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The Washington herald., 1915-08-29
Annapolis Notes

Annapolis. Md. Aug 3-The United
States Marine Artillery that has been
stationed at the marine barracks, Naval
Academy. for some time left here Mon
day afternoon The artillerymen, with
ammunition. guns. supplies and para
phernalia, sailed on the battleship Ten
nessee for Haiti. All marines stationed
at the barracks will be sent except those
whose enlistment Is about to expire.
Mrs. William G. Cassard, wife of Chap
lain Cassard. U. s. N, of the Naval
Academy, who is visiting at the Boston
navy yard. will later go to spend some
time at Newport and East Orange,
where she will be Joined by Chaplain
Cassard.
After a session that has covered some
two months the board of Investigation
probing hazing at the Naval Academy
has completed the hearing Of witnesses
and held a session Monday morning for
the purpose of formulating its report.
This report will be placed In the hands
of Capt. Lloyd H. Chandler. acting su-
perintendent Of the Naval Academy, to
be forwarded with his Endorsement to the
Secretary of the Navy.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29
WHAT CHURCH PEOPLE
ARE SAYING AND DOING

The general secretary of the Georg,
Washington Memorial Association ha
juse received the following letter from
Cardinal Gibbons concerning the pro
posed memorial building:
Dear Sir: Any movement thas /,
calculated to keep fresh in the mem
ory of tie American people the pa
trio;lc Split heroic deeds and con
sunmate craftsmanship of George
Washington cannot fail to meet with
my hearty approval
l am, therefore, strongly in favor
of the projected undertaking in honor
of the father of his country, and my
own Judgment is enlightened by the
distinguished names recorded in the
document which you were pleased to
send me.
l am pleased to see that you make
mention of the memorable address is
sor in the See of Baltimore, on the
occasion of the death of the first Presi-
dent of the United States. Very sin
cerely yours.
JAMES CARD. GIBBONS.
Forty-two Catholic men prominent
in the commercial life of Washington
and Baltimore attended last week the
two-day business mems retreat at
Georgetown University, held under the
auspices of the Laymen's League for
Retreats.
Rev. ]. c. Geale, Of Loyola College.
who is spiritual director of the league.
gave two instructive lectures on THE
Idea of Spiritual Retreat as Evolved
from Holy Scripture"
The daily order of exercises was as
follows: Rise at $40 a. m: meditation
in the chapel, Z: fass. 7:3o: breakfast.
inSfrnCfian Q-20- H1.yO.
dinner, 1880 p. m: instruction. $500:
rosary and stations. 5: supper. 6. and
benediction and instruction, s.
Among those attending the retreat
were: E. Kramer. F. s. Schrader. F. ].
Ostendorf. DIR. G v. Milholland. w. r.
wheatley, NJ o. Shriver. G. F. Law
renee. ]. E. Shields. a. p wallnoefer.
John Devan. c. c. Coulson. John
Baummer. Jerome Joyce. Col Jerome
H. Joyce. n. z. Brady. W. T. Hayden.
3. T. Shriver. Edward Wood. J. Harry
Igo. n. L. Goldsborough. H. c. Hoff-
man. W. A. Mcclellan. Donald r. Nc
Donald. r. G. Jones. H. S. Edmonston,
Joseph r. LittelL F. w. Seiffart.
Thomas B. Huyck. c. H. Kesler, Mr..
Holland. James A. Cunning. z B.
Lloyd, J. A. Haynes. J. Boiseau wiesel.
Donald v. Chrisholm. Patrick ]. Haiti
gan. Thomas J. Crowley. John wagsa-
man. Samuel waggaman. NJ s. Kline,
Peter Flanagan, and l. w. Hart.
Among the chief Recommendation
adopted at the close of the recent
country life conference for ministers
held at Maryland Agricultural College.
College Park. Nd. were the following:
G) emphasis on making the church
the center and dynamic power OF the
community: ts) cooperation Of
churches In the community; (3) em-l
ployment of business methods in church
finances; (D a comprehensive survey
of the moral. religious. educational.
and agricultural conditions Of the
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Sheriff Ends Army Boxing

