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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28
ey Depew's Experience with Railroad Col Sellers
written Expressly for The Washington Herald)
By E.. J.. EDWARDS.

!, but IL was confined to his personality.
With q raise of his hand he identified
upon the map an imaginary railroad. He
told me that the construction of that
railroad would save the .Vanderbilts and
prevent their being bottled up. In the
most matter-of-fact manner he intimated
that IL / could prevail upon Mr.. Wander
bilt to give him an advance of thirty
million dollars the road would surely be
constructed and the Vanderbilts would
be saved.
This man was intensely in earnest.
I really felt sorry for him when I told
him that 1t would be impossible for me
to recommend his plan to Mr.. Wander
bfit
He stopped over and began to roll
up his map. When he had got II about
half rolled up he stopped and, standing
before me with great dignity. said: You
had better give my plan further con-
sideration. 1t certainly will prove to be
the saving of the Vanderbilts.'
IT told him again 1t would be I'M
possible for him to lay his plan be-
fore Mr.. Vanderbilt. He went on roll
ing up his map. When he had at last
finished rolling and had begun to tie the
map up he said: Mr.. Depew, can't you
report this plan? Is this your final an
swerr
Again i told him that could not
consider the proposition. Strengthening
himself up and locking at me very stern
ly. as though he were man Of utmost
Importance, he said: Well. Mr.. Depew,
at least you can. in view of my trouble
and my interest in the Vanderbilts pro-
vide me with free transportation back
again to my home
Il 'gratified this supplemented Colonel
Sellers by securing fer him the free
transportation which he asked"
Copyrght lsiAl
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At Washington Hotels.

NationaI-H. Joseph. l.. NJ. Uhr, ]. s.
Fischer. Robert +. Mcdonald. X q.
Fread. L. Sake. @. W. Naylor, b. II.
Wallace, ii. Bucher. Sol. NJ. Rothenheirn.
A. l.. Ash, Charles Heidelberger. A. NJ.
Pye. and William II. Powell. OF New
York: c. L. Gatewood and 8. l. Lindsay.
of Richmond, Va: F. A. Finnerty, X.
Hanlon and @. A. Leddy. OF Boston:
George Stark, Thomas J. Doyle. Charles
Gerkes. jr., A. Myers. William Malkon,
Charles Z. Ingals and William Lee. OF
Philadelphia: A. Fisher. OF Detroit: Mr..
and Mrs George o. Mullen. Of Whining
ton, Del: J. F. McCornish. z. W. Roller,
Bernard Moses. G. E. Power. J. W. Smith,
Max Coplan and J. W. Douglas, of Balti-
more; George o. Mills. of Cleveland, and
G. T. Tonge, Of Birmingham, Ala.
Powhatan-Jee !. Wolfe, Albert
Nelson. Ben AK. NJ. Kosh, Mrs.
Robert W. Chambers, W. o. Bird
sail and wife, New York: c. f.
Holcourt. Boston: ]. p. Hill and wife,
Charles II. Schnin, Baltimore: S. R. Man.
ming. Philadelphia: J. c. Ebitt and wife,
Pennsylvania: c. G. Wallace. Fayette-
willie. n. c.; Fred B. Sides. Detroit.
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TO DISCUSS INCORPORATION.
Alexandria Countians VIII Take Up
Matter ut Meeting.

The campaign which has been con-
Quoted for several weeks by the Pub
lie Service Association for the incor-
poration of Alexandria County will be
brought to an issue at a mass meeting
to be held at the county courthouse
tomorrow night.
The executive committee Of the asso-
citation has been in touch with leading
business and professional men through
out the county. as well as the many
government employees. and it is the
consensus of opinion that the time is
ripe for change in the form OF county
government and that Incorporation ap-
pears to be the best solution of the
problem to secure many needed i'm
proyements.
Representatives from the various
committees and citizens organizations
will be present at the meeting and in
response to the call Of the chair. will
give their views on the subject, after
which vote will he taken as to
whether the matter shall be carried to
the State legislature.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28
DUMMY DIRECTORse I.
! POSSIBLE UNDER BILL
Newlands Measure. Under Preparation.
to Prohibit Interloekins. Might
Revive Them.
CONDITIONS HERE CONSIDERED

