Saturday, January fi. 1 91 6
T H E T A L L * C IT Y H EW S.
£ h r ¿ fa lls ( i i t i t N r u i ö
people, and that gossip leaking
out o f the caucus is to the effect
that Representative Claude K itch-
in o f North Carolina, the Demo
D. L. WOOD A SON,
cratic floor leader, in replying to
Publishers.
the query o f the freshman mem-
at tho i-v-tfl-- | her, stated that the levying o f the
n*ton, hinkt %h<
war tax in time o f peace became
i necessary, owing to the fact that
îcirphoae News Office. S3.
. 0 0 ; »ix month# the Underwood bill had failed to
i*h» «MPF. 5 cU. come up to its requirements as a
u a n inch ; revenue producer and that the
stamp tax became essential to
, meet the running expenses o f the
government. The discussion is
.(■> for I»*-« als. An<lrhanm'>»*houUi be seni said to have brought out the fur
l,tì New?» not laior than Wednesday.
ther fact that the Underwood bill
j in its first draft, was a conserva-
(IT IC IA L DIHECTORY OF FAILS CITY
i tive revision o f the tariff, but that
, J. (¿fitto. Mayor.
M. \\ ndvrl\ Council mau-at'Large
it did not meet with the approval
mini» I. attitfi'i
o f either the President or Bryan
.C. Brou n.
J Bradley
and that it was returned to the
U o u u o linen
Ways and Means Committee with
l. Hopkins,
R. A. Titus.
the request for a more radical re-
t . t. MePl»e rr»n. Auditor >i>J Police Judf
\ ision o f the schedules. A second
Jr.. r » iy Attorney
Walter L. Tv ,
V a i Murphy Marshal and Waler ^upt.
and third draft were submitted
it. L, Thom]vson. Treasurer
and met the same fate. Then it
Dr K M. He llwarth. Hea»th Officer.
1*1»* Council inee;> ht r»-uular sessionon the first is said the bill was turned over to
Mouviay nighl •>( »-«ell month, at ' »o 'c lo c k . In the President so that the schedules
hv office of th e KàUs Oily Sews.
could be adjusted to meet his
views and ideas, and that it was
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8. 1916
really at the White House that
NEWS AND GOMMENT
the drastic conditions imposed by
the pro\ isions o f the Underwood
bill, were drafted. It is being
Postmaster General .Burleson
talked in the cloak rooms that
says that in the past few years
vhen this fact was stated in the
the p >stal system has entered
Democratic caucus, one o f the old
up.'u a still broader service to the
and well known Democratic mem-
]>eople, and he cites the postal sav
bers exclaimed: “ Well, don’t let
ings system and the parcel nost
him frame another” .
as instances. Thanks, Mr. Burle
- - • -
son. Both o f these measures were
passed by Republican Congresses.
The postal savings law was enact
ed with your opposition. The
parcel post v, as enacted without
any evidence whatever o f your
active support. You were a mem
( Continued from page 1 )
ber of Congress and had an o p
portunity to heip in the establish is bound to react seriously on the
ment o f both. You opposed one
Administration in its handling of
and i? you helped in the other
there is nothing in the record tc foreign questions. Knowledge of
sho » it. In fact, every vote in this fact doubtless inspired W il
AMERICANS MOD«
FRANCE’S BLIND
Victims of War Are Being
Taught Traces.
W INIFRED
HOLT
ACTIVE.
She Wen» to Pario A lt»r th# Outbreak
of War and Succeeded In Gathering
Funds Among American Fri.nda te
Carry en Work— Keeping Away De
spondency Big Task.
Farts.—Ultml for lifo U the fate that
ha* overtaken tuauy o f France's sons
who have not been permitted to offer
thotr lives on the altar o f patriotism
Trench warfare, the eoucuaaloo of
huge artillery, poisonous gases, dinning
tar. have ull contributed to cauae
wounds In the head, only too often re
suiting lu total blindness.
American Initiative again has step
ped to the fore. A group of American-*
bate banded themselves Into a com
rnlttee to assist In teaching the blind
Miss W inifred Uolt. well known In
America for her work with the blind
In the lighthouse In New York city,
was the originator o f the Idea.
