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FRIDAY. MARCH 3, 1911
The Sad Glad Eastertide.
The shadow of the great national
calamity is casting its. gloom over all
the amusements and recreations that
would ordinarily be enjoyed during
Easter neck; and in this preoccupation
there is no class of the community ex
empt. It tale, indeed, such a disaster
to bring what are usually considered
divergent "classes" together, and to en
force the fact that, a'fter all, men and
women, whatever may be their social
status, are essentially brothers and sis
ters in one great family.
There is no sign of the times more
significant than the current sweeping
away of social barriers and the res
toration of the true spirit of our re
publican country. This is the best pos
sible answer to those anarchists and
malcontents who hac attempted to stir
up a feeling of resentment against the
moneed class of the community and
to infer that because people happen to
be what is known as "fashionable" they
are necessarily heartless.
As a matter of fact, our fashionable
people have proved again and again
that they hae quite as much heart as
anjbody else, and, in numerous indi
vidual cases more so Those instinct
with true humanity are now giving not
onlv their time and money to the work
of relief, but arc rilling their social en
gagements cither perfunctorily, or, in
some cases, abstaining from them al
together. There is a time to dance
and a time to minister to the needs of
suffering hunianitv, and in these truly
tragic times the true spirit of Easter
may well be expressed in relief and
ministrations to the afflicted. Everj-
bodv, from the faorites of fortune to
the humblest toiler, is doing his share.
The Call of the Sea.
Secretary Daniels has instructed the
members of thei naval examining board
that no officers are to be promoted un
less they hae had in the grade from
which thev are to be promoted suf
ficient s-ea service to insure that they
arc qualified and experienced at sea to
perform the duties of the next higher
grade In other words, an officer must
hac been at sea as a commander long
enough to assure his skill as captain
of a battleship, and he hould have ex
ercised enough battleship command
while a captain that he may safely be
intrusted with a division of battleships
as a rear admiral.
Some newspapers refer to this policy
as worrung officers whom they picture
cnjoed leather-chaired ease in soft
shore billets It is a huge mistake to
assume that navy shore duty is all
cakes and ale. The sen ice rendered
at navy jards and in the Navy De
partment is in many instances quite as
important as commands afloat, but, after
all, ours, fortunately, long has been a
seagoing navy. The Secretary's policy
is designed to prevent protracted shore
djtv and to prevent the evils of bu-
""jrv. It will send to sea at an
n officers who might
ashore to the great
nice, but the general
a ang sea service the
nacks of the best tra-
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i iction in the enlisted
d personnel, of which
peaks, in appointing
Chief of the Bureau
not serious Perhaps
ttle stale. The grind
of gunnery ami tactical development
has been onerous for several jears,
but a rather more deliberate programme
this j ear will give Jack more time
a'hore, and his officers should take
fresh heart at Secretary Daniels' as
surances that preference is reserved
for the professionally competent.
The German method to meet the
country's demands is divided into two
main .subdivisions: mortgage (long
term), or personal (short term)
credit As far as the' first is concerned
there will be very little use for it in
England, because the farmer, in the
great 'majority of cases, is merely the
tenant, having no land to mortgage.
This is not so in Germany; for even
in East Prussia, the region of vast es
tates, the "Junker," unlike his proto
type the English squire, as a rule,
'farms his land himself. But even were
it not so there would be a further great
obstacle in England against the mort
gage loan, because of the lack of a uni
versal registry system. Without this
it can never be possible for small land
owners to effect mortgage loans eco
nomically. Hence the short-term loan
system practiced in Germany is the one
which will pre-eminently become es
tablished in the rural communities of
Great Britain.
Of course, the key to the entire
method, as we have commented in
these columns when Mr. Taft first be
gan to broach the subject, and to draw
the attention of Congress to the Ger
man system, is to be found in the
ubiquitous Reiffeisen Banks, which, in
Prussia, at least, are Finance Minister
von Miquel's ideal of a co-operative
loan bank in every parish of the en
tire monarchv.
