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The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
New Business Enterprises in the South

and elsewhere than for the last hVe
or six years. AND a very marked I'M
provement in general business condi-
tions throughout the whole South. Al
Baltimore a contract has been let by
the Pennsylvania Railroad for the
construction of new coal pier. at a
cost of S1,0OOO00, to handle about 500
tons of coal per hour. Philadelphia
manufacturers in connection with
Baltimore investors, will build a S3i5,-
600 plant at Baltimore for manufac-
turing Upgrade steel, using electric
ity exclusively. in the work. The Amer
lean Vacuum Can Company. OF West
Virginia. has been organized with a
capital stock of 100000 to manufac-
ture cans or metal containers. The
ShcIbyviIIe Cotton Mills. Shelbyvilie,
Tenn has been organized with Slp-
600 capital stock to build electrically
.r~i'"n cotton mill. Owing TO the pro-
hibition situation in West Virginia,
tr.. West Virginia Brewing Company.
of Huntington, is to remodel its brew
cry and change il into packing
plant, at a cost of $4,000. for the
hacking of hogs and cattle. The Lun-
dale Coal Company. Charleston, W.
Va. has been Incorporated with S2oo'-
600 capital stock for mining operations
From the furniture manufacturing CEN
ter of North Carolina-High Point-
come reports of shortage of labor
with a demand for mechanics in fur
niture making exceeding the supply
a aVHila BILE.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

Reviewing the industrial activities
OF the South for the week, the Manu-
facturers Record sums up the in
creased attention which is being
given TO the building. of cotton mills
and the enlargement of existing
plants The E.tird Manufacturing Com
pany and the Wiscassett Mills Com
pany, both of Albermarlc, y. C., ana
under the same management VIII
build additional mills at cost oil hall
a million dollars each and have award
ed contracts for the buildings. During
the three months of July. August ana
September new cotton mills and I'M
provements to existing plants reported
represent an ultimate cost OF about
60 600 600 while for the first nine
months of the year projected cotton
mill undertakings and enlarGementS
will represent an addition of 25o,ooo
spindles and $500 looms. at an aS
sregaIe outlay of over S6.25O.OoO. In
this development North Carolina Is
taking the lead. OF the additions re-
ported to spindles during the last
three months, about 20 per cent were
in North Carolina. and TO TINS strong
showing is added the two-and-a-hali
million dollar contracts to North caro-
lima mills just mentioned.
Reports from all parts of the South
show continued betterment IN the
lumber situation, with increasing de-
mand: more general employment OF
La bor in the iron districts or Alabama
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

Scotty Allen. famous dog driver Of
Alaska, has left his favorite seat in
Darling & Deans hardware store ia
Nome. and is on his way to New York,
en- route to France. with 100 of his
celebrated huskies.
Scotty and his dogs have been COM
missionSd by the French army for OBJ
servatioh work in the mountains dur
ing the coming winter campaign.
Because of his departure gloom
reigns deep in Alaskan sporting cir
cles. Everywhere people are wonder
ing what this years All-Alaska Sweep
Scotty's presence. For Scotty is
Alaska's favorite son. one best bet. and
Grover Cleveland Alexander all rolleo
into one.
He is the Gen. Joffre of the dog
sledge. and has won more at Alaska's
most popular sport than any other
0 man in the Territory. Every year,
when the swecpstake race is held. the
miners bet their savings on Scotty's
dog team. and though the times have
been many when defeat seemed i'm
minent Scotty's superior generalship.
his absolute indifference to the pace
and tactics of his rivals. have rarely
failed to carry the day in the end.
How the French army came to the
conclusion that Scotty and his dogs
would be valuable acquisition for
observation work in the snow-covered
VosGes range is an interesting story.
1t all came about through Capt
Eugene Haas, "a dashing young artil-
lery officer" now on the fighting line
somewhere in France"
Before the war Capt. Haas was the
French eonsul at Nome. An enthu-
Siastic dog musher." he had many
times been on the trail with Scotty,
with the latter driving his pack OF
huskies over the snow at the rate of
Z eighteen miles an hour.
The lack of adequate facilities for
transporting officers on reconnoitering
expeditions, through the snow having
been severely felt last winter, Capt.
Haas. in one of those rare moments
of inspiration. bethought himself OF
Scotty He went to his Superiors and
told them there was man over 1000
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
Changes in Personnel.

