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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-01

obtained at the Wesleyan Seminary at
Lima When my mother moved to Min
nesota and onto a farm ! quit going to
school At the age of eighteen I was a
brakeman on what is now a part Of the
Rock Island System.
My future, / decided. lay in the West.
! stopped at various places on the way t.
the Pacific Coast. At Ogden 1 was rf-
, fered s75 a month"; had been getting $40
in Minnesota-as a brakeman on the Cen
trail Pacific. In two years ] had a train.
was employed as a conductor on that
road and on the Northern Pacific and on
the Rio Grande until lsss. when l became
an official of the Conductors Brother
hood
Letters the President Recalled.
viii you tell me-" ] asked. how you
happened TO be made a member OF the
anthracite arbitration commission in
1902
Yes, and I will give you some inside
information that has never been pub
lished. ! had arrived in Chicago en- route
to New York when a telegram from my
secretary was put in my hand saying
that letter had come to me from the
White House on which had been writ
ten the word immediate l remained in
Chicago and the letter was sent to me b.
special delivery.
ut was from the President who said
that he had exhausted his efforts to have
the operators settle the coal strike by
arbitration and that he purposed to aP-
point a committee and ascertain all the
facts. He wanted the committee. 50 he
assured me, to carry on its investigation
without the fear of hurting or the desire
of favoring either side.
Grover Cleveland. Carroll ID. Wright.
Marvin Hughitt, John ID. Herman and
myself, Mr.. Roosevelt wrote. were 10
compose the committee. l. telegraphed
that | would accept the responsibility
left Chicago that evening for New York.
At the same time. as l learned after
wards. a conference was going on at the
White House.
AT 8 O'Clock the next morning opera
tors and miners consented to submit their
case to arbitration. Mr.. Roosevelt i'm
mediately recalled his letters to Mr..
Cleveland and the others whom ! have
named. Certain kinds Of men. II was
stipulated. should be appointed as arbi-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-01
RTTHIEVES THRIVE In EUROPE

a picture by the famous Dutch master.
Jacob van Ruysdael. Twenty thousand
dollars was the price required for the
painting An eminent art critic, deputed
by Commissioner Ricci to examine the
canvas, pronounced IL to be perfect in
every detail and a stupendous example
of Ruysdaefs art
Acting on tn advice, the council Of
state gave its consent. and the picture
on behalf of the government, and was
Rome.
Soon, however, experts declared the
painting to be a clever. but obvious.
fake. Then a committee of experts came
to the conclusion that the government
had been victimized by a gang of astute
swindlers.
1t soon was discovered that the sup
posed masterpiece of Dutch art was the
work of a comparatively obscure Russian
artist, Sergius Zagoskin. who was ar
rested forthwith together with Signor
Ricci.
The latter confessed his crime TO the
court and offered to refund the money
unduly received Zagoskin. however. was
able to prove that he sold the picture
as his own work TO Signor Ricci.
Counsel for the defense having sub
mitted to the court that the picture was
certainly worth the price paid for it, Ia
goskin was acquitted. and Signor Ricci
was condemned to twelve months penal
servitude and fine of $500.
The picture, however, being a really
admirable imitation of Ruysdaers work
and considered a genuine work of art
on its own merits, will continue to be
exhibited at the Galleria Borghese, the
faxed signature having been obliterated
by order of the court.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-01
Interstate Commerce Commissioners Has Had Practical Ex
perience, Beginning at Age Of Eighteen "A Native Of
Lima, N. Y, He Had Little Chance for Schooling

left Ogden with ten crowded coaches
grew cloudy as the train approached the
desert BY and by to the east the
heavens turned black as night Clark
thought of the treacherous sands and
the narrow canyons through which the
waters sometimes poured with terrible
rapidity.
Condition OF the Track.
At Pleasant Valley Junction he tele-
graphed to William H. Bancroft, the
superintendent. suggesting that the train
be held at that station until reports
could be received concerning the condi-
ton of the track west of Green River.
1t was late in the afternoon and Mr..
Bancroft had left his Office. SO Rawlins,
the dispatcher. wired back to Clark. who
was waiting at the station.
Locate him." Clark replied instantly.
land explain the situation"
A messenger found the superintendent
by telephone. "A great storm Is raging
on the desert" he was told. mo. is
at Pleasant Valley Junction. The con-
ductor advises that the train be held
there for a time or that II return to
Ogden"
.sWho, is the conductor? Mr.. Bancroft
asked, shouting into the telephone.
Clark" answered the messenger.
..If ii is Clark" Mr.. Bancroft ordered.
tell him to use his own judgment.
No. s went hack to Ogden The pas
sengers were transferred to the Northern
Pacific and sent on to their destinations.
1t was ten days before the Rio Grande
was opened again for business. Long
reaches of track had been washed away
in the desert The canyons had been
filled with rocks and, dirt. Mr.. Clark
60 NOT
one Of his passengers was ever killed,
injured or even so much as bruised or
scratched through any fault that could
be traced to him.
while Theodore Roosevelt was Presi-
dent, in what is commonly called his
first term, he made speaking journey
through the South, timing his travels
so as to be at Chattanooga during the
convention of the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Firemen. in which organization
he was to be given an honorary member
ship.
Mr.. Clark. chief of the Conductors
Brotherhood, was at Chattanooga at the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-01
BY JAMES b. MORROW.

