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The Washington herald., 1915-08-07
HISTORY BUILDERS.
The Physical Courage of President
Arthur,

written Expressly for The Washington Hcrald)
BY DIR. =. J. EDWARDS.
When Chester A. Arthur went to
Washington to begin life in that city as
President. Immediately after the funeral
of President Garfield, he became the
guest of Senator John T. Jones, of Ne
vada. Several weeks were taken to put
the White House in proper condition for
the President TO live in it. The building
had been much dsordered during the
long illness of President Garfield, and
those who were in authority estimated
that four or five weeks at least were
necessary in order to thoroughly well
repair it and put it into livable condi-
ton.
Senator Jones lived in one of the gran
lite houses on Capitol Hill, and he was
understood to be the owner of the house.
He was one of the two members of the
United States Senate with whom Gen.
Arthur maintained most cordial rela-
tons while President. The other was
Senator George G. Vest. of Missouri,
and the friendly relations maintained
between President Arthur and Senator
Vest were due to something far apart
from politics. Both were ardent fisher
men, and each recognized in the other
the peculiar qualities which make the
highly successful angler. President Ar
thurs relations with Senator Jones were
begun long before Mr.. Arthur went TO
Washington as Vice President. There
was an unusual conSeniality of tempera-
ment which made it possible to gain and
maintain intimate friendship Senator
Jones was a royal story teller. and that
was a quality which President Arthur
himself possessed. Senator Jones was a
keen student of human nature and he
frequently described to President Arthur
in brief, epigrammatic manner the dis
tinguishng characteristics which identi-
fed some of the leaders in each house of
Congress.
Some time in the autumn. after Presi-
dent Arthur went to the White House to
live, having secured his sister. Mrs. Nc
Elroy, as chatelaine. l had chat with
Senator Jones, in which he described to
me the simplicity as we'll as the courage
which characterized President Arthur
while he was Senator Jones' guest.
You know at that time" said Senator
Jones. all sorts of reports were in cir
culation. many of which, If true. showed
that President Arthur was in constant
danger of assassination. ! heard SC
many of these reports that / became
alarmed, although l did not mention any
of them to Mr.. Arthur himself. Mr.. Ar
thurs secretary received many letters
some of which were threatening, while
others urged him to be careful. con-
stantly watchful of the approaching as
sassin.
"One afternoon President Arthur
went out to drive and he was greatly
annoyed to find that two or three
Secret Service men were surrounding
him. He wanted to have them sent
The Washington herald., 1915-08-07
Needless Sacrifice of Life.

The railroads of the country following the OK
tcnsivc and successful safety first campaign
which had for its object the reduction of the
number OF deaths and cases OF injury traceable
to carelcssnesS the part of their employees have
begun a vigorous crusade to prevent automobiles
from recklessly jeopardizing their own lives at
points where the highways arc crossed by rail-
road tracks. Startling devices for warning have
been installed in OF danger and the press
has lent its aid to the effort teach the operators
OF mOtorcars caution and to discourage the sport"
of racing high-power machines against death. The
latest word in the appeal to the automobiles
from themselves comes from Fairfax Harrison,
president OF the Southern Railway who presents
figures showing that in the year ended June 80,
1915 there were sixty-nine accidents to automo-
bilcs and their occupants at points where high
ways the Southern's tracks at grade In
these accidents twelve persons were killed and
fifty-eight injured, the automobiles in every in
stance being demolished damaged
Mr. Harrison states
without seeking to avoid just responsibility
for what the officers or employees OF the railroad
do or omit, but recalling that railroad employc
whose carclcssncss causes accident is, in the
public interest subject to discipline which affects
his livelihood it is probably fair to say that large
proportion of these accidents happened solely
through the carelessness of the drivers of auto
with vehicles at high speed. There are among
them also we'll authenticated cases Of deliberate
assumption OF risk by the drivers of automobiles
from pure love OF excitement and speed, evidenced
by racing trains and seeking the thrill of narrow
escape. Our cngIncmen report such occurrences
daily"
At the risk OF censurc because OF the popular
hostility of travellers by highway to railroads and
all their wicked works, venture to say that
President Harrison has minimized rather than
exaggerated the responsibility of the operators of
the automobiles for the long list of accidents.
With reasonable caution, nearly all such accidents
at railway crossings could be avoided. The old
familiar warning, STOP look and listen" should
convey meaning of new and vital importance to
the careful chauffeur, and invariable observance
of it would save many lives and broken limbs in
the United States in the course of year.
Upon the class of rnaniacs referred to by Pres
dent Harrison who deliberately seek the thrill
of narrow escape" words and warnings are
wasted. People Of sound mind should shun them,
and if compelled to hert ~ themselves the laws
The Washington herald., 1915-08-07
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away. He said they would destroy all
the pleasure he would take in the
drive.
II told him that il was necessary
for him to think not only of himself,
but of the nation. For there was a
period of two or three weeks when If
Arthur had been assassinated the
Presidential office could not have been
filled, for there was neither president
of the Senate nor speaker of the
House. 1t was in order to secure the
election of the president of the Sen
ate, so that his successor would be
provided for in case anything hap
pened to him, that President Arthur
summoned the Senate in special SEES
sion in October.
president Arthur said, when I was
cautioning him and urging him to &C
cept the Secret Service escort: Sen
ator, all of these precautions are use
less If any one really intends to as
sassinate me he will find a way to do
il, no matter how many Secret Service
men are employed. / don't allow my
self to think for moment of that
danger. If there is real danger
cannot avert it. but I doubt whether
am in any such danger as you and
some of my other friends think is
lurking around. AT all events, l won't
have any more Secret Service mer
around me than l can help
That remark" continued Senator
Jones. shows how great was Arthur's
physical courage, and he was to DEM
onstrate later that he possessed ar
abundant supply of moral courage"
Copyright. 1915, by Z. J. Edwards. All rights re
served
The Washington herald., 1915-08-07
ACTIVITY OF THE PRIVATEERSl

