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The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
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The British Parliamens yesterday en-
tered session so fraueht with poten-
tiaiities for the future of the empire
that even the observer 5000 miles away
finds something more than Jest in
otherwise laughabie incidentals to the
opening. The searching of the cellars
of the House of Commons, . perfume
torily followed custom since Guy
Fawkes' attempt was made notable
business of the day by policemen whose
electric torches supplanted the Ian
thorns of the picturesque yeonaen of
the guard-and this because the mill
tart suffragettes were about Yet the
votes-for-women cause is quite over
shadowed by the question of Irish
home rule, which evoked from a
spokesman of the Unionists declara-
tion that for the first time in cen
turtles Great Britain is confronted with
civil war, 10000 men in Ulster now
training under arms to resist this home
rule bill.
These were among the outward signs
of but two issues. OF vast importance.
affecting the whole world, is the navy
program, determining Great Britain's
relation to Germany in the race" of
battleship building. There are, besides,
the Welsh church disestablishment bill,
the Reconstruction" bill, affecting the
status of the House of Lords; the bill
against plural voting, and several meas
ures affecting education and housing Of
the poor and other interior affairs.
The present session of the Parlia-
ment seems indeed to approach climax
of the British Empires affairs. The
Congress of the United States, whose
transactions have kept it in almost
constant sitting for nearly four years.
has seemed to have nearly immeasura-
bic tasks to do. Even with the Mcxi-
can troubles which the present admin
istration inherited from its predecessor.
our government has less of labor than
has the Parliament. The Kings
address was said in the dispatches from
London to have been a "colorless re-
cital of events already recorded" An
alysis of the program before Parlia-
ment will lead the severest critic to
pardon his majesty for not putting
color into his address-especialIy green
or yellow.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
The Morale of the Canal.

For the public to pass now upon the
innocence or guilt of John Burke,
whom Col Goethals has suspended
from the Office of manager of the COM
missary department of the Panama
Cana Zone pending an investigation of
charges of graft against Mr.. Burke.
would be as unjustly premature as for
an official TO adjudge the case before
it is tried. Yet it is no. improper
to declare the judgment that Col.
Goethals did not act preraturely in
suspending Mr.. Burke.
The Panama Canal, its construction
and maintenance, must be free from a
faint of suspicion. That vast project
offers not only great problems of
science, but equally difficult problems
of morals. Following the corruption
which befouled the futile endeavors of
the French company to construct a
canal across the isthmus the project
of the United States was expected.
even by some of its advocates, to be
accompanied with at least enough of
graft to make a constant series of scan-
dals.. There was among the people
of the United States belief that so
large public work as the construction
of the canal could not be done by the
n
quent and even gross dishonesty as had
characterized certain projects of less
Yet, so far, the construction of the
Panama Canal has been nearly free
from the taint of graft. With the ex-
ception of one or two instances in
which the government itself. rather
than the employees cr contractors di-
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
GROWING BETTER!

The world Is growing better
And wiser every day,
And Christian love Is broader
In its universal sway.
The optirnist h working
For a higher. lOftier sphere.
Where hope and truth shall linscr
Every hour and day and year.
, The world is still progressing
In science. love, and ART,
Diffusing richest blessing
In the home and soul and heart.
And matchless man is moving
To prorei and still increase
The reign u equal justice
With the Trince Of perfect pc1oc!
The day Is surely coming
When all creeds shall find a way
To unite their blind contention
with imperial Christian sway.
With truth and love the masters
To rule our birth and life.
And charity. the angel.
To guide Us in each strifei
JOHN A JOYCE
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

More evidence that Japan is rapidly
forging abreast of the United States.
Naval officers are accused of graft, the
cabinet refuses to act. a mass meeting
adopts resolutions of impeachment and
a mob attacks Parliament for failure
to oust the cabinet; cheers and jeers
and a fist fight on the floor OF the
legislative hall. No wonder Japan is
insistent upon her rights as a most
favored nation.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

Burglars in Pittsburgh are hypnotic
ing their victims before proceeding to
rob, so the dispatches report. Two
women whose homes have been visited
report that the burglars came in pairs
and while one made passes" with his
hands the other did the looting. The
method is not at all new. only in most
cases previously reported the man who
made the passes with his hands held a
pistol Another explanation is that
Pittsburgh women victims hypnotized
the reporters.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

