H 7
REALand
PEOPLES
AUSTRIAN AND HUNGARIAN SOLDIERS ARE
WELL FED LOT, MANY HAVING BETTER FOOD
"STf FRED C. KBLUf,
INTEND TO FIGHT GREAT WAR TO THE FINISH
OPINION EXPRESSED BY MYRON T. HERRICK
Prosecution of Conflict at Present Doesn't Depend Alone
'. Upon Desires of Statesmen, Generals or Rulers of Na
: tions Involved, but the Masses Also,
IN FIELD THAN THEY EVER HAD AT HOME
Recognition of Fact That These People Would Rather Be
Wounded Than Go. Hungry Is Responsible, Probably,
for Their Well-Filled Larder,
THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING; DECEMBER 20, 1914
i VI FWS OF WAR IN MANY I ANDR ARF FXPRFSSFD IISTlSSS
MING
AND
NATIONS OF EUROPE
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EVERYONE SEEMS READY TO
United States Looked Upon asTTower of Strength Because
: . of Sympathy, Generosity and Evident Disposition
l; to Preserve Neutrality, .
lly James Creelnaan. 1
By the International Kewa Service.)
Cleveland, Or., Pec. 19. "The thing
' that seems to be quite clear and unmin
, takable,? said Myron T. Herrlck, "is
that both the peoples and the govem
ments of the belligerent European na
tions are resolved on fighting this
great war to, a finish."
Hitting' before a roaring log fire in
' his splendid residence on Euclid
HeightM, the distinguished man who
.has been withdrawn from Paris from
the very height of his brilliantly suc
cessful work, seemed to be the person
ification of smiling strength and intel
ligence, a man all keen with power
; and tact.
President "Wilxon's declaration to
the effect that this world struggle is
no chlid's.play, and Is not to be halted
by premature peace movements, met
with a sympathetic response In all the
belligerent countries," Mr. Herriclc
continued. , . (
"Nothing can be clearer than that
the prosecution of this conflict to the
end does not now depend entirely on
'the desire of statesmen, generals, or
rulers; but Is the will of the masses
of the oeoDles involved.
Ho Peace in Sight
"There may come a change perhaps;
but just now it in impossible to mis
take the fact that the nations engaged
in the struggle are, from top to bot
tom, determined to go im with the war
until ono side or the other is complete
ly beaten.
"In times of peace the political and
social elements of these nations dis-
. oute and divide, but at nreaent thev
re absolutely solidified in the desire
to carry on the conflict to the extreme
end, and not to tolerate any suggestion
" that peace can be secured save by mil-
Itarv force
"The-attitude of the Ulster volun
teers and the German socialists repre
sents a sweeping change that has tak-
i en place throughout warring Europe.
Unless some tremendous event power
fully changes the attitude of the gov-
' ernments and peoples of the nations
involved. It seems to be certain that
' there can be ho peace until the war has ,
been fought out to the end. -',"""
Change May Come. I
"As I have said, at any time there
may come a change that will open the
-.way for peace through mediation, but
Just now there is no thought, save of
peace through war to the bitter end.
Every one seems willing to make the
terrible sacrifices involved in a strug
gle to the dmth."
It was hard to realize that the tall,
lithe, keen man sitting so calmly at his
own fireside was 60 year's. old or that
only a few days before he had stood
before 6000 of his friends and neigh
bors In Cleveland, gathered to do him
honor, and frantically shouting his
name a a presidential candidate for
llfi. Nor was there the slightest sign
of discontent nor bitterness because he
had been removed from- Paris In the
supreme moment of his successful
work. A big, genial, open, modest man;
a man 6f affairs and shrewd, hard ex
perience: a man of Ideals, but without
, moral affections, a man wno suowea
the iron strength that lies beneath his
suave, genial surface at a time when
the German army was almost within
sight of Paris, when the French gov
ernment was suddenly transferred to
Bordeaux, when the roads leading out
.of the French capital were crowded
with " vast multitudes fleeing south
ward for safety, and .when whole car
loads of foreign diplomatists were car
ried away from that indescribable
scene of terror and dangeif" decided to
remain at his post in Paris as the rep
resentative, not merely of the United
States, but of, the entire civilized
, world. ' i
United States Tower of Strength.
No wonder the French minister of
foreign affairs congratulated him when
he modestly announced that he would
tar t his post. In spite or all; no
wonder that the president of France
thanked him with deep emotion, and
CHINESE WELL
BY JAPANESE SOLDIERY
Natives of Shantung Are Making Money as They Never
. Did ' Before; Nipponese Will Pay All Damage
When-War Is Over.