The Department of Commerce ahhouhc-
ed Yesterday the following changes In
its personnel.
Walter II. voskuil. laboratory appren-
tice in the Bureau of Standards. mas
been promoted to aid at $500.
Ernest f. Evans has been reinstated
as clerk to the commercial attache ar
81 200 at London. England. Bureau or
Foreign and Domestic Commerce
In the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
W. A. Foss. temporary chief engineer
at $40 month. has been gwen pre-
bational appointment. National F'rucht.
computer at $3.50, has resigned ana
Nathaniel G. G-ayson mate. has been
promoted to $lS5 a month.
In the Lighthouse Service, the tenn
porary appointment of Harman Z.
Norten as laborer at Moose Peak Light
station Maine. has been terminated
Cbar,es c. Harding, assistant keeper OF
Cobb Point Bar Light station, Md. has
resigned. and Norman c. Mem has been
probationally appointed as second a.-
sistant keeper of Miah Maull shosl Light
Station, N.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
Scotty, Famous Dog Driver,
Quits Alaska TO Aid Allies

miles away who could take the entire
situation in hand and make winter
reconnoitering as easy as spending
money. After the officers had heard
Capt. Haas story of Scotty's extraor-
dinary feats with the dog sledge they
took a favorable view of the idea
Such dogs. trained to make long.
speedy Journeys over places where the
snow made footing unsafe for horse
and man. would prove a valuable aid
to the army. An offer was sent Scotty
to join the allies with his canine
squad.
In his long career Scotty had re-
ceived many and various offers for
his services. Representatives of New
York and San Francisco fur buyers
had been after him for years to go to
western Siberia to take charge of the
spring dash of 500 miles inland from
the Pacific Coast.
With Scotty driving his dog team
they felt they would easily be the
first to reach the fur trappers and
purchase their winters catch from
them. But Scotty refused to forsake
his place in Darling & Deans hard
ware store and his interest in Mrs.
Deans dog kennel establishment.
When the offer from the French
army came. however. ScOtty gave II
serious consideration. He felt. like
Alexander the Great, the need for new
worlds to conquer. Winning the All
Alaska Sweepstakes had become so
habitual with him that the glamor OF
it was fast wearing OFF. Racing in the
Arctic Circle was only repetition Of
previous triumphs. Another man 5s
years old might have been content to
rest on laurels already won. but Scotty
is an Alaskan pioneer. one OF the first
white men to settle in the Territory,
and in his breast the spirit of con-
uuest had by no means died out He
decided to round off his career with
military houorS.
And SO Alaskans will have to do
without their popular hero this year
II Scotty is successful. however, ana
max safe return to Nome, the Gus
toners of Darling & Deans hardware
store will get some excellent war
stories as good measure for their pur-
chases.-New York Evening Sun.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
Sea Food.

When l review the holidays I've spent
', BY field and forest or beside the shore;
Enjoying keen discomfort in tent
Or wallowng in luxuries galore,
| think that loafng never seemed bore
Save once and that was when l went to stay
For three refreshing weeks at Mudville on the
Bay
There was the beach where maidens bare of limb.
And loud untrousered youths bestrewed the
sand;
"Winking," like Keats bubbles, "at the brim;'
Where heas and fashions thronged the busy
strand,
While restless airs were rastled by the band
And peanut bars. ice cream and sody pop
Struggled for elbow room in Childhood's tensile
There was the usual "high-class" boarding place,
The dry goods drummers in astounding suits
The Doubtful Person with the pastel face
And hair trhc gray about the roots.
There was the horny Swede who blacked our
boots
Whose hands like thumbnail sketch Of
Flatos
And left Bertillon marks upon the mashed pota-
toes.
There was the hall where music rent the air
Where minglns freely with the culottes
Audacous souls performed the Grizzly Bear
And twincd together in the Turkey Trot;
An anorous pastme but extremely hot,
And more than lbellous decent bird
That never yet ndulged in antics so absurd.
There footing Teutons marred the esplanadc
And burned cork troubadorS and peanut roast
The raucous youth besqucezed the wriggling maid
On water chutes and Racing Roller Coasters,
And there according to attractive posters
"The Trail of Blood" big New York Sensation
Offered gripping plot for our appreciation.
Deicctcdlv heard the pillows roll,
And watched the happy hundreds go and come,
Observing how the smell of frying sole
Ben. with recurring blasts OF chewing gum.
And passing thence went forth in search OF some
Cold poison in a pail intent to hv
A boredom past belief and 10, the town was DRY!
BRETHERTON.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
The Case of Victoriano Huerta.
ing

