davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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all mineral lands mentioned in the pro-
posed act must
Leases Governed be in accordance
with the existing
All sums of money received through the
application of the proposed law will be
turned over to the national reclamation
fund. Should there remain a balance of
these special funds at the end of the year
one-half will be distributed in proper
proportion to the states within whose
boundaries the mineral lands were To-
Gated. The states must spend this money
for education or public improvements,
as the several legislatures so direct. In
the case of Alaska every penny derived
from lands within her boundaries will not
go to the federal reclamation fund. but
will be set aside to be spent wholly on
Alaskan development, with special REFER
ence to the contemplated government
railroad of LOCO miles in that territory.
The federal government now has out
standing 100000 acres of land available
for coal, oil, potash. etc, and of this
Sc, 6,316. .41O acres represent coal land not
including that in Alaska. A larger area
than this is now open to the public, OF
which 20,OO0,O09 acres are suitable for
coal mining. 1t is imperative that our
great coal resources be neither boarded
nor wasted, and it is expected that this
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THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY MARCH 10, 1914.

the area is 256O acres and the time al
lowed is three years,
Patents Limited but patent will not
,eo 49, be granted for more
u A0o 1cAes' than 100 acres. The
rest of the land will be leased IN
the usual way, and the govern
ment's royalty must be at least 2
per cent of the gross returns. GROUND
rent must be paid in advance at the rate
of 80 cents per acre for the first year ana
81 thereafter. The leases in this case
may be for an indeterminate period. Al
dtional land for the use Of camp SITES.
refining works, ETC., may be renteo Lor
d cents per acre year. The regulations
governing phosphate mining are LIE
same.
Deposits Of coal and lignites belonglhs
to the United States may be leased any .
where but in Alaska, in forty-acre io.s, ysn
or multiples of that number up 10 <'oo
acres the areas chosen to be as compact
as possible the length not to exceed Two
and one-half times the width. Roya.tles
will be fixed by the government put III
no case can they be less than two Genus
ton. due at the end of each month sue,
ceeding that Of the shipment OF the coai :,i
from the mine. In addition there VIII
be the annual rental of % cents an acre
the first year, so cents for the SECOND anu
third year and 81 for every year there
after, the rentals to be accredited against
the royalties. The leases Will De Lor
a period of years fixed in each case by the
Secretary of the Interior, but at the end
of every twenty-five years Such READ
iustments of conditions and terms as seem
advisable must be made In order to meet
a local condition any person, "hether
holding a coal lease or not, may. when
given permission, lease and operate ten
acres of coal land for not exceeding ten
wears without payment of rental or roy
atty. ..- :
+
All applications for leases Of any and
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Gertrude Griffith, twenty years old, who
is under Indictment in this city for the
alleged theft of $1,000 from Mrs. Will
liam j. Thomas of the Oswego apart
ment, 1923 street northwest last Sep
tember, was arrested in Atlanta, Ga,
this morning, according to a message
received by Maj. Sylvester.
Miss Griffith was employed as maid in
Mrs. Thomas apartment. and, it is
charged, she took 5000 that her em-
ployer had secreted in the folds of a
skirt The maids disappearance was
noticed by Robert Y. Millburn, son of
Mrs. Thomas, when he returned home
the night of September 8, and it soon
was learned that the money was missing.
Descriptive circulars Offering a reward
of SIS for the arrest of the maid We're
sent broadcast. The arrest of Clarence
keefer. friend of Miss Griffith, also
was asked. He later was arrested in
the west and returned here The police
were satisfied he knew nothing of the
theft and released him.
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G. E. HAMILTON CHOSEN
DEAN OF LAW FACULTY
Veteran Georgetown q. Lecturer
succeeds Chief Justice Cla-
baugh, Deceased.

