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The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

brass. a tinkling cyn,bsl A word thai
is not bond is a mockery, like the
dream of man that has drunk deep,
and imagines vain thing. and is not
trusted.
The Washington Herald would NOT
have its stand in this thing misunder-
stood. It started the fight against the
loan sharks when the people had lost
hope of its crying out against the
enemy being heard in the high places.
Its plea for caution aginst TOO easy a
discharge of pledges given in good
faith is made for the people, not for
the usurers. When debt bears down so
hard as some OF the money lenders OF
Washington have made II bear, the
tenpter showing the easiest way is
most strong. Let the men Of law-thc
wise men chosen of the people-have a
care how they counsel those who are
weary and heavy laden. 1t is they, not
the money lenders, who recd to be
afraid of the harm that counts, the
harm that scars souls.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
HISTORY BUILDERS.
What Tom Ry.n's Friends, Did for

| A INTERESTING a personality a.
ln served in the Lower House Of
Congress In the administrations
OF Presidents Hayes, Garfield. Arthur.
and Cleveland was Thomas Ryan. OF
Kansas. No visitor to the gallery Of
the House In these years failed 10
take note Of him. His personality was
striking and not 10 be ignored. He
was OF fine physique and with a per-
fectly molded head.
No one could have watched Mr.. Ryan
from the gallery OF the House ten min
utes without discovering that he wa.
man who had gained the cordial
friendship of practically everybody on
the floor. He had a quantity attrac-
tive smile. He was rarely absent from
his seat. or IL his chair was vacated
he was sure to be found somewhere
within the vicinity of the House.
His Democratic associates on the Ap-
preparations Committee. a COMMITTEES
upon which he served for some years.
were very fond of him. Mr.. Ryan rare
TO display rhetorical mastery. He was
plain spoken. sometimes blunt. and al
ways concise.
When BENJAMIN Harrison was a
member of the United States Senate.
from 1881 to 1887. he became fond of
Mr.. Ryan. and u used TO be said that
the friendship was due to the fact that
Ryan had been desperately wounded
in one OF the battles OF the civil war.
he having enlisted as a private. but had
been promoted to the rank of captain.
There was something about Mr.. Rysn's
personality which appealed especially
to the Senator from Indiana. who was
In 1883 to become President Of the
United States
President Harrison, IL was reported
had several mental reservations re-
specting the more important diplomatic
appointments and one Of them was his
determination to appoint Mr.. Ryan
TO the Mexican mission. no matter what
appeals were made from any quarter.
The President knew that the Mexican
mission was the most desirable post
In all the diplomatic service-except
possibly the eonsul-generalship at Lon
don-for any one who desired to save
the greater part of his salary. He had
been informed that Mr.. Ryan had sac
rIficed a good professional opportunity
by his long service in Congress and,
Furthermore. that as Ryan was alb
stemious and careful with his money
he would be likely to save much the
greater part OF his salary as minister
TO Mexico.
The recommendation, which camt
through the State Department, that Mr..
Ryan be appointed Minister to Mex
leo. was thought by some OF President
Harrison's friends to have been order
ed by himself. and the Kansas Repre-
sentative was appointed and gladly
confirmed. for he was as popular in the
Senate as in the House.
The report spread abroad Just after
President Cleveland succeeded Presi-
dent Harrison that Mr.. Ryan had been
able to save a considerable part OF his
salary. and IL was the prevailing i'm
preston among Senators OF that day
that IL was this report that persuaded
Senator Matt Ransom. OF North Caro-
lima. to ask President Cleveland 10
make him Ryan's successor. a request
to which Cleveland acceded.
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ARMY ORDERS.

