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II am looking for Mr.. Crawford" said
Mr.. Webster.
The farmer replied quickly, That's my
name
Then Webster said to him. I have
heard that you are the best guide to the
top OF Mount Washington. and | should
be glad IL you would take me up this
afternoon"
The farmer shook his head decisively
and emphatically. He would not go up
to the top of Mount Washington with
anyone in so short time. because 1t
would not be safe to do so. 1t would
take all day to go to the top and back
again safely.
''Thereupon Webster turned to Mrs
Webster and said that he would have TO
forcgo the trip to the top of Mount Wash
ington. Mrs. Webster asked, why, Nr.
Webster, can't you persuade him to take
us to the top OF Mount Washington to-
morrow When the farmer heard that
name his whole manner changed lie
approached Mr. Webster, looking intentIy
at him and then he asked, is this Daniel
Webster
Yes. that is my name was the reply
Well. if you are Daniel Webster, Ill
take you to the top of Mount Washing
ton any time. day or night, and I'll 20
to the ends of the earth with you If YOU
want men to-
That reniarS.' SAID Gov Head. shows
what the feeling in New Hampshire for
the God-like Daniel was then, and it has
never changed"
Copyright. 1915. by z. J. Edwarda All rights re-
rryed)
Tomorrow-Dr. Edwards will tell of "a
Far-ofr Tribute to an American I'resi-
dent
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Preparing the Nations Defense.

President Wilson's course in theoretically
and without delay proceeding to prepare a
definite program for the national defense to sub
NIT to Congress is cause neither for surprise nor
speculation; and there is reason for getting
excited in the announcement that he has called
for a conference with the heads of army and
navy, to be held as he returns from Cor
nish. His duty is plain and urgent and he would
merit the scverest criticism if he failed to put
forth his most earnest endeavors to prepare the
country for whatever the future may hold for it.
If anything the conference is belated. We have
been facing a foreign crisis for months, and it
should be kept in mind that German submarine
may at any moment summon the Sixty-fourth
Congress of the United States to extra session.
The sinking of another merchant vesss, with loss
Of American lives means that friendly relations
between the United States and Germany end
with the deed. President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing have SO notified Germany in exact terms.
sador Gerard would be recalled and Ambassador
Bernstorff would receive his passports. Moth
ing less grave could follow another lawless deed
the high seas, involving Americans. How
long actual hostiites could be averted under such
circumstances no man can say.
So there is every why the President
should hurry his defense program, that he may
have definite recommendation to submit to Con-
gress on the first day that it convenes in regular
or extra session. The President would no doubt
recall if he could the soothing words on the
subject of national defense in his address to
Congress last December, when he referred to
those who advocating it nervous and
excited" The European was only four
months old then and many changes have occurred
The defense budget that will go to the Capitol
before the year is over will be his admission that
executives are sometimes mistaken
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HISTORY BUILDERS.
The Magic of a Name.

