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Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-23

PRACTICALLY all the papers We
.Onear unanimously to have found
'nry Ford guilty Of doing as he
4 With his own money.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-23

EVEN in Germany the Paris fash
remain pre-eminent. People are
DsreptIy not as angry at one an
a. as they were a yesr ago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-23

THE Ledger regrets to
the unexpected death Of Charles
Wade, one of our most conservative
and substantial citizens. While Mr..
Wade was not feeling well no one anti
cipated that his illness was at all crit
ical. The Ledger joins the people of
this community in extending sincere
sympathy to- the bereaved family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-23

d. E. Elder, of Pilot Point, Texas,
is visiting L. w. Roberts and family
in this city. Mr.. Elder is a former
resident of Benton City,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-23

,,mRAIN County should have a
,sw.y engineer. That's the way to
GOOD roads.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-23

Alvin Treadway is working on the
Wells Fargo Express wagon this week
in place of Hally Gregory, who be-
came i'll Monday eve ling.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-23

New stock of rugs all sizes. 20 new
Wiltons, in transit, expected tomor-
row. They were shipped ten days ago
from the mills. See our fiber 9x12
for $3.50. New bright Administers
2sx54, and 36 x72. Ricketts, and EN-
mons. 1912 wi
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-23

Christmas Tree at Ringo School.
There will be a Christmas program,
a Christmas tree, and Christmas cheer
at the Ringo school house Friday
night. Come and get some of each.
Respectfully, Sec'y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-23

L. Austria wants a real sizzling
= inst let her interrupt the pres
.ut,s honeymoon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-23

R. R. Arnold, who has had q severe
spell Of illness, is much better and
will soon be able to be out again,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-12-23
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Matter

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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31
. A Futile Plea for Peace.

Great Britain can stop this war within weeks
time and bring peace to the world" In large
type, lines wide apart, the peace pcader thus
procaims the obvious. He many more words,
deploring the terrible slaughter, all the world
has been dcploring it for the past eight months,
but his one conclusion is that it is in Englands
power to stop the So can Germany stop it.,
and by the same process that England would have
to adopt TO bring about speedy pcace-the
abandonment of the cause for which she is fight
ing. the purpose for which she has poured forth
blood and gold in torrents for the past eight
months. But both nations striving to the limit
OF their resources to stop the in another way
by the humiliation OF their enemies; and SO it
must so on, so far as Great Britain and her allies
arc concerned. Germany went to war for conquest
with a stupcndous military machine built ZIP to
be the banc OF European civilization. Great
Britain went to to resist conquest and crush
the power that mcuaccd her progress in the
paths OF peace. 1t is simple madness to talk of
Englands halting until her task shall have been
accomplished, she shall have spent her all in
tho cause and lost. No offer OF peace terms can
come from Great Britain, and Germany offer
her that would reserve aught that England
could gain by complete triumph of arms. Eng
land has sacrificed too much TO permit her
to consider a drawn battle; she must win or lose.
1t is difficult to discover purpose in the peace
pleas of those whose sympathies arc with Ger
many. Even were ii possible now to make Eng
land responsible in American opinion for begin
ing and continuing the war, peace to Germany S
advantage would be nearer. Any such at
tempt, however. must surely fail. Fairness is
characteristic of Americans and they cannot be
nsled They know what the war is about and
no sentiment in favor of peace with the allies
receiving anything short of the fruits of a vic
tory can be created at this stage of the conflict.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31
Clerks Should Prepare Now.

Heads of the various organizations Of govern.
ment clerks may utilize the time between this
and the assembling of the Sixty-fourth Congress
to advantage in promoting legislation to provide
a pension and retirement system for employees OF
the civil service. President Wilson and his Cab
met have been in Office long enough to recognize
the necessity of making provision for the super
animated employees, in justice to the clerks them
selves and in the interest of governmental
economy Failure of the clerks, executive Of
fcials and the committees of Congress TO agree
on the most practical measure for enactment has
stood in the way of action in the past; but there
is no real reason why this obstacle should not
be overcome before next December. 1t should
be quite feasible, with earnest effort and CO.
operation, to bring about an agreement among
the heads of all the executive departments upon
some plan of pension and retirement. to be
recommended in their anpual reports to Con-
gress. President Wilson would no doubt be glad
to urge the enactment of measure having the
support Of all the members of his Cabinet and
the battle would be as good as won. A commit
tee of clerks and representatives of the heads Of
the executive departments should have no dim
Guilty in agreeing on bill this summer that could
be sent to Congress with the endorsement OF
each interest concerned.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31
The Municipal Tax Problem.

