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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-25
WHITLOCK BACK,
THIN, NERVOUS
Minister to Belgium Will
Not Talk About Death
of Miss Cavell.

|. Brand Whitlock, American Minister
TO Belgium. returned to the United
States yesterday with his wife on the
Ryndam, Of the Holland America Line
His face showed the effects of the con-
stant strain that has drawn on his
vitality for more than year, but OF
the events which left their mark upon
him he refused TO say a word.
"May ask you just one favor was
his greeting to the newspaper men.
"Please do not ash me anything about
Belgium"
Mr.. Whitlock settled all rumors about
his possible recall for activity IN the
Cayell case by announcing that ne
would return TO Belgium on the Kot-
terdam on December %.
81 have come for rest and to see
nv mother in Cleveland" he said.
after Thanksgiving | shall report at
Washington and later visit Cleveland
and Toledo. Before | sail again ! shall
probably spend few days IN New
York"
A delegation Of Toledo men met their
former four-time Mayor at Quaran-
tine. The reception committee was
headed by Marshall Sheppy and in
cluded Charles Nj. Milroy, MayOr-elect
of Toledo, Mr. Whitlock's former law
partner, and n. c. Wright, editor of
"The Toledo Blade
Mr.. Whitlock and his wife said this
Thanksgiving would be one of the hap
piest they had ever spent Mrs. Whit
lock wore a dark blue travelling suit
and red fox furs- selected evidently
TO harmonize with Mieka. Pekinese
spaniel she brought with her.
Mr.. Whitlock seemed much thinner
than when he was last in this coun-
try. He accepted his post in Belgium
after a strenuous political life in To-
Iedo because he hoped 10 have consid-
cradle spare time 10 devote TO literary
work. Instead it fell 20 his lot to
render diplomatic service OF incalcu-
liable benefit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitlock will stay here
until tomorrow, when he leaves for
Washington. They will be welcomed
at Toledo with a large public reception.
The minister and his wife had an
opportunity TO satisfy a two-year de-
sire for oysters by ordering dozen
AZ luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
They had not tasted an oyster for
two wears, Mr.. Whitlock said. They
were very busy all afternoon reeeiv-
ing callers in their apartments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-25
Can Beat Nunition Men.

!. nsfs going 70 win, becauEe we have
n .yt Only that per cent. know
n.is men who. are making money
1nT nis var, ard know them 10
-. , kncw how 70 beat them. They
- ~ argument that can stand up
our programme. Wen have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-25
WALL ST. BREADS
GERMAN VIOLENCE
Wire Netting Covers Nor.
gan's Office - SleuthS
Patrol SkyscraperS.

Fires and explosions on ships at
sea, the burning OF munition factories
and daily threats of violence have Gre
ated widespread apprehension among
prominent railroad men and bankers in
New York. Guards are protecting indi-
viduals. their Offices and homes, banks,
railroad terminals, tunnels, steamship
piers. and factories. Thousands of oil
lars are being spent in protective
measures that would otherwise be used
to increase production and prosperity.
The Stock Exchange, the Offices of
J. p. Morgan & Co., the National City
Bank and other financial institutions
are protected night and day by addi
tional guards. A heavy wire netting
has been put in place above the office
of ]. p. Morgan e. Co. As an addi-
tional precaution, guards are stationed
in the towering buildings near bv.
The visitors gallery and the men,
bers' gallery in the Stock Exchange
were closed by order of the board of
directors shortly after the Lusitania
disaster. There are additional guards
throughout the day at each Of the four
entrances to the building.
These protective steps were taken
because of threatening letters. re-
ceived almost dailv from men who
feel that there is unjust dscrimina-
tion in the access which the London
Exchange has to the New York m~rket
for the liquidation of securities
whereas the Berlin exchange ci not
deal with New York at all.
Nearly every detective agency in the
eastern part of the country has en-
ployed extra men to be used AS guards,
In addition to the small army which
the railroads and steamship lines have
for the same purpose. The majority
Continued on page 4. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-25
Asbury MAY Become Ludlow.

Asbury. N. j., Nov. 24.-This little
r,ace is in a turmoil because the post
Office may change its name. The rail
road changed the station to Ludlow
because the baggage got mixed up with
that destined for Asbury Park, d it
is said the mails are also confused. II
any change is made, the people say, 1t
should be in the name OF the resort,
for this town Is its elder by seventy
five years. -.-
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Continued on page 4. column 5
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-25
GUARANTEE

Your Money Back
If You Want It.
Sec Editorial Page, First Column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-25
WEATHER

FAIR TODAY AND TOMORROW
LIGHT WINDS.
Yesterday's Temperature;
High, IS: Low, So.
Full report on Page 9.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
Would Make the White House Dry.

