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The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
GETTING A START.
BEWARE OF THE CHIP.
Nv NATHANIEL e. FOWLER In
ANIEL {. FOWLER, JR.

Thousands of men. especially young
ones. carry the proverbial chip upon
their shoulders. and with il the at
titude of suggesting that it be knock
ed Off They make a specially Of scrap
ping. fault -inding. with provocation
or without it. are opposed to every
thing on principle. are unhappy them
selves, and make everybody else un-
happy.
Sometimes they succeed. but those
of them who do have great natural
ability and accomplish in spite of
their failings.
l am not suggesting that you al
ways avoid criticisng. because the
man who does not find fault at times
is only half a man.
Criticism Is as much a part OF life
as its opposite.
The man who continually praises
everybody. who sees only the white
side of the shield. is unreliable and
unexpected.
There is great big difference. how
ever. between chronic fault finding
and honest and appropriate criticism.
good rule to follow is not to
antagonize anybody except when il
will do good to that person or to
others.
Stand firmly for right Do not COM
promise with il. Attack wrong with
clenched fists. If you don't. you will
belong to the nambypamby class.
those who amount TO nothing because
they do not stand for anything.
Do not, however, waste your energy
kicking, criticising. fault-flnding, I'M
less your foe Is worthy of your steel.
Do not carry a chip on your shoulder.
Locate it in the center of your brain,
so that 1t will be controlled by in
telligence.
Don't be afraid to shout NO" and
Yes when you know that you are
right. or think that you are: but don't
travel through this world with a chip
on your shoulder your most prominent
insignia.
II you do. you will have no friends.
and your kicking will be against the
pricks," which will wound you with
out injuring them.
Don't use your ignorance as a basis
of your criticism When you kick kick
hard. but kick at something worth
while.
You have your faults: so has every
body.
Continuous fault finding predisposes
to failure.
There is a lot of good in the world,
and those who differ from you may be
right.
II you are young employe. don't
enter the ONCE with a chip OH your
shoulder. II you do, you will be de-
spised and the little good of you will
be taken at a discount.
Remember that when you ask any
body to knock the chip off of your
shoulder. he is likely to knock you
in the doing of il.
Don't criticiss your employer until
you are old enough and experienced
enough to view things from his stand
point. II he were not presumably
better man than you are. he would not
occupy his position. BY and by. per-
haps. you may be his superior, but
not now.
No matter how brilliant you may be,
and no matter what may be your abil-
ty. until you have had experience you
have no right to criticise those who
have. except when what they are doing
10 obviously wrong.
Don't sit on the business bench and
Judge your associates until you are
competent to sentence them.
I When you start in life. you cannot
know much, even though your edu-
cation may be liberal. for you have
not sbeen graduated from the School
,f the World. the teacher Of which
Q Experience.
(Copynght l1l5.)
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
LABOR QUESTIONS WAGE
AWARD OF u. S. BOARD
Western Railroad Men Want In.
vestisation of Federal Arbitration
Committee Action,

Chicago. May 4-Resolutions re-
questing that an Investigation of the
award made the $1,000 employees of the
ninety-eight western railways by the
Federal Arbitration Board be made by
Congress were sent to Washington to-
day. Congress was also asked to in
vestigate the appointment of Charles
Nagel. of St. Louis, as a member of
the board of arbitration.
The employees objected chiefly to
Nagers right to serve as neutral
arbitrator. They set out that Nagel is
a director in the Union Trust Company
of ST. Louis. and the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Milwaukee. and that he is q trustee
and executor of the estate of the late
Adolphus Busch. All these, the rail-
road employees asserted, are large hold
ers OF railroad securities.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
$4,000 FOR HER LOST HAIR.
New York Miss Awarded Verdict In
suit for $4,000.

New York, May MARY Haynes.
when she was sixteen, had hair that
was wavy and black and hung almost
to her waist This was in 1913 when
she was working for the Cooke &
Cobb Co. stationery manufacturers.
One day as she was all ready to go
home her hair caught in belt and
her hair and scalp were torn away.
Today jury awarded her verdict of
100000 in her suit against the firm
for $4,000
Mary said the $4,000 never could
repay her for the loss of her braids,
but she is hopeful for she plans to
spend the money on vocal educa-
ton. I'll make my voice take the
place of my hair" she told friends
in court.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
ROUMANIA IN WAR SOON.
Will Enter Within Two Months. on
cial Representative says.

