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The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

7 LYssEs GRANT came Of plain
stock In which there was small
~ impulse Of achievement; his
faculties fell duh in all ordinary sea
sons: there was rustic simplicity
about him which made him pass un-
noticed among strangers. a lack OF
seif-assertion which rendered him dis
inclined to quarrel with obscurity.
He had withdrawn from the army at
thirty-two because the empty routine
of a soldiers life worked a deep de-
moraiization upon his easy going ma
ture when no action of consequence
was In hand: but at the outbreak of
the war he had enlisted again, as a
volunteer, and had been given COM
mand of southeastern Missouri with
the rank of general of brigade in the
volunteer service.
Then IL was that the qualities which
had slept in him, save for few
glimpses OF the day amidst the fight
ing In Mexico, began to be shaken
wide awake by what was TO be done.
and the responsibility which lay upon
him to do IL.
1t was he who. in the eurly autumn
of 1861 (SeptcmbeT 4th and September
sth), occupied Cairo and Paducah. the
keys TO tho rivers at his front
The one lay at the junction of the
ONO ana the Misslsslppi' the other az
the junction of the Ohio and the Ten
nessee. From Cairo the Mississippi
flowed down to the Gulf through the
very heart of the Confederacy: at Pa
ducah the Tennessee found its outlet
coming all tho Ions way round about
Tennessee out OF the northern coun-
Ties OF Alabama; and near at hand
scarcely ten miles away. came down
the Cumberland from it's six hundred
mile Journey through kentucky and
northern Tennessee,
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
NAVAL ORDERS.
MONUMENTS OF VESSELS

AIhany sailed for Seattle, Fetrusry IS: HoptEus
sailed for Nsu REurisso. Feh0Ary IS; Hull arrived
Mare Leland. February Il. Lawrence. sailed to
Ssu FrzrCscn. PrhuAry IS: MOHtsna. arrives
Hsluna February IS; Nan bisSn sailed for ssr
pieEo Febusr IS; stewart. arrived ssn ne'irn
Fensuary J; TuIton. sailed fOr San FFsRCiscu
February IS
NOTES.
TIE 'IaS uf the commando, o. tile cFVS-r Alr'n
Atlantic Fleet. has been temNESnl, transferred
fr,n, the Tennessee To the nrsirIe.
The hester. st Nournvis will les'c LthsT'au
ssturr Ib,sIt the middle uf March g. New NuTL,
ORDERS TO OFFICERS.
Lieut. u. Z. tilsut, ln as'. Ie uHlug station
ChiCaEn. III.
Li,'r T. u. MrWbcrer. to navy yard. New York
y Y, March ., os
Lie.,. ,gTuI,- grrds, u. prTrcrins Vermcnt Il
A,istic slstiou.
Lieut. juriJ .rsdrl {. JenHnr.. to Nerk'
J. W Bnss C0sHpSnS. BrOuklln. y. Y.
BlsjH, II, J. Valentine hsarssrse 20 Dolphin.
,siEI T, G. LGtimLrs. jr., heE sstc 20 Dolphin
Naval CONSTRUCTOR A. H. Van kegreu, navy yard
Mae Island cal. 10 Bdroau Construction aud
Repair. Nav DsIsHnent
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

An interesting and scientific explanation Is of.
fercd by New York judge OF "the eye, of a GRIM
inaT and the man with the bad eye. "Bsd eyes
make bad men," said Judge William H. Wadhams
in an address to the Society of Medical Jurispru-
dence. THE man who cannot see straight cannot
think straight and cannot act correctly, When the
nervous functions become disarranged, the morals
also are affected" Judge Waldhsms spoke from
long experience with wrongdoers, and his theory
that defective eyesght makes the criminal is surely
quite plausible as that which holds that criminal
instincts are responsible for bad eyea.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

