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The broad ax., 1916-12-02
SAYS shinoIs so.nkino kiIIsd Bow

Chicago.-That the death of her nine
year-old son, William Paul Cameron,
was due to an old fashioned spanking
with single was the allegation made
at an inquest by Mrs. F. III. Blown,
member of the Dowie cult at Zion City.
Ill 1t was reported by Mrs. Brown
that Ester Oterlaucher and Edzie Nc
Dougal. aged about sixteen years, ad-
ministered the spanking four weeks ago
when her son threw stones at them.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
Scholars Read Original Poems,

Westmont. n. J.-Eighteen grade pu-
pills In the public schools read original
poems during the afternoon session,
creating considerable amusement and
mcovering some latent literary talent.
Recently each pupil IN this grade was
required to make q i've minute address
without manuscript.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
PRIZE DOG SAVES MASTER
6arks an Alarm When Auto pin' ~
Hair Against Garage WALL

Bridgeport. COnn.-Dr. James
Hair, widely known in this cOuI s,.
and Canada as a dog expert, prOUaS :.
was saved from death by one u =
prize pets when the automobile ne ~,
cranking shot forward and plnneu -
against the wall Of the garage. -,
The barking Of the dog OlO. ,,.
neighbors, who found Or. Hair uH. =.
scious. He was severely bruised y =
abdomen, but is expected to 49, -,
Apparently he had thought tne -. -.
neutral and had started 1t WitnOu'
ding the brake.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
SIX HOUR DAY IN SING SING
Warden Cuts Down Labor of the Con-
Nicta.

Ossining, N. Y.-The six hour day
has arrived in Sing Sing. By order of
Warden Derrick the prisoners quit
work In the various shops at o'clock
instead OF 4, as was the custom before
this time. The men start work at in
the morning and In the middle Of the
day have an hour Of for dinner.
With the shortening Of the day
Warden Derrick announced the men
must work steadily.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
An Eaa Every Day.

Baltimore, Md.-Mitchell Lingo of
Trinity, near fredericksburg. says he has
the champion egg layer In a two-year-
old hen. The hen has laid In the same
spot In the barn al year. and Lingo,
backed by officials Of that town, states
that she laid S65 eggs last year.
The broad ax., 1916-12-02
EXPLORING Brazil
Wife of DR.. Rice With Party on
! Trip to Amazon.
WIDOW OF TITANIC VICTIM.
DR.. Rice Has Mapped About 100000
Square Miles In Vicinity of Mishtiest
Stream In WorId-Yaeht Protected
With Rust Proof Screens to Ward
Off Flying Pests.

New York.-The people of the great
forest are again to see DR.. A. Hamil-
ton Rice. With Mrs. Rice he left here
on the yacht Alberta for the river Of
the Amazons to complete his explora-
lions in the northwestern part Of the
basin of the mightiest stream in all
the world.
Mrs. Rice, who was formerly Mrs.
George D. Widener of Philadelphia, is
herself interested in science and will
help in the work of the expedition.
She has been directing until recently
the building and equipping of the great
library at Harvard university which is
a memorial to Mr.. Widener, who was
lost on the steamship Titanic.
The yacht will stop first at Barbados
and then 60 up the Amazon to Manaos.
Brazil, $50 miles from the coast, and
then into the Rio Negro to Santa Isa-
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29
Warned of Another Plot.

A printed warning" that Great Britain is
preparing to sink American ship or to de-
stroy American lives TO provoke war between
the United States and Germany" has been sent
to all members of the House and Senate by
order Of the board of trustees of the "American
Truth Society, 2Io Fifth avenue, New York"
The warning sets forth that it is the solemn
duty of every Congressman and Senator to take
due notice of what is apparently coming. Great
Britain has captured German submarines and no
doubt Great Britain can initiate German tor
pedoes"
The warning is significant because it saws
IN print that the president of the American
Truth Society" is no less distinguished Ger
man than jeremiah A. O'Lcary, while the list
OF trustees includes such names as Bernard H.
Rldder, Michael H. ORourke, Franz Koempel
P. J. Reilly, Rev. C. c. Bcrkcmeier, Michael
J. Horan, Ferdinand Hansen, James F. Quinn
Rev. William Schoen6cld, Leon c. Kelly, c. F.
w. Graef, A. L. Meehan, John c. Hegclein and
others equally famous
Coming from such a we'll informed source
as the above combination suggests the warning
will scarcely be ignored by Congress 1t brings
to mind the public warning that preceded the
destruction of the Lustania. The possibility that
the allied patriots composing the board of trus-
tees OF the American Truth Society, 2Io Fifth
avenue, New York." have received advance in
formation of another such savage plot with an
American ship the victim this time and are
now engaged IN an attempt to establish in ad-
vance an albl Tor Germany, is at least worthy
OF consideration. If Germany in her desperation
mas decided on any such program as this latest
warning from her loyal sons in this country
indicates, there may be some advantage in the
advance information
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