At meeting Of the faculty of the law
department Georgetown University, yes
terday afternoon in the law school build
ing George E. Hamilton Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia bar, lecturer on legal
ethics, was unanimously elected dean of
the law faculty to fill the position left
vacant by the death OF Chief Justice
Harry NJ. Clabaugh of the Supreme Court
OF the District of Columbia Mr. Ham,
ilton is graduate Of Georgetown Uni
versity. ABB. 1872: LIB, 1874; AN,
1Ss2; LID, 1889; he has been connected
with the law school as a lecturer since
1886, longer than any other member of
the faculty. He is closely identified with
the university. having but recently re-
tired as president of the alumni associa-
ton.
Thomas Ewing. jr., United States COM
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measure of Secretary Lanes will solve
the problem. This country has immense
deposits of potash, but no equitable and
safe way of releasing it for the general
good was suggested until this bill was
drawn. We have the greatest supply of
phosphate rock in the world. Deposits
worth untold millions run for hundreds of
miles through Wyoming, Utah. Montana
and Idaho. and in many other states there
are valuable deposits. The time is al
most at hand when our navy will need
millions of gallons of oil daily for fuel,
and to put it on the market is but one
of the objects of this bill.
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missioner Of patents GLIB. Georgetown.
1S9D is announced to deliver a series Of
special lectures in the auditorium Of the
law school building, commencing April
l. 1914.
William J. Hughes. long attorney in the
office Of the solicitor general of the
United States. has been appointed pro-
fessor OF federal practice and procedure
In the postgraduate course. to succeed
Adds B. Browne.
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Noted Woman LAWYER Dead.

CHICAGO. March 49, - Miss Mary E.
Miller, lawyer and active suffragist, died
here Monday. Miss Miller recently re-
ceived a fee of s35. 900 in case before
the supreme court. said to be the largest
ever paid to a woman lawyer. She was
born in Calhoun county, Mich, forty
eight years ago.
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Edwin A. Sherman Dead.

OAKLAND, Cal, March 19.-Edwin A.
Sherman. the Oldest Mason in California,
and a veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars, died here Monday. He was eigh-
ty-four years old, and was born at North
Bridgewater, Mass His relatives, Will
liam T. and Thomas B. Sherman, came
out Of the war as generals.
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Mineral Land Laws.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.


the mineral wealth Of the United States.
and at the same time to prevent wasting
it, has occupied much of the attention of
the country in the past six or. seven
years. Unfortunately, a great deal of
this discussion has been controversial
and extremely bitter.
In view of the fierce disputes that have
been carried on concerning the govern
mental conservation policy it is inter-
esting to note that the Secretary of the
Interior, Franklin X. Lane. in conjunc-
ton with Representative Scott Ferris of
Oklahoma, has sough to solve the min
eral land question by what amounts to a
compromise.
The act drawn up by Secretary Lane
will, its advocates declare, accomplish
three great aims: FIRST, draw forth from
the nations boundleSS mineral resources
great stores of revenue for the beneft
of this and future generations; second,
open this empire of hidden wealth to the
clear visioned prospector and the cour-
ageous pioneer with an impartial liberal
ity unknown in "the good old days of
reckless speculation and unrestrained
monopoly, and. third, release for the bet
ter1nent of the world the richest deposits
of oil, natural gas, potassium, phosphate
and coal known to the human race.
i. x
The bill now before the House aims to
substitute an elaborate lease system for
the present un-
Aims tn Substitute satisfactory way.
Certain stipula-
tions apply to each mineral, as radical
differences in composition necessitate
but in effect it permits any individual or
group of individuals to lease from the
federal government tract of land for
the purposes of exploration, such lease
to be for two or three years. a small
rental being paid to the government dur
ing the life thereon. If the explorer fails
to do the amount of work agreed upon
his lease and rights are forfeited. subject
to review before a federal court.
If the mineral looked for is discovered
in reasonable quantity and quality, the
government gives the lessee OF lessees
full patent to one-fourth Of the leased
area as a reward for initiative and enter
prise. The remaining three-fourths is
then leased in adequate sections to prl-
vate parties. who pay to the government
a small annual rental and a royalty of
not less than per centum per annum
during the life of the leases, which vary
from ten to twenty-five years, according
to the mineral in questions, and which
can be renewed at the discretion of the
federal government Great powers are
vested in the Secretary of the Interior,
who will draw up all the regulations, and
have absolute control, through his
agents, of every lease. AS a check upon
any attempt to misuse this power, the
act allows for appeal in all cases to the
federal courts.
x
To prevent monopoly the act expressly
provides that no person. association or
corporation will be
Clause Inserted permitted to take
or hold any in
holder or otherwise. in more than one
lease Of each of the mineral deposits men
toned in the act during the life of the
lease The Attorney General of the United
States will take steps to confscate any
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The congressional district state teach
ers' meeting will be held at Cape Charles.
Va, April 3 and 4.
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Miss Wilson to Sing for Blind.