The Reiffeisen system is well known
by this time also on this side of the
Atlantic It has been often described
and widely imitated. What these
banks had to fight against at the be
ginning was the ultra-conservatism of
the typical farmer. Their early prog
ress was extremely slow. In 1874,
after an existence of twelve jears.
there were only 100 of them. In 1890
they had increased however, to 1,629,
and today there are in the fatherland
no less than 17,000, all of them grouped
under and affiliated with powerful co
operative banks.
How this has been accomplished is
a puzzle to most men, and yet the an
swer is plain: by a steady movement
of propaganda. It never was consid
ered primarily a business enterprise
left to work out its own salvation.
Reiffeisen, the founder of the sjstem,
alwavs regarded these banks as quasi
religious, and the state was circum
spect enough, at an early stage, to con
sider them also quasi-public Teachers,
clergymen, and local officials vied
with each other in pushing the thing
along and the government correctly
gauged the movement as a great serv
ice to the nation.
England has the salvation of its ten
ant vstem in its own hands, if it will
but follow in the footsteps of Germany,
and America also could vastly improve
its agricultural conditions by working
out Mr. Tafts plan, for there appears
to be nothing better to be done for the
material uplift of the farmer, especially
in the bouth, where the greater half of
the cotton crop, as a rule, is mortgaged
long before the buds are on the plant
in the early spring.
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STATESMEN REAL. AND NEAR
By FRED C.KELLY
Here's, hope and encouragement for the
hosts of yount persons whose teachers
frankly ressrded them as boneheads of
the first magnitude.
None of the teachers of Mr. Joseph P.
Tumulty, the highly Intelligent and effi
cient youotr secretary to the President.
thought be would ever ret anv farther
along man drivinr a coal wagon, or pos
sibly operating a street car. Most .of
them have now taken out membershlmln
the "I-Knew-Hlm-When Club," and knew
all along that he had It In him only they
didn't. Frankly, Mr. Tumulty was a long
way from being; a bright particular star
in the schoolroom. He couldn t make any
headway at mathematics at all. Invariably
misplacing his decimal points, and with
no Idea whatever about getting the an
swer to a hare and hound problem or de
termining how many days It would take
seven men to perform a piece of work
that eleven men could do In four days
and a half. And be was no better In other
branches of study. His teachers felt that
they were taking no great chances when
they predicted for him a mighty drab-bued
career.
But Tumulty sat around his father's lit
tle grocery nights and listened to the polit
ical talk of men who gathered about the
stove and cussed the bosses. He didn't
learn much that helped In school, but he
got a first-rate working knowledge of hu
man nature and caught the point of view
of the proletariat. When he got around
to It. he studied law and built up a prac
tice that amounted to about $9,000 a year.
To-day he rides In an automobile with
the United States coat-of-arms on It and
confers with the great men of nations.
When he gets through with his present
Job he probably win go out and make
about a million dollars.
All of which, to our way of thinking.
comprises a right merry little Joke on his
teachers.
generous government, that is the Idea
he carries back home with. him. It means
considerable work, of course, but I In
tend to do It as long as welt as long
as my feet hold out."
John Van Antwerp McMurray, head of
one of the divisions of the Stats Depart
ment, was stationed for a time in fit.
Petersburg. It happened that the diplo
matic set in the Russian capital Just then
was made up largely of people who packed
a lot of personal dignity about with them.
But there was none who took himself so
seriously as a certain man who repre
sented a little Graustark-llke country, or
province, marked on the map in pica type
and about half the size of the State of
Delaware. His dignity was so colossal
that there was constant danger of it fall
ing over en him like the wall of a con
demned building. One of his notions was
that a diplomat who boarded a street car
had committed an unpardonable sin. Just
as If he had worn golf clothes for a horse
back ride.
