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NATIONS SHIPS TOO
SLOW, SAYS MEYER
Navy Has No Vessel, He As
serts. as Fast as Blueeher,
Lost Through SlOwness.
POINTS TO PERIL IN WAR

1--WE don't own battleship that could
keep up with the German warship
Rluecher." said George Won LenseriSe
Meyer, ex-Secrctary Of the Navy, speaking
at the Republican Club yesterday. And
the Bluecher was lost in the recent North
sea action because she was too slow
Japan could wipe out our whole Pacific
commerce continued Mr. Meyer in a most
unimpassioned manner. Japan has bat
tleship cruisers and we have none our
fastest cruiser makes twenty-five knots.
The big eun cruiser makes twenty mine or
thirty"
His remarks were part OF a symposium
on The Future Of our Navy" Franklin
n Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy under Secretary Josephus Daniels
Herbert l.. Satterlee ex-Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Navy. and Or. Frank Crane
were the other principal speakers. Dr.
Crane was the only one not in favor OF
more ships with bigger guns.
Secretary Meyer said at the outset
that the United States wanted n good
navy not to whip another country but Il
protect the nations coasts
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Anatoie lie Brnx ON way Here.

SD,c,l' cable DcsPdtch 10 TuE SuN.
PARIS, Jan. 3O.--Among the passengers
booked to call for New York on the steam
ship Niagara are Jean Gulfrey, the
curator ct the Boston Museum Of Fine
Arts ana Anatole lie Braz, the poet.
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Exports

The customs receipts for January at
the port of New York were sli.997. OS5.66.
the Custom House figures show an upward
tendency. although the monthly total Is
still lower than the average before the
war. The receipts for the week ended
yesterday were S2,7S0slssj, and for yes
terday when the Collectors office closed at
noon. siO6, 066.99, Of which S95,156.22 was
for goods Withdrawn from the bonded
warehouses. and S3lO,9O4.77 for duties on
recent importatipns.
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FnNors Open Discussion.

Il think the chief responsibility is on
Congress and hack OF that on us. the
people. who have been Indifferent In these
things. | am sorry that the whole sub
jsct OF our defences Is not 10 he gone
iu;o outside Of Congress Why shouldn't
we know the things about our navy thai
the general STATS of every other country
know"
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke of the loud pro
rouncement that the day Of the bat
tleship has gone. We mus, get subma-
rines" He commented
That is not the point ~ view Of
the expert, and | have learned that the
exports arc the best ones TO tell us wha.
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we need in the way Of ships.
War for us without an efficient navy
will mean the instant loss without "A blow
20 save them, of the Philippines, Hawaii
Guam, Samoa, the Panama Canal and
Canal Zone and Porto Rico It will also
mean the death OF the Monroe Doctrine.
II will end our present relations with
Cuba.
This IL all very we'll II we go into "
with our eyes open
As to submarines It ought to suffice
to say that they are not seagoing ships.
They are valuable only in restricted
waters. They can't take the sea and
keep II.
Building the canal has helped in our
naval defence, but We cannot guarantee
that 1t will be usuable In wartime Ac-
cldents will happen there as they happen
elsewhere.
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Germans Plea of Mistake. "

The German note, relating to the torpedoing
of the American steamer Gulhight and the at.
tack by aeroplanc the American steamer
Gushing, is characterized by the lack OF
frankness and sincerity that marked the COM
muncation concerning the Lusitana. 1t goes to
the length, even, of questioning claim that
German aviator dropped bombs the Cush-
ing though admitting that attack was made
ship which the German aviator was forced
to consider hostile because it carried no flag
and bore recognizable neutral markings" 1t
comedies, too, that it is possible that the ship
attacked the Cushing"
The is a complete confession that Ger
man submarines attack merchant ships without
warning and without any attempt being made to
discover their nationality in total disregard of the
demands of this government that American lives
and property be safeguarded and respected. More
there is not the slightest intmation that such
practices will be discontinued. We are informed
that both attacks mistakes" for which
himsv explanations offered. We cannot shut
eyes to the fact that American lives are today
in peril the from repetition of these mis-
takes Germany herself tacitly admits it. The
is certainly calculated to soften the tone
of the communication which President Will
son is engaged in preparing.
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accorded full recognition in the decision of this
most important of all the corporation suits The
expectation that the government will appeal to
the Supreme Court is doubtless we'll founded, bu,
in the meantime "big business" the country over
is celebrating the District Courts decision as a
final victory. The response has been instantane-
Gus in every quarter, and estimates of the bene-
fetal effect scarcely be exaggerated. The in
dustrial world, set free, looks optimistically to
the future, prices advance to more nearly meet
true values and there is new light on the fnan-
cial horizon.
The full benefits of this breaking of the
shackles of big business cannot be reaped until
the in Europe ends The business states
manship that guided the destinies of the Steel,
Harvester and Cash Register corporations car
ried the products of these vast American indus
tries into the markets OF the world, where they
had only begun to conquer when the law was
invoked to curb their enterprise and activities.
and their victory at home comes when all Eu-
ropes industries, except the hideous trade Of
war, PROSTATE. When peace abroad and
confidence at home restored big business will
resume its interrupted progress and with it in
dustry and commerce will advance to new and
greater achievements.
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nSz1<z.