An unusual question has been pre-
sented to the War Department by Cot.
G. w. Van Deusen. commanding the
Third Field Artillery. at Camp Rob-
inson. Sparta, Wis, to determine what
jurisdiction the authorities of the
State of Wisconsin have over the
Sparta military reservation. The sit
uation arose out of the fact that tn,
sheriff of the county in which the
reservation lies had stated that he
would arrest the participants in a
certain boxing contest, scheduled to
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Eondon who proposes to make them have
designed machine for throwing them
yards. which will be quite enough. By
this means q fire of any size may b
produced. and IL the fire Is large enough
the gases must be dissipated;' it cannot
be otherwise. The first bombs I design
ed involved the use of petrol, but 1t was
thought that the consumption would be
so large that there might be a shortage.
I have therefore been experimenting.
and am now in possession of liquid that
does Just as well and only costs half as
much, while the supply Of it is unlim-
ited."
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hotel Richard F. Burgess. State rep
resentative. was toastmaster Gen.
Scott, when called upon for a speech.
voiced his friendship for the people
OF Ell Paso and his appreciation for
the royal treatment always accorded
him, saying that "El Paso felt like
home" Other army officers attending
the banquet were Gen. John ]. Persn-
ing. Col. George n. Morgan, Col Omar
Bundy. Col. F. o. johnson, Lieut.: Col.
E. v. Smith. Maj. W. r. Sample, Lieut.
Col. R. e. L. Michie. aid to Gen. Scott:
Capt. w. E. Hunt, Lieut.. o. e.
Michaelis.
Capt Louis ]. Van Schaick, formerly
stationed in Ell Paso with the Sixth
Infantry, has been detailed for duty
with the Arizona Militia At Fort
Huachuca, Ariz
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community; (5) improvement of the
home. by the use of modern conven-
fences and sanitation. by beautify-
ing home and grounds, arrangement of
| the work to allow self-developmenr ut
and culture, in order that the drudgery.
Iunattractiveness, and batrenness of
the life on many farms may be re-
placed by manner of life so attrac-
tive and wholesome that the daughters
and sons will choose to remain in the
country. A permanent organization
was formed by the election of DIR. H.
J. Patterson as president, and B. II.
Darrow, secretary, who, with the fol-
lowing, will form an executive COM
mittee: Prof. F. B. Bomberger. DR.. T.
F. Dixon, DIR. E. L. Watson, the Rev.
G. w. Gaitler. and Rev. William L.
Glenn.
The outdoor pulpit on the grounds
of the Cathedral of st. Uohn the Di-
vine, New York, on the lawn facing
the main entrance to the bishops
house, has been completed at a cost or
s25,00o. 1t is a gift Of Miss Caroline
Phelps-Stokes who saw such a pulpit
in Lucca, Italy, where outdoor serv-
ices are held daily. 1t is forty-one
arches. The octagonal base OF the
pulpit is sixteen feet in diameter. Tho
pulpit in reached by two steps of gran
lite. There are exquisite carvings at
each corner of the pulpit, figures Of
the four evangelists being exception
ally fine. The stone is OF a soft pink
ish color and came from Minnesota
The Adult Bible Class movement has
entered China. R. A. Doan. recently
elected secretary Of the Missionary So
ciety of the Disciples of Christ, writes:
There is absolutely no difficulty in Sc
curing an audience in China nor in get
ting inquirers who are willing to
study the Bible. The chief difficulty is
lack of leadership. At many of our
meetings il was necessary to station
men at the door to crowd people back
and try to keep them from entering
the building after 1t was full. In Nam
tungchow we held four afternoon
meetings in a Buddhist temple. where
We had an attendance OF from eight
hundred to a thousand men every day.
though the meetings were held in
January, when the weather was very
cold. and with no way of heating the