She was lu londou when the war
broke out as American delegate to the
DEMOCRATS PUT
CURB ON WILSON
opposition to the postal savings
bank was cast by a Democrat.
Still, we can forgive your opposi
tion in *he past since you now
acknowledge the merit of Repub-
!• . i- ; - ! f
.
liam J. Bryan, lormer Secretary
o f State, to come to Washington
and confer with,Democrats in re
ference to Congressional action
forbidding Americans to travel on
belligerent vessels.
Bryan's Influence Apparrent
remarkable feature o f the an-
nual report o f Secretary o f the
Tre: tury McAdoo is the presenta
tie d li f three special reports by
mer untile agencies, testifying tc
the estoration o f industrial pros-
peri y. These reports were made
at t io request o f the Secretary
him elf. i wo deductions are al
unavoidable: first, Mr. Mc-
- doubted whether the Amer-
lean people would believe that
pro- lerrty ha;'returned unless he
so in rmed them in his report;
an J. second, he doubted whether
they vouli accept tne statement
O il ti is r.vn authority, and, there-
fore kwked it up by the testi-
mon o f thre? mercantile agencies,
Thi, is certainly not very cornpli-
ine-i . u*y either to the intelligence
of Li American people or to the
re pi lotion o f Mr. McAdoo. We
are certainly in a sad state o f a f
fairs i f the American people do
not know Hi
are enjoying pros-
perity unless they are so informed
by official reports. We are also
in a bad way i f reliance cannot
be placed upon the statements of
the Secretary o f the Treasury un
less confirmed by private agencies,
»elected b\ hi i.-elf for corrobora
tive purposes. W e repeat, this is
a remarkable feature of an an
nual report of a Secretary of the
Treasury.
Washington, Jan. 5.—A good
story is being told aliout the cap-
itol o f some o f the events that
happened at the recent Democra
tic caucus, which had under con
sideration the resolution extending
the provisions o f the present
“ w a r” revenue tax, for the com
ing year. Some o f the new mem-
liers o f Congress evidently did not
warm up to this proposition, in the
ranks o f the Democracy, and they
desired a „„no itgm on the sub
ject. It is said th ' one new
member inquired very minutely
into the necessity o f ever putting
this “ w a r” tax burden on the
Indeed, Mr. Bryan’s finger in
the situation has been apparent
for some days. He has been work
ing not only for this prohibition,
but also against prepardness, and
it is significant that some o f his
friends are representing the argu
ments he has made and with
which the country is familiar.
The division among the Demo
crats and the support which these
critical o f the Administration are
receiving from a few of the Re
publicans will be regarded by the
central powers as evidence that
the United States will not go to
the point o f war or a rupture o f
diplomatic relations on the sub
marine issue. That this view will
influence sensibly their reply to
future American notes is clearly
apparent. Moreover, the Presi
dent cannot afford to place him
self in the position o f making de
mands which cannot be backed
up.
President Must Change Policy
In the light of his relations with
leaders in his own party, among
whom are Kern o f Indiana and
Martin o f Virginia, besides those
mentioned, the President is forced
to regard the attacks on the Per
sia and the other merchant ves
sels in the Mediterranean in a
way decidedly different from that
he entertained when he cut short
his honeymoon and hastened back
to Washington. It is no secret
the President felt he must force
respect for the principles he had
laid down in his various notes to
Germany and Austro-Hungary,
even if it should be necessary to
break off diplomatic relations. He
was indisposed to send more notes.
From now on it may be e x a c t
ed that a determined campaign
will be conducted in Congress
against strong action by the Ad
ministration. Efforts will be made
to prevent Anfericans from travel
ing abroad and also to secure an
embargo on arms. —Oregonian.
rh o to by Am erican I ' i m s Association
*
MIS* WINIPIIKIl BOLT
InU-niatiiuml congress of the blind In
tlwt <-|t.v Realizing ivhnt great np|x»r-
tunities tbe « n r offered to nltl those
who have been rendered sightless, »be
came to Paris nud succeeded In gath
erlug sufficient funds uinoug American
friends to carry uu a limited amount of
work with the soldiers.
