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Shipping Bill Chronology.

Hope for shipping bill not entirely abandon.
cd. Belief that some measure be worked
out."-W asington dispatch.
January shipping bill introduced into the
Senate; it provides for a government merchant
MARINE by purchase OF all ships available.
January Io-Becausc of strong opposition. ship
ping bill amended SO to provide for purchase
only OF unavailable ships.
January administration insists that ship
ping bill will pass but is willing TO accept amend
ment limiting its scope to ships engaged IN trade
between Borneo and New Zealand.
January I7-Secretary OF Treasury brands as
unwarranted impertincnce statement in Senate that
he knows anything about shipping bill
January administration firm in its stand on
shipping BILL but accepts amendment providing for
a $4,000 postoffice at kenosha Wis.
February 5-After three days speech by Sena-
tor from Guam, the administration leader agrees
to limit effect OF shipping bill till next Fourth Of
July.
February I2-Shipping bill amended in con-
ference SO as to eliminate all reference to over
seas and coastwisc trade. Administration foresecs
victory.
February standardization victory; shipping
bill passed in both Houses and receives signature
of President 1t provides for the establishment OF
Bureau OF Hookworm Research in the Depart
ment of the Interior.-Ncw York Evening Post.
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ARMY ORDERS.

By direction Of the President. CAPT. William r.
Murray Coast ARTILLERY COrrs is detailed to vacancy
In the Quarermsster Corrs. to take effect March .
1915. vice Capt. Frank 5. Long. Quartermaster
CONS
Paragraph y. Special Orders. No. a. February H.
lsD. War Department, relating to First Lieut.
James A. Shannon. Eleventh Cavalry is revoked
He will be ssslsnsd to Q troop and upun the e1prz-
ton Of the leaye heretofore granted him will Join
the troop TO which assigned
Second Lieut.. Walter W. vautsneer Coast Ar
tillery Corps aviation student Is announced As on
duty that requires him 10 participate regularly and
frequently in serial fights from February Il 1915
Leave for three months is granted First Lieut.
Herbert A. Dargue. Signal Corps.
Paragraphs Il, 2 and q. Of Special Orders No
70. February =. l9l5. War Department relating to
Capts. Charles II. Hilton and Goodwin Orriway and
Lieut. Col frank G. Mauldin. Coast Artillery
Cons. revoked.
Lieut. Col Frank g. Mauldin Coast ARTILLERY
CorIe. upon expiration OF leave granted him will
report to COMMANDING officer coast artillery de
fenses OF San Francisco for duty.
by direction Of the President Mai Pierre g.
Stevens. QuauerIuaster COrrs will yucued to Gov
Crnos Island. \. Y. and report to Col. john v
White, Coast Artillery Cdp-. president OF an army
rctring board at that place. at sIch time as he
may designate. for examination. Cpon couipletion
OF his examination. Mai Stevens will return "a
place OF receipt by him Of this order
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NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS OF Vessels


MARYLAND arrived at Mazatlan. February -. New
Orleans arrived at M,gdalena Bay February II
Glacier arrived at Guaymas. February 10: Annapolis
sailed for Mazatian, February 10: Cleveland sailed
TO sea. February %; McDuugaI DraytOn FanninS
BurroVs. Triple. Jenkins Patterson. Jarvis and
Pauldmg arrived at CIenfuegos. February %; Wa
rinston. South Carolina, Minnesota and Te,as
sailed for Guantanamo February %; Utah Florida
and Michigan arrived at Guants namo February .,
soiace arrived at Guantanamo. February ID: Counec-
tic7It Louisiana, Nebraska New Hampshire New
Jersey. Rhode Island. Virginia. and Vermont ar
rived A. Guacanayabo BAY February q; Cyciors
sailedt for Guantanamo February 20: San Dieg,
and lroquois arrived at San Diegu. February 20:
Hector sailed for Honolulu. February %: Hannibal
and Leonidas arrived at Pnta Corda February ~:
Orion arrived at Philadelphia. February u: North
Carolina arrived It Alexandria February II; Mac
donough sailed for Key West. February q: Per
kins sailed for Newport. February y: Des Moines
arrived at Port I'rince FEBRUARY p: Chatta-
nOTss sailed for Acamtla. February q: Petrol ar
rrcd At Mobile. February q; Jason arrived az
Bristol. England. February 2; Proteus arrived at
Oiongspo, February -: Galveston arrived at Shans
hal. February -: Cincinnati arrived at Olonzapo
February %: Cummings arrived at Santiago de
Cuba. February =; Psducah arrived at Tunas de
Zaza. Cuba. February q Tec-Imseh arrived at Nor
folk. February -; Kansas sailed for Guacznayabo
Bay. February =: Celtic arrived at Port au Prince.
February y; Rocket sailed for Indian Head Feb
rlary =; Denver sailed for San Diego Febr,,ry
%; Tonopah and Ell sailed for Key West Feb
ruary -: Castne arrived at Key West, February
2; Benham sailed for Guantanamo February z:
Nero arrived at La Pax. February %: Annzr.Jix
sailed for La PsZ, February %
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Where Champ Clark Failed.