A group OF railroad men, minor officials
mostly and old acquaintances. were talk
: ing about the appointment. just an
nounced, of Edgar L. Clark. to member
ship on the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Ed" one of them observed. in a
tone that settled the matter SO far as he
was concerned, was always lucky.
"You may say it's luck" Job A. Edison
answered, "but ] call IL something else.
10 Edison. was president of the Kan
sas City Southern Railway. Years be-
fore he had been a telegraph operator for
the Lake Shore. then train master for
the Union Pacific, then division superin-
tendent for the Missouri Pacific, and then
the manager of the Denver and Rio
Grande Doubtless there were men In
The group who thought he had been
lucky.
1T is not luck he repeated. 'T knew
ED Clark when he Was q conductor on
the Rio Grande, running passengers and
freights. 1 saw him often, day and night.
as Travelled up and down the line. and
1 noticed whenever his train was on a
siding he was outdoors watching and
waiting for the other train to pass.
II also noticed" Mr.. Edison continued,
s'that the ordinary conductor on such
occasions stayed in the caboose and took
a nap, depending on his crew to notify
him when it was safe to go ahead. Ed
Clark has not been lucky but he has
been a good manager of his job and OF
himself
A story is told out in the Rocky Noun
tain country of a remarkable railroad
incident. Clark, then a conductor on the
Rio Grande, left Ogden with a train of
ten cars, all filled with passengers. Clark
was an observing man. He kept his eye
on the right of way, on the inhabitants
who lived along the tracks and on the
weather.
'.Who Is the Conductor:'
The Rio Grande crossed the Colorado
desert, a mournful region where rain
seldom broke the monotony of glaring
sunlight and cloudless sky. But when
rain did fall no man could tell what
strange things would happen on the
sand, which might trickle away or rush
away like liquid ashes.
The particular day on which Clark
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-01
Swedish Officers Finally Wip-
ing Out Robber Bands
Who Terrorize Merchant
Travellers.

Teheran, Jan. 3L-SwedisB officers are
having wonderful success in their work
of developing a gendarmerie. or police
force. to wipe out brigandage and petty
extortion by Persian khans. Sowlet-ed-
Dowleh, one of the worse Of these small
chieftains, has just agreed to place his
rifiemen under the orders Of the Swedish
commandment and to resign control of the
road he presumed to hold
The gendarmerie now consists OF eight
battalions and in addition the Swedes
conduct an officers school where Persian
youths of the better class are taught the
art of warfare
Despite Russian jealousy the area po-
Iced Is constantly extended.
Up till quite recently the labors of the
Swedish officers have consisted chiefly
in recruiting. training. and general or
ganization. and the area under effective
patrol was inevitably confined to the
principal roads within a radius OF 100
or $50 miles of the capital. Little more
than a year has elapsed since the gen.
darmerie organization was extended to
Shiraz, which Is now regarded as the
southern headquarters of the force II
is only quite lately that a nucleus of go
men. with two Maxims and three Swed-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-01
Same Platform At Chattanooga with President Reese
vel, and Meeting Changed Whole Course Of Life.

