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The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

upon him, but stripped him Of every
subterfuge. exposed every exagEera-
tion, met every insinuation with an
ofiicial denial. and held him up TO
public obliquy. His dissection Of the
speech made by Chamberlain In New
York, with Roosevelt on one side and
Root on the other. appiaudfng his
apostacy, was complete. He showed
conclusively that his charge that the
administration in its conduct Of the
war was hopelessly inefficient. and
had been broken down. was con-
troverted by every act Of the War
and Navy Department from the day
war was declared until this hour.
Senator Chamberlain left the Sen
ate before Senator James had COM
pleted his castigation and sought re-
fuge in the cloak room where he
could be seen through the glass door
nervously pacing the floor and smok-
ing a cigar.
The peroration Of Senator James
speech marked the high tide Of
eloQuence in the records OF the Sen
ate in the memory OF those who have
heard the giants Of debate in this
historic forum It embodied a rhap-
sodic tribute 70 President Wilson.
"hSeC "AeNoAA sAAA WI AANAeA nav
won the acclaim OF the world. He
pleaded for support Of the COM
mander-in-chief Of this crisis in the
affairs of the nation. citing the trials
that had troubled the heart Of Lincoln
and made stony his path.
Senator James closed with a mar
velous word picture Of the victorious
union army marching down Pennsyl-
vania avenue. even before the flowers
had withered on the martyred Lin
coins grave, and that another
valorous army having brought honor
and victory to the flag, would again
march down the old avenue in re-
view before the leader OF the worlds
democracy.
/ The fact that Senator James r. the
close personal friend OF the Presi-
dent one Of his confidants and high
/ in his esteem gave force and dis
tinction 10 yesterdays grafton. Il
! will find wide circulation as the ad-
ministration's answer TO its critics.
and II will do much 10 hold up the
hands OF the President and assure
| the public that the war Is being
worthily waged. and that the leaders
Of thought and action in America are
bending every energy TO make victory
! certain.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15
G. w. u. Team to Meet
w. & L. on Platform

George Washington University
has arranged for q debate with
Washington and Lee University at
Lexington, Va, in April. The exact
date has not yet been determined.
The subject will be: Resolved,
That the war time scope of Federal
regulation Tin principle) should be
permanently established for times
of peace. George Washington will,
support the negative side.
Tryouts for the selection OF a
team were held last night in the
Law School quarters, New Masonic
Temple. Announcement Of the sue
cessful candidates will be made
later.
In the debate with Washington
and Lee, each team will consist OF
two men. George Washington
however. will send one alternate
and maybe more TO Lexington.
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Sir Cecil Spring Rice.

Official Washington, and indeed all who knew
Sir Cecil Spring Rice, were keenly shocked by the
news of his sudden death at Ottawa.
During a trying period in the history OF the
world he represented Great Britain in Washington,
where the strain was about as tense as it was any
where away from the battlefield and the cities of
Paris, London and Berlin.
The British Ambassador added fame to British
diplomacy during this strenuous period. His fair
ness and frankness-and even his silence criti-
cal occasions-marked him as a man among men.
He kindly, courteous, considerate and just, and
even his distinguished successor scarcely hope
TO win for himself greater warmth of personal
regard
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15
MACBETH-BREESKIN
RECITAL PLEASES
Large Audience Hears Artists at
National Theater.