By Jefferson Jones.
Japanese Headquarters, Shantung,
Nov. Z.r (By Mall via Toklo to 6an
Francisco.) I have now been with the
Japanese troops in Shantung for more
than a week, and during that time I
have seen nothing as regards their con
duct toward the Chinese that would
not speak the best for any nation.
Before leaving Toklo, I noticed tc
, pressed in certain papers, in Shankhai
iand Peking much grievance regarding
the treatment of Chinese citizens in
Kiao Chau "by the Japanese troops, but
up to date I hare seen "absolutely noth
' Ing on which such reports could be
based. '
In fact, frorty what X have seen so
far. I am rather of the opinion that
the majority of Chinese are highly
' elated over the occupation of the Jan
.' anese troops in the district.
Chinese Making Money. . ,
The Chinese- are making money as
they never did before. They are find
ing a. market for their products right
. at their doorsteps,- and are being paid
in actual money immediately upon the
sale of" the goods. . They' are receiving
fancy prices for their poultry; eggs
'are sold at more than the ordinary
"? price, and all their garden products
are bringing high prices from the Jap
anese troop
MAKE EVERY SACRIFICE
only a few days- ago conferred the
Grand Cross of the Ijegion of Honor
upon bim while be was still on the
ocean on his way home.
"Just now the United States is
looked upon as a tower of strength in
Europe.", said Mr. Herriek. "This is
partly due to .the fact that we are the
one great nation not Involved In the
war, and the governments and people,
suddenly and terribly smitten, are
deeply impressed by the great Impulse
of generous American sympathy . that
is sending relief and comfort in every
way permitted by the laws of nations
to every reachable Bcene of suffering.
"Another thing that has made a deep
impression everywhere is the fact that, ;
although the sympathies of Americans I
are profoundly stirred by the horrors
of this war. and although a very large
part of them are drawn from the pres-
ent scenes of death and destruction,
they have had the moral strength to
remain as neutral as their govern
ment." Profound Impression Made. (
The light of the flaming log fire
danced In the keen haz.el eyes, i There
came a look of tenderness into the
strong face as Mr. Herrick's two little
grandsons came romping in from the
snow storm that swept wlldlyi around
the great house. ,
"American sympathy and generosity
have made a profound impression ev
erywhere in Europe," said Mr. Herrlck.
"But that is not enough. It is almost
as important to establish a reputation
for good and orderly management as
for humanity. The American work for
rescue and relief in Europe Is now run
ning into millions of dollars. The
work is so heavy, so widespread and so
complicated that it will absolutely
break down the government service,
"We have organized in Paris a BOit
of an American relief clearing house
for practically all of Europe. Its de
tailed work will be in France, in Bel
gium, and probably in Turkey, Servia
and other countries as fast aa condi
tions will permit. Under this central
organization in Paris there are to be
sub-committees all over Europe.
Money, food, clothing t and otner
necessaries can be sent through the re
lief clearing house In Paris to any
point. You can send anything you wish
through this clearing house, and can
designate the country or the particu
lar organisation or place to which or
through which you wish to have it ap
plied. Importance of Sural Credits.
"We are organizing in New York theJ
same sort of a clearing house, through
which all American contributions can
be forwarded to the American clearing
bouse in Paris for distribution and ap
plication throughout Europe,"
Mr. llerrick rose from his chair and
paced slowly before the blazing hearth.
He held op in his hand his- book on
Rural Credits," a text book on the
various systems of furnishing capital
to farmers now in operation through
out the world.
"Here is a tremendous question," he
said. "The condition of the. world to
day with its vivid illustration of the
consumption of national resources em
phasizes the vital Importance of the
establishment of an adequate rural
system to work In harmony with the
new financial system adopted by the
United States. I do not, of bourse, re
fer to the rural banking facilities pro
vided in the new banking law. That
simply enables farmers to borrow
money for a period of five years, at
the end of which time each loan falls
due In its entirety.
"I mean a cooperative system in
Which farmers can- obtain loans at a
low rate of interest, payable In. minute
annual installments extending, say,
over 50 or 75 years.
Can Be Worked Safely.
"Nor do I refeV to money to be fur
nished or loaned by the government.
In my judgment, this great problem
can be worked safely and Successfully
by a cooperative system of rural banks
through which farmers can get loans
TREATED
I have yet to see a Chinese village
that has been damaged by this war.