companies and Individual investors. Here
was one profit Then they voted them
selves the money they originally paid for
the bonds as a cash dividend on the stock
standing in their names. This was more
high financieriIg.
II know Of a large railway corporation
that has paid 100000 In commission,
to bankers for the sale of its securieties
know OF another great railway corpora
ton In the Northwest which. for a lorg
time. has been spending surplus over
dividends On Its property. The amount
Of the money SO used, and II runs into
millions. has been entered on its books
and Is a standing temptation for new
acts In fancy fnanciering. There is no
law to prevent the men who manage the
company from doing exactly what Harri-
man carried through when he almost
wrecked the Chicago and Alton
Railway bonds and shares. II issued
under governmental safeguards and scru-
tiny. would become the very safest form
of investment for the people. Commits
sions for their sale would not have to
be given to bankers And every commits
sion paid out ID a permanent charge
against property and thus increases the
cost of transporting passengers and
freight
II venture to say that the government
of the United States could sell 800 CO., 900
Of per cent bonds through the post
offices of the country inside of a week
and no commissions to bankers would be
necessary. Railroad bonds could be sold
just as readily and cheaply were the
people sure that they were honestly is
sued against their equivalent in actual
property.
When Hartman bought the Chicago
and Alton he doubtless knew Of the sur
plus carried on its books and meant to
capitalize that surplus for his own en-
richment- 1 would halt that sort of
money-making. Wall Street awoke one
morning and learned to its horror that
John W. Gates had purchased control
of the Louisville and Nashville. Wall
Street knew what could be done. It also
knew Gates. There were wild conferences
of eminent fnanciers. A panic, they
thought, might come upon the country
In the end. Gates was bought out. Mil
lions were paid him simply because he
had the power. through lack of pre-
tentative law, to upset the whole world
of business and industry.
such dangers to the nation ought to
be made impossible
Copyright. 1914, by James B. Morrow
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-01

time on a fraternal visit. The two men
spoke the same night to the same audi
ence Mr.. Clark's address was made
without manuscript or notes. When he
sat down President Roosevelt. in the next
chair. jgrasped his hand and exclaimed
Il was delighted with what you said.
You are a man. l find, OF unusual COM
mon sense"
This meeting changed the whole
course of Mr. Clark's life. The follow
ing month President Roosevelt appointed
him a member of the arbitration COM
mittee, agreed to by the operators and
their workmen. for the settlement Of the
ruinous anthracite coal strike. Four years
later. in 1896, Mr.. Clark was made a
member of the great Interstate Com
merce Commission. He Is chairman of
that body at this time.
The Interstate Commerce Commission,
composed of seven men, scrutinizes and
regulates the common carriers OF the
United States. Railroads, II might be
said are in its hands. 1t cannot estab-
lish prices for the transportation Of pas
sengers and freight but it can fix a
maximum rate beyond which the rail-
roads dare not venture.
Eastern railroads are now asking per-
mission to raise their charges for carry
ing freight s per cent. 1t is said that IL
the advance is permitted, a nationwide
and immediate stimulus will be given to
all kinds of business. The railroads, il
is argued, will begin buying steel rails.
cars and timber. Mills and shops on
half time will be operated at full ca
pacity. So runs the debate on the af-
firmative side of the question. In short.
IL is declared that the Interstate Com
merce Commission has the power to re-
store prosperity TO the whole country.
Wanted to He a Blacksmith.
Lima in New York. a little town with
out a railroad. was the birthplace OF Ed
gar Z. Clark. I'm my opinion" he said
"blacksmithing was the finest job on
earth. i volunteered to pump the bellows
of the village horseshoer and watched in
unbounded admiration while he hammered
red-hot iron. But when Jimmy Murphy
let me use his saws. planes and chisels
thought l would like to be cabinet
maker.
My father died when I was six years
old. What book education 1 have was
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-01

Therefore. along with operating CUES
lions go problems relating to finance.
In the meantime the manager has found
that the terminal accommodations IN hia
large cities are utterly inadequate. he
might have bought land for yards long
ago. but his road was poor. and besides,
he could not foresee the marvellous de-
velopment that was to occur. not alone
In his own territory. but In every part
OF the United States
II have talked discursiveIy OF the rail-
road situation" Mr.. Clark went on to
say, land have tried only to touch spon
those matters which are elemental and
OF most interest to the public. i have
never thought that government owner
ship of railroads was desirable In the
United States. More than a million rail-
way employees, together with their male
relatives, and the voters they could in
huence, might keep a President and a
Congress In power against the actual
desires and welfare OF the rest. of the
inhabitants Having said. SO much,
pass to something else.
There ought to be government control
OF railway securities, or, speaking more
precisely. OF the issuance of the securities
OF interstate railways The tricks of high
finance should be stopped. We read the
other day of a melon which a certain
big railroad corporation means to cut
and distribute to its own people This
railroad issued bonds several years ago
and with the proceeds Of the bonds bought
the shares OF other railroads Now IL is
proposed to divide a part of those shares
among its stockholders. The bonds are
not to be called in and paid. They are
to stand as an Understanding debt
against the property. This is high finance.
Late Example of High Finance.
Il remembered my conversation with
Mr.. Willard when It was harmed that E.
II. Hartman. the creative genius who
made the Union Pacific one Of the finest
roads in the country. almost wrecked the
Chicago and Alton by a new and unjusti-
fed issue OF bonds. The Chicago and
Alton had paid an per cent dividend for
many years. Its surplus earnings were
put back In the property.
Hartman. gaining control of the road.
issued bonds to the amount of the sur
plus already spent for improvements to
tracks. bridges, terminals and SO on
Then he and his confederates bought the
bonds at about So cents on the dollar.
They'immediately sold the bonds for what
they were actually worth to insurance
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-01

