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The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
Time Summons a New Champion.

Youth battered down age at Havana yesterday,
as it always does, and today the world has new
prize ring champion. In the battle all the ad-
vantage was with the white man. Always the
physical superior of the veteran black he sent
into the ring for the first time in his career with
knowledge of the tactics necessary to victory.
Yet the challenger far from being finished
boxer; at the science of the game the champion
was still his master. But SO years and an excess
of avoirdupoise, much of it about the waist line,
made of the black man comparatively easy vic
tim for an opponent ten years younger and carry
ing not an ounce of excess baggage. Not once in
a generation does the athletic stage show a
fighter at the height of his powers at So. Fitz-
simmons in this respect was in class by. himself.
An easy and not careful life had more TO
do with Johnson's defeat than Wizards blows
Less than hour after toeing the scratch he was
weary of carrying his overweight back and forth
and his opponent had he SO willed,' could have
bided his time and delivered the winning blows
at leisure.
There is lesson in the fight that the new
champion will do we'll to take unto himself Steady
and systematic exercise and proper living will
prolong his physical prowess as il will that Of
nearly every man; and Willard at best has but
a few years in which to enjoy his honors and
profit from them He will be hailed Is a national
hero. feted and tempted. aad il he Yields Father
Time viii soon be ready with the count Of ten
for him. There are other lighters wAe eesld have
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
HISTORY BUILDERS.
How New York City Made a Serious
Blunder.
Written Earressly for The Washington Herald.
BY DIR. f. j. EDWARDS.

| ny Lo w - ME-
How speedily tho names and
careers of our great industrial and
commercial leaders are forgotten af-
ter they have passed away! l have
heard 1t said that there is no perma-
nent fame excepting for two or three
of the great inventors and also for
American authors to be acquired in
the United States"
This was said to me by the late
Charles c. Clarke, who during nearly
fifty years of association with Com
modore Vanderbilt and his successor
and, earlier. with the politicians Of
New York State when he was deputy
State treasurer met many of those
who achieved greatly in the last half
Of the nineteenth century.
Il was thinking the other day of
the late Erastus Corning. He was in
his day as prominent a citizen of the
United States as could be found any
where in the country and his name
was as familiar to the public as later
was that OF Z. II. Hartman" con-
tinued Mr.. Clarke. Mr. Corning.
whom I knew well. owed no small
part of his success to his training Of
young men, and when L. C. Worces-
ter. whose name. I suppose. very few
persons are now familiar with. was
employed by him TO work out the
problem created by the proposition to
consolidate ten railroad companies
which were operating lines between
Albany and Buffalo. he made choice
exactly of the right man. Worcester
had no precedent to go by. for when
he undertook this work there had been
consolidation ofs Railroads. 1t was
in the early fifties that he worked
out all of the details by means Of
which 1t was possible at last to con-
solidate these ten companies perfectly
and operate them satisfactorily. The
consolidated companies were called
the New York Central
"One Of Commodore Vanderbilt's
gifts which accounted in considerable
measure for his successes was his
ability to make choice of competent
subordinates- He learned what Mr..
Worcester as young man had done
for Erastus Corning and Dean Rich
mond In perfecting the organization
Of the New York Central So the COM
modore brought Mr.. Worcester into as
ISOLATION with him when he planned
the consolidation of the Hudson River
railroad with the New York Central
Il remember that Commodore VAN
derbilt committed to Mr.. Worcester
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