New York, May within all prob.
ability Roumania will go to war OF the
side of the allies within two months. -
declared Edward Brocea a representative
OF the Roumanian government. who ar
rived here from Europe today on the
anchor liner Pennsylvania. Mr.. Borcea
comes to buy arms and ammunition for
the Roumanan government.
with the exception of Russia all the
allied powers now AT war have assured
Roumania she will get an even division
OF the spoils If she enters the war
against Germany and Austria"
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
GIRL DIES: UNCLE HELD.
Mysterious Attack by "Bandits'
Under Police Probe.

Grayson, Ky. May Miss Stella
Kenny. eighteen years old, died today
of injuries inflicted upon her Sunday
night and the police have arrested
Robert Frazier, thirty-fve. an uncle
OF the girl. pending the clearing of
the mystery which surrounds the case.
Miss Kenny was riding with her uncle
in buggy. According to Frazier's
story. bandits attacked them both and
killed the girl leaving her body lying
on the roadside. Frazier was unhurt.
although he asserted that the bandits
overpowered and robbed him.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
PRINCE AND HEIRESS
GIVE PARENTS SLIP
Miss Ruth Waters, Daughter oil
George Jason Waters. Fits to
Church with Nobleman.

New York. May 4-Prince Ludovico
Pignatelli D'Aragon and Miss Ruth NJ.
Waters. heiress of George Jason Waters,
of Philadelphia. and widely known in So
ciety in New York. Palm Beach and
Nara gansett Pier. eloped today and
were married at the St. Ignatius Loyola
Catholic Church.
The parents OF the bride were in ignor-
ance of their daughters marriage until
she Announced the tidings over the tele-
phone. Recent rumors of the engage
ment. which were partly confirmed by
Miss Waters and the prince, were strong
" denied by the brides parents several
days ago
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
Thank Citizens and Newspapers.

resolution thanking the citizens and
press OF Washington for their coopera :
ton In the recent cleanup and paint up
campaign was adopted by the Master
House Painters and Decorators Asso-
citation. held in the Corcoran Building last
night. The report OF the executive COM
mittee of the campaign showed how the
81 800 subscribed by merchants was ex-
pended
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
WORKERS TO HONOR MOTHERS
B. L .. Railyay Asks Employees to
Pay Pretty Tribute.

Mothers Day will be fittingly observed
next Sunday by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and it's employees. in accord.
ance with the annual custom Of this
company in urging this prettiest OF all
tributes from the men in its service as
we'll as encouraging it on part Of the
travelling public.
operate trains, toll in the shops, guard
the tracks at night and work in other
grades Of employment: have been remind
ed OF the beauty of the sentiment and
1t is urged that each Of the $1,000 men
on the payroll of the company pay this
tribute to his mother or to her memory
by wearing a carnation. the emblematic
flower OF the day
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
Kidnap Alleged Murderer

f&nhen John Flaherty and ]. II. B.
of' the Fifth police station. last
night kidnapped Charles Fowler, colored
"a. OF ZIG N street northwest. at the home
OF his brother in Virginia, opposite the
Highway Bridge. Fowler was taken to
the station. where he was charged with
the MURDER or his wife. Mary Fowler,
- The woman died at Casualty Hos
pital last night from stab wound in.
hicted Yesterday at her home Fowler
was asleep when the District officers en-
tered his brothers home. The procedure
OF the policemen 10 customary In serious
cases. II was explained.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
J. w. MET DEAR OLIVER -
Former Defendant Tells OF Call from
Mysterious Double.

New York. May 4.-Former District
Attorney James w. Osborne today took
the stand for the government in tn.
perjury trial OF Franklin Stafford. who
had previously identified Mr.. Osborne
as the mysterious .Oliver Osborne
who accompanied Miss Rae Tanner to
the Kensington Hotel in Plainfield, N.
j.. where Stafford was clerk Miss Tan
Ter. in her description OF oliver o.
borne" said his eyes were blue.
James w. Osborne. on the stand. made
strong point Of the fact that his
eyes are brown.
Mr.. Osborne swore that "Oliver Os-
borne" had called upon him and con-
fessed that it was he who had paid court
to Rae Tanner.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
CONVICTION IN VICE CASE.
Margaret stout Found Guilty Of
Running DisOrderIy House.