THE daisies and leaves can be worked either
solidly or as eyelets the stems are to be
= outlined. The dots are designed for
punched work
When making solid or satin stitch, first pad
by darning backward and forward lengthwise
then cover closely with over and over stitches,
working in the opposite direction from the
padding. To make the daisy petals and leaves
as cyclists, run a thread round the outline, cut
a slight slit iengthwise, then crosswise push
. the material back and work closely over and
over. To make the centers Of the daisies a.
eyeIsts. first eneircle by running thread round
the outline, then pierce with a stiletto and work
take short stitches. keeping the needle toward
the righe and work upward. Outline the Sits
by running thread closely round, then cut
slit in the goods and work closely over and over.
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EDGAR E. CLARK STARTED AS RAILROAD BRAKEMAN


-, -. =,
trators-s reoerai !uase. Hne .,--~v
De Seoree orey' % ~
man. ana blsnop Sonh L. Sps's; " -
Roman Catnohct oiocese u
mentioned; an army enssneeI. snu
John d. wilson was asreec Ipyn mn. :,
ing engineer. ana EdwAho y
the oeoiog1cai survey was
coal operator, ana Ihomss "a.
OF scranton, was scceptao'e 70 -, wi
cerned ana nnahy an eminent soeioios's''
MA u.sr-~.S. No~ SuHer
II was the eminent socioios r'
Clark added with smhe. MT. noose'
welt once introduced me 10 a tamou,
Engiishman as my emihent socioioss..
but. OF course, the Enghsnman oion
Know the PreAoeht was Johihs-
ID. Wright. the actuahy eminent sta.s-
tician. was appointed recoroer oi '"s
commission
"Afterward. when we reahzed that 'ne
SIX aroitratofs might oiNiae evenly on
serious propositions, we asked the rres''
gent 70 make hr. Wnkht resuIaf mein
Der OF tine BOARD ! met ar; hooseve',
quite o,ten aiter my seryce IN "e ooa.
senke, out ! never taIkeo 70 MN aoou'
the interstate commerce commission I'M
III nouce OF my appointment was pun
iisned IN the NEWSPAPERS
you ask why there mas oeen so mucn
unfriendhness on the part OF the PUBIC
toward rahroads Mr.. ozark saio. re-
peating question mao asked NM oh-
oupteoiy u arose because raiiroad owners
ana managers thought they could run
tneir property as they pleased They did
not understand that they had obtained
thelr franchises from the Pubic Hali-
sosas were looked upon as psa,e
business enterprises IN which the people
had no rights either In ethics or the
statutes
Through agitation and legislative &C
ton the public has compelled railroad
managers to see and to respect their
double obligation-their obligation to
the people and their obligation to the
security holders who own the property.
All men are now agreed that our COM
mon carriers require regulation and
supervision. The change from the old
order and the OLD point or view TO the
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FOR TRANSFERRING THESE
PATTERNS.

IT 'HE window pane method is perhaps the simplest
and is particularly successful when the material
is thin such batiste lawn, or handkerchief
nen the best plan pin the sheet of paper and the
material together and hold them up against the window
pane and with sharp pencil the design the
table or other hard surface and carefully trace the
design with well pointed pencil. the design may also
be transferred to heavy material by using piece Of
tern and CLOTH using sharp pointed pencil secure
q clean line
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-03-26
Kinder Schreien
MACH FlETcHER'S
Gas oRIA