Ah> Va a
Written exrrssIy for The Washington HersldJ
by DIR. T.. j. EDWARDS.
Matt Head. the full and unabreviated
name. of one who gained national re-
pute when he was elected governor of
New Hampshire. owed a part of his
popularity to his intense interest in
and zeal for every good thing which
was associated with that State. He
also gained popularity which was
worthy of him by reason of his fine
sense of humor and his cordial de-
mocracy in his personal manner. He
was nominated for governor of New
Hampshire in the late seventies at a
time when the greenback Excitement
had spread from the West to the East
and had. in fact. dominated the voters
of the State of Maine. The greenbacK
party was off considerable strength
in New Hampshire. so strong. in fact.
that the apprehension was great that
its vote would be sufficient to defeat
any Republican candidate for gov
ernor.
Mr.. Head was nominated, and after
a desperate political battle triumphed
by small a majority that some of
the wits of New Hampshire said that
a miscroscope was necessary to dis
cover It, But he was elected. and
ma jority OF one. as James G. Blaine
once said. was as good as a majority
OF 100000 so far as acknowledgment
of the rule of the majority is con-
cerned.
1t was while Mr.. Head was governor
OF New Hampshire that he entertain
ed some friends who visited him at
his home near Manchester with an in
cident associated with the early life
of Daniel Webster. Like all sons of
New Hampshire. Mr.. Head took pride
in the fact that the great Daniel was
born in that State and that in his
boyhood days he played in the foot
hills of the White Mountains.
Every citizen OF New Hampshire,
said Gov. Head. ''gloried in the career
Of Daniel Webster. That feeling was illus
ftrated at a time when in his early mar
ried life Webster took brief vacation
from his law ONCE duties. He drove Mrs.
Webster into the heart of the White
Mountains and he had in mind the secur-
ing of a guide who could take him to
the top Of Mount Washington. When he
made inquiry he was told that Mr.. Craw-
ford. who had a farmhouse at Crawford
Notch, where he entertained travellers.
was the best guide to the top of Mount
Washington to be found anywhere in
the White Mountain region. Having thus
been informed. Webster drove to the
Crawford farmhouse. There came from
the door a strong. brawny man. in his
silrt sleeves.
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All the world knows" says Hanuis Taylor,
who was once in the United States diplomatic
service, that it the unprecedented crusade
OF illegality on the high upon the part OF
Great Britain against neutral commerce that drove
Germany in self-defense to her highly illegal sub
marine system, which eliminated in the shocking
tragedy of the Lusitania. While there should be
no abatement of our demands to that tragedy,
they should be prefaced by equally insistent de-
mands upon the world power by whose unlawful
policy it provoked" Mr.. Taylor is few
weeks late. Germany herself blamed the seizure
of articles of commerce by Great Britain for the
murder of American men, women and children in
the note to which this government has just sent
reply; and President Wilson and Secretary Lam
sing-of course before they knew that Mr.. Taylors
views conceded with those of the Berlin govern
ment-refused to accept the excuse. Mr.. Taylor
should have spoken -soonG.
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,TA1ASHINGTON himself had ur-
" gently prayed that such a
W step as the Declaration of In
dependence be taken. and taken at
once.
1t would not change. It would only
acknowledge. existing facts: and II
might a little simplify the anxious
business he was about.
He had an army which was always
making and to be made. because the
| struggle had been calculated upon a
short scale and the colonies which
were contributing their halt-drilled
contingcnts to It were enlisting their
men for only three months at time.
Sometimes the men would consent
to re-enlist. sometimes they would not.
J They did as they pleased. of course.
and would time and again take them
| selves off by whole companies at once
when their three months term was
up.
Sir william Howe would come back.
| of course, with a force increased. per-
haps Irresistible: would come. Washing
| ton foresaw, not to Boston. where he
could be cooped up and kept at bay.
| but to New York. to get control of
the broad gateway of the Hudson.
whose long valley had its head close
| to the waters of Lake George and
Lake Champlain, and constituted an
| infinitely important strategic line
drawn straight through the heart of
| the country. between New England,
which was no doubt hopelessly rebel
lious. and the middle colonies, in
| which the crown could count its
friends by the thousand.
The Americans must meet him. ap-
parently. with levies as raw and as
hastily equipped as those out of which
| an army OF siege had been improvised
at Boston. each constituent part of
which would fall to pieces and have to
be put together again every three
months.
The worst of it was, that the coun-
try back of New York had not been,
could not be, purged of active loyal
lists as the country round about Bos-
ton had been by the local commit
tees Of one sort or another and by
the very active and masterful young
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men, be chosen, both sides agreeing to abide by
its decision, and let all the circumstances be in
vestigated and the merits of the controversy de-
termined The President, with his mind on inn
portant affairs of state has not the time to devote
to ascertaining all the facts necessary to just
decision, and it should not be expected of him.
1t is the duty of his advisers to spare him the task
Of considering such details of government in
times like the present; and they should promptly
find some way of doing in the case of the
navy yard wage dispute. -.