The text OF Senator Newlands' bill pro-
hIbiting interiocking directorates 10
awaited with considerable interest.
Outlines OF the bill given out oficially
are declared In some quarters to accom-
plish very little In the way Of actually
changing existing conditions. While a
director In two or more corporations must
release his directorates in all except one.
at the same time. II he Is a stock.
holder. he can name MS representative.
who. OF course. will vote as the stock.
holder desires.
There arc many instances now In
which directors are mere fgureheads.
The actual sitting of controlling forces
at the present time Is due in no small
part to the agitation which sprang up
several years ago against dummy d.
rectors." The dummy director" now
largely Is eliminated. The question Is
being asked often these days as to
whether the proposed law will rs-cre-
ate him.
For instance no one believes that
the Morgan firm members who volun-
tarily left certain directorates are also
giving up their holdings. The per-
that are filled in. will reveal that the
latter Is not the case
In a comparatively small community.
such as Washington. there are numer-
Gus instances OF interlocking director
ates. How far II has worked to the
Inconvenience or hurt of conditions is
an open question.
To prohibit a continuance Of such a
condition IN this city. however, will
bring about many changes in the direc-
torates OF banks and other financial in
situations of Washington and also bring
about changes in the boards of local
railways.
To take a concrete example, Henry
Hurt is a director in the Capital Trsc-
ton Company. the Riggs National Bank
and the American Security and Trust
Company.
Under the terms of the bill as outlined
Err. Hurt will be compelled to leave two
Of the three boards. Several other cases
of a similar nature may be cited.
So far as Mr.. Hurt Is concerned he is
frank to say that he has no objection
whatever to leaving two boards. but
owning stock in all three corporations
IL Is not likely that he will care to
neglect his interests in the two corpora
tons in which he must surrender official
connection. W. ;.
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Why Not the Ionic?

In Brookville, Pa, two days ago
Judge John w. Reed, in granting thirty
seven retail liquor licenses and foul
brewers licenses, declared in court tina
he knew he had dug his politica
grave" but that he would not "sacri6cs
his Interpretation of the law for politi
cal preferment"
In the legislature at Albany, N. Y.
a bill prepared by the Anti-Saloor
League is to be introduced, which pro.
vides that the skull and cross bone:
poison label shall be pasted on all beer
and whiskey bottles.
These two items of news indicate Z
state of affairs in the two. greatest
States of the Union quite out of har.
mony with the spirit of liberty which
actuated the founders of the American
republic Why should beer. or even
whisky, be labeled with the skull and
cross bones warning of poison? Why
should a judge consider it digging his
own political grave to administer the
law as it is written or as he interprets
it? On the contrary. does not Judge
Reed, by the very courage he displays,
prove that he is the very man Brook
vile needs and should keep on the
bench?
The liquor traffic must necessarily be
regulated; where it proves harmful 10
a community it should be restricted and
checked. Bot, too often, organizations
and individuals in different sections of
the country become overzealous. First
aiming 10 regulate, they next seek to
exterminate, the result frequently being
the antagonizing of those working for
a rational solution of the problem which
all may approve.
No amount of agitation or legal en-
actment can convince the European-born
citizen or the great majority of Amer
leans, for that matter, that beer-drinking
is wrong. 1t is part of the family
life of the German and he rightfu1ly
resents interference with it. The man
who occasionally takes beverage in his
own home with his meals is well within
his rights. To prevent him would be
no more justihable than for him to
force liquor down the throat of the
Total abstainer.
The benefits of prohibition are de-
batable. Usually it brings a trail of
"bootleggers," "speak-easies," blind
tigers and vile connections, injurious
to body and mind, and yielding enor-
nous profits to those who dispense it.
Many of those who were foremost in
advocating the abolition of the canteen
now confess that it resulted in more
harm than good to the soldiers. The
low saloon should have no friends,
Neither should Judge who licenses
breweries under the law be condemned.
The proposition to libel all beer and
whisky with skull and cross bones does
not so far enough. Two men recently
drank quart of hair tonic and died
Why not include the tonic!
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Morning Smiles.
And So Ad Indnifum.