Though they may lie in the firine zone.
i nave not yet seen one Chinese house
xnai nas Deen damaged by shell or
fire. Many have been deserted for the
time being, but they are being well
cared for by the Japanese, and the
owners will be able to return to enjoy
the privilege of better roads and more
extensive drainage systems than they
have been accustomed to heretofore.
In the taking of furniture from Chi
nese homes there are notices nosted in
every vfllage forbidding it, exception
the orders from an officer of the Jap
anese army. In such cases all, natives
.are heing paid for the use of such ar
ticles.
. Damages Will Be raid.
At the close of the war, I under
stand, a commission of Japanese and
Chinese government officials 1 will be
appointed to go over the war sone and
ascertain Just what damage has been
done to the natives. All are to be re
imbursed for any damage done.
It is my opinion that the Japanese
soldier, the staff officer, and the im
perial government deserve the highest
praise for the manner in which they
have :, treated the Chinese no brutal
Hies and no plundering, something that
few other nations in their wars can
speak of , ,
Myron T. Herrlck, former . United
declares the European nations
ter end.
of perfectly good security and those
who furnish the money can obtain a
reasonable rate of interest and abso
lutely perfect security for their prin
cipal.' i ,
"SucH a system: of rural credits is as
important for the food production of
the United States as the improved ma
chinery used now in sewing and reap
ing crops all over America.
"The provisions for agricultural
loans contained in the new banking law
do not meet the case at all. What is
needed for agriculture is a system of
long time loans to be repaid gradually
and over such a great period of yearj
100,000 BRITONS MOVED
TO COAST IN ONE NIGHT
i 1 '
Lord Kitchener Gives Another Instance of His Ability to
- Move Large Bodies of Troops Without Publicity
of Any Kind. - j
ENGLAND AS A NATION REMAINS OUTWARDLY CALM
By Herbert Corey.
(Copyright, 1914, by Herbert Corey.)
London, Dec. 19. Ten days ago tfie
word went out from the war office:
"Get ready to repel boarders. The
Germans may come."
That night 100,000 troops unobtru
sively moved from their various bar
racks to various : other barracks along
the enst coast. They found 300,000 oth
troops waiting for them. They learned
that 150 miles of trenches had been
dug and wire entangled, and that every
headland that commands a beach on
which troops may land has been forti
fied. If the Germans do attempt an inva
sion, they will at least be certain of a
warm welcome. The English railroads
so criss-cross the eastern coast that a
defensive force which would tremend
ously outnumber any possible attack
ing army could be massed at any given
point within half a dozen hours. And
before the Germans could reach the
coast they must run the gauntlet of
the world's greatest fleet and pene
trate a mine-strewn sea.
Furthermore, the 400,000 men now
assembled on the eastern coast by- no
means comprise the whole of Eng
land's defenders. - There are approxi
mately 400,000 other men, who have at
leafet a little drilling, and who would
be fully armed, who coulifbe landed at
the strategic coastal points within 24
hours. All the transportation arrange
ments have been made. Any given
unit would be out of barracks and on
the way within two hours after the
alarm is given.
Britons Can Keep Silent.
The affair has been a striking exem
plification of the theory upon which
England is conducting this war-or-
ganization and silence. rot a wora
has been printed in the papers here
about the movement of troops, al
though the possibilities of invasion
have been hinted at. The 100,000 men
moved over night, and their wives did
not know it until they had gone. Sev
en hundred trains stood ready when
the 100.000 were disposed of to handle
reinforcements if they were reeded. It
was the affair of the expeditionary
force over again. Not a cog slipped,
and not a man told.
"Germany might be willing to sacri
fice 50,000 or 100,000 men in a futile
invasion of England," is the view held
in the hisrher circles, "if by so doing
she could keep England from reinforc
ing her iine in France Just now.
That means that another oesperate
and perhaps final effort is to be made
by Germany to batter her way tnrougn
THE WAR
By Mark
rT TOUTS. Dec. 19. An unpublished article, by Mark Twfcin, called
. "The War Prayer," was recalled by Dr. Henry Neumanj leader of
the Ethical Culture society in Brooklyn, recently in his address
on Mark Twain before the Ethical society of St. Louis. j
The story tells how a regiment on its way to the front assembles at
- .. tin At t i ...
church and prays lor victory, wucu me yrayer is cunciuaea a wnite
robed stranger enters to say he has been sent from "on high" with a mes
sace that the petition will be answered if the men care to repeat it after
. .- . . . T ' 1 . . 1t . t 1 e
understanding its lull import.
more than they seem to realize. Hence, he bids them listen while he re
ik.c. ncnr)1rn Jtnnlications nf their Hesire? . 'I ; f
pedis aivuu A. i v . j M'. .- r
"O Lord, we go forth to smite
to bloody shreds with our shells;. help us to cover their smiling field:
with the oale forms of their patriot dead; help us to lay waste itheir hum
ble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their
unoffending widows, with unavailing grief. For our sakes. who adore
thee, Lord, blast their steps, water
Because he was told that this
ious Mark Twain, who, according to
not print it . ! '
States , ambassador to France, who
are resolved to fight to the bit
that farmers will be able to meet them
without too great a strain Tipotf their
resources. i
"The food supply question is one of
the most tremendous and decisive
problems in the present j European
struggle.. f .