"The darkest moments lu a soldier’s
life are those when for the tirst time
he realizes that he never will he able
to see again." Miss Holt recently de
clared. "W ithout prompt expert assist
ance soon after the loss o f sight the
blind inuu is U|it to become dcs|Hiialeiit.
to lose his Intelligence or to drift Into
an apathy from which It Is difficult |f
not ImiKissible to rouse him.
“ The committee's tirst task Is to llnd
the blind sufferers, some o f «lim n are
marooned In Improvised hospitals,
farm houses or chateaux, and many of
whom are congregated In the large hos
pitals or lied Cross stations. The com
mittee sends visitors nud teachers to
these blind soldiers, and for those otb
erwlse physically able It starts the task
o f 'putting eyes on their Auger tips'
and giving them light through work.”
The ministry o f war has Just giveu u
s|ieclal building to lie used entirely for
the Instruction o f the blind.
Many
blind teachers have come forward and
offered their services to Miss Holt to
serve under her guidance. A class In
instruction Is held every morning in
one o f the large hotels. The men come
here to start their lives over again.
Typewriters and stenographic nia
■ hlnes especially constructed for the
blind have been Imported from Amerl
< a for their Instruction. Tbe men are
taught the "touch" type writing sys
tem, similar to that taught In many of
our large business schools and coll-gea.
For ordinary writing aud rending tbe
international Braille raised letter sys
tem Is used. The letters resemble tbe
Morse telegraphic code In that they
arc a series o f dots aud dashes, punch
ed through heavy parcbmeut-llke pa
per by a stylus. Checkerboards, play
ing cards, musical Instruments, rattan
for basket weaving, modeling clay aud
watches, all specially made for the
blind, have been brought from Am eri
ca.
A large consignment o f games
and writing materials which kind
friends sent to Miss Holt to enable
her to continue her work were lost on
the Lusitania
Speaking o f her work with the men.
Miss Holt said "M y friends have liccn
very kind in bolding up my hands, and
the authorities have given us evdry
supliort W e are working In twenty-
seven military hospitals and have a
large waiting list of men who are able
to be about and who wish to come to
our 'school' as soon ns It Is opened.
My staff o f teachers, all o f whom Hre
necessarily French, have been most
successful In their efforts."
Dog T r»et Big Bobcat.
Salt Lake City.—A £1 caliber p-*odle
dog treed a 45 centimeter bobcat near
the tank house o f the city waterworks
It* Parley's canyon and kept him In n
stale o f siege on the top o f a telephone
pole until the feline « ‘ns shot by Louts
Shrk-ker, caretaker nt the tank bouse.
ENGLISH LEGAL TERMS.
Usi of Letters
Remaining uncalled for in liti»
Uee of Now Noodlooo Synonypte to •
Thirteenth Century Legacy.
office for Iho
eiuliiqt Dec.
\\ lieu the Kugllah courts o f tbe thir 31. 1916.
teenth century desired to tuako It
1. Attua»
known that a man hud beeu murdered
they had to take Into account the con
Cuvier, Mrs Nov» |‘J|
fusion o f languagea ,ln England
lie-
Davis, Miss Malilo
cause every Knglluhiuau did not use
McCalister,
Klvn
the M ine word for "k ill" It was neces
■»ary to rake the language* o f Europe
Neal, Mrs Lizzie
for synonyms In order that every
Nicol, Mr* Louis
wight In Albion, whatever Ida educa
( ì KNTI.EMKN.
tion or anceatry, might And at leaat
one word which he understood.
Hall, Dave
Aud lawyers today retain all Iheae
H ib b a rd , Mr. anti Mrs.
Norman and Saxon synonyms. It Is
Lnwaho, Ueu. M
not enough that an ludlctmeut »hall
allege that a man was "unlawfully
Lake. J. It.
killed «9th a club." but that he was
11 ask. Clifford
"unlawfully, feloniously. Illegally. In
Wheeler,.
Linay
tentionally and diabolically klled, slain,
dune to death, murdered, slaughtered
These leder* will Io gellt to the
and beaten till he wa» dead, with
a blunt Instrument, club, atlck, bliulg dead letter olii»« J» n, 15, 1916
oca. billy, cane, ataff, stave or cudgel." if not delivered before, lu calling
I f the bludgeon 1» left out the accused for the above, please aay "Adver
la set free. It Is also necessary to use
the words "thereupon” and "afore tried,” giving tinte of list.