Johnny. who is the son OF a commuter
gardener. knows the vegetables In the
garden In the only true way.
Johnny's father thought II a sign of
extreme precocity that a four-year-old
should tell a potato from a tomato. Just
to show his neighbor he ordered Johnny
to fetch a potato from the garden.
Johnny did it.
How do you tell a potato from a to-
mato?' asked the neighbor
"A potato has black bugs" Johnny
answered. and a tomato has green
Neale's Monthly.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

0MANY of those who served as presi,
lvl dents of American railroads more
than twenty years ago. and es-
pecially at the time just after the close
OF the civil war, would be able to write
story of their experiences from the
human-interest side which would contain
in the highest degree the quality OF
humor," said ex-senator Chauncey NJ
Depew to me recently. Il know that In
my own experience as a railway presi-
dent my burdens were sometimes lifted
momentarily by some OF the funniest
experiences that can be imagined.
have often said that had there been some
man of Dickens power to sketch char
acter he could have found in the ofices
Of the American railway presidents from
time to time many Micawbers
This is not SO much the case at the
present time, for today the heads of our
American railroads are almost without
exception men who have worked their
way up from positions as telegraph opera
tors or surveyors assistants or section
hands.
Let me tell you one Of my expert
ences. There came into my ONCE one
day a tremendously impressive person.
He staggered under the weight OF great
load, but with a skill worthy Of a sleight-
of-hand performer he tapped the roll out
with a single twitch of his wrist SO that
II lay exposed on my floor, completely
covering an office rug. Then he ad-
dressed me- His point was that the
railway managers of Chicago and the
West were going to combine In such
manner as to throttle the Vanderbilt
system.
IT looked very seriously at the man
and suppose my manner revealed an
intense interest, which I really felt. II
was not an interest in the mans PLAN
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28
A Little Too Much.

Conversation OF a couple OF newly
weds:
MY dear. you are very precious to
me-"
I'm so glad. honey. that you still
love me. Do you know. I have some
times been afraid / might be a burden
10 you-that l was not worth all have
cost you"
Never let such a thought as tina,
bother you again. little girl. You are
worth far more than you have ever cost
me, You are worth your weight in
strictly fresh eggs"
There! Now you are exaggerating
again. and you know how ! hate exag-
geration. Chicago Record Herald.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28
One Kind of Recipe.

Dear. will YOU please follow direc-
tons while | read the recipe? said MIS-.
waIbrook to her obedient husband. He
took the part while she read aloud:
First YOU mix a beaten batter.
Then you take earthen plattsa
Rat the batter in the platter
Without canOr, clash. or cAttel
stir it gently willis you scatter
Milk and sugar till the batter
In the platter srows much fattsl
Pour il in q dish that's natter
Than the frSt and earthen platterS
Tin will do: IL doesn't matter
So the fatter batter's fatter-
Then.
Gently lifting mp the stt0
F1atter batter. pour the battO
With . percolating patter
In the former earthen platter.
Without CHATTER, splash, OF spatts.
Now.
Once again in latter platter
Scatter fatter hatter batter
Catch your wife and throw IL at Ser"
were the last words of Marmion, for the
poor man was INSTRUMENTATION vir-
ginian.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

A Yonkers woman is advertising for
her missing husband whom she de-
scribes as a model and too good to
last" She says he was the best man
she ever knew. He washed, ironed,
scrubbed, pared potatoes, and cooked ;
never drank, smoked, gambled, stayed
out late. He always did as he was
told, she concludes in blanket compli-
ment.
Well, it is time he had vacation.
She says she doesn't want him arrested
but merely wants him back. She'll
never get him back unless he is ar
rested.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

Sundry persons and publications who
and which, actuated by the hope or by
far-fetched theorizing. were not long
ago predicting breach between the
President and his Secretary of State,
have become discreetly silent. They
are slowly being convinced that Mr..
Wilson has in his Cabinet no more
loyal supporter than Mr.. Bryan and no
adviser who enjoys his confidence more
completely. Mr.. Bryan. on two occa-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

While the physicians in New York
were disquieting themselves in vain
over ethical impersonality and quack
publicity, justice in Queens was up
holding one of the inalienable rights
of the iayman. A parent can dose his
infant offspring on EPSON salts and
castor oil and yet be immune against
punishment for practicing medicine TN
der the contemplation of the law,
averred the judge. Thus the inviolable
dignity of the home remedy is upheld.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28
Orders IL Orders.

prominent resident of a Western
city owns magnificent touring car
equipped with every modern improve
ment Recently he was taking a trip
across the State. Passing through a
small town about dusk. he was halted
by the town marshal. who ordered him
to light his lights. With a movement of
one hand he switched on the electric
lights, to the great CONSERVATION OF the
pompous marshal Recovering himself,
he thundered:
Young Teller. when / order you to
light your lights. / mean for you to get
out of the car and light 'em."-Houston
Post
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28
WOULD Jon MnrI .woRxz1&