McMurray, on the 'other hand, did not
carry any superfluous weight in the form
of dignity, end conducted himself Just as
If he had been sent to St. Petersburg
after a plumbing contract. When he
wished to go any place he got on th
street car and went. The Graustark man
heard about McMurray riding on the un
dignified public cars, but would not be
lieve It. He told McMurray of the aw
ful rumor that had come to him about
street-car riding. McMurray kidded him
Secretary Tumulty has a kindly feeling
toward his fellow humans, with an espe
cial regard for the under dog. The hum
blest caller at the White House can
reach the Secretary's ear almost as easily
as a Senator can. Too frequently a sec
retary acts as a sort of "manager of
his chief, as If the latter were a race
horse or a prima donna, and becomes so
engrossed In his task that he is harder
to reach than the chief himself.
Tumulty explains his attitude In this
n a) : "We have been talking a lot lately
about restoring the government to the
people. Somerfellow comes along, let us
say, who Is not elegantly garbed, and
has business with the executive branch
of the government. If I'm too busy with
Senators and people of Influence to see
him. he goes back home thinking It's the
same old story a government for the
rich. My Job, as I see It. Is to carry
to the public the spirit of the Pres
ident. If I can convey the Idea of a
I with the remark that one shouldn't be
lieve every preposterous story one heard.
A few days later McMurray came upon
the man limping along the street with bis
trousers torn. The man admitted that he
hid boarded a street car. Just for the weird
experience of the thing, but bad seen
somebody that he knew. And he Jumped
off while the car was going, rather than
take a chance on lifelong disgrace.
There Is no elghteen-story-and-tower
dignity about James F. Bryce, tbe Brit
ish Ambassador. When Bryce has occa
sion to go to the White House, he takes
a street car or walks doesn't bother
with an automobile. He has been known
to ride up to the executive offices on a
bicycle.
Senator Kern was born In a little town
called Alia, out near Kokomo. Ind. He
was reminded of the place in an odd way
recently by a stranger out In Chicago.
The stranger seemed to know Kern,
though the latter couldn't recall ever
having seen him before.
"Senator." the man remarked, boast
fully, after walking up to him In the
hotel lobby, "I Just want you to know
that I have had more drinks this after
noon than there are people in the little
town of Alta you came from."
(CorjTitit. 1313. by Fred a Kellr. All Bishts
BcsenedJ
England, Germany, and the Reiffeisen
Banks.
We have had occasion often during
the administration of Mr. Taft to hear
of the satisfactory working of the
farmers' credit svstem in Germany,
and which he was so anxious to have
adopted in this country. Now we per
ceive from the great London papers
tnat the xlntisii 'government, after
sending a commission to Germany to
investigate that much-lauded system,
has come to the conclusion to enact a
similar law, which would enable the
tiller of the soil to have ready and
easy money, when he is in need of it
for seeding or growing or crop gath
ering purposes, without falling into the
dutches of professional money lenders.!
The Crucible of the Capital.
It needs no ghost come from the
grave to tell us that life in Washing
ton is alwavs a liberal education; com
pared to those of residence in other
American cities its possibilities are end
less. This is, of course, due to the
fact that, to employ the word in its
broadest sense, "socictv" in Washing
ton is not only cosmopolitan but con
tinental. Here the cream of the coun
try rises to the surface, and here the
provincial point" of view becomes
broadened into an appreciation that the
United States contains as many diverse
types of character as humanity, sub
divided into sectional differences, is
able to furnish.
The published testimony of the emi
nently bright and observant joung lady
from a New York high school, who
announces that she visited Washing
ton for the first time as a New Yorker
and returned to the metropolis an
American, is only the experience of all
those in whom our beautiful capital
strengthens an inborn spirit of patriot
ism. It is only the simpletons of this
world who thank their stars that they
are back at the Waldorf-Astoria or
the Plaza, or the Auditorium," or any
other caravansary east or west or
north or south, after they have failed
to appreciate not only the superficial
acautics but the underlying social, po
litical, intellectual, and artistic possi
bilities of life in Washington; nad
with the current change of adminis
tration, when the new President, in
stinct with individuality and high ideals,
is surrounded by some of the ablest
representatives of his new party, when
the upheaval brings to the fore tha
greatest leaders of the Democrat!;
party, when the life of the Capital is
thrilling with action and suspense, it
would be indeed strange if those priv
ileged to participate in the making of
history should not appreciate their opportunities.