I ra C. M m ir i N no , I*. M.
said" at leaat seven time* apiece or
the Indictment la faulty.
The effort to purge the law of medie
val Inequalities agd outworn theories
M O N EY AND T H E H OM E.
of Justice la almost aa difficult aa to
modernize It* language. Des Motnea
Hew On* Family Solved th* Difficult
Register and Leader.
Financial Problem.
lu the American Magazine a contrib
S TO R Y O F T H E M IS T L E T O E . utor tell« how he and hi» w ife have
•olvod the problem of domestic ex
A Curious Plant With a Curleua Way pense*.
of Making a Living.
“ When my w ife aud I were flr»l mar
Very curious are the waye of the mis ried." he »aye. "w e experienced some
tletoe. The atory o f bow the mistletoe ¡difficulty in the handling of my salary.
get* on the trees la a nual Interesting My w ife would often waut little thing*
one. Covering tbe mistletoe twlga are and would hesitate to ask uie for the
pearly while berries. These come In money, fearing that 1 would think them
the winter season, when fo»sl 1» com •Illy. Again, *bo would need clothe» oc
paratively a< uive. aud hence some btrde casionally and would uot wish to ask
eat them freely.
, for them, bellevlug rtnit either I could
Now, when a robin cats a cherry be not afford them or would think her ex
swallows simply the meat and Mips the truvugimt. Often I would ace things
stone away. The seed o f the mistletoe H int I desired, hut many ttrnca would
the bird cannot Alp. It la sticky and uot buy them because i could not nf
holds to bis bill. HI» ouly resource Is ford to s|ieud a like umount ou her
to wipe It off. and he doe* so, leaving It
“ So we devised a method o f d l' tiling
sticking to the branches o f the tree on the money. 1’pon receiving my salary
which ho la sitting at the time.
twice a mouth 1 |>ay whatever house
This seed sprouts after a time, ami hold bills that are ou hand, such «s
not finding earth— which. Indeed, lla rent, coal, groceries, light, etc. The bal
ancestral habit has made It cease ance I divide, giving half to my wife
wanting—It sinks Its roots Into the hark aud retaining the other half raynelf.
o f tbe tree und hunt* there for tho Then wo each |wy half the dally Incl
pipes that carry the sap.
dental exjieuses of the bouse, being
Now. the sap In the bark ts the very very exact, even to the purchase o f a
richest In the tree, far richer than that yeast cake. Personal expenses. su< h as
in the wood, and the mistletoe gets i clothes, car fare*, etc . we each pay
from Its host the iholiest o f food. from our own halves. I f we go out for
With a strange foresight K does not a day's pleasure 1 pay the bills, and
throw it» lenves away, as do most upon our return I figure whgt I have
parasites, but keeps them to use In win
spent, und my w ife pays mo her half.
Thus each o f us hns half my salary.
ter, when the tree ts leaAess
, each pays half o f tbe household ex
liniaes, and each baa half of th# bal
Queer Collateral.
"H ere Is u fte t as strange as It Is ance for his own use."
true." said an Egyptologist. "Mum
inles lu ancient Egypt were used chief
AN A NC IEN T ROM ANCE.
fly as collateral.
"W hen an Egyptian wanted to bor Th* Story of Ruth and Boa» and Tru#
row he gave hla father's or grandfa
Human Kindnoaa.
ther's mummy as security. Sometimes
The book o f Ruth 1* tho greatest pas
If be required a large sura he gave hts
torsi Idyl In literature. It la founded,
father and both grandfathers, and be
according to tbe Christian Herald, on
would evpn throw In the mummy of
loving kindness, tbn loving kindness of
his mother In law If she fortunately
tbe Moabltea revealed to her family
happened to be In a mummified state.
“ Joking aside." tho Egyptologist con and tbe loving kindness of Boaz. tbe
tinued. "what I tell you ts the truth. wealthy Israelite, to Ruth, hla kina
An Egyptian was not permitted to bor woman. It also contains the gertn of
row without pledging the mummy of that great heartedneas which la the
some near relative. It was deemed In center o f the gospel o f Cbrlstlau love.