One of the questions that must be grapplcd
with before long by the jewellers in cities of the
United States, and for that matter the inhabi-
tants of all large towns, is that of the growth in
taxes for municipal expenditures. 1t is remark
able that although general reign of economy
has been in progress recently, the spending OF
money by municipal boards in cities has heavily
increased; and the cause for this seems to be
not SO much the extravaganza of municipal
boards themselves the desire of the people in
the cities for larger expenditure. !. Mr.. Stuy-
vesant Fish, of New York, notable authority,
made an estimate recently that the annual cost of
official administration to the head of every family
in New York City was at least 1888. 1t may be
said that other statistcians place the average bur-
den borne by the head Of the family in the metro
polls at even higher figure.
We believe that of the causes of this mu-
nicpal extravaganza lies in the tendency toward
the multiplication of public administrators officials,
etc. One of the best illustrations of this that
offered by the Sulzer administration in New York
State which resulted in vast and absolutely need
less increase in the number of State officials and
employees of every description. Under Mr.. Sulzer a
program of office creation in New York State was
conducted on almost insane lines. The national
Department of Commerce has just issued bulletin
showing that the net public Indebtedness of the
nted States IN 1913 was S4,oSO,OOO,OOO or pract-
cally $50 per capita, an increase of nearly II per
cent over the amount reported for 1902, which was
43 per cent more than 1890 The national net in
debtedness per capita only $1,000, but the
per capita net indebtedness of counties, munich
palitcs, etc, $35.SI. In the County of New
York the per capita indebtedness was $Io77I. This
was almost double that OF ten years before. The
value of county properties in the United States at
the close of the fiscal year 1913 was $3.50 ooo, 600
of which half represented the value of court houses
while only 500 100000 stood for the value Of schools
and libraries. This exhibits very clearly another
cause of the trouble, namely, the fondness OF mu-
nicipa and county boards under the easy tolcra-
ton OF the taxpayers, for putting up altogether
too costly public buildings. The boards seem to
consider ornamental structures of this sort
something of monument to the members Of the
board personally. 1t is only monument TO
careless waste of money.
The United States has long prdcd itself that
it was free from the burden of maintaining
standing armies; but we have been content to
impose upon ourselves army of office hold
ing parasites who costing money
than a large standing army would and from
whom VIC do not get the national benefit that
standing army would give. The hard times in
the country in the last twelve months have taught
many needed lessons. Have they also taught the
lesson of State, county and municipal economy?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31

Mayor Curley, of Boston, has adopted sys-
TEN which would lead people to believe that he
is of the opinion that every employee of the city
is an incompetent shirker or CRATER. When
he assumed Office he established a conscience
fund" to which he invited every who felt that
he had cheated the city to contribute. How he has
learned that only four officials have made contrib-
tions 10 the fund and announces that every city
official who fails to deposit per cent of his an
nual salary in the conscience fund will be removed.
Probably the truth OF the matter is that the mayor
in his effort to make record for economy has
discovered that the law stands in the way Of a
horizontal reduction Of the salaries of city officials
and so he has adopted the conscience fund q
subterfuge to enable him to put money in the city
treasury. 1t is small proceeding and not at all
likely to win him credit among thinking people.
No doubt there are competent and honest city
officials who will prefer TO resign rather than con-
fe.s under duress that they owe the city con-
seienee eontribution. ~ S
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31

The President of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, in his annual address to the stock
holders. asserted that the company is subject TO
the authority of forty-threc Public Service Com
missions and twcnty-hrec Workmcn's Compcnsa-
ton Industrial Commissions. Besides volun-
inous reports to these commissions" he added,
"thc company has TO prepare 300 annual reports
I" tax authorities, these reports being further
Nubdiyidcd by taxing districts. In all there arc
required not less than 1900 statements to the
public authorities. In addition the company has
now to- collect and remit monthly to the govern
mcnt the internal revenue tax recently levied upon
commercial telegraph messages" While the conf
pany has managed 10 transmit messages with
reasonable promptness, dividends of coarse have
been reduced. which perhaps the very object
sought by the commissions
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31
HISTORY BUILDERS.
The Test of Successful Newspaper.
Written Expressly for The Washington Herald.
BY DIR. L. j. EDWARDS.