WILSON IS PLEASED.
Leirls Victory in Illinois Com
mented Upon nt White Home.
The following statement was given out
at the White House on the election of
J. Hamilton Lewis. Democrat, and Law
rence Y. Sherman. Republican, to the
Senate by the Illinois Legislature:
"When asked about the Illinois pri
maries, the President said: 1 am very
much gratified to have the choice of the
Democratic voters in the Senatorial pri
maries in Illinois satisfied.' "
Kliitr AIfono Injured.
Madrid. .March 27.-While playing nola
King Alfonso was thrown from his horse
today and Mvarely bruised. j
METHODS OF PROTEST.
The men who kicked at Runnymede
At things they didn't like
Were ready to use In their need
The pike.
When their descendants had a kick
At things they didn't like.
They ui,ed Instead of spear or stick
The strike.
And now that ladles would destroy
Some things they do not like.
They still another means employ
The hike.
At Long; Inter ale.
Every now and then a humorist bobs
up who writes quite a lot of new Jokes.
Something; to Keep.
"Then you refuse to eat my first bis
cuit?"
T don't refuse to ent It. my dear. I
don't want to eat It. I wish to have your
monogram engraved on It and then bang
it upon my watch chain."
. A Plausible Talker.
Tour boy stole a barrel of apples from
me- the other day."
Dear me. I wonder where that boy
will wind up."
T think he'll wind up In the legisla
ture. He talked me Into believing that It
was all right
Can't Be Too Carefnl.
"I think we suffragettes had better not
parade on Monday. Any other day wouid
be better."
"Why so?"
"Our critics will make capital of the
fact that Monday is wash day."
In Early Days.
The early cave man long ago
In prehistoric spring
Spoke of the early dodo as
A pretty little thing.
Familiar Selection.
"We have been out rather late."
"Tes: now I must so home and face
the music."
That Is a peculiar term to use. There
Is really no music to lace."
'Mabe not In jour case, but my wife
alwavs gives me Hall Columbia,"
Too Late.
'This reporter wants jour photograph."
"I haven't nny more." said the elderly
society lady.
"Can't ou have one taken?"
"Not the kind I would be willing to see
In print"
LANE ADVOCATES BIG
SYSTEM OF RUNWAYS
The construction of a great national
waterwavs svstem, composed of Immense
dvkes and broad runways, vva warmly
advocated yesterday by Secretary of the
Interior Lane as the only practicable
means of preventing repetition of the flood
now devastating Ohio and the nelchborinc
States.
"It is manifestly impossible to control
the rain." said the Secretary of the In
terior, "therefore, the next best thing Is
to control the rivers by the erection of
ayses to bold In the surplus water, and
channels and runnajs to carry off as
much ss possible of the abnormal depth this,
of the rivers. I
"The construction of a national s stent
oi levees ana runways would, of course,
cost an immense amount of money, but
It would be money well spent If It enly
prevented a repetition of a small portion
of the flood which Is now doing so much
damage throughout Ohio. There Is very
little the national government can do n
aid the flood sufferers at the present time,
but It could do an Immense amount to
prevent another flood of this kind."
LIFE-SAVING CREWS
ORDERED FROM POSTS
BOARD OF TRADE MEN
PRAISE NATIONALS
Life-saving crews from Buffalo. Erie.
Pa.; Lorain. Ohio, and a number of other
points on the Great Lakes are proceed
ing to Dajton. taklug their power boats
and life-saving apparatus with them.
