tillman ascribed the
dreadful mortality among the members
of both Houses.
HE lived not wisely but too WELL"
was part of epitaph he said would be
fitting for most of those Congressman
who died in service. The conflict he
tween the stimulant. whisky. and the
sedative, tobacco (for he so classified
those luNuries). for mastery of the
mind and the body Mr.. Tillmau de-
clared keeps many men Constantly on
the journey from the garnet to the Gel
lar and back, being whipsawed and their
nerves rackcd."
Altogether Mr.. TilIman's speech is a
contribution to fresh air liter
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
Pr.ideaf. Re.'. W.r.i.r.

Again the perilous plight of the rail-
roads has been brought sharply to pub
lie attention. This time the warning is
sounded by President Rea, of the Penn
sylvania, in his annual address to the
stockholders. 1t. is an impressive, dis
turbing warning to the nation and those
guiding its destinies, doubly convinc-
ing because of its calm, almost despair
ling tone.
President Rea says in the ,plainest OF
English words, as other railroad chief
tains have said, that the roads have not
been spending money enough for main
tenance, that their operating expenses
are higher, that they have not manipu-
lated their accounts to show this in
creased cost, and that the Interstate
Commerce Commission and the State
commissions have failed to appreciate
the consequence of legislative enactments
and regulation dealing with every phase
of railroad operation.
These statements have been heard
from scores of prominent railroad men,
in recent months especially, and must be
accepted as true, since it is not yet writ
that all railroad men are liars.
Perhaps the most striking portion of
President Rea's address, however, is that
in which he solemnly renounces respon-
sibility of the railroads for condition
which he pictures. He said:
II large numbers of railroad men
and others depending on railroads
for every character OF supplies and
work are out of employment and a
general loss of confidence exists and
suspicion has been engendered, no
attempt must be made to place this
responsibility upon the railroad
management. They have issued
warnings and made petition for fair
dealing, but without effect.
Thus the responsibility for most de-
plorable state of affairs, becoming worse
with each days delay in granting the
necessary increase in rates. is placed
Squarely where it belongs. The admin
istration cannot escape it, because as
surely as the plight OF the railroads is
daily growing worse, so surely are the
American people daily becoming more
convinced that their claims are just
claims, that they cannot longer be denied
the right to earn living profit without
imperiling the country's commerce, in
dustry. and prosperity.
As though it were a last resort, PreSi-
dent Rea suggests that investors and
holders OF railroad securities assert
their rights and exert their influence in
legitimate way. There is weight and
in his concluding remarks:
This statement is not made to predict |
calamity. but it is made to prevent ca
lamity, and because heretofore we have
used our efforts to influence investors
from asserting their right. But we will
no longer occupy that position while
other interests in this country petition
for their own speci:l welfare and are
having the benefits of legislative protec-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
THE OPEN FORUM.
Washington Already Has One Statue
of Count de Crasse.

To the Editor: have seen recently
the proposition advanced to erect a statue
to the Count de Grasse. the distinguished
French naval officer. who played such a
prominent part in the Revolutionary war
This idea is a good ne. but there Is one
thing which should not be forgotten by
those advocating IL.
There is already a statue Of the Count
de Grasse in this city
Around and below the principal figure
on the monument erected to the MarquiS
de Ia Fayette are grouped four other
statues of distinguished French officers
The Count de Rochambeau. marshal of
France and lieutenant general In the
French army. who commanded the
French forces at the siege Of Yorktown:
the Count de Grasse. lieutenant general
OF the French naval forces. who COM
manded the blockading fleet at Yorktown:
Brigadier General du PortaiI chief OF
engineers under Gen. Washington AT
Yorktown. and Count d Estaing. admiral
In the French Navy. who rendered dis
tinguished services during thf RevoIu-
tionary war.
II Is true that not far away from this
monument stands the Rochambeau mon
ument. and that We have in the city two
statues of the same man, erected in the
same park.
The question therefore arises. do We
want to repeat this rather peculiar con-
dition/of things. and erect a second statue
OF another foreigner in this city. how
ever useful and beneficial his services
may have been to the country?
/ have been informed that. when the
monument, TO Rochambeau was erected
the fact that there was already one
statue of him in the same park was MT
noticed until ,he monument was practf-
cally completed.
l simply want to call attention to the
fact that there is already one statue OF
the Count de Grasse in the city, and I
have no desire to oppose the erection ~
second one. IL such is seriously con-
templated.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
HENRY RANDALL WEBB.
President Right on Canal Tolls.

