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The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
BAL LTIMORE HARD AT WORK
FOR BANNER" CELEBRATION
Program Planned for September When Anniversary Writing
of National Anthem Will Obseryed-Fete Last

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Baltimore. Nd. Jan. 3.-Baltimore is at
work on its plans to make the centenary
of the writing of ''The Star Spangled
Banner" the chief national event of 1914
and to group around Il notable celebra-
tions Of patriotism and peace. The sue
cessful defense Of Baltimore at North
Point and Fort McHenry comprised the
final battles which preceded the Treaty
of Ghsnt and those will be emphasized.
The National Star Spangled Banner Cen
tennial Commission has been incorpor-
ated. The honorary presidents are Wood
row Wilson. William II. Taft, and Theo-
dore Roosevelt The vice presidents are
the Vice President OF the United States,
Thomas r. Marshall; Champ Clark
Speaker of the House of Representatives;
the Admiral OF the Navy, the General of
the Army, Gov. Goldsborough. of Mary
land. and the present governors of the
other seventeen States which constituted
the Union In 1874 The active president
10 James II. Preston, mayor Of Baiti-
more.
On Thursday. September .. the pro-
gram will begin with pilgrimage to
the historic war sites along the Patux-
ent River and to the grave at Upper
Marlboro Of DR.. William Beanes. for
whose release Key visited the British
feet. Later while detained on the cartel
ship Minden, Key, in full view of the
bombardment OF Fort McHenry, was in
spirsd TO write the national anthem.
On Sunday September 6. the regular
program win begin with exercises foi
Patrio1 Day. at which the main speak
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
ROOSEVELT PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE TO CLIFFORD PINCHOT

not yet begun to enter the pubic mind.
Such was the condition OF things when
Newell and Pinchot called on me. / was
warm believer In reclamation and in
forestry. and. after listening TO my two
guests, 1 asked them to prepare material
on the subject for me to use In my
hrst message to Congress-. or December
J, 1911. This message laid the foundation
for the development of irrigation and
forestry during the next seven and one
half years. IL set forth the new atti-
tude toward the natural resources In
the words. THE forest and water prob
lens are perhaps the most vital In
ternai problem OF the United States"
On the day the message was read. .
committee OF Western Senators and Con-
gressmen was organized to prepare q
reclamation bill In accordance with the
recommendations. BY far the most ef-
fective OF the Senators In drafting and
pushing the bill. which became known
by his name. was Newlands. The draft
OF the bill was worked over by me and
others at several conferences and revised
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superb possibilities for public usefulness,
was dealt with by the national govern
mont not as a unit but as disconnected
series of pork-barrel problems, whose only
real interest was IN their effect On the
reelection or defeat Of Congressman
here and. there-a theory which, i regret
TO say. stiil obtains.
The place of the farmer in the ma
tional economy was still regarded solely
as that Of a grower or food to be eaten
by others. while the human needs and
interests Of himself and his wife and
children still remained wholly outside the
recognition OF the government
All the forests which belonged TO the
United States were held and administered
In one department, and all the foresters
In government employ were In another
department. Forests and foresters had
nothing whatever to do with each other.
The national forests In the West 0hen
called forest reserves) were wholly inade-
quate In area to meet the purposes for
which they were created, while the need
for forest protection in the East had
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the country is by no means limited to
its material Accomplishment This act
and the results flowing from II have
helped powerfully to prove to the nation
that II can handle It's own resources and
exercise direct and brsiness-like control
over them. The population which the
reclamation act has brought into the arid
West. while comparatively small when
compared with that In the more closely
Inhabited East. has been a most effective
contribution to the national life. for IL
has gone far to transform the social
aspect of the West. making for the sta
bility OF the institutions upon which the
welfare OF the whole country rests: IL has
substituted actual homemakers, who have
settled on the land with their families.
for huge. migratory bands Of sheep
herded by the hired shepherds of alb
sentee owners
Disereditable Attacks.
The recent attacks on the reclamation
service. and on Mr.. Newell, arise In large
part, II not altogether. from an organized
effort to repudiate the obligation of the
settlers to repay the government for
what IL has expended to reclaim the land
The reputation OF any debt can always
find supporters. and in this case IL has
attracted the support not only of certain
men among the settlers who hope to be
relieved of paying what they owe, but
also of q variety of unscrupulous politi-
clans, some highly placed 1t Is unlikely
that their efforts to deprive the West OF
the revolving irrigation fund will succeed
in doing anything but discrediting these
politicians in the sight Of all honest men.
When in the spring OF 1911 visited the
Roosevelt Dam in Arizona, and opened
the reservoir. I made a short speech to
the assembled people. Among other
things. i said to the engineers present
that In the name Of all good citizens I
thanked them for their admirable work.
as efficient as II was honest and con-
Quoted according to the highest standards
of public service. As l looked at the
fine, strong, eager faces of those of the
force who were present. and thoueht of
the similar men in the serviee.%an the
higher positions. who were abseBf, and
who were no less responsible for the
work done. l felt forebodlng that they
would never receive any real recognition
for their achievement; and. only half
humorously. i warned them not to expect
any credit. or any satisfaction, except
their own knowledge that they had done
well first-class Job, for that probably the
only attention Congress would ever paw
them would be 20 investigate them. Well.
a year later Congressional committee
actually did investigate them. Ths in
vestisation was instigated by some un-
scrupulous local politicians and by some
settlers who wished to be relieved from
paying their just obligations: and the
members OF the committee Joined in the
attack on as fine and honorable a set OF
public servants as the government has
ever had: an attack made on them solely
because they were honorable and efficient
and loyal to the interests both of the
government and the settlers
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Every Item of the Whole Great Plan
Now in Effect Was Undertaken Be-
tween 1902 and O6-Althoueh Gross
Expenditure Is Not as Large as That
for Panama Canal, Obstacles To Be
Overcome Are Declared to Have Been
Almost as Great.