~
|rectly concerned. wss accused of In
|propriesles,s the tremendous work has
proceeded % snoothiy. 70 effectively,
with 10. romplete liberty from sinis-
ter influences. Is to inspire the people
with very nearly new kind of patriot
ism. constructive patriotism, that
|6nds its satisfaction and pride in the
peaceful achievement Of useful creation
rather than in the more spectacular
destructiveness of battle and conquest.
With this new kind Of patriotism the
United States has with the passing of
each year a more splendid opportunity
in the leadership Of the world. The
development of this nations own vast
resources within the States and in
Alaska and the insular possessions, and
the proffering of aid to other nations,
if they need it. for the development
of their resources, can go forward cas-
lily. il the nations name is an assur-
anee of honest work honestly done.
The popular skepticism of the past is
made to give way to a new and Wig
orous faith.
This is not small lesson for even
this great work to have taught. Ii Is
lesson commensurate with the task
To destroy the value Of the lesson
would be to destroy in very consider
able degree the usefulness of the canal.
1t is well, therefore, that there should
be no time lost in the cleansing away
of any spots that may smirch the name
of United Statcs-governrnent-done-
work. 1t is to be hoped that Mr..
Burke will be shown not to have been
guilty of anything improper. but in the
meantime a separation of him from the
service Is desirable.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
ARMY ORDERS.

Leave for fourteen days Is granted Second Lieut..
George c. Bowen. Twentieth Infantry.
Leave uanted Mai. Isaac c. Jenks. infantry. in
special orders, No. Is January 81. 1914. War Depart
ment. is extended two days.
Leave granted Second Lieut.. Arthur Bcettcher,
Eighteenth Infantry in special orders. No. So De
csmber q pl3. War Department. Is extended four
teen days.
Paragraph .. special orders. No. 2. FEBRUARY >
lsa. War Department. Is reroked. The resignation
by Mai William B. Rochester. Quartermaster
Corps, Of his commission as an officer Of the army
has been accepted by the President. to take efecr
February 70, 1874.
Leave for month Is granted First Lieut..
Donald c. Cubbison. Fith ARTILLERY
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
DENIAL IN COL. PERKINS CASE.
Daniels Did Not Say He Would UrEe
Reinstatement Bill.

Secretary Daniels yesterday denied he
had given any members Of Congress as
surances OF any character indicating he
would recommend passage Of the pending
bill for the reinstatement of Lieut.. Col.
C. N. Perkins. who was forced out Of
the Marine Corps by a board of officers in
1907. on the ground that he was mentally
incompetent. Mr.. Daniels denied also he
had told members of the Georgia delega-
ton, who are very active in behalf of
Col Perkins, that the officer was ''the
American Dreyfus.'
Mr.. Daniels has had the case under con-
sideration six months but has not made
up his mind what 20 do. He is satisfied
Col. Perkins is a man of idiosyncrasies.
but Is not satisfied as TO the proceedings
by which he was eliminated from the
Marine Corps.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
Poor Man.

President Elliott. of the New Haven
Railroad. condemning socialism. said:
MAN is an acauisitive animal, and So
cialism can't come until he loses his ac-
quisitiveness. That will be never.
1.-THE seven ages of man have been well
tabulated by somebody or other on an
acquitisive basis. Thus:
T" First age-Sees the earth.
Second age-Wants 1t.
Third age-Hustles to get 1t.
Fourth age-Decides to be satisfied
with only about half of 1t.
Fifth age-Becomes still more mod
crate.
"-Sixth age-Now content to possess a
six-by-two strip Of 1t.
Seventh age-Gets the strip. "-Ex-
change.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
oppo.cd to Radinm Bill.

