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The Washington times., 1914-02-24
The Heroes
That Count
BY Sophie Irene Loeb.

Copyright. 1914 by the Press Publishing Co
? ONDON.--At go O'Clock one morn
ing a few days ago the light
Il sieepers OF a big ocean liner were
awakened by the stopping of the
engines. There was no commotion, no
excitement, nor any sign Of danger.
Yet had YOU been on deck you would
have seen eight men earnestly at work
doing their duty in the business OF saw
ing lives. A short distance away was
a little craft madly rocking to and fro.
burning lights of distress. So near it
was that our captain called across.
What can we do for you?" And the
answer came back. Send us boat:
We want to get Off
Without more ado the eight men pro-
ceeded to lower a lifeboat in a perilous
sea. each answering the command of the
officer and eager to perform mis- work.
With great difficulty and extreme dan
ger each man ON the doomed little ves-
sci caught thrown lifeline. dropped
into the sea, and was pulled up into
the boat.
After this strengthening feat on the
part of the rescuers there was yet the
rescued out of the boat onto this great
ship in the midst of surgine sea. When
the last rescuer landed safely. his vital
itv almost expended. he returned 20 his
quarters as though what the had Just
accomplished WAS a mere part Of his
everyday work.
And his fellows twho had s:ooi by
with another boat ready to follow. If
necessary truly seemed regretfuI that
they, too. had not been called.
To them this piece OF work vas but
an episode, an accomplishment OF a.
TASK. They did not regard themselves
as heroes, and when the purs,. made
up by the passengers was presented 70
them az mark Of appreciation YOU
could not have seen a more shy or
shrinking group Of strong men.
Such are the real. HEROES THAT
COUNT. In Ike manner. in the every
day schenfe, the man 1t the throttle OF
locomotive daShing through .parc.
his every energy directed toward t.uiv
to the humans in his care: hc WIN,
climbs to the top OF Il tcieurlrn r.i,.
the bridge builder. the boy who tnk,s
the burden of a whole family on his
shoulders. tho girl WHO gives up the
joys OF youth Tor the sake of IN invalid
mother-all. all are the heroes that
count
And in this same instance Of Irc-
saving. the everlasting human kindness
extended to dumb animal was ey:-
dent, for the captain of the ship-wreck-
81 vessel carried under his arm until
the very last. when hc jumped ov..r-
board. little kitten. In fact, he had
difficult finding the kitten. but would
not leave without it,
The bond Of sympathy in the world
Srows stronger. We save, not in 4
sense of daring, but Of duty.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
MEXICO OUR BUSINESS,
NOT BRITAIN'S.

The attitude of the British for
oign office is thus outlined in the
house of commons:
The ratification of Mexico is an
object we earnestly desire to see
ACCOMPLISHED. but it is impossible
TO effect it by British interver-
ton. We 10 not intend to make
any ATTEMPT Of that character:
which would be both futile and
;Tnpolitic.
This means that Great Britain
holds the United States to the full,
est responsibility for all the func,
tions and duties self imposed by ouI
Interpretation and enforcement OF
the Monroe doctrine.
Under the Monroe doctrine it Ger,
ta;nly would be impolitic for an!
nation to attempt 10 intervene in
Mexico, because the present reading
OF the Monroe doctrine by the
United States Government does no;
permit any European power to in
terfere in the affairs Of any indie
pendent sovereignty in America
And unless a power or powers OF
Europe were prepared to overthrow
the Monroe doctrine and smash the
r.ational and racial authority behind
it, It would be just as futile as int
polite.
Great Britain then, acquiescing IN
orr Monroe doctrine treatment OF
Mexico, gives over to US the rcspon-
sibility Of protecting in MEXICO the
property and the lives of foreigners
whom our Government, with our
Monroe doctrine policy, will not per-
nit their own governments to Pro-
tect. This is our obligation-our
Monroe doctrine contract. We are
Under moral bond to fulfill it, do
ing the work at least as well as it
could be done by the government of
the foreign subject if it were free to
do that work, as it is not free under
our Monroe doctrine policy. And il
we are morally bound to % this,
Europe will maintain. and Europe
Goes maintain, that the very vindi-
cation of our policy depends upon
our doing it-that. if we don't 10 it,
the very breath of life goes out of
the Monroe doctrine.
The British statement is just a
preliminary way, by trained diplo-
mats and profound statesmen, Of
asking US to make good.
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\ BOARDING HOUSE
CAPITAL.

