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The Washington herald., 1914-06-13
WILSON OFF TO PRINCETON.

President Wilson will leave Washing
ton az ociock this morning to particI-
pate in the annual reunion Of Princeton
of the class of '79. of which he is a MEM
Der. He will attend luncheon to be
given by the class and attend a banquet
this evening. He will leave Princeton
for Washington at IL o'clock tonight
The Washington herald., 1914-06-13
ARMS LANDED FOR BEBELs.

The arms and ammunition conveyed to
Tampico for the use of the .constitu-
tionalists by the Ward liner Art lila yes
terdsy were landed at that p 1i mt and
Immediately transferred to raif way trains
bound northward. There wez re 100000
cartridges in the ammunitiuh consign-
ment
The Washington herald., 1914-06-13
DEFER RATE INCREASE.
!. c. c. Orders Suspension Until De-
cember FL in Somerset Case.

cember FL in Somerset Case.
Further suspension of the proposed in
creases in fare between points in the Dis
trcit and Somerset, Nd. was the action
taken yesterday by the Interstate Com
'merce Commission in the case Of the
citizens of Somerset against the WASH
inRton and Rockville Railway The Pc
riod of the suspension declared by the
commission was from June = TO De-
cember q.
The argument before the commission
has been carried on by S. r. Bowen, at
torney for the railway company, and
John B. Daish, speaking for the citizens.
According TO the railway company, the
rate to Somerset is lower in proportion
to distance covered than any other ride
The Washington herald., 1914-06-13
&. j. Alumni TO
FEAST TONIGHT
Old Graduates Will Attend
l25th Anniversary of
School.
HUNDREDS ARE COMING
President Wilson and Gov. Glynn to
Be Speakers at Cele-
bration.
HUNDREDS ARE COMING

Celebration OF the I25th anniversary Of
the founding of Georgetown University
begins tonight. when aISrspi and former
students pf the college vii y the guests
'of Rev. 4. J. DonIon. s. j.. president of
the university, at banquet, in Ryan
Hall. Chief Justice White. of the United
States Supreme Court; Gov Glynn,> OF
New York. and member of the DEMOCRAT
&c Corps will be present The celebration
viii conclude with the joint commence
ment of the four branches of the uni
versity next Tuesday.
Georgetown was founded in l1S3 by John
Carroll. first archbishop of Baltimore.
Its centenary was celebrated with great
pomp in 1859 in the presence of Cardinal
Gibbons and President Cleveland. Father
Donlon, the first alumnus of Georgetown
to become president of the university,
has made every effort TO have the
celebration eclipse the centennial of 1Sse.
President Wilson has been invited TO at
tend, as have also number OF men
prominent in church and state. Gov.
Martin L. GIynn. of New York, will de-
liver the principal address
To Confer Degrees.
Honorary degrees for signal achieve
ment in diplomacy. politics. and science
will be conferred at the celebration.
The degree OF doctor of laws will be
awarded to Senor Don Juan Riano y
Gayangos. Spanish Ambassador of the
United States. Gov. Glynn, Thomas E.
Ewing. Commissioner of Patents; DR..
Joseph Taher Johnson and DIR. Frank
Baker, of Washington: ]. Percy Keating
OF Philadelphia. and Eugene Ives. of Ari-
zona. Mr.. Ives received his course de-
gree of master of arts at the centenary
celebration in 1889.
Thomas Walsh, OF Brooklyn. will be the
recipient Of the degree of doctor of let
tiers. Other candidates for degrees have
submitted theses. This years graduates.
on, whom will be conferred course degrees
in arts. science medicine, law and dem
tistry. number 400.
The haccalaureate sermon will be
delivered at IL o'clock tomorrow
morning at Holy Trinity Church by
Rev jeremiah NJ. Prendergast s j.. the
honor man of the centennial class IN the
department of arts and sciences An
election of regents will be held in the
afternoon and at evening Father Donlon
will tender a reception to the alumni.
Faculty to Receive.
In the receiving line will he the MEM
bers of the faculties of the four depart
ments. former presluehts oi bhe thiNeI
sity and Jesuits who taught at the col
lege in previous years Following the
reception the alumni will gather in the
quadrangle and recall their boyhood days
by singing old college songs.
Monday morning will be given over to
sports and athletic events, The feature
Of this portion of the program will be
game of baseball between the ''old
boys" and the seniors of this year. Class
day exercises and reunions will mark
the afternoon and will conclude with the
parade of former students and alumni
by classes around the college walks
The Washington herald., 1914-06-13
SYLVESTER JOINS CHIEFS.