"In my judgment, the relation of our
food' supply to our population has
reached a point at which a nationwide
system of rural credits must be pro
vided, and the wonderful systems al
ready in operation in Europe furnish
abundant material upon which we can
base rural credits suitable to our con
ditions and needs." I
to the French coast. That' Germany is
massing her troops against; some such
coup Is generally admitted. There are
concealed activities in such ports as
Hamburg ad such cities as Antwerp.
New troops, in somefases at least re
ported to be half-trained boys,1 are be
ing pushed forward to the front. She
can well afford to make -a demonstra
tion against the English coast, in or
der to prevent England from stiffening
the allies' line.
"But at the worst it would be only a
demonstration in force," said a man
who has been in close touch with cer
tain phases Of these defensive prepara
tions. "The greater part of the east
ern coast is so shelving that it would
be impossible for ships to ; approach
within a practicable distance of land.
Every part of the coast where landing
is possible is well defended. An at
tempt to land troops would amount to
murder on a grand scale.
It has been reported that the Ger
mans have prepared barges for - the
voyage across the North Sea. These
are to be so shallow-as to permit land
ing on a shelving beach, arid also to
slip unharmed .over the mine field.
The danger of mines may be indicated
by the fact that, a narrow pathway
hardly wMde enough for a hansom cab
is followed by; the ships: plying be
tween the French and Dutch coast and
England nowadays. It rarely happens
that a trip across is made that the
pilot does not sight some floating
mine. In the majority of. cases these
mines have been x-ast adrift by the
GermanB. All English mines are an
chored. and either explode (or become
harmless the moment they go free,
invasion by Barges Impossible.
"That barge idea is just a bugaboo,"
said the man quoted. "One barge or a
dozen might 'make the trip across 100
miles of sea safely. But even if the
British fleet were not to be reckoned
with, it would be a foolhardy under
taking to float barges enough across
for 100,000 men." . .
''How many men would be needed for
an effective invasion of England?"
"At least 100,000 men, merely to ob
tain a foothold. Not less:than 200,000
to make ' good their position long
enough to hold on for reinforcements.
It would, not be possible for Germany
to get too many men over.
It is conceded In high, quarters that
the Qerroan leaders would invade Eng
land if they could. They? have been
pecking away at the English fleet
through their submarines. They insist
that the "unterseeboots." as they cal
the subs, have been completely around
PRAYER
Twain.
ineir prayer, nc tens tnera. asks ior
,
the foe. Help us tear their soldiers
their way with their tears. 1
article would be regarded as sacrileg
Dr. Neuman, was a free thinker, did
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DANGER OF CHOLERA GERMS IN WATER" IS GREAT
Shoes Worn by American Army Officers A re Vastly Su
perior to Those of Foreign Officers; Worst of "
All Are Those Worn by the British.
iJy AVilliam G. Shepherd.
rnire! Prw Leaned Wtre.
Feldpostamt, near the Polish fron
tier, November 15 (By courier to Vi
enna, thence by mail to New York)
"Woda! Woda! Woda!"
This is the regular morning cry of
the foreign newspaper correspondents
with whom I am- viewing the opera
tions of the Austrian forces in the
field.
Many of our nights we spend in ril
rcad cars. Going to bed consists
simply in crawling into a sleeping
sack and stretching out on a seat but
getting up is more compllcatedand
"Woda," which is Polish for "water,"
is its first essential.
It must be boiled water, for the
one little cholera germ which is wait
ing for you may be hiding in the
splash that reaches your lips and finds
his way thence into your insides,
and if he does so, it is much-better to
have had him boiled.
At first we used to. boil water for
washing over our small spirit lamps.
Then we figured It out that the man
in the engine ahead could help us.
There are hundreds of pipes and
thingumbobs among the big wheels of
a locomotive but 1 have got so I can
distinguish every time the one that
will send out a stream of boiling
water as I stand on the ground along
side and yell "Woda" at the black
laced engineer.
Water Ii rut.