Even the seas were no longer free for
the movements of the British fleets.
now that France was Americas ally
and French fleets were gathering under
orders for the American coast.
Every month the war had lasted the
English had found their commerce and
their movement of stores and transports
more and more embarrassed by the
American privateersmen.
There were bold and experienced sea-
men at every port of the long coast.
The little vessels which were so easily
set up and finished by skilful carpen-
tiers and risGers in almost any quiet
inlet were sure to be fast and deftly
handled when they got to sea; kept
clear OF his majesty's fleets and of too
closely guarded harbors; cruised width
ersoever the wits of their sagacious
masters took them: and had generally
to be heavily overmatc hed :" be beaten.
They had taken more than five hun
drcd British soldiers from the trans
ports before the Congress at Philadel-
phia had uttered its Declaration Of In
dependence.
Their prizes numbered more than four
hundred and fifty the year of Saratoga
and Brandywinc and the fight in the
mornings mist at Germantown, though
there were seventy ships of war upon
the coast. The very coasts of England
herself were not safe against them.
Mr. Franklin went to France in the
autumn of l71o with his pocket full OF
blank letters of marque. and American
privateersnen from out the French
ports caught prizes enough IN English
waters to keep the commissioners in
Paris well found in money for their
plans.
In January. I77s. Capt. Rathburne. in
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.lE%;{Pj;'N(lEI5:;{{;$ $50?

at Coney that the musicians from the
winter dansants frivol away The heated
term. They like it there because Coney
Island is the birthplace OF every popu'
lar song in the summer.
One of the orchestras along Conveys
main thoroughfare began playing
piece last week which was on the pro-
gram as Norway. the Land of the
Midnight Sun" Most OF the orchestras
down there play by ear" and soon it
was sweeping the resort
The odd coincidence was that the
song just grew. Nobody there knows
who wrote it and it has never been
published.
S. A. Glushanok. an officer of the Mos
cow Windau- Ry bnsk Railway. who ar
rived here recently on the Russian Amer
lean Line steamship kursk from Arch-
angel and who is guest OF the McAlpin
Hotel declared last night that business
conditions in Russia are very SAUSAGE
tory and that life in the interior cities Is
| going on very much as it did year ago.
| Mr. Glushanok is visiting the United
States with the intention Of making an
exhaustive survey of business conditions
| and railways here. with the intention or
| cementing business relations with this
country and Russia.
The banks in Russia show an increase
| in deposits. mainly due to the aDol;tlon
\ of Russia's national drink. vodka. While
| this was a source of nearly half billion
| dollars in revenue to the government. II
| il nevertheless becoming popular with
| the masses who are very patriotic and
| recognize it as a necessary war measure
| The increase in deposits" said Mr.. Glu-
shanok. may not be entirely attributed
| to the abolition of vodka, but also to the
1 fact that imports have fallen of and We
are now manufacturing most OF the
goods formerly bought abroad.
| Russia Is n self-sustaining country.
| though there are many things which we
| do not yet produce in sufficient duantt-
| ties Cotton for instance. which we have
| been buying from neighborinG countries,
| though grown in the United States. was
| not purchased direct from America and
We were forced to pay an advance OF 100
per cent 10 middlemen countries. With
direct connections here, your growers
| would receive a large portion of this ad-
vance in price. and at the same time a
| great saving secured for the Russian i'm
/ porter"
| Among the arrivals at the McAlpin on
Thursday were y. P. Hyndman, Pitts
bursh: c. Crawford Hollidge. Boston:
| Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Devery. Philadelphia:
| J. NJ. Domela Nieuwenhuis. The Hague.
| Holland.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-07
Books and Bangs.