worth of bonds and stocks. our remit
, tances TO wealthy Americans domic.le
abroad have been substantially curtailed
more of our exports and imports beinI
carried in American ships. remittance
by alien immigrants have probabl.
dwindled and the seeing Europe" fat
may give place to the more sensible ant
patriotic policy of "seeing America first
II 1t be true-and In large measure Il
,is-that our prosperity II chiefly based
on the fruitfulness Of our soil. the cur
rent year should be a good one for thi:
country.
The grain expert Joseph F. Pritchard
sent this message from Chicago last even
ing.
vorable at this season Of she year than
at the present time. The winter wheat
! crop Is the largest ever seeded
However. farseeing financiers take
| other methods into consideration. and
unfortunately. not few of the most
| powerful of them cannot read the future
without misgivings. mainly because of
the absolutely novel problems created
4 by the war and its accompanying colos-
sal destruction Of property and disorsani-
cation Of customary trade and financial
| channels.
II the administration could diasnose
these world problems, and if il would
at the same time stop experimenting and
Mitigating against business organizations.
then our leaders. our doors. might feel
justified in throwing OFF the feelings OF
| uncertainty and going ahead with new
enterprises with all the courage tina,
, has usually characterized them In the
past.
For the present. however, caution is
observed in the highest circles.
wall Street. has no such qualms II
stock movement be trustworthy
guide.
Quotations of numbers Of Industrial
issues have scared sensationally with
out even the stimulus of dividends.
The public should hesitate, however
to pay 500 a share for stocks that
have never yielded a dollar to holders
and which are being doomed on war
orders. for these may cease with un-
expected suddenness.
Small investors and others not within
earshot of the Stock Exchange floor
should not loose their heads over
booms in motor cars or other
specially" stocks having poor records.
Standard dividend-payings stocks and
safe bonds are the most suitable for
outside buyers.
Offerings Of seasoned securities are
coming -on the market daily from
England and the continent and cur
rent prices yield an income rate sell
dom within reason
The abolition of all artificial mini
mum rates for listed stocks and all
restrictions on bond dealings by the
New York Stock Exchange last We'd
nesday put the whole market on
more wholesome basis. although the
practical effect was of course, negli-
gible.
Activity was greater last week both
in stocks and bonds than at any pre-
vious time since the Exchange, re-
opened on December IL last The pub
lie bought freely. although profess
sional spectators helped things along. |
The biggest people are waiting i'm |
rninent development in the theater of war
before becoming ran. bumptious
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

Words, matter how strong. will probably
in sinking the Falaba. Nothing that the allies
will say viii defect her They may call the act
murder and piracy, they may declare Germany an
viii anything the neutraIs say make much dit.
ference. But what the ncutrals may do will make
difference. y is clear that to all neutrals such
crimes are direct challenge. II they continue
the neutral powers may have to make their opinion
felt The civilized opinion of mankind may have
to turn upon Germany and compel her to- respect
human deccncy. II would have case ii which
New Republic. - s - 5.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
Thrift and Confidence Will
Make u. S. Worlds Banker

i Administration leaders are worried owe
the country's unsatisfactory business
conditions and the consequent widespread,
unemployment.
Investigations, quiet and informal, ar,
being made to discover whether .'bil
business Is wantonly bedeviled thing
| for the Interior purpose OF discreditins
the government
1t will be hard to find any such evi.
dence-that Is, real evidence, not the kind
that misled the Postmaster General
to accuse the railroads Of the tremendous
ly grave. not to say slanderous. charge O
'looting" the government. or the kind
that caused Chairman Walsh, of the In
dustriai Relations Commission, to con-
denim certain capitalists before he called
them to testify.
Instead OF the administration trying to
unearth unsettling conduct among the
nations largest employers and men of
affairs. perhaps its search might bear
more fruit IL begun nearer home.
The European war cannot be made the
scapegoat for all our Industrial troubles.
for our trade balance was running
strongly against us before the war be.
gan. and was turned in our favor only
after enormous war orders were re-
ceived.
How revolutionary has been the change
in our foreign trade current may be
gathered from the fact that, whereas
imports were exceeding exports month
after month before war broke out. our
exports promise to outvalue our imports
for the twelve months ending July 30 next
by $1,000. 600 0O0-one thousand million
dollars-a figure never before ap-
preached.
1t Is this unparalleled credit balance
that is enabling us to act as bankers for
almost every nation on earth.
Last week France was extended So
10000 credit; Canada has borrowed AL
most twice that sum here during the
last eight months; Russia. Germany.
Sweden. Denmark, Italy. Switzerland.
Argentine and others have also sought
our financial aid, while England is ex-
pected to raise Sl0o.0OO.00o here forth
with.
All this. with the exception OF some
Canadian items, has taken the form OF
temporary borrowing. but II is well I'M
derstood by bankers that most of the
loans will not be paid of at maturity.
but will have to be extended or made
America will not be able to rival Eng
land or France as n foreign lender, how
ever. unless American investors take
more kindly to oversee securities than
they have in the past. and unless. 1t
might be added. the new spirit OF thrift
among the people is maintained and
jroadened.
There is no reason why the United
States should not hereafter. under nor
nally prosperous agricultural and indus ,
rial conditions. have the billion capital
needed annually for home use and have |
. comfortable margin for. investment In
,ther lands, where it's employment would |
iirectly and powerfully stimulate our |
oreign commerce.
Our so-called invisible payments to
europe. computed at about s1.Ooo.00.co a !
'ear, have been radically cut down and |
hould not return to former figures. In
smuch as our interest and dividend pay
nents to foreign holders OF our securities
ave been materially reduced by the re
urn of several hundred million dollars
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
"HUCK FINN' PASSES 90
Hero of Mark Twain Book Tells
How He Was Pat in Tyne,