In February. 1859, the movement of
the FEDERAL troops southwark began,
up the valleys Of the rivers. under
General Pope, General Buell.. General
Thomas. and General Grant. support
ed at each advance by gunboets on the
rivers, and by midsummer great
wedge OF armed men and boats HAD
been driven into the confederate ter
ritory.
General Grant. supported by feet
of gunboats under Commodore Foote,
moved up the Tennessee River and
took Fort Henry on February 9Th; and
on the 18th crossed TO the Cumberland
and took Fort DoueIson,
Following his movement. force
under General Pope, similarly sup
ported by an armed hotilIa, with iu-
finite difficulty cleared the Mississippl
OF the confederate blockades at New
Madrid and Island Number Ten, lying
like outposts at the northern bound {.
ary lines of Arkansas and Tennessee,
General Grant with that grim
thoroughness which all men presently
saw in him when once he was afool,
pressed forward. beyond the forts on
the Tennessee and the Cumberland. TO
strike at Corinth. a railway center in
northern Mississippi.
II WAS his principle to be moving al
ways, forcing the fghting. He knew
the men against whom he acted, he
thought: most Of them had been his
comrades in Mexico. He thought he
knew what mistakes they would make.
But they checked him very sharply
whenever he blundered or exposed
himself without force enough to crush
them,
Tomorrow The Struggle for tks
MisxisaIppl,
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

OF course, it We work in this way We shall be
deprived OF some OF our plcasantcst ndulgcnccs
We shall not have the qualification Of furnishing
with the of moral superiority that goes with
it, the sclfflattery and the illusion OF power But
we shall have something better. We shall have
the reward OF seeing the degraded, not more de-
graded but less degraded, and OF finding that many
OF those who regarded most danger
ous to society had really the capacity of becoming
most scrviccabc.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
Our Position Already Defined.

Announcement yet unofficial and uueon6rm-
ed, that the government at Washington has finally
determined not to recognize by word or act the
right asserted by Germany and Austria to sink
merchant ships OF enemy nations carrying the
ordinary defense guns, is worthy of all credence
Indeed it may well be doubted whether, in spite
of previous announcements, regarded authori-
tative, the administration seriously considered
any course implying acquiescence in the new
proclamation of piracy by the Teutons. For to
do so would mean complete remuneration OF a
definite policy adopted during the present war and
plainly and unmistaksbly communicated to the
German government by the State Department,
through Ambassador Won Bernstorf in Washing
ton and Ambassador Gerard in Berlin,
On September I0, 1914, Secretary Lansing
wrote to Ambassador Won Bernstorff Enclosing
for your information two memoranda which the
department has issued today, and which define the
general rules which this government will follow
in dealing with cases involving the status OF
armed merchant vessels visiting American ports"
And the very first rule set forth in this memoranda
was:
"A merchant vessel OF bclligcrent nationality
may carry armament and ammunition for the
sole purpose Of defense, without acquiring the
character of ship of war"
Certain restrictions were mentioned, among
them that the caber OF the guns carried shall
not exceed six inches, that the guns and small
arms carried shall be few in number, and that no
vessel.
On October IS, 1914, Ambassador Gerard
transmitted to Washington a protest against this
office holding that it wholly fails to comply with
the principles OF neutrality" But in communica-
tion dated November ]. 1914, Secretary Lansing
instructed Ambassador Gerard to notify the Ger
man government that "the government OF the
United States is obliged to dissent from the views
OF the German government" He cxpatiated upon
and rcafrmed the rules forwarded to Ambas sador
Won Bcrnstorff, adding: This government CON
sdcrS that in permitting private vessel having
general cargo, customary amount OF fuel, an
average and passengers OF both sexes on
board to enjoy the hospitality of an American port
as merchant vessel, it is in way violating its
duty neutral"
This correspondence appears to furnish a re-
liable guide as to what the governments course
will be with reference to the Teutonic threat to
sink without warning such vessels, to which we
have already given formal and explicit recognition
as merchantmen entitled to the hospitality of our
ports 1t cannot a ruling made during the
progress OF the war and exclude these ships from
our ports, and it hardly be imagined that it
will be able to sec its way clear to cti-
zens to take passage merchant ships which
it recognizes as engaged in legitimate commerce
between this country and Europe. Quite evidently
it must continue to hold Germany and her allies
to strict accountability" for any lives they may
sacrifice OF Americans travelling the high seas
on lawful and peaceablc crrands.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
Gov. McCalPs Qualifications.