To the Editor: That the policy of the
President should be attacked on account
of the change in his point of view in
regard to the canal tolls excites much
surprise in the minds of all real lovers
Of their country.
What the jingoes do not seem to grasp
is that the honor of the United States
~ at stake. Suppose we did build the
canal. Some OF the details connected
with its building do not reflect any
great credit on us as nation. Are We
always to go on cheapening ourselves be
fore the world? Are We to stand like a
great mastiff, backed by our immensc
territorial possessions and our boasted
wealth. wrestling territory from weaker
powers and breaking our treaties with
other great nations?
II a larger number had ATTENDED the
Congress on Rivers and HarbOrs held At
the New Willard I'm this city and heard
the very exhaustive report from Canad4
and made a note OF the enormous COS,
OF the Improvements she has made in
her waterways and which she allows
our vessels to make use Of free Of toll.
certainly that report would have taught
them something
An intimate knowledge OF what murh
smaller countries are doing would help
to clarity the views of all those who are
CRY lHs out against the very Just position
in regard to the tolls To he exacteI on
our canal. advocated by President vii
son.
The role OF prophet. especially a
prophet Of evil. is always thankf,.-s
one. but the time may come when our
aSGressiveness, coupled with our t-Uken
pledges, may excite the indignation nf
what will then he known a. the allied
powers Of the world. and we may bc ar
rested and flung back" just as We are
vaulting into the saddle of universal
dominion. as was Napoleon. With one
accord then. on any question touching
so closely our national honor. let rs
mold up the hands of our President
HARPTET EIEIIED ,-pt-,-r-
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
WOULD MAKE KENTUCKY DRY.

Frankfort. Ky. March 1.-THE Webb
bill providing for Statewide prohibition
in Kentucky was before the House Of
Representatives toda.. The bill would
make the State dry after July l. 1917, and
prohibit the manufacture of liquor after
Jul- I. 1919 Under the Frost bill. which
passed the House yesterday, all of Ken
lucky except Louisville and two or three
counties containing large cities will be
dry. The bill provide that a local option
election may be ordered on petition of
> per cent of the voters of a county.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

Almost unbelievable is the assertion
that the officials of the Missouri Ath-
letic Club, which was destroyed by fire,
in which between thirty and forty lives
were lost. had been warned months ago
that the building was unsafe. Yet the
evidence seems beyond dispute The
chief of the ST. Louis fire department
says he warned the club personally.
and the former building commissioner
declares he was compelled to go to law
% compel the construction of fire stair
way in the building. If this loss of life
had occurred under such circumstances
IN factory instead of club, some ar
rests would have been made by this time.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
The Gospel According to Ben johnson
And the Gospel According to ST. John

Representative Ben Johnson. chair
man of the Committee on the District
of Columbia, concluded his speech In
the House of Representatives on Mon
day. March 3. as follows:
In conclusion let me literally para
phrase what John says in the Good
Book"
Because thou hast been seen,
thou hast believed; blessed are they
that have not been seen and have
believed.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
NAVAL ORDERS.

Lirut. CoIrsnarIer NJ. ST a. Eli- d,tacIrr,l
Cleveland: To t,tnI-rtry duty intfcph
Eusisn AunrI ~'liilnr. detached citing ship
At Marc Island. tIL. To Cleveland.
SurE. 4 " puul.ir. d,tached Naval Hospital
Washington. u e.. March Is. 1914: to Hert
geun, Atlantic Ty-,nr heet. -..
Passed Assistant SrrE p L. Woois. To Naval
Hospital WashingtrI. u. g.
Assistant Surs \. Barrow VI. Il c. 1"
naval training iAtp.H. Newport, II. l.
MARINE CORPS ORDERS
Lieut. Col r. T. Kane. detached Army Scrrirr
Schools. Fort La'c"w"rth. Mans: To- r,fmrnInd Ma.
rine Barracks. l'rr.aCnla, Fla.
Mai e. g. Viii irtarhHd Army SSTyicc Sch0olS.
Fort Lesvenrcrth Mans; 10 duty First Advance
Base Brigade. G..
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

The gospel Of st. John. chapter 90.
verse 80. reads:
Jesus saith unto him; because
thou hast seen me, thou hast be-
lieved: blessed are they that have
not seen and yet have believed,
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

Washington really thought it was 60
ing to do those Virginians, living in the
territory that once belonged to the Dis
trict of Columbia, a favor by letting
them come back 1t turns out, however,
that they don't want to come, because
they don't like the. way our municipal
affairs are managed for us. Looking
over the list of foolish and childish
regulations in great number" which res
idcnts of Alexandria County included
in their resolutions actually makes us
feel sorry for ourselves, and we don't
blame the Virginians a bit.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
Quick Transformation.