In the meantime. Gen. Nictoriano Huerta who
provisional and acting president and seif-ap-
pointed dictator OF Mexico. who not rccog-
nized by the United States, who resigned, went
United States, violated its neutrality attempted to
organize revolutionary expedition on this side
the Rio Grande and, finally, was arrested and
placed under heavy bonds. is to be held in custody
OF the United States until provisional govern
mcnt satisfactory to the eight associated Ameri-
can nations that compose the pan-American con-
ference has been established in his country The
Washington government has its own reason for
the detention of Gen. Huerta, and seems to be SO
close about it that even a prominent preate. who
predicted the former dctators discharge from
custody. did in ignorance of the real situation.
Christian Science Mo
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
WHO HAS THE BALL?
Here's q Puzzle In Baseball and the
Law of Possession.

When Grover Cleveland Alexander
whips the ball toward Eddie Burns
init with Red Sox Hooper at bat. says
the New York Tribune, there will arise
complicated legal problem which is
puzzling forty students of the New
Newark.
The question is not what Alexander
will put on the ball. not whether
Hooper will hit or miss. not whether
Burns will catch or drop it. Possess
sion's the thing.
While the ball is in the air travel
ing from pitcher to batter. in whose
possession is it? Forty young men
and women of Newark and vicinity
have until Tuesday to find out They
have been told by the professor that
upon the correct answer of this ques-
ton depends the law of possession.
1t was propounded to them as class
adjourned yesterday. y few volunteer
answers were made Immediately.
The baseball will be in no ones pos
session. one student said. because no
one will have it when IT'S in the air.
"It belongs to Mr.. Alexander be-
cause he was the last to have it,
suggested one of the girls.
How about Hooper. the batter.
doesn't he expect to hit it? Yes? Well.
then. it's potentially in his posses
sion.' asserted another student. Fol-
lowing down the line of least resiss-
ance on the expect to" argument.
others shouted that Burns expected to
catch the ball and that all the field
ers expected to get their clutches on
II il Hooper should hit It. Why
shouldn't the catcher and the fielders
share in potential possession. if there
was any such thing?
Glass is adjourned until Tuesday"
said the professor. but not until he
had explained that the ownership of
the baseball by the Philadelphia team
Or by the National League did not
enter into the problem.
Jerome Beatty was nonplussed for
a minute when the question was
placed before him. why, IL Alexander
has something on the first ball he
pitches. | should say it would be In
his possession" he gave as his an
swsr.
In this opinion. Mr.. Beatty is back
ed up, to a degree by Noah Webster.
who defines possession as the state
of having a corporal thing in ones
hands or power Or under ones con-
troll" II Alexanders control Is work
ing right in the series. Newarks stu
dents of the law will have at least one
answer for the great question which
the world series has brought.
(All persons who worked out an
swers to the question, How old Is
ANN" please noticeD
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
SUFFRAGE WEDDING PRESENT.
Something Coming to white House
In RECOGNITION Of Double Event.

What will the suffragists give
President Wilson and his bride for a
wedding present?
Gratitude for his timely declaration
in favor of our cause would certainly
make us give them something, DR..
Mary Halton, leader of the Twenty
ninth assembly district for the woman
suffrage party, said yesterday. accord
ing to the New York World. 81 think
it is very nice that President Wilson.
who has borne such burdens and had
SO many lonely hours. should have be-
come engaged to Mrs. Norman Gait,
who. if her pictures represent her cor
rectly, is most charming. and I'm
ready to contribute toward wedding
token for him and his bride.
what will it be? l think a beau
tiful inlaid map of the United States
with the voting States, including New
Jersey. New York. Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts. which will have en-
franchsed their women by President
wilson's wedding day in December,
done in white ivory, would be very
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, chair
man Of the Empire State campaign
committee. put a cautious ''if' in her
oninion that the suffragists ought to
take some grateful notice Of the Presi-
dents nuptials.
"If we win in New Jersey. New
York. Pennsylvania and Massachu-
sets" she said, I'VE can certainly af-
ford to send a handsome gift to Mr..
wilson and his bride, and we will.
I'm not prepared to say what We'll do
should we lose-though we won't lose
and I haven't the least idea what
the present would be-"
Mrs. Norman De r. Whitehouse,
chairman of the committees publicity
Council thought the gift ought to take
the form of good wishes.
1--WE don't believe in presents" she
s.;d Good wishes are much pret-
tier. Besides the suffragists will b.
too poor after the campaign is ov"r
ia buy anything.
"I,d chip in gladly for substantial
r,,," Miss Katherine d. Blake. heed
~ the teachers branch Of the Empire
St.te campaign committee. declared.
..yve owe il in return for the boost
The President has given our cause
az am full Of gratitude to President
xu,ison." said Miss Elinor Byrns. law
- and sufYragist. Some women say
- MI, of his declaration for suffrage
~. Ions. but I consider this the psy-
cho,orical moment. Had he done Il
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
President Lowell, of Harvard,
On Culture and Education