The prohibition amendment to the District ap-
preparation bill, proposed by Senator Sheppard,
is drastic. 1t would make Washington "dry" down
town but leave it wet" in the residence districts,
dry" in public but wet" in private. No person
could manufacture, barter sell or give away any
sprituous, vinous or malt liquors of any kind
within the District Of Columbia. But the words
give away shall not apply to the giving away
OF Intoxicating liquors by any person in his pri-
vate dwelling, unless such private dwelling is a
place of public resort"
The exception is the most drastic part of the
amendment, in that it discriminates in favor of
the Senators who, as a rule, have their private
dwellings, and against the people who live in
hotels or occupy houses that not private dwell
iugs. The President Of the United States falls
within this latter class He occupies a public
house which is owned furnished, and provided
for, at the public expense 1t is the most public
house in America. in that it is owned by the
whole people as the official residence of the Presi-
dent
\ part Of the White House is the Presidents
private dwelling, mostly above the first floor. But
the amendment distinctly bars the private dwell
ing which is also place OF public resort. The
President could not give away whisky, wine or
beer in his bedroom in the private dining
room where he has personal or private guests.
The diplomatic dinner, and the dinner to the Su-
prcme Court, are public functions. The guests
these functions not left to the choice of the
President. They arc not private persons and he
is not private person. Not only the guests, but
the order of seating is prescribed by custom and
international usage which is often stronger than
law. The fact that the President gives these Of
fetal dinners and also public receptions, would,
under the amendment, bar him from even the
general permission to give away Intoxicating
liquors in the private apartments of the White
House, because they part OF the great public
house he occupies and uses for public functions.
He would be denied the privilege Of keeping a
locker up stairs, and giving his guests a drink
before dinner or after dinner. The Century
Dictionary defines private property and private
rights "the property and rights of persons,
natural or artificial in their individual, personal
or private capacity, as distinguished from the
rights of the state or public vested in a body
polite or public officer or board as such and for
public use"
The President would be justified in vetong
bill which carried a prohibition that applied to
him and not to the Senators. 1t would be an in
vasion of the executive rights by the legislative
power. 1t may be that it was meant as a retalia-
ton for the Presidents nsistence of his power to
make recess appointments, but whether the
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
The Worlds Rarest Plant.

The rarest plant in the world grows
in Hawaii, a fact which is unknown
to all but very few of the thousands
of tourists annually visiting the para
disc of the Pacific. 1t is the silver
sword. Its very name is odd and un-
usual, at once arousing the curiosity
and the interest of the stranger who
chances to hear it. II is a CaCtus-like
growth, the long. silky. gray leaves
of which give it its peculiar name.
The reason for its rarity is that it is
found only on the most inaccessible
slopes of the volcanoes of this group
of islands.
From the earliest times it has been
appreciated and greatly admired by
the native Hawaiians, who called 1t
"ahinahina" (gray-headed), because
they had never, before the coming Of
the white man, seen silver, and there
fore could not apply to the plant the
cognomen which so we'll describes IT.
All who have found IL prize II more
jealously than do Alpine climbers
treasure the edelweiss; II is far more
beautiful a thing and more difficult
to obtain than the famous flower of
SwitZerland.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
Britain Faced Bread Famine.

Britain was on the verge of bread
famine during the Napoleonic wars,
and in 1900 a law was enacted pro-
hibiting the sale of bread till II had
been out of the oven at least twenty
four hours. Food was so scarce and
dear" writes F. W. lakewood, that
a portion of the population refused
to starve in silence, and rioting broke
out in many parts of England . A
royal grant of $500 was made to one
Thomas Toden. to enable him to
prosecute a discovery made by him of
a paste as a substitute for wheat
flour. The unfortunate
seamen fighting Great Britain's bat
ties on the high seas had to subsist
on biscuits so badly made that when
the weevils were knocked out there
often remained nothing but empty
shells" A plentiful harvest the fol-
lowing year saved the situation.-Lon-
don ChroniclA.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