.
Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 1.-THE United
hNne WORKER convention this afternoon
went on record as fsvoring . cons0lida-
uon OF the organisation with the Welt
ern Federation Of Miqers. The inter
national executive board was Instructed
% elect q committee to meet with q
similar COMMITTEES OF the Western Fed.
GRAFTON OF Miners, consider plans Of con-
sonoation. submit II to a referendum, and
report to the national convention.
This action was taken after the dele
sauon from the Western federation had
oeen heard In favor of such a move.
Ihe convention also adopted a resoiu-
non condemnine the influx of immigra-
uon ana instructing the international
executive committee to work with the
,ensiative committee in having passed
Avs which Will at least curtail immigra-
ton In this country. Neither the Dr.
nngnam Senate bill nor the Burnett
mouse immigration bill was indorsed.
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Poor, Innocent husband.

When wives have abusive husbands ar
rested they always repent a little later
You have had your husband arrested
for i'll treating you, and now you are
trying to have him discharged" said the
court. impatiently. Did he not attack
you?'
No, your honor"
But you say he bit your nose OF.
And you have the bandage on. Didn
your husband bite your nose?''
MILO. your honor. IL did il my
Plain Dealer
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28
BNA BIRTH CLOSES
GRAND LODGE MEETING
Philapthropie AMI Fraternal Orsaniza-
ton to Meet in Erie
in 1914

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Philadelphia, Jan. N.-The biennial
grand lodge meeting of District No. 8,
Independent Order B'nai Birth, one OF
the largest Jewish philanthropic and fra
ternai ORGANIZATIONS, closed at the Ho-
tel Majestic today.
Erie. Pa. was chosen as the 1916 con-
vention city. The closing sessions were
devoted to the question Of financing i'm.
provements at the orphanage In Erie.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

If the Progressives viii let Woodrow
Wilson have his way for little while
longer there will be nothing left for
them to do.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

1t must be admitted that tine men on
the interlocking directorates have
sometimes held the key to the situa-
ton.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

President Wilson has told Big Bust
ness that if it will be good it will be
happy, and adds that it won't be lone
some, either. The schoolroom embraces
the entire country now.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28
Not q BIT safe,

NO. I'm not going to call on Julia
Brown again. She's too advanced"
Does she keep a diary"
"A diary! Rubbish She keeps a dicta-
phone. Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

With the old red lights extinguished
and the new white lights ignited, Penn
sylvania avenue can defy the criticisms
of any New York mayor.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

There may be another Cabinet meet
ing some time during this administra-
ton. Who can tells
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

We hope the cane grower is getting
some benefit from the removal of the
duty on sugar. The consumer has not
pro6ted.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

A physician says underclothing, when
too thick, causes red noses. Ever see
a modern woman with red nose?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

We have not heard of any Sunday
school breaking its attendance record
since Christmas.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

Sometimes a man has a reputation as
fighter simply because none of his
bluffs has ever been called.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

If silence were golden John Lind
could start a mint.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

Report comes that New York girls
are wearing overalls. Glad to hear they
are wearing something overall.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28
FAME!

Yesterday his fame rang round the world.
To-day like brilliant meteors flashed and huricd;
Tomorrow he rests beneath the sod.
Dependent on the mercy % his God,
JOHN A. JOYCE.
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NAVY ORDERS.

Commander O. T. voeeigesans detached Wyoming;
to command Des Moines.
Ensign X. r. Helm. detached Ozark; to Michigan.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY Is. 1914

If John Lind had been kept at home
peace would be nearer at hand.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

The Sulzer-Murphy row has reache
the You're another!' stage.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-28

The teaspoon il unreliable as means
Of measuring q dose 1t varies from
sixty to ninety minima
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New York Hotel Arrivals.

