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The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
Harpers Ferry MAY Live Again.

When the government prior to the civil war
operated extensive artillery works at Harpers
Ferry it was actuated by the admirable Location
and facilities for such enterprise. That old town
paid the penalty for the John Brown raid, and
through the subsequent war it lost all its govern
ment connections and the artillery works became
but "reminiscences of the extraordinary seizure by
John Brown and his fellows of the government
works Why should not the government revive
the importance of this place. whose admirable
adaptation for government use remains? 1t seems
not at all bad suggestion that Harpers Ferry
be made the location for the great experimental
laboratory of the inventors board of the navy.
And at the same time it could be made the loca-
ton for government munition works. The pro-
posal to have the government embark in these
forms of enterprise is well taken. Harpers Ferry
might we'll be made the location for the manu-
facture of shrapnel and other shells and the place
for the manufacture of any novel forms Of NUM-
tons that the inventors might develop. Levels
of the Maryland mountain would be fine loca-
ton for the proposed laboratory. This is only a
bare suggestion of the wide utility that might be
made Of location where three States meet, that
is on the main line Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. that has other railroad connections and
that posseases ample waterpower though the
enn2lnenea ri ho 4iNaea na1timore n1r2ean.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

A Patriotic Secretary of the Treasury.
Written expressly for The Washington Herald. j
By DIR. e. j. EDWARDS.
| The late George s. Coe, who was in
! timately associated in civil war days
as New York banker who was a
high authority in that field, with the
| Secretary of the Treasury in Lincoln S
administration. Salmon P. Chase, while
| narrating to me some of the incidents
| associated with Secretary Chases
| visit to New York bankers in the
spring of 1862. said that in addition
| to the tremendous Importance of the
| financing proposition Chase made at
| that time there was a splendid mani
festation of his pride in the dignity
of the United States.
You had better see John A. Stew
ems If you want to know exactly how
Chase manifested that pride to us
when he met the committee of bank
ers with intent to negotiate a loan,
| said Mr.. Coe.
A year or two afterwards, I met Mr..
Stevens at a time when he was serv-
ing as chairman of a committee which
was arranging for an important cere-
money in New York City. Something in
our conversation reminded me of what
Mr.. Coe said and l told Mr.. Stevens
that 1 would be glad to learn from
him how and why the Secretary of
the Treasury displayed in a most i'm
pressive manner the sense of our ma
tional dignity and honor. although he
was at the time discussing a question
of pure finance.
II remember the occasion to which
Mr.. Coe refers very WE'LL" Mr.. Stevens
replied. Il was. in fact. chairman of
a commtte of bankers, eight or ten
in all. They were presidents of banks
in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Baltimore. We met in response to a
request from Secretary Chase He
wanted the banks of those cities to
provide him with gold and he named
the terms upon which the government
could issue its securities to us. 1t
was a wonderfully clear financial ex-
position which Chase made and the
result of II was that these banks
did lend to the government in all $780,
900. 900 in coin.
''In the course of the discussion 7
asked where the interest and princi-
pal upon the bonds which the gov
eminent would issue in payment of
this loan were to be paid. 1t had been
the custom to make a government loan
payable, principal and interest, in
London.
Secretary Chase said that there
was only one place where the prin-
cipal and interest upon a government
loan was properly payable and that
was at the Treasury Department in
washington The loan was a national
one and II the United States made a
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

Mime. Jane Catulle Mendis, the French poet
who is now in this country to interest American
in the cause of the French wounded has
sent open letter to Miss Jane Adams, reply
ing to the latter's allegation, published in the
press that absinthe given French soldiers be-
fore they went into battle and that there were
many persons in England and France who desired
immediate peace, but who had been unable to ex-
press this desire account of the censorship. The
mere reading of Nine Mendis letter is sufficient to
convince that she is Frenchwoman and a poet
and the bold challenge she hurls in Miss Adams
direction includes this little feminine caress: The
papers tell us further that Miss Adams, after her
visit to President Wilson, before entering her taxi
posed for great number of photographs, and that
at the doors of the White House she got
down from her taxi in order to be taken in a
movie" Miss Adams may possibly be able to
answer some of Nine. Mendis' questions, but how
can she find reply to this?
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia-present ad-
dress Warrenton. Va.-seems to be out of touch
with conditions in the State he represents. In his
efforts to aid the German cause by creating un-
pleasantness between the United States and Great
Britain using cotton the excuse, he is mperilng
the interests of the South, according to eminent
authorities, including the editor of the Manufac-
turers' Record. who writes: This effort to arouse
throughout the South an antsgonism to Great
Britain and to make more difficult President Will
sons task claiming in connection Herewith that
the South will be bankrupt if the plans of its agi
tators be not carried out is calculated to do the
South even more harm than the unwise campaign
carried on last fall, which cost the South more
millions of dollars in public esteem and in the
disposition of Eastern people not to try to do bus
mess in the South to invest in the South than
any possible loss in its cotton crops could have
The South is at least to be congratulated that the
dynamite in the Hoke Smith propaganda has been
discovered sooner than was the bomb in the buy
a-bales moYement an -
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
Hotel McAlpin Notes.