from the United States to the court of
st James"
In the latter part OF the admins
tratiOn of President Hayes, our min
ister to Great Britain. John Welsh. re-
signed. There had been no Harva rd
man at the court of 81. James since
Charles Francis Adams retired from
that mission. Senator Hoar saw an
opportunity for the appointment of a
distinguished son of Harvard. He
therefore urged President Hayes TO
transfer james Russell Lowell from
Spain to London. And he did that
knowing that his cousin, William NJ.
Evarts n Yale man. then Secretary of
state. would be likely to oppose Low
ellis appointment as minister to Eng
land. However. in order to head off
Evarts and to be sure that a Harvard
man was appointed, Senator Hoar rec
commended, in case the President did
not see fit to appoint Lowell. that
the President of Harvard. Charles w.
Eliot, be appointed. He went away
from President Hayes happy with the
assurance that if Lowell was not ap-
pointed President Eliot would be.
Lowell, however. was appointed and
accepted. After his retirement. Har-
ward was not represented at the court
of ST James until Robert T. Lincoln
was appointed Senator HOar himself
might have been ambassador to the
court of ST. James had he been will
ing to accept appointment from Presi-
dent Mckinley. He did not accept. and
the President appointed another Har-
ward man. Joseph II. choate. 1t was
with qualification that Senator Hoar
used occasionally to show his friends
long list of Harvard men who had
served as minister and in one case
as ambassador to the court of st.
James
Copyright. II5. hy 2. J. Edwards. Al rights ~
s'TVci.b
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Big Business Set Free.

The United States District Court for New Jer.
scy in deciding against the government in its suit
10 dissolve the United States Steel CORPORATION
has done more TO set the countrys business free
than Congress or all the State legislatures have
been able to accomplish. in spite of promises to
perform and boasts of achievement since first
politicians undertook to hack their way to place
and power through the great industrial structure
that American brains, courage and enterprise had
erected. The court rules that the corporation, in
spite OF its gigantic proportions has not violated
and does not violate the Sherman antitrust law
and that neither by its organization nor by its
methods of business has it injured the public or
organizations of capital engaged in similar indus
try. The United States Steel Corporation has
fourished wonderfully, but it has not been at the
expense of its competitors. which have prospered
in equal if not greater measure.
The reasonable" Interpretation placed upon
the Sherman law by the highest tribunal has been
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HISTORY BUILDERS,
Famous Harvard Graduates in Public
Life.
TTT'I IN I177lT T"T TN W .1'NInET0l Hf'TlII
Ry DIR. i. j. EDWARDS.