Portland, Greg. April 5.-B. F. Finn.
the original "Huckleberry Finn" Of Mark
,Twain's books. has just celebrated his
ninetieth birthday at his ranch on the
Mckenzie River near here. and IL hale
and hearty.
He has vivid recollection OF Marx
Twain. with whom he worked on q
Mississippi steamboat. but says Twain
really didn't get much from himself
Of what he wrote about Hucklsberry
Finn except the name.
I'VE called Clemens Charley In those
days." said Finn. HE and ] both work
ed on the steamer Shotwell running out
OF st. Louis. was nicknamed 'Huckle-
berry, and Clemens seemed to take .
fancy to the name. Tom Sawyer was my
mems knew me-"
Finn has lived On the McKeniss River
her4 ~ forty years past. ana ssIdon,
onsfGss from III sstrse4
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

A South Carolina murderer appealed to the
Supreme Court of the United States against being
electrocuted. claiming that hanging was the legal
method of execution when he committed the crime
The highest tribunal sustained the South Carolina
court which held that electrocution was less pain
tuL more humane, and would "amelorate" the
doomed mans death pangs. The man will 60 to
his death. though, without being convinced that he
is getting off easy
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
Critics of the President.

The President shows excellent taste in refus-
ing to make any reply to the criticisms of his
administration by his two predecessors. Of these.
Of course Mr.. Taft.s remarks are in very diff
ferent tone from that to which Mr. Roosevelt has
too much familiarized But the people of the
OF the usage MI Roosevelt trampled under foot.
according to which who has held the
highest Office in the gift of his countrymen regards
euss the conduct of his Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

Perhaps I am one. Con-
vince me and you may show
me a way of escape.
A man said to me the
other day, an ardent worker
for social betterment. Every
now and then I try to re-
mind myself that l may be
all wrong. and that the
people l am tempted to judge
may be nearer the truth than
/ am"
/ opened my eyes in as
tonishmcnt. 1t was as IL l
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

Even allowing for possible exaggeration in the
Berlin reports of damage inflicted by the Turkish
forts on attacking warshps. it is apparent that the
allies must make heavy sacrifices the DardanelIes
are to be forced. 1t is not at all probable, how
ever that they began operations without carefully
calculating the cost and weighing the chances of
success, though the effectiveness of the resistance
thus far encountered may have furnished some
thing of a surprise
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
RESOURCES.

Despite your weakness and your sin
You are mine of gold Within
Rich lodes of ore of rarer worth
Than any stored in mines of earth
But wait the labor of your WILL
With riches blest your ways to fill
Whence Friend of Mine, make haste-awakel-
And of the mintage there partake.
Nor let the inner gold be loss
Because your quest is outer dross
Copyright IsI5.)
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

Women will vote for mayor in Chicago TODAY
for the first time. There $4,000 of them. regis
tered and campaign managers are puzzled as to
how they will vote. When the count is made it
Will doubtless be found that their vote is divided
along the same lines that of the men, 1t will
be rather more interesting, especially to the
suffragists, to note what proportion of those rep
istered cast their ballots
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

defeated Willard yesterday. but the confidence
that comes with victory may make him their
master tomorrow; and if Willard is but master
of himself he may wear his laurels until he reaches
the age of his victim of yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
COutemptuOus,

now this Is secret and you
mustn't tell anybody"
Rest assured that I won't tell that
secret to anybody. dear have no
desire to figure as a female Rip Van
Wrinkle. That secret is at least three
weeks old.'-Louisvills Courier Jour
nal.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
OF Little Use.

Yes, I tried the experiment of an
Office girl instead Of an office boy. She
didn't whistle or smoke, but she failed
to please Che ONCE force"
why was thatg
"She could never learn to go out
and get the correce score."-Newark
Star.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
Long Suffering Business.