Opposition to the Walsh bill giving the
United States a monopoly of radium-
bearing ores was voiced before the Com
mittee on Mines and Mining by c. c.
willmarth. of Montrose. Colo. He declared
that competition among radium producers
would lower the price quite as effectively
as IL the government goes into the busi-
ness
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

\ New Jersey judge, in acquitting
a preacher of charge made by fem
inine member of his flock, rendered
an opposite verdict in the case of the
court room audience, when he said /:
"As / look at this crowd before me
cannot but realize that the majority
of you are scandal-loving rubbernecks,
who are here out of curiosity because
a minister is invoved in the case" It's
a safe bet that when women vote for
judges in that Jersey town there will be
an early change on the bench.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

The name of the sponsor for the
Dies bill, relating to civil service en-
ployes, introduced in the House of
Representatives yesterday, spells the
fate of the measure. 1t will doubtless
meet it in the committee on reform of
the civil service, to which it was re-
ferred. But for the past performances
of the gentleman from Texas it could
readily be believed that the bill was
introduced in spiri. of mockery and
that the failure to insert a clause pro-
viding for hanging all civil service en-
ployes at the end of their ten years
tenure was a mere oversight.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
what an Inch of Rain Means.

An inch of rainfall is equivalent to 6cS
barrels of forty-fve gallons each. to the
acre. This amount of water weighs over
II. tons. Think Of hauling 1t to the
farms In wagons holding ton each.
That seemingly light ,.ir and clouds are
capable Of handling this enormous amout
Of water Is one OF the marvels OF me-
teorology. One inch OF rain Is not such
a heavy. rainfall, either.-Farm and Fire.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
Morning Smiles.
An Adyantage,

There's one consolation about the pres
ent drama"
And what's that"
when I get old and am a grandmother
! don't believe my grandchildren will be
able to take me to a play that will shock
me."-Detroit Free Press
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
Hindus File Objection.

DIR. Bishen Singh. of Stockton. Cal,
Hindu scholar representing Pacific Coast
Hindu societies. accompanied by Prof.
Sudhindra Bose. OF the University OF
Iowa, formerly OF Calcutta. made an
emphatic protest against the exclusion
Of Hindu emigrants from this country
to Chairman Burnett. of the House I'm
migration Committee. Representative
Towner. of Iowa, introduced the two
HIndus
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
Cheap Exercise.

Sir Archibald Geikle. who has received
the coveted Order Of Merit, Is a great
collector of Scottish anecdotes.
One of his best is about a funeral in
Glasgow. where a stranger took a seat
In one of the mourning coaches The
other three occupants of the carriage
were rather curious to know who he
was. and at last one Of them began to
question him. The dialogue went like
this:
"Ye'n be a brither o. the CORP
Ma, I'm no brither o the CORP
"Weel. yell be his cousin?'
NO, I'm no a cousin"
AT any rate, yen be a frien' O. the
CORP"
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
Pro.pcrity on Increase.

Webster. Mass. Feb. n-In evidence
OF a renewal of industrial prosperity. the
]. b. Martin Velvet Company today
granted a voluntary increase of Z per
cent in wages to its 100 employees. and
the Manhasset Manufacturing Company
doubled the number Of its employees. en-
gaging 400 more.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

The Philadelphia team has released
Player lineup. Which is to say that
he got canned. ~
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
FAMILY ROW ON TIGHT WIRE.
wife, Suing for Divorce, Says Hus-
hand Deliberately Kicked Her on.

That her husband kicked her while they
were performing on a ughtrope was
charged by Mrs. Vivian L. Cahill before
Judge Foell yesterday in her divorce suit
against Michael Cahill.
I'VE had a wire act. and he deliberate
ly kicked me from the wire ten feet high
several times in rehearsal she said.
II left him Thanksgiving day. 1872. be-
cause I was afraid to work with him any
longer. On January Il, 1912. while We
werc rehearsing in Convention Hall, KAN
sas City. he threw me from the wire
THE next time was at Athens. Ga.
We had a trick where I went between
his feet on the wire. and he deliberately
kicked me. / fell to the stage but did
my best to prevent the audience from
seeing that was hurt"--chicaso Trib-
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
Hot ART

The Lung-Tester Man-Nine hundred
and seventy-two, That beats the record.
sir,
The Gentleman from Kansas tproudly)-
jest wish We had one OF them machines
to hum! I'll bet big apple I'd get the
next nomination for Congress from our
district,-Puck
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
HigI, Praise.

Managcr-Mr. Smith, Of late your work
has been very perfunctory.
Smith eagerly interrupting)-Mr. Jones.
I've been working here for three months
now, and. though ] have tried my best.
that's the first bit OF praise I have re-
ceived since i've been here. Thank you!
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
Devey's Idea.

