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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05
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OF land i'm the world consisting of moth
ing but boys, tundra. glaciers, a tract
where the land is usually frozen so deep
i'm the winter that the brief summer sun
only meltS TWO or three inches of the sur
face. All sorts of fun was pokcd at
Seward because Of his desire that the
United states buy Russian America.
Seward might have failed in securing
a ratification of the treaty had IT not
been for Charles Sumner. Frederick w.
seward, who was Assistant Secretary of
State under his father said to me just
after his return from an excursion TO
Alaska which he made shortly after the
discovery of gold there. that had II not
been for senator charles sumner or
ssachusetts. who WAS chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee. it might
have been difficult to secure ratifica-
ton IF the treaty.
..Su ,pcr seemed to be really fascinated
nv the study of Russian America, as il
was then called. said Mr. +. w. Sc
ward. He got everything procurable in
tho ,'onrressional Library or elsewhere
which would furnish him the Information
respecting that then unknown region OF
North America. A. last. Sumner was
persuaded that II was wonderfully rich
in mineral deposits and that in addition
to it's political value it would some day
prove to he of immense material value &c
the nation.
sumner took very taCtful and wha'
proyed to h,. successful method of per.
suadinr some Senators who had beer
disposed to Sneer at the proposed pur'
chase that there were good historic pre-
cedents for il. lie asked the Senators Il
meet him at his house. He heard al
they had to say about the barrenness o.
, Russian America and its worthlessness
When they were through he quietly
turned to some newspaper files which h
, had collected and called their attention
to similar charges which were mad
when President jefferson was neGotiat
ing with Rcnaparte for the purchase o
Louisiana Territory for sl5.Wo.On. Sena
tors at that time said that Louisiana
was nothing but one vast swamp ant
| that its atmosphere was so poisonou
white men could not live there. The.
also asserted that Jefferson. who wa
| seeking to have treaty ratihed witt
4 Spain by means of which the tnlte'
| States could secure the Florida PENN
| sula. was badly misled. because tn
| Floridas were a region in which whit
! men could not live since 1t was infeste
with rattlesnakes and moccasins
! sumner read these EXTRACTS W III
Senators and then pointed to the stupen
dous advantages which the United state
| had secured through the purchase O
Louisiana and the obtaining Of the SOW
| ereignty over Florida. The Senator
| We're persuaded and the Alaska treat
\ was ratified"
Copyright. 1915. by E. J. Edwards. All rights n
| servedl
| Tomorrow DIR. Edwards will tell ''Ho'
Alaska Received Its Name.
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THE OPEN FORUM.
Why Should Not the President Be Hi.
Own Prime Minister.