Miss Margaret Wilson. eldest daughter
of the President is to sing to the blind
next Tuesday night at the Congressional
Library.
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To prevent monopoly the act expressly
provides that no person. association or
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Clause Inserted
Forbids Monopoly

holder or otherwise, in more than one
lease of each Of the mineral deposits men
toned in the act during the life OF the
lease The Attorney General of the United
States will take steps to confiscate any
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In regard to all grades of potassium
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The bill now before the House aims to
substitute an elaborate lease system for
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All applications for leases Of any and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
All Honor to the Greeks

The Rev D. Petrds and others of the Greek Church have
written to The Georgian article paying tribute to the part
played by the Greeks in the Balkan
The representative of the Greeks right Of all the nations
involved the of the Balkans against unspeaka
BILE Turk the Greeks of it with the best record for
character and humanity mingled with splendid courage and de-
votion.
of congraulaton all civilized countries that
this ancient and urou country of Greece richly
shrined in history and tradition should have illustrated in this
modern day along with the martial qualities of its ancient heroes
the considerations of mercy and of humanity upon the battlefield
which their splendid King and noble Queen expressed high
and humane administrations upon the field of battle.
The Greeks of America have high be proud of the
most recent modern record of their countrymen
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
A Georgian's Brave Fight

There something far beyond personal and perfuncory
expression of regret the tenderness with which the newspaper
profession Georgia watched the Hateful struggle of life and
death around the bedside of Charles Pendeon for fifteen
years editor and part of The Macon Telegraph.
That stawart old hero of the Georgia press place in
the record his profession that will be difficult fill Trenchant
pen strong conviction stainless character and civic loyalty
the reliant and dauness Georgian who has lost his
last battle at his home in Macon
Charles r. Pendeon would have been strong in any
in any of American journalism. He type of
the old Tans of the Press whose powerful convictions and
erfu expression helped to make history than did the
statesman who Numbered in the forum.
The editor of The Macon Telegraph had clientele Georgia
all his He held by the of his brains his knowledge
and his consistency He carries with him dust at Roseh
the respect and admiration of friend and enemy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
A FallaCiOuS Theory

For many years certain type of economic thinkers has said
that all that required restore American ships high
is to admit foreign built vessels to American register So on
August "a 1912 the enactment of the Panama Canal bill
ress provided for the admission of foreign
vessels five years old and seawohy American regis
To admit vessels of greater put limit upon
them might divert to American registry foreign then
headed to the scrap heap.
Now here test of economic belief that has been
erated and reiterated for sixty years the result?
Not oneNoT oNE-foreign built American owned has
been placed under American register!
The conclusive The THEORY has been on trial for
than fifteen months 1t is complete utter failure
The theory has been proved to be a fallacy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
Widen PeaChtree Street! And
Do 1t NOW

The widening of Peachtree from Carnegie Way
public necessity plain and practical that scarcely needs
argument to sustain it,
The entire development of that vital artery in munich
pal growth dwared curtaed by the construction of
merce through that Great buildings wait
ing be erected delayed going and the
vast volume which flows that way handicapped by
the thoroughfare.
Everything waits upon the citys improvements All the
preminares involving liberal enterprise and public spirit the
part private citizens have been done 1t remains for the
city government perfect the work of the citizen
else true it must be that Atlanta not
go backward and she stands face face with every forward
Public spirit will fully ndorse the ap
preparation needed widen the neck of bottle of Peach
tree street
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
We Can't Expect Bleed
ing Hearts to Feel Joy
at This Season.