Admiral Dewey once described quantity
in Washington a man. who was a bor-
rover and u sponger:
:He is one of those chaps that one occa-
sionally meets the admiral said, who
use all their friends as coaling stations
Exchange.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

Mr.. Hobson is ungrateful. 1t was
Mr.. Underwood who discovered"
Hobson and, introduced a resolution
to give him the thanks of Congress
for sinking the Merrimac.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
NAVAL ORDERS.

Lieut.. r. u. McCary detached B,reau Of Oru-
nsnce: to Crawford. England tworks yicscrs Ltdl
Assistant Pa5masters King Terser. H. r. Tudor.
-Jcsiah Merritt q. c. simmons. G.. q. Holland. and
Andrew Mowzt. Temporary duty Burcau of Suppbcs
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
Appropriate.

Here is a brilliant essay on appendi-,
citis."
Il suppose it is illustrated with CUTS
Baltimore American.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

We have suspicion that somebody
has been tampering with the war news
from Tampico.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

Your President is great man"
says Pancho Villa. True, but we would
be just as happy if Villa hadn't said it.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

We have it on good authority that
there are some society people who en-
joy the unique distinction of never
having been divorced.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

When a man has accumulated mil
lion marks in Germany he may be con-
sidered as having made his mark.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

II is said that Mexico is buying all
the guns in Texas. If this is true it
is a good thing for Mexico. but more
especially for Texas.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
THE WIND GHOSTS.
Copyright. 1914

Copyright. lsii.)
1t may be as some Poets say,
The winds that bluster noisily
Are spectres of some other day
Come back in dolo5ous array
To moan o'er yOY and me.
Poor shrieking souls. the restless dead
OF ages now forever spent.
Returning full (of tears unshed
To fll our heafts with thoughts of dread,
Our ears win their lament
At-views so gloomy and so grave
I've neither time nor wish to scon.
But judged fby how those winds behave.
II they are ghosts I'll warrant they've
Come batk X to blow us or
And not to add unto cur cares
With woes OF theirs.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
Not What He Meant.

1t was Smiths first Sunday as usher In
church. and he was a bit flustered. Turn
ing to a lady who entered he said: This
way. madam, and I'll sew you into
sheet. Transcript
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

A dispatch from Mexico City says
Huerta went to church last Sunday.
"When the devil was sick, the devil a
saint would be-"
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

An exchange says the tango is
strictly a Caucasian function. Is this
a boast or a confession?
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
A Frosty Discourse.

Mother-Tommy. what was the golden
text at Sunday school today"
Tommy twho lives in AlaskaD-Let me
see. Oh. yes! Many are cold. but few
are frozen.-Judge
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

The way that Mayor Curley, of Bos-
ton, is taking hold of his job is making
some peope's hair stand on end.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

We never know how weak OUR army
and navy are until the appropriation
bills come up in Congress.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

Hans Schmidt says he is willing to
hang for the murder that he committed,
and this makes it unanimous.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

Many man has gone long on the
market only to find himself short on
settlement day.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
How u Looked to Him.

This Illustration of the tango is credited
to an Arkansas City negro:
Dat tango. boss, am sort OF a easy
motion. Ye jis go a stealing along easy
like ye didn't have any knee joints and
wuz walkin' on eggs that cost 10 cents
a dozen."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

A girl always thinks she has Greek
profile if she can wear nose glasses.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY ,L 1914

Sit steady. Friday, the 18th, will be
here in few days.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
Repugnant.

''our boy has such a refined sense Of
humor.''
"Yes: I've noticed he evinces the great
est dislike to anything resembling the
slapstick. judge
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
New York Hotel Arrivals.