disregarded, and the work was pushed
forward at a rate previously unknown
In government affairs. Later. as in al
most all such cases. there followed the
criticisms of alleged illegsiity and haste
which are 20 easy to make after results
have been accomplished and the need for
the measures without which nothing could
have been done has gone by.
These criticisms were In character pre-
cisely the same as that made about the
acquisition of Panama, the settlement of
the anthracite coal strike, the suits
against the big trusts, the stopping of the
panic Of 1907 by the action of the Execu-
tive concerning the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company; and. In short, about most
Of the best work done during my admin
istration.
With the reclamation work. as with
much other work under me, the men In
charge were given to understand that
they must get into the water II they
would learn to swim: and. furthermore.
they learned to know that II they acted
honestly and boldly and fearlessly ac-
espted responsibility. / would stand by
them to the limit In this, as in every
other case. in the end the boldness Of
the action fully justified itself.
Success Assured. q,
Every item Of the whole great plan Of
reclamation now In effect was undertaken
between 1soe and Is0sL BY the spring of
1soe the work was an assured success,
and the government had become fully
Of reclamation was at first under the
United States Geological Survey, of
which Charles ID. Walcott was at that
time director. In the spring OF 1905 the
United States Reclamation Service was
established to carry II on, under the d.
rection OF Frederick Hayes Newell, to
whom the inception Of the plan was due.
Newslls sinsie-minded devotion to this
great task, the constructive imagination
which enabled him to conceive 1t, and
the executive power and high character
through which he and his assistant.
Arthur p. Davis. built up a model serv-
ice-ali these have made him model
servant The Anal proof of his merit is
supplied by the character and records OF
the men who later assailed him.
Although the gross expenditure under
the reclamation act ID not yet as large
as that for the Panama Canal. the engi-
neerinR obstacles to be overcome have
been almost as great, and the political
many times greater. The
work had to be carried on
at widely separated points, remote from
railroads. under the most pioneer con-
ditions. The twenty-eight projects be-
gun In the years 1sO2 to 1906 contemplated
the irrigation Of more than S,con,oO0 acres
and the watering of more than 5000
farms. Many of the dams required for
this huge task are higher than any pre-
viouaiy built anywhere in the world.
They feed mainline canals over 1000
miles in total length and involve minor
such as culverts and
bridges. tens OF thousands In number.
What the reclamation act has done for
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In important PARTICULARS: my active In
terference was necessary to prevent II
from being made unworkable BY an un-
due insistence upon Slater rights. in &C
cordance with the efforts OF Mr.. hondell
and other Congressmen. who consistently
fought for local and private interests a
against the interests OF the people 10
whole.
June IT. 1909. the reclamation act was
passed. 1t set aside the proceeds of the
disposal Of public lands for the purpose
OF reclaming the waste areas of the arid
West by irrigating lands otherwise worth
less. and thus creating new homes upon
the land. The money no appropriated
was to be repaid to the government by
the settlers, and to be used again a. a
revolving fund continuously available for
the work.
Impatient for Results.
The fnpatience of the Western people
TO see Immediate results from the recla-
nation act was so great that red tape was
The Washington herald., 1914-01-04

