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The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
Disabled Life-saYer Gets Paw.

Comptroller of the Treasury Downey
yesterday ruled that a life-saver may re-
ceive compensation for more than a
years disability despite the fact that had
the person been. operated upon the dis
ability in all probability would have last
ed only three weeks. The decision over
rules an opinion by the Auditor of the
Treasury. The Hfe-saver in the case is
Harold E. Bassett, former surfman of the
Monomoy Point station at Chatham,
Mass. He will receive compensation at
the rate of SIS a month for the period of
his disability.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28

The smallest bird is a Central Amer
ican humming bird, about the size Of
blue bottle fly.
For the last five years this country has
used from g to s. per cent of the copper
II produced.
Car Nicholas OF Russia is said to own
more costly chinaware than any other
person IN the world.
Paper for cigarettes imported from
Spain last year weighed 100000 pounds,
the value being $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28

Rockefeller tomorrow, is vice president
of the Western Federation of Miners;
Edward L Doyle is secretary and treas
urer of the United Mine Workers
Union, No. Is, which operates in the
Ludlow district. where the big strike
centered. John r. Lawson is also con-
nected prominently with the miners
union.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
RUSSIANS GIVE BEFORE FOE.
/ ustrian stan Claims Victory for
Army on Three Rivers.
BY STEVEN BURNETT

by > Z Il-N BURN 7.
Vienna (via Berlin and Amsterdam, ,
Jan. 27.-Another victory over the
Russians was officially announced here
today in the following report from
the Austrian general staff:
'Tn the valleys of the rivers Ung.
Latoreza, and Nagy-Ag the enemy has
been forced to evacuate important
heights after repeated counter-attacks,
in which he lost heavily"
The conflict along these three rivers
has been very violent for two days
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
STRIKE REPORT DELAYED.
walsh Says Roosevelt Investigation
Will BE Continued.

New York. Jan. 27.-ChaIrman Frank
p. Walsh, of the Federal Commission on
Industrial Relations announced that the
report Of the special investigator Fred
eriCk F. Gill into the strike situation at
Roosevelt, n j.. will be delayed. In the
meantime. however. the investigation
there will be continued. Mr.. Walsh is
sued the following statement:
'The chairman has been instructed to
inform the newspapers and the public
that owing to the fact that the COM
mission is neither a settling nor a pros
ecuting body. that the question of hold
ing public hearings bearing on the strik-
ers in Roosevelt. n. j., will be held in
allowance until the criminal proceedings
which have been instituted by the au-
thorities OF New Jersey shall have reach
cd a more advanced stage.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
Indintment Apainst ComnanY.

New York. Jan. 2T-An indictment
was returned today by the Federal
grand jury charging that the Merritt &
Chapman Wrecking Co. conspired to
monopoIize part OF the wrecking and
ilghterage business. thus violating the
Sherman antitrust IaWs
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
CATTLE YARDS CLOSED.
Pittsburgh Discovers New Trace of
DIsease-MOre New York Cases.

fittsburSh DiscoNers We" Trace oi
DIsease-MOre New York Cases.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 27.-With the re-
ports from. points east Of Pittsburgh
that cattle that has passed through the
stockyards here were found 70 be suf-
feTing from foot-and-mouth disease, the
local branch of the Federal Bureau of
Animal Industry ordered the stockyards
closed down for disinfection today. The
work will take about a week.
Albany, n Y, Jan. "a new out
break Of the foOt-and-mouth disease in
New York State was announced today
by Calvin J. Huson, commissioner of
agriculture. following the discovery that
twenty-three cattle on a farm near Lit
tie Falls are affected. Five surrounding
towns have been placed under quar-
antine
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
Xander'S Famous
VIVnniu.n HEALTH
HIHuINIH WINES
PORTS ''' 9Th
GUARD BEFORE EXECUTIONS.
Harrison Takes Precautions Against
Filipino Uprising.