building. / had to keep my overcoat
on while speaking. but these thinly
clad Chinese stood and listened eagerly
in spite Of the discomfort"
In a camp meeting at vollimer. Ida, |
this summer. nearly one thousand In
dams. all Presbyterians Of the Nes
Perce tribe. met in the forest for vor-
ship. One Of them was q grandson OF
one Of the four chiefs who made the |
historic journey out Of the dim un.
known regions of the northwest to |
st. Louis eighty years ago. to find that
book of truth, the knowledge of which |
had reached the tribe through the |
Lewis and Clark explorers
Of Catholic churches expended $7s,esl.- l
900 for new work. repairs and upksep /
Of the churches under their direction. :
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says Truth; 994 presidents of colleges
and seminaries expended S3,976.000 for
| new work, repairs and upkeep of the
| colleges under their direction; 5.4Ss
pastors in charge of parochial schooas
expended for new work, repairs and
upkeep s16,464,000 for the schools
under their direction; 2S4 managers of
Catholic orphan asylums expended
sS52, 900 for new work, repairs and up
keep of the asylums under their direc-
tion; lis managers of homes for the
aged and infirm expended S345,000 for
new work. repairs and upkeep Of the
homes under their direction; sos direc-
tors and superintendents of Roman
Catholic hospitals expended s4.072, 900
for new work. repairs and upkeep of
the hospitals under their management.
It is understood that the foundations
are under way for the new Church of
ST. Vincent -Ferrer. New York. the
work of razing the former edifice hav-
ing been completed. The edifice to be
built is expected to be the most beauti-
full example of church architecture In
the whole country. The old church.
which was under the spiritual guard
ianship of the priests of the Catholic
Order of St Dominic, was erected in
1867. two years after the entrance of
the fathers into the Archdiocese Of New
York to take UP their work.
Designs for the new church have
been prepared by Bertram Grosvenor
Goodhue. The building is to be cruci-
form in plan and Of great size. its total
length being 1873 feet Z inches and width
across the transepts 1r feet Tho
height Of the nave from the floor to
the apex Of the vault Is to be u feet.
and Of the aisles approximately Is
feet. The church will be towerless. but |
from the intersection of the nave and |
transept roofs win rise q great copper |
feche. or spire, some Is feet In diame- |
ter where it leaves the ridge, and rising |
l65 feet from this point, thus making It |
the largest neche in the world. That |
of the Amiens Cathedral. France, u 154 |
feet from ridge to apex.
Methodist women in the States Of ILL., /
nois, Wisconsin. Michigan, and Indiana /
raised $4,000 for foreign missions dur
ing the last nine months.
The organization Of travelling men
known as the Gideons are said to have
placed over a63. 900 Bibles into hotel |
rooms in the United States. besides
5000 in Canada. In this distribution
California leads with over $4,000
The thirtieth annual convention Of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. will hold
today its closing sessions at Los Ange-
les, Cal.
The more one learns about the conn
ing laynen's campaign. the prepara-
tons tnat are being made and the
spirit in which they are being made. the
surer does one become OF its worth and
its promise, declares the Churchman. IN
the Boston Transcript The series OF
seventy conventions In 1s0s-1o which
the campaign that year were
conducted after only small part Of the
that b being made for the
present sertea Then there were no a.
vision. or State secretaries; now there
are ssven. Then there were no execu-
i've socrekaries whA had had experience
n ARRANGING and following up conven-
kioaas u0w thsro are not only oxpoul.
sacs1 ~. eet 10 . tzSas BODY of sxS
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29
HOLY LAND FORTIFIED
BY TURKISH LEGIONB