Mr.. Cleveland's task as President was
both delicate and difficult. He did pot
come into power supported by the warm
enthusiasm of a people, as General jack
son had come. though no one doubted
that he was the peoples. not a party's'
President.
His popular majority over Mr.. Blaine
was but 23OoO. Three hundred and TWEEN
ty-hve thousand votes had been cast for
the candidates of the Greenback and
Prohibitionist parties, to which many men
had turned for the nonce because they
could not bring themselves TO vote FOR
Mr.. Blaine and would not vote for can
didate of the Democrats, and in their eN-
tremity what to do threw their votes
away. Out of total popular vote OF
more than ten millions, therefore, Mr..
Cleveland had lacked an absolute major
ity by more than three hundred thousand.
The congrs ssional elections had given
the Democrats a strong working majority
again in the House, but the Senate was
still Republican. And yet the new Pres
idents party wished and expected him
to recast the administration of the gov
ernment in its behoOf. as il it were al
ready in its ascendency. and the Mug
wumps bade him disregard party, put
partisan considerations aside in his ap-
pointments TO office. and make the gov
ernment at Washington, as he had made
the government at Albany, sound IN
strument OF public business.
It was inevitable that he should disap-
point both his party and the leaders OF
the independents. Fortunately he knew
his own mind and was not rendered
timid by the difficulties OF his task He
accounted himself. not an indepe ndent
but a Democrat
His allegiance to his party was OF
the staunch and loyal sort. He thor
oughly believed in its principles and held
himself bound to serve IL in every legit-
innate way compatible with the public
service. He was a sincere believer in the
reform of the civil service which the
Mugwumps made so prominent a part Of
their creed and programme; but he
thought II no breach of the principles of
that reform to refuse reappointment to
Republican officials whose statutory term
Of four years had expired and 10 put
Democrats in their places, to ask for the
resignation of Republican officials whose
offices brought them into relations of
confidence with the administration, or to
dismiss those out OF the rank and hle
who showed themselves disposed to use
their offices for partisan purposes.
He thought it right and wholesome and
an act of sound policy to change a civil
service which was exclusively Republican
in every rank, and which had been ex-
clusively Republican throughout a whole
generation. a service in which Democrats
had been virtually prescribed. into a serv-
ice mixed of men of both parties. and
clear matter of traditional right to put
Democrats in every chief post of trust
The thorough going politicians of the
Democratic party were disappointed to
the pitch of dismay to find that Mr..
Cleveland meant to make no clean sweep
Of the offices and set his face like flint
against the doctrine that appointments to
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29
The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News Service and Personnel Published
in Washington.

ment they would create six vacancies in
the line and increase the number OF
promotions in the army from which thev
were detailed. The same is true Of the
other stan departments and with the
General Stan. To provide for any such
developments it is believed all OF the
officers who are anywhere near the top
OF the list will be ordered up for ex.
animation.
The first machine gun used in the Uni
ted States army was in command of
Commander Cleveland Davis, I. : n,
whose retirement has Just been an
nounced. 1t was during the Philippine
war when at the suggestion Of Gen.
Macarthur Commander Davis was sent
ashore from the L. s. S Helena with one
Of the old Colt machine guns. the army
at the time having no guns Of this
character.
The artillery was posted on the ex-
treme front and Gen. Macarthur
feared that 1t might be captured bv a
rush from the native troops. The sun
was so effective in the hands Of Com
mander Davis that he was advanced five
numbers in his grade for gallant con-
duct Commander Davis later took part
In Gen. MacArthur's advance on Mais-
losm. participating in all of the actions
OF that campaign.
What is more important. however. is
that upon the report Of Commando
DAVIS work with the Colt gun machine
guns were soon introduced into the army.
The old Gatling gun was originally de-
signed TO use in riots. but It is stated
that the first time that a machine gun
was used against an enemy in war was
when Commander Davis took the Colt
gun ashore in the Philippine campaign.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29
Democratic HOPES,