Manila. p. l., Jan. 27.-Gen. Noriel, the
Filipino leader, and two other men. who
were convicted with him Of a political
murder in 1872, were hanged early today.
Friends of Noriel including Aguinaldo,
had made strong efforts to prevent the
triple execution. but Gov. Gen. Harrison
ordered it 10 proceed
Heavy guards of United States troops
and Constabulary will be kept under
guard here and other towns throughout
he islands to prevent disorder.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
Autos Leave for War Zone.

New York. Jan. 2T.-Forty-fOur heavy
motor trucks and twenty touring cars for
use of the British army were included In
the cargo of the White Star liner Baltic
when she sailed for Liverpool today.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
James Creelman III.

Berlin, Jan. 27.-James CreeIman.
American war correspondent, was taken
| to a hospital here today where it was
said he was suffering from heart
| trouble and brights disease.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
SANITY HEARING
IS THAW'S HOPE
Counsel Will Make That the
Aim of Legal
Battle.
PRISONER Is ARRAIGNED
Plea of Not Guilty" Is Part Of Short
Proceedings that Lead to
Tombs Again.
PRISONER Is ARRAIGNED

New York. Jan. 27.-"Our efforts y will
be concentrated upon the question of
Harry X. Thaw's sanity. We know he
We have little or no interest in this
charge of conspiracy-a misdemeanor."
Thus John b. Stanchficld, Thaw's chief
of counsel. set forth his attitude tonight.
Thaw-happier than he has been for
nine years because Of the removal Of
William Travcrs JerOme-is in the
Tombs and there he will stay until Feb
ruary % when he will be put on trial on
the charge OF COnspiring to escape from
Matteawan.
Meanwhile his quartet Of legal ad-
visers-Mr Stanchfeld. Morgan J..
O Brien Morgan J. O Brien. jr.. and Abel
l. Smith-will plan ways and means TO
so introduce the question Of their client $
sanity that it will in some way super
sede the conspiracy charge and not only
offset that, but nullify the commitment
of Justice Bowling, which sent Thaw TO
the madhOuse.
Thaw ArraIEned.
Thaw was arraiEned today before Su-
preme Court Justice Davis: plead not
guilty and was remanded to the Tombs
to await trial. There was no pickering
nor quibbling Before the justice took
his seat he called to his chambers Messrs.
Stanchfield and O'Brien, representing the
prisoner and deputies. Attorney General
Frank X Cook, and Franklin Kennedy.
representing the State. They emerged
smiling. Thaw. seated with his brother
Josiah. Mr.. Smith, and the younger
O'Brien, was smiling too.
He took his place at the bar. Justice
Davis announced briefly that he failed
to concur with Mr. Stanchfield that the
statute which made it obligatory that a
prisoner in whom signs of dementia were
apparent should be sent to Bellevue Hos
pital, was applicable in this case, and
called upon Thaw to plead.
Pleads Not Guilty.
Through his counsel" responded Mr..
Stanchfield. he pleads not guilty
Mr. Kennedy then declared that he un-
derstood NJ Stanchfield to agree that no
application for bail would be made and.
depending upon the good faith Of that
promise, he was willing to withdraw the
motion that Thaw be sent back to Mat
teawan to await trial Mr.. Stanchfield
nodded and Thaw was taken back to the
Tombs. Justice Davis designated Feb
ruary . as the date Of trial.
On the face Of things it would appear
that never were Thaw's chances for free
dom brighter.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
Fort standish Barracks Burned.

Boston. Jan. ia detail of men mar
rowly escaped death early today when
the barracks at Fort Standish. on
Lovells Island. were destroyed by FIRE
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
WILSON FELICITATEs KAISER.
President COnEratuIates wilhelm OI
birthday in Cablegram.

Both national and personal good wishes
for the Kaiser on his birthday. were ex-
tended by President Wilson in the follow
ing cablegram yesterday:
In behalf of the government and peo-
pie of the United States have the pleas
ure to extend to your majesty cordial
feIicitations on this anniversary Of your
birth, as we'll as my own good wishes for
your welfare"
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
JOHN D. JR., TO
I START PROBE
Son of Standard Oil King
Will Examine Labor
Ills.
CONSULTS MOTHER JONES
After Conference with Former Arch
Enemy, He Announces lnten-
ton to Learn Truth.