ltn6anf lei 2obn. - vSie
leben ia gut aus! &oben Sic biel=
leidt elm giienbabm1ngliid mitge~
madt?"
Sos gero6e m6t," %e1ttgegnete Der
MnmoIt. vS6 fiibrte porgeltern eiren
Nro8eB un0 bemies Ben @eidmorenen
in ~glG115erber &ebe, 6aB mein Client
fem 8erbred)er lei, lon6ern ein Marr.
Sd bemies ibnen 10 iiberae11gen6, BOB
ser Mngeflagte berruH lei, boB iie
i'm obne @eiteres freiipraden."
.@os bat bas nit SSbrem 8eridln-
benen @eiidt nnb oem blauen Muge
5m tbnn?"
vMeein Client bat mid, nod @rle-
6iung 6es Ga0es, Dor 6em @ertdts'
gebarfoe CUR &e6e geitent."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-03-26

Die Seem Dorter fangen an, {ih
iiber 6ie imner GROCER mer6en6en
aua1titaten Sleiib 5u tpun6ern, sic
BON Mrgentinien Der in Sen Seem gor=
fer Soften gebra@t mer6en. @abreno
6es lebten 9nartoIs BEG Sssabres 1918
mur0en 6,606,ss6 &fun6 Mrgentini-
fdes 6leif9 importiert. Snoffi3ieme
8eri6te aus @oibington meIoen, boB
Die 6leii65ufubr in Sen Monaten essa=
naar nno 6ebraar fogor nod GROCER
mar. Wabren6 6ieier 3tpei Monate
pnroen namli6 10000 @tiid Sam.
mel eingefiibrt. Cine Seem gorfer
8eitung felt felt, 6ab 6as aus DR.
gentiniet na6 bier importierte 6Ieiid
Die ameritonii6en @roBbdn6ler 3tpei
Bis bier Gents 6os Bhun6 unter Dem
Hefigen 8reife foite, nber 6oB Die
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1914-03-26
aoniumen bon oieien @ortbeilen
nidts ipiiren; neil iie bas importer
tie Deiid ebenio tberer mie 6as bie=
jige be5ablen miiiien.

@ie Die 8ernen6ung bon @leftri5t=
tit fir @eleudtungs- unb &raft5mede
in ben 5ebn Sabren bon 1902 bis
1912 3"ugenommenen bat in Ben Ser.
Staaten, 5eigt elm Bertdt 6es Genius
Yureaas. Die 3abl Ser %fommer5iel.
len eleftriiden @raftanlagen ipuds
bon 1905 in 1902 a1f 1869 in 1912,
gleid 30 Yro3ent. Die Bail Der n11=
ni5ipalen eleftrtfden &raftanlagen
ltieg bon 815 in 1902 al,f 1862 in
1912 glei@ 60 @ro5ent. Sn 1912,
beliefen ii6 6ie Eotaleinnobmen Ser
eleftriiden &raftanlagen a1f $780,
1859, in 1902 betrugen fie $685.
700,605; cine 3unabme alio bon 252
Hro5ent. SSn 1912 tparen Die GotaI<
ousgaben $234,419,478, gegen $685.
081,375 in 1902; cine 8unobme bon
|244 &ro5ent. Die GAIL Der Mrbeiter
ltieg INN 1852 @ro5ent, ndmlid bon
30,326 auf 1886. @abrenb ser
Yferoeitarte ser NIT Dampf getrie=
benen eleftriiden &raftan1agen bon
1,394,395 ouf 81, a >532 itieg, itieg
6te Hfer6eitdrfe ser @aiierfraftanla=
gen bon 438,472 onf 2,471,081. Sn
eriterem 6alle eine 8unabme bon 255
Bro5ent, in leBterem cine iol6e bon
AGA Bro5ent. Sn 1912 mur6en H.
500, 1868, 006 @ilomatt=5tunoen pro-
ou5irt, geeen 2,507, in 1902,
cine 3nnabme bon 359 @ro5ent. Sic
BAIL Ser eleftrii6en 8ogenlampen
5tpar MIR bon 385,698 auf SOB, 1896
(3t &ro5ent), 6agegen 6te ser Glib
lampen un6 an6erer 2ampenarten
BON 1874, 044 a11f 76,507,142 (32C
Hro5ent). Die gr0Bte 3unabn1e o1i
6ieiem @ebtete aber ber5et@nen Die
&raftmotore, 6ie nit @~leftri5itGt ge.
ipeiit per6en. Die 3obl Der 8fer6e:
frdfte folder Motore itteg bon 1885,:
005 in 1902 ouf 4,130,6t9 in 1912.
Das lit cine @ermebrung bon 84a
Bro5ent.