1 "lH'fi4 f-A IS7sih Tor lie W ,erNlnstrn Herald
BY DIR. f. J. EDWARDS.
In his thirty years of service a.
United States Senator from Massa-
chusetts. George Frisbie Hoar never
permitted an opportunity to slip by
TO defend. praise, or aid Harvard Uni
Versity, of which he was a graduate.
Second only to his family and his
country Harvard and her interests
were predominant always with Sem
ator Hoar. Only once during his long
service as trustee or overseer of Har-
ward did he refuse to participate in
the commencement exercises. That
exceptional absence was due to the
fact that Gen. Ben Butler. as COVER
nor of Massachusetts. was to he re-
ceived officially by the university at
commencement exercises. The official
duty which Senator Hoar declined to
perform was accepted by Joseph II.
thoate and was performed with such
tact and consideration as to receive
from Gov. Butler cordial tribute of
qualification.
II was the custom of Senator HOar.
whenever n new Congress was organ
lied and the Congressional Directory
published, TO scrutiniZe every biog-
raphy so that he could learn how many
Harvard men were members of Con-
tItSS anu compare me hummer with
those who had received diplomas from
Yale. Senator Hoar was also always
proud OF the fact that Harvard had
contributed two presidents and he was
persuaded as long ago as 1884 that
the probabilities were great that she
would at some time contribute "A third
in theodore Roosevelt. He lived long
enough 10 see that forecast justified
He did not live long enough to par
ticipate in The inauguration as Presi-
dent of the first graduate of Yale to
serve William Howard
Taft.
Two of Senator Hoar's cousins. one
Il first cousin, william NJ. Evarts, the
other second cousin. Chauncey NJ
Depew. were in the Senate. although
not at the same time when Hoar was
serving as Senator, and both were
graduates of Yale.
Senator Hoar used sometimes to
speak not eXultantly, but with pardon
able pride. of the fact that Harvard
had been many times represented at
the court of st. James. Sometimes the
Senator would say. 1T was a Harvard
man. Charles Francis Adams, who
served with conspicuous success and
in a very trying time as minister
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, upon the line Of lakes and streams which
ran from the heart of New York. like a
highway. to the valley of the st. Law
renee.
The attack upon Beausejour alone &C.
complished what was planned A force
OF 1900 New England provincials. under
Col. Monckton and Col. John Winslow.
found the half-finished fOrtihcations OF
the French on Beausejour Hill in their
hands almost before their siege was fair
~ placed. and Acadia was more than
ever secure.
There followed nearly three years OF
uLbroken failure and defeat.
In 1856 the Marquis Montcalm succeed
ed Dieskau as commander in Canada.
and the very year of his coming took
and destroyed the English forts at o.
weGo.
That same year the Earl of Loudon
came over to take charge OF the war
for the English. but he did nothing ef
fective. The government at home sent
re-enforcements, but nothing was done
with them that counted for success.
Il dread to hear from America ex-
claimed Pitt
In l751 Loudon withdrew the best OF
his forces to the north. to make at
tack on Louisbourg. Montcalm took ad-
vantage of the movement to capture Fort
William Henry. the advanced post OF
the English on Lake George. and Loudon
failed in his designs against Louisbourg.
Even the stout and willy English from
ticrsmen OF the Northern border found
themselves for a little while over
matched.
In March. 115S. Robert Rogers. the
doughty New Hampshire ranger whose
successful exploits of daring all the
Northern border knew. was beaten by
scouting marty from TiCondsroCa and
barely came off with his life. The POUR
ing in OF troops. even of regulars from
over sea. seemed to count for nothing
Gen. James Ahcrcrombie led an army
of 1000 men. 6COO of them regulars
against Ticonderoga. where Montcalm
had less than 1900; Numbered at every
critical point of attack: lost 200 men
and retired almost as if in flight (July.
1IJSJ.
But that was the end of failure
Monday: The Winning of Canada.
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Vaughn Glass to Hold Ladies Night.