Congressman Kahn touched the
spot when, talking about the rela-
tions between the Federal Govern
ment and the city of Washington, he
observed that WASHINGTON was once
a town of boarding houses, occupied
by Government clerks who could not
regard themselves as more than So
journers here, because they might
lose their positions in case or a po-
litical change.
The civil service laws bettcrcd that
condition, and the Government en-
ployes were transformed into u great
body of permanent citizenry, hrlyin"
homes and encouraging the hest dc
velopment of the city.
Possibility of = retrocession 20
something like the old conditions is
contained in the effort 20 punish
Washington for being the National
Capital, by increasing the burdens
that property must bear, beyond the
possibilities Of the local community
to sustain them. That procedure
would bring us back 10 the era of
boarding houses and temporary So
sournings, quite as certainly as
would the repeal Of the civil service
laws and resumption of the old
spoils system Of decapitating the
other party's appointees just as soon
as possible after political change.
The vision that sees Washington
as a town of overfed and under
worked plutOcrats working under a
wage schedule made sixty years
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
\ CASE FOR ACTION.

UD at Cumberland. Md. a yourm
newspaper mar suddenly left town
! IL the midst of Il red-hot political
/ light IN which he had been taking
4 prominent part on the side of the
good-government forces. He left a
letter to his business associates that
explained.
! The man had served a term ir
the Maryland penitentiary. When he
got out he went to work to rchapili-
;;ste himself. and had done so. He
was an important and highly re-
spected figure in the community. But
enemies. aroused because he was do
ing work for the public that had
need to he done, learned his unfor-
tunate record.
A threat of exposure and degra-
Gation was conveyed to him. through
Z lettes'. Of course, it was anonv-
nous: but it made very clear that
the writer knew the whole miser-
able story. The letters recipient did
not have the courage to face the eX-
posure, and fed, nobody knows
whittier.
This seems a case that ought to
attract the interest Of the postof-
flee authorities. The letter which
drove the young man ont cf Cum
berland was unquestionably threat.
It's writer, or writers-probably it
was the result of careful plot
are amenable to heavy penalties un-
der Federal laws for using the mails
for such purposes. They ought to be
hunted down and subjected to the ex-
treme penalties.
Aside from any other elemcntsin this
case. it is peculiarly outrageous that
man should in such cowardly man.
ner be deprived of the chance to re-
form and restore himself to a place
that he had once forfeited. The peo-
pie of Cumberland are up in arms
about the affair, determined to bring
the man back and make him under
stand that he is completely forgiven,
and that the city wants him. Their
efforts should by all means be sup
plemented by the activities of the
postal officers and the criminal au.
| thorities.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
UNIVERSAL HIGH LIVING.

At Montreal, according to rews
dispatches, big organizations arc be-
17g formed by people who propose
vacate the homes they occupy and
mp in streets and parks, as pro-
st against the high rentals that
e charged. May 1, which appar-
Itiy is the universal moving day
lere as we'll as ina merican cities,
* named as the date for the unique
strike, and the efforts making TO Sc
IRE legislation that will somewhat
ease the burdens on the people. If
the legislation does not come, it is
promised, the strike will.
At a recent meeting one speaker
declared that Montreal pays the
Aighest rentals of any American
'ity. Thus it is apparent that the
roblem of high living costs is a
aStly wider one than it appears
hen analyzed in the narrow view
f people who talk about our tariff
~ates and other circumstances pc
'uliar TO the States. in Argentina,
according to reports, living costs
IRE the highest in the world. Buenc S
;yres being named as the most e.--
pensive city in the world. Australia
CTds the same complaint, and South
Erica is not far behind, One of the
'urious aspects of this worldwide
ondition is that seemingly the new
.ountries" those IL which the pres
ire of population would seem to
have imposed the least burdens on
hc natural resources, the cost OF
wing has gone highest. This alone
Suggests that there IS something
wrong in the social and economic Or
@aHization, rather than an made
ouatc production or capacity - pro-
Guce. Without doubt the thinking
world is coming fast to feel that
his is the real difficulty.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
THE UNEMPLOYMENT
ISSUE.