Second Lieut. Russell A. OsnIn Coast ARTILLERY
Corrs. recently appointed from civil life with rank
from January 10. 1914. will pVooecd to Fort Totien
y. Y. to report March IS. lsii to the commanding
officer. coast dcfcnses Of Eastern New York. for
assignment to a company in that command.
Second Lieut.. Lawrence Watts. Coast ARTILLERY
COprs. now attached to the lilst Company. is ss-
signed thereto.
Mai. David n. King. Ordnance Department. will
make three visits to the works Of the Royrr Wheel
Company, Cincinnati. Ohio during the PERIOD ending
June %. 1914. on Official business pertaining to the
inspection Of ordnance material in PROCESS of manu-
tzcture for the Ordnance Drrartment.
Under the provisions Of section Of act of Con
gress, approved Arril 2, les. board 20 consist Of
Col Charles Richard. Medical CorTs: Lieut.. Col.
Chsmpe g. McCuloch IT.. Medical Corr. and MAJ.
Eugene n. Whitmorc. Medical CoTTs. is appointed to
meet in this city at the call of the president Of tho
beard for the purpose of rCTiewin: the proceedings
cases Of medical officers who have been found by
slch boards to be disqualified for prpmotion for
sons other than physical disability contracted in the
line Of duty.
rlary II. 1914, War Department, relating to fhrsi
Eeuts John r. Hereford and Elmer s. Tenney.
Medical Reserve Corps. ere revoked.
First Lieut.. John X. Hereford. Medical Reserve
Fort Dsde. Fla, and report to the comman nding OH
Ger Of that post for duty and by etter TO the cum
msndng general. Eastern Department.
First LeIt. Elmer :. Tenney. Medical Re-erTe
Fort Baker. Cal. and report to the commanding
officer Of that post for duty and BY letter TO the
commanding general. Western Department.
Mai Albert c. Dalton. Quartcrmaster Corps. VIII
repair to this city and report to the Chief OF the
Qrartsrmaster Corps fo- temporary duty.
Leave granted Capt. Eastoc II. G.sso1. N.E-etsslih
Infsntr. in Special Orders. No. H., September u
1913 Philippine Department. is extended one month;
Leave for one month. TO take effect upon hrs relief
fIom his present. duties is granted Fint Lieut.
Richard ID. La Garie, intant-,-
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Heard in Hotel Lobbies.

so long as the Republicans and Pro-
Eressives are at war with each other.
the Democratic party will have but little
opposition remarked Frank J. Schram,
Uf New York, yesterday at the Raleigh.
THE Democrats faced a difficult situa-
ton when they came into power. but 1
think President Wilson and Congress
have done exceedingly we'll"
II am glad to see the people observing
and abiding by the wave of a policeman's
hand here in Washington, as it has saved
more than one person serious injury in
New York during the last few years."
said NJ. X. Waldron. OF Jersey City. yes
terday at the Bellevue
Il noticed several times today the
street crossing policemen of Washington.
and they are adopting more than ever
the style OF the New York policemen. I
have been here several times, and take
great interest in the police force. but
have never noticed them holding mp
traffic the way they are doing now
dissatisfaction at the administration of
the country's affairs in Washington. and
TO my knowledge, the State has pros
pered." remarked Stanton T. Maloney. a
! Trominent banker of Milwaukee. Mr..
Maloney passed through Washington yes
terday on his way to New Orleans
President Wilson is very popular in Wis
consin. and i feel sure that II he is nomi-
mated again, he will carry the State with
ease"
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power even OF so beneficial an organ
ization as the Federal Commission on
Industrial Relations. 1t is. however, a
condition which the present admins
tration must alleviate with little delay
if its confidence in he election of a
Democratic Congress next autumn and
the reelection of Woodrow Wilson in
1916 is not to vanish before the ides OF
March.
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The Easy Way and the Wise Way.

Loan sharks who have squeezed and
bent and broken and ground their prey
have small claim TO pity or mercy when
at last a law is made to stop their
trade, and to put on them a measure
of the ills they have done to those
whom folly or chance has betrayed into
the clutches of debt. So. when the men
OF law whose part il is to stand up
for the rights of the people hold out
to the men and women who have paid
deadly toll of usury TO the money
leaders, hope that by their becoming
inIormers not only shall their debts be
forgiven them, but their interest be re-
stored, there is no word spoken against
the plan. That justice visited upon evil
money lenders in books, whereby they
arc forced to disgorge the fruits of
their greed, and pay a huge forfeit to
boot, would be as great joy in real
life as in. story.
But the people and their lawyers
ought TO take heed how the debtors
will fare by this swift breaking of
their fettcrs. To be free, wholly free,
Is mans richest right But if a man
has bartered away his freedom for
price, has sold himself into bondage
for stated sum, it may be best-best
for him, above all-that he should pay
the price. Where the money lenders
themselves have not held by their side
OF their bargains, where they have
driven the unknowing, and the fearful,
and the weak, to pay over and over
the principal and the usury agreed
upon, the debts should be discharged
by a forfeit under the law But where
there has been strict holding by the
lender to the bargain, however hard a
bargain it may have been, the honest
borrower may find his conscience a far
more bearable iife-partner If he. too.
holds hard and fast to his part of the
bargain so far as the law will let him.
Not every mans word is. his bond.
But when men look into their own
hearts, much more if they have seeing
eyes, and look into other mems hearts,
they learn and know that the word
which Is not bond is sounding
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
SEEKING POISON ANTIDoTE.
Baking Powder and MIX uscd in
BIchIoride Cases.
Baking powder and milk. :.