When governor of New York, as nave
already described. / had been In con-
sultation with Clifford Pinchot and F. H
Newell, and had shaped my recommenda-
tions about forestry largely in accord
ance with their suggestions Like other
men who had thought about the national
future at all, had been growing more
and more concerned over the destruction
of the forests.
come to realize the vital need Of irriga-
ton to the country, and had been both
amused and irritated by the attitude Of
Eastern men who obtained from Congress
grants of national money to develop har-
bors and yet fought the use of the ma
tion's power to develop the irrigation
work of the West. Mai. John Wesley
Powell, the explorer Of the Grand Canon,
and director Of the Geological Survey. was
the first man who fought for irrigation,
and he lived to see the reclamation act
passed and construction actually begun
Mr.. r. H Newell, the present director OF
the Reclamation Service, began his work
as an assistant hydraulic engineer under
Mai. Powell: and unlike Powell he ap-
preciated the need Of saving the forests
and the soil as weil as the need Of irriga-
ton Between Powell and Newell came,
as director of the geological survey,
Charles D. walcott, who. after the re-
clamation act was passed, by his force,
pertinacity. and tact, succeeded in put
ting the act into effect in the best pos
sible manner. Senator Francis G. New
lands, of Nevada, fought hard for the
cause Of reclamation in Congress- He
attempted to get his State to act, and
when that proved hopeless to get the na-
ton to act; and was ably assisted by
Mr. @. II. Maxwell. a Californian, who
had taken a deep interest in irrigation
matters. DIR. w. J. MCGEE was one of
the leaders in all the later stages Of the
movement
clifford Pinchot, Leader. i
But Clifford Pinchot is the man to whom
the nation owes most for what has been
accompilsneo as fesdius tHe pfeecfNa
ton of the natural resources of our coun-
try. He led, and indeed during its most
vital period embodied. the fight for the
preservation through use of our forests.
He played one of the leading parts in the
effort to make the national government
the chief instrument in developing the
irrigation OF the arid West. He was Ire
foremost leader in the great struggle to
coordinate all our social and govern
mental forces in the effort to secure the
adoption of a rational and farseeing pol
icy for securing the conservation of all
our national resources. He was already
in the government service as head of the
Forestry Bureau when became Presi-
dent; he continued throughout my term.
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.ZA~~ N~e<<

PuhisAsd hs special srIanssnent With the Out
look Of which Theodore Ros.ssslt b tAs eoatihut-
ing sditr. through tAs Mcclure Nsvspsp~ syndi-
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Exercises fsr Entire Day.
On Saturday. September u which 4
The sun., 1914-08-16

The Vitagraph Theatre will continu,
this week to show the two interesting
plays "A Florida Enchantment" anC
THE Painted World" which we're seer
for the first time at this theatre las
week
The sun., 1914-08-16
VAUDEVILLE AND BURLESQUE.
what IL TO He Seen In tho Week
stand Theatres.

The Meistersingcrs of Boston, conf
posed of the Harvard Quartet, the Schu-
bert Quartet and the Weber Quartet,
will make their first New York appear
ance this week at the Palace Theatre.
In addition to their singing specialties
they will present scenic spectacle
called In Gloucester" other acts TO
complete the weeks bill will be Anna
Chandler, Joseph Santley and company,
Dainty Marie. Adelaide and Hughes, the
Great Howard, Carson and Willard,
Harrington and company and others.
HammersteIn's Victoria Theatre will
inaugurate its fall and winter season
this week with a bill OF twenty acts,
with Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, who VIII
make her first appearance in the East
as the headlner. Other acts will In
clude Harry Carroll. James c. Morton
and Ralph Austin, THE Girl From the
Farm" Joe Jackson and the Belleclaire
brothers, Hershel Hendler, Jack Beau
mont and Birdie Arnold, Jarrow. No
netNe, De Haven and Nice. the Dolce sis
ters, Yandanoff and Louie. the Three
The sun., 1914-08-16

The Paul Rainey Pictures will not b,
seen at the Casino after tonight. Mex
week they will be shown at the Majestic
Theatre in Brooklyn.
The sun., 1914-08-16
PLAYS THAT LAST.
Successful Survivors From Earlier
Days.