Florence Macbeth. soprano. and
Elias Breeskin. violinist. gave a
joint recital yesterday afternoon at
the National Theater. The charm
and youth of both artists, combin-
ed with their respective talents,
gave much enjoyment TO the small
but appreciative audience. Ex-
pressive of both Miss Macbeth and
Mr.. Breeskin was the well chosen
and spring-like program.
Mr.. Breeskin gave several Span
ish numbers which were thoroughly
enjoyed by an audience heretofore
devoted to the more serious mas
ters. Two numbers arranged by
Kreisler received large ovations.
The first movement of the Devils
Trill" by Tartini was played in
good tone while the allegro move
ment was not so clear. though the
trills of this theme were well ex-
eCIted.
Miss Macbeth has a clear, high
and very flexible voice as rare as il
is lovely. She sang the difficult
Aria" by Delibes. brilliantly and
with ease, exhibiting good breath
control and efficient training. She
responded with several encores to a
very enthusiastic audience.
The program follows:
Devils Trill," larghetto. allegro
(Tartini-Kreisler). Elias Breeskin:
Aria "Arlette" from Jean de Nivelle
(Dehbes), Florence Macbeth; Sym
phonie Espagnole." allegro moder-
alto, andante, rondo ULalo), Elias
Breeskin; Care Selve" CHandeD.
"Ariette" (Vidal. 'Montanina"
(Buzzi-Peccia), Midsummer Lula
by" CMacDowelD, "Moonlight-Star-
light" (Gilberte), Florence Mac
beth; ave Maria" CShubert- Will
helmO, Caprice Espagnor CKet-
ten-Loefrler). Caprice No. %"
(Paganini-Kreisler). Waltz Blu
ette" Drigo-Auer), Monte Per-
petuo" (Novacek), Elias Breeskin.
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DR.. VAN DYKE WILL
SPEAK HERE TODAY
Author and Diplomat to Describe
Hollands Sufenngs.

Lieut.. Commander Henry Van Dyke,
formerly DR.. Henry Van Dyke, Amer
lean Minister TO the Netherlands and
Luxembourg, will address the mem
bers OF the National Geographic So
ciety in the auditorium of the New
Masonic Temple this afternoon at 5,Ss
and this evening at s:15, his subject
being his experiences in Europe dur
ing the first three years of the war.
DR.. Van Dyke, who is widely
known as a scholar and author as
well as a diplomat, will relate some
Of the hardships which helpless neu-
tral Holland was forced TO undergo
with hordes of Germans massed be-
yond her borders and ever ready to
debOuche upon her fertile fields and
make of the dyke country a second
Belgium.
DR.. Van. Dyke resigned from the
diplomatic service several months ago
to become a chaplain in the United
States navy. Gsr
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15
Had that Appearance.

Representative Harry H. Dale, of New York,
remarked in the lobby of Washington hotel that
it is sometimes quite safe to judge by appearances
and told the following illustration:
One afternoon woman was passing down the
street when suddenly little girl dashed from the
front door of neighboring house.
"Oh, Mrs. Smith" ecstatically exclaimed the girl,
"What do you think? We have got a. brand-new
baby at house"
as that So Bessie?" responded Mrs. Smith,
with appropriate smile she patted the little
girl on the head. as it going to stay with youl'
"Why, yes, l think So" refectively answered
Bessie. Its got its things off,"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.
BY John KendrIck Bangs.
At HAND.

At HAND.
Gods handiwork was made for hu-
man Joy.
The mountains, and the valleys, and
the seas,
Are golden gifts untainted with alloy
For US to revel in as We shall please.
The turbulences Of our daily life,
The trials that beset us on the way.
The little things that fill our souls
with strife,
Ourselves have wrought our spirits
to dismay.
The stun that makes for happiness is
here
Within our reach, for all of US 10
take,
And he will win its joys who full of
cheer
Keeps heart. and mind, and inner
soul awake.
Copyright. 1851
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15
As Kentuckian Views
Senator Ollie James Speech
BY DANIEL z. o'sULLIvAN.

