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The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

On Black Friday" September "a.
1853, the spectators had the prices
and the stock of gold almost at their
disposal when the news came that the
President had ordered the subtreasury
OF the United States at New York TO
sell gold from the vaults Of the gov
ernment for the relief Of the market
and 1t was known that the hundred
million which the government held had
begun to be released.
Then the crash came, and the ruin
the operators had wrought. for them
selves and others, was laid bare.
Trade at home as well as abroad
depended upon the available stores of
gold. That desperate speculation had
upset credit.
The movement Of the crops halted
foreign trade came to a standstGll:
the West would not deal with the
East: the East could not deal over
sea. No man who handled money
knew just where he stood. The busi-
ness Of the continent was racked to
It's center; and every man who knew
the money market knew that IT would
be many a weary month, 1t might be
many a weary year. before the de-
moralizing effects OF that day would
pass away.
The operators who had brought the
panic on shielded themselves in the
courts. and even the immediate ruin
they had wrought upon their victims
could not be repaired.
There were abundant crops, and
business lacked nothing TO make IL
prosperous but a steady money mar
ket.
The census taken in 1870 showed the
population of the country increased
by more than seven millions since
1869, for all it had been a decade
hlled with death and war.
Even the South had added some
eight hundred thousand to her reck-
oning. Industry went forward at a
quiet pace, and the wealth of the
countTy grew in the very season OF
financial panic.
1t was the unquiet spirit of adven-
ture that upset affairs. The war had
thrown business from its ordinary
courses. The huge purchases OF the
War Department. the unusual peril of
the seas so long as the confederate
privateeTs were abroad, the necessary
hazards OF business while war filled
every transaction with conjecture had
bred the speculative temper and quick
ened the instinct for adventurous oper-
ations on the grand scale; had made
men apt at managing corners" and
reckless what risks they added to the
legitimate hazards of trade.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
The Tendency to Crime.

The district attorneys annual report asserts
that men more criminal than women bach
elors than benedickS, young men than old men,
some Italians than some Japanese. 1t exhibits
the fashions in violation of law and indexes
processes of reform and recidivation. Such sta
hstics and statements do not teach crime, as the
supercritical might aver, for criminals have a
school of their own arts that covers adequately
without outside assistance its educational field.
They do offer to orderly citizens who will take
time to examine them some indisputable data
the workings of perverted human nature But
why, being on the subject, why do the reports not
itemize the criminal achievements of redheads?
Rufus is already under vague suspicion of va
rious irregularities. Is he more or less moral,
more or less wicked, more or less brave or wise
or honest than his fellows with tow heads or nut
brown thatches or polls pronouncedly brunette
in vegetation?-New York Sun.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
Fort Monroe Note..

Fort Monroe, Va, April lS-Col. d. w
ketchsm entertained at dinner for Miss
Sheppard, Capt. and Mrs. c. NJ. Seaman.
Capt and Mrs. ]. B. Taylor, Capt and
Mrs ]. X. c. Grain.
Lieut. H. r. Clagett, Twenty-third In
fantry, is here awaiting the arrival Of
the transport Fitzpatrick, on which he win
make the trip to Panama to rejoin his
regiment
The mine planter Schofield. Lieut. G.
NJ. Peek commanding. is here for a few
days on her way North.
Lieut. A. E. Potts, C. a. c., is visiting
friends
After spending the winter at Old Point,
Mrs Magruder and her daughter. Miss
Magruder, left for a visit to California
Mrs r. c. Garrett entertained at cards
for Miss Pierce, Mssdsmes w. c. Knight
e. c. Long, N, Horowitz. L. b. Bender,
NJ. B. Willett, LOhr and Haines. Mes
danes Long and Haines won prizes
Mrs. e. c. Register and her mother ar
rived at Fort Monroe.
Mrs. Forbes. who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. G. A. Nugent, left for her
home In New York
Mrs. L. ID. Gasser entertained at cards
for Mesdsfnes Peace, knight Shartle
Gulick, Hines. Stockton, Garrett and Mss
Pierce. Prizes were won by Mrs. Hines
and Mrs. Knight.
Mrs. r. c. Garrett and Miss Pierce had
luncheon with Mrs sharp In Norfolk.
Dining with Lieut. and Mira. c. E ide
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
An Over-worked War.