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notner on her wedding gown when she
oecame the bride of Representative
Gardner. Miss Helena Lodge. daupbtar
OF Mrs. Lodge. Of Nahant, and a cousin
OF the bride, was maid of honor Sba
was gowned in white lace with a sash
Oh pale blue and a white hat. She car
rieo bouquet of Ward roses, set in ,
ace friii. The bridesmaids. Miss Ann,
Means. Miss Doris Taylor, Miss Anna
Agassiz and Miss Frances Bradley. Of
Boston, and Miss Katherine McClin-
lock and Miss Caroline Ogden Jones Of
washington, were gowned in pale blue
chiffon with accordion pleated skirts and
Jackets of peach-colored satin. Their
pale blue hats were trimmed with peacb-
colored roses.
The best man was Mr.. Henry Potter
Russeii' a brother of Mr.. Charles II
Russell. tr, who was associated with
Mr.. Minot at the embassy at Berlin. tn
ushers included Lieut.. Gov. Grafton Du-
fancy Gushing. Mr.. Charles Russell
Goldman. ID. Mr.. George W. F. Prescott
MI. George F. Lyman, jr., and Mr.
samuel Hooper. of Boston, and Mr.
Richard Rogers, of Mameroneck, n. Y
Following the ceremony there was a
large reception at the Sycamore Farm
nome OF Representative and Mrs. Gard
ner at Hamilton. where a breakfast wa,
- wa -A4- Is 10 resume his dII-
tles at the embassy at Berlin and will;
take his bride there after a short honey
moon.
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw has asain TAX
en- up her home on the woman's Climb
Floor. of the Hotel McAlpin, New York
where she Is extremely busy with her
campaign in aid Of the woman's suf
rage cause. DR.. Shaw stated yesterday
that she expected an early release Ly
the pennsylvania authorities of the new
automobile which was a gift to her from
the women of New York State.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Briggs Of
Washington, are visiting relatives In
Newport.
Mr.. David Jayne Hill. former am
bassador to Berlin. and Mrs Hill, were
Weekend guests at Tolethorpe School,
near Newport.
Mr.. Monroe n. Hopkins, of this city,
was the weekend guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Marsden J. Perry at Newport.
Mrs. Vincent Aston will give a dance
at Beechwood. her Newport home,
August g.
Commodore and Mrs Cornelius VAN
derbilt and family arrived Saturday at
Beaulieu, their Newport home, from
Long Island. for the remainder of the
summer.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Charles T.
Hutchins have closed their residence
in Eighteenth street and have gone to
Greenport. L. l.. for the rest of the
summer.
Miss Katherine Rush, daughter of
Commander Rush. is the guest of Mrs.
Basil King at her cottage at Newport
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The internal machine campaign as well as the
submarine campaign continues The latest achieve
Inent was getting an explosive into lot of coal
for TRANSATLANTIC steamer. 1t was detected, and
steamers boilers were not blown up Mr.. Com
mented by agents of Germany Coal will have to
be looked over carefully and munition factories
will have to- be watched as closely as powder
mills. 1t is barely possible that so-ealled Ameri-
can workmen arc so deeply eopcerned in the in
terests OF foreign country that they want eoo,-
600 or 100000 men thrown out of employment,
but il does not seem as if labor interests would
benefit On the whole by stopping the manufacture
81 Philadeiphia Record,
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men who had banded themselves to-
gether as Sons of Liberty" seeing
much rich adventure, and for the pres
ent little responsibility. ahead of them
in those days Of government by feso-
luton
Washington transferred his head
quarters to New York early in April
and set about his almost hopeless task
with characteristic energy ami fer
tility of resource; but there were
spies without number all about him,
and every countryside was full of
enemies who waited for General
Howe's coming to give him trouble.
The formal Declaration of 1ndepend-
ence which the Congress adopted in
July hardened the face and stiffened
the resolution of every man who had
definitely thrown in his lot with the
popular cause, as Washington had
foreseen that 1t would, just because
1t made resistance avowed rebellion.
and left no way of retreat or compro-
mise.
But II also deeply grieved and
alienated many a man Of judgment
and good feeling. and made party
differences within the colonies Just
so much the more bitter and irrecon-
cilable.
The first attempt of the British was
fndue against charleston IN inc south.
\ fleet under Sir Peter Parker came
out of England with fresh troops
commanded by the Earl of Cornwall
lis, was Joined by transports and men
of-war from Halifax. bearing a force
under Sir Henry Clinton, and. as June
drew towards its close. delivered n
combined attack. by land and sea, upon
the fort on Sul,ivan's Island, seeking
to win it's way past to the capture of
Charleston itself.
But they could not force a passage.
Two of the ships-one of them Sir
Peters own flagship-never came away
again.
Colonel Moultrie and Colonel Thomp-
son beat of both the fleet and the
troops landed from 1t; and the Brit
ish went northward again to concen-
trate upon New York
Tomorrow: The Concilatory Howes.
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crime was committed every time the crazy
ship Eastland was permitted to take on board 4
load OF passengers: it something closely ap-
preaching deliberate murder that brought more
than 1000 pleasure seekers to their death OF Sat-
urday. How many vessels and other structures
in this country daily imperng human life
because of criminal negligence? Is appalling
tragedy necessary every few years to make those
responsible for safeguarding thousands OF lives do
their duty?
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. EVANGELIST TO LECTURE
Omitted States in Prophecy" to he
Mr.. Harter's Topic.