Miss Natalie briggs. and Miss Cal
deron. Mrs. Taylor will receive again
early in February.
DR.. Robert II. Babcock. Of Chicago.
is the guest this week of Assistant
Secretary of Commerce Edwin +.
Sweet.
Mrs. Champ Clark was honor guest
at a luncheon given yesterday by Mr..
J. Thompson Baker
Mrs J. F. Shafroth. wife Of Senator
Shafroth. of Colorado. will not he At
home today. but will De at home IN" last
Thursday in the month and the last
Thursday in February
Miss Margaret Morrison. daughter or
a former United States consul i'm China.
Mr. Thomas Morrison. entertained 1t 3,
luncheon bridge yesterday in honor ~
Mrs. Philip Clancy. Of Niagara. y. y
who is visiting in WASHINGTON. Covers
were laid for sixteen. Tho Decorations
and favOrs were carried out in pink.
The Girls Glee Club Of the Geor-,
Washington University which has JUS.
admitted q number Of new members. ar,-
nounces the following revised roster.
EveriI WOrrcll, president; Mary TyudaI
vice president: Marie GalchcIl. secretary.
Elizabeth Richardson. treasurer; Ruth
l.. Ayler directress: Joanna Best. I"lcr
Cam Margaret Hainos. Esther Kahn.
Gladys Kain, Florence kergan. FlOreu"I
Kerby. Mildred Padsett Florence Post.
Helen Short, Dorothy StiefeI. and Elsa
Weber
Mrs. John FoOte will be at home today
and the following Thursdays in January
Mrs Bankhead. wife Of the Senator
from Alabama. will he At home today
at the New willard. She will he
assisted in receiving by her young
granddaughter and several friends.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
ARMY ORDERS.

BY direction Of the President Capt Gcorgr =
shaw infantry. Is relieved from his rrtail as ma o-
Philippine Scouts to take effect April H. 1915. an.
will proceed 10 San Francisco. Cal, on the tran
port due TO leave Manila. April Is. 1915. and u'I
report to the commanding general. Western Depar'
mcnt, accordance with General Orders. No -
War Department 1914
BY direction Of the President. First Lieut.. \.
bert b Kaempser Twenty-sIyt Infantry. ia a~
tailed as professor Of military science and tartr'
At the North Georgia Agricultural college. Daho-
mega. Ga. to take effect January l.. 1915.
The following CffCers Of the Medical COrTS VIII
report in person on April }. 1916 To Mai Jerr Z.
Clayton. Medical Corps. president Of the evan.
iniUg board at Fort sam Houston, Tex. fCT "7.
animation to determine their fitness for rI-mott'n
First Lisuts. Harry II. BlOdEett. Robert NJ Hard
away. Howard L. Hull John W. Sherwood. Aifrc!
P. Upshur. and Charles VI. Watson.
The following officers Of the Medical CORPS wr.l
report in person April 5. 1915 TO Lieut.. Co.
Charles =. Mason. Medical CorTS. president of r r
examining board at Ancon. Canal Zone Tor cE.
animation To determine their fitness for prom
ton: First Lieuts James =. Ba,Iis. Thomas "
Burnett. Douglas W. MCEnery. John W. Meshan
and GUY l.. QuaIlS
Col. Harry c. Benson cavalry. unassigned. is az
tached 70 the Ninth Cavalry, and will ,'in the reg
mrnt 70 which attached.
Lieut.. Col. Charles II Muir infantry.
signed is relieved from duty with tie Organize
Militia TO take effect February Is 1915 lie is
signed 10 the Twenty-scventh Infantry.
First Lieut.. Arthur H. Wilson. cavalry. una.
s-lFtaA - ItlltNtfl lDl utiLA tlF uiltf lf'''
Military Academy. to take effect February 3 1915.
He is assigned the Third Cavalry.
Paragraph &. Special Orders. No. 10. December
8. 1914 relating 10 Capt William Paterson. Coast
Artillery Corps. is revoked
Capt. George T. Hawcs II. Coast Artillery Cons,
is relieved frum duty the Coast Artillery School.
Fort Monroe Va. Is assigned to the FDurty-fOrJrtl
Company and will procrei 10 nin that company
Capt. Gilbert II. Stewart Ordnance Department,
will make not to eVrect thrV vIsrrz during the
month Of January. 1915 and not cyr-i four visits
during the months of February and March. 1915.
TO the works Of the Colts Patent Fire Arms Manu-
featuring Company. Hartford Conn. on official
business pertaining to the iu.Ts7-tj"u II matcrlrI
being manufactured for tho Ordnance Department.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
Ever Hear of Such Things !