Kettle Hill was very small exploit to fur
nish two Presidents, when it is ingeniously
confused with San Juan Hill. Theodore Roose-
velt got two terms in the Presidency out Of it,
soldiers candidate for President The civil war
provided the Republicans with all their Presi-
dents before Roosevelt, and in only one instance
did they venture to nominate man who had
not been soldier, and that time they lost That
they should be anxious for a military candidate
is natural enough, but protest that the Cuban
war was not big enough to provide more than
one President Philadelphia Record.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
Real Issue of Preparedness.

The real issue of preparedness was raised by
Senator Stone and Senator Borah when they
treated one the two questions of what should
be done in strengthening both the army and navy.
So far the House and the Senate have considered
only the army bill. The Secretary of War and
the Secretary of the. Navy have each submitted
their programs and their separate estimates. The
War Department is interested in securing from
Congress more money for large regular estab-
lshment and for reserves; the Navy Department
in securing money for uper-Dreadnoughts,
defense must be studied from the standpoint of
both the army and navy and not from either
singly. They are parts of one problem, not dis
tinct issues.-New York World.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News of Service and Personnel Published
in Washington.

send its oil burners to the place where
oil Is cheapest and its coal burners to
the point where coal is cheapest. This
would have the effect OF transferring
from the Atlantic to the Pacific feet the
oil-burning destroyers and battleships
and leaving in the Atlantic only the coal
burning ships. For military and strategic
reasons the Navy Department has decid-
ed to maintain its main feet Of battle
ships, cruisers. and destroyers in the At
lantiC; the Pacific fleet consists Of the
armored cruisers and the Asiatic feet Of
vessels Of still lower classes
To break up these units for purely
economical reasonA would break down
completely the feet organization. The
fleet is employed or kept In a certain the
ater for certain reasons best known to
the Secretary Of the Navy. Years ago
In 1902, the entire feet OF the United
States, with but few exceptions, was sta
toned in ChinR-international relations
at that time no doubt necessitating the
presence of the augmented feet there
Later all the balttleships and larger ves-
sells were ordered to the Atlantic, where
they now are. If conditions in the Pa
citic so require, no doubt the entire feet
would be transferred to the Pacific or
vice versa. Fuel oil is supplanting grad
ually coal as fuel for the feet: and Il
will not be many years before all Of the
ships Of the feet viii be burning oiI-the
present coal burners being placed in the
second or third lines Of defense and in
tine Will become wholly obsolete and
useless
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
Observation.
ny JOHN ID. BARRY.


There is woman of my acquaintance who
has remarkable capacity for observing people.
With a glance she can take In every detail OF
their personal appearance and dress Yet she never
seems to be looking She is not at all like those
trying observers who begin with your head and
let their eyes wander slowly and carefully over
the whole figure. studying every detail
My acquaintance with this woman has led me
to believe that those who look most see least.
After all, observing is not so much matter Of
looking. II is seeing at first sight and il is feeling.
1t is having an alert consciousness.
Most of Our observing naturally follows the
lines of our interest Indeed, we tend to observe
in lines only. There very few who have a
wide range of observation
Women for example, are intensely keen in
observing dress And in this department Of OBJ
servation they excel in observing the dress of
one another. Some find great amusement
in noting the way in which on the street women
look after one another, studying details of dress
But the woman who is really gifted with this
kind of observation does not have to look aronud
At glance she takes in everything.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
The American Mail.

There are those who are more concerned over
the fact that England has delayed American mails
than over the fact that Germany has murdered
American citizens.
Those cho claim that the mails should have
precedence over the lives Of women and children
seem to be strangely indifferent to the fate of the
mail that has been diverted by German subnia-
rines.
Upon what date will the mail bags lying in the
hold of the Lustania be forwarded to their des-
anation ?-The Outlook.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