On Monday evening the Vaughn
Glass Club of Calvary Baptist Sun
day school will hold its last monthly
meeting of the season in the Sunday
school house. This is to be ladies
night" and one OF the features will
be a debate on the question. RE
solved, That a Ford is an Automo-
bile" William W. Greene and NJ. c.
Slaves will sustain the affirmative
side, and William F. Bear and c. E.
Emig the negative. The audience is
to render the decision. The Bright
wood stringed orchestra will furnish
music.
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TIME French commander at Duquesnt
had no such force as Braddoci
was bringing against him.
But on the 9th of July the Eng
fish general. with his advance force OF
| 100 men, forded the shallow Monon-
sahela but eight miles from Duquesne
and striking INTO the trail which led
to the fort, walked into an ambush
A thousand men-Indians, chiefly. and
Canadian provncials-poured deadly
fire upon him from the thick cover OF
the woods on either hand.
! He would not open his order and meet
the attack in forest fashion. as Wash
ington beG4ed him to do. but kept his
men formed and crowded in the open
spaces of the road. to be almost annihil-
ated, and driven back. mere remnant.
in utter rout.
1t was shameful. pitIuL
Washington and his Virginian rangers
could with difficulty keep the rear when
the rout came. and bring the stricken
coplmander off. to die in the retreat. Din
widdie could not persuade the officers
left in command even to stay upon the
Virgin ian frontier to keep the border set
Elements safe against the savages.
1t was WashlnGtons impossible task
for the rest Of the war to guard $50 miles
4
provincial militia. where the little nuts
and tiny settlements of the Scots-lrish
immigrants lay scattered far and wide
among the foothills and valleys of the
spreading mountain country, open every
where to the swift and secret onset of
the pitiless redskins
Braddock's papers, abandoned in the
panic Of the rout. fell ln;o the hands of
the French. and made known to them
all the English plans.
They were warned what to do. and did
1t as promptly as possible.
Shirley gave up the attempt to take
Niagara before reaching the lake. John
son. assisted by Lyman. OF Connecticut.
met the French under Dieskau at Lake
George. and drove them back (September
S. l755)-the COMMA nder and part of the
force the French had so hastily
despatched to America in the spring
and Dieskau himself fell into their hands:
but they did not follow up their sue
cess or shake the hold of the French
The Washington herald., 1915-06-05

To avoid the payment of interest taxpayers
of New York heapcd nearly $rz,oooooo into the
city treasury one day this week OF this amount
the largest single payment made by the New
York Central Railroad Company, which sent a
check to the Office of the receiver of taxes for
$780,, 100 The next largest amount came from
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which paid
$86o644. These payments covered only the
taxes paid by these companies on property owned
by them in the Borough of Manhattan Through
out the day hundreds of persons stood in line
and the recording of their payments required the
services of large corps of extra clerks This is
pretty good indication that business conditions
in the Empire State arc not altogether hopeless
The Washington herald., 1915-06-05

According to figures tabuatcd by the Home
Club the average salary OF the So $50 employees
of the civil service located in this city is $II35
per annum. The poorest paid of the workers in
the CLASSIFIED service those in the State War
and Navy Building where the average is only
$500 year. The explanation for this probably
is that only the minor positions in these depart
ments are included in the civil service The
figures. however. fully explain why the govern
ment clerk is no longer regarded as a plutocrat
and plainly indicate the necessity OF readjust-
mcnt of salaries to meet modern conditions.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-05

That doorman at Delmonico's VIII" declared
that his college education enabled him talk 50
Intelliecntly 10 patrons OF the restaurant that he
given stock market tips on which he made
81 900 600 will probably influence a lot OF college
men this spring. But what an awakening most of
them will get if they try to emulate his example
The Washington herald., 1915-06-05

a New York chef has discovered way with
few strokes OF a knife to remove the bones
from shad before cooking it. At the present
rate OF depletion OF the shad in these waters il
is only a question OF few years before the chefs
discovery will be useless.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-05

The New FORK police claim that figures writ
ten the back OF sermon found in tic pocket
OF a colorcd preacher whom they arrested irdi-
Gated the numbers played" in a policy drawing.
Apparently however, there was no reason why
they should not have guessed that the figures re
fcrred to texts for future discoursc>.
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The Worlds ProSress.

In 1868 Gen. Robert E. Lee issued an order to
his army on the conduct of the war in which ne
saId No greater disgrace can befall the army,
and through it our whole people, than the perpe-
and the defenseless. 49, Il must be remembered
we make war only on armed men," That was
hfty-wo years before the sinking of the Lustania.
New York World
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bodies of human beings.
The bodies of human be-
ings, as we all know now, are
of very little account.
What is of account in hui
man beings is mind.
In fact, mind is everything.
Take care of the mind and
the body will take care of
itself by taking itself out of
the way.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-05
On the Move.

y Davie farmer figured out one rainy
day that he had walked 600 miles Guilt
waiting one acre of corn. He then sold
his farm and moved to town. where he
walked sGD miles to find a Obj. and he's
still waIking.-Davic Record.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-05

Just was predicted at the time the Mayo
brothers, celebrated surgeons. announced their
offer to establish $1,000, foundation in conncc-
ton with the University of Minnesota opposition
to acceptance OF the benefacton has arisen. Sur
lr1>Ing as IT may seem the opposition appears to
come almost wholly from the physicians OF Min
resota, who it is said believe the State is confer
ring too great prestige the private practice Of
the noted Rochester surgeons. Their attitude
savor> strongly OF professional jealousy and IS
not likely To win the approval OF aymcn. In fact
the opposition already seems doomed to defeat
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Morning Smiles.
All aboard.