Mai. Richard Sylvester left yesterday
for Grand Rapids to attend the conven-
tion Of the International Association Of
Police Chiefs. Of which he is president
Inspector Gessford Is acting as superin-
tendent Of police.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-13

a. z = u " y z Y I OL
motherhood Is ever
before US. To know
what to do that will
add to the physical
comfort of expectant
motherhood Is a sub
ject that he's inter-
ested most women of
all times One OF
the real helpful
things iS an errPr0aI
The Washington herald., 1914-06-13
II is lust Natural
To Admire Babies

Our a1trustic nature impels love for the
cooing infant. And at the same time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
Children of Famous Writer Remember That England Expects

work, namely, the department entitled Red Ink" which he carried on in a well known English magazine, and which he had made somewhat re- nowned, but he is still begging away, almost as industriously as ever, and turns out all things considered. an amazing amount of work, mostly in the form of short stories for which he has a geniune gift.
 James Barr shared to the full. his wife's keen ambitions for their chil- Gren. From the first he encouraged them in whatever artistic bent they developed. What is more he saw to it that they should be surrounded by rare examples of art. which is the reason that, not exactly plutocrat, he has declined to part with such possessions Of his rare collection of old Japanese bronzcs. worth from s1o,000 to $15.000 that the South Kensington Museum, which has not it's like has been trying for years to buy, as well as certain valuable and beautiful old furniture and precious works of art, with the re- suit that, together with the paintings Barr, which have been exhibited in the Paris salon." the Royal Academy and elsewhere, they are to be viewed today by the visitor to No. Clyde street, whose welcome by the way, is of true transatlantic heartiness
 The roll call of the Barr boys is as follows, Allan, the artist, who is 25; Russell, the singer, whose years num- Der 21, and Jimmie. the buglar, who, in spite of the fact that he is only Is, and not yet In long trousers, Is at present a full fedged musician in his majestys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

' V | nd@il tributed at No Clyde street. D South Kensington. That, in the t vernacular of our native land, is one of tic surest things you know.
 ls No. Clyde street." modest little
 house in a quiet, typically Kensinsto
 ian little street, is the abode of James
 Barr, the novelist, only less well known
 than his late brother Robert Barr, and of his family which proves to be as ac-
 complshed, and incidentally as patri- otic Q one, as perhaps could be found | three sons, one q young artist of real ly extraordinary powers, one an un-
 commonly promising singer and one at
 presnt chiefly remarkable for youth full indomitability and his command
 over the bugle, and of an equal number
 of girls, the two elder of whom. besides { being exceedingly comedy have marked talent in several directions. Of these
 every one except the baby of the house.
 hold, whose years number only 6, is devoting him or herself to the service
 of their country, and, in the cases of
 the boys leach of whom is being
 y,
 his life and sacrifice his artistic career at whatever moment he Is called upon
 to do So. Thereby hangs tale which
 I think you will agree is quite a strik- ing and "human'' one.
 James Barr himself. who. though
 stricken by illness, is thus giving the props of his maturer years to the ser lvice of the Motherland, is a Spartan parent if ever there was one. Born in ] Canada and trained in the United Estates, England has been his home for the past 30 odd years. he and his elder brother. both of whom were members of
 the staff of the Detroit Free Press hay ing come to London orininally to found | she English. edition of that well known American newspaper which was carried
 on successfully for so many years It
 was only a comparatively short time before Robert Barrs death, by the way,
 that his younger brother began writing
 under his own name. Previous to that time, feeling that his kinsman had a better right to the family name, James Barr published all his work under the 1 Ipseudonym of Angus Evan Abbot" (which speedily became well known on both sides of the Atlantic, especially
 