SPECIAL 10 The Washington Herald
New York, Feb. l0.-washingtonian
arrived and registered today as follows:
Broxtell- 5I Fourth Avenue
W. c. Humphreys Miss NJ Curran
Herald Square Mrs. N. johnson.
r. e. Woodward. 2i5 Fourth Avenue
Miss 8. ii. Boxer.
Arrivals from Baltimore were: ID. Lar
rabee, Grand: r.. @. Reid, Hoffman
House: N. Salad. Broadway Central; y.
Liberles. Netherland: Miss NJ Palardy,
2i4 Church street: F. NJ German, sS4
Fourth avenue; L. Nicholson, 40 Fourth
avenue: Miss J. A. Troy. Miss. ]. NJ
Armstrong, 20 Fifth avenue: I. NJ. Par
sons. Is East Twenty-sixth street; A.
sneIlenburg. 12s1 Broadway
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
A Line o Cheer Each Day o
tn Year.

written expressly for The Herald)
By JOHN KENDRrCK BANGS.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11

Both Democratic and Republican men,
bers Of the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee will confer with President
Wilson today regarding trust legislation.
A meeting of the committee will be
held Friday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-31

our7srGHr 1910 1911. sY HARPER BROTHERS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-31

"Eh. there you arer' Alfarez cried as
he caught sight of Kirk. You are ar
restr"
What for:"
Gentlemen. you will be so kind as
TO geeve the names. yes? The lodge
will desire to make inquiries regarding
those sopper to Senior Cortian' las
night"
At that moment the building began
to shake and reverberate as No. 5 roll
ed in from Colon. bearing John Weeks,
American consul, and Mr.. Williams of
st. Louis in one of the forward coach
es. AS the two hurried out through
the turnstiles they found the street
blocked by a considerable crowd, evil
IDENTIFY interested in something quite
apart from the arrival of the morning
train. But before they could learn the
cause out from the nearby building
came Ramon Alfarez, accompanied by
several policemen and a group of rail
road employees, among whom was
Kirk Anthony.
There he isr' wheezed the CONSUL
clutching at his companions arm.
"Get him now before his friends"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-31
CHAPTER XIV.


f8t Cortlandt had never known
/ RzS@ess5 her husband to show sucl
| Gszs9 stubborn force Failing to
/ dominate him as usual, she was filled
with n strange feeling of helplessness
and terror.
you had no right to accept such
evidence" she stormed.
BAH Why try to fool me? 1 have
your own words for it. The other aft
ernoon / came home sick-with my
head. was on the gallery outside
when you We're pleading with him, and
heard it oil. But he was growing
tired of you. That. you know, makes
it all the more effective He smiled
in an agoniZed fury.
''You--cur"' she cried. with the fury
OF one beating barehanded at a barred
door. You had no right to do such n
thing even If were guilty"
Fright. Aren't you my wife,"
The look she gave him was heavy
with loathing THAT means nothing
with us. l never loved You. and You
know IL. You never could have sue
ceeded without me. All you have is
due TO me-even your reputation in
the service. Your success, your influ-
ence. It is all mine. The debt is all
on your side. as you and ] and all the
world know"
who made me n manikin?" he de-
manded. with womanish fury. a fury
that had been striving for utterance
these many years. l had ambitions
and hopes and ability once-not much
perhaps. but enough-before you mar
hui I
was getting along l had confidence.
too, but You took 1t away from me.
You-you absorbed me. You had your
fathers brain. and IL was too big for
me. II overshadowed mine. In a way
you were n vampire, for what / had
you drained me OF. But tonight. when
he got up before those other men and
dargied my shame before my eyes, l
had enough manhood left I'm me to
strike back. Thank God for that at
least, Maybe it's not too late yet for
me TO be a man. Maybe IL / get away
from you and try His voice died out
weakly. In his face there was mis-
cradle half CLEAN OF hope.
az never knew you felt ike that.
never knew yOu could feel that way"
she said in a colorless voice. But
you made n terrible mistake
do you mean 10 say You don't love
him?"
mo. / have loved him for a long
time. can't remember when it be-
gan" She spoke very lhstlessly, look
ing past him as IL at long familiar
picture which she was tired OF con-
Il never knew what love
was before; 1 never even dreamed I'd
give my life right now to undo what
you have done. just for his sake. for
be Is innocent. Oh. don't sheer: It's
true. He loves the Garavel girl and
wants to marry her. I'm going TO tell
you the whole truth now without spar |
nG myself. II began. I think. mt Ia |
oogn. that night when he kissed me. |
Il was the only time he ever did such |
, thing. II was dark. we were alone.
was frightened. and 1t was purely !