New York, Jan. 27.-The unusual tribute
Of applause was accorded John d. Rookie
feller. jr, today when he concluded his
testimony before the Federal Industrial
Commission.
Chairman Walsh promptly checked the
demonstration. With a pleased smile on
his face the heir of Standard Oil stepped
down from the platform and grasped the
waiting hand of Mother Jones. strike
agitator and high priest of organized la
Dor. She congratulated him on his three
days effort, and he beamed his satisfac-
ton.
He had just concluded an earnest ap-
peal for close accord between capital and
labor.
Most of the differences in this world
are due to the fact" he said. that men
and women do not meet face TO face
and adjust their grievances in an ami
cable spirit"
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
VIII Conduct Investigation.

AS though to give practical applica
tion to his doctrine. he at once invited
Mother" Jones to go to his office and
discuss with him the situation in Colo
rado. Within half an hour the heir to
the Rockefeller millions was in close
conference with the woman. who six
months ago. was denounCing him as a
murderer.
While this conference was in progress.
announcement was made that Mr.. Rock
efeller will tomorrow receive JEFF Hayes,
John f. Lawson and Edward L. Doyle,
the three representatives, of the Western
Federation Of Miners. who directed the
Song strike against the Rockefeller plant
in Colorado and discuss with them the
situation there
When the conference with Mother Jones
was at an end Mr.. Rockefeller received
the newspaper men. Among other an
nounCements made by Mr.. Rockefeller
was that he will go to Colorado at the
earliest possible moment. and make an
investigation at first hand of the evils
which have been reported to exist.
Mother Jones will probably accompany
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
with the Reporters.

The most striking feature Of Mr.. Rock
efellers talk with the reporters was:
warfare between capital and labor is
undesirable, un-Christian. and uneCo-
nomic, and it should be brought to an
end. We have an illustration of the
horrors OF war in the European struggle.
War should be done away with. And not
only war between nations, but war be-
tween employer and employe, with its
losses of life, its economic losses. and
its other distressing features"
VIII Consult Labor Men.
Discussing the situation further Rockr-
fellow said now that the strike is az an
end in Colorado, he can with greater free
dom make a complete investigation Of
affairs.
Il want to have the same kind of
talk with Mr. Hayes and those who
are going to call on me tomorrow" he
added. 'as I have had with Mrs
Jones. I am convinced that nothing
but good can come out of the meeting
of men face to face when they have
grievances against each other"
With the Junior Rockefeller at the
time was Mckenzie King, who is
making an investigation OF the labor
situation.
In the meantime. Mrs. Jones. emerg-
ing from her talk with Rockefeller,
said:
Il have been misrCpresentinG this
young man. | have been calling him
all kinds of names. and have gone about
the country getting him in trouble when
ne didn't deserve it. | have even called
him a hiGh-Class burglar. But he isn't
a burglar at all. ] believe he is sincerely
in earnest in his plans to help as much
az he can TO relieve conditions in Colo
RADIO and I am going to help all I can.
What did we talk about at our con-
ference? Oh, | told him something of
conditions there and we talked about
humanity in general. I also told him
of being in prison in Colorado. But
cannot remember all I told him." she
added with a grimace. You know
was in prison so long that my head
is out Of gear. l am going to have
another talk with him before 1 leave
the city
Frank J. Hayes. who will visit Mr..
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28

Austria will start public works for re-
lief OF unemployed.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-28
Is GatherinE Of Radicals.

famous radicals Of the nation gather for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27