The Senate galleries were crowd
ed yesterday with an eager and ex-
pectant audience to hear Senator
ollie NJ James defend the adminis-
tration and its conduct of the war
So forceful, cogent and masterful
was his presentation of the facts
upon which he relied to confound
the critics of the President and his
Cabinet officers that the crowd
broke into a volley OF applause, vio-
lating a sacred rule of the Senate.
They were not alone in their ap-
probation.
Senator James. in a lava tide of
eloQuence. overwhelmed the enemies
Of the administration and won in
stant favor from both sides OF the
Chamber, the Republicans vieing
with his delighted Democratic COL
leagues in measured commendation.
At the conclusion OF Senator
James speech and following the ap-
plause from the galleries. the pre-
siding officer took occasion to say
that the rule violated was a rule
rarely broken. Meanwhile the SEN
ators had gathered around Senator
James with the result that the bus
iness of the Senate was momen-
tarily suspended. One of the first
to clasp the hand OF the Senator
was Senator J. C. w. Beckham. OF
Kentucky. John Sharp williams
told Senator James that it was one
of the finest efforts he had ever
heard in the Senate. Senator Borah
(Republican), remarked that IL was
the greatest speech he had heard in
the Senate. Senator Martin, of Vir-
ginia, floor leader. was unreserved
in his praise and said that Senator
James had not only won great
praise for himself. but had render
ed to the country an unquestioned
service.
II is proper to say that no greater
speech has been delivered in the Sen
ate in many years. II measured up TO
the best traditions. Buttressed by the
inscrutable record Senator James held
up to scorn the assaults of those who
in the hour of the nations peril would
magnify official mistakes. distort the
record of splendid achievement which
marks every department Of the gov
ernment, and thus discourage our own
forces while reviving the sinking
spirits OF a beaten foe.
II was a masterful arraignment. He
spared Senator Chamberlain the in
vective that should have been heaped
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15
The Hog Island Scandal.

1t takes neither a prophet the of a
prophet to envisage the fact that the country
not endure many further episodes Of the Hog Is
land variety. That reeking affair, we hope, is
unique in the recent annals of American business
Prohteering bald and crude was unlocked for.
IF it had been subtle, clever furtive or concealed
with degree of skill then it would have graft
lied the detective instinct that turks in nearly every
Senatorial breast to unearth it But it required only
lone light kick from the toe to uncover the whole
foul mess.
Apparently the International Shipbuilding Cor
|poration proceeded on the assumption that since
THE country sorely in need of ships it was
willing to pay any price-and stand for any sort of
|graft-in order to get them. Happily it was wrong
in that assumption; and the Shipping Board now
has been shocked into realization that some dras-
tic steps must be taken stop wholesale waste and
blatant prohteering that doesn't even take the
trouble to cover its tracks or hide its shells"
|There reports being banded about that if the
Shipping Board finds that the cupidity of con-
tractors stands in the way of the construction pro-
|gram, the government will commander the yards
and undertake to build the ships itself No other
|course is open, indeed, if the nation faces the
threat of being mucted of millions in the hour of
hts need.
The Shipping Board has been taught whole
some lesson, and the right time. If it had not
been too trustful OF business methods and too lax
and easy-going in its relations with the corpora
ion in question: the present scandal could not have
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15
Br-r4! But We're Cold-and Tame.

What lot of trouble government has had
with the coal situationl What lot of shivering
and eating of food in the we've done because
of lack of coal! What a domineering, arrogant,
merciless autocrat we've made of King Coal col
lectvely and individually And in doing it, we've
just demonstrated that "tyrants the creatures
of slaves"
Coal is heat. Electricity is heat Water horse
power is electricity. And have Congress sit
ting inert, on calloused launches, upon bill to
give us over fifty millions of water horsepower
The administrations water-power bill is stalled
in Congress simply because private interests block
action on it, and we'll have to risk going through
another winter of awful heat famine, with heat
enough to set everybody ahre lying dormant and
unapplied. We are like some farmers who cussed
and shrieked for coal and too lazy to go out
in the back lot and cut wood.
All of this unused at-electricty-belongs to
all of u.s. We should develop it for all of We
should control its production, its application and
its cost, for all of u.s. There's the rub. It's what
private greed doesn't want, and permit private
greed to so influence Congress that don't
get this heat. Why shouldn't shiver?
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15
New England States
Facing Corn Shortag.

Dealers and distributors OF corn
in New England and other Eastern
and Southern States are confront
ed with q shortage Of corn, accord
ing to a Department of Agriculture
announcement last night.
Supplies actually available in the
Southeastern States are said to the
greater than ever before. The
growers are holding onto their
stocks. Delaware. Maryland and
virginia report surplus supplieG
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

