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The Washington herald., 1915-11-25
HISTORY BUILDERS.
A Characteristic Story of Coils P,
Huntington.
Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
Nv DIR. Z. l. EDWARDS.

'OlIesRuu0thA U Ahe "AAAA-se'.A AN-'---
BY DIR. Z. }. EDWARDS.
In a conversation with one of the
executive officers of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company. a man who
was trained under c. +. Huntington
and who. perhaps. is today the best
informed man now living concerning
the achievements of Mr.. Huntington
and the manner in which he over
come stupenduous difficulties. he
said:
1T is really a matter of history. and
yet l do not think the public has any
knowledge of the fact, that the con-
struction of the causeway and via
duct across the Great Salt Lake was
originally planned by Mr.. Hunting
ton. l can say this without detract-
ing at all from Mr.. Harriman's Won
derful achievement and admirable
courage and persistency in building
this viaduct and causeway. But years
before Mr.. Huntington, after inspec-
ton and study. was convinced that IL
was entirely practical to construct q
causeway across and through the
Great Salt Lake. and although the ex-
pense was likely to be very large.
nevertheless Mr.. Huntington was
never frightened by expense II he
believed that cost would be fully jus
tilted.
This illustrates one OF his charac-
teristics. He could be the most eco
nomical man of all railway managers
and he could. on the other hand, with
out the slightest trepidation author
ize what other railroad managers
thought wasteful expenditure. 1 sup
pose that the construction of the via
duct across the Great Salt Lake in
voIyed several million dollars. But 1t
saved some thirty or forty miles, and
II was this feature which Mr.. Hunt
Ington had in mind when he was per-
suaded that II would be well worth
while to build that viaduct or cause
way, He pooh-poohed the statement
made by some engineers that the
Great Salt Lake had no bottom.
"On the other hand, he would not
authorize the expenditure of a dollar
more than was necessary. For in
stance, after the Southern Pacific
railroad was constructed for some
miles out OF Sacramento City, so that
IL was possible to begin the operation
of trains, the question arose what
kind of a railroad station ought they
to have. Mr.. Huntington had his own
ideas about that, but he asked an
architect or engineer to prepare plans.
A few days later plans which pro-
yfded for the building of an attrac-
tive railroad station were turned over
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25
The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most COMPLETE News of Service Published Washington

Naval officers who were originally op-
posed to the construction Of battle crul-
sers agree IL this type is 10 be added TO
the navy Il should be the fastest anoat
Battle cruisers will depend largely upon
their speed. and on this account II Is De-
.eved that the United States should go
the limit with the new ships
Fifteen candidates for appointment
as acting dental surgeons in the
United States army. have successfully
passed the examination which took
place on October IS. There are at
present six vacancies in the dental
corps of the army but the prospective
vacancies will absorb all of the sue
cessful candidates.
Lieut. Forde A. Todd, L. S. N. assis-
tant inspector of machinery works at
New York Shipbuilding Co, is in
Washington on leave. and reported at
the Navy Department yesterday.
Officers reporting at the War De-
psrtment yesterday were: Capt. Fran
els n Cook. Coast Artillery. on leave;
Capt Calvin d. Cowles. jr.. Medical
Corps, on leave for one month. and
Lieut. Thomas J. Cecil, c. A. c. on leave
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25
Doings of Society