4 man. all out OF breath. recently rush
ed into the basement and said to a clerk
"A nickel moUsetrap. please. and let me
have il quickly. l want to catch a
train. Selling Sense.
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The Diverted Pin Money.

The farmers wife used to get the egg
money for little trifles she needed. -
Well" But now he takes it away
from her and buys himself an automo-
bile '-Miwauliec Sentinel.
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THE CROW.

The crow is not nightingale,
His cav is not a song
As a musician doth he fail
Fen though his notes arc strong.
His voice is hateful, harsh, and drcar,
But o, We Critic man,
Despite his awful lack of car
He does the best he can
And that's about as much as YOU
Could ask a nightingale to do 1
Copyright. Isl5I
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Her sorrow.

Does your wife show any interest in
the war;"
Yes. indeed. She talks about it,
What does she say?'
why. she saws that she wishes /
could go''-Tit-Bits
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British residents leaving Mexico because
of anticipated crisis with this country. 1t
would seem to be even more necessary for Amcri-
cans to leave, for with our own citizens safe the
situation would be less difficult for the adminisra
lion to handle.
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Holding the Worlds Interest.

The landlady turned off the gas Jet
and saved the life Of a boarder who had
planned suicide. The moral is, stay a bit
in debt and somebody will have an inter
est in vou-I. ouisVilIe Courier-JournaI
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1t = gratifying news that way has been found
Tor the army to maintain the student military
training camps this summer in spite OF the recent
decision OF the Controller OF the Treasury dis
GLOWING accounts for expenditures in connection
with such camp last year. few thousand dol
lars should not be permitted to stand in the wav
OF carrying on this important work. especially as
the students who gather from colleges all over
The country. in all pay for their own trans
portation well as subsistence The present is
no time for curtang the military training OF the
young of the country.
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A Deprivation.

English Mother-'WeIl, Master jim
hasn't gone to the front after all"
Cook-"Oh, poor Master Jim. And 'e's
so fond of n days shooting. Punch.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-05

Neighbors of number of New York million
aires have complained to the authorities that their
country estates breeding places for mosquitoes.
The trouble to be due to the fact that the
mosquitoes are not "homers."
The Washington herald., 1915-06-05

When the news of the failure of government
suit brings optimism to the whole business world
the inference is not unnatural that the govern
rnent has been engaged in the wrong business.
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Mexico needs strong with big stick
in one hand and rope in the other" says Huerta.
The rope would have to be longer than the one
Huerta TO the end of year ago
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A Line o Cheer Each Dav O the Year.
BY JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing OF original poem. written daily
for The Washington Herald.
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The Magic of Mind.
By JOHN ID, HAIRY

d II.
MUCH hear OF the wonderful feats OF
IVA surgery nowadays the most important OF
all scientific feats are not performed on the
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1t is only when we can
forget our bodies that we
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The marriage of Miss Annie Wright
Huske, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clement Wright Huske. and Mr.. Gus
tave George Reinigcr. of this city. will
take place this evening at : o'clock
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Mrs. MARYLAND Bruce and her daugh-
ter. of Boston, arrived in Washing
ton for an indefinite stay and are
stopping at the Powhatan.
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Doings of Society

The Secretary of the Navy and
Mrs. Daniels will return this morn
ing from Annapolis. where they at
tended the graduation exercises at
the Naval Academy
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Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Burton
have as their guest. Mrs. Burton's
mother. Mrs Henry krocstad.
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Nce-The.s articles which
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Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory, wife of
-the Attorney General. will go to
Philadelphia Monday to visit Mrs
Mary Cook.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-05

Mr.. Raymond Baker. private secre-
tary to the American Ambassador to
Russia, is stopping at the New Willard.