And to attract this notice so that the man
in the street will translate his interest into
affirmative action, and will send telegram of
protest to the Governor, TO the trustees and
to the university provost
In private conservations hearings hackers
freely admit that without strong supporting
wave Of public opinion their cause IS for the
time being lost They want to fight THE
Rattle of Pennsylvania" in a way to make 1t
a Waterloo for one Of the two conflicting
views of the responsibility Of the professor
for his teachings that are involved
They want to see either the principle trl-
umph through popular support OF 1t, that the
faculty member must teach the truth as ne
sees it. responsible only to his own conscience
or the laws of libel, or else to see the people
accept the principle that the trustees have
proper guardianship over the teachers views
and may censor them to make them conform
to certain social standards.
The hackers of Nearing have already made
many moves to conform to their plan OF cam
paign-to attract a sea of controversy 10 the
university campus-to float the trustees out
into the midst of this sea, surrounded by
studded banks of question marks. Again ana
again and again they want to see the man IN
the street bump the question against the
trustees bulwarks "Why did you uproot
Scott Nearing from his placer
As a first move toward attracting wide
spread popular support the faculty men TOOK
mains to point out to the public that the truS-
tees did not dismiss Nearing because ne was
immoral, because he was delinquent or be-
cause he was unpopular or inefficient. lhey
Gave him the broadest possible certificate OF
GOOD character and first class moral worth
to the university.
The faculty members pointed out that dur
ing the eight years Nearing had been men,
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trouble when the board Of regents, composed
of eminent bankers and corporation lawyers,
ordered the dismissal of four instructors af-
ter young graduate named Sevey had made
a fiery denunciation Of the banking, financial
and political leadership of his state in lieu
of the usual commencement Grafton. Other
members of the faculty discovered that the
men dismissed had been young Sevey's in
structors. Dean Byron Cummings led re-
voting party of eighteen professors, who at
once handed in their designations. That
trouble had hardly settled down to a state Of
siege, in which alumni and students joined in
demanding that the regents resign, when the
University of Pennsylvania trouble COM
menced
And, to add fuel to its flames, Professor
James Brewer, of the law faculty of the Uni
versity of Colorado, was dismissed just as
the fight upon the Nearing case was getting
under way. Professor Brewer had taken the
side of the Colorado miners in their conflict
with the Rockefeller and other coal mining
companies, and had been summoned to Wash
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27
This Is the Issue Over Which the Big
otest Battle for Academic Freedom Ihis
Country Has Seem Is Being Staged
at the University Of Pennsylvania.

The greatest force the teachers see on the
horizon that they may bend to their purposes
is the force of public opinion. They are going
out TO attract its interest and notice in every
way possible. One eminent leader of public
opinion. Rabbi Stephen Wise. said last week
that the University of Pennsylvania crisis in
terested him and challenged his attention more
wildly than any other issue in America at
this time. The hope of the Pennsylvania
faculty members who are taking up Meanings
fight is that the view Of DR.. Wise will he the
view Of all the people, from the most humble
to the most widely known.
The decision to fight out the Nearing case
was not, of course, made as mere impulse
following the receipt by Nearing, on June II,
of a letter of dismissal. They had seen the
storm gathering about the issue Of the free
dom of the professor to teach the truth as he
saw il for over a twenty-year period. They
had seen the issue project its head in many
a college and university but never before had
it centred about a man who had hold on
the public as well as upon the professional
teachers-who was as well known in the
homes of the humble workers who might tele
graph their indignation to the trustees as in
his class ROOM
1t was hearings inveterate habit Of carry
ing his teachings into lectures before working
mems assemblies, before women's clubs, into
popular magazine articles and into books for
the laity that gave him a strategic value to
those who want to fight the issue out on its
broadcst possible terms.
Nearing's faculty associates were quick to
note that in all the other cases where the issue
of academic freedom has been launched there
has been on the one side a self-perpetuating
board Of trustees, often composed Of the old
est and most conservative business men and
fnanciers Of the community, and on the other
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Der of the teaching staff of the Wharton
School of Commerce and Finance seven other
instructors had found it advisable" to leave.
They pointed out that during all of these
years Nearing had been held back and refused
promotion; that students assemblies had been
held to protest against this; that finally, when
last year Nearing was raised to the position
of associate professor, his contract was made
for one year instead of two years, as was the
general rule; that he was proposed for en-
ployment next year by his immediate superior,
Dean McCrea; that he was dismissed irregu-
larly since Dean McCrea received no notice
of the dismissal, and learned of it, long after
the normal time for receiving such notice,
only when Nearing himself exhibited the let
ter notifying him he must go.
They pointed out that it was manifestly
unfair to dismiss Nearing on the last day of
the school year, as the rule was to give notice
long enough in advance to permit dismissed
professor to obtain a position in his chosen
field in some other university. Both faculty
and students in subsequent resolutions as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27