Won Papen has been indicted for taking part
in the conspiracy to blow up the welland Canal.
The prosecutor may well mark his case "de-
ported as an undesirable" and let It go at that
Nobody in this country wants to hear of him
again. His name is only reminder OF how our
government permitted itself to be duped by enc
mics on our own soil, receiving friendly terms
those who were plotting our injury
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By o. o. MCINTYRE

spCcal Correspondent OF The washirr,on HcrsId.
New York April 1S,-InjrCducinE
syrup Jack Broadway latest cut.
up. He is the playful young man who
squirts syrup on womon's dresses in
the subway. He ruined gowns worth
$500 during the past week and is stflI
on the job. giving the police the merry
hs -ha.
He carries a rubber ball in his
pocket and when particularly well
dressed woman comes near him. he
sQuirts the syrup over her clothes and
goes sereneIy on his way. II has been
suggested that he might have been
hired by the fashionable dressmskers
to increase their business, hut OF
course this is only a base and mean
accusation without foundation
Examination has failed to reveal
whether # was chocolate or some
other flower. Detective MaTkey said
IL might even be molasses. He viii
Last summer the subway had =
cut-up who would jab women with
hat pins and make them scream with
pain. He was caught one day by q
muscular young woman who mani
cured his face against the cement
flooring OF a station and then let him
go.
Young Bert" Hubbard. son OF the
late Elbert, has returned from the an
uual pilgrimage to the Temple OF
Health in Kansas City. II was
custom that was his fathers and the
son will continue Il.
There is a doctor in charge OF the
Temple Of Health. an old mansion,
and each year patients who have been
cured there return for what they call
health reunion"
Mr.. Hubbard brings back good
yarn with him. The son OF puritsni-
cal parents living near Kansas City
had reached the age OF % without
seeing much OF the world. He was
about to be married and his father
took him to Kansas City 10 see a
little Of the glitter OF the city. He
dined at the cafes. visiting the the
ater and other places that never had
a part in his life.
when he returned he fell weeping
in his mothers arms. She told him
not to mind. that the world was not
so bad He had only seen the worst
q know" he sobbed, but there -
no Santa Claus"
Charles A Barnes, the magazine
writer, has shaken Broadway for
good. About year ago he went down
TO Atlantic City and has been there
ever since. He lives in the same
house with Max Msrctnr the play
wright. and both dislike New York.
Barnes was in town for the hrst
time in year last week and only
came because he was compelled 70 sail
from here for Cuba. He used 70 live
in Missouri and commented thusly the
other afternoon before sailing:
New York purchased 100000
worth Of tickets TO the Moran-Wil-
lard fight. Yet every time q novelist
needs a sucker for character he
has him hail from Missouri"
An elderly gentleman from the
country was at the head OF a line OF
arrivals at the waldorf the other
morning. He spent such n long time
at the register that the clerk became
a trifle impatient
"Just sign your name, please" he
said. The other guests, too, would
like TO register"
see here, your man." exclaimed the
old gentleman, don't you try any Of
your sass on me. don't sign moth
ing I amt read carefully. / learnt
my lesson with one Of them there
nEhtnin' rod sliekers that came out
my way"
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

woman who was elected mayor of Sawtelle,
Cal, has declined the honor because she SAYS
the position requires too much dignity and she
prefers to be able to mingle with plain people.
The woman suffragists must, do somett ing to
bring the seats of the mighty and the walks of the
plain people closer together in this California me-
tropolis.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

The English people are fine and good, and
brave, but they get up too late" says Baron d'Es-
tournelles de Constant "The French people are
at work every morning at least one or two hours
earlier than the English" But, deducting the
French gesticulations from the days work prob
ably would make the score about even
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

United States District Attorney H. Snowden
Marshall is discovering that ruffling the dignity of
the House of Representatives is a much more
serious crime than blowing up ships with Ameri-
can women and children on board or DESTROYING
American industrial establishments.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

Billy Sunday says we need a religion that
makes ms pay debts, but the trouble is that
when he gets through taking up collections his
trail htters" have nothing left with which to
satisfy their creditors.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

were Mrs Goodwin, Mai and Mira. w.
l. LATHE. Mr.. and Mrs. McMinnIn1in. Of
Hampton, and Lieut. Z. s. Harrison.
Mr.. and AIRS. Matthewson, Of Chicago.
gave dinner at the Chamberlin for Col
and Mrs A. n. stark. Capt and Mira.
c. NJ. Seaman and Capt r. II. Jordan.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