The late Col william W. Ciapp, of
Boston, was for many years the pro-
prietor of a newspaper which was
widely recognized in New England as
the authoritative organ of one of tint
two great national parties of thai
day. In some parts of New England
particularly Maine, Lower New I1amp-
shire. and Western massachusetts,, Col.
Clapp's paper was regarded by its
readers very much as was the weekly
Tribune when Horace Greeley was the
editor.
Col Clapp had those peculiar quail
fications for successful newspaper
management which are sometimes
tersely described by the words n
born editor" His philosophy of sue
cessful newspaper management was
based upon a principle that the editor
of the paper should keep in constant
touch with his subscribers and should
not SO much lead public opinion as to
discover what the public opinion real
ly was and then by editorial treat
ment appear really to be leading this
opinion. 1t was principle which
earlier had been. discovered by De-
lane. the great editor of the London
Times. Delane made 1t a point to dis
cover what public opinion really was
and then to voice that opinion in the
Times. thereby appearing TO lead IL
or stimulate it. whereas he was in
fact only following it.
Another element in Col. Clapps phil
osophy of successful newspaper man
agement was the printing of as much
personal information as possible, being
careful not to go so far as TO make
this personal information mere trivial
gossip. From one end of Cape Cod to
the other. in the years Immediately
following the civil war, Col. Clapp
and his newspaper were highly es-
teemed.
Some years after this newspaper
passed under the exclusive control of
Col. Clapp, the railroad from point
on Buzzard's Bay to Provincetown, at
the remote end of the Cape, was COM
pleted. A few days after the trains
began to run regularly and daily be-
tween Boston ard Provincetow Col.
Clapp met with an experience which
he was fond atterward OF relating
because he said it illustrated the real
principle upon which successful
newspaper is conducieo. = newsboy
was employed to peddle the Boston
papers through the train and one day.
perhaps a month after the railroad
was opened, the boy was summoned
by a passenger as the train was near
ing Provincetown. The passenger ask
ed the boy what papers he had and
the boy named them. The passenger
asked if -he had a paper which sup
ported one of the national parties
which he called by name.
The boy replied that he had and he
mentioned the newspaper OF which
Col Clapp was the editor, at the same
time partially Withdrawing from his
bundle copy of that paper
''Oh, 1 have read that paper from
beginning to end" said the traveller.
but 1 thought you might have another
which supports my party"
mo. there isn't any other which
belongs to your party was the boys
reply.
The traveller seemed disappointed
and fell into meditation. At last, as
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31

4Sth birthday yesterday He gave a
luncheon to number of friends.
Mrs. William S. Adkins entertained at
luncheon and bridge party yesterday
in honor of Mrs. A. r. Mullowney. wife
of Judge Mullowney.
Miss Helen Day. who has been the
guest Of Mrs James +. MARITIME will
return today to her home in Orange.
n. j.
Mrs ]. II. Dousherty, widow of Capt
Dougherty, L. S. N. will arrive in Wash
ington today to be the guest OF Capt.
and Mrs. Charles S. Wallace.
Mai. William p. wooten. L 5. -. and
Mrs. Wooten were hosts at dinner Mon
day evening at their quarters in the
Washington Barracks.
Miss Lois Allison. who has been the
guest of Miss Marian Van Buren,. left
yesterday for her home in Hazelton,
Pa.
Miss Lucy Russell. daughter OF
Charles W. Russell. former minister
to Persia, will leave today for New
port News, Va, for a visit of several
weeks.
Capt. W. A. Gill. L. S. ". and Mrs.
Gill will entertain informally at
bridge this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan G. Barnwell,
of Tuxedo Park, n. Y. who have been
spending some time at White Sulphur
Springs. arrived in Washington and>
have taken apartments at Hotel Pow
hatan, where they will remain soma
time.
Mr.. and Mrs o. W. Hinckley, of Chi
cago, have arrived at the Shoreham.
Mrs. l.. p. Wadsworth and daughter.
Miss Helen Wadsworth. of Kalamazoo.
Mich, who have resided in Washing
ton for the past several winters. have
again returned and taken apartments
at the Hotel Powhatan.
Judge J. d. Dickinson. former Sec-t
rotary of War. has arrived at the
Shoreham and joined Mrs. Dickinson.
who has been stopping there since her
arrival from the South some time ago.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31
Easter Sunday Services? No!
Because Billy Sunday Says So