I'll of d sudden, the whole country
IS discussing the problem of mid
winter unemployment. The notion
hat there is responsibility upon
he whole community for permitting
conditions which overwork men and
women at one season of the wear.
and leave them without emDlovrnent
or means Of living during the most
onerOus months, is getting 4 firm
I0dgment in the social mind. 1t is
"eedless to say that discussion and
earnest consideration of such a ques-
ion is a sure preliminary to action
on it.
A good deal can be done toward
improving conditions, by very simple
methods. Thus one automobile
manufacturer announced that he X
in process Of readjusting his bust
ness 50 that the season Of slack en-
ployment will come in summer in
Stead of winter. Employment is
easier to find, especially in the ag-
ricultural communities, in summer
than in winter. There are tiraec
'vhen serious losses are sustained
aecause of the impossibility of get
ing labor at the moment when it
Is needed; and of course it mas come
I" be recognized that the whole COM
munity, not merely the unfortunate
~ho is out of work for time, is the
loser by reason of the loss Of pro-
ductive capacity which unemploy-
Tent causes.
The labor problem, in this regard,
s curiousIy like that of great cleo
tric power establishment. 1t is
necessary for the electrical concern,
Tor example, to have a capacity
The Washington times., 1914-02-24

CUMBERLAND. Md. Feb. "a
There are a thousand people in
Cumberland who believe that a man
can come back.
There are thousand people who
believe the prison stain can be
washed away-that a man who has
committed a crime. has confessed
his error. worked out his punishment
and started upon a new life can
make good and should have the sup
port of all decent citizens.
Cumberland knows there are a
thousand such people. because they
are all members Of the glad hand
committee of this city. and they
await word from Harry $. Haywood
as to the time of his arrival to give
him the greatest welcome ever eN-
tended q private individual in tnis
town.
For HAYWOOD sinned and was
punished. and came here and mace
good
Then the grim shadow of mis- crime.
in the form of malicious threats 10
expose his past life. fell across ms
pathway. and. rather than face an
exposure which he thought would De
hurtfu, to his employers interests,
he fed.
Judge BY the Present.
The Hayw ood case. is about all
anyone can talk about in Cumber-
land today The people here want
To show in no unmistakable way
that Harry Haywood is regarded by
them as an extremely desirable citl-
zen They want him to understand
but above all they want the world 10
understand-they believe a man Is
Judged, not by what lie has done
but by what he is doing.
Harry Haywood Is neWSpdp PEI
man. He came to Cumberland seven
Years ago to get out a special cdI-
ton OF the News. He liked the town
and the people, and decided to re-
main, working as an editorial writer
and humorist OF the News. lie sign
ell his paragraphs with the name of
Hank" and his writings became
big factor in Cumberland affairs.
Recently there has been hot po-
ltical fight. involving the conduct
OF the affairs of the city health Of
fic,. The News took issue with the
health officer. and its editorials
were powerful factors in the iiSht.
Hayward received sc"Sral anony-
nous letters directing him to cease
his editorial activity or his past
Iif. would he exposed. Then cane
a suit for libcl against thc News,
instituted by the health officer. and
Hayward was summoned rs wit
ness.
lie believed his past history would
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
REMOVING THE SNOW.

1t is noted with eminent satisfac
m that the snow is being shoveled
d carted off the streets with most
'rnmendable promptness and zeal,
lowing the storm of Monday. Ar-
ircntly even the impossible is pos
hle when there is enough insistence
it. 1t turns out that the mone,.'
hat was supposed at first not to
available to remove snow. can be
led for that purpose; and to-day is
demonstrating results that are high
" creditable to the street cleaning
,epartment.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24

"iamp Moore? Why sure 1 know
him." he replied.
Where is he now" I asked.
The old fellows eyes twinklCd, and
nc said:
''Wherc is Hanp Moore now" Do you
see that the little group of reopIe down
there at tn" Bloody Angle, down at the
big rock. Well. bet you Hamp Moore
is right there now making n speech.
Il pulled ont = field glass" continued
Mr.. MuEG'lI. and sure enough. | saw,
what rc,.oImizrd as tho familiar form
Of my fri,, d from PennsylI ania. H.
was waNirg his AIMS and otherwise 60
ir:. through :ho TuUtion OF Spcechmak-
ing. and | hay" no doubt he delivered
a powerful Grafton.
TUastn ast,r Moore neither affirmed
nor denied the story. but lie didn't kid"
his col casue for the remainder of tho
evening.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
Congressman Hart Put
On District Committee

Congressman \. Z. Hart of New Ter
sey has been assigned to the District
Committee by the Ways and Means
Committee. Mr. Hart served OF the
district Comnlttc" when lie WAS a
member Of the IiUusc previously. He
will succeed the late COngre ssruan
Eremncr Of New Jrrsc, on that com
nittee.
The Ways ami Means Committee also
ha, made the fDllulyinp committee. dcs-
l@natiunS: tOn"I'S:inan park. Revision
ri the Laws: Congressman liHr'iy.
claims: CongrcssI''ru N"ll'nrr. Claims,
H.laiid Pensions ana Expenditures in
State Dcpa rtm"ni.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24