Champ Clark was forcdoomed to failure in his
attempt 10 rehumanize George Washington. AS
Ingersoll said. Washington has become "a steel
engraving" and the American people refused long
ago to consider him creature of flesh and blood.
by referring to the fact that George Washington
sometimes swore that he drank mint juleps and
that he bet on horse races? Why did he neglect
that great historical occasion when G zen. Washing
ton and Mrs. Nathaniel Greene danced three
hours without stopping:
Julcps and race horses and cuss words lowe
this generation cold, but Father Of HIS Country
who could have fox-trotted all night, Father of
His Country who could have tangoed until the
last Broadway lobster palace was closed by the
clamorous cops, Father of His Country who
could have danced the Vernon Castles off their
feet and left the ragtme orchestra hanging Imply
to its banjos-that is the kind of George Wash
ington the Speaker should tell about if he wants
a sympathetic American audience.-New York
World.
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GETTING A START.
DON'T ANTAGONIZE.
Nv NATHANIEL &. FOWLER, Jr.

Nobody asks you to shelve your in
dependence or to forget your indi-
viduality. You have a right to your
! opinion. and there Is no reason why
You should not express it and live UP
to your convictions. There is a vast
difference. however. between display
ing manly courage and carrying a chip
on your shoulder.
If you are in business. your success
will be dependent. not wholly upon
your trading ability. but upon your
personality, and the way you treat
your customers and those with whom
you come in contact.
Millions of dollars worth of trade
has been lost because statesmen have
vented their spleen upon their custom
ers. have annoyed them in little as
well as in big ways. and aroused in
them a feeling of antagonism. which is
sure to react against the store. as well
as against the salesman in it.
great many people will tell you
that they avoid certain stores and GER
tain salespeople. simply because they
are not treated with common courtesy.
and because the sellers do not seem to
be interested in them as buyers.
Few statesmen seem to realize that
courtesy-plain and simple politeness
is one of the greatest selling assets
and that it contributes largely to sue
cess.
One may not be by nature a gooo
seller of goods. and he may be def
Gent in many other respects: but. if
he is uniformly courteous. II he shows
a marked interest in the customer and
is obIiging. he is likely to sell more
goods than is an expert salesman who
fails to realize the importance of
courtesy.
The popular salesman not only
makes. but holds. customers.
Thousands of buyers will wait a
quarter of an hour. or even longer. in
order to trade with their favorite
salesman. They feel at home with
him. He meets them with a smile, and
Is, or appears to be. interested in their
affairs. although he is not obtrusive.
The customer instinctively feels his
friendship.
Courtesy is valuable in every walk
of life. in business and out of it. The
polite man or woman is always popu-
lar. provided he does not carry his
courtesy into fiattery.
The popular man is not always the
man of great intellect, but he knows
how to make friends, by a charm of
manner. by kindliness of spirit.
which is readily felt. by a real or APP
parent unselfish interest in those with
whom he is associated.
Popularity counts in business. and
counts nightly. Popularity makes
friends. and friends in the mart Of
trade mean customers.
Those little things. which may seem
to be of no account. frequently stand
between success and failure.
The great trouble with people nova
days is that they look into the clouds
and prepare themselves to handle mat
tiers of Importance, forgetting that
things of consequence are but collec-
tions of little things, and that nothing
great can be accomplished until the ac-
has perfected himself in the
small matters which collectively pro-
duce the finished product.
Not what you do. IL you are on the
firing line of business, but how you do
II. counts.
Copyright, ls5l
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HISTORY BUILDERS.
A Valuable Contribution to American
History.
BY DIR. T.. j. EDW RDs.