Gov, Mccall, Of Massachusetts, has an estab-
lished claim to national recognition as a candidate
for the Republican Presidential nomination That
claim, however, rests upon long course of en-
lightened and progressive independence in Con
gress, where he was thorn In the side OF Re-
publican hunkerism, exempliicd in the latter
day Mark Hanna revival 1t does not rest and
cannot be made to rest on such line Of reaction
ary tariff and other talk given to the Re
publican Club Of New York Saturday There are
too many smaller men in ahead of him on that
platform.-New York World.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
The Virtues We Breathe In.
ny JOHN d. BARHY.

There arc many oHenses that most OF us could
not possibly commit, One is, for example, petty
thieving In our social dealings with one another
We practically recognize the impossbility of this
kind OF wrongdoing. In one another put a
large trust. BY means of this trust we conduct
our social life and much of our business life
What is the force that makes us so honest?
Is it feara Hardly We could all do little pill
fering here and there without running much risk
OF getting caught. The real force behind our hon
esty it seems to me, is sclf-respect..
We never think OF plfering for the simple rea-
son that we feel pilfering is impossible thing.
1t is altogether too mcan too contemplate, too un-
thinkable. This kind of sentiment, which is so
much part of that it is like sense exists
among most we'll brought up children, old enough
to think for themselves. Think of all the children
you know Do you happen to know any pilferers
OF money among them? If you do they inter
esting because they are SO exceptional, SO abnor-
NAL, perhaps so unaccountabe.
Among the very poor this high standard does
not always prevail In the first place, the tcmpta
tions to pfering strong A small sum may
mean great advantage. And yet, among the
poor, too, there is high standard OF honesty, by
no means necessarily associated with fear. II it
does not always prevail among the children of the
poor, it is easy to understand why. The poor arc
often unable to establish those conditions where
children will develop into creatures whose honesty
becomes like an instinct. For appreciation of the
rights OF others is largely the result Of the elabo-
rate training that goes with pretty high grade
of civilization, and the poor. of them, through
their poverty, may be degraded to be virtu-
ally uncivilized. Many OF our so-callcd virtues.
exist in the air about us and are Of credit
to us than speaking the language we have al
ways heard than any OF our unconscious fuuc-
toning.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

Speaker Champ Clark believes the country will
never again be caught so unprepared for war as it
was at the time OF our trouble with Spain The
European war has been in progress year and a
half and relations with all the begerents have
been severely strained at times and yet the Presi-
dent, warning the country that he could not tell
what day might bring forth, confessed the other
day that haven't army large enough to
police the Mexican border, However, we did in.
wade Mexico and come away with the loss of les,
than a score of lives.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
4 PhiladeIphia newspaper published .nap.

Philadelphia newspaper published a snap
shot of Billy Sunday and his large and putocratic
appearing entourage arriving in town. calling special
attention to the fact that the evangelist "is seen in
his famous fur-collared overeoat"-though it did
omit to mention that it is worth 81 900 and was the
gift OF a Philadelphia merchant. And yet some of
Philadelphia's tolers who have heard sermons
preached from the text Sell all that you have and
give it to the poor" will be more impressed by one
OF Sundays acrobatic harangues.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
Fires in Cold Weather.

Fires in dwellings are particularly common in
severe weather because heating apparatus is
forced to its utmost, but there is no obvious rea-
garages and barns should be more common in
very cold weather than when the temperature is
nearer the average There is great deal OF care
lessness in handling combustible material and this
may be greater in exceptionally cold than in nor
NAL weather. Whatever the explanation may be,
yesterday was the busy day of the FIRE depart
Philadelphia Record
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

ITO him that hath shall be given. And from
him that hath not shall be taken away that
which he hath" This terrible saying is finding
constant exempfcation today, as it has found in
the past Those most favored by fortune, more
over are always expecting more. Those least
favored by fortune the most heavily taxed.
Shall ever learn better? Shall we ever learn
not to punish the people who are already fear
fully pcnalized, but instead, 10 help them. to do
what we to give them a chance to overcome
their handicapso
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

bureau OF Craftsmanship research" to pro.
mote efficiency in the selection and training OF
statesmen is to be established in the Carnegie Insti-
tute Of Technology at Pittsburgh. Which may be
interpreted as warning to the public to go into
training to resist even more strenuously slluring
description. Of gold bricks and Mexican mines
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
A Fighting Quaker,

Was ever. Quaker without good fighting
ming his twentieth year as Representative from
Pennsylvania, battling il he were veteran on
the floor for navy big enough lick all creation,
He's Quaker; orthodox, too. Sons his son, af-
feetionately known in the Marine CORPS as Bat
ting Butler.-New York Sun.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
West Point Notes.