The wireless controlled torpedo, for the pur-
chase OF which Congress is asked to appropriate
ST,I67,ooo is now said to be absolutely worthless
Probably an exaggeration If true, Congress
would have bought it long ago
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

There should be no trouble in opening the safe
which Wolf Won Igel took the precaution to shut
when the officers appeared. There are plenty of
cracksmen in New York, if they are only called
in before instructions arrive from Washington
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

The wife Of New York artist has been
granted divorce result of disagreements
following his efforts to make her study arith-
metic and other elementary subjects Probably
he wanted her to make the cost of living dvisa-
bic by the income.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

The third annual census of the birds of the
country, under the direction of the Department OF
Agriculture, is to be taken in May and June and
it's sure thing the pestiferous English sparrow
will have good grounds to contest the accuracy
Of the count
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

Connecticut woman of IS is credited with
having been married eight times. She would prob
ably be in favor of department stores keeping
husbands in stock.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

Wolf Won Igel, who insisted that his arrest
would lead to complications between this country
and Germany, probably regarded the blowing up
OF a canal as merely assurance of distinguished
consideration.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
Mental Arithmetic Exereiae.

If it takes the government six hours to trans
port special delivery httfr from New York to
Philadelphia (and it doe5b. how long do you
suppose it will take theI government to build
an srmor plant and turn but the plates?-Phila-
delphia North American.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
LOVES BLINDNESS.

Love may be blind, my friend, but he
Needs really not at all to see -... e..
For all the rare things life reveals
Quicker than sight itself he feels.
CCopyr' hit lsisl
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

The German crown prince and Villa are prob
ably regarded as first preferred risks by the life
insurance sharks
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

Housewives report that the price of sugar is
higher than in years. The tariff makers certainly
made complete mess of the job when they got
to the sugar schedule.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

The exigencies of the situation surely call for
a substantial increase of the amount of the re-
ward offered for Villa, dead or alive, especially
dead.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

Occasionally a nation Is confronted by issues
and questions that are neither academic nor
hypothetical, and these cali for action, not analysis
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
West Point Notes.

west Point April iS-Gen. Tully Nc
Crea. father of Mrs. Tschappat Is serI-
ously Ill in Washington. Mrs. Tschappat
Is In Washington with her parents.
Col and Mrs. Stuart entertained at
supper for Lieut. and Mrs Householder.
Capt. and Mrs. Carter and Col. Smith
Lieut. and Mrs. Householder were
guests Of Chaplain Silver and Mrs. Robin
son at dinner.
Col. and Mrs. Robinson's guests at
dinner were Lieut. and Mrs Cunning
ham. Capt Alexander. Lieut.. Richardson.
Bridge was played after dinner.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Drysdale's guests at
dinner were Mrs. Dawson, Lieut. and
Mrs. Stoll
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

The United States now has an academy of
arts and letters, otherwise an academy Of i'm
mOrtales, of fifty members. The power of Con-
gress is truly awe-nspiring.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

We all observe most keenly the things we
care for. For these things we are always looking
There is profound suggestion in the slang
which refers to those persons who are always
looking for trouble. Whenever we meet any such
person we know that he is sure to find what he
is looking for.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

Wolf Won Igel snarled viciously when brought
to bay.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

We all become pretty sharp in observing the
observations of others. 1t is largely by such
observing that we judge another. If the
observations are kind think that the OBJ
servers kind If the observations arc unkind
know that the observers are unkind
1t is the mind behind the observations that
we judge.
And behind that mind judge the character.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

1t is pity that, in our observing we tend
to look for faults rather than virtues. The habit
seems like unaccountabc contradiction in hu-
man nature. For know that fault finding is
distressing both to others and to ourselves and
we hate to be distressed.
We have term like "fault-fndine" for the
finding and celebrating of virtues. The practice
is not common enough to have shaped itself into
a term.
When We celebrate one another's faults we
have the misleading deluson that we are in some
way celebrating our superiority. Moreover,
we think that doing something interesting.
Often in this belief VIC arc right. For most
Of us listen more eagerly to the celebrating Of
faults than to the celebrating of virtues.
And yet while listening to those who
celebrate the faults OF others we are often not
free from fear lest, by these very people, we be
subjected TO similar fault-fnding.
And when VIC hear people celebrating the
virtues of other people, though the words lack
the absorbing interest of criticism and scandal,
they nevertheless create in us a certain pleasure
Incidentally, we find ourselves liking those who
appreciate and praise the virtues of Others
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
oil Rurning Naval ships