Editor of the Washinton Herald: Why
. Secretary of the Navy" There is 10
Secretary of the Army. Why not have
a general staff of the navy. as we'll as OF
the army-both staffs being under the
one head of the War Department? Both
army and navy are war establishments.
Won know. and the probability is that
better conditions in both services-par-
tioularly in the navy-would be the i'm
mediate il not permanent result.
And again. Mr. Editor. why should
not the President of the United States
be his own prime minister. just as Will
liam, the third. King of England. was
his own minister for foreign affairs dur
ing most of his reign-one of the most
famous reisns in the political annals of
Europe?
The latter suggestion is tentative. and
perhaps, for temporary or emergency
occasions 1t would hardly do to over
task the President in ordinary times
with the affairs Of the State Department
in addition to his many other duties; but
in times like the present, involving deli
cate international problems. II Is of ex-
treme importance that such problems be
handled with ability: and the President
i Is presumably the ablest member of his
administration.
| II is the belief of many citizens OF
this republic that the American people
would feel less uneasiness in the presen,
crisis of affairs IL the President should
| take sole and direct charge OF the state
department till the end of the, war In
Europe ard matters become less trouble
some In Mexico
| As to the Navy. II Congress could SET
Its way to pass an act consolidating u
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The old charters of Connecticut anu
Rhode Island were presently recos-
nized again and confirmed; but Massa
chusetts. instead of her old. got
new charter
Plymouth lost her separate rights
altogether and VAS merged win Mas
sachusetts; and many things were
changed II must have seemed 10 inc
older men i'm the towns of the PlSm-
outh grant as il the old freedom and
dignity of their life had been done
away with forever.
plymouth was the Oldest OF the
northern colonies. and had kept
through all the long seventy years OF
her separate life not 4 little or the
fine temper. the sober resoluteness.
steadfastncss, moderation. and nobil-
ity given to her at the first by her
pilgrim founders Surely the king S
advisers had forgotten her story when
they thus summarily and without
Conpunction handed her government
and territory over to Massachusetts
to be, as il were. obliterated and rob-
| bed of their identity. But such, IT
i seemed, was their way OF bringing
system into the administration OF the
northern colonies
The new charter was granted In
| 1881. 1t not only joined Plymouth to
| Massachusetts. but Maine also, carry
! ing the northern borders of the prov
| ince to the very banks of the St
| Lawrence. But. though it extended
. her boundaries. it curtailed her liber-
ties. and it was this that the men or
the Bay principally noted.
Their governor was thenceforth TO
| be appointed Ey the crown. There
were to he courts of admiralty. GUS
toms officers. and a postoiiice service
! directly dependent upon the ministers
! in London. There was to be a rep
resentative general court, almost as
| before, consisting of the governor. MS
| council, and house of deputies. ana
the governors council of twenty-eight
! was to be every year. after the hrst'
! elected by the general court itself
In which the peoples representatives
| predominated.
| Only the general court could lay
taxes and make general laws But
] the Kings governor was TO have the
| right to veto any law of which he
did not approve and the crown be-
hind him might set the courts enact
mcnts aside. as disallowed, at any
time within three years after they
were passed.
All the old rules as to who should
vote for deputies. too, were changed
The right to vote was no longer 10
h,. confined to members of the Puri-
tan churches: II was to be exercised
by every man who had forty pounds
worth of personal property. or a free
hold estate in land worth two pounds
a year Judges were to be appointed
by the governor and council: all other
officials of the colony by the COVER
nor alone
1t was something to have one OF
their own fellow colonists, n familiar
figure among them, at least. for theil
first governor under the new arrange
ment, though that did not alter his
powers. and he was hardly the mar
they would themselves have chosen
Tomorrow: "a Native Governor"
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these States the cities have the majority of the
population, and they secure horne rule If
they desire it. 1t is apparent that they do de-
sire it, for many of them suffering from the
same conditions that prevail in New York, with
the rural communities debating to the legisla-
ture as to how the cities shall be governed, and
also row to make the cities pay the State bills.
This question of home rule for the cities is liable
to be one Of the big political questions of the
future until there is rcadjustment of political
machinery to fit the readjustmcnt of the popu-
ation, for the political value OF the city man
is now quite as important that OF the farmer.
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-
was protestant ie'"iu'i-h
with vengeance laAes
= ordered levied for the support OF
the Church OF England Inc i''I'',' : ,'t
ton of Roman Catholics was pron'n,'-
ed and the public celebration ot inc
mass forbidden ny Ia" ne
government was remover ii"'h -
Marys. where the Nathoi'' ANN ''I
held sway to whom the '"io"! n"n
owed its establishments al" UP
at Providence, presently 10 DC hho" II
as Annapolis "hei' III. 80
fiuencc centered. Maryland was
transformed
Everywhere in the colohicS mere
was doubt for little whiIe what
governm' mt TO OBEY hh'ii 'hihS
should he settled III E-hE i'iiu' anu
his Majesty King "illlahi sho"lu nave
time to turn MS attention ~ dhhii
in America
Nowhere was the ho"ot hl"i' e'"
barrassing than III East an" "es'
Jersey. which seemed lelt without an
general government at an roI ma
negotiations had peeh alool !" i'o''
the very year Oh 'he 'i''' iO
the surrender or the riGn's OF the Eds
Jersey proprietors TO the crown re-
peated transfers OF pToprle'oi snip anu
divisions OF jurisdiction. oo'h ny PH-
vate sale ana pupIic gram H'u iio'''
the hrst sadly COM useu au'iioi ny ~
the province; ana wheh new came Vi
what had happened III Ehs i"hu' sumo
doubted whether there We're e''nei
royal authority or private i'Eht ioi
the government Oh the growing nam
lets OF either colony.
Affairs presently settied even there
however. TO their normal frame again
For quite fourteen
! proprietors kept their rlSht 10 APP
point governors ana exercise super
intendence there
The settlers IN the Two provinces
moreover, we're Tor the most par
ard headed English ana Sco'tiSn
people. who were NOT 10 DE ulsCoii
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