sreIaI to The Washington Herald
New York. Jan. g.-wsshingtonian n.
arrived and registered today as follows
Grand Gerard
C. f. Burgoon. A B. Sint
Cumberland Belleciaire-
II. Carnes, II. Boyd.
Mrs. II. Carnes. Bonta-Narragan-
York ri. Boyd,
C. V. Curtis. Mrs. II. Boyd.
Mrs. q. V. Curtis, Grand
S. II. Fakes. 4. NJ. Connolly.
Il. ii. Williams, Wellington
+. w. Dovis J. F. Dorsy.
w. =. Lipscomb, Martha
F. d. Payne. Washington
Park Ave NJ. II. Du Bose.
W. II. Gelbode. Herald Square
Victoria ii. G. Fuller.
8. Gompers nv " c. Fuller
S. Denis Navarro
o. S. King. W. L. HoblIten.
Mrs. o. S. King. Empire
Murray-Hill- A. l. Wood.
DIR. Noble. Collingwood-
Miss E. Noble. Mrs. II. wylie.
Continental Flanders
A. Waters, NJ. a. Hays.
Mrs. A. Waters.
Arrivals from Baltim,re were J. w.
De- Herald Square; Mr.. and Mrs. L.
II. Dielman. Park Avenue; J. p. Green
leaf, Herald Square; Mr.. and Mrs. p.
w. Hair. Grand inion; Mr.. and Mrs.
a. /. Hart, Navarro; c. l.. He'll. aber-
deem; Mr.. and Mrs. Hillman, Colling-
wood: J. Klein, Broadway Central: J. II.
McCluen. Arlington f. II. Mclean, Mar
tina Washington: c. Me can, wallick: B.
Monroe, Hermitage: R. d. Motley, Earl
ington; B. S. oppenheim, H-rmitage: Mr.
and MRS. p. Roth-tein, Grand: Miss
Starr. Flanders: Mr.. and Mrs. II. Stern.
York; Mrs. c. /. line, Bristol: Mr.. and
Mrs. W. B. Thomas. jr.. York: w. r.
Thurs:on. jr.. Latham; Mr.. and Mrs. G.
y. Wagner, HeraI Square: s. p. Walker
York; Mis- r. Winter. Navarro: Ir. and
NJ u. Anderson. Algonquin; l.. e. Bell.
York; l.. De Merritt. Herald Square; Miss
\. Fletcher. Aberdeen; J. r. Guthrie,
York: NJ. r. Johnston, Aberdeen: j.
Jones, Algonquin; y. Lipsitz. Grand; c.
J. Lott, York: NJ. J. Marx, Endicott; J.
r. Mount. Collingwood; Mr.. and Mrs. F.
II. Orr. Murray Hill; Miss X. G. Reilly.
MarseilIes: Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wilson. Al
gonquin, and Miss II. Wood. Marseilles.
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Miss Kidder In New York.

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald
New York. Jan 27.-Among the buyers
here today is Miss NJ Kidder, of WASH
ington, stopping at the Cumberland.
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By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
USELESS HURRY.
Copyright. lslL)
Makes me grin to see the worry
OF the hurry. hurry, hurry.
OF the folks that's alters hustlines
Never restin', ever bustlin',
Plungin', lungin', ever speedin'
d, OF all JOY and peace unheedin',
Sometimes well nigh. brokep-hea rted,
Jest to git hack where they startedt
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A Line o Cheer Each Day o
tn Year..
USELESS HURRY.

Original Poem written for The Herald
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21
WALTER MOORE AS
VIGOROUS AS EVER
Roasts Proposal to Buy Au-
t0mobile for Detectives to
Catch Criminals

Walter Moore is likely to appear before
test against the purchase of an automo-
bile by the city for the detective depart
ment.
DO you know" said Mr.. Moore yes
terday morning to a group of citizens. Il
laughed until l was almost sick over the
plan of the city commission to buy an
automobile to catch murderers. 1t just
occurred to me that it would be easy to
apprehend pirates, ship scuttlers. cut
threats and murderers of this district if
automobiles were provided. OF course,
flashing headlights, Klaxon horns and
the right of way on streets which en-
courages speeding and the like would not
give the murderers notice of the approach
of the detectives. I notice that the auto
mobile must be at least for seven pas
sengers That is right. / would not
think of the city buying anything with
less capacity than a seven-passenger car.
1t is absolutely necessary that such
capacity be provided for If six detectives
are carried one can never tell, they may
be able to return with some person ae-
cused of violation of the prohibition law
or lettering about the streets
1.-THE sheriff has two automobiles. I am
told, yet no murderers are being cap
tured. The city, however. is in a different
position. BY all means, let the detectives
have a seven-passenger car L would get
a Packard, so that in changing the gears