Burgh, of the First Presbyterian
Church, announced from his pulpit Sun
day morning that there would be no
service Easter at II a. m, but at the
evening service he said the hour had
been changed 10 . a. m.
The twenty-fOr-hour uitimatum mad
worked.
One Of the afternoon papers was elated
Yesterday over the way things had work
ed out. 1t said: THE local ministers
quit cold. They all promised to be
good, and Billy Sunday was SO advised
by wire. That was all there was to II. !"
The Rev. Mr.. MacCauley was asked
his opinion of abandoning his own
Easter service in favor of Mr.! Sundays.
why. there will be great union
meeting at the tabernacle that will take
the place of the individual services on
Easter Day" he said. II dare say the
fact that the day is Easter will be rec
ognized. But, Of course. that Is not yet
known, as Mr.. Sunday has not been
heard from"
At the Sunday headquarters. on the
top floor of the Exchange Building, one
Of the evangelists lieutenants said he
supposed Mr.. Sunday would take cogni-
zance of Easter.
But up to yesterday no one in Pater-
son seemed certain whether Mr.. Sun
day, having induced Paterson's churches
to abandon Easter Day, would himself
take especial notice of the day. or would
simply preach one Of his ordinary SER
mons.
With the exception of the First Re-
formed Church, the only churches not
cooperating in the Sunday movements
are the Protestant Episcopal and Ro-
man Catholic. They will hold their serv-
ices on Easter Day, as in every year.
The other churches will have their
Easter celebrations on Monday evening.
day late.
Patersonians are eagerly awaiting Mr..
Sundays arrival and occupancy of the
House of Many Windows" the Shelley
residence. in East Twenty-eighth street.
Yesterday the curtains were still down
and the green rockers were leaning back
ward against the weather boarding of
the piazza There will be a prayer and
praise service at the Tabernacle We'd
nesday evening, at which a choir OF
1000 voices will sing. Across the street
two neat little buildings of pine boards,
rooted with tar paper-tust like the Tab
ernacle- have been erected for the sale
of soda water. peanuts, and candy.-New
York Tribune.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31

In the first of a series of articles on the school
system Of Gary, Ind, Randolph S. Bourne writes
in the New Republic:
an eight years the population Of Gary has
grown from 900 to $4,000 Yet in this short time.
with this ieaping movement of population, Mr..
Writ, the, superintendent of schools has been able
10 provide full-time day school instruction for
every child. well as evening school instruction
for an even greater number of adults With over
5000 children and 6ooo adults in the schools, there
is something pardonable in the Gary boast that
every third person in the town goes to school Not
only this but the schools in Gary provide what Is
probably the most varied and stimulating course
Of public instruction in the United States well
as equipment Of buildings which in beauty and
convenience are mot, think. surpassed, All this
has been done with the lowest tax rate IN the
county, and e per capita cost Of instruction iese
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31

Gov Brunbaugh, of Pennsylvania, employs
detectives to investigate the character and habits
of persons recommended 10 him for appointment
10 responsible Offices The detectives arc sup
posed 10 follow TO their clubs and learn with
whom they associate and whom they meet when
they have engagements TO dinner. The governor
has introduced new element into the art OF Office
seeking and offered opportunity for fraud.
Some worthy mon arc to be denied appointment
a. a result, but experience has rude awakening
in store Tor Gov Brumbaugh.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31