New York. Jan. 13.-Because ho
could not stop weeping. PercivaI g
France. forty, committed suicide bv
shooting. lie was subject to fits Of
sObbing for no apparent reason.
New York. Jan. 13.-Sheriff Petit. Or
Nassau County, proposes to notify all
county officials by flashes from "a
searchlight whenever n crime has bcCu
committed and by telephone calls to
spread n net for the criminals
st. John, n. H, Jan 13-Roarirr
bell buoy, which with its anchor
weighs 5000 pounds was carried
away by a whale The government
steamer Lansdowne later found dead
whale fifty feet long entauGIcd in the
chain of the buoy.
Papillion. Nebr., Jan. 13.-Because Of
notoriety gained by Mrs. Clarence 9
Houston, who is said to have the
prettiest feet in the world. her hus-
band. Nat c. Houston, was granted a
divorce.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS ~ VESSELS.


Helena arrived AZ HaukoW. IaDua-v u: Washing
ton arrived at ROstun. January ~ Kansas arrived
at Delaware Rreakwster. January u. Nero ar
rived at san Francisco. January =. Cleveland ar
rived at Mazatlan. January Il; Cleveland sailed
from MaZstan. January Il. Glacier sailed from
Mazatlan. January II: Supply arrived a. Manila
January 3; Tennessee and Jason sailed rom A'ry-
andra. January L; Maryland arrived al MazatIau.
January Z: san Diego sailed from ~an DicgC Jan
uary e. Raleigh s.iled from HazatIa1. January y
ORDERS To OFFICERS
Ianuary - I9I5- Is-ur-it
Lieut.. Commander Pope Washington ~ receiving
shin at New York and the Maine on January J.
Lieut.. Commander e. +. Nelson IN navy yard
Philadelphia. will sUpervi-c fitting ont Duwnrs amt
in command when commissioned
Lieut.. s. VI Robinson 10 Bureau Of steam Eng
necring, Navy Department
L.'ut. Diunior gradcl J. ". Evrr-ou 10 homs VI {:
orders
Lieut.. tjIuior E-ad"' W. =. Am-icn To- A-ia'a'
Ststi"n tyia army Transport Il N7r~h l.l
Capt. \ p. Harding tn FIrt Brigade NAVY
yard. PhIIad'luhia
Capt W. ". Low tr First Bn.adc. navy yart.
Philadelphia.
First Lieut. ! T. Murray IN Rhod. Island
S"crnd Lieut.. VI. L Humphrey TO First Brigade.
navy yard. Philadelphia.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

There is disposition in some quarters to criti-
else two living ex-Presidents for their failure
to hobnob a recent trip from New York to
Boston. We discover little merit in the criticism
Because has been President of the United
States it does not follow that he is to be denied
the privilege of choosing his own company. Nor
should it debar him from the exercise of reason
able degree of aloofness if he be so inclined. 1t
must not be forgotten that these estimabe gentle
men arc not strangers. They arc quite we'll enough
acquainted TO determine the question of con-
gcnislity,
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
Personal Joking.
sy JOHN ID. BARRY.

A N old lady that l met to-
"a day told me something
of her life. With her husband
she had lived in harmony for
forty years. "On the day of
our marriage" she remarked,
"he said to me with great
solemnity: Nan, there are two
rules that we must agree to
observe. One is never to let
the sun go down on our wrath.
The other is never to say any
thing to each other as a joke
that we wouldn't think of say
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

However in attitude toward humor we are
unquestionably improving. Jokes that once would
have been considered highly amusing now
pretty generally condemned. They include that
phase Of personal humor called practical joking,
where people put at disadvantage and there
by made ridiculous. Now, the practical jokers like
the punsters, are disappearing. II they abound at
ALL it is in very remote rural communities or
among groups where the point of view is distinctly
elementary 1t is now widely recognized that there
is no real humor in causing embarrassment or
hardship to others or actual suffering.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

language used was the deliberate or careless use
of words, it looks though the Sheppard amend
ment classed the President with those of the Dis
trict who donot belong to the exclusive class who
own lease private dwellings and are excepted
from prohibition.
The more carefully one studies the Sheppard
amendment the Senatorial it appears, for
the purpose of making exclusive circle even
in the use of liquors.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

ing in earnest" When l told her that l thought
the second rule was even important than
the first she emphatically nodded her head. 1--WE
all know how serious the consequences of anger
can be unless they very quickly restrained.
And the only sure way of restraining them is by
stopping the anger. But don't all see how
dangerous personal joking is So often it leads
to misunderstanding and resentments. l know
of people who go about tormenting others and
bringing misery themselves by this kind Of
joking. And between husband and wife it
very quickly break down the consideration that
does so much to keep them harmonious"
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
Onlens.