rations, including wine, and perhaps that Is wy
man. Of the Austrian prisoners do not i'0s
unhappy!
The church. state and press, all inspired % =,
voice OF the people, sanctioned the part i'si' =,
10 take in the awful struggle now gong on
Old Europe.
We cannot imagine yet the results ao'os'' =.
We can be optimistic about some Of the ie'1.s
hare in America This wonderful broadcast - -.
edge Of the great doings past and presen. =. ,.,
ancestors OF the foreigners OF the irisn,
Scottish. Russian, German Bohemian nuns ,.,s
ard Italian races, whose children born
country many times were ashamed tns' 'nsn
ents were foreigners" come to this greAs ~ 40,
able country whose doors have been sNAs ,,is,.
70 the needy and oppressed-this '..,.r,
sprcad by the great newspapers OF TINS a
will be a great step forward in the eoSeA "a.
the masses here; and as a result be',e, /,
standing among the people and their eh,,u witl
this country will help to make this COUNT. 4, 3
the great qualities of all races eom0'ns "a bss
whole, the most wonderful nation the
ever knovn-truly the ideal nation
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tive for Italy to fight the enemy and take posses
sion by force of of the places that
fused by peaceful means, and up to to-day the
Italian soldiers well directed by his majesty the
King Of Italy and his worthy staff, are showing
the whole world their valor, their enthusiasm for
the cause Of liberty, humanity and justice against
tyranny, barbarism and miltarism.
The full accord Of the press Of Italy wns an
other factor that urged Italy 10 take part in the
war; and what greater factor than the Fourth
Estate" could there be besides the voice Of the
people?
Then too, the favorable attitude Of the Church
OF Rome is telling point Every cardinal and
bishop Of almost every city of Italy has sgniied
his approval. Every day In each city, as the SOL
diers go forth, the blessings of the Church are
shOwered upon the departing men as they 90 to
redeem the "Terre lrredente"
From all over the world Italians are foeking
home to give their blood for their mother country.
leaving, many Of them. lucrative positions and oc-
equations for which they spent many weary. plod.
ding days to secure. The son Of of our old
beloved editors Of "The Bolletino," a professor
IN Columbia University, left last week for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27

front, accompanied by an American professor.
The wonderful spirit Of patriotism inspires
them.
One important and pleasing situation in Italy
is the splendid financial condition OF the govern
ment which was true also even before the ltslo-
Turco war. This is result of the laws passed
before the Libyan war by which parliament au-
thorized the Treasury Department to make special
arrangement for loans with the Italian banks so
that in time Of need the government would not
have TO make sacrifices for money.
Then there is no drink problem to bother
Italy Although one Of the largest wine-produc-
ing countries of the world, drunkenness is practi-
cally unknown in Italy. Temperance in real sense
is the reason for this notable condition in Italy.
From childhood the Italian learns TO drink his
little half glass Of wine with his meals. All
through life the tendency to over-induge is OBJ
waited. The danger in this country is the ex-
tremes the American goes to. A father who, I'M
known TO anyone in the family, takes his glass
of whiskey--that is the sad part Of 1t that in
America drinking" means taking whiskey-when-
ever possible will make his son take the pledge
not 10 touch liquor until the age Of twenty-one'
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side a young, daring and radical professor.
And always a professor in a certain field
the field of sociology, economics and finance.
Faculty members the country over noted
even then that while teachers of finance and
economies have been cut down the professors
who taught Greek roots and Latin and the fine
arts were spared. Economics professors began
to organize the country over to prepare for
fight that some day they hoped to be strong
enough to wage.
Just now the attention of the college pro-
fessors Of the country is centred on "the Wis
consin situation" almost as much as it is on
"the Pennsylvania situation" For President
Van Hise finds himself and the members of
his faculty, who have taught advanced So
GEOLOGY and economies under a heavy and
persistent fire of opposition. But the issue
was not cleared up there for a conflict. as it
was at Pennsylvania, because the opponents
Of President Van Hise were the organized
leaders of the stand pat wing of the Republi-
can party.
At the University of Utah, Also there was