We cannot expect hearts that
are bleeding with recent wounds
to feel any Joy In this season.
But we can urge those who
mourn for the dead to remember
the living and cover the bleeding
wound, when possible, from sight.
A mother who has lost one child
need not shadow the holiday sea-
son for those remaining, who are
too young to feel sorrow so deep
ly, by darkening the home and
refusing to think or talk of any
thing but the departed dear one.
Let her ask herself If that dear
one would want her loss deplored
in such a manner?
Would she be happy in her
spirit-realm, among the angelic
hosts, II she knew her earth home
was shrouded In darkness, and
that all those she loved on earth
were turning their eyes away from
the light and thinking only Of the
grave?
Other sorrows besides death
show their faces to the eyes Of
the soul at this season.
Old Ambitions, old Friendships,
old Loves, old Dreams, that have
. been too fragile to stand the wear
and tear of the years, come forth
from the grave Of the past and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16

gin when they like and leave off
when they are ready Tea and
tobacco, games and papers are
for all. And-it is a wine growing
country-once at least in the
day there is for each person a
glass Of vim ordinaire.
What with the "Workhouse"
and the "Old Folks Refuge"
Berne placed herself in the way
of limiting to Europe the plan of
a differential treatment OF the
worthy and the worthless whom
poverty throws upon the charity
of city.
To another Swiss city, to
Zurich, belongs the honor OF
having set to the world many
years ago an example of high
consideration for the children OF
the state" Zurich has realized
the responsibility of the COM
munity for these helpless lives.
Children are never sent to the
workhouse. The boarding
system is universal
The primary school Is not con-
sidered sufficient Children are
sent to the secondary schools
as we'll A technical or COM
tal f1 rr,,,
in order that they may never
need to claim public support in
after life.
Orphans are received in the
municipal orphanage by a COM
mittee of the City Council. And
1t is alleged that the whole idea
OF the orphanage is to bring up
the children not as paupers nor
as the recipients of charity, but
'as children OF the Swiss middle
class"
And again politico- economic
reasons are alleged for this large
beneficence; 1t pays the city and
the state to lose money in build
Ing men.
Switzerland has no coasts to
defend. and therefore no navy.
She has no spirited foreign policy,
and therefore no huge standing
army. She has no colonies, and
therefore her eyes are not in the
end of the earth. She has her
own problems of poverty and of
vice. But she knows how TO
honor old age and she cares for
the children.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16

he will not learn, he is kept at
unskilled toll.
With its powers of compulsory
detention, Berne has beer able to
remove from the streets both men
and women who had become a
pest to society and a danger to
themselves, and with these pro-
ductive farms and factories has
been able to make them con-
tribute largely to their own
maintenance. Good behavior Sc
cures holidays on Sundays and
on some other days, when the in
mates go out in ordinary clothes
and without supervision And
the system has been found to
work so we'll that "paupers" from
outside have been sent to Berne
and paid for by their own par
ishes.
But the city OF Berne has
known how to deal with its de-
serving poor no less efficiently.
In the whole round of the prob
lens of poverty Lone Is more
pressing than the necessity of
shing between the lazy
vagabond, who has never worked
when he could steal and who at
last comes upon the taxes, ana
the storm beaten old man, who
has served his country more USE
fully with his trowel. his pickax
or spade than the soldier with his
sword, and who. after a life OF
hardship, OF honesty, OF toll, can
no longer keep body and soul to-
gether.
The Old Peoples Refuge in
Berne is a model Of comfort for
the deserving poor. 1t began as
a charity, and the original endow-
ment lessons the cost to the
taxes. But municipal enterprise
has enlarged the scope of its OPP
erations.
Work is entirely optionai-that
seemed TO me the most curious
thing about the place. II the old
men choose TO potter about in the
garden and persuade themselves
that they are still OF use in the
land of the living, or exercise
themselves in chopping wood, or
fiddle about with carpenters
tools, facilities are there and
they can still do little sewing,
or generally make themselves
useful in the house, they can be-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
SCHILLER AND GOETHE.

c. E.-Schiller was, from all
accounts, a much finer man than
Goethe, but in mental grasp and
artistic power the Sage of Wei
mar was head and shoulders
above his dear friend Schiller
The Germans know this, and
while they love Schiller far more
than they do Goethe. they are not
blind to the fact that the latter
was much the greater intellect
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
In=ShOOts

There is always at the top-of
Post-mortem praise has hear glad.
1t difficult to caIliope
The who admires s keep the
To be successful liar untans
Patonic love to salad
and hzz drinks
be
days have probably neglected to
The a willing
o g support gets
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
CREOLES.