An illustrated lecture, The United
States in Prophecy" will be delivered by
Evangelist Harter at the Adventist Tent.
Eleventh and c streets southeast. tomor-
row night Nearly one thousand persons
gathered at the tent Saturday night.
when the evangelist preached on The
Sabbath"
The inspired writer's Of the New Testa-
ment kept the seventh-day Sabbath he
declared. Had the apostles introduced
a change in the Sabbath, councils would
have been held at Jerusalem to decide
upon the change. But none was held.
The Bible affords no room for dispute or
doubt on this question"
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Our President has unwarrantcdly placed the
choice OF peace upon the government OF
GERMANY" says Mr.. Herman Riders Stats lei
tung. Mr.. Rddcr is constantly confusing his
readers by the use of our and 1--WE" It's annoy
ing to he compelled to constantly consult the con-
text TO discover whether he is referring to Ger
many the Unilcd States.
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A visitor in Washington has written to The
Herald repeatedly to inquire why the end-seat hog
in open street is nearly always an ugly
woman. We wanted TO reply that there arc no
ugly women in Washington, but here's the real
answer if he must have it: A woman with sw eet
disposition is not only always pretty. but always
moves along. A with an ugly disposition
is not only always-Oh, we'll, she has to hug the
end seat.
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\ coored man who came to Washington to try
to discover what is wrong with the laws of the
country, taken into custody because his sanity
questioned. His fate should be warning to
thousands OF people who much bewdcrcd
as the colorcd man, not to come to Washington to
get Strengthened out
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Washington woman has applied for license
to operate jitncy bus holding four passengers.
AS she is described 20 years old and very at
tractive, she will be compelled to adopt the Eng
ish system and charge according to distance;
otherwise there will be no short hauls and her
profits will be slim
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Hon. John Wanamaker gladly reafirms his
proposition TO borrow 100000. 100000 to buy
Belgium and restore it to the Belgians. He now
says he would mortgage all of Philadelphia to
raise the money. Well, of that's different;
but could VIC get that much?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-26