Lucius NJ. Boomer, managing director
of the McAlpin Hotel. who is spending
a vacation in Chicago, returned TO
New York early this week. August is
one of the busiest months at the Nc
Alpin. and this year promises to ex-
coed all previous history Of the new
house in the number of out-of-town Wis.,
itors for the summer. There are hun
dreds of buyers here from every State
in the Union, but that many other hun
dreds are here on vacation trips Is evil
denced by the presence Of great numbers
of children. The city's roof gardens and
restaurants are enjoying q prosperity
which was unlocked for.
Signor Attilio Di Crescenzo. the lyric
tenor. was the feature Of last wednes-
days Cottagers' dinner-dance at the
Trouville, Long Beach. Henry L. Merry
and L. NJ. Boomer. managers of the
Trouville, have been very successful in
providing novelties for their seaside re-
sort, and have added much to the en-
joyment of a trip to Long Beach. Miss
Charline Mayfield and Donald Crane,
who direct the dinner-dancing at the
McAlpin blue bird room. are a regular
Sunday feature at the Trouville.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

Gen. Burgoyne was to move. with 5000
men. down Lake Champaign: Col. st.
Leser. with a small but sufficient force.
along q converging line down the valley
OF tha Mohawk, from Oswego on On
tario: and Gen. Howe was to meet them
from the south. moving In strength up
the Hudson. More than 1900 would
great central valley. north and south.
when their plan was executed.
But it was not executed.
The British commanders were to learn
that. for their armies. the interior Of the
country was impacticable.
Both st. Leger and Bursoyne were
baffled in that vast wilderness.
1t was simple enough for Burgoyne to
descend the lakes and take once again
the forts which guarded them. Even
Ticonderosa he took without a blow
struck. A precipitous height. which
the Americans had supposed inaccessible
by any sort of carriage. rose above the
strong Notifications of the place beyond
a narrow strip of water: the English
dragged cannon to It's summit; and Gen
st. Clair promptly withdraw in the night.
knowing his position to be no longer
tenabIe.
But it was another matter to pene-
trate the forests which lay about Lake
George and the upper waters or the
Hudson with militiamen out of every
countryside within reach swarming
thicker and thicker at every step the
redcoats took into the depths Of the
perplexing region.
A thousand men Burgoyne felt obliged
to leave at Ticonderoga for the sake of
his communications: close upon 1000
more he lost august l6 at Bennington.
whittier he had sent them to seize stores:
and by the time he had reached the
neighborhood of Saratoga with the 5000
left him. fully 14.000 provincials beset
him
Monday-BurgOyne N0rthward
March. b
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
)q&$P;!iNll{I{S;{${! So?

| Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
New York, July 3o.-"Love fifteen
Love thirty" and also For the love
O. Mike!' Sounds like tennis stun
doesn't 1t? But guess where. Well
sir, it's right in Ludlow street Jail
Real tel MS, too. 1t is the only genu-
Inc tennis court in any jail in Amer
lea.
Ludlow Jail is New York's lookup
for civil prisoners. Here are confined
members of. the Alimony Club who
balk at paying their wives weekly
amounts ordered by the courts. And
here are also placed debtors, prisoners
in contempt of court and National
Guard men who skip drills.
It's quite an exclusive Jail. Al
though it has cells for 500 prisoners,
It has never housed more than thirty
six at a time.
Down at Bustanoby's restaurant
where the sidewalk cafe was first
given to blase New Workers. an inno-
walton has been inaugurated for ladies.
A miniature barefoot rail and all
with a white -aproned mixologist-has
been opened up exclusively for women.
1t il conducted exactly like the or
binary bar in every respect except no
men are allowed. 1t has been having a
lively patronage and only last week
free lunch was made a part of the
ladieE' bar.
John West. the Bustanoby manager.
says that most OF the patrons Of the
ladies' bar shy at the foot rail At first.
but gradually they take to It just like
the men do.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
u5zaM<