West Point, n, Y, Feb. l6.-Recent
social activities here were as follows:
Col. and Mrs. Wilcox entertained
with a large card party In honor of
Lieut., and Mrs Osborne, Prizes were
won by Mesdames Townsley. FIe-
berger, Walker, Dunwoody, Hoyt, Holt,
KiehL and Col. Holt and Lieut.. Mac
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

1t is reported from St. Paul that James J.
Hill has accepted King Albcrt's invitation to super
wise the reconstruction OF Belgium after the war.
The fact that Germany not considered in
connection with the task may be regarded in Ber-
lin as serious oversight. though we'll understood
elsewhere.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
ARMY ORDERS.

Csp, Robert NJ Nolan. Signal Corpi srpoipteo
acting ouzrlrrmastsr for the first section. Wash
mgtor- Alaska Niltarl Cable and Telephone system
Mai. JoIu T.. AunIus Ordnance Department. upnh
arrival in IN, United state will report TO the
Frsnkford Arsenal phiIsdelIIhiI. IA. for duty
Maj Edwin u BFickcT, Ordnance Drl aTtInsnt,
will VISIT the candy Hcos Proving Ground. \. J..
pu Official business u the Ordnance Department
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

I've Just made valuable discovery %
announced TimperE.
What is it?" asked Twisss.
I'm 8 fool"
"Ah, the joke ia on your friends"
How is that
you know something they don't think
you know. w."-Birminghxm Ass-Hersle.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

Some news detectors engaged in effort
to create excitement by announcing that Bryan
will oppose Wilson at St. Louis. The blind and
the deaf knew it long ago. just they knew and
know what effect such opposition will have.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

Ii Louis Brsndeis is confirmed as member Of
the Supreme Court OF the United States his
enemies will have nothing with which to reproach
themselves. Ii Senators vote with their eyes
closed they will only have themselves to blame
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

Berlin has been informed that the United
States has yielded to Germany the Lusisana
controversy. Now all that is necessary is to ad-
wise the American people that Germany has yield
cd to the United States and close the incident
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
Hy T.. u. JOHNS.

! Numerous suggestions are coming TO
/ the military committees for legislation
which would civ" young men having
served in the army and navy a preference
/ in the "ivil service OF the covernment.
No national defense society Is pushing
| the propaganda hut prominent people
who are Interested in prepa redness are
urging the members of the committee
to report out some legislation of this
| character.
One of the most active advocates OF
this plan for the use of the civil estab-
| Ilishmcnt to strengthen our national de-
| frnsO is james ;. Lang, OF Boston. lie
has submitted a number Of propositions
! by which he argues a citizen reserve
army can be built up. He will provide
| that no person who has not taken mill
tary training and enlisted in the citizens
! reserve. shall be employed by the govern
/ ment, Tho proposed bill is not retroactive
and would not apply to those in the
service of the government at present.
| lie would go farther and provide that
10 one is eligible to an elective ONCE
who had not taken military training.
! Mr. Lang, in supporting his plan SAYS
that man who is not willing to nght
for a government should not be allowed
to draw pay from it. He would except
only the physically unit from military
training, but all others in the future be
| fore they become eligible to hold oftice
of any character must take the necessary
| training to prepare TO serve their
country in the event of war.
| Despite the announcement OF the Score
ltary OF the Navy that be would not re-
celve penny contributions to build 4 bat
tleship. small contributions of this char
acter are being received at the depart
ha oiV
land address they are returned by the
Secretary. but where they come from
ANONYMOUS sources they are turned over
/ to the conscience fund in the Treasury
Department AS result quite a material
addition Of stamps to the conscience
fund" is being made by the Secretary OF
the Navy.
| Word has been received at the War De-
partment of the death OF Peter Pan. He
was q Scotch Collie, and recognized Maj.
| II. G. Bishep, of the Fifth Field Artillery.
as his master. and he was one of the
most interesting characters in the service.
Peter Pan was an army dog through and
through. and was never happier than
when he was with force of troops He
was better acquainted with military com
mands than with the ordinary terms with
which dogs are addressed, Halt meant
ston as much to Peter Pan as 1t did to
veteran of the service. At one time
other Peter Pan served" at most of the
army posts west of the Mississippi.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