referre! to culture, and say that an
attitude Of Intellectual attention and
appreciation having been acquired in
any subject, it tends TO increase and
20 bring fresh knowledge of things
similar 10 those in which interest has
been awakened.
Thought Cues.
The moral to be drawn is that which
the late William James laid down in
his Talks to Teachers" All thought
springs from a cue: therefore increase
the number of cues as much as you
can. The man or woman who desires
TO be cultivated should strive to have
at least a little familiarity with as
many diverse fields of human thought
as possible. No great region should
be wholly strange. uneXplored Wild
erness. traversed only by people who
utter dark sentences in an unknown
tongue
This essay deals not so much with
culture as with the basis for culture
tnat can be laid by 4 college or uni
versity. for culture. like all education.
must continue through life. All we
can do as teachers is to lay the best
foundation for it that we can. and
the upshot Cf the argument here pre-
scented is comprised in the old adage
lIdt the Y 10 "
know a little of everything and every
thing of something. While We may ad-
nit that this is the object to be
sought. sharp differences of opinion
exist. and will long remain. in regard
to the means of attaining It.
College and Professional school.
Fer men who can give tie time.
there is distinct advantage in pur-
general Stn1ies before the
professional ones. In short, there is
much to be said for separating the
work of college aud professional
schools. It follows also that the course
in the college ought to cover num-
bcr of different subjects. together
with a somewhat thorough study OF
one among them. What that one
should be will vary with the personal
nptituGe of the student. In my own
upl.,IoI,. il is better. as a general rule.
that il should not L." too closely akih
To- the SGEject winch will engross 1T
Il, ntion IA !he chief occupation of lfr:
because any direcu professional know!-
edge that can b. Uht..Ined in college
is trr,iiut: compared with what All
I've a.,JircJ in a far shorter period ."
- professional school, and the attempt
to obtain il crowds out some other
subject that will probably never be
studied at later time.
This is not the time to review the
methods of education in foreign coun-
tries To be successful. any system
must he consistent with itself. and II
is unsafe to graft foreign limb into
a root unadapted to sustain II. So
far as culture is concerned. our prob
lem is TO develop, in harmony with our
own institutions. a type OF education
that will cause young people to en-
ioy the things the world has agreed
ar. beautiful. to be interested in the
knowledge mankind has found val
uabIe. and to comprehend the prin-
ciples the race has accepted as true.
This is culture. and to impart 1t is
function of the American college.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
Morning Smiles.

4 lunch room on Duane street has SOW
Cd the problem of the high cost of living.
II advertises Combination Breakfast ana
Supper-25c.'' New York Evening sun
Willie. did you see my new shasins
brush ,
yen. Nom is using It to paint the bird
cage."-Columbia Jester.
, lady in Idaho recently sent an editor
, noem hearing the title: will You Miss
Me Darling," The editor returned II 10
the authoress with the following "oruS
written under the title: III he does, he
should never be trusted with hrearmS
again."-Sutherlin (Oregon) Sun
II want to see your beauty editor said
the caller at the sanctum OF popular
magazine.
Are you following her advice!
Il am"
Got confidence in it,
Il have" -
Then you don't want to see her.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
cluhman who poses as hufnoriS'
was having his shoes shined at railway
station.
And is your father a bootblack, too.
he asked the boy at his feet.
No said the bootblack. My tath'r
is a farmer up the State.
All" said the humorist. as he reacheo
for his notebook to make an entry. ne
believes in making hay while the son
shines."-EXchanCe.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