Margaret Stout. arrested recently in a
raid by the vice squad" on house at
1919 ontario place northwest. yesterday
was convicted in Criminal Division 7.
District Supreme Court, Of maintaining
a disorderly house.
An interesting feature OF the trial was
that no testimony was offered by the ue.
Tense. Chief Justice Covington increased
the woman's bail to $4,000. The bail was
furnished and she was released to avail,
sentence.
She was defended by Attorneys Hayden
Johnson and Robert |. Miller. The pros
ecution was conducted by Assistant
United States Attorney Hawken.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
TELEGRAPHY PIONEER DIES.
! Garriet Smith. Inventor of Quadru.
| pick System, Succumbs.

New York. May 4.-Garriet Smith. who
revolutionized telegraphy by the inven-
ton ef the ouadrupleX system, which
made him wealthy. died today at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. Edgar p.
Foster. in Amityville Long Island He
had been i'll for long time. Mr. Smith
was born August 49, 1888. He was i'll
the secret service during the civil war
Employed for fifty-four years by the
Western Union Telegraph Company he
retired several years ago with a COM
Portable fortune paid him as royalties
for his invention.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
EXPECT FINLAND ATTACK,
German Warship shells and Fires
Island Lighthous~.

Copenhagen. May "A German war
ship has shelled and set on fire tn.
Lagskaer lighthouse. on one of the
Aland Islands at the entrance of the
the Gulf of Bothnia. according TO a
dispatch received today from Stock
holm. general German attack is ex-
pected on the coast of Finland in the
northern part OF the Gulf of Bothnia. il
adds.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
Brides Wager Proves Fatal.

Dyersburg, Tenn. May AIRS. Chester
Keith. bride of two weeks. made a
wager with her husband that she could
ride a pillow mule from the barn to the
corn field. The mule became frightened.
ran away and dragged Mrs. Keith sew
eral hundred feet with her foot caught
in a trace chain. She died today
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
T. R. MUST HAVE HIS CUCUMBER
Parcel Post Comes to Rescue Dur
Ing IOnH-drawn Trial.

Worcester, Mass. May f-CoI.
Roosevelt is an admirer of the cucum-
bers grown at Baldwinsvile and al
ways has them on his table. at Oyster
Bay. no matter what the cost. The
other day he telephoned from Syracuse
at the cost of SIS. to his fsyorite
grower. and ordered the best one to
be found. \ l6-inrh number one was
shipped by parcel post
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
Arrested in Hospital a. Forper.

Felipe Guasp. 80. Porto Rican. was
arrested in Providence Hospital last
night by Central Office Detectives
Springman and O'Dea on q charge Of
forgery against the Leo Niessen Floral
Company. where he had been employed.
Guasp was taken to Washington Asy-
lum Hospital. where he is confined "A
. prisoner-patient. He had been re-
ceived at Providence Hospital on Mon
IN order for flowers.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
New York Lawyer a Suicide,

New York. May 4.-Daniel E. Seybel.
senior partner of the law firm of Sey-
bel and French. committed suicide by
shooting himself today while in his
garage on his s250.000 estate at Port
chester. Ill health and financial
troubles were said to be the cause
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
Spies in Priests Robes.

Amsterdam. May 4.-According to
reports from German sources, two
English spies disguised a. priests
were arrested In Belgium Sunday.
After compromising documents had
been found upon them they were
taken to Brussels for trial It 10 be-
lisvsd they will be executed imns.
dtatsly.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
Secretary Wilson to Speak on Flag.

Secretary Of Labor William b. Wilson
will deliver an address on ''The Flag" at
a ladies' night entertainment to be given
by the Brookland Brotherhood, Flag Day,
June H. Il was announced at an execu-
tive meeting Of the brotherhood In Lord
Memorial Hall last night. AZ the regular
meeting to Be held May II, J. f. Taylor
will rive an illustrated lecture on ma
ture studiss with . Camera" musical
program also will b rendered
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
Pennsylvania Must Have Cash.

Harrisburg. Pa. May 4.-After q con.
ference to-day. in which Gov. Brumbaush
discussed State finances with leaders OF
the legislature. Il was announced that
the bill to tax transfers Of stock, which
was defeated last week. will be revived
In the house and efforts made to pass it.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
RUNNY'S ESTATE ONLY $4,000.
Wife, sole Beneficiary, Files Petit
ton In New York Court.

New York. May John Bunny. funny
man of the movies and idol OF millions
of American children, reputed to have
grown wealthy as the most popular mo-
tion picture actor Of his time. left an
estate of only 5000. according to the
petition of his wife. Clara. flea today
with his will in surroCatc's court. The
entire estate is left to Mrs Bunny.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
Two Die in Tornado's Wake.