 and clever book, The Gods Give My
 Donkey Wings" Since then his books have included The Great Frozen North" "The Grey Bat" :" Under the
 Eaves of Night and Laughing Through Wilderness besides which the has written short stories innumer- able and magazine articles without humber.
 II Of recent years the gods" to use his own designation. have dealt rather )hardly with Barr. While bidding him |lkoodby at the gate, three years ago, |viis wife. a brilliant woman who had flare ambitions for her talented chll- Hjren. suddenly dropped dead. Less than year later, Barr contracted splnai f94hcumatism which has sadly bent his |lhc1lre, and. in February last he was Iatta}cked by iritis which has resulted | lin tho loss of the entire sight or his left eye. This forced him to rellnqulsh On important branch of his literary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

Mass and at tho age of 2G was mada United states consnl at Gnagaqui He served there for several wears and Then moved ta Valparaiso. wnere me estab. lished line of passenger vessels alons the coas1 n, Has tho foundef of the Pacific steam Navigation company. and so may be called the flfst To introduce steam on tae west coast. He built the first gaa and wRter works of south American and strung the first tele- graph line.
 Henry Meiges. the other great Amee- ican railroad constructor, built tho wonderful road which goes up the An- des back of Lima. Peru He also con structed the road from Mollsnde to Areduipa that noW goes on to Lake Titicaea and he did great deal of railroad building in Chtli. lie complete ed tue road from Valparaiso to santa 20. and built some of what Is now a part of the Longitudinal system. Today great deal of American rolling stock and rails are still used in Chni. and 1t is impossible to Utite ahout thc roads without reference To thcir close conuec- tlon with tha t'uited states.
 FRANK G. CARPENTER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

the forest region. l then came on con struction trains as far as Tenruco, the home of lhe Araucanian Indians and am now a days ride further south, hav- iIies gone through pioneer settlements all the way. Within another 15 years the road will probably have extended to the Strait of Magellan This, l should say, is as much fartehr south of here as from St Louis to New Orleans
 The longitudinal railway belongs to the government and contracts for material and cars may be made with the govern- ment officials. The government is fur nishing the capital for the extensions and the building goes on steadily. During 1e12S70 miles of new lines were opened 10 traffic and the total number of miles under construction was 800 Some of this has since been completed. The railroad work paid for in that year was valued at $75,000,00A, sum equal to more than $t for every man, woman and child in the country
 At the present time Chile has over 400o miles of railroad in operation. and of this about one-half belongs to the state. The government began to take over the roads about a generation ago, and by 191c it had paid something like $200, 600 GOO for them.
 The state railways are managed by of ficials appointed by the President There is genarl manager who is assisted by nine administrators. The administrator holds similar position to that of gen eral manager of a private railroad, and fhe system is divided into nine sections each of which has it's administrator. The chief offices of the state roads are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
RegimentaI Pets

From Ttt-2l
 some of our soldiers. it seems. nave taken the regimental maseots with them 10 the front This is no new de- parture. for in the Boer war most rcgi- ments took their pets with them-hy permission or without it Among tho most uotahle Of lhem was Billie. tho bfinaled bulldog of the Second hoyat Irish Rifles. who had come unseathed through previous campaigns, as his medals testified. There were alse two monkey mascots which attracted at tention, belonging respectively to Sratboonas Horse and the C. L N.. both of which rode in procession through London at the close of the war.
 The most famous Of regimenta1 pets is the goat of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers but the record for service with the col ors belongs to the late and much la taented Bob of the Royal Berkshire regiment. Boh--a dog-was at Maiwand when his regiment made it's gallant stand to cover the guns and he figures in the group of heroes pictured n "rhe Last Eleven at Maiwand." 1ie came off with a bullet wound in tho back and on returning to England had the honor of being. decorated by Queen Victoria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