Paris. Aug. Sit IL learned here
that the Turks. preparing for an allied
Invasion of Palestine. are digging
trenches around Nazareth and several
other places famous In Bible history.
BY means Of these trenches they also
are drawing away the water from the
River Jordan In the vicinity of Ttber-
las. but whether this is for the pur-.
pose Of defense IL not clsxf
Many historic buildings have been
raxed to make way for artillery flre.
among them being the Terra eanta
Convent, nearN Tiberfas. All the In
scrptions engraved on the walls. how
ever old or in whatever language. have
bsen erased for fear tbat they mayl
a9esd useful Information 70 Tie eneuy.
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DAILY SHORT STORY

kissed her. And suddenly he felt her
stop trying to get away, felt her return
| his kiss shyly.
| Girl. girl. dear" he said, I've watt
ed ten eyars to see you again. DOM, try
to break away from me. Don't you care
one bit?''
Edith laughed up at him. her head ly-
ing back on his shoulder.
Steve, you big silly boy" she said.
softly. however did you dare to do
it?"
He released her, but held both her
! hands close in his, looking at her with
new expression in his eyes. He had
come with all the shyness and anxiety
Of the boy, dreading almost to look at
her and feel the old spell of her beauty
and charm. And now the whole world
was changed.
IT don't know" he answered, II was
afraid I'd lose you"
why didn't you ever find me. goose 90
she teased. Il thought you had for
gotten me-"
met Jack" he said He told mo
Polly's in Virginia, and he was afraid
I'd be lonely here"
She smiled mischievously.
"And If you hadn't met him you never
would have even taken the trouble to
hnd out whether I was alive. or dead?'.
sweetheart. I didn't dare. Just that
didn't dare. I've thought of you by
day and night. riding the range and
herding cattle under the stars up yoEder
In those mountains, and I've sung every
love song ever knew to you and
dreamed Of you and lonsed for you. but
l didn't have the plain. everyday grit
70 come after you and set you. Maybe
i was afraid to risk 1t. A mans nat
rrally got to have some pluck and nerve
to risk every hope Of his life on ono
throw. don't you known
She listened, the smile gone from her
face. and in its place Q curiously ten.
der. womanly look. a. II she knew and
understood all that the lonely years and {
the boyish hope had meant to him.
He drew her nearer. hunsrily.
And you never forgot me, Edith?.
II wrote to Polly always just to hear
about you." she whispered. you've
come East to look after the new te,e-
phone line over the mountains I'D to the
Crazy J, haven't you? Polly wrote that
you were going to push It through and
buy in big block Of the stock, and that
some Of the men up there were trying
to make the company switch me line
twenty miles south So wired Uncle
Dave to bring 1t up before the directors
at the last meeting Saturday, ana tk.y
voted for the Crazy route Uncle
Dave owns lots Of II. Steve. Aren't you
glad?"
That's why got wire tellins me
to come East"
She nodded her head at him wisely.
And then when heard Polly wa5 In
Virginia. asked Jack over the tels-
phone to hunt you up and tell you I WAS
still on earth. Do you mindr'
''Mindr' he drew In q 1>sp breath.
And thought the heavens had tust
opened and handed You to ma aeain
thought fNwas ali this thing they cali
fate. don't you know. and It vasn't
any such thing II was blessed woman
How did you know that
when the door opened ia reach out and
Just take your"
She laughed up at atm.
Steve. right there stopped manae.
ns thfnss Il was all you and fate altar
hat. dear"
scbpgnsAt ma,
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CEN. POLIVANOFF. who has been
appointed minister of war for Rus
sia. to succeed Gen. Soukliminof.
the former Incumbent in the office.
who has been deposed and is to
stand trial by court-marital for the
Russian shortage of arms and am
munition. ...
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29
Fort Bliss Notes

Fort Bliss. Tex, Aug. 2s.-Maj. Gen.
Hugh L. Scott was entertained re-
Gently with a dinner at the Hotel Paso
del Norte by the Chamber of Com
merce Of Ell Paso. The banquet table
was set on the roof garden of the
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29
West Point Notes

West Point, N. Y. Aug. 2S.-The
cadets had unusually good luck on
their practice march last week. for 1t
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29

Send Shaft No. 4 or none at an.
We play nothing but arst-elAss esa.
's.'s. 49,
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During the year 1914. s.ss3 pastors
of Catholic churches expended $7s.es4.-
600 for new work. repairs and upksep
of the churches under their direction.
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The organization Of travelling men
known as the Gideons are said to have
placed over 2s3.0oo Bibies into hotel
rooms in. the United States. besides
. 900 in Canada. In this distribution
California leads with over "a. 600
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16

eight years old. Our father has his leg
cut open by Doctor, and IS not well
yet. Please make his leg well so he
can go to work"
There is a vast and tragic difference
between knowing what ones kiddies
want Santa Claus to bring them and
finding the money with which to pro-
vide the toys; and so one mother, with
out money, has mailed her meagre
shopping list to aSnta Clansaare of
The News. Here is what is needed to
make hers happy home on Christmas
morning:
"Will you please bring Effie, aged
nine, doll carriage and pair of
gloves; Eleanor, aged seven, doll and
a pair of gloves; Bessie, aged three, a
doll baby and set of dishes; Helen
aged elevn, a pair of glovs, and please
bring Frederick, aged ten months, a
rattle.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16
Army OF Riddles Fear
Santa Won't Visit I'm
THEY KNOW GOOD Do-c eo@ETiaEs DsAPPoiNT
LITTLE JUST AS GOOD AS
GOLD LETTERS TO CONTAINS MANY PiTFUl
PLEAe-MANY Pages ARE T EARsTAiNED

While scores of children are dream
ing OF toys and candles and all that
makes Christmas morning the apex
of the December desires of boys and
girls. there is little army of the
Disconsolate in Hattiesburg today.
They are the Riddles who are not so
sure that the pack which Santa Claus
carries is inexhustible.
The baby boy of well-to-do parents
might lok with hurt surprise in his big
blue eyes if one even suggested this
arch-heresy of silver-spooned child
hood. The baby girl whose pretty
mamma las never had to plan and
scheme and work to keep body and
soul together in a little household
would probably answer to a calumny
so apparent from her own experiences
that the only children who Santa
passes by are bad little boys and
naughty girls
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16