Dell. Ark. May 1.-TWO persons were
killed and eleven others were injured in
tornado which struck here last night
Eighteen houses in Dell were destroyed.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
FORTY-ONE FLOODS TOLL.
Official Figures of Loss Of Life In
Texas Given Out

Houston. Tex. May 4-Forty-one
persons lost their lives in the recent
Hoods in Texas. according TO official
figures made public today. Th!rty-six
bodies have been recovered. Five per-
sons. missing at Austin. were listed
with the dead. In and about Austin
twenty-one bodies were recovered
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
NO U. S. ARMS IN ENGLAND
Sir Edward Grey Denies in Parlia.
mcnt They Were Sold.

London. May Reports that the
American government had sold war
munitions to England were officially
denied in Parliament toda yby Sir
Edward Grey. the foreign minister
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
FATHER KILLS SON AND SELF.
Ordered TO Sanaforium. He shoots
2-ycar-O1d Boy.

New York. May 4.-Brooding over
ill-hcaith and respondent because ply
sicans had ordered him to go to a
sanitarium, Thomas Smith. thirty years
old shot and killed his two-year-old
son as ii lay sleeping today and then
committed suicide by firing bullet
into his head The tragedy took place
in Smiths Flat bush home and his wife,
who was in the apartment, was power
less to prevent il.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
CAR DIVES; WOMAN DROWNED.
Auto Driver Dies when Motor Hur-
dies Wall Isto Water.

Atlantic City. N. j.. May Miss Bella
James. Of Goshen, n. J., was drowned
early today when an automobile in which
she was riding plunged over q wall into
twenty feet Of water early today. Three
other occupants Of the car were saved.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
PARLIAMENT BREAKS OVER RUN
Members Adopt Resolution Of Pro
test Against Government Bill.

London. May &.-Irish members OF Par
lament today adopted resolutions of pro-
test against the governments bill tax
ing liquors heavily and voted TO oppose
the measure. This 10 the first break in
the Parliamentary coalition.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-05
T. RS 5TH COUSIN
DEPICTS MERGER

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-29
BY Professor Garrett p. Serviss