sitting together on the couch in their fathers den, they told me about their work as almoners, which already, it seems, has resulted in some odd exper- fences and discoveries.
 "Over 2500 wives and mothers Of sol- diers and sailors in this district of Lon- don alone are on the books of the so- oiety." declared Miss Eva, "and each of them is visited twice a week. some of them are quite helpless about their busi- ness affairs, and landlords who are press ing for their rents have to be seen and arranged with, pawned articles rescued from uncle's clutches and all sorts of other things done. Then we give mon- ey-whatever sum constitutes the mar sin between comfortable living and the income they have at present, Mariel has 20 families on her list and l have IS or l9 at present and we really find going to see them quite interesting, What has struck us both most, aside from their pluck is the wonderful cleanness and neatness Of their little homes. as well as the quite wonderful valuable things some Of them have. We have seen some really beautiful examples of plate and cut glass in these little homes and warned all their owners against parting with them to swndling dealers one woman told me that sho had recently been offered two dollars and a half for a out-eass bowl that must be worth something handsome, and that she had just sold, for shilling each, half q dozen liqueur glasses that must have been worth pounds"
 -Tt. ters, too" put in Miss Mariel "one ot whom proves, years ago. to have cook ed for William de Morgan, the veteran author of Joseph Vance, That. how ever. was long before he began writ ing novels, when. In fact he first en- tered the business of manufacturing tiles, and lived in Chiswick. She in quired, quite naiveiY. if he were still alive! Another of our new acquaint- ances rejoices in the name of Elizabeth Faith Drake. which is quite appropriate in these days. We write quite a lot Of letters for them, by the Way, mostly to commanders of regiments. to ask about their men. from many of whom they have not heard for weeks on end. They know. of course, that they will get telegram if their sons or husbands are either killel on wounded, but that, nat trally does not cheer them up much.
 some of these cases are really awfuliy pathetic" the fair speaker went on. rOne woman. whose husband was In the navy. told me she had walked. don't know how many times all the way from Ken sinston here down to the Admiralty offi- oes fin Whitehall and back again, and it miles, to read the list of killed and wounded posted up there, and the last time she went she read her husbands namo among the dead He was one of those who went down in the Pathfinder the first cri.iser Of ours to be sunk by a mine, aud she has 10 children. all under scven How she is going to get along I have no idea
 Copyright lga by Curtis Brown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

)NDON, October 29.-(Special.A
 No white feathers will be dis tributed at No. 1 Clyde street,
 South Kensington. That, in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

factories are located, and whose members are known as about the toughest crowd in the volunteer service. So this delicate ly nurtured young singer is likely to learn quite lot about humanity. to say nothing of war, before he is through with the job. The aggregation of young ruff fians who, for the most part, form the Fourth London Rifles left here tocamp at Eadey Wood. in Sussex. last week, and as soon as they are ready for active service will go to the firing line in their tIrn-and Heaven help the Germans who encounter them.
 Meanwhile what of the two pretty sis ters of these youngsters?. We'll both of them, Eva and Mariel, the former of whom is in the early twenties and the latter just 19. are devoting practically all the time they can spare from looking after the household lares and penates to work in connection with the war, partie- uJarly that of acting as ''almoners for the soldiers and Soldiers Families asso- Ciation. This is a big charitable organi- ation that looks after the welfare of the wives and mothers of England's fighting men, and, needless to say it has its hands more than full just at present. Accord ingly, it is having the willing assistance ot hundreds of girls and women who not only visit the women and generally keep track of them, but also act as d 'almon- ers.' that is. give money where it is needed, and this Is what Eva and Mariel Barr are doing.
 Exceeding good to look upon. as has been hinted. the musical gift is strong ir. each of them, both being really bril- liant piansts. Marel. in fact would now be deep in concert work were 1t not for rather a serious omnibus accident which befell her about a year ago and which had a temporary effect on her health, preventing hard study, while Miss Eva, besides her musical gifts, is quite promising young authoress. who not only writes stories but gets them &C., cepted by quite prominent publications
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