The engine water must often be
sed also for the morning , coffee you
make for yourself. It has alreadv been
boiled once in Jhe engine and by the
time you nave given it a second boil-
r.g, as coffee,, it's as flat as your
palm. For tea it's quite impossible
out you tire it nevertneiess for your
lver won t stand coffee all the time
and you don t dare to Brink clear
water.
You have suh troubles as these
hen your train happen, to get caught
n some transportation tangle of the
sort we. encounter now and then. At
certain times we have moved only a
train length in several hours because,
somewhere ahead of us, there was a
bridge that had beertblown up by the
retreating Kusstang and across which
the sappers were taking only one train
at a time.
But when you reach a Hungarian
own you'll find Russian baths, big.
soft beds, plenty to eat and any quan
tity or Hungarian wine.
the Island. There is no doubt that
they have operated in dangerous neigh
borhood to English ports. The Auda
cious may have struck a mine-or she
may have been punctured off the
Irish coast, 'xhe Niger was killed off
Dover. The Bulwark went down in the
mouth of the Medway. Whether de
composition of her powder or an en
emy's craft was responsible may never
be known. So far as possible, they
have prepared the way.
But the fighting strength of the
British navy hits been little impaired.
except by the loss of lives. Destroyers
alone and England nas 175 or more!
operating in the North Sea could ac-
count for an invading flotilla of fiat-
boats laden with men. An invasion
convoyed by the German navy presup-
poses a naval victory by the Germans
presuppumuun wnicn wwuiu imiui
form a solid base for action. An inva
sion in transports one hears that
every German steamship in the Ham
burg harbor is lying with steam up,
ready for the word equally demands a
.h. ,o .it.
steamship , could brsunk by a slx-rnch
shell. "Perhaps 3000 men would go to
the bottom with her.
Meanwhile this phlegmatic English
people has not been in the least
alarmed. Lord Kitchener reported to
parliament the other day that 30.000
recruits are joining the colors each
week, and that he was quite satisfied.
It cannot be learned that the fear of:
German Invasion has increased that i
number by a score. Now and then one i
sees editorials demanding tnat trie peo
pie rouse themselves. Baden-Powell
considered the drilling with rifles of
some thousand Boy Scouts. People oc-
caslonally write letters to the papers, ( field s direction. In addition, they ob
demandlng to be told .what non-com- tained and forwarded glf ta to the
batants shall do if the Germans come. 1 camps,' including such articles as
More belligerent folk demand a badge ,
to wear on their arms, and promise to.
pot Teutons out of the bedroom win- j
dow.
But the nation as a nation isn t
nantckv nor nervous. it tne time
comes, it will be told what to do. This
assurance came from the government
benches in parliament tne otner day.
Meanwhile It is going about its proper
business.
Punish Briton for
Assault on Officer
Germans Sentence Kim to 10 Years
In Prison When He Admit Part in
Camp Outbreak.'
Berlin, Dec. 19. A British prisoner
of war named Lonsdale, confined in
the Doeberitz camp, has "been con
demned bv a court martial to 10
years' imprisonment for a violent at
tack on bis custodians.
The incident fading to the trial of
this man is thus aescripea iy mo i
Lokal Anziger:
"When the occupants of one of the
tents in the camp failed to turn out
for work a group of reservists In
charge of the camp were ordered, to
drive them out.
"This resulted ln some scuffling
and the free use of the butt ends of
rifles. Lonsdale struck one of the
German soldiers in the chest andi
tried to hit him in the faos) A ser
geant major drew his sword and, hit
Lonsdale several blows on , the back.
At the trial Lonsdale admitted he had
committed the assault." -
I have Just finished an 80 hour trip
from Przemysl to this post and -on sev
eral occasions, when no food was to
be obtained otherwise, the lied Cross
director, whose 12 cars behind us were'
filled with wounded, has sent Red
Cross food and coffee ahead to us.
Several other times we fell back on
soldiers' fare, which is always goulash.
Soldier Well Ped.
A big tin pan of goulash, hunk of
black bread and a big tin cup filled
with hot tea, seasoned with rum, make
as fine a meal breakfast, dinner or
fcupper as anyone- could want.
An Austrian or a Hungarian soldier
would rather be wounded than hungry
and his officers know It, which prob
ably explains why we see, in the most
out of the way corners of the fighting
zone, soldiers enjoying meals which
they could hardly afford to buy at
home.
Of all the armies I have seen In the
field, the Austro-Hungarian army Is
the best fed.