By order of Secretary of the Treaeurv
McAdoo they were placed at the disposal
of Gov. Cox of Ohio to do rescje work
wherever he may direct. Heretofore It
has been declared against the law to
dispatch life-saving crews from coast
points inland, but the officials regarded
the situation as of such great emergency
that they stretched a legal point to do
Membership Committee Holds "Get
together Dinner" and Traas
' acts Business.
MRS. EATON INDICTED
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
Grand Jury Finds in Six Counts that
Admiral's Widow Caused
Hatband's Death.
riymouth, Mass.. March I?. As was
anticipated, the grand Jury late this aft
ernoon returned an indictment against
INTERBOROUGH TO HELP
SUFFERERS FROM FLOODS
New York. March IT Theodore P.
Phonts, president of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company, stated this aft
ernoon that on Monday next the com
pany would give 10 per cent or its total
receipts of both the subwa.vs and elevat
ed lines for the benefit of the flood suf
ferers in Ohio and Indiana.
APPEAL FOR HELP
MADE TO TEACHERS
Commissioner of Education Claxton
Asks Help for Instructors and Pu
pils Rendered Homeless.
rs. Jennie Eaton for murder In poison- j Commissioner of Education Claxjon
MEXICAN BEBELS SLAUGHTERED.
Three Hundred nnd Fifty Reported
Killed in Bnttle.
Guayamas. Mexico. March 7. Three
hundred and fifty rebels were reported
killed In the battle at Empalmo. ten miles
north of here, today, when the re-enforce-ed
garrison from this city attacked the
constitutionalists, who have been In
trenched at Empalmo for several days,
and drove them from the town. The reb
els are retreating toward Hermoslllo, the
capital cf Sonora, which is held by the
constitutionalists. The garrison here was
re-enforced last night with 1,000 men from
the south and several pieces of field
artillery. The Federals are now prepar
ing to move on Hermoslllo.
TO ELECT STANDING COMMITTEE.
Washlncton Correspondents to Hold
Biennial Meetlnar Tomorrow.
The corps of Washington correspond
ents will hold its biennial meeting In the
library of the New Wlllard tomorrow.-
standlng committee of five members
will be elected to serve during the Sixty-
third Congress and other business will
be transacted.
The meeting will be called to order at
u o clock. The polls -will be open for bal
loting until S D. m.
M
Ing her husband. Rear Admiral Joseph G.
i-aion. or Asmnippl.
Mrs. Eaton, who was arrested last
Thursday and committed to Plj mouth
Jail, will be arraigned on the Indictment
tomorrow morning before Judge Du
buque.
She was to come before Judge Edward
B. Pratt at Hingham District Court to
morrow for a hearing on the lower court
charge of murder, but the Indictment
eliminates the lower court hearing.
Mrs. Eaton Is Indicted In six counts.
Four counts are under common law; two
statutory law.
The sixth count shows that the Dis
trict Attorney and the grand Jury believe
that Mrs. Eaton has been administering
arsenic to Admiral Eaton since the first
of the year.
As soon as the indictment was returned
Deputy Sheriff Blake took the complete
document to Plymouth Jail, where he
read It to Mrs. Eaton In her cell.
Mrs. Eaton had been assuring herself
and her daughters that she would be
quickly freed. The shock that she re
ceived when the formal language of the
indictment was read reduced her to a
stste of collapse, but she soon recov
ered and expressed confidence In her ulti
mate vindication.
She will enter a formal plea of not
guilty tomorrow and will be taken back
to Jail to await trial. Her attorneys will
seek an early trial.
jesterday Issued the following appeal to
teachers and school officers in the United
States:
"Reports Indicate that there are.150.000
children and teachers among the home
less In the flood districts of Indiana and
Ohio. They need help immediately, and
will need It for many weck. Teachers
and fcchool children in all parts of the
country will wish to aid In giving help.
"That they may have an opportunity
to do so I suggest that teachers and
school officers in the schools of the
country of all grades, both public and
private, receive contributions for this
purpose, and that the children be encour
aged to give entertainments In order to
raise additional funds.