The Church OF the Epiphany was the
scene Of a brilliant and fashionable
wedding at noon yesterday when Miss
Rebekah Wilmer. daughter OF DR.. and
Mrs. William Holland Wilmer. became
the bride Of Mr.. Thomas Alexander
Scott Thropp. son OF Mr.. and Mrs Jo-
seph r. Thropp Huge Australian ferns
and golden plumosa asparagus banked
the chancei and formed a background
for masses Of chrysanthemums. shading
from palest pink to deepest rose. Stand
ards OF the same flowers marked the
pews and were used throughput the
church The ceremony was performed
By the Right Rev. William CabeIl
Brown bishop coadjutor Of Richmond.
assisted by the Rev. DIR. Randolph ~;
McKim. rector Of the church. A musical
program was rendered by the organist
during the seating of the guests.
The bride who was given in marriage
bv her father. wore a gown Of pearl en-
broidered tulIe over satin, quite simply
made. The overskirt was bOrdered with
a deep band Of pearl embroidery. She
wore a tulle veil. caught with orange
blossoms and carried shower OF white
butterfly sweet peas and lilies OF the
valley.
Miss Eleanore Morgan was maid OF
honor for Miss Wilmer. and the brides
maids were Miss Francise Williams.
Miss Caroline Odgen Jones. Miss Dor
othy AIeshire. Miss Margaret Van Dyke
Grant. Of Atlanta: Miss Cary Johnstone-
Of Lexington, KY. and Miss Leta Sui
livan, Of Philadelphia They wore
similar gowns of periwinkle blue tulle,
made over blue satin with deep pointed
girdles Of silver tissue. The funny tulle
skirts were held out over a hoop. Thich
was garnished with tiny pink and yell
low rosebuds: and the same little
French flowers were used on the sim
pie bodices Of blue tulle. The sleeves
were of tuIIe and were made short
They wore hats Of periwinkle blue faille.
with dropping brims faced with velvet a
shade darker. A band OF silver tissue
encircIed the crown, and the only trim
ming was a small cluster Of made roses
one blue and two of silver. posed at
the side front. All the attendants car
ried shower bouquets of Farlayense
ferns and butterfly sweet peas. In
lovely shade of pink.
Douglas Scott Thropp was best man
for his brother and the ushers were
Richard II. Wilmer, the brides brother,
Mr. Franklin Ellis. Mr. Gerald DeCour-
cey May and Mr.. Streeter Flynn, OF
Washington: Mr.. Edward Robinette.
Mr. Winants Johnston and Mr.. ].
Browning Clement, jr, all Of Ph!la-
deIphia. and Lieut.. Forde A. Todd, U.
s. n.
Mrs. Wilmer, the brides mother.
wore a handsome costume of amethyst
chiffon velvet with feathers. Mrs.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

Secretary Lansing is reported to have said that
Capt Boyd not guilty of any violation OF
law in supplying funds for the sending out from
American ports OF Hamburg American vessels to
provision German warships. True, because as an
attache he is subject to the criminal laws of
the United States Mr.. Lansing further pointed
out that the State Department could not take
notice Of his activities unless it is proved that he
had knowledge OF the false registration that it
necessary to make in order to clear the YES
sells in question. pretty point. Boyd hands
to the Hamburg American officials large sum of
money which is to be used to provision German
warships from American ports-an act made Grim
inal by laws He must have known of course
that the ships could not clear from our ports
without false registration. Nevertheless, he must
be presumed not to have had the least suspicion
that they would be falsely registered Really this
kind of reasoning scarcely does the State Depart
ment credit. OF course the impasse that our
esteemed Secretary is leading up to is that Capt.
Boy-Ed can't be tried for an offense against our
laws because he is diplomat and can't be thrown
out because he has not been convicted of anything
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

to Mr.. Huntington. After looking at
them carefully. he admitted that the
plans called for a pretty building. but
he wanted to know what IL would
cost. He was told the cost would be
not less than $4,000 and it might De
$4,000.
Then he said he would draw plans
of his own. and he did so with a piece
Of chalk. and in less than five min
utes, saying. That is the kind of sta
ton which l think it wise to build
just now 1t was nothing but a
board shanty. and to build it cost q
little over 500 and required just ons
days work. The man who would
spend millions in perfecting his rail-
road was also the man who thought
n plain shanty that cost a little over
800 was enough for Sacramento City's
first railroad station. Later, when
the time came. he was prepared to
spend thousands in building an ade-
auate and attractive station"
Copyright 1915. By z. J. Edwards. AL rights re-
seryedD
TomorrOw-Dr. Edwards will tell
"when the American Republic
Proved UnGrateful.'
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25
AN UNFRUITFUL ADMINISTRATION
Published by special Presdenf fyoEgl
The MeClys Neustdbsy Syndicate

The four years Mr.. Adams was Presi-
dent yielded scarcely a single important
measure either of legislation or of policy.
They proved 10 be a season between
times. In which the new parties got their
first drill and organization. and merely
unanswered for advantage In the final
struggle, the decisive. victory and defeat.
TO come
II,,h.r,o the t,ro.,dart had been aiways
,ha raaI Ieadsr ~ ths s.oysrnnent his
,,ass.v.. nod I'm No snaII degree con-
stitrted tba' proprams Of marty action. in
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