When Abraham Lincoln was inaug.
urated President of the United State.
on March 4. 1861. there were living
four men who had preceded him in
the Office. That is an unusual number
! OF living eX-Presidents. One Of these
was John Tyler. of Virginia. There Is
no record that Lincoln ever saw this
former President. for Mr.. Tyler had
finished his term. having been sue
| ceedcd by James X. Polk, when Lin
coin was a member OF the Lower
House of Congress.
Franklin Pierce was also living
when Lincoln was Inaugurated, and
there is vague tradition that upon
visit to Washington ex-President
Pierce called upon Lincoln. James Bu-
chanan and Lincoln. of course. met,
for Buchanan was Lincoln's immediate
predecessor in the Office of President.
1t occasionally occurred to me TO
ask some of those who knew Willard
Fillmore after he retired from the
Presidency on March 4. 1853, II Fill
more and Lincoln had ever met I
could find no one who could answer
that question. | had seen Fillmore
in 1859 when he was the guest of
at Nit
of the founding of the town of Nor
witch. Conn. remember that the dig
nifty and personal charm of Fillmore.
experimenting the fact that he was
an ex-President. had greatly impressed
those who saw him upon that occa-
sion. Years later. when in converse
ton with some who knew Fillmore,
and especially Thurlow Weed who
was the first to recognize Fillmore's
abilities. j was persuaded that Fill
more's career was one of the most ro-
mantle. dramatic and IN the best
sense of the term. sensational of any
American who from the humblest be-
ginning reached high public station.
Recently l have been Informed by
DIR. William Elliot Grifiis that FILL
more and Lincoln did meet and under
somewhat romantic. certainly most in
teresting. circumstances. DR.. Griffis
who is an author OF distinction. has
been preparing a life of Willard Fill
more. which will describe F'illmores
career. as DR.. GriIs expresses II,
from sap-trough cradle in the forest
to the Presidency of the United States.
a career which is a splendid demon
stration of the possibilities open to an
American boy"
DIR. Griffis says: I'm February. 1861.
Lincoln and Willard Fillmore met in
Buffalo while Lincoln was on his way
to Washington. They attended serv-
ice together in Unitarian church at
Buffalo. Standing together IN the pew.
these two men, forest born. fellow
railsplitters. self-educated frontier
lawyers. were seen to be OF the same
height at the shoulder. one raw-boned
and homely. in countrymade clothes.
the other polished in his manners and
dressed in exquisite taste. Both were
typical of the glory and the mystery
of human life"
I can find no reference to this
meeting between ex-President Fill
more and President-eIect Lincoln in
such of the biographies of Lincoln as
I have been able to examine, and DR..
Griffis has made a valuable contribu-
ton to history.
Copyright. 1915. b. Z. ]. Edwards. All rights
sCryedl
Tomorrow DR.. Edwards will tell of
THE Right Thing at the Right Mo-
ment."
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Senator Cummins' Declaration.