Baking powder and milk.
That's the sntidote for bichloride of
mercury poisoning used by DIR. Thomas
A Carter. according to DIR. J. NJ. Hirsh.
DR.. Hirsh Is a physician at the Chicago
Hospital and Medical College. He didn't
say how he had learned what he alleges
is DIR. Carter's formula.
DIR. Hirsh said the method was TO neu-
tralize one OF the chlorine atoms present.
leaving in the system only a mercurous
chloride or calomel. which he says is
harmless unless sssimilated.
DIR. Carter did not appear greatly i'm
pressed. but said he hoped the other
physician had succeeded in finding a cure.
Mind you" he said. Il do not an
nounce my treatment a cure II has
worked well 50 far. but il has been ex-
perimental l will not present il as
cure until there has been further satis-
factory experiment. and at that time
shall present IL only to the medical pro-
fession for approval I don't want TO be
misunderstood. have asked no reward
for my work. On the contrary | have
allowed my regular practice to suffer and
tired myself out"-Chicago Tribune.
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SLAPS AT U. s. OWNERSHIP.
&. u. Mackay In Report scorns Psr.
chase of Wire Lines.

New York. Feb. ls.-Clarence H. Mackay.
president of the Postal Telegraph and
Commercial Cable companies. in his an
nual report declares that acquisition OF
telephone lines by the government and
their use for telegrsphy In competition
with the present two telegraph companies
Is proposition that hardly commends
itself TO the intelligence OF Americans.
The spectre Of government ownership
Of the telegraphs arises with periodical
regularity" says Mr.. Mackay THE
United States Postmaster Generals once
now resuscitates the question again, but
in a new form.
1T has been pointed out that 1t will
require at least 5000 OCo. COO to pay for the
physical properties and the earning
capacity of the telephone and telegraph
lines and the government would have to
pay the railroads in order to acquire their
rights in the railroads"
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
Scientific Burglary.

The micropfone is now used by burglars
for picking combination locks. On turn
ing the lock a slight sound is made when
the proper number comes opposite the
working point, and this can even be
heard by a sensitive ear. However, II Is
to most persons, but by
using a microphone It Is an easy matter
to hear the sounds. A suitable form Of
nat telephone receiver is employed, and It
is applied against the safe next the
lock- pair OF rubber ear tubes are used
with the telephone. In this way the
sounds are heard which allow OF opening
the Iock.-The Scientific American.
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Ever Hear of Such Things?

Pittsburgh, Feb. 16.-Samuel II. Cole. of
York. Pa. is walking barefooted to San
Francisco in an effort TO cure tuberculosis
of the bones.
Babylon. y. Y. Feb. 1s.-Local tax as
SCISSORS are stumped in the attempts TO
figure out how they can tax Jesse
Verify. who lives on a commodious house,
boat in the harbor. His children enjoy
the benefits of the district school with
out cost.
Forest Hill, Pa, Feb. l6.-Male angels
are wingless, says Miss Mable Reiten-
bach who, in a trance. had a vision OF
a beautiful city and saw the angels"
New York, Feb. 1.-two hundred able
bodied men and women ached to spank
John Seubert. fifteen, because he blew
large quantities of "sneezing powder"
into the air at a moving picture theater.
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THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