 
Copyrighted. 1ei4, by Frank c. Carpenter,

(Copyrighted. 1914 by Frank G. Carpenter)
 Puerto Montt
 (~ fHE warin Europe will force upon Chile the purchase of large 2s==Sf amount of United States steel kSESsS4l rails. steel bridges and other
 railway materials. The country has several enormous projects under way and there are a dozen new roads either surveyed or projected. For the past two weeks I nave been riding over the state. railways. I have had pass from the government, and have gone here and there at my will without paying fare. The place where I am now writing is the southern terminus of the system. It is Puerto Montt, thriving port on the very frontier of the settled part of the country and as far south of Pisague. the northern terminus. where the railway begins as the distance from Boston to Dallas, or New York to Denver. This country is like great sausage. It is long and narrow. If it were laid on the United States with it's northern end at Boston 1t would stretch across New England and the Appalachian system, across the whole of the Mississippi valley and far into the Rocky mountains, ending in Utah. Cape Horn and the Strait of Magellan, which form the southern end of the sausage, would be just about as far west of Bos- ton as is Salt Lake City. The country ts nowhere much wider than from Balti- more to New York, and in many places it could be squeezed in between Baltimore and Philadelphia.
 It will pay our exporters to consider the future railway system of Chile This will consist of q long line of railroad running nom Peru to the Strait of Magellan, with feeders going west to the coast and east to the mountains This line is known os the longitudinal system. and it is now being built It is already almost 2000 1'iles long, and it will eventually connect Peru and Punta Arenas. the metropolis of the straits. The railway already ex- tends almost to the Peruvian boundary sIt traverses the nitrate fields and connects them with Valparaiso and Santiago. The southern section extends to Puerto Montt, where this letter is written. The first part o1 the road is through a desert as barren as the Sahara. This goes southward al- most to the latitude of Valparaiso, where the longitudinal system crosses the trans Andine railway to Buenos Aires Then begins the great central valley, an irrigat- ed region which corresponds in it's fer tiiity with the best parts of southern California. Below that the road enters the forests, traversfng country where the farms have had 10 be cut out of the woods, and where the rainfall in places is 100 inches per year. The central val ley section has been built a long tirue and 15 years ago, when I first visited Chile, they were already penetrating into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
CHILE'S NEW RAILWAYS
BY FRANK c. CARPENTER

5.e0e0o9 tons per annum, the number or passengers are more than i2.e2oWp anu the total receipts more than Sls.OooOoo m gold. The expenditures are more than slo'- O0o.eoo so that the deficit is more than S,- eoo.0e1 The state is now operating about 200 miles of railway. and it's employes are more than l1.ooo or over five to the mile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

travel to Europe will be largely by way of Argentine ports.
 Chilli was the first country of South America to build railways. and the first railways built here were constructed by United States citizens. The first road on the South American continent was made to connect the silver mines of Copiapo with the port of Caldera. The builder was. William Wheelwright, whom I have already mentioned in a previous letter. He opened this road for traffic July 4. 1851 The first lo- eomotive that was used is still in exis- tence in one of the Chilean museums, and it's name plate shows that 1t was made by Norris Brothers in Philadel- phia in 1850. Wheelwright began the railroad from Valparaiso to Santiago, and he made surveys toward and over the Andes with the idea of transcon- tinental route. His first road was built four years before Henry Meiggs, another great railroad contractor, also an American, began work OH the Cen tral railroad southward from Santiago.
 William Wheelwrights name Is high ly honored in Chilli He had a great deal to do with the development of the country. He was born in Newburyport.