movement to acquire historic Beau
vOir, TO be used as the Mississippi Con
federate Soldiers Home, interest
seems to have tagged within the past
few years. This is attributed to the
fact tina there has been no definite
personal work or incentive to activity
before The Mississippi men beyond the
temporary revival of interest about
reunion time. Gen. Forrest is of the
opinion that the projected plan of Sc
curing funds for the building of addi-
tiOnal dormitOIy facilities at Beau
voir, which would open up avenues of
usefulness for all organized camps in
mississippi. would furnish an incen-
tive to organized effort y
Gen. Forrest has returned frdm a
visit to the coast, and as he always
does when in that vicinity, looked in
on the veterans at eBauvOir. He was
shocked and surprised to find that
there are now on file applications for
admission from over 100 worthy vet
Grams who are entitled to the benefits
of the home With every house and
room crowded to its capacity, he has
found that these additional applica-
tons must of necessity be ignored
He has a plan to lay before the Mis-
sissippi division which he believes will
be worth while, and that is to have
the present live and active camps be-
yin at once the work of securing
funds for building at least one new
dormitory. This, he believes, might
be easily done if the members would
go about the task Systematically. AT
present, the Mississippi division is
without a commander, the election
which was to have been held al the
last reunion having been prevented by
the fierce tropical hurricane which
swept the coast at the time of assem-
bly,. and it devolves on the COM
handkerchief to appoint COM
mander and adjutant Gen. Forrest is
now casting about for some good man,
with the time and capacity for prop
erly discharging the duties of leader
ship, whom he may appoint as the
Mississippi commander.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16

Washington, Dec. 16.-That educa-
ton is making more progress in the
West than in the East, and that the
Western states are doing more for
their youth than the highly developed
and hickly populated districts in the
East, is the claim of Dr. Philander p
ClaxtOn, chief of the L. S. Bureau Of
Education. who recently toured the
Western states. He points to Oregons
system Of giving school credits for in
dustrial work done at home. This en-
enlargement of thrift and vocation is
pointed out by DR.. ClaXton as a great
development in education. The state
of Washington, claims Dr. ClaXton,
leads the country in the number of
homes for teachers, thus giving stabil-
ity to the profession. MinnesOta's
work along similar lines comes in for
his praise, also. DR.. Claxton says that
California pays its teachers better
than any other State. The average
salary of public school teachers
throughout the country is $500, and
California pays an average of $3.50.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16
ENLARGE DORMITORY.

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 15.-Gen. n. B..
Forrest, ommander-in-chief of the
United Sons of Confederate veterans,
was here today comforting with local
members of the patriotic order with
a view to Strengthening the organiza,
ton and providing for leadership.
While the order was quite strongly
organized in this state a few years
ago, especially at the time when the
Mississippi division was heading the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16
And Drop a Tear.

Once in a while their is d tiny bis
ter on a scrawly page. 1t mutely tells
of some little fellow or his baby sister
who, in the face of the greatest of all
the little tragedies of childhood, tried
to be brave. but somehow just couldn't
keep back the tears.
They are real human documents
these letters. There is one whose baby
author has probed perhaps the real
truth of Santa and his coming, and
who perhaps looks upon the Patron
Saint of Christmas as a parsonage to
be bribed with clinking silver, for he
writes.
Mother takes in washing to buy
food, and she won't have any money to
give to Santa Claus for u.s.
Then. there is another-a little
mother from her letter, who last yea
knew the pangs of a toyless Christmas
which passed in gloom for her eight
vear-old self and her baby brother and
sister. Lest Santa again forgets, she
has written:
Il am a little girl eight years old.
have brother six years old and sis
ter three years old Ny father is sick
~ and my mother works very hard.
wish you would bring me a dress and
pair Of shoes and doll baby. Bring
my brother a suit and a pair of shoes
and some kind of toy. And bring my
little sister dress If you bring them
you will make us very happy. We did
not get anything last year, and please
don't forget us this year"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-16
being conducted under auspices not
attached to politics.

Des MOines, Dee. 1G.-COns0lidated
districts for school purposes in the
rural districts of Iowa are fast com
ing into popularity. The success of
the consolidated schools which were
the pioneers in the movement and the
state aid which has been given to help
the schools along are the big factors
which are influencing so many cOnsol-
idations at the present time. For
many years the idea of consolidated
districts was rejected, but no.. i Is
in high favor. A prominent IOWan H.
given forty acres for a cons3 id2t-1
school at Beaman, Iowa, which has
been accepted by an election in six
teen sections of the local territory.
Last month Sea City, Ia. organized
a consolidated school district