And speaking of comforts . In the
field, my hat is off to the United
States army's shoes. I wear a pair
I bought from the American commis
sary at Vera Cruz and they are the
wonder and delight of the European
officers who see them. All the army
shapes I have seen in Europe are
heavy and bunglesome compared with
the soft, lightweight, waterproof tana
which the American soldier wears.
British Army Sboe "Worst.
The British army shoe is the. worst;
it takes two days to break a pair In.
The French shoe comes next; it is
a brogan of thick, black leather. The
Frenhcman knows its horrors, too, with
its record of blisters and skinned
heels. I don't know so much about the
Russian and German high boots but
they must weigh three times aa much
as any pair of shoes and their soles
can be no more waterproof.
The Austro-Hungarian ,army offi
cials are paying a tribute to American
ingenuity by adopting a certain Ameri
can portable house for cholera pa
tients at Przemysl.
This house, which will hold 50 ' pa
tients, can be erected in 36 hours. The
American contractor at Przemysl who
has charge of the force of men en
gaged in putting them up says he de
vised the house for fishermen in
Alaska and little thought the bulk of
his success would come to him through
the ill wind of cholera and war.
Envoy's Wife Given
Cross of Elizabeth
Mrs.- Penfleld Honored by Smperor
Francis Joseph With Emblem Form
erly Qlven Only to Boyalty.
Rome. Dec. 9. In granting the cross
of the order , of Elizabeth to Mrs. Fred
eiick Courtland Penfield, wife of the
'jinerioan ambassador at Vienna, Em
""ur voaepn nas ueaiuweu ,
j this significant honor for the first
time on a person not a member or the
royal family and not an Austrian. The
recognition was given, aa was ex
plained bv.the emDeror" himself, be-
cause of the unselfish efforts of Mrs,
Pen field to be of assistance to non -
combattants and to wounded soldiers.
Mrs. Penfleid's activities- were par-
ticularly directed toward procuring
1 bandages and apparel that could be
! Trf was -great need in Vienna for
; 9f this i kind t few
weeks of the war. She obtained great
quantities of cotton and cloth. Sew
ing machines, tables and other ap
paratus were placed in the halls of
the American embassy.
The work of distributing the manu
factured articles was assisted by Mr3.
Charles Denby, wife of the American
consul, wives of various members of
the American embassy and Vienna so
ciety women. -It is estimated that
already more than 500,000 articles for
use in the .hospitals of Vienna and
elsewhere have been distributed by
me American woroen under Mrs. Pen
chocolate, cigarettes and sweets. In
every instance the authorities were
informed that the gifta came from a
neutral friend and were intended for
the occupants of the hospitals with-
, out regard to their nationality.
; The emperor personally thanked Mrs,
Penfield for her work.
Syndicate Buying
Arms in America
Group of Capitalists Controls Existing
Supply and the Factory Output Up
to July 1, 1916.
Washington, Dec. 19. A syndicate
of capitalists has obtained control' of
not only all the existing supply of
small arms, but also the output of
American factories until July 1. It
now has in its possession 1.600,000
rifles. The syndicate has also made
an effort to purchase thp output of
the machine gun manufacturers, but it
j already been purchased by some f or-
eign government. It Is not known
whether the syndicate has purchased
the arms for one of the allies, or is
simply speculating in war material.
Finds Substitute for Saltpeter.
London, Dec. 19. The correspondent
of the Morning Post at Berne, Switzer
land, telegraphs the following! "Ger
many, while admitting that she cannot
import Chilean saltpetre, . prof esses to
have found a chemical substitute
which answers excellently for ammu
nition manufacturing purposes, al
though it is much moro expensive.'
Copyright. 1911. by Fred C. Kelly.
W
JENNINGS isRYAN
never did anything that called
for greater will rower than
when he set out a few weeks ago to
trim down his weight. If there Is
anything that the present secretary of
state 'dotes on, it is contributing large
quantities of food o hla internal
mechanism. After Mr. Bryan entered
the cabinet and was Invited to a good
many formal dinners, he used to $o
home In the evening and eat a hearty
dinner at 6;30, say, and then about 8
o'clock sit down to another dinner,
which he would also eat with seeming
relish. When he determined to reduce
his weight a while ago, he did so with
full knowledge of the self-denial it
would mean, and since then he has
never eaten more than one dinner in
one evening.
He made an even greater change 1n
the rations he allows "himself at noon.
He nearly always has his lunch in his
office at the state department, and un
til recently this lunch consisted of
some such layout as this:
Three pickled lambs' tongues;
A large bottle of milk;
A pound of old-fashioned rat-trap
cheese;
A box of soda crackers.