loan it ought to pay principal and in
terest at home, exactly as England
did. 1t was a question of national
honor and national dignity. and If
ever there was a time when our honor
and our dignity should be maintained
that time was the present.
1T was with noble dignity that the
Secretary made this announcement. We
all agreed with him, and from that
day to this our national loans have
been made payable at the Treasury
Department. 1t is for that reason that
for years afterward the United States
Treasury bought in New York foreign
exchange with which to meet payments
upon the interest of government bonds
held in Europe"
Copyright, 1875, by Z. ]. EdwardA All rights -
seryed.)
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

drama of Hawaii But until recently
eukalale playing has been conn><d to
native Hawaiians-at least In New
York.
Mrs. W. Irving Twombly was one of
the first white women in New fprx
to take up the eukalale.. Prince Ks'o-
moko. her teacher. now has sevs.~l
prominent women among his pupils,
Have you a little eukalale in yoss
home?
Down in Ann street the newsies
spend their time between editions
eating the toothsome hot dog and
throwing the elusive dice. The other
afternoon a group of the street mer-
chants were gambling their pennies
when a prim. bespectacled lady in
black wandered by, suddenly stopped
around the group. and said: Young
gentlemen, what are you doing and
why are you so excited?"
A snub-nosed. red-headed urchin
looked up at her, removed his hat re-
spectfully and replied frankly: we
are shootin' craps, leddy"
MY. my, how terrible- she said.
throwing up her hands in shocked
amazement Remember. that no mat
ter how small and insignificant they
are they value their lives Just the
same as you do"
Miss Florence Cassasa, OF Brooklyn,
the daughter of q well-to-do father.
might be called The Girl Who Woke
Up Famous" One day some Of her
friends saw an advertisement which
called for . girk resembling . god
dess. They said: why not answer
the advertisement: send your picture
Unjust for fun"
She aid and the picture won-won .
contest which called for It's repre-
duction 1ooeoo.ooo times In posters.
ciety for Electrical DEVELOPMENT Sc
lected Miss Cassasa as the girl VINO
would represent the spirit Of pros.
perity.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

a Nh en- tho y.or TIT davned ,ilxe a
"a nrst wear of settled war and
IA ravo,ution
FOR ittie "hiie' at the outset oi .oe
year. the congress haoe "asnihs.o
practicai dictator IN every ahaH tha'
eoheerheu 'he pioseeo''oA u '"o
It authorized long enlistments, more
over. instead of the makeshift enrolments
for three months which had hitherto
kept Washington's army always a-mak-
ing and to be made. dissolving and re-
forming month by month.
Tho Congress- had IL IL true. neither
the energy nor the authority It needed.
n could get little money to pay the
troons. its agents seriously mlsma mayed
81. ;,d;snane, hIe husipes. of sunnlyip,
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
May Reproduce Fair Medals.

Judge Lawrence Becker. Solicitor for
the Treasury Department, has decided
that winners of medals at the Panama
Pacific Exposition may reproduce their
vertising purposes. The law permitting
the coinage Of medals for the exposition
states that all laws relative to counter
feiting shall apply to the medals, but the
Solicitor has decided that the intent Of
the Lave was not to handicap the SUCCESS
full contestAntA but rathG tn protect
them
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

Within three days the Germans have sunk
thirty ships, all OF them noncombatants and one
neutral causing the loss of twenty-nine lives.
Five women among the victims. The Ger
submarine commanders of course had no
means of knowing whether Americans were on
board these vessels, and it would appear to be
only question OF time as to when the answer to
our final communication will come
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
Get 5000 for War Victim's Kin.

The Women's Auxiliary of the indie
pendent Citizens' Union. which has been
conducting a campaign in Baltimore
since last January, has forwarded to the
Germany Embassy here 5000. of which
s, 900 is to go to the widows and orphans
Of German soldiers killed in the war. the
remainder going to the survivors Of Aus
trian troops who lay down their lives for
their country.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
Blame for the Eastland.