Business is long suffering and wonderfully
patient; but when it becomes too weary of the
amateur interferences from Washington it will
make itself heard, and those who Fostering it
will be making apologies instead of attacks
PHILADELPHIA Public Ledger.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

The State Department is to deny passports to
Americans planning to travel in Europe for recre-
alton The disappointment probably will not be
widespread.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

Shake your clothes before you lay them away
in moth-proof packages" says Department of
Agriculture bulletin. Shaking them will be not
only unnecessary but dangerous unless spring
arrives SOON
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
Prisoners Of Prejudice.
~ JOHN ID. BARRY,

v GU know them as we'll as / do, the Prisoners
of Prejudice Perhaps you are one But if
you are YOU never include yourself among them
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
Morning Smiles.
The BeneAciary,

Husband-Your cooking somebow
doesn't taste like mothers used 70.
Wife-Perhaps II you spent an hour
at the wood-pile before eating, my
cooking would taste just as good
Boston Transcript.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

The Kaiser to Uncle Sam, Dr.: Sinking of one
perfectly good sailing vessel, $22so5o.54 Please
remit
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

Billy Sunday told his Paterson audience that
he wanted to create panic of religion" Panics
as rule are over, though some damage
almost invariably results
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
Tickle Fashion,

Gosh. 1 got In bad. Invested a lot
or money in a factory for making
ladies' rubbers. Just saved myself In
time"
How was that?"
Put out a line of satin slippers for
rough weather wear" - Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

Twenty-nine ocean-going steamships sailed
from New York on Sunday. Ship owners ap-
parently take the two bockadcs less seriously than
the government does
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
A Line o Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRILK BANGS

First printing OF original poem. written caiy
for The Washington Herald
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CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

The marriage of Miss Leonora Rivero.
daughter of the Cuban Minister to Italy
and Nine. Antonio Martin Rivero, and
Mr.. Oliver Owen Kuhn took place yes
terday afternoon ac o'clock at the
coSrrSrrD on pxcr cryry
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

Mr.. Frank B. kellogg, OF st. Paul.
Mimi. who has been spending the
Easter holidays at Hot Springs. Va, re-
turned to Washington yesterday and is
at the New Willard.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

Former Representative Martin w
Littleton and Mrs. Littleton. of New
York City, arrived at the New Willard
yesterday for a stay of some length.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

Col and Mrs. John Temple Graves
entertained at tea-dance Yesterday
afternoon at their residence in Q street
In honor of the members of the Prince
ton Musical Clubs. Receiving with Mrs
Graves were Mrs. Lindley VI. Garrison
and Mrs. Josephus Daniels. Mrs. James
r. Mann and Mrs. John X. Shields pre-
sided over the tea table, and others
assisting were Mis- Janet Cowan, Miss
Helen McCumber. Miss Dorothy Shuey
and Miss Ethel Rose
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

Mrs j. III. Rowen and Miss Florence
Rowen. Of Ann Arbor. Mich. are spend
ing the Easter holiday at the Ebbitt.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

And we with our blessings, can we do nothing
break from own cells, the cells of prejudice.
and help him? Must we keep him prisoner for
the simple reason that we are content to remain
prisoners ourseves?
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-03
Thousands Of Houses
in Turkish Capital
Destroyed by Fire

ATHENS. Greece. Aug. 1-syis Lon
don. )-Arrivals here from constantinople
report that 1900 buildings. including the
German hospital. filled with wounded
soldiers. were destroyed last week by
fire.
coNsrANrINoPI.R. Aug. 1.--(via Lon
don. Aug. 2-There have been no i'm
portant actions on either side In the last
fortnight on the Gailipoli peninsula.
Even the British bombardment OF the
Turkish positions has lessened consid-
erably In It's intensity. This applies both
to Avi-Burnum and sedd-El-Bahr. The
Turkish artillery has been active. how
ever. There has been no serious infantry
engagements.
The military hospitals here and else
where. which few days ago were filled,
now are in many cases half empty. The
American hospital ia included among
this number.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-03
Redfield Orders
Test of Steamers
on the Great Lakes