John Kcndrick Bangs. author of "A
Household on the Styx." and Coffee
and Repartee. who is spending the sum-
MGR at his camp in Maine. said In an in
terview last week: People should own
and read books just as they should seek
friendships. and try to understand their
friends. A book that one has come
to know. and 10 love. is one OF the tru-
est OF friends. In my library In Maine
are not many books. hut none the less
Lincoln walks there with me: Emerson Is
my friend: Balzac ard Dumas are per-
r1anent dwel,ers at my side; I frolic
with Mark Twain there; ! travel with
o. Henry. and l play boy:sh tricks with
Aldlrch and Pc1rod: / fence with Mon
taisne. and the great spirits OF THE
Spectator
The Washington herald., 1915-08-07

Miss Lansing, sister of the Secretary
of State, arrived in Washington yester-
day from her home in Watertown, N Y,
and will be the guest of the Secretary OF
State and Mrs. Lansing for a week Al
present the newly appointed secretary
has made no plans even for short trips
away from the Capital and both he and
Mrs Lansing will remain here through
out the summer.
Mr.. Walter H. Bower of New York
City, has arrived at the Shoreham,
where he will spend some time.
Mrs. William Gibbs McAdoo Is again
taking a prominent part in the activities
of Rockland and her informal entertain
ments at Camden and Vinalhaven are at
tended with much interest.
Mr.. Walter Tuckerman. of this city, is
the guest of Miss Emily Tuckerman IN
Stockbridge, Mass.
Mr. Coleman Duke, of this city. will
leave with party from Baltimore on
Monday for Plattsburgh. n. Y. where
| they will join the United States Military
Training Camp.
Former Senator and Mrs. James Young,
| of Guilford, are registered at Marlbor-
| ough- Blenheim, Atlantic City. where they
will probably remain for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Fuller. who have
! just recently returned from Mexico,
where Mr. Fuller spent some time as
special representative of the President.
entertained at luncheon in the green
room of the Willard yesterday.
Senator Henry F. Lippitt and Mrs.
! 7 pie-
! terday from Warwick Neck, r. /.
Mr. and Mrs. Cress Morris. of Mil
waukee. Wis, are at the Shoreham for
| a few days.
Mr. and Hrs. Thomas II. Pickford are
spending tine weekend at Boston Mr.
| PickfOrd will return within a day or so
| while Mrs. Pickford and her son will
| visit Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel a. Drury at
| York Beach. Me.
Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson has given
the use Of her grounds at Southampton.
| Long Island. for a benefit for the South
ampton Fresh Air Home to be given next
Thursday.
Mr. Thomas Jenkyns leaves town to-
day to spend the weekend in Mary
| land.
| Mr. Pact the minister from Peru, and
Nine Pact are in New York making
their headquarters at the Vanderbilt Ho-
tel.
! Constantin Effendi. second secretary Of
the Turkish Embassy. is the guest of
| the Austrian Ambassador and Nine.
| Dumha at the Poplars.
| Miss T. Kingcombe. of Vancouver.
British Columbia. has arrived at the
| Shoreham for a short stay.
| Much social interest is Centered these
! days on Saratoga, where the races open
| ed last week. Gen. Nelson y. Miles
was frequently seen in Mr.. Perry Bel
mont's box. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter
| arrived at Saratoga yesterday. as did
also Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Widener.
| Among the interesting folk at Saratoga
| this week are Mr.. W. X. Vanderbilt
and Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Olcott.
Mrs. Julia Kellogg Bradley was one
| of the dancers at cotiliion at the
| White, White Sulphur Springs. last
| Thursday. Mrs. Bradley is one of the
popular members of the summer colony
in that resort.
l.rs Charles Cary Rumsey. eldest
The Washington herald., 1915-08-07