N ECAUSE Jack Dempsey hit
n George La Blanche at the wrong
time he was knocked out and
beaten. The force of one of the Nom
pareiPs own punches supplied the sug-
gestion and the momentum for the
pivot blow that laid him low and made
La Blanche famous.
Be careful how and when you strike
in the battle of life. It is always well
to err on the side of mercy, if only
for cautions sake. Many man has
lost honor and friends and good repute
as the result of his own vicious and
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
What's on the Program in
Washington Today

Nc.r Jug, clrmn"-
Masonic Federal. y . I. , or.a "" t-- IT
korna. ~. . I:". al .Airl, Nit Iiur"O. y"
:: Potomac, 70 S. Nugir~ T"snplrr -.
Al"lay 80. 1. Sr"rrish I;,t" Robert >,
Bruce Council "r koLo>h. Mithras Lodge "'
Perfection, No. !. Eastern Siar I::ectis. 80
.: Bethlehem, 40. :: Frl5ndsh,p. No i.
o4I Fellows" Washington. N". .. Gu.IeI
I:ul", No. q; AInity, No. ..
Knights Of I'yih.as Webster. y" :: Excel.
si"r. 10. II. G:,riuHnHI, N". l.: ".Ipi:;,I. No
e: Myrtle. No. -.
Mac':in.-"s BriGhINupI. No. D.
So iaIist Party Young Peoples Spc.a0l ,
L"aEu". 81 r. Str''t northwest. S:I., T. IA
III" lbanstnt, tn" New Willard. D. m
Concert, Rubenstcin club. New NiIiard
y. ~.
Th" Southeast CItiz, rs .NHso'iat ion VIII rl,c.
- IA I'nnsyi >auia avenue southct!t To-
night al oCloc.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
By THEODORE H. TILLER.

C,oncre ssman William c. Adamson
chairman of the House Connittee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Is q
iit,e raj euod-uatured man. and is es'
pcciaIIy devoted to q young son now In
college. He received a letter from
Adamson, jr. few days aso wanting
to know il pater would come across
with a few dollars additional on the
monthly allowance.
'I miscalculated and came out IS shy,
dad" wrote the boy in substance.
What would YOU do about this?
Judge AdamSoT asked an experienced
father. Would YOU send him $ and
tell him TO stretch It, OF send along
The Washington times., 1914-02-24

<<T don't think any brunette is pretty"
This is the remark overheard Fourteenth street
last epening She rather pert looking little blonde
sho tadeauay kind of blondenessdnd had lifted
her from the editorial page The Times long enough make
the observation quoted above to her
"Uh! Uh!' he said.
"Don't agree NTH e." insisted little blonde.
Mr. Mere Man looked uncomfortable shud his feet glanced
the wndow observed the neny and then, fixing
the ads that adorned the opposite side of the
said, "Sure"
He didn't mean it, but What could the feHow do
All this by the Of again pointing out that the question Of
individual To the blonde perfect beauty
bonde brunette blond could beauty But this does
alter the daily dctum Of this columntha Washington has
beautiful girls and than other place the civilized globe
Every brings paried of blondes and brunees
them eligible the gallery although the committee fire
becoming critical each day.
Send along the photograph of your particular beauty.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24

H'Sy bO
La Blanche's
pivot blow was no
new thing when
the fighting ma
nne made. it ia
nous. Joe Co.
burn, Jem Mace,
Slavin, and n
host of other old
timers had used
it occ asionally
with success, but
it was a blow
that depended for
success upon sur
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
Hits From Sharp Wits

II YOU don't believe that the great
white way reaches almost up TO Yon-
kers. ask the street cleaning depart
ncnt.
After all. there's nothing like slip
rrry sidewalk for taking a mans rnea-
sure"
Married men may owe much to their
wives. but there's manT u bachelor who
owes something to his laEdaLIy.
I'm going to church Sune SUNDAY ."
II marked the Man on the Car. Just 10
SEQ how IN cnd-scat hog acts when sur
rounded by Christian iniuenccs."- TO
ledo BLADE.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
A Thousand Who
Believe a Man
Can Come Back