To view for the first ine the city # New Ye from New York
Bay always gives drill Perhaps + readers have
New York tAu and fsr Tie frst e, v fs. ss lsads
make he home ours; and ese Who have wtasedH and
have been additionally fortunate b zee h towering spires and
gigantic buass half veed n fog through which Ae sunlight
struggling have Of the most evspewsns sPeeaeles Of
grandeur and beauty hat ea has to efer Here picture Of
reality superb than Turner'S great pictures Of the lagoon Of
veniee the sixteenth century when hat city at the height d
its commercial wealth and power.
We wonder many the thousands whose eyes have been
enhanced BY this sight have reflected Ast the sssss vision
not that Of city, but Of whole esunty not Broad
and Wall street and Fifth hat revealed but
the spendor and nasn6esnee The ree and
able spirit Of the United Sate The puy hands Of he people Of
New York did uprae hose dses and palaces bat rather the
eepe and neoneeivabe might Of he whole country Our
tain ranges covered with forests; the vast spi rslas na
cay the the paes with he mantle Of golden srain
of coal and gold and and iv the rice 6 and cotton
fields Of the South and all mastered BY he genius Of hundred
millions Of intelligent and liberty pespe-ese what the
behoder saw! s... ......
The city of New York national possession the glory
of the United States because the spirit Of The United States that
has built and anmates it The Of New York the
Of the whole country, and the prosperity Of New York that
every man. and child from the Atlantic the Pacific and
from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Why should citizen Of country to adopt the attitude
of knocking" New York! he only knocking himself New
York be rich unless be and the superb location Of the
city from commercial and trading point Of be Of profit
unless the development Of the country such 10 send trade and
through its gateway 1t true that provincial
this subject have sometimes prevailed and prevail
day greater Andrew Jackson great and
patriotic American but he believed to the day Of his death that New
Orleans be the commercial Of the country largely be-
cause he New Orleans with the traffic of the Mississippi
River with which his early days he familiar New Orleans
seemed important his State Of Tennessee than New
York did; and noble old soldier that he he did undersand
the relation that New York City BEAR and bore in his
lifetime the manufacturing and commercial industry of the
try unit
We have only tried to utter conviction that New York
along without the of the country but hat get along
without the rest Of the country and hat help and
the rest Of the country the people will only allow this help and
service Let be fair and honest thoughts New York
Let remember that attempt reduce the importance
of that great and to handicap its legitimate endeavon
ply reduce prosperity and aim blow pres
ige and growth. CLINTON T. BRAINARD.
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STATE WINS $1,000, 900.
VIII Collect BiE
Taxes by Courts Decision

Philadelphia, Feb. ls.-Thc Supreme
Court today upheld the right of the State
to collect taxes on the bonds Of corpora
tions held by building and loan associs-
tions and savings institutions having no
capital stock. This affirms the Judgment
of the DaUphin County Court in the case
of the Commonwealth vs.. the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company. The State
collects about 100000 in taxes from this
source.
The railroad company contcnded that
under the act of May I. 1859, il was cx-
empt from paying the State tax.
The State contends that the act of 1870
exempts only building and loan associa-
tions and savings Institutions having no
capital stock paying state tax on the cor
poration securities they own
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
MILLION FOR SICK PAUPERS.
Millionaire Leaves Big
sum for Charity Hospital.

Philadelphia. Feb. 16.-sick paupers will
be provided for by the will of William II.
Dunwoody. who left sl,Oo0.O0 to build a
hospital where charity patients can be
cared for. The hospital will be built on
the Dunwoody farm in Delaware County.
Mr.. Dunwoody left the farm when he
was sixteen, a poor boy. and died in
Minneap apolis. seventy-three years old, and
many times millionaire.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

Pittsburgh is soon to have saloons
for women only. Wonan's rights seem
to be winning recognition everywhere
except in Washington, where the law
forbids her 10 be served with a glass
of wine or beer unless she purchases
food TO the value of IS cents at the
same time. Next we shall hear that
some of these communities where wom-
en- have a voice have applied this rule
to the men.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

And now a man out in Missouri, de.
voted to embroiderirg and crocheting
and to wearing kimonas, has sued for
$500 damages for defamation of char
acter against farmer who called him
a woman. Only half his guilt has been
disclosed. He certainly must be an
anti-suffragist and ou- only hope is
that women will get the vote in Mis-
souri, before his case is finally dis
posed OF. -
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
MINERS AGREE TO TRUCE.
Will Continue Work Pending Con-
sideration of Wage Demands.

Philadelphia, Feb. 16.-Representa-
tives of the bituminous miners and
operators Of Western Pennsylvania.
Ohio. Indiana. and Illinois, in joint
conference at the Belleyue-Stratford
today. decided TO submit the dema nds
Of the miners for higher wages and
other concessions to a subscale COM
mittee.
A resolution unanimously was adopt
ed that If an interstate agreement is
reached prior to April !, the date OF
the expiration Of the present contract
between the operators and miners, the
miners in the various States and dis
tricts represented in the conference
here shall continue at work pending
negotiations OF the State and district
contracts.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
SEA FIGHT ON LAND rs NEXT.
Government 10 Try Out Invention to
Make War Easier.