Senator Cummins has announced that so
briefly must be the rule of conduc, for the future.
This is interpreted by some politicians an intent
on the part of Senator Cummins to inject prohi-
bition into the next Presidential campaign. The
Iowa Senator has not declared himself candi-
idatc for President but he has many friends who
would like to honor him. He comes from State
which is about to go dry again after ten years OK
tpericnce with the mulct law and his declaration
is in line with the policy OF his State. He WILL
no doubt, be the ia, orite OF Iowa in the next
Republican national convention. His declaration
for the rule of sobrety. indefinite as it is, may
draw to him the support of the prohibition States.
There sixteen States, not including Iowa. that
now have prohibition either by constitutional
amendment or by statute. They Maine. North
Dakota Kansas, Oklahoma Colorado, Arizona,
Oregon. Washington, West Virginia, Georgia, Ala
bama. Mississippi Tennessee, North Carolina and
Arkansas These States have about one-fourth Of
the population and about onc-ffth of the vote
in the last election. Onc-half of these States arc
Southern, and with the exception OF West Nir-
ginia, they hold out promise for Republican
electoral votes.
The rule adopted by the Republican Ma
,onal Committee will reduce the representation of
these seven Southern States in the national con-
vention and basing the representation the vote
gates al large and additional delegate for each
Congressional district, while tho Northern Re-
publican States will have four delegates at large
and two additional delegates for each Congress
>onal district. There will be o73 delegates in the
next Republican convention. and IT Senator Cum
Minis secure all the delegates from all the
prohibition States in addition those OF Iowa, he
would have 23l votes less than one fourth OF
the convention. That would be very good be
ginning, but with such an issue where would he
nomination. The twelve large States, Massachu-
sets. New York. New Jersey. Pennsy lv ania, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois. Michigan Wisconsin, Minneso
Missouri and California will have 500 delegates
a clear majority OF the convention Will Senator
Cummins platform appeal to the delegates from
these States which have tried prohibition and
abandoned it impractical temperance law
There is another embarrassment to Senator
Cummins on a dry issue. None OF the prohibition
States is necessary to Republican success in tho
next campaign. Hall OF them Southern and
hold out hope to the Republicans The others
might also go Democratic without aiding that
party to a majority in the election. Mr.. Bryan
may be able inject prohibition into the Demo
cratic platform, and Col Roosevelt may become ,
Prohibition candidate but it will be pretty dif-
hcult for Senator Cumniins to inject that issue
into the Republican platform a time when the !
Treasury has deficit lett by the present admin !,
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Kate Gordon. of New Orleans. Mrs.
Robert F. Rose. and Mrs. Wesley
M. Stoner will preside at the tea
table. There will be an informal pro-
gram of musical selections and reci-
tations and Miss Gordon will speak
on the Southern Woman's Movement
in Suffrage"
Mrs. Bertha Kunz Baker, the distin-
guished dramatic reader. who will enter
tain the Congressional Club Friday att
ernoon. will be the guest of Mrs, Robert
NJ La Toilette during her stay in Wash
ington.
Mrs. John c. c. Mayo has returned to
the Willard from New York en- route to
her home in Kentucky.
Miss Elizabeth Kent was hostess at a
delightful buffet luncheon yesterday in
honor of her bridesmaids. who arrived
Monday and will be her guests until after
her wedding. Her guests were Miss Mary
Armsby, of California: Miss Margaret
Yorke. of New Bedford. and Miss Ga
brielle Prout. of Mechlin. N Y. The
other guests included Miss Agnes Hart
Wilson. Miss Murdoch. Miss Alice Brice
Miss Prouty. Miss Connolly. Miss Julia
Brice. Miss Antoinette Greeley, Miss Put
nam. Miss Drake. Miss Peary. Miss Rose
Greeley. Miss Walsh. Miss Hayes, Miss
Gertrude Greeley. Miss Thatcher. Miss
Chess. Miss Baker. Miss Sutor. Miss
Campbell. Miss Lenroot Miss Delano.
Miss Seldomridge. Miss KnowIand, Miss
Frear. and Miss Hawley
The house was prettily decorated with
quantities Of pink sweet peas, ferns, and
lilies Of the valley.
The auction bridge to he given this aft
ernoon. at the home of Mrs Robert Todd
Lincoln. by the District Association OPP
posed to Woman Suffrage, promises to he
an interesting event. Mrs. Thomas
Ewing. Miss Mary Sheridan. and Miss
Sheriff. will pour tea. Bridge will be in
order till 5 o'clock. after which there
will be tea and dancing.
Mrs. William H. Cooper announces the
marriage Of her daughter. Josephine Vic
toria Cooper. to Mr.. Emory l.. White on
Sunday. February q. in Baltimore. Md.
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President Hibbcn, of Princeton University, re
crcts that Billy Sunday has accepted invitation
preach 10 the student body March s. His
objection is not account OF theological differ
cnce, it seems, but is due almost entirely to the
ovangclist's famboyant perversion OF the mother
tongue. If Mr.. Sunday is able 10 astonish the
Princeton student body with his overflow OF YER
bal gymnastics. it will be because the Princeton
student body is quite different from any other
student body in the land.
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ITALIANS CANNOT EMIGRATE.
Able-bodied Men Must Remain for
Service I'm Army.

New York, Feb. 23.-That able
bodied Italians are not being Above
to leave their native land was the in
formation brought today by officers of
the RSl Star liner Finland. which ar
rived from Naples, Palermo and
Gibraltar. The Finland flies the Amer
lean flag, but had several Italians
among the crew.
On the way from Naples to Palermo
many stowaways were discovered hid
ing in the boats and in the stoke
hold. On arrival at the latter port
Italians officers came on board and
looked the stowaways over, finding
that they were all liable to military
duty. They took off twelve stow
Always, seven sailors and five stewards,
all of whom they say will shortly be
wearing uniforms.
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In the threat to Offset her naval nierority by
increased submarine activity, the DOGGY employed
by Germany docs not seem to possess the ncccs-
Sary fright-producing power. Despite all Tcu-
tonic hints TO the contrary. the belief is current
that the only way to choke off Great Britain 5
food supply is TO cripple her navy, and that is a
job which Germany hesitatcS to undertake The
suspicion grows that the war zone proauncia-
mento intended especially for the ncutrals
and not for the allies.
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DESCRIBES HORRORS OF WAR,
Censored "Copy" Among Them, Se.
cOrdfnE to II. W. Van Loon.