The Balkan situation is pretty as chess
problem Germany has no intention of doing any
more fighting in Serbia than she help. but
she is making lot OF noise to impress Bulgaria.
Bulgaria on the other hand has intention of
getting into the fray until Germany has got the
Scrbians on, approximately near the run. Greece
does not what happens to Serbia, but has no
desire to either Bulgaria Germany dominat-
ing the Balkans. particularly it means re-
crudeScence of Turkish power. But as long as
the allies are willing TO land armies TO do the
fighting she is delighted 10 extend them her
benevolent" neutrality which the Of
her railways. not to mention moral support. Rou-
mania, like a wise country, has not shown her
hand But it is still sporting bet that at the
eleventh hour she will bluff Bulgaria into change
of heart. The Balkan pot has reached boiling
point but it hasn't quito stopped over yet
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

News comes from Boston that Harvard under
graduates arc showing great interest this winter in
social service work At meeting OF undergradu-
ates campaign begun to secure the enlist
;nen OF $50 students for activities among the sub
merged foreign element. They will do settlement
work. will organize boys clubs, teach foreigners
the English language, conduct athletics among
them give lessons in music to the poor and en-
deavor in other ways to make American citizens of
the raw material that has been dumped at our
doors. Surely these not the same students
whose conversation dinner recently de
nounced by the college paper silly and hippant?
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
The Family Relation.
Ex LOHN ID. BARRY.

In many homes people appear at their worst
reaching as close to the savage they can. The
restraint OF convention they cast off, together with
all the accompanying protection.
It is startling. at times, to note the difference
between people when they are at home and when
they are abroad The most refined and courteous
in public can at home be the most dscourteous
and coarse.
There are many children. OF we-to-do fam
lilies too, who never learn the elements of polite
ness till they grow old enough to minglc with the
world outside.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
PARIS EATING ICED MEAT.
Experiment with Refrigerated Fro
ducts Proves Great Success

Paris, Oct. a-In spite of the oprosi-
ton of certain merchants interested
in maintaining high prices. the hrSt
experiment in selling refrigerated beef
in Paris has proved a great success
The supply put on sale a week ago -
now entirely exhausted.
Paris will readily buy immense guam
titles of refrigerated meat. if il is reg
ularly and properly put upon the mar
ket A movement is now being organ
ized to induce the minister of war to
furnish a given quantity for city con-
sumption every month from the supply
contracted for by the government.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
Knox Gets Postal Promotion.

Postmaster General Burleson. yesterday
announced the appointment Of Roscoe
c. Knox. from the position OF inspector
attached to the San Francisco division
to that of chief clerk Of the bureau OF
the First Assistant Postmaster General
Mr.. Knox has been a postoffice inspector
since 1904, and has seen service in many
parts Of the country. having been at
tached to inspection divisions OF New
Orleans. Denver and San Francasoo.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

The superintendent OF the District water de-
partmcnt in his annual report predicts that an
additional water supply will be needed by 1890,
and he therefore urges that immediate steps be
taken to provide ii. Not only docs he qualify As
an advocate of preparedness. but he must be
given credit for keen appreciation OF the length
OF time it takes the government to do anything.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
GUNS A.PLENTY FOR TURKS.

Amsterdam. Oct. 9.-President Haly-
be, in a recent speech in the Turkish
chamber declared that Turkey would
shortly have a sufficient supply of mu-
nitions and that Turkish guns would
soon play an important part in the Bal
kans.
Ocean," he added. n mighty group -
being created. forever to maintain IT.
self against British selhshness. the
French thirst for revenge. Russian am
bition and Italian treachery.'
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10
Bark's Journey Failure, Report.

Berlin wireless via Sayville). Oct. -
An the Russian papers report thaS
Finance Minister Marks journey to Lon
don to get money has utterly failed.
says a statement issued today by tns
Trans-Oocean News Bureau Rusesa
was not allowed to participate in the
Anglo-French loan In America. and ov-
ing to ill-will the Russian loan made no
progress in England and France. =.
Bark finally lost patience and lesS
The Washington herald., 1915-10-10

A time go,> on says Frederic J. taskin
il. an Interesting article The Panama Canal at
Work" 1T will be interesting to observe the SHIFT
ing oi the great trade routes result OF this
mighty waterway that divides the lands and untes
the oceans" At present it is nearly as interesting
u observe tho shifting OF the land that divides the
trade routes and fills up the waterway.