1.-The national income before the amounted
to $4,000 a minute" says the London Evening
News computing that the is costing England
$4,000 a minute. If therefore, paid for this
war out of our income should be left with
$4,000 a minute to live on. But before the war we
spent $4,000 a minute, saving only $4,000 min
ute To pay for the war we must, therefore, save
another $4,000 minute, add to the national
debt by that amount. The British doing a
lot of figuring on expenses, but yet there has
been no figuring on peace as of stopping
the enormous outgo.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

Representatve-elect Meeker almost caused a
riot at suffrage luncheon in ST. Louis when he
asserted that in a suffrage election in Denver
business women sold their votes for $50 each, while
society women's votes could be bought with the
alter tickets or a box of gloves. 1t would seem,
though, that the ought to have been graft
fed to know that the fair hold their votes at
far above the market price of those OF the men,
which range from S. to drink of whiskey.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

in the year Of our Lord 1916 There were less
than 2ooo,oooooo gallons of these alcoholic liquors
produced in the United States last year and under
the new prohibition law of Georgia. the people of
that State may import one-eighth of the whole
production of the United States for home eonsump-
ton to supply the deficiency OF home production
in the moonshine stills The Georgian who COM
plains of the absolute ardty of that State by pro-
hibtion law ought to be deported. Such ingrati-
tude should not be allowf place in the great
State of Georgia.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

The Austrian government has complained to the
State Department that the newspapers of the
country are saying unkind things about Consul
General Nuber and wants it stopped. Not con-
tent with assuming jurisdiction over our factories
they would dictate to the press. If President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing would just screw
up their courage and tell every representative OF
the royal and imperial Austrian government to
behave himself and mind his own business or quit
this country we guarantee loud shouts of popular
approval and certain encore when they are ready
to do likewise with the Boy-Ed-Papen-Albert ag-
gregation.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25
THANKSGIVING DAY.

Thanksgiving in a day of pain?
Thanksgiving for life's days of rain?
Thanksgiving in a time of war?
With Sorrow knocking at the door?
Ave! Thankful in the day of stress
For opportunities that press
For Almoners of Grace to prove
The sweet realities of Lowell
For riffs Of Hope that point the way
To that all-smiling golden day
When from the night of carnage vain
The Sun of Peace shall dawn again
Copyright lelS)
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

If the United States government succeeds IN
proving in its own courts that vessel sailing
from an American port under an American flag
carried coal and other supplies to German war
ships in the Atlantic Ocean, how many notes on
the subject of British interference with neutral
commerce will it be necessary to send before Lon
don is convinced that we in earnest?
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25
ARMY ORDERS.

Cart. William c. HArllee. United states Marine
CcrrS, is APPOINTED a member a. the National
Board for the Promotion q Rife Practice.
CAPT. LinWOod Z. Hansen. Ninth Infantry, np'n
the completion Of his duties JacksOuville. Fla
will return 10 his proper station.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

George Bernard Shaw proposes as the means
of preventing the appointment OF ministers
of peace by all the nations, who are to be shot
when war occurs. For appointment as the hrst
minister of peace: George Bernard Shaw.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

A Pittsburgh man has warned the United States
Marine Corps not to employ or hire my son as
submarine of the navy" And who can blame him,
in view Of the shady reputation of the submarines?
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

The expensive fur coat which John Wanamaker
gave Billy Sunday caused the evangelist to be held
I'D on the Canadian border by United States Gus
toms inspectors. The inspectors lost nothing but
their time.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

BE thankful today if you can hnd some one
who knows of nothing to be thankful Tor and MAKE
him change his mind
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

Help the Boy Scouts today and the Boy Scouts
NAV help YOU at some time in the future
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25
A Line O Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing of original poem, written daily
for The Washington Herald
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25
Morning Smiles.