"All funds contributed will be expended
to the best advantage by competent com
mittees working in co-operation with
other relief agencies. The disbursing
committee will be announced on Satur
day or this week. Until the committee Is
announced contributions may be sent to
Dr. William H. Davidson, superintendent
or schools, Washington. D. C "
SURGEON BLUE GOES
TO SUPERINTEND WORK
NAVY YARD INSPECTED.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels yester
day began his tour of the navy yards of
the country when be made an inspection
of the Washington Navy Yard, accom
panied by Rear Admiral Nathan C
Twining. Chief of the Bureau of Ord
nance, and his naval aid, Lieut Com
mander Leigh C Palmer.
The secretary was especially interest
ed in the test tank in which miniature
ships are tried out as this is a model
for all governments and has succeeded
In increasing the speed of vessels In tha
Pt taw rear.
Express Companies Have
Trouble Forwarding Goods
New Tork,. March 17. The floods In the
Middle Western States are causing delays
In the forwarding of merchandise and in
some Instances money by the express
companies. The delay, however. Is only
on business being done west of Pittsburg.
At the office of the general manager of
tho Adams Express Company in this city
today It was stated it was only at points
west of Pittsburg, where the lines of the
Pennsylvania Railroad had been cut off.
that traffic had been Interrupted. Whero
these breaks occurred the business was
detbured. It was said no embargo had
been placed on business by the Adams
Express people except at certain points
In Ohio and Indiana where business was
taken subject to delay.
At the "Wells Fargo Express Company
It was stated that they had not received
any word of serious delay in tho transpor
tation of the express business.
Bnlldlntr Trades Meeting: Ends.
The second annual convention of thn
National Building Trades and Employers
Assoclatfon of the United States, which
has been in session at the Hotel Conti
nental since Wednesday,- adjourned yes
terday. John Trainer, of Baltimore, past
president of the Interstate, Builders' nnrt
Traders' Association, of Maryland, Dis
trict Of CotUmhlB ani Virginia Jt-1l...
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Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo yes
terday took additional measures to afford
all possible relief to the flood sufferers in
Ohio and Indiana. Surgeon General Ru
pert Blue and Alsslstant Surgeon General
W. C. Rucker. of the Public Health Serv
ice, left last rlight for Cincinnati, to take
charge of the relief work of that service.
Surgeon General Blue will personally di
rect the operations, remaining at Cin
cinnati temporarily.
Dr. Rucker will proceed directly to Dav-
ton. Columbus, or whatever point his
services snail appear to be most needeil.
Officers of the Health Service stationed
at Cleveland. Chicago, Cincinnati, and
Louisville have ail been ordered to the
scene those at Chicago and Louisville
Proceeding to the stricken centers In In
diana. Passed Assistant Surgeon C W.
Wllle, stationed at Cleveland, was order
ed yesterday to Columbus or Dayton, but
he reported last night that he had not
yet been aDie to get a train for the
South. He was starting out to make a
detour through Eastern Ohio.
Secretary McAdoo also wired Instruc
tions to Govs. Cox and Ralston, of Ohio
and Indiana, respectively, to call directly
upon the life saving stations at Cleve
land, Chicago, and Cincinnati, as need
ed. The life-saving crew at Louisville,
Ky., was directed to proceed at once to
Dayton with complete apparatus, but
no wof-d has yet been heard as to their
departure.
MaJ. R. N. Trice, of St Thomas. Ont.
wired 'to Secretary McAdoo vesterdav.
stating that the citizens of his town were
raising a shipment of clothing and other
material for the flood sufferers. The
The Washington baseball club and
Clark Griffith, Its manager, were extend
ed the best wishes of the membership
committee of the Board of Trade at Its
monthly dinner at the Hotel Continental
last night H. Clifford Bangs presiding
and Chris. J. Gockeler offering the mo
tion, which was unanimously adopted.
The following candidates for member
ship were passed upon and referred to
the proper committee: Luther W. Lin
coln. Charles S. Snaefer, Percy H. Rus
sell. William L. Clark. William P. Plumb.