Should the allegations that the steamship East
land was improperly designed and unseaworthy
be sustained, it would be CHASTITY ravesty of JUS
only the commander who permitted her legal pas
senger carrying capacity to be exceeded, or the
company which employs him. The major portion
of the blame Would rest on those officials, Fed
eral State and local, who allowed the ship to
remain in the excursion trade and whose certih-
Gates of inspection permits to her owners
to operate her.-New York Sun.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

A French soldier who killed his German wife
because she persstently praised Germany and
coffed at the French has been acquitted by a
ourt-martial. The war, of course dictated the
erdict, and suggests that the womans fate would
iave been altogether different in civil court if
he had murdered her soldier husband.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
No Burden on Whitman. Conscience.

The fact that Becker crossed the threshold of
another world protesting his innocence of any
connection with the murder of Rosenthal will
cause few persons to believe that he was unjustly
put to death. Gov. Whitman 10 not one Of them.
He said. after the execution: aThere isn't shadow
of doubt Of Rscka's guilt There nevex mas
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

As result of their one-day campaign by tee-
phone the New York women suffragists report
hat about Is per cent of the men interviewed de-
clared themselves in favor OF votes for women
They probably wise enough, however, to make
iuc allowance for the number of busy men who
look the easiest way and proclaimed their faith
order to time.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

Germany has raised by 100000 Mr.. Wanna
makers bid of 100000, 100000 for Belgium by
evying another fine of that amount against
Brussels a penalty for the destruction of a
Zeppelin drigible balloon at Evere by aviators of
he Entente allies. The Kaiser is not going to let
Belgium go al bargain.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

The Plaza awards commission has provided for
its salary for a few months by deducting
$3.50 from the SI9Sooo previously awarded to the
owners of property in square 633. At the present
rate of progress the commission may not cost the
government cent.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

Representative ]. Hampton Moore is to be
The guest of honor at dinner in Philadelphia,
and Senator Penrose, Representative James R.
Mann and Uncle Joe" Cannon are expected to
Sc among the speakers. Not very long ago such
l gathering would have been in danger of arrest
On charge OF conspiracy.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

The claims of Dallas, Tex, for the Democratic
convention next year supported by Postmaster
General Bureson, Attorney General Gregory and
Indian Commissioner Sells. What's the matter
with Secretary Houston. Otto Praeger and Col.
House,
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
Morning Smiles.

whats become of Bill?"
''Oh. he opened a store
Doing well?'
Nav, doin' time."-Boston Transcript.
Blood will tell. We have a dachshund
who is always looking for a place in the
sun.-Chicago Tribune.
"My doctor told me 1 would have to
quit eating SO much meat
did you laugh him to scorn?"
II did at first, but when he sent in his
bill l found he was right.
Magazine.
The gallant captain was showing the
fair maid over his ship. This he ex-
planned, lis called the quartedeck."
indeed" rejoined the sweet girl grad
uate. And where is the 50-cent deck?-
Indianapolis Star.
Some men have no hearts" said the
tramp. I've been a-tellin' that Teller
am so dead broke that have to sleep
outdoors"
Didn't that fetch himT' asked the
other.
Nav. He tor me he was a-doin' the
same thing. and had to pay the doctor
for tellin' him to do t."-Christian
Register.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
THE TRUANT.

entered Palace fine today
And found but poverty there,
For Love. dear Love, had huttered away
And left but bleak despair.
/ entered howell dark and mean,
But riches beyond compare
With glory illumed the dismal scene
The truant had settled there!
Copyright, Iel5.b
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
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., 1915-07-31
WASHINGTON PRACTICAL DICTATOR,

abhed by special arrangement uih the President through
The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

Assistant Secretary Of Labor. Mr.. Louis
F. Post and Mrs. Post have gone to San
Francisco, where they will be the guests
of Mrs. Thomas Richardson.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

whats become of Bill?"
"Oh. he opened a store"
Doing well?"
Nav, doin' time. Boston
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31
HISTORY BUILDERS.