The trials and fluctuations Of
twentieth century war correspondent
were related to members of the Ma
tional Press Club last night by Hend-
rick ". Van Loon. who returned from
courtesies as being arrested eleven
times in three days. and being assign
ed to the top floor SO as to be easily
located by Zeppelin bombs. he said.
were extended to representatives of the
press.
In speaking of the difficulty expert
enced in getting news stories through
the censors, he stated that at times he
h9d received dispatches with the date
lire neatly typed at the top of the page
and the correspondents name at the
bottom with blank page Intervening.
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1t is strange to read that the idol admirng
world used to call the Divine Sarah looks forward
to resunling her work. Obliged to choose between
the loss of leg and the loss of lifework she
decidedly preferred the shorter and sharper way
that might allow her to take up her old strenuous
says the New York Evening Sun. At her
hest it never by any use of mere and
legs that Bernhard the physiqueless trumphed,
flashing with the dramatic emotions cowed and
subject audience but rather by the weapons OF
her spirit. And it is sad but certain that one
legged she could do greater justice to the kind of
part which she created, and kept against an
envious world for her own than most of the lollng
stage ladies of today with all their useless abund-
ance Of legs.
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Importations OF silk during the fiscal year
1914, totalling 45ooooo pounds broke all previous
records, according to the Department OF Com
Incrcc This was IN increase of 100000 pounds
the imports during 1915 and Fl. 100000 pounds
more than in 1000. Japan supplied almost three
fourths OF the amount imported. Silk manu-
features imported during 1914 were valued at S35,
100000. In addition more than 100000 worth of
artificial silks imported Evidently the people
that afford 10 buy silks do not think much OF
the movement to utilize cotton in their place
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widely Travelled author The Herald is anxious
to ascertain its readers opinions of Mr.. Bar
rvs articles, which have been the subject of
general discussion in Washington, bringing to
The Herald office a large number of letters,
most OF them commendatory, some critical.
The Herald has decided to let the verdict of
its readers decide whether or not Mr.. Barrys
articles shall be continued, the ma jorty to rule
1t therefore asks any one who has read the
articles to forward his or her opinion of them,
addressed to the editor of The Herald. Until
the wishes of Herald readers have been ascer-
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Turkish Army Is Beaten.

Petrograd. Feb. 23.-The rc-enforcei
Turkish army that is renewing its Of
fensive against the Russians has met
with another reverse according to officta,
advices received from Tifis today. The
commander Of the Russian army in the
Caucasus reported to the war ONCE that
the Ottoman troops had been repulsed IN
the trans-Tschorokh region on Sunday.
being thrown back across the Olti-
Tschai River.
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GALES STOP OPERATIONS.

Bombardment In Dardanelles Has
to De Called OF.
London. Feb. 23.-According to an orI-
cial Of the press bureau tonight the oper-
atoms of the allied feet against the
Turkish positions In the Dardanelles have
been interrupted by bad weather condl-
lions.
Strong southwesterly gales are in prog
ress. The outer forts were seriously
damaged by Fridays bombardment. says
the announcement.
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How!

Exports "for the thirteen principal customs
cen, of the export business Of the Country" were.
for the week ending January 80. $63668 I2o; for
the week ending February &. $5o.5oI.Ioo.
Imports for the same weeks were $27.76oo4o
and $22,446.s8o
In the nine weeks that ended on February s,
2.6I6.42e bales of cotton were exported.
How is all this stuff carried? Is it towed over?
Does it swim over? How does it get over from
a "congested" seaboard without the help of =
Wilson government ine?-New York Sun.
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hire a man campaign has been started in
Philadelphia to relieve the unemployment situa-
ton. The thing ought to he done without pub
hcity, or the benefits may be counterac,cd by a
"nrc man movement on the part OF the respon-
>Ibility dodgers
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Finding Them Out.

"Ah, squire" saluted the village
bore. What are you doing for your
rheumatism these days."
Examining doctors one after an
other" snarled the old codger. ito see
how much they don't know"-Judge