One OF the chiefs of the Chicago "clairvoyant
trust has confessed that he collected about S. 500
a week from who came to consult him.
by fattcring them and making love to them. Is
there shortage of in Chicago do the
expensive?
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CREEDS AND KITES.

INEEDS IAINU kIIEC.
To HAVE a creed is not enough.
It's barely worth a trivet
Unless mid pleasant scenes and rough
Persistently we live it
A Kites fascinating toy
shouldn't dare deny it
But what's it worth to any boy
Who doesn't try to hy it?
tOupynSht. rnIJ
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Poor Belsium,

:. According to dispatches from Copenhagen, the
German government is to spend ST. 100000 on re-
bdilding Louvain in accordance with scheme pre-
pared by German architect. Surely Belgium has
suffered enotgh without having this added to her
woes.-New York Evening Post :
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Two have been lynched in Georgia.
Perhaps former Gov. Slayton, who has gone to
Alaska and Senator Hoke Smith, who lives in
Warrcnton. Va, will go back when the State re-
deems itself
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MISS JANIS HITS sHIRKERs.
Actress Pens Poem Attacking Eng
Iishmen Who Don't Enlist.

London. July 25.-Robert Bacon
formerly American Amba ssador 70
France, and Miss Elsie Janis were
notable passengers aboard the St
Louis. of the American line. which has
left Liverpool for New York.
Miss Janis, to whom was handed
sprig of white heather for luck by
one of hundreds who came to see
her off, gave to the press q copy OF
poem which she had written, en-
titled England In War Time" IN
which she attacks the idlers and
shirkers who loll around while some
where In France gallant Britishers Ars
being killed
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elairvoyant announces that man with whis-
kers will eventually be in supreme control In Mex
leo. Carranzs had better be on the lookout for a
Villa regiment armed with razors.
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Carranza's minister of finance is coming to the
United States to get S25o.oooooo pesos. He can
go as far he likes with us; it's all Carranza
paper money being printed in New York.
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Penitentiary doors are opening for those guilty
of the Eastland massacre.
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Are YOU unmarried?" inquired the cen
sus man.
oh. dear, no." said the little lady
blushing: I've never even been mar.
ried. Home Journal.
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Mr.. c. S. Wainwright. Miss Charlotte
Wainwright and Mr.. Richard Wainwright
are at Asbury Park. n. j., for the sum
mer.
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Morning Smiles.

'If you'd assume a more genial manner
you would get along better in BUSH
ness"
Huh! / tried it once. and everybody
i met wanted to borrow money"-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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Can you wonder that our statesmen
sometimes make mistakes? Why. only
Yesterday l got into bus that was GO
ing In the wrong direction."-Punch,
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Eugene Clough. of Ellsworth Falls,
has calf. born Tuesday, which has
three perfectly formed hind legs. One
OF the hind legs is grown where a fore
leg should Beforehand (Mc). Courier
Gazette.
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Commander Charles L. Hussey. U. s
NJ, is spending the weekend at Mon
terey Inn, Blue Ridge Summit. Pa
where Mrs. Hussey is established for the
season.
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A Line O Cheer Each Day o the Year.
BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

First printing Of original pesD. Wvleesh NJ
for The Washington Hsfal1
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Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Mr.
E. F. Sweet. and Mrs. Sweet are among
the recent arrivals from Washington al
Deer Park, Md.
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The Secretary of Labor will leave
Washington this afternoon to visit the
exposition at San Francisco.
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Lieut. Commander william p. eronan
L. S. N. and Mrs. Cronan have gone t.
Atlantic City for the remainder Of tn
summer.
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Civilian Youth-It's all very well to talk
about ,policewomen. But what could
they do against us men?
Patriotic Maiden (promptly)-I sup
pose the authorities think that they
would be quite n match for those who
have remained at home.-Punch
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Published by special svh the President through
The MeClnye Newspaper Syndicate.
THE FIRST BRITISH ATTEMPT.

opynsh
BY
. pcnaly n
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Mrs McCauber-Here Is n notice say.
ing that If the bill Is not paid. the gas
will be shut off.
MI. McCauber-Let EN- shut it OF
Who cares?
But what will we do?"
Put in electric light"
But in time bills for them will come
in
''oh. well. perhaps something else will
be invented by that time" New York
Weekly.
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Miss Mona McAdoo and Miss Gather
inc Britton have been among Mrs. Ste
phen B. Elkins' guests at the house
party she is entertaining at Halliehurst.
her home at Elkins, W. Va, Miss Ed
wilma Drummer and her mother, Mrs. W..
C. Wiedersein: Miss Katherine Kramer.
and Mr.. Hecker Wetherill. Of Philadel-
phia, have arrived by automobile to join
the house party.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Alba c. Pepper and
daughter are spending some time at
Kirby W. Va.