II IL almost sure that, with the unlimited
means Of national government fighting for Ns
life, electric waves could be developed Dover.
full enough to be sent anywhere, oven across
the seas, and capable Of exploding the maya
zines OF ships In mdocean and Of fortresses on
dIstant coasta.
There is one OF the ways in which the Edison
Advisory Board could enable the United States
to bahle Its enemies. for guarded by the potent
arm OF electricity our continent would be vir.
tually unapproachabie by foe. The possibility
OF nations thus graphing across the sea NAV
be regarded as proved, because the thing has
ALREADY been done on an experimental scale
and at short range, while the reach OF the wire.
less telegraph signals, familiar TO everybody
Is known TO be measured by thousands of miles
only about year before the war remember
wiring Oh certain mysterious cases OF fire and
explosion, some in mid.occan and some on IL nd
which competent scientific investigators in
Europe thought might be due to accidental en-.
counter with nodes In the wireless waves ex-
changed between powerful stations in western
Europe and eastern America
Suoh waves 1t was maintained, could at Ger.
tain places along their course give birth TO
eparke between metal points, and possible dan
ger zohea were ohown where these powerful
waves frequently passed. Middle points be.
tween stations seemed to be indicated as par.
t'cuiarIy peri'ous in thia<way. Suppose this
49,, ~ " NC oe'e.oPeo unoer the stress of
var neecdstiea and 1t became easy to lrnaa-
INC ne" and mott terrible kind Of mIne field.
consisting Of invisible electric mines, aerial
eooieo OF atomic force, spinning unseen iuat
ABOVE tho blue surface Of quiet sea, but at
whose touch battleship would lean to instant
destruction! "r W ''Na"@
imagine coast guarded by an aerial net.
WORK OF electric waves, an absolutely fnyjsibIe
s a web woven OF threads Of the ether!
TOT an approaching feet OF the enemy n would
~ ,he an array OF invisible intangible hands
ea.n DsarhS an unseen match, TO touch off tho
'n III, or. without blowing up tho shps.
a., ,ner Conpaasca. all their electric apparatus
new aerial 'i ~
inch consider the Development OF the idea
"hich Young John Hays Hammond has seized
.ron Tor directing and guiding submarines and
from more or from chip by means
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OF wireless waves. This, too, Is no dream It's
possibility was demonstrated by experiment
years ago. Not only can the commander of a
heet or OF a fortress thus guide his own under.
water craft but he can also mlsguide those OF
the enemy. Striking the electric steering ap.
paratus of moving torpedo, the mysterious
waves can be made to throw It completely out
OF order or divert 1t into a new and harmless
course Admiral Fiske has shown how tor
pedo could thus be caused to follow the most
cratic course, starting. for instance on the off
side of ship and curving around. under water,
to set out. unsuspected. on its fatal errand
against the enemy on the other SIDE
Perhaps the most effective protection against
submarines which Mr.. Edison might invent
would be In the form Of wireless torpedo de.
stroyer irresistibly steering the mechanical
sharks to an ignominious death in the ooze of
the sea bottom. Even merchant ships could
carry such protective apparatus, and thus de-
moiish the Iabominable principle that the right
or defense Is limited, while that Of offense is
independent Of all law!
The same means could be employed to guido
and to mislead approaching aeroplanes and
dirigibc balloons. What a spectacle It would
be to see warplanes battling with electric waves
In mid.heavenl Striving with their invisible
arms to throw ono another off the course or to
make one another turn turtle in the air by
tripping the electrically controlled rudders!
But how far more wonderful 1t would be to see
an approaching fleet of aeroplanes suddenly
thrown into disorder and then flung helplessly
against one another and brought futtering
down by the electric surges sent skyward from
some wireless emitter hidden among the sand
dunes OF the coast!
II Nicola Tesla's dream of transmitting not
only intelligence but mechanical power by wire.
less Is ever realized it will be under the stress
and with the limitless budget Of war. Who
can estimate the value of such system of
power transmission to nation whose workers
are all needed at the battle 'front.' while the
want Of ammunition calls imperatively for their
retention In the shops! High above the level
Of the clouds the imag ination of one who has
proved himself in many ways magician of
science has pictured vast currents of electric
power flowing from generating stations in one
land TO dynamos In another. Realize that, and
England's or Frances colonies could send to
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the motherland rivers Of energy to keep her
munitton plants running day and night! CALI
fornla and Oregon could energize the navy
yards and arms factories Of the Atlantic coast
with power currents from over the Rocky
Mountains!
Closely connected with the electric devices
that the next war will see developed, on scale
which recent startling experiences but family
foreshadow,is something still more parado1ical
which has not yet, as far as known, assumed
the sembance OF practically. This Is the pos.
sible employment Of the forces underlying
radioactivity and atomic disntegration for the
destructive activities of war.
IL inter-atomic energy released would trans.
FORM the world OF peaceful mechanics and In
dustry, what would It not do for the world Of
war! Concentrate in workable comfortable
mechanism, or bomb, the uncomfortable en-.
ergy which, In the course Of thousands Of years,
IKE IKE steam slowly leaking from boiler, scat
tiers by piecemeal the shattered atoms of q bit
or radium, and in an instant it would blow a
tort into mpalpable molecules! Put 1t into q
manageable beam Of power, like the all.devour-
ing neat ray that Fl. G. Wells imagined in his
story Of 1.-THE War Of the Worlds" and an army
could be swept into inexistence as the dust dis
appears from table before an electric blower!
me suggestions that can be made here are
put the merest fragments and scattered hints
from the limtless field Of possibilities that lies
before the practical. inventive chemist Ger.
many hitherto the renowned home of practical
chemistry has already shocked the world with
lew OF the destructive powers that exist in
chemical manipulation Everybody shudders
at the mention of the poisonous 80 ses that have
leveled entire ranks like a breath of death in
France, Belgium and Galicia
Let our great inventors attack this problem
with the resources of aroused America behind
them, and 1t is possible that at critical mo.
ment an enemy's fleet with transports ap.
preaching one Of our harbors would find Itself
involved in binding and Supplying cloud.
through which would play beams Of destroying
hgntning. that would leave not foe a1oat.
10 counteract the effects of poisonous gases
aoes not appear to be an insoluble problem
Mecnanical means, suc sponges and breath.
ers impregnated with antidotes, stimulants
counterpoisons and restorers of various kinds
nave peen successfully employed, and may be
easily provided In unlimited quantities. It
would seem possible also to clear the air with
Diowers. which would tend to drive the fumes
back toward the enemy, or force them upward