CHICAGO, Aug. 2-Secretary Of Com
merce Redfield stated today that an
equilibrium test Of all passenger carrying
steamers on the Great Lakes would be
made and that the work of steamboat
inspectors during the last fifteen years
would be investigated.
John A. Cotter OF New Orleans John
K. Bulger of San Francisco, H. M. SeeIey
of New York, Eugene O'Donnell of Bos-
ton. all steamboat inspectors, and a fifth
inspector, to be named later, will be
brought here TO assist in the work, the
secretary said.
The investigation of the records of the
inspection service will be made by a
board on which the travelling public will
be represented. The sixth session of the
federal board Of inquiry into the East
lands disaster was held today.
The Western Electric company's plant
resumed operations today for the first
time since the disaster to the Bastland.
Mourning draperies were removed from
the buildings and only the American flag
remained at half-staff.
Today's revision of the casualty list
shows sss identified dead. two uniden-
titled and 140 missing. OF the missing all
but two have been accounted for as hav-
ing perished.
Captain Harry Petersen Of the East
land. who has been In Jail since shortly
after the disaster. was released on $1O.oOC
bail today.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-03
TOO MUCH RAIN IS
NJURlNG CROPS
Reports Show that Dry
Weather is Needed for Small
Grain and Corn.
CORN PROSPECTS ARE GOOD

The Burlington's crop report for
the week ending last Saturday is far
from being satisfactory, SO far as
Nebraska and Kansas are concerned.
the discouraging feature being too
much rain. For the week, the pre-
cipitation, according to the reports
from the agents, ranged from one
half to four ond one-half inches, with
almost constant rains since the clos
ing of the report. Several stations in
Nebraska. reported from two to four
inches during Saturday and Sunday.
with still more rain falling.
Dealing with the wheat throughout
Nebraska, considerable damage has been
done by the excessive and continued
rains and in many localities the loss
is thought to be quite extensive. 1t is
estimated that in the state. at the close
of last week. IS per cent Of the small
grain remained unharvested. That still
uncut is deteriorating rapidly. as the
ground Is too wet to ge. harvesting ma
chinery into the fields.
Corn I'm Good Condition.
Though late and somewhat weedv IN.
Nebraska corn generally Is reported "a
be In fairly good condition and with a
late fall rain will make close 10 a ,,,,,
crop BY districts. the Burlington officials
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-03
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
DELEGATES NAMED
cFrom a staff correaDondent.l

LINCOLN, Aug. 2--(speciai) )-Dele-
gates 10 the international Irrigation con-
Eress at stockton. Cal. September lSl4;
Fresno. September. Isle; sacramento.
September l7-is. and San Francisco, Sep
tember -. have been appointed by Gov
ernor Morehead- a. followB;
w. v. Hoagland. North Platte; +. L.
Williams, Bridgeport; w. ]. Scout. Kear-
ney; q. p. Ross, Omaha; q. ]. Hunt,
Bridgeport; w. p. Byron. Gothenburg;
William Morrow. scotta Bluff +. 8.
Bible. Paxton n e, Eileston, Harris
Porter Hsigler: ". 4. Devaplt; Bsyerd;
Lewelieni r. H.. Yale. lincoln; J. q.
Woodman, Morrill,; W. v. Harvey, Cul-
bertson: Otto JurEena. Minatare; Frank
lin Lane. Caldwell. w. NJ Barbour.
Ecotts Bluff; Fred Pierson. Sutherland;
Claude Delaney, Northport; r. 4. Blake.
W. 7. strafford. Big s;prinss; J. l. Nc.
Intoah. sidney: c. II. Harpoie. Bayard;
N. d. Smith, Bsidgeport; A. J. Weaver,
Falls City; Henry w Haig. Haig: w. 4
etonnischick. Odell; W. 8. Morian. Nc
Cook: william Sweet, Omaha: +. II. Han
SON. Fremont; J. 2; Porter. crawtord;
AhS drssS ss1e fsana a!'qEspSr HsSss horS w.e cen.
trai City; ]. o. Graf Tecumseh; II.
Lomax, Broken Bow; d. d. Palmer, Sew
ard; Dan Kavanaugh, F'airbury: Frank s.
spirk. Nelson; Q, K. Pittinger Albion; 4.
y Coyne, O'Neill; w. NJ. Kaufman.
Brownville; John r. Henry, Howell;
charies Krumeangh. shelby J. N, Gates,
John Wehn' L.eweiien; Eugene Burton.
Alliance; Jake eGorhring. Seward; Juiiaa
| lNeumann. Wymore.