Marta Oatman. who will succeed Ivy
Troutman in "A Pair of Skies" at the
Longacre Theatre, is a native OF River
side, in California which also produced
the successful colorature singer Mar
celia Craft and there her father at one
time owned 250 acres Of orange groves
Miss Oatman became an expert fisher
OF the tuna fish and has spent every
summer on Catalina Island to indulge
in this sport. This year she has been
studying at Columbia University Eng
lish literature and playwrighting, which
ought to be more successful training for
| the stage than catching tuna fish. But
Miss Oatman had for preparation ex-
perlence in THE Morals OF Marcus"
with Marie Doro. Nine. X" "The
Havoc" THE Gamblers and Little
Women"
The companies which will play pot
ash and Perlmutter" throughout the
country this season show the great
amount Of dramatic talent in the Jewish
race. Most Of these actors are Jews,
since 1t has been found that they are
more capable Of appreciatng the humor
OF the characters than actors OF any
other race. There has scarcely been n
week at the Conan Theatre, where the
play OF Montague Glass still has four
weeks to run. which has not seen some
new members of the companies prepared
for the road. Many of them are Just
as capable as any author could wish
and 1t has not been found difficult to
get the necessary number of players OF
the race the management desires.
The second company to play THE
Dummy" which has been so successful
at the Hudson Theatre, will begin its
season at Springfield in about a month.
The sun., 1914-08-16

Edward Ellis. Jane Oaker, Ernest Truck
and the other actors seen first In the
play are still in the cast
W. A. Brady has been fortunate in
recent years in acquiring some OF the
most successful OF the farces. He pro-
duced Baby Mine" and "Over Night"
both OF which enjoyed unusual popu-
larity. "Over Night" has been released
In the stock theatres, but Baby Mine"
is again starting out on its fifth year.
Probably Too Many Cooks" which Is
still at the Thirty ninth Street Theatre.
will turn out To be just as enduring in
pubic favor. There will not be Frank
Craven for every company but the sim
plicity and humor of the theme as well
as its humanity are certain to make
friends for the play.
Kitty Mackay" is at the Comedy
Theatre and the company which had
| Ilanned to appear in the towns OF Can
ada is acting now within the borders of
| this country. This was not thought TO
| be a rropitious time to take any play 10
a colony when the mother country was
! at war.
The Third Party" which keeps the
audiences at the Shubert Theatre con-
stantly amused. is provided with a
| shower Of the most convincing natural
| ness. The rain which Is Enthusiastically
/ real waterfalls convincingly from the
; sky, and nothing in the whole play is
, quite so natural as that brief shower In
! the second act The manner Of acting
the farce Is most physical There mus,
! be an exhausted lot of actors when the
final curtain falls. But the effect is Sc
satisfactory that the players must feel
rewarded.
| Tenants of the houses adjacent to the
Shubert Theatre have complained TO the
bureau OF health about the noise OF the
thunderstorm. Every evening at 1(
o'clock terrific detonations issue from
the stage OF the Shubert Theatre. and
the evenings being warm the stage
hands leave the large scene doors open
thus making the noise all the greater
Landlords and landlades in the neigh.
borhood In their complaint contend that
! their roomers and guests cannot sleep
| and they have asked the city authorize,
to compel the management of the thea
tre to reduce the effect of their noise
compelling machinery or else close tn,
large doors. The thunder is produced
they claim. blythe explosions Of cannon
and the dropping OF enormous meta
balls on sheet iron.
The sun., 1914-08-16
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

II is interesting 10 observe the man
ner In which an actress who expected to
be the heroine OF a play teaching un!-
versal peace suddenly found herself the
heroine OF a war play. Klaw & E--
langer have long felt that the times
were ripe for a play on the subject Of
peace. Mrs. Trask's I'm the Vanguard"
was considered by Henry Miller. bur
was found rather too undramatic FOR
stage use. II vas then that Atherton
Brownell submitted to the managers
the play called "The Unseen Empire"
II suited their ideas OF what peace
play should be and the role OF the hero
Inc seemed especially adapted to the
talents OF Elsie Ferguson, who was Just
at that time at the height OF her sue
cess in THE Strange Woman"
As It was then late in the season It
was decided by Klaw & Erlanger to post
pone the production until this year
Conttuned on Eighth Page.
The sun., 1914-08-16