A Patriotic Secretary of the Treasury.
Written expressly for The Washington Herald. j
By DIR. E. j. EDWARDS.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

Blood will tell. We have a dachshun6
who is always looking for a place in the
sun.-Chicago Tribune.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

DR.. and Mrs. Tom A. Williams are
at the West Falmouth Inn, Buzzards
Bay, Me-, where they will remain until
the end of August.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

Mr.. and Mrs Reid Riley and Mrs Multi
ken. of Boyee. Va, are at the Shore
ham. Mr.. and Mrs Page Laushlin. of
Leesburs. Va, and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Mcdonald. of Miami. Fla. are also stop
ping at the Shoreham.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry will
go to their house at Lake Delaware, n.
Y, for the autumn
The Washington herald., 1915-07-31

Mr.. and Mrs. James L Parsons mo-
tored to Atlantic City yesterday to spend
week or ten days.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-04-24
TOO MANY PIGS IN GERMANY.
Total Is 25,5oo,ooo, and Government
Orders Wholesale SLAUGHTER.

Total Is 25,5oo,oo0, and Government
Orders Wholesale Slaughter.
London.-The London Times SAYS the
Prussian minister Of the interior has is.
sued rescript insisting upon the
slaughtering of pigs upon large scale
and threatening that if voluntary eff.
forts do not have the required result
the government will use compulsion.
The rescript says that a census taken
on Dec. 2 showed that the stock of
cattle in Germany was extraordinarily
large, and that the number of pigs was
about 25,500,000, total which only
once before had been reached. The
agrarians are warned that the slaugh-
tering of 100000 or 100000 pigs is
quite insufficient and that instead Of
impeding they must now promote the
arrangements for the buying up of pigs
by municipalities. ..@.~
According to the Frankfurter Zeit-
ung, 1t has been decided that the gov
eminent shall seize and regulate the
distribution Of oil cake and other man
ufactured fodder. It Is said that prices
have been forced up by spectators.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-04-24
BELGIAN CHILDREN
THANK AMERICANS
Twins Send Letter to President,
Who Promptly Replies.

Washington.-An exchange of letters
between President Wilson and two lit.
tie Belgians in Brussels, in which the
children thanked the president fol-
food sent by Americans and the presi.
dent expressed his appreciation OF
their gratitude, has been made known
at the White House. The children
twins, nine years old, wrote:
Dear Mr.. Wilson-Thank you very much
for the good bread. The poor people in
our villages were starving. for they have
nothing to eat, but now that you have
sent over to our dear little country a big
provision of wheat both rich and poor
can live-thanks to the Americans. Best
love and wishes from little
PUSSY DESPOELBERCH.
Pussy's brother added, II join in
with my sister in thanking you, too
for it is jolly good bread, enough to
satisfy any schoolboy's hunger"
In reply the president sent this let,
ter in his own handwriting:
My Dear Little Friends--Your letter
touched me very deeply and I thank you
for it with all my heart. It makes me very
happy to think that what generous Amer
leans have done to relieve the hunger
and distress in your country has brought
you the help you needed and given you
a little happiness in the midst of these
terrible days of war; I hope that you
will grow up to be strong to do the work
that will have to be done in the days of
peace that are coming It would be a
great pleasure to me If some day I might
see you both when those happier times
have come. Your sincere friend
WOODROW WILSON.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-04-24
INvENTS PERISC0PE GUN.
Philadelphia Man Has Newest Often.
sive and Defensive Weapon,

Philadelphia Man Has Newest Often.
D.. sive and Defensive Weapon.
Philadelphia.-The periscope gun is
the newest offensive and defensive
weapon brought forth by the modern
trench war. Jones Wister Of this city
has invented rifle with curved barrel
and periscope attached, by the use of
which a soldier may remain securely
hidden in his trench and yet observe
every movement Of the enemy and con.
tinue firing. at WILL
The inventor is we'll known socially
and as sportsman. He is thoroughly
acquainted with firearms and ever since
the war started has been experiment.
ing with his periscope gun. After
many trials he finally bent the portion
Of a rifle barrel at an angle Of As de-
grees and soldered it to the end of an
ordinary army rifle. Two toy mirrors
are then attached to the gun, The
upper mirror is on a level with the
curved end Of the barrel.
Mr.. Wister declares that he can aim
perfectly with this contrivance The
process consists in getting a reflection
Of the object aimed at in the center of
the lower mirror, on level with the
marksman's eye. Then, he says, it is
almost impossible to miss.