And perhaps a piece of pie or a pair
of apples. Now all he has at noon on
the average is a little bowl of rice, and
one or two apples or a banana. It has
been a trying experience for Mr. Bry
an, but he has lopped off about 20
pounds.
Here is another fact about the secre
tary of state that seems to be not gen
orally known: He goes up to the top
of his home at night and plays bil
liards. He Is a moderately good
player.
Poor "Gussie'' Gardner.
OUPPOSE you were born not only
with a golden spoon in your mouth
but into aristocracy and social po
sition. Suppose, then, that having
wealth and aristocracy and social -po
sition, your folks made you go to Har
vard; that you had a famous aunt, and
ended up by marrying a famous man's
daughter. Let us suppose, further,
that you became a champion polo play
er, and that because your name hap
pened to be Augustus you were com
monly called "Gussie."
What chance would you have?
You might become the foremost one
step dancer of your time; or, with a
little coaching, you might develop into
a fair night clerk. But only an excep
tionat person, like Augustus. P. Gard
ner, forexample, laboring under sueh
handicaps, would be able to rise above
his environment.
Gardner is the Massachusetts con
gressman. Who is making a fight to
have an investigation into our state of.
preparedness, or unpreparedness, for
war. A -man of parts is Gardner, and
an all-round feller; but only in the last
four or five years and he is now
about 50 years old have people re
alized that Gardner has ability in his
own right. v
"When I. was a youngster I was
known as Mrs. Jack Gardner's nephew."
says Gardner himself. "And since I
got married I have been known as Sen
ator ledge's son-in-law."
It is possible, that, except for being
Senator Lodge's aon-in-law and the
Tact' that men still call him "GusBle"
Gardner might be a senator by this
time himself.
He is a thorough human being, a
deep thinker and a fighter.. Henry Ca
bot Lodge himself can't bluff Gardner.
He was in the Spanish-American war.
Is jb. ready catch-as-catch-can debater,
and is never without some one thing
that he is fighting for. In 1912 his
fight was to prevent T. Roosevelt from
! havinv the solid Massachusetts delega
, tlon at.the Chicago convention, and hm
did it. Then he threw himself into the
fight for a greater restriction of immi
gration, and Just now ne is going inw
this unpreparedness-ror-war tning.
Gardner's life, as we may readily
appreciate, has been a struggle against
great odds. He does things for tho Joy
of achievement. For example, his sal
ary as congressman barely pays his
office force in Washington. Though
he is not a chairman of any committee,
he always has three or four clerks in
his office, and pays them out of his
own pocket, because he thinks he can
render better service by doing so. The
total cost of employing these clerks is
doubtless $7000 or so more than the
government's allowance of $1600 a
year.
r O'Hair'i Collies. -
tit HEN Frank T. O'Hair learned on
W election night" that he was de
feated for congress by Uncle
Joe Cannon, he twas perturbed almost
not at ail
To the contrary, going back to dwell
In Paris, 111., after March 4 will solve
a grave problem for Mr. CHalr. Ever
since he has been in Washington as a
member of congress he has lost much
peace of mind over the question of
what to do with his collie dogs. When
one has no collie dogs, one can shut up
tha old home, bring "the family to
Washington,, settle down in a furnished
apartment, and be a congressman with
out much difficulty." But when there
are seven or eight collie dogs compli
cations arise, beoause a flock of col
lies will not thrive in the average
steam-heated apartment; moreover, a
great many : landlords Srlll . try to dis
courage a tenant rrom moving in witn
eight or nine Jovial, big collies. That
many dogs! bounding up and down the
hallways barking merrily will In time
make the owner's family Just as un
popular as if they bad a player-piano
and a phonograph.
It may be well to recall at this point
Just how O'Hair bPPened to have sev
en or eight or nine , come aogs. His
plan originally was to have Just one
collie; A dog man in his town had a
little group of four collies for . sale,
and O'Hair, accompanied by his small
daughter, went around to pick one out.
Each collie of the four had its own In
dividuality, and was so cute and cun
nln' that CHalr simply could not make
up his mind which one to buy. So lie
compromised by taking all four. The
more he thought it over after he got
the little quartet home, the more he be
came convinced that be had done the
right thing. ! For, as I hare often beard
bim aay; . - r-
- " -v, V '"';' ''"-. '''."-':-'f. ' -'"'
"Almost everybody !hs a dor: but
when you drive by aj &rd With "four
nogs in it, .you'll lniU re who Uvea
there." "
I i 3 .- -
Tumulty the Joketmith. '
YOUNG JOSEPH r TUMULTY,
with hia rosy hleka and hla
- . w.,-r, 0tit turn vuv
rarely sees, except on) Raster cards, la
the practical Joker efj present ad
ministration. His iobi k2f secretary to
the president, of courfei. takes u a
good bit of his time,; kid yet not so
much that he hasn't aiflttle time left
in wnich to think upi practical jokes.