Little Lemuel-What is fame, paw?
Paw-Fame. son, is a high ladder, will
grease on each Embellishments Star.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

Paw-Fame. son, is a high ladder. with
grease on each rUng.-IndianapOlis Star.
Close is what l call a financial pes
simist" Whats a financial pessimist?"
"A man who's afraid TO look pleasant for
fear his friends will touch him for a
oan.''-Boston Transcript.
The Cook-Sir, sir, There's a Zeplin
outside. and II you don't come wi the
keys OF the cellar. Wen be in-in-heaven
in a couple o. minutes
The Curate-God forbid!-London Opin-
ion.
Mabel-So you asked papa for my hand
Did he give you any announcement?
Arthur-wen. no. but he gave me a
drink and a cigar. so l had no kick COM
ing.-Chicago News.
What sort of fellow is he?"
Trouble maker"
He seems peaceable enough
Il know. but he's the sort OF a blum
dering chap that denies all the lies you've
told your wife. Detroit Free Press
Mrs. wayupp-You are happy with your
husband?
Mrs, Blase-Yes. indeed.
Mrs. wayupp-I'm surprised. You were
so suspicious of each other at first.
Mrs. Blase-Yes, but that's all past.
Now each OF us has hired a detective to
watch the other so II takes all that worry
on our minds.-Judgs
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

There arc, however. certain legitimate consola-
tons to be drawn from the One is that it
has given us mighty demonstration of world
unity. In very true sense this war is world
war: The whole world feels its influence. The
mischief done by the warriors the whole world
must help to alleviate. The Belgians, for example,
cannot be ignored. Their woes cry, not only to
heaven but to humanity. The response shows how
much sympathy lies in the great human heart in
the universal consciousness And it is none the
less real because it reminds of claims puch
nearer, perhaps at our very door, insisting that
charity begins at home. There is no reason. how
ever, why charity should end there. The best
thought that come to out of all the anguish
is the realization that the battleheds OF war and
the battlehelds of peace essentially one and
the same. To meet the slow death of malnutrition
may be even worse than the quick death by the
bullet. How long shall continue to endure the
conditions that make SO many battlchelds? Here
the point that is mprcssing itself upon today,
that makes national Thanksgiving in one sense
a mockery. in another sense the most solemn day
of the year.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25
Thanksgiving.

What can we say on this Thanksgiving? Shall
we rejoice that more fortunate than our
sisters and brothers in the European war? In
such rejoicing there would be altogether too much
self-congratulation not unrelated to gloating. In
this situation the best do is feel an hum
BILE gratitude that have thus far been spared the
temptation to be drawn into the conflict. Under
similar conditions we should doubtless have acted
exactly those people did, and we should have
found ourselves in the same unhappy situation,
committed to infamies, one infamy leading to an
other.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-25

Never before in this country have we had more
reason to congratulate ourselves on living in a
democracy. But are learning that democracy is
not mere matter of governmental form 1t must
be democracy in spirit Under democratic forms
there may flourish industrial abuses that are far
baneful in their effects than many of the out
worn limitations of personal freedom. Those in
the past who fought and died for democracy might
we'll be applauded if they could see some of the
to be an inaienable right. II IS, indeed matter
for thanksgiving that can renew our faith in
freedom by recognizing it as an even greater and
nobler ideal than inspired the heroes Of the Revo-
luton, broad enough to include, the people of
one nation, but the people of all nations, with
needs and hopes and rights exactly like our own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-07
HaUe English Monopoly
 of Hun1Or as Kiplin6 Says
By MRS. JOHN LANE

in mirror, and the younger the coun- try the more primitive this is. America, still young as nations reckon age, Is overwhelmed by as many rough and-ready kinds of humor as there are races within it's vast bounda1ies, for each contributes it's share.
 From horseplay in words through the endless varieties in it's dialy life and daily press, to the delicate art-to choose from it's immortal galaxy of humorists- Of Oliver Wendell Holmes. who is to Amer ica what Charles Lamb is to England American humor includes all these Then how will America, that loves to laugh and rejoces in it's inexhaustible and rol- licking fun, accept the new verdict?
 What proof have we that the British are indeed the one and only humorous race is it their heroic young soldiers? But perhaps rather than the new humor they have learned the hardest of all hard les sons, which is that besides other duties they also have 8 duty of cheerfulness It is their safeguard and their country s. But Heaven has mercifully not permitted a monopoly of what the whole world needs so badly.
 General de Negrier said to his soldiers: You are here to die. Do so cheerfuIly." And they did. So it is only just and right to insist here on the "debonair' endur- ance of the French under all perils and pains.
 No, the humor which underlies such he- roic cheerfulness. is not a British monop- oly, nor American monopoly, nor the monopoly of any one nation, but 1t is just common to the whole wide world, like-sorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-07