Members of Congress have been asking
representatives of the Navy Department
why the Navy Department should not
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
A Line o Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing OF original poem. written daily
for The washnrson Herald.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

In observing another we generally find
what we are looking for. If we are looking for
faults we find faults. We even develop the power
of bringing out faults
If VIC are looking for virtues, we find virtues
We develop the power of bringing out virtues
Perhaps may find here one reason why
some people get with their fellow beings so
much better than other people do.
The Washington herald., 1916-04-19
THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE.
Published BY sbsciai sifh Prsde,a fhrorah
The MeClnrf Ne1rgtaber Syndicate.


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The Washington herald., 1916-04-19

Col William Paulding, retired: Mai J.
b. Vance, detached, and Lieut.. William
T. Boyd C. A. c., reported at the War
Department yesterday.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-11-10
KIRKHART FOR
ECONOMY IN
TOWN AFFAIRS
Position Of Day Marshal Abolish
sd-Yrss Light Gets q Solar
PlAxia

At q regular meeting oof the
Board of Trustees last Monday
evening, drastic measures were dis
cussed and acted upon, and as
result the position of town marshal,
held for many years by Elisha
House, was abolished, Members
Kirkhart, Adamek and White con-
tending that they saw no reason for
continuing this officer on the pay
roll. Before the motion was put,
however,by Mayor Haberstroh, the
discussion became general, and
various plans were suggested look
ing to a strict conservation of the
towns funds.
After the usual grist of bills had
been PASSED upon, Mr.. Kirkhsrt.
went further on the record as
strict economist, his first inquiry
being relative to the free electric
light which has for years been do
mated to the club rooms on Main
street (aside from the cash rental of
$500 per month for the councils
meeting place. which he consider
ed exorbitant.
The board then requested Mr..
House to accept the job for a
couple of weeks, in order that they
might choose a night marshal,
whereupon the meeting adjourned.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-11-10

Ed Haberstroh, the popular dep
uty county clerk, came down from
Lamar last Tuesday to east his vote
for Hughes and the COP.
Mrs. Eta Brown Of Dodge City,
Kan, daughter of Mrs. Emerson
Brown, was the guesst Of her pc
rents here last week, on her annual
vacation. Miss Brown is an attache
OF the Globe newspaper Of that city
and an exceedingly clever young
lady.
The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid will
meet with Mrs. Wright at the
Manse on Thursday, Nov. 16, at
2:30 pm
Mrs. Ed Klein who has under.
gone siege of fever, is gradually
convalesing, and her many friends
are jubilant in consequence.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Avery, resid.
ing near Plains,were presented with
a handsome baby girl last Monday,
who arrived via the Stork route.
Mrs. VIM. Baker is the recipient
of a basket of choice apples from
the orochard OF Mrs. VIM. Gill. We
natchee, Wash, and they are per.
feet specimens, the rich coloring
almost making one think they were
artificial. Mrs. Gill Is q former res
ident of Holly has host of friends
here yet and sends regards to all
inquiring friends.
Harry Wentworth, who has been
sojourning at Dodge City Kan. the
past few months, returned to his
first love on Monday, and his be-
nign countenance again illumines
the clerks desk at the Grand.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-11-10

We are in the market for your al
falfa seed. The Holly Milling d Ele
vator Co.
The Holly football team SUI
fered complete whitewash last
Saturday with the husky Las Ami.
mas team.the score at the close
standing 81 to O. Tomorrow on
the Lamar campus, Lamar and Las
Animas will endeavor to wrest the
honors Of victory from each other,
and a number of our people have
signified their intention of being
present.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-11-10
Civic Club

The Holly Womans's Civic Club
will meet in regular session next
Tuesday, November IA. Every mem.
Der earnestly requested to be pres
ent and bring friend. Do not for
get that this is the month to sub.
init yodr plan for the new pro-
posed public park. Who will win
the prize?