F. NJ. R.-Disabuse your mind
at once of the idea that "Creoles"
are crosses between whites and
negroes, Indians or some other
non white breed. Creole is
term originally used to designate
an inhabitant Of the Spanish COL
onies who was descended from
the European settlers, as distin-
guished from the aborigines, the
negroes and mulattoes. The same
thing applies to the French Gre
oles." The French Creole is the
descendant of the original French
settlers in this country, and is in
no sense a negro. Indian or other
non Caucasian person.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
Walk Into the Sunlight;
Believe in the Future;
Don'tLoOk Back.

Courage, Hope, New Ambitions,
New Truths, New Thoughts, New
Resolves, Persistence and Pa
tience-having greeted them all
and bid them welcome, we must
walk forth into the sunlight, be-
lieving absolutely in the future,
and refusing to look backward.
No past was ever so great and
wonderful as any future may be-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
WITCHCRAET.r

w. H. E.-You can probably
find what you want in Lecky's
'Rationalism in Europe" In his
deservedly famous work tho
learned historian gives a full and
fair account Of the rise, progress
and end of "Witchcraft," and you
could not do better than to turn
to him for the light you are seek
ing on that wretched subject
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
-. =. Problems of Poverty .. ..

TT flashed upon me one day as
| rested amid Alpine snow
and Ice that | had never seen
tramp In Switzerland My
knowledge of the Playground of
Europe" goes back many years.
| began to find my way to Switz-
erland in the early nineties. More
than twenty years ago I started
to walk across Switzerland from
Lucerne to Geneva. Since that
day, sometimes on foot and some
times awheel, l have traversed
Its hills and valleys. Was It real
ly the case that l had never met a
tramp?
on reflection I had to admit
that | had sometimes passed on
the road pedestrians who were
obviously workingmen. Clearly
they were ION the tramp" max
ing a journey from town TO town,
with their little kit on their back.
a few tools. some scanty clothing.
But | was quite clear that / had
not once been asked for money.
They might be seeking work
They certainly were not begging.
Was there a reason?
In view Of the problem of the
unemployed which is upon us
there may be at least a passing
interest in setting down some OF
the results Of an investigation
which these reflections led me to
make.
Throughout Germany the re
lief station" is a recognized insti-
tuition Switzerland has copied
Germany. and is said TO have
hcttered its instruction. The Ger
man speaking cautons of Switzer-
land have brought the system 10
a high degree OF perfection. Re
lief stations are found on the
main roads at intervals OF about
ten miles The genuine "unem-
ployed,' walking from place to
place in search OF work, enters
and claims relief as right.
There Is no charity There Is
no pauperism, His name. age,
trade, original address and the
like are registered, and then he is
given dinner. If he chooses 10
stay the night to try his luck in
the town next day he has supper,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
Looking Backward = Answer
All the Phantoms of the Past
When They Arise, but Turn
Your Face to the Future.
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Copyright, 1914. by Star Company.

De1a No'ittNHs.
The old Ambition sneers Der
haps because we turned away be.
fore 1t was attained. The old
Friendship whispers "Faithless':
the old Love "Fickle"; the old
Dream signs, why did you
awaken
Each must be answered ami
sent back to It's grave.
To the old Ambition we must
answer, you led to the wrong
path for my best development
My failure has taught me more
than would you, had I attained
you. l am going forth to a greater
goal"
To the old Friendship, you
were not strong enough to hold
me. Nothing that is Of absolute
worth to the soul Is ever lost.
was not faithless; I only found
my path led In other directions"
To the old Love, II was not
tickle. You were only a prairie
fire, and l fed to escape being
dewoured by you. The light you
cast upon my way was not from
the Great Source
To the old Dream, II was weary
with sleep. So I awoke. To know
Is better than to dream"
And, having answered all the
phantoms and bid them adieu,
then we must turn our faces to
the Spirit of the Coming Days
and greet the retinue Of. attend.
ants about us.