Vermont, one of the two States carried by
its eight. votes in the Republican convention II
apparently has no time for the Colonel. But
ne will pick up. lot of delegates in States that
Of the weaknesses of purely sectional party
like the Republican. The Southern delegates
nominated Taft in 1919, and possibly may have
an important part in deciding the nomination
at Chicago but they cannot help toward vic
tory. 1t is different work with the Democracy.
No State is beyond their possible grasp. Even
Vermont and Utah may be carried by them this
year IT the G.. O.. p factional differences are
kept alive.-Philadelphis Record.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29
Tagging for Lawbreakers.

Tagging" motorists who do not offend fla
grantly or seriously against traffic regulations
has been substituted in nearby New Jersey
community for the usual practice of making an
before local Dogberry. The tag is in effect
Ia gum-backcd summons, inviting the person
whose car has been adorned thereby to appear
in court to answer charge there to be made
Failure to. appear would, of course, result in the
issue of a warrant Of arrest; but the warning
of the tag is rarely left unheeded. The summons
might be adopted as means of bringing de-
PENDANTS into court to in all penal action,
except those involving grave moral turpitudc or
gross crimnality. Civil actions used to be be-
gun by capias which WAS writ directing the
arrest of the defendant and the holding Of him
to bail. We have bettercI that; but why not ad.
vance furtherl-Philadclphi Record
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

onice were the spoils Of victory in a
presidential contest. Thorough going re-
formers were equally disappointed to
hnd that he did not intend to adopt their
principles with their own uncompromis-
ing austerity. They are 10 be treated
with respect" Mr.. BLAINE had written 10
Mr. GARFIELD Of the reformers, i'm 1880.
but they are the worst possible political
ADVISERS, foolish, vain. without
kno"iedse OF measures, ignorant Of men,
pharisaical. but not practical: am
pitous' but not wise; pretentious, but
not powerful"
Mr.. Cleveland knew too much ~ the
slerllns Character and wide experience
OF The particular group Of reformers who
hao made his election possible to utter
SO superficial a Judgment about them,
or TO feel anything but the profouudest
respect for their motives and for their
sasaclty as men Of action. He stood very
near them in his own hopes and purposes
ana felt no touch of Mr. Blaine's resent
full contempt for them.
But he was practical man OF affairs
and knew better than they did both the
limitations and the theoretical weakness
OF their programmes. They stood out
side the public service as critics. dealt
with principles, not with men; were serv-
iceable in the formation OF opinion. but
not In the conduct of government The
conduct Of government they still left 10
professional politicians and to men who
made public life their constant object, as
they themselves did not: and Mr. Cleve-
land understood the public men whom
they condemned more justly than they
did-understood them by reason Of life
long association with them. and knew
that their qualities were better, their
men who had no dealings with them
supposed them TO be-
Those who came into direct conference
with him and learned 10 know at first
hand his principles of action found moth
ing 20 strong. SO imperative in Mr..
Cleveland as his sense of justice, his
sense OF right and OF fair dealing. He
had. they found. a big conscience open
TO the airs OF all the various world, ap-
proachable by all sorts OF men, whether
OF thought or OF affairs. He felt as
much bound to meet the reasonable eI-
pectations Of the right-minded por1-
ticians OF his party as to come up TO
the requirements OF the refOrmers. He
knew the practice Of party government
hs his critics did not, and felt al liberty
to act upon the immemorial understand
ings Of government in that kind where
ever he could do so and yet not violate
principles of sound administration. He
meant TO use the principles of the civil
service reformers for the purpose OF
making the government pure and ef-
ficient, but not for the purpose OF taking
it out of the hands of parties as an
instrument OF policy.
1t was a reform which he perceived
could not be brought on upon a sudden
Impulse, but must be worked out
through the processes OF politics as they
stood.
Tomorrow Non-Partisan Reforms.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29
ADDRESS LAW GRADUATES
Baccnlsureate sermon Delivered N,
Rev. +. NJ. McCoy,