few years ago young woman employee of
the United States Census Bureau in this city lost
her hair and scalp result OF coming in con-
tact with some machinery while engaged at her
work. For long time her life was despaircd
Of but eventually she recovered, although per-
manently dishgured. After much effort Congress
was induced to appropriate a niggery sum-some-
thing like $3ooo-to rccompense her, probably
not enough to reimburse her for the expense to
which she put And even then great states
man arose in his place in the House of Represen-
tatives, and swelling with PRIDE boosted of the
generosity of the government which had appro-
priated enough money to buy the victim hand
some wig young New York woman, who
met with similar accident has just been awarded
$4,000 against the manufacturing firm by which
she was employed. There times when the
United States government makes old man Scroog,
look like riotous spendthrift
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05
Italy Nearing a Decisiop,

It has taken l.aly nearly nine mohths 10 MAKE re
a decision. There appears to be great danger
that it may be demanding too much of Austria
Hungary and that concessions made under pres
sure or as a result of actual war. may lead to
future hostlties. No outside of the govern
ments most interested knows just what Italy's
claims are, but it is generally reported that one
of them is for a large part of Dalmatia. This
is district principally peopled by Slavs, and
Italian possession would be grievance not only
to Austria Hungary, but to Serbia and Monte
negro as well; The situation seems to abound
in such complications. STILL in the low ocd. oi
international ethics Italy is entitled to something
and there will be little sympathy for the Dual
Monarchy If it is forced to make substantial cons
ccs sions-Philadclphia Record.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

1t wasn't necessary for the United States Com
mission on Industrial Relations to summon the
chairman OF tho board OF directors OF the Pullman
Car Company to testify that tips do not tend
10 pauperizc the porter. While the members
of the commission their extensive travels
any number OF Pullman portcrs would have
told them the thing with emphasis The
truth is the Industrial Relations Commission COM
pcted its job long long time ago, only it doesn't
know il.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

New Works police commissioner denies that,
as a result of the many recent un>olvcd crimes,
the chief OF detectives is to be superseded. The
next announcement will be that New FORK is to
have new police commissioner unless halt
is called upon the carnival OF UNPUBLISHED crime.
There has been nothing like it in tho history of
the Metropolis for generations. The big city
seems to have reverted to savagcry.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

took one OF my club girls
to the opera" :.
| thought | knew what was
coming.
Bored her 10 death. | sup
pose
Bored hcr!" she cNclailn-
ed. "Shc had the time OF her
life. And what pleased her
even more than the opera was
being in that orchestra scat,
She made me point out every
rich person in the boxes that
il knew. She had heard OF
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

4 New York woman shot and killed her hus-
band because he refused to buy clothes OF the
latest STYLE for her. Although the fatal wound
was in his back. his dying words were to the
effect that he had inflicted it himself No doubt
the woman is worrying over the question
whether she looks well in mourning.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05
THE KNOCK.