A young minister was invited to pass
his vacation at the summer home OF a
wealthy member Of his congregation. The
little daughter watched the young man
closely during the visit. and one morning
sat down beside him ana began TO draw
on her slate.
What are you doing?'' the minister in
quired.
I'm going to draw your picture" re-
piled the child
The young man sat very still, and the
little girl worked away earnestly. Sud-
denly she stopped and compared her
work with the original
Il don't like II very much she said.
81 guess III put a tail on IT and call 1t
a dog.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

We haven't a recent photograph of
Mary Richardson. but after a peep at a
copy of the Rokeby Venus we incline to
the theory that jealousy lent strength
to Militant Mary's good right arm when
she welded her little hatchet on the
Velasquez masterpiece in the British
National Gallery.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
Knew Ii Was Possible.

The Disgusted Golfer-Have you ever
seen such rotten play?
The Weary Caddie Cwho has caddied
three days for only his bare wage)-No,
sir. but I've read of it in the comic
papers.-Sketch.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

:. Our information is that the Pennsyl-
vania woods are just full of folks who
are waiting for an opportunity to vote
against former Forester Pinchot for the
Senate.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

The man who pays the income tax
might as well make up his mind now
to one fact: He will be looked upon
with envy by One-half the people, and
with suspicion by the other half.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
Exact.

Judge-What is your age, madam?
Witness - Twenty-seven and some
months.
Judge-1 want your exact age, please.
How many months?
Witness-One hundred and twenty
Boston Transcript
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
In the Arms of the Law.

Mr.. Tippler 1who is being carried to the
station house by two policemen)-"Ish aw-
fully good of you fellows. l hope I'm not
taking you out of your way."-Pearson's
Weekly.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
Thar's IL.

Somehow you seem TO have grown
shorter instead Of taller, since / last
saw you"
Well. I've married and settled down"
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

"A goat and man are the only ami
mails that will chew tobacco" says a
church paper. Yes. and they are like
wise the only animals that will butt in.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
Wasted Eloguence.

Apropos of the Secretary of States
popularity as a lecturer, they are telling
in Washington a story that is, no doubt,
quite false:
Il lost $50 last night"
So Mr.. Bryan is said to have COM
planned to one Of his secretaries the other
morning.
Lost $50! Not speculating. 1 hope,
chief?'
No said the Secretary. Talking in
my sleep.'-New York Tribune
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

English bishops have decided to re-
tain the word obey in the marriage
service. As if it made any difference.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

One of the Misses Pankhurst has
again thrust herself into the arms of
the British police.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

- A news dispatch says that because GOO
members OF Kelly's on-to-Washington
army of hoboes have deserted and Kelly
and his heutenants are in jail charged
with vagrancy, many of the men are
losing interest in the trip" Those fel-
lows certainly are easily discouraged,
but it doesn't annoy Washington in the
least.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

1t is just too bad. An Englishman
paid 5000 for flea not long ago, and
now the flea has escaped and he can't
catch it,
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

How funny our language is. Some
mighty small men are running at large.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

We will venture the prediction that
the first man to don a straw hat this
spring will be some gink who doesn't
amount to a hoot.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

1t Is a wonder that the farmers don't
get along better, with all the rest of the
people advising them.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

And speaking of this suffrage question,
some of us are beginning to have a
sncaking suspicion that the Senate is
henpeCked.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

But it will soon be time to rummage
around and see if you can find your fly
sWatter.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12

\ new brand of politics has appeared
in Texas. 1t is called Prohibition Pro-
grcssive Democracy" 1t may bs all
right, but it sounds dangerous.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-12
Morning Smiles,
Worth Trying.

If Great Britain refuses to recognize
Caranza he may retaliate by recognizing
Mrs. Pankhurst-Chicago News