At least. this is what the party
sure their estimate will not prove
false.
Democrats have not given the
matter much attention but some of
them who commented on the mat
ter thought the Republican leaders
might be Growing too soon. The
Democrats think rank-and-file in
centives for a Congressional break
will be furnished. Moreover. they
think the standpatters will not
stand hitched' in such noble fashion
as the optimists declare.
Some lady appeared at the Repub-
lican meeting at st. Louis and gave
the Republicans credit for forcing the
Democrats Of the House to pass the
suffrage amendment. What credit
will the Democrats get out of this,
anyway? And what will those Demo-
Gratis think who voted for the amend
ment merely on account OF the poll
teal aspects of the question and not
because they believed In the principle?
Oh. this is a queer old world, isn't it?
The recognition of President Wilson
that something has been wrong at the
Hog Island shipyard is followed by
his orders to the Department OF JUS
tice to get on the scent at once and
make a most drastic and searching
inquiry into affairs. This means that
the President did not know, before the
Senate committee began its hearings,
that anything was wrong. Because If
he had known he would have gone
about it to remedy the trouble. The
fact that he did not do so is proof
that he did not know. This circum-
stance vindicates the position of sew
eral Senators who have stated that
the President did not and could not
know all about everything-that he
was like a king surrounded by his
court.
But the truth Is out of all the hear
ings and discussion the cause of
America is going forward with more
efficiency. Our inefficiency pleased no
one but the Kaiser. It pleased him
because it made the conduct of our
war against him less injurious to his
army, less likely to bring him to early
grief. The fact that we are on to our
own weaknesses now means an early
end for him. Can you blame the
Kaiser for frowning because we have
caught on to our weaknesses and are
beginning to cure them?
THE OBSERVER.
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A great deal of money has
been spent on the property
making the Hotels equal 60
the best hotels tp the State.
Fine hunting. Wild turkey,
duck. quail. tneksnipe and
deer, also as good hshinE as
there Is to be had I'm Florida.
One Of our greatest nttrae-
lions Is the Golf CourscI one
Of the best I'm the south. Boat
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

occurred In the final analysis. the Hog Island sit
nation developed because the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration permitted it to develop. II it had done
its real duty under the conditions there would
have been no scandal The future should be given
some form of insurance against this sort Of thing.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

There is a movement for a republic
in England.
How fair 1t will go, or how vigor-
ously 1t will be prosecuted in the face
of the war. Is not known. very natur-
ally But there are some of the lead
ers who feel that it would be well to
give 1t its most potent impetus while
the nation is making its battle for
democracy and for some of the prin-
ciples which seem not to find their
best expression in other than such a
form of government.
On this side of the Atlantic some
thought is being given to discussing
what the effect Of publishing this
would be on the Germans. The con-
sensus of opinion among some of the
prominent members of Congress is
that it should be published far and
wide. II made known over Germany,
think these men, it would encourage
the Austrians in their desire to sep
arate from the Teutons and it would
lend aid to the German socialistic
movement.
There is another phase of the prob
lem which is full of interest-the Irish
question. Unquestionably II England
moved for a republic Ireland would
be settled in a way pleasing to the
English radicals and at the same time
Irish affairs would be settled. The
situation Is full Of possibilities.
America will watch the develop
ments with interest and with SYM
pathy for Englands welfare. 1t is
useless to deny our belief in the
soundness of republican government,
and it is equally useless to deny that
England's welfare is a matter as near
to our hearts just now as the cause
which England and America and
France are supporting.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

Mrs. Margaret Page, of Chicago.
knitted six-foot red sock. which
was a feature Of the Y. NJ. c.. A.
Christmas tree. 1t was filled with
candy, nuts and other good things
for moor children
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newspaper

Ask regular reader of The Herald what he
thinks of The Herald. That's the real test of a
newspaper.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

Next Sundays Herald will contain features that
will interest every member of every family in
Washington.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

Married Men in Mad Rush for War Tags in
Canada" says headline Don't have to tag 'em
here
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RESORTS.
RoCkLEDGE. FLA.


the midst Of the
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

Spanish dancing seems to have swept
the town. "A well-known Broadwayite
was talking about the new dancers
in a cafe the other night. Those
Spanish dancers simply fascinate
me-" he said. by the way they use
their cascarets."
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

From the looks of the Potomac won't have
to cut ice-just gather it in.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

Poor Baltimore. just when the old town was
rolling in prosperity the "dry" wave hit Maryland.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

d..eiaE ope.
GnnaE Of Graniid Lake sunspee N n
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