THE KNOCK.
That knock upon your door,
Come-let us think it DER
Twas but Beggar there, you say,
Who tapped, and turned, and went away
All well-no critic let me be
Who knows? IT'S possible that he
Was your great Opportunity
That came and went, and lett you as before
Still waiting for the knock upon your door
His bcggary
Your chance gone forcvermore!
Copyright. 1851
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

speaker al the annual meeting OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia Federation of Womens Clubs
declared that because OF the lack OF policemen
there is too much ">pooning' in the public parks.
Hasn't this dear lady heard OF the establishment
OF "spooning parlors' in connection with the
churches of souc OF the larger cities, the
result of womcr 5 efforts
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

A former chief yeoman OF the navy has sent
Secretary Daniels ST to pay for government sta
tioncry which he appropriated TO his own use,
explaining that he has recently got religion;
and there i, nothing to show that the man lives
in Philadelphia Paterson, n. !.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

Twenty thousand trees were planted the other
day by school children OF Pittsburgh. BY the
time a certain administration returns to power
in Washington the city will be in danger OF be
ing declared a forest reserve.
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Concerned.

Old lady 10 nephew on leave from the
my dear boy. and try
and find time to send postcard to let
me know YOU are safely back in the
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The Russian repulse in Gacia may be a blow
to the allies but it is than offset by the
dropping OF bombs on the Gushing and the tor
pcdong OF the Gulfight.
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Advice Ignored.

CboIIy-"whep I was boy. you
know. the doctor said II ! didn't stop
smoking cigarettes I would become
feeble minded" Miss keen-Wen.
why didn't you stop:"-Boston Tran
script
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Letting Them Loose.

President Lowell writes Prof. Kuno Meyer that
Harvard will not muzzle its instructors. This is
certainly letting loose the dogs of war without
in anv way restraining their mouths -Manchester
Union.
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Should there be change OF administration IN
loI7 the Federal employment bureau will have
job finding places for the relatives and friends OF
one OF most distinguished statesmen and
DatriotS.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

The courts have decided in notable case that
the boycott is illegal. 1t is not conceivable the
court meant that big boycott is unlawful and
that little one is lawful.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

The war is costing Great Britain $40 100000 a
day And yet there people who are busy try
ing to show the belligercnts why it ought to be
stopped
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Every once in awhile the New ork police
capture a criminal-when citizen holds on
to him and another telephones to police station.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05
WEDNESDAY,, MAY 5, 1915
A Line O. Cheer Each Day o the Year
By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

First printing of an original poem, written daily
for The Washington Herald.
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A Case.
by JOHN ID. BARRY.

FIRST heard of Bertha krauss from young
woman who used to do settlement work She
said, 81 had an awful experience last night.
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Mayor Preston seems to have had a walk
over at the spring meeting in Baltimore.
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Time to ..ShOyv U.s."

Editor of the Washington Herald: have
been reading for some months past. that
in the event tn" United States and Ger
many should arrive at r state OF war.
ialI American citizens Of German birth
would Join the forces OF their adopted
country.
The recent torpedoing of an Amcri-
can ship by German war craft. and Oth' r
events calling for explanation on the
part of the German government. seem
| to the writer to furnish ample occasion
for an organized German-American pro-
test. as wtl from the standpoint Of the
rights Of neutrals as to show u.s. their
fellow citizens that they are sincere In
saying they are for America first
DR.. RACIQUE.
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A NEW CHARTER FOR MASSACHUSETT.
Published a special 1h the President through
Tile Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

@ ,%s ..as, the % :r
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Van Raalte.
.ot New York. have arrived in Washing
ton and ar" at the Shoreham.
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Dr. and Nrs. Rhett Stuart enter
tanned about fifty guests at a buffet
supper and dance last evening AT
their home in Connecticut avenue.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-05

The Second Assistant Secretary o..
the State Department and Mrs. Alvey
y. Adee. and their daughter, Miss
Adee. are spending some time at at
lantic City
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Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Andrew Peters were hosts
al dinner of sixteen covers last
evening in honor of their guests. Mis-,
Amy Peters and Miss Jane Peters. OF
Boston.
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:. NJ. II.