clothed and much clothed-with quite a military air attached. Of course adown the times there have been marked devations in feminine gar ments, from garters to corsets which formerly didn't connect I mean the gar ters and corsets-no (the deviations), but
 now in perfect accord and harmony even
 to small, trying hats, unbecoming and grotesque.
 Now everybody knows that a "swal- low-tailed'' corset is not a thing of beauty-but as a means of transforming
 perfectly good Botticelli stomach into a Reubens bust, it certainly has it's use Yet some people, mean by this mere man, criticises my lady, for wearing 1t, but when he does, please kindly re- member "AIr. Man." that it hurts the wearer far more than it does the by stander
 Another thing that has excited criti-
 cism is that the petticoat has been aban- doned-or rather it is the lady who has
 been abandoned by the petticoat It is
 true that anyone addicted to petticoats
 must feel very, very lonesome just at
 present and while this pretty garment
 may be restored to its queenly position
 in 1915, it is still hanging on by the
 ragged edge, so to speak Adding insult to injury, came the edict
 last year from Paris that skirts must
 be exrtmely short, the designing villains,
 and hence my ladys" whole ankle must be exposed-even small slice of the super-ankle, and then the ''tabbies" went
 wild, and the only thing they could think of to remedy this outrageous style, was to train herds of mosquitoes and let
 them loose upon the misguided follow CTS of fashion.
 Now all of this ''outreness" seems to
 have spent itself and we are told by the bonnet maker, the coutuseiere, and the bootmaker that conventional line spell
 Mademoselle Fashion of 1915. Sounds rather nice and old-fashioned, doesn't it?
 Shakespeare must have turned a sonnet Had he glimpsed the dancing bonnet That I saw today. Gold it was, with lacy fluting, Flowers, too, and gauge wings shooting Forth in birding way. And altogether this is no sonnet Still it quite describes the bonnet; Buy it while you may.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-07

After a study of the new armies, MT. Kipling has awarded to the nation to which they belong the glory of being the only genuinely humorous race on earth, to the exclusion of all other races. There seems to be, if one may venture to say so, curious want of humor in this essentially British dec laration, which creates, as it were, 8 trust in that divine attribute which is the worlds safety valve.
 Standing on the outskirts of English humor, loving and admiring it as all Americans do. one is, however, far enough away to get the right focus and to recognize also the humor of other nations. The truth is every race has it's own. which is sufficient for itself, and to which alien humOr seldom. ap- peals.
 For, indeed, it is harder to under stand alien humor than alien tragedy. Humor is more or less an intellectual effort tragedy is obvious for everyone to understand.
 But although alien humor remains often enough a sealed mystery, yet who has not some indelible memories of It, vivid, gay and 1ovab1e, although neith- CT English nor indeed Anglo saxon
 So why give England the monopoly? Is it not honor enough that modern English humor conquered the world through the genius of Thackeray and Dickens, who set new fashion in laughter?
 Till then the English were q self controlled, sad race, suspicious of mirth, whom although they produced the two greatest humorists in all literature, were individually not humorous.
 But now that they have been called "the only genuinely humoroua raca m earth" by so great an authority as MT kipling, one wonders at the sudden change, until one realizes that it is only another result of those tragic times and that the English wear their new humor as a safeguard against tears.
 country is reflected fin it's humor as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-07
Mebbe He Did

From the New York Globe.
 There was a certain bishop who had a pleasant habit of chatting with any body he might meet during his country walks. One day he came across a lad who was looking after some pigs by the roadside and the bishop paused to ask him what he was doing, that be- ing his usual way of opening conver- sation.
 "Moindin' swoine," the lad replied, stolidly.
 The bishop nodded thoughtfully.
 "Ah, is that so?" he commented. And how much do you earn a weel<?" Two shillin," was the reply. "Only two shillings?" remarked the bishop. Then he continued pleasantly T, too am a shepherd. but l get more than two shillings"
 The lad looked at him suspiciously for a minute. Then he said slowly:
 "Mehbe you gets more swoine nor me to moind"