so your husband gave you a pearl
necklace for a Christmas gift, did he?
But don't you know that pearls are the
token of tears?'
Yes. and by that same token. I cried
till l got 'em.'-Baltimore American
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

What foreigners note in our joking is lack Of
that fneness of feeling which tends to inhbit false
humor and to develop the higher kind of humor,
the humor that, through being impersonal, is none
the less human The best humor is obviously the
kind that approximates the universal that calls
attention to those traits that inherent; not
merely in the individual but in the whole human
species. Some day we are going to develop a
humor that shall transcend anything literature
has yet achieved, that shall be worthy of our new
and cosmopolitan life.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

On the whole the President has wcathcrcd
the ordeal of his Jackson Day speech as we'll as
he could have expected. Uncle Joe" Cannon
doesn't think highly of it, Senator Gallingcr re-
grets that Mr.. Wilson permitted himself to be
partisan, and Senator Lodge finds nothing really
worth while in it Most disquieting of all is the
New York Times plaintive note to the effect that
il is not up to the Presidents hgh-water mark
as literary effort
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
His Undying Love,

Mrs. Exe-IIas your husbands love
grown cold?
Mrs. Nye-Oh, no: he loves himself
Just as much now as he did when We
were married ten years ago.-Boston
Transcript.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

After an existence of ffty-thrce years as full
fcdeed State, Kansas is now enjoying her first
native-born governor That is not to saw that
there have not been periods in the Commonwealth
career when product of the soil would have done
her far more honor than the imported article that
made the rifle" Nor does it imply that first
class indigenous gubernatorial timber has been
scarce in the Sunfower State these many years.
Evidently, it just happened that way
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

The New Nork State commissioner Of cduca-
ton has settled the tcacher-mothcr question and
DR.. FinIcy'S decision is fitting rcbuke to the
amazing thick-wittedncSs of Gotham's board of
education. Nothing remains for the board TO do
in its crusade against the teachcr-mothers except
to work the general incfhciency dodge for all it
i> worth.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
4 Slight Difference.

First Father-What? Your son is ar
undertaken? Why. | thought YOU said
he was a doctor Second Paternal Rcla.
tve-No; l said that nc followed the
medical DrOfession.-Harvard LampOon. ,
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

Let lis hear more from the steel foik about
hard times and few contracts coming in. Accord
ing to the New York subway management, the
new steel cars prescribed by the public service
commission cannot be ready for eighteen months
on account of previous business arrangements.
Eighteen years would have been more satisfac-
tory 10 the subway people.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
West Virginia Legislature Meets.

Charleston. w. Va, Jan 15-Vcrn"U r.
Johnson, Of Berkely County. WIS elected
speaker of the lower house. and r. T
England. OF Logan County, was elected
president Of the senate when the IrCisIg-
ture convened today Both are Rcpub-
liCans. The governor. in his annual mes
sage, recommended law giving the
ballot to women.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

Speaker Cl2!k has decided that it is in order
Tor Senator or Representative to ask the Pres
dCnt OF the United States question while he is
delivering an address to Congress. Representa-
tive Samuel w. Smith called attention to the fact
that the House used to quiz George Washington.
and he probably hit upon the very reason why
it became customary for Presidents to send their
communications to Congress by messenger
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

Brooklyn court is wrestling with the ques-
ton whether putting the thumb to the nose and
wiggling the four fingers constitutes disordcrly
conduct. Some such performance as that caused
a whole lot OF trouble between the families Of
Romeo and Juliet but they didn't ask the court to
Straighten it out
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14
Militant Kindness.

Lady (whO during a short trip had 10
put her pug dog in board at a neiEhbor's $
family)-Well. children, have you always
been very kind to my pet?
Chorus-Yes,
Little Carl (blurting ouO-And he can
swim now, too!-Fligende Blaetter
The Washington herald., 1915-01-14

Representative Bowdle'S speech on the woman
suffrage revolution failed to qualify him as humor-
lst, orator or statesman. 1t did, however, DEM
onstrate the wisdom OF the voters of the First
Ohio district in giving Nick Longworth his seat
back. But the woman sufTragists must learn not
TO hiss in meeting.