B. E. Clark, G. T. Howland. Irving O.
Ball. J. W. Schaefer, and Frank Van.
Zandt
The membership since last November
has Increased by 137 new members, total
ing now 1,111 members. "Get-together"
speeches were made by various members.
and a musical programme was given by
W. L. Elliot, who presided at the piano.
and Crosby McCarthy and William m.
Ilallam, who sang solos.
The following members were present:
If. Clifford Bangs, chairman; J. Edward
Lewis, vice chairman; Richard L. Con
ner, secretary. Harry Allmond. E. R.
Brooks, William E. Burns. Dr. George
W. Brace. Stacy II. Brlant Walter M.
Brown. Frank E. Cunningham, Charles
Crane. Charles T. Claggett P. D.
Cone, Clarence Dodge. Dr. H. Clar
ence Duffey, William K. Ellis, William
John Eynon, John R. Ergood. W. L.
Elliot Chris J. Gockeler. Eugene Gott
William M. Hallam. Guy H. Johnson.
Theodore M. Judd. J. Leo Kolb. Joseph
L. On ens. George Plltt Charles Ride
nour. William H. Singleton. Odell 8
Smith. Edwin K. Staley. rarker H.
Sweet. Fred J. White, Arthur D. Joll.
and M. A. Weller.
The committee on arrangements for the
annual shad bake will meet tomorrow
night at the Board of Trade to begin
the preparations for the event in May.
Dr. Frank E. Gibson, chairman of the
shad bake committee, has appointed the
following committee: Harry F. Allmond,
H. Clifford Bang's. William T. Ballard.
T. R, Brooks. William E. Bums. Charles
F. Crane. Albert H. Brewood, Walter M.
Brown. Stacy H. Brlant John M. Cherry.
J. Harry Cunningham. II. Clarence Duf
fey. Burton T. Doyle. William K. Ellis.
Walter L. Elliot. Ednin E. Ellett John
R. Ergood, Benjamin R. Coles. Alan C.
Clephanr. E. F. Colladay, Harry C.
Grove. M. D. Hanley. James C Holllster.
L. Hackcnberger. Rudolph Jose. J.
Edward Lewis. Richard W. McMahon,
John IL Miller, C. J. Gockeler, Edward
J. Murphy. James L. Owens, Claude W.
Owen, Louis R. Peak. George Plltt J.
L. Sherwood, Jr., Odell S. Smith, Cleve
land Sklnker. Otney W. Stratton. Parker
H. Sweet Fred J. White. Louis C. Wil
son and Charles E. Wise.
FRANK GOULD LEAVES
AMERICA IN A HUFF
Millionaire Practically Renounces
Citizenship Here Before Sail
ing for France.
New Tork, March 17. Frank J. Gould
virtually renounced his citizenship In this
country today when he sailed for France,
declaring that he was disgusted with the
way the United States government inter
fered with business. Mrs. Gould, for
merly Edith Kelly, a show girl, and his
three sisters. Misses Hetty, Mabel, and
Mathllde Gould, accompanied the millionaire.
j This Is not the first, time that Gould
has voiced his preference for French
customs over those of America, Since he
was fined J1.000 by Judge Hough, of the
United States Federal Court on an indict
ment under the Sherman 'anti-trust law
in 1911. Mr. Gould's lovo'Ior his mother
country has been decidedly on the wane.
"Long ago." said Mr. Gould today. "I
took up my residence In France, though
my domicile lsMn America.
The people here disgusted him. he
added, and no business remains In which
tbe government does not interfere.
It is known that tbe abolition of horse
racing here was also a blow to him. The
Gould stables In Paris are valued at
S50.000.