Down in the Dutch Oven an OBJ
server saw a woman smoking and
knitting furiously between puffs.
And there was a fire in the Bronx
the other night caused by a woman
knitter permitting fire to fall from
her cigarette onto the sweater she
was knitting. 1t is evident that some
thing has got to be done to prevent
smoking from interfering with knit
ting, or vice versa.
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RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY n o.
WILDWOOD. n. ,

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Americas Famous All-Year Resort
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II a split in Republican ranks
is contemplated it will have to
have its authorship in the rank
and file and not in Congress. This
was the sanguine prediction of
many of the Republican leaders of
the House and Senate yesterday.
They insisted that IL political
busybodies from the rank and file
came here to Washington to per-
suade some faction or other that
it has been steam-rolled, of course,
this prediction might be altered.
The queer part of the situation
Is, though, that the Moosers are in
charge Of the committee. The
standpat faction was the one tossed
aside. But the disappointed fac
tion this time, contrary to other
times in recent party history, is the
one that will do almost anything to
preserve harmony. Its leaders will
accept intra-party defeat without
murmuring, almost, in order to go
ahead with their party organization.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

Government ownership OF the rail-
roads can be prostituted by petty poll
tical uses. For instapce, il designing
politicians see where they can make
gains with individuals or classes by
granting them free transportation IA
vors or special passenger or freight
rates, under any laudable guise, the
spirit of public ownership would suf-
fer immeasurably. 1t is something
that probably would not happen-but
something that could happen. Con-
gress will remember this as one Of
the possibilities OF public ownership,
or political ownership, shall We say?
Ryley Grannon worries about the
possibility of Trotzky being forced on
President Wilson in spite of the fact
that the President has no illusions as
to the motives OF the wild one. Ryley
should read the Presidents speech of
January s to Congress. In it the Presi-
dent referred to Trotzky as "a sim
cere and earnest Russian" Was that
the Presidents own belief? Or did
somebody persuade the President to
dignity Trotzky beyond his worth?
Several members of Congress believe
that at that moment President Wilson
felt that Trotzky's aims were of the
highest, and that no German intrigue
was back of his activities.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-15

Some of the most learned men we
have had in the nation have made
themselves ridiculous in their es-
Inmates of the Russian situation.
Take David Starr Jordan, for in
stance. He said in 1913 that even
Russia would not think of enter
ing a war: that It was chimerical
for a man to even suggest such
a thought.
And just recently Prof: Ross,
eminent sociologist, returned from
an intensive study Of Russian con-
ditions, and gave out an interview
in which he said: "The Bolsheviki
movement is on the square. It is
not pro-German. They will not
make German peace. They will
not repudiate Russian debts, etc"
How can we poor mortals who
live by the pen expect to be invin-
chile when men of exceeding much
learning fall by the wayside? -
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There are good many people
who don't smoke at all and some Of
them don't believe, in it; think
smoking Is a bad tring. But even
such people are becoming subscrib-
ers to our fund for sending smokes
to soldiers.
The fact Is that commanding Of
$ficers have declared that the use Of
tobacco at the front is one of the
best steadiers for the nervous ten
sion which is invariably present
with men under fire. Whatever
your views may be about the use of
tobacco, 1t must not be forgotten
that the fighting men do need and
do. enjoy the smoke sent them by the
contributions of the readers Of this
paper.
One Of the best reasons for send-
Ing these packages Of comfort to
our soldiers Is that the tobacco
they are able sbuy IN France is
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AIRSHIP SEEN AT CROSBY

Divide County Journal: A large
number of citizens insist that they
observed an airship pass over the
city again last week. This time it
was seen by large number of per-
sons. The fact that it was seen
New Lear's night, it is insisted in
view of the states being bone dry
should not be looked upon with sus-
picion. It is claimed by some that
the whir of the motor could be
plainly heard. 1t carried lights
and travelled in a westerly direc
ton. 1t was watched until the
lights were lost In the distance.
Later reports have it that it was
seen at Minot and also at Westby,
Mont.
This is the second time this win
ter that the city has been visited
by one of these mysterious things
of the air.