It la a book that opens with tear*
Egypt both Impious snd Infamous not
to redeem so sacred a pledge as that, and famine and ends with the Bound of
and ho who died with a family mummy wedding bells. The story turoa upon
still lu pawn was himself burled In un the straightforwardness of Boas, whe
showed kindness and manliness to
consecrated grouud.”
' Ruth, a member o f a nation that w-as
Israel's foe, ttml In that kludneas found
Borough* of Greatsr Nineveh.
Tbe ruins o f ancient Nineveh, on the ed a new house, the house o f Jesso and
Tigris river, are now fairly well deter ! David, the royal line that begat a
mined. The north wall, extending due greater than David.
Boaz la Immortal among Bible heroes
east from the river, was 7,000 feel
long, the eastern wall was three miles I for hts kindness, his plain, everyday
loug, the southern wall only 1,000 feet, geueroslty, his sense o f protecton and
while the western or river front ex rare for tbe lonely, unprotected Moab
tended for two and one half miles Itlsh girl, his dead kinsman's wife,
along the Tigris. The actual extent of who In her poverty gleaned In hts har
the city contained about 1.H00 acres. vest field after tbe reapers. Boaz gave
But Greater Nineveh—compare Greater orders to his realtors that they should
New York—was made up o f a tetrapo- allow her to glean even among the
lls o f four cities—Nineveh proper, sheaves of hurley aud by his large
Kborsabad. Calah and Keramlls— hcartedness gained a w ife and. more
which agrees with the dimensions glv
than that, made a place for himself In
en by Diodorus, the Greek historian, that Immortal company which Is re
and fully justifies Jonah's path Into now tied for naught but for being kind.
the exceeding great city o f three day*’
Journey.—Christian Herald.
Saved by Her Voice.
When traveling to Paris with some
other ladles on one occasion Mme.
The Deceit of Man.
Sho was buying some birthday cigars Grlsl hud a thrilling adventure. At a
tor her husband, and the dealer sold ■mall wayside station s man entered
the carriage, and It soon became evi
her a box for 40 cent*.
"H er husband will give you fit« dent from his threatening gestures
when ho gets those.” said a bystander and eccentric behsvtor that he was a
dangerous lunatic. Though her com
to tbe cigar man.
“ Oh, no, he won’t,” said the dealer panions were panic stricken, Mme.
placidly. "H e told me to sell her those. Grlsl retained complete presence of
Ula w ife wduld divorce him If «he mind snd with the utmoat composure
knew he paid $5 a box for hls'clgars."— began to sing. A t once the maniac
Ladle«' Home Journal.
was quiet. Ills whole attention was
riveted on that magnificent voice, end
he remained the most appreciative of
The Pyramids.
The atones of the great pyramids are listeners until the train reached the
not laid with mortar. The great piece* next station, where he was secured. It
o f atone were evidently rubbed back transpired subsequently thst he waa a
ward and forward upon each other un maniac with homicidal tendencies who
til the surfaces were assimilated to had escaped from an asylum.
each other, and so perfectly assimilat
ed that to this day tbe breaks between
DOG C A TC H ES O Y S T ER S .
them can hardly be discerned.—New
York American.
Owner Make» Good Profit From Indus
try of His P»t.
Calculated.
Milton, Del. — John Wilkins, who
Daughter—Do you think that paint Urea near Broadklln Neck, hns a dog
ing looks like me. mother? Mother— that d lgi several bushels of oysters or
Tbe face does, but no one would eTer
clams In a day. Tbe dog, a Scotch
guess that your gown cost your father
collie, wades Into the water along the
a cold fLOOO.-Philadelpbla Ledger.
natural oyster beds at tbe mouth of
Broadklln creek and pulle off tbe oys
The Quaker».
ters In clustera.
The term Quaker waa drat applied to
Wilkins declares she brings out from
tbe sect because o f the founder's fre
one to three bushels of oysters s dsy.
quent use o f the word "trem ble" In hla
at a net profit o f |3 to him
exhortation*.—London Telegraph.
p r o fc e e t o n a l G ar& e
r tiy a iiiA N
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