Before leaving Mr. Gould found time to
give the reporters an interesting de
scription of the artichokes he raises on
ms French estate. He has been award
ed a decoration in the order of "Merlte
Agricolo'V by the French minister of ag
riculture and hopes to spend a great deal
of hlltotrchi. fajm, " ' -
APPEAL FOR AID
MEETSRESPONSE
Individuals, Business Houses,
and Societies Hurry to
Aid of Sufferers.
Moved by the dreadful calamity that
has befallen the victims of the flood In
Ohio and Indiana, Individuals, business
crganlzatlons. and societies in the Dis
trict )esterday made urgent appeals for
money for the aid of the sufferers, and
as a result quite & sum of money and
considerable articles of comfort were
sent to the land of the distressed last
night
The members of the board of directors
of the Lincoln National Bank voted to
send 1330. A check for this amount was
forwarded to Miss Mabel Boardman. of
the Red Cross Society.
Th Julius Lansburgh Furniture and
Carpet Company, of S13 Ninth Street
Northwest sent GOO beds. S0O mattresses,
and 00 pillows to the flood sufferers. It
took three freight cars to transport them.
The Ohio Society and Indiana State
Association have come to the aid of the
inhabitants of their respective States
and large contributions are expected to
be sent to the scene of the suffering to
day. The board of governors of the Ohio
Society met yesterday at the Second Na
tional Bank and It was decided to send
out a special appeal through Secretary
William L. Symons to all members of the
society and other Ohloans for contribu
tions. All contributions should be sent
to William V. Cox. vice president of the
Second National Bank, who will prompt
ly forward the money to wherever It will
do the most good.
John W. Holcombe. president of the
Indiana Society, yesterday sent cards to
every Indlanan in the city for a public
meeting, to be held at the Chamber of
Commerce. 13E F Street Northwest at
4:45 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, to ex
press sympathy and to give such help
as may be possible. Vice President Mar
shall is expected to speak.
Easles to Hals 91,000.
The Fraternal Order of Eaglei Wash
ington Aerie. No. IIS, last night voted
to send Immediately 1100. A resolution
was passed authorizing Past Worthy
President William H. Clark to solicit sub
scriptions for a relief fund. It Is the aim
of the committee in charge to raise X1.00O
within ten days. Mr. Clark hopes that
the action of the Eagleswlll serve as an
Incentive to other organizations.
Each member of the Board of Trade
will receive a circular letter sent out by
the secretary urging that money, clothes,
or food be given for the relief of the
sufferers. Anything that will be of any
use In aiding the distressed win be grate
fully received at the relief depot at 1111
F Street Northwest President D. J. Cal
lahan has called a special meeting of the
full Chamber of Commerce at noon to
day "to give the members an opportunity
to take prompt action bearing on the re
cent appalling disaster In Ohio."
A number of women Interested In the
woman suffrage movement yesterday
started a fund by several small contri
butions, and now the Congressional Com
mittee of the National American Wom
an's Suffrage Association, with head
quarters at 1C0 F Street Northwest Is
collecting a fund for the sufferers. Th
fund Is to be sent to Gov. Cox of Ohio,
and the women request that all checks
sent to the committee be made payable
to his order.
AIDMNI ELECT 0EFICEES.
. HoldsTrortb. Gordon President ol
G. W. U. Graduates.
Officers of the Alumni Association of
.George Washington. University were
elected last night at the annual meeting
of tho association. In the university
building. 203 G Street Speeches were
maae Dy uean W. A. Wilbur, of Colum
bian College: Dean TV. C. Borden, of the
medical school; Dean H. L. Hodgkins, of
the engieerlng school, and Prof. X P.
Earnest of the law school. The proa
perity of the untversitv was the srenaral
theme of the addresses.
Reports were heard from the necretarv
and treasurer. The following officers
were re-elected: J. Holdsworth Gordon,
president: Joseph Stewart E. A. Bvrnaei
T. N. McLaughlin. L. Russell Alden. E.
L. Thurston, and C. C Calhoun, vice
presidents; Dean H. L. Hodgkins. secretary,-
and John B.Lanter.-treaaares si -
freahmenU were servseL
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