mcnance Of beirg under the control NJ
politicians.
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Mr.. ard Mrs. Giraud Foster. whose
country estate 'Bellcfontalne at LenoN.
Mass. is on" Of the finest in New Eng
land. arrived at the Willard yesterday
after passinS the winter season at Au-
custa. Ga. Their son. Mr.. Giraud Foster.
j.. is with them.
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Mrs. Granville ForteScuc was host
-ss at dinner last evening at Twin
oaks. the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
J. Bell. with whom she is spending
the spring.
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Senior PEDRO DelasdueZ. Of Santo
Domingo. has arrived at the Shoreham
where he is spending some time.
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Mrs. Franklin Swift. I1H - street. has
returned home after a months visit with
friends in New York
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Mrs. ] H. champlin has eft Old Point
Comfort, Va. where she has been spend
ing tn" past few weeks and is now al
the Wolcott in New York city for sew
eral days before returning home. Mrs.
Samuel O. Blythe. of this city, is at the
same hotci.
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RECORD MAY DECIDE CASE OF
GRAND OPERA TENOR

Lincoln, Neb., April ga phono-
graphic record made in 1910 may be
used to decide whether Walter
Wheatley, grand opera tenor and
formerly prominent member of the
Aborn company, is innocent of charge
of embezzling $350,000 from Ameri-
Gus, Ca. National bank, which failed
last year because of embezzlement
by cashier known as George D.
Wheatley.
Wheatley says the photograph rec
ord was made in England in 1910 and
he offers to establish his identity and
prove an alibi by singing for govern
ment agents to show that the voice
on the record and his own are the
same. The missing cashier, who was
also a singer, was assistant cashier
at Americas from 1906 to 1914 and
was not in London in 1910.
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GETS HIS MEMORY BACK AFTER
TWO YEARS-ALL MIXED UP

kenosha, Wis.,, April %. - Frank
van VIE, 81, "the man without a
memory" was restored to remem-
brance yesterday by manipulation Of
two small vertebrae in the back of his
neck and his past history is clear to
him with the exception of lapse Of
two years when he disappeared from
a hospital In Milwaukee, where he
had been sent as result of a fall that
injured his head.
% Van VIE, who insists because of
the lapse of two years in his recoYA
cred memory, that he IS engaged to
marry, has a wife and baby living at
Medford, Wis. Since his disappear
ance In 1913 he has wandered around
with his memory blank. A week ago
he came to Kenosha and begged that
his identity might be discovered for
him. The operation resulted. j
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VISf6FlLS Se4SfaC GNH66
BY CHIEF OF POLICE
The Morals Squad was given a
wallop yesterday when Chief of Po-
lice Healey upon assuming Office an
nounced that hereafter there would
be no more raids by Funkhouser's
vice chasers.
In carrying out this decision Healey
transferred the six or eight regular
policemen who are carried by the
Morals Squad back to other police
duty. These policemen have been
carried by Funkhouser to give law
full aspect to their raids.
Healey's action means that the
Morals Squad can no longer run wild
over the town, breaking down doors
and dragging women by force to po-
lice stations.
It vii also mean that the system of
flirting with women on the street and
then arresting them will also end. By
the order of the new chief of the
Morals Squad can only do stool
pigeon" work. They can merely go
out as spies and then report what
they find to regular policemen.
It's freely predicted since the an
nouncement came from Thompson
that he was Disguised with the action
of the Morals Squad and proposed to
stop them that 1t would not be long
before the Morals division of the po-
lice department would be entirely
eliminated. --,...,
This is indeed a tough waIlop for
Major Funkhouser. The only thing
he will have left with which to break
into the newspapers will be the board
of censerships and from the rumbling
Of the people of Chicago who are pro-
testing against the minded
ness Of the censors there may also be |
some reform In this line.
''The police reorganization ordin- |
ance will be followed to the letter."
said Chief Healey. "The second
deDlItv's office il authorized tn in
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now in, the morals squad viii have to
be shifted. This doesn't mean an
open town or anything like it, but it
does mean that each division viii do
its own proper work"