be brought out at the trial and that
the facts would reflect upon the
standing of his employer and hurt
his papers case
And he fled. But he wrote his
editor telling the whole story.
Makes No Excuses.
1t was simple story-a story Hike
hundreds of others. Hayward was
a bright, active. enthusiastic, red
blooded young man. He and his
companions sometimes hit I'D a very
swift pace. On one of these oc-
casicns-the last occasion-he be
came drunk. very drunk, he says.
And he forged a check
When he sobered up he was over
whelmed with the knowledge.
He was arrested, tried, convicted
and sentenced to seven years i'm
prisonrnent in the Maryland House
of Correction. Hayward believes his
punishment was just, he believes he
received only what he deserved. He
makes no excuses nor does he try to
bslittle his crime.
When ne came out of the peniten-
tiary he went TO Cumberland and
secured the job of helping get out
the special edition of the News. And
he stayed and made good.
When his employer read all this in
Hayward's farewell letter. he wept.
He called his friends and read the
letter 10 them and then it was made
known to the public.
Glad Hand Committee.
And then the Gland Hand Comm
tee was formed. II is composed Ot
the people Of Cumberland irrespcc
tive of race, creed. or political pref
trence.
They want Hayward back. 1t i
the kind Of men that Hayward has
proved himself to be that Cumber
land wants rs her citIzens-men who
have passed through the bitterness
and tortur" of sin, nave accepted
their punishment and then worked
conscientiouSly and honestly to maxi
their lives examples OF upriEh-,
honest citizenship.
There are just a thousand people
enlisted in the cause now-that il be-
cause there has only been time for
a Thousand people to join the move
ment.
When Hayward gets back the
number will be ten thousand.
And the Federal authorities are to
bc asked To lrcate the sender of the
anon. NOUS letters which drove the
man away. y reward has been offer
ed for any Information and. if he IS
found in Cumberland, there Is a
strong chance that ne ~iiI be rather
roughly treated.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24

CIV NSaA -
about the amount;
it's a question Of
policy"
split tho differ
ence. since he's 30
considerate as TO
ask for only 50
more" said the
also experienced
fath er. J u d : g
AdaInson did, and
he wrote:
ID car J n c X:
Here's a check for
s.. Since YOU mis-
calculated and now
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
x Capitol Spotlights x

something is Congressman Frank Mon
dell Of wyoming
At banquet. Moore and Mondell re-
Gently ''kidded" one another about con-
tinual speechmaking. "Hampie" was
toastrnaster and had the advantage of
Mondell for a time, but when he arose
to get of an after-dinner speech, Mon
dell came back in this fashion:
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
AmUsements.

Naii"I.aI -'badG! InnG-I.-gs 81, p III
H. 'iss""-" "FalHN : First I'Iay." -" u n,
C"iurnbiI- Mr.. I:umps,cad-I-Igh,r <.Ii
p.
Polls -"Th" Gov cruor Iiu,is," ," "l5 end 81,
j.. ~.
k'iih's-Naudcville. 81" and S:Ij .. -.
CosInUs- NAuI,.viil", continuous
'asihO--Naud"viIIc. aft, rnnou and cycuiU.
American SaUdcr ILL
Gayety-Burlesque. 2.l. and s:la p n.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24

Gettysburg battle
field cele bration
last summer and
while up in a tower
overlooking the his
toric site I hap
pened To get to
talking to an old
man who seemed
an interesting sort
of a fellow. |
learned that he was
from Philadelphia.
DO you know,
my good friend,
Hampton Moore"
The Washington times., 1914-02-24

agoD will have to be widened some
what i This Capital is to ne made
worthy of the country.
The Washington times., 1914-02-24
The. Silver
Lining
Edited BY ARTHUR BAFr

The New Haven has stopped the sale
Of Intoxicating liquors on its trains.
After this. persons travelling on the
New Haven do 50 in full command OF
their mental faculties, and therefore
cannot expect to receive any damages
for injuries accumulated in wrecks.
The Swiss have started a war against
high rentals The middle classes are
in revolt against the tyranny OF the
landlords. The battle cry is "One
mountain for every family"
The recent thaw broke up all the
plans we had made for having a bob
sled party on the Fourth Of July.
instructions to never carry n bundle by
the string has not been without re-
suits The head OF our police how
comes cut and says that the surest
aid to longevity is to never Improperly
police procession.
Another way to achieve the century
mark is to nevcr try to thread a needle
in a rocking chair.
Whale meat is displacing the sardine
rs an article of food; but we would
hate to order q dozen sardines and get
the result in whales.
China Is now besieged by wolf.
Wall Street sends its condolences to
the Walled Empire.
Train bandits are terrorizing the en-
tire country. Unless the United States
takes some measures TO protect innocent
passengers. We may be forced to bear
the humiliation OF the powers asking
Mexico to intervene