The baccalaureate sermon to the gradv-
ates Of Washington College of Law was
preached last night by Rev. Francis M
Mccoy, in Foundry NJ. E. Church. The
commencement exercises will be held al
Memorial Continental Hall on wednes-
day evening al s o'clock
Student candidates for the degree Of
master Of law are Benjamin Alvin Ban.
Augustus Peter Norton, and Edna James
Sheehy. Candidates for degree OF
bachelor of law are Eugene H Andrew.
Laura Maria Berrien, Robert Dillon Bur.
bank, Lucille Compton, Marietta Deebsn
Judah Lawrence Emanuel, Morris L.
Friedman, Rufus B. Funk, A. Paul Hines
Ellis King Hotaling, Andrew Jordan
Lillian Leonard. Frank H. Long, Edward
$. Mcmahon, Joseph W. McMahon. Harry
F. Masman, William Joseph Murphy
James Clancy Naughten, Lorin c, Nelson
Edith Blaisdell Newman, Watson p
Newton. Dora Palkin. John Charles
Franklin Palmer, Alice Bertha Preuss
Edwin Frsncis Rowe. Harry G. Sabine
Thoms Shaw, Wintemute William Sloan
Anna speich, Margaret Stewart, Eileer
Sweeney, B. F1oye Taylor, George
Lemuel Wallace. Ella Royal William.
and S. Evelyn whita
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29
BY T.. B. JOHNS.

The examinations OF officers to be pro-
NOTED on July /, under the army re-
organization bill, will be conducted under
war conditions. II will be absolutely I'M
possible to follow all of the army regula-
tions governing examinations, and as a
consequence most Of the examinations
will be informal in character.
To begin with there Is no provision for
transportation by which officers could
be sent to large posts for examination,
AS the result it will be necessary to Gre
a te boards at all of the posts if the nee
essary personnel can be secured. 1t is
possible that in some instances it Will
be necessary to waive the regulations as
to requirements for examining boards.
Most of the officers on the Mexican bor-
der and in Mexico must be examined in
necessary books for examinations, and
the President OF the examining boards
will be required to improvise questions.
One of the novel developments Of the
situation will be the examination OF
cadets at West Point for promotion from
second to first lieutenant 1t will not be
known until the Judge Advocate Gen
eral has passed on a number Of ques-
tons Just how many cadets will be ex-
amined at West Point. but preliminary
computations indicate that some of them
they graduate.
The opera tions Of the detached list
the distribution of the additional officers
and the details for the staff and to the
stan departments are creating a great
deal of discussion in the War Depart
ment as to just what will be the promo
tions when the first increase goes into
effect on July l. Very few officers have
ventured to make a computation as tc
U will ha rr,1. -,
the five inCrements. The Adjutant Gen.
eral is working on a memorandum which
will be submitted to the Secretary ot
War in few days.
Not taking into consideration the
transfers which are authorized under the
army bill the subjoined according to the
latest computation will be the promo.
tions: In the infantry twenty-five lieu.
tenant colonels, forty majos, ninety
eight captains, SsS first Iieutenants, and
SI second lieutenants will be promoted
In the cavalry twenty-five lieutenant
colonels, thirty-five majors, sixty-ont
captains, 1A first lieutensnts aOl second
lieutenants. In the field artillery sever
lieutenant colonies, thirteen majors
twenty-four captains. eighty-four first
lieutenants, 1SS second lieutenants anc
In the Coast Artillery seven lieutenant
colonels, sixteen majors, forty captains
100 first lieutenants and 2eO seconC
lieutenants.
This approximate list of promotion.
may be changed by a number of develop
menta For instance there are six lIeuten.
ant colonels in the Adjutant General.
Department who are due for promotion
Under the law these officers can be KEEP
/ on duty as extra colonies in the Adjutant
Generals Department until the time o.
their detail expires. II they should b,
kept In the Adjutant Generals Depart
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

The increase in the District appropriation bill
of $4,000 in the amount available for the wages
Of the city's street sweepers will make possible
an addition Of rs cents day to the pttance these
men are now receiving-averaging less than So
a week the year round. This concession by the
House is the result OF nearly three years of
effort by few citizens, notably w. Mex. Clay
ton, to ameliorate a condition that is a disgrace
to the Capital They met with unreasonable op-
position in unexpected quarters, but the fact that
they have succeeded gives promise of better
things for all of the laborcrs in the employ of the
District government
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29
Saws WAY Out of Jail.