An automatic sea fighter. controlled
from shore by electricity, perfected by
Samuel Orkin, young Boston inventor.
will be tested by the Navy Department,
il was announced yesterday.
Preliminary test Of a nine-foot battle
shin model showed that the miniature
could be manned and operated. its guns
discharged and its course set by electrical
control
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
NAVAL ORDERS.

Lieut.. ID. L. Howard. detached Naval Academy
February 3. sit: connection hitting out Do~nes
and hoard Shen commissioned
Lieut.. 4. A. Tsffrdcr. detached navy yard. Puget
Sound. Wash T: To Texas. repairing March :. lslL
Lieut. n. A. Koch detached Bureau Of NaVi-
sation. Naty Department. washnsta, March 2
I2li; 70 Michigan ss ordnance officer.
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Ii is said bustles are to be revived.
Welcome. thrice welcome. Make 'em
big enough SO that they will stick out
far enough TO protect the one who is
unfortunate enough 10 have to stand
behind the woman who persists in
wearing tickling feathers in her hair.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

Users OF tobacco realize hat sooner
or later the weed will prove their un-
doing. A woman recently died at the
age OF ITO after having smoked for
eighty years. This should be 4 lesson
10 them.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

Wonder if the kickers on the pro-
posed Federal League can recall the
fight of the American League when it
was called the American Association? !?
Baltimoreans can hark back to the
time when McGraw just took about
their whole club over TO the National
League. What is food for the gander
is surely food for the goose.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
Morning Smiles.
His New Alibi.

A Philadelphia doctor says wearing
underwear that is too thick causes red
noses. Thank you. doc. for them kind
words-Houston Post
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

Theodore and Zamor arc contend
ing for supremacy in Haiti. We know
nothing of either one. but our SYM
pathies are with Zamor.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

We know a man who is trying TO
bluff his acquaintanoes by going around
with all income tax blank sticking out
of his pocket.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

So many public men OF today seem
TO think they would have been bosom
friends of Abraham Lincoln, if they
had lived early enough.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

Would it not be good idea for the
newspapers, in printing reports from
Mexico, TO print the denials in the
same paper? Ii is rather fatiguing to
read the denials in thu paper of the day
after.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

The dove of peace will have a nice,
warm nest if Mr.. Carnegie continues to
feather If.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

twenty-five million dollars for good
roads is expected TO rc-clcct a good
many Congressman. And il ought to,
for that matter
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

We are going to hope that the pro-
posed aeroplane flight ACROSS the ocean
will be successful, but We are not going
to bet on it.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

An eighty-year-old Connecticut man
has e1oped. That is what the papers
saw. but we think he must have been
kidnapped.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

Now it is said there is fight in the
Pankhurst family. We consider it our
bounden duty to encourage both sides.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

Easter must be a long way off. The
women haven't commenced. talking
about it yet.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

Congress may yet have to pass law
10 keep the express companies from
competing with the parcel post
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
Same Here

That Ohio man who laughed himself
to death the other day over a funny
story must take some paper that We
don't get-Boston Transcript
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
The One Exception.

There never was a woman yet who
could keep a secret
"Oh. / don't know Lots wife never
told any one what she saw when she
stopped and looked ck."-Boston
Transcript.
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A Line o Cheer Each Day o
tn Year.
Cwritten expressly for The Herald9
By JOHN kESDRICK BANGS.
A REASONABLE IDEA.
(Copnsht. lsl4.)

tCopnght, lsAD
know a man so practical,
Yet fanciful to boot,
That when the heavy snow doth fall
lie calls it Angel Sooty
He doubtless thinks the hurrics come
From furnaces above.
Where all the chill Is taken from
Our daily stores of Love.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

Now comes an arctic explorer and
says whale meat is very palatable. Here,
waiter, bring one order of whale!
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

English suffragists have burned a
Carnegie library, but We don't suppose
this will cause international complica-
tions
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17

Cheer up, you little fellows that have
TO pay a small income tax, and think
how If will hurt Mr.. Rockefeller.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-17
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II. 1914.

A New York paper writes of "po-
litical charity" There amt no sich
thing.
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style I'm Leopards.

The leopard does not change his spots,
but you see leopard skins that never
had any spots until the furrier put them
on-New York Press.