the Providence, actually seized the fort
in the harbor of Nassau in New Provi-
dence of the Bahamas. and took pos
session Of town and shipping: and in
the spring of that same year John Paul
Jones performed the same daring feat
at Whitehaven By Solway Firth IN
England itself.
We're more to be feared for the present
than the fleets of France.
The Count d'Estaing was, indeed. des-
patched to America with twelve ships
of the lire and six frigates. with four
thousand troops aboard; and his fleet
appeared off Sandy Hook in midsummer,
lis. while Sir Henry Clinton was still
fresh from his fright at Monmouth.
But the too cautious admiral came and
went. and that was all. He would not
attempt an attack upon the English
fleet within the bay at New York, though
it was of scarcely half his strength.
His pilots told him his larger ships
could not cross the bar.
Newport was the only other harbor
the English held and there he allowed
Lord Howe to draw him off. storm
separated the fleets before they could
come to terms. and his cruise ended
pcaceably in Boston harbor.
But it was heavy thing for England
to have French fleets to reckon with.
and embarrassments thickened very
onIinously about her.
She had absolutely no hold on Amer
lea, it seemed. outside the lines actually
occupied by her armies at Newport and
New York: the very sea was beset. for
her merchantmen: and France was now
kindltd into war against her.
Mondny-The Indian Peril.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-07

spccial Corrssrondent Of The Washington Herald
New York, Aug 6.-The Metropole
Hotel. in front of which Herman Rosen
thai the gambler. was shot to death.
remains mute evidence of the manner
in which scandal destroys the value of
real estate. The Metropole is in the
heart of the gayest white light section
OF New York. but for months 1t has
been untenanted and dark
Shortly after the shooting. the hotel
went into bankruptcy. 1t had long
been a money-making institution and
was the meeting place for the crowd
that makes up the night life OF Broad
way-but one by one the patrons drop
ped away until one night it was said
that not a guest was registered in the
house and only two persons-eVidently
strangers-dined in the cafe.
\ new management came along and
changed the name and tried hard to
stem the tide. but could not. No one
else seems willing to take a chance,
yet rents are going up all around II.
The vacilating Jack Rose has risen
hotly to deny that he ever was stool
pigeon, aiding the ends of justice. He
was a graft collector. he would have
you understand. sir.
Frank Mande1. the playwright. has
discovered the dryest story in the
world. Gather round. here it is: An
freshman and a Scotchman went into
the saloon together to get drink and
the Irishman discovered that he had
no money.
George Bowles declares that he met
newly-wedded young lady on the
street the other day who was so happy
that she was fairly. hop. skipping and
jumping along the crowded thorough
/ fare.
He grabbed her by the arm and in
auircd: why the frivolity:"''
"Oh. have done something wonder
full today" she exclaimed with her
face fairly abeam.
"What did you do? Tell me. l can
keep a secret"
81 learned how to press my husbands
pants so he won't appear deformed.
| And she skipped down the street,
ira -laing all the way.
| In the downtown district the other
day a novelty was found and it was 4
treat for the man who used to have
his shoes shined while all Main street
looked on. young lad, evidently from
the country and eager to make liv-
ing, appeared with his backing box on
his hack When he found a customer
! he got down on his knees. while the
customer stood with one foot atop the
box.
| William NJ. Rouse. who writes short
stories to keep the wolves away, al
most laughed himself into an early
grave the other day. The cause OF II
was the following letter: Please cash
this at your earliest convenience. 50
that the cancelled check may be re-
turned to US with as little de ay as pos
si5lei Such useful advice to an au-
thor and so very helpful!
| coney Island Is living up to its repu-
tation of being the musical paradise fof
the boys from Tin Pan alley. It II
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Nh. Bryan's Aerobatic Ally:.

The recently assumed pro-German attitude oil
the New York American has resulted in the hair
raising execution by Mr.. Hearsts newspaper oil
the most amazing journalistic somersault on rec.
ord. From merciless lanbasting of the grape
juieer" in editorials and cartoons, the American
now proclaims Mr.. Bryan as a greater statesman
and diplomat than the people Of the United States
ever dreamed of, in fact the "only statesman OF
diplomat" ever connected with the Wilson admin
istration. According to the American, Mr.. Bryan
ing incompetent. the trimmer and self-seeker, to
the noblest of patriots. In Washington those who
have noticed the Post steer by the Hearst com
pass are looking forward to Hearst-MeLean
combination supporting Bryan for the Presidency
The Observer.