Vancouver, Wash, May 2S.-George Lee
Thorne, alias W. A Hilton, spent months
OF tedious hours saving with a manicure
file on an inch bolt in his prison door
Persistence won and he severed the bolt
last night and fed. leaving the manicure
file behind. Thorne had been in jail
since the first OF the year. The charge
was forgery and he was 70 have beer
tried next Friday. Steps had been TAX
en-, however, TO invote the habitusI Grim
inal statute against him.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

Gen. Pershing announces that his troops in
Mexico we'll supplied with both necessities
and luxuries and that further contributions Of
candies from the women of the United States
would oVerburdcn the army transports. 1t may
be assumed that Pershing is not enthusiastic
over attempts to make pink tea affair of his
expedition. Some Of 'the fair donors of delicaces
would perhaps not be pleased to learn that their
sweets have been tickling the palates of our
friends, the Mexicans.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

Now that one important case which has
made heavy demands upon the time of the
District attorneys Office has been disposed of
It may be expected that the case of two police
men, accused of unlawfully entering a private
dwelling at night, about two months ago, will
be called for trial The two policemen, it will
be recalled, were suspended from duty shortly
after warrants for their arrest were issued, but
later restored to active service bv the
District Commissioners An important question
involving conflict between the duties of police
men and the rights of citizens depends upon the
outcome of the case, and its early determination
certainly is advisable.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

So far as can be ascertained there is no
truth in the report that the Secretary OF the
Treasury, upon recommendation of the Comptroller
of the Currency, will ask Congress for special
appropriation to defray the expenses of the
Riggs Bank trial.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

1t is to be hoped that the police patrol
wagon which, on its way to get two men ac-
cused of depreciation of private property" ran
along the sidewalk ard damaged the front
pOrches of two dwelling houses, not vio-
latng the speed limit, as applied to hospital
ambulanceS.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

The Comptroller of the Treasury has re-
fused to recognize as legitimate expenses in
Cured by army officers detailed to duty abroad
the cost of hair cutting and shoe polishing.
The excuse for charging such items to Uncle
Sam IS not apparent, even under the most
liberal Interpretation of what constitute travel
ing expenses.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

A great deal of space in the news columns is
devoted just to stories about peace from
both sides of the Atlantic, but careful study of
them fails to disclose any reason why they should
not all have been written in Lincoln, Neb, or
Detroit, Mich.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

Boston stenographers and bookkeepers are
demanding that employers stop kissing and
caressng them, stop swearing and pay them at
least $40 week The situation would be better
understood if it was stated whether the wage
standard mentioned is decrease or an advance.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

Oklahoma farmers arc already in the market
for harvest hands, offering them from 81 to 81. so
a day, with board. A part of what they will
produce will go to feed the bread lines next
winter, and it seems pity that the men who
will make up these bread lines can't be sent to
the fields this to harvest their own
supply
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

Indignant denial is made by a number of
ministers of the report that the general assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian Church will be held next
year in licensed hotel in Dallas, Tex. Per-
who have stopped at Dallas hotels will
fully appreciate their indignation.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

One attractive feature. about the alleged odds
quoted against the Republican Presidential can
didatcs is that you bet all of them and
come out winner
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

Italy will put her clocks forward an hour on
June ?. Soon all Europe will have adopted the
new time system, and then shall have to fol-
low suit or get all mixed UP in calculations
Of time differences.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29
ACTION.

ACTION
Be not content to swear off ways
You know can only hurt you.
Twill much increase your length of days
If you'll SWEAR ON some virtue.
To be a man of might unused
Brings little satisfaction,
For strength grows flabby if INFUSED
With Just a touch of action.
Copyright lslsl
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29
Enriching the Language.

One Texas statesman has been described by
the Daughters of the Confcdcracy of that State
as "a sesquipedalian msnomer and puerile dema-
gogue." This utterly surpasses Byzantine logo
Journal
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29

ton 70 them: but they rot
worse and my face was dis
figured. My face and neck
were red and innsnned and th,
pimples were large. hard and
red. They would tester and
burn and itch and when
would scratch them I would
almost Fo c-szv tbr gtrhI,r .,S
The Washington herald., 1916-05-29
Optimists in Europe.

European hotel proprietors optinistically
figure that the entire cost of the war will be
paid promptly as the regular annual
American tourist season opens-Boston Tran
script.