The principal feature Of the pro
gramme at the Strand Theatre will bs
this week The Valley of the Moon.
by Jack London. Then there will be tn,
topical review. a series OF travel ant
scientific studies and a comedy. as wei
as the musical features OF the pro
gramme. to interest the public.
The sun., 1914-08-16
THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD

New on the Screen This Week.
The first performance OF "Cabiria'
az the Globe Theatre will be given or
Monday afternoon.
The sun., 1914-08-16

Zobino.
The New Brighton Theatre will offer
a vaudeville novelty this week. when II
will present the musical comedy The
Quaker Girl" in Its entirety. Usually
such plays are shown on the vaudeville
stage In tabloid form. Other acts to
make up the weeks bill will include
Miss Athleta. assisted by the Ankor
brothers, Whittier's Barefoot Boy AMI
violinsky.
THE Golden Crook" q burlesque ex-
travaganza, will be seen at the Columbia
Theatre this week. The scenery. cos
tunes and trick properties OF the play
follow the lines observed in the produc-
tions Of extravaganza of former times
with the added advantages Of present
day perfection in electric lighting and
mechanical advancement. There are
transformation scenes, trick tables and
chairs and mechanical animals. In the
cast OF the two act extravaganza, which
Is called From Rags to Riches" will
be Billy Arlington. Babe La Tour. Nellie
Florede. Frank Dobson, Berlin Elliott
and Margaret DAILY. varied vaude-
vile bill will be given during the prog
ress OF the extravaganza. in which the
principals OF the organization will be
seen in their respective speciak!es.
The Murray Hill Theatre opened last
| night for the season with a brand new
burlesque called The Girls From the
Follies:' The attraction will be con-
tinued throughout this week. The large
company. headed by Harry Steppe, will
include Charles Quinn. Vesta Lockard
Gertrude Balston, Forrest G. Wyre,
Josie Quinn. Annie Goldie. Marie Re-
vere Harry Fisher and William Harris
During the summer the Murray Hill
has been entirely renovated and redec-
| GRATED.
The sun., 1914-08-16

more serious one on the son OF the
lawyer. but through the wit and intu-
ition OF the companion he is finally un-
masked and meets his just deserts" The
leading roles will bc played by Regi-
nald Barlow and Carroll McComas, while
others in the cast are Frank Kemble
Cooper. Robert Fischer. Malcolm Dun
can. j. X. Hutchinson, Wadsworth
Harris, Charles Able. Elizabeth Aria
ans. Estar Banks and Helen Crane.
The sun., 1914-08-16
PLAYS OF THE WEEK.

MONDAY -Forty-fourth Street Thea
ire Sylvester SchaetIer and company.
WEDNESDAY -- Gambler Theatre: !:
"On Trial." BY Elmer L. Rei1en-
stein.
THURSDAY-The Playhouse "Syl-
via Runs Away" by Robert Housum.
Cssino-"The Dancing Duchess" a
musical farce.
The sun., 1914-08-16

II happens that The Dancing
Duchess which is to be seen at the
Casino IN Thursday also got all that
was coming to her last week. SO II
Will he necessary only to add that Otis
Harlan Dorothy Jardon, Vera Maxwell
and Wallace McCutcheon have been
added 10 the cast The two last named
ought to be useful in any dancing show
The sun., 1914-08-16
LAJRA HAT11LTOT
I'M y

Rianos and Wilbur c. sweatman and
Zobino.
The sun., 1914-08-16

Kenny Lipzin. the popular Yiddis
actress. has been engaged by the Re
nowned Players Feature Film Compan
to appear in a five reel play called ".
Great Mistake" Harold Vosburgh an
Jacob Cone. for seven years her leadin
man. will appear in this Aim dram
with Nine. Lipzin.
The sun., 1914-08-16

W. ]. Burns and the interesting pic
lures OF the S5,000.00O counterfeitini
case are still to be seen at the New Yorl
Theatre so appreciative was the public
OF them last week.
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