The British government is reported to have
made representations 10 the State Department in
regard to the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, taking the
ground that, in allowing the ship to DOCK clean.
and be painted, the port authorities at Newport
News had not observed The Hague treaty stipula-
tions against increasing the naval strength of the ship
under such circumstances Many Americans enter
tain similar views, but it is altogether
able to suppose that the administration has pro-
cceded in SO important matter without full con-
sderation of the requirements of neutrality. I'm
doubtedly the Eiters naval strength has been ma
terially increased since she arrived in Hampton
Roads three weeks ago. but it must be assumed
that nothing beyond the rights of begerent in
a neutral port have been accorded the cruiser In
tcrest now centers in the question of how much
longer she is to be permitted to remain without
declaration OF intention to intern.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31

Now that Billy. Sunday has cracked
the whip. and sixty-two churches have
decided to abandon Easter service in
order that he may have a free field for
the day, q portion Of Paterson Is think
ing very hard. OF course, one portion
Of the New Jersey town is satisfied
day wishes But, on the other hand.
the portion that is not altogether sat
isfied is marveline not alone that East
err services. the custom Of years, have
been shelved in favor Of the evangelist.
II is bordering over the splendid collec-
tions that used to pour into the church
plates on Easter.
I'VE always counted on Easter as one
Of the days we took up the largest col
lections for church support and work.
What are We going to do this year?''
asked one of the skeptical yesterday.
Mr.. Sunday was quite definite about
having the churches closed. They must
not hold services on Easter. or on other
Sundays. In fact, the only day, it is
thought desirable by Mr.. Sunday, for
them to hold services is on Monday when
he lays Off" and takes a rest
At a melting with Paterson clergymen.
some time before he definitely arranged
to visit the Pasaic County capital. he
Is reported 10 nave SAID ne WOuid SHOW
under any clergyman in Paterson who
kept his church open SO far he would
never be heard from again.
Three of the Paterson churches were
not entirely in accord with the arbi-
trary closing laws. The Church of the
Redeemer and the Second Presbyterian
Church desired to have services each
Sunday. But the Rev. Edward ii. EN-
NETT, who manages Mr.. Sundays cam
paign in Paterson. got into touch with
the evangelist. Almost Immediately
kilograms cracked back from Winona
Lake, Mimi. to Paterson. Mr. Sunday
ultimatum was in effect: Close -" or
/ won't come"
Probably $4,000 had already been put
up-by Paterson TO build the tabernacle
and arrange the preliminary campaign.
The Church of the Redeemer. which
has no pastor. held a melting and de-
cided to cancel Sunday morning serv-
ices. A hurried meeting of the ses-
sion of the Second Presbyterian Church
was held Sunday night, and a similar
decision reached. The Rev. Hugh Il.
did not inform Mr.. Sunday
but William r. Kendall. clerk of the
session did. The Rev. Louis Nanden
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31
Alas for the Royal Chef!

The King sits in the counting-house,
counting out his money, the Queen
sits In the dining-room eating bread and
honey. This sounds like some old nursery
rhyme, but histories repeat. and this Is
Just about the fare the King and Queen
now eat. For up to now King George
had kept twelve cooks to cook his buns.
but seven of them went to war to fight
the savage Huns. The King was glad
of this because economy must reign as
well as he, in Buckingham, and food
must be plain. The Chef of all these
dozen cooks is Monsieur de Cedard.
whose salary, the King believed, has
been too high by far: and 20 he seised
his sword and cut that salary IN two;
There's fifty for the Red Cross. Chef.
and fifty. sir. for your! So Monsieur
IA cedard now gets inst half Of whay
he rot, but holds his job because he ID
too old for Aldershot. These facts are
told in flippant strain. but facts they
sure6v are; and serious facts you may
believe for Monsieur de Cedard.-rown
and Country.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-31
QUARTER PAST!

The Years quarter passed
The Seeds of Time will be sprouting fast
And with the greening of the Spring we'll see
The inner nature of the seeds that we
Have planted here
And what the harvests POSSIBLY may be
In joy or fear,
With still a portion fair by deeds
OF worth to pluck out all the noxious weeds
That bring but PAIN
And clear the way for yields OF golden grain,
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