He playa pranks on all fyanner of cele
brated folk, from President Wilson on
dowp. if I
One of the largest Persons Tumulty
ever played a joke oniicaa Senator OI
lie James, of Kentucksi who weiabs
about th same as thj -average lraft
uurw. ana wuose duug a ion a would
frlfrhtAn tft olm.itf anV-li.)!.. 4aV ,
cepr 'luniuity.; The JeRe on Senator
James worked evern Mttf r than Tumul
ty intended It should land the result
was that James came aif the way from
Kentucky to Washington to see what
was up. In view of! kgetoator' James"
slse. the joke may be rjarded as about
the moxt successful Tijaiulty has ever
attempted, for It wi equivalent to
fetching an entire delegation of or
dinary Bized little hurriari shrimps from
Kentucky to Washingidi.
When you stop-to tbifjk that making
one little man go evehti block out of
his way would be a filjSJoke, and how
many times you mUsS multiply one
man and one block to) ju t a result the
size of Ollle James gioJg nearly 100
miles, you begin to reaifie what a good
practical Joke this onbji'M. You ae.
if we multiply 1000
0 iirii
i lira by 409
pounds, er whatever fi Is that OHie ,
weighs, we get JOO.dUif pound miles.
Now by dividing i -
Well, anyway, if yrl don't care to
work out fascinating jljitle mathemat
ical problems like tlt,j it seems that
there was a man nafl Wilson 'run
ning for an office duS; in Kentucky,
and Senator James H'tS against him.
So one of the Kentucky papers came
out will; tlie headline
Denounces Wilson."
Tumulty saw this,
heading ind mailed 1
! S'rteno.tor S mes
i : -
iglpped out the .
ifo oute James.
along with a note, ld swhlch he told
him that President Wiion was deeply
hurt that be should 1x4 denounced by
such a large senator.! jSamea had not
seen the headline in the; paper, and did
not know what it refertVd to, so in due
course Tumulty got iaitelegram f rom
the behemoth senator-; hlch said: "i
arn on my way to Wellington to ex-,
Plain." . i ll .
It was too late then .t heaV.hlm off.
and the next day Oil I'm came Jostling
into the White lioune 46 out of breath
and panting like one ?s the great mo
tor moving vans of niolern commerce.
Soon Tumulty's little-j4jka was all ex
plainer!, and our largest United StatcM
senator returned to i tdue grass soil"
with a light heart. . ;j; "
Burleton't U alb fella. ; '
r'l'll the exceptiitji of -Senators
Vardaman and ijl&milton Lewis,
with their identifying hair and
whiskers, no public mail! is more easily,
recognizable at a distance than Postmaster-General
Burlesdtl. This is par
ticularly true on a Ifelght, eloadless
day. For Burleson wBl be the only
man in sight carry Ind an umbrella.
Homebody asked hlrn rise day why ne
always carried an Qft&rella In fair
wether. Says he: "Mrt carry canes in
good wether. Why ehoiiian't I have the-
autet ccfmnanionBhto ofi m v umbrella?
Then, if it ever rains ttm a clear sky,'
However, even aside :from the um
brella, one would know'lJurleson. For
one thing, he always wars a black felt
hat Just the way it J1was originally
turned out by the manufacturer, with
out any of the little i creases or dents
that the bright young. salesmen always
puts there when showing such a hat to
a customer. All Burleson does to his
hat is t cock it an eentsyteentsy bit
to the left side. Then .-he always has
his overcoat collar tufifd up and but
toned tightly about hi4 neck. If such
ft man 1h RMn walking J Ion a Wash
ington street after office hours, and he
is a tall man, with a swnoth face, one
may take a chance on : two guesses
first, that it is Burrnaon, ana, second.
that he is en route to aj moving picture
theatre. r g
3 ":
Lafferty Distinction. '
WITH the retirement of Represent
atlve A. W. Laffrty.' of Oregon.
after March 4, congress will Jose
one of its two extremes in headgear.:
The other extreme, whjh will remain,
is Representative Blaiden... of Texas.
Hlayden is the onJyj ilhan who goes
about Ms congressional 'jdutles wearing
a silk hat, and Lafferty is the only one
wno does so wearing aap.
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