Those Carranza officials who ask the Washing
ton government to believe in the existence of
plot to blow up United States battlcship in
which United States consul is involved, must
have been reading the notes sent us from Berlin
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

When the capture Of 600 yards OF trenches on
the western front becomes an important achieve
mcut in the war We begin to get some idea OF the
rgidity OF the deadlock in France
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

The government that shakes its fist first and
its finger aitcrward falls into contempt" declared
Mr.. Root. That epigram will be oft repeated in
this years campaign.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

The New York Evening Post, once an ardent
supporter OF President Wilson, is now engaged in
upholstcrng him with dynamite.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

Bryan declared his intention OF disputing the
denomination OF President Wilson when he re-
signed from the Cabinet; only the issue he then
raised has collapsed.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

Col House has postponed his return to the
United States owing to pressing engagements in
London. The German vote will swing back again.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

There may be such a thing a. LUCK
in business, but ADVERTISING a.
more CERTAIN TO produce profts.-
Dan sayles
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

Bryan brsndishing the single term plank Of the
Baltimore platform weapon against Wilson
will resemble man hurting last years bird nest
at battery OF machine guns
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
AS TO QUESTIONS.

When it comes down to questions strange by
which our minds tasked
l never bother over those that no one ever asked.
tCopyright RsJ
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
A Line o Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing Of original poem. written dalIy
for The Washington Herald.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17

Mrs. Blank is in deep mourning isn't
She
Very deep. ] hear that she has dis
charged her blonde chauffeur and hired
Colorcd one Boston Trnnsrript
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
ssrrers aad HeIisior.

The chinese are more interested IN
surgery than they ere In medicine" ssid
he surgery H. practically unknown in
lhsi country and IL appeals to the Chinese
more than does internal medicine. II is
more dramatic But the foundation Of
the Chimes religious beliefs H. ancestor
worship. and medicine meet. q very
great handicap in the opposition 10 post
moTtems and such examinations The
task Of overcoming that will be a severe
One,
The field that China offers to Young
doctors who are willing 20 go out there
is very rich"
That's an excellent idoh Their, are .
lot Of fresh young hospital doctors in
this country that should bs induced bv
the Rockefeller Foundation TO 20 out
there and experiment on the Chinks We
1 could spare them and EtilI preserve the
nations normal health
lot or Western drunmcrs have form
| I'd an Orgs "a tion known as the Far
I Western Trsvelers' Association. and
have opened . permanent hssdausrter.
IN Ncw York. Tho club already numbers
more than thousand members Tim
/ Iiesly. OF New York. Is the president and
S l. Bernstein, OF San Francisco. the
vice president BY attending one OF
their meetings YOU would probably hear
! all the --latest stories. Still ] shall no;
seek for an invitation 20 attend one. The
stories would be OF no use 20 me
! could not print them.
Mr.. T. '. Helm, formerly manager o'
/ the Piccadily Hotel m London. VIII,
I csmo TO this country for verl good res
sons soor after the WHr broke out. hs,
gone 10 Salt Lake Cts 70 be mana ger O,
! the Hotel NeUhoUsC there. Sincc aTriy,
ing In this country he has been occupy,
J ing subordinate positions ct the NcAlpir
| and Clsridge hotels IN New York Tie u
/ one Of the hundreds Of German hote
people IN London who have found AZ
asylum in this CoUntrr. u t. almost
pitful 10 soc men who have held import.
ant and highly lucrative positions IN
London holdmE down jobs here thsl
don't psy more than 81 or $50 week
There are lots OF them doing Il. too. In.
cidentally they are not very euthusiss
tic over this war
The Washington herald., 1916-02-17
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