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FIRST AID TO BURLESON
Jolhn C. Konr formerly chief in
spectr of the post otlice' department,
n:o nominatd bt y President Wilson
as first ai tantt ,potmai:ster general,
to suced Ii rdiel ('. Roper, who re
sinlrcld frIom the department in order
to an-i.t 'Ithe DIem ratic national cam
'Mr. K, ,on,. as first lieutenant to
.'ostmafstr ( General Iturleson, will Ibe
a ting pon ! n:' meter general in the ab
sence of his chief.
SMr. K(o,:s entered the postal serv
e"pl k.ice '020 years ago as a railway mail
clerk at a salary of .ikN) a iye:r. His
ability and efliciency attracted the at
tentionl of his chiefs, and he was
transferred to Washington and made
a post olthce inspector. Under Post
master GCneral Hitchcock he was pro
ruotre to the position of chief of sal
aries and allowances.
The miTre recent promotions of
MIr. Koons, which culminated In his
selection us first '.'istut a I -lrc1uoaster general, include his appointment to the
parcel post coreiission, a commrirttee of postal experts to work out regulations
for the development of the parcel post. As a result of his work on this
comnmission l'ostm.aster General Burleson promoted him to be chief Inspector
of the post oflice department.
Mr. Koons, while having lived in Washington for the last ten years, has
his legal residence in Carroll county, Maryland, where his family has lived
for generations.
NEW JAPANESE AMBASSADOR
Ainlu:ro Sato, the ricently appollnt
ed Japanese anulassador to the United
States, like imany other Japanese
statesmen, was educanted in this coun
try, at De Pauw university at Green
castle, Ind. The college was then
known as Indiana Asbury university.
Suteml Chinda, who was Japanese am
bassador in Washington in 1912, was
a fellow student with Mr. Snto and
married Mr. Sato's sister in 1SS2.
Mr. Sato came to this country offi
cially first in 1904, during the war he- i
tween his country and Russia, as see
retary to Prince Fushimi, who had
been sent here upon a grateful mission
to the Unit l States government. He
served as general manager, so to
speak, of this interesting expedition,
and acquitted himself with great
credit, his knowledge of the language
and American custoins proving of
great use to his compatriots. Ambas
sador Sato, like other Oriental diplo
mats who have come here, has a keen sense of humor, and his life in the
United States has assisted him to give it an expression that an American
can understand and appreciate.
Ambassador Sato already has had a distinguished career in the diplo- I
matic service, having served in important subordinate positions, and later as
Japanese minister to Holland and ambassador to Austria-Hungary. He is
said to be very much of an epicure, delighting in cozy little dinners to his
friends which are the delight and wonder of his circle. The ambassador is
accredited with rare gifts as a harmonizer, and it is believed that he is
especially fitted to deal with the delicate issues which are certain to arise r
sooner cr later over the determination of Japan to secure equal privileges for
her nationals in the United States, notably California.
ROGERS IS SOME SPENDER
The "biggest spender" in Texas is
Col. Harry L. Rogers, but he isn't a
spendthrift. His position on Fun
ston's staff as chief quartermaster of
the southern department makes it his
duty to spend money "right and left"
in little wads of $25,000 or $50,000. Lit
tle wads!
Just imagine a sum like one of
those in greenbacks wadded up, then
the squeeze removed. But Colonel
Rogers is used to trifles of that sort,
S or at least to handling Uncle Sam's
checks that represent such piles.
For instance-there are 75,000
.. I pairs of army shoes in San Antonio.
/ Twenty thousand pairs are at Fort
Sam Houston. Just sort of a shelf
stock. Each pair cost $2.81.
Mosquito bars are another article
Issued to soldiers. One hundred thou
sand of them cost something, too.
Double ones are obtained for $2.29
and single ones for $2.16. Double
refers to weight and not to size. Each mosquito bar is for one bunk.
Gaselie costs the government from 21 to 26 cents a gallon, according to
where it is delivered. That delivered at San Antonio is 22 cents a gallon.
The previous contract price was 9 cents a gallon.
MMEU DE BLANPRE
Washington is a lhaprpy meeting
place for diplomats, for invariably they
find old frienls fromn former Euro
pean posts awaiting them. Also, it
frequently hallu'ns that secret:aries
and attaches return to lus. lpretnoted
siometii ies even to an amnrltssalorsliii.
Among these fornlmer agreeable Illmn
bers of tile corps to return this fall
are the new naval attache of the
Frenchl embassy and Mtine. tie Ihtlinpre.
They received so nmany warm wel
comes tlhat they could scarcely reserve
for themselvesh time to seek a suitabtle
nabode for the winter.
Mune. d' 1l:ielre conhl not well
be frccottcn in \\'Wahlngtn. Durine
her humland's former services there
she was an active figure in society, in
all its varying moodls. lHer eainutiful
and well-cultivated voice was given
for innumeirlle gotod and worthy
causes, anid lore frequently still just
for the real pleasure it gave to others.
It was alvays a gala occasinn when she was the soloist at St. Matthew's,
where she sang as regularly as her other duties permitted. And no charity
affair was complete without her, whether in her musical capacity or for her
almost unlimited other acconmplishments. Commander de Blanpre's former
service here ended In 1909, and 31mne. de Blanpre hid a worthy successor in
the brillhant Viscountess d'Azy, who was the Inspiration for numberless
unique and beautiful entertainments, private and for charity.
GATHERED FACTS Japanese workmen wear on their
caps an inscription stating their busl
Porous jars keep water cool. ness and their employer's name.
An electric flash lImp with a betb The largest hen's eggs are produced
In the shape of a hand is a novelty for In Manchuria, those weighing one
night signaling by automobilists. sixth of a pound being common.
Telescopic spectacles have been in- A collapsible poultry crate is a new
vented for persorn who are so extreme- Invention that is expected to prove a
ly nearsighted that ordinary lenses do great convenience to shippers.
mot offset the defect. The Paris police recently captured
The rst word In advertising was a burglar who used a stethoscope to
b script, written on papyrus 3,000 hear the sounds made by comblnatlon
rs agO by an Egyptian gentleman locks on satfes to enable him to open
had lost a slav, them.
BRINGING UP ARMY SUPPLIES
". . .
(IOne ( the bullock teainm used by the Turklu transporting supplies. As Inay he irmaained it is rather
slow work, but the docile oxen are reliable crea usually can be depended upon to get there in time.
PRESIDENTS WHO
WERE HUNTERS
Fifteen of the Nation's Chief Ex
ecutives Were Partial to
the Sport.
CLEVELAND LIKED DUCKS
Colonel Roosevelt a Shooter of Big
Game on Three Continents-Wil
son Takes to Quail-Lincoln's
One Experience.
New York.-l'reidenP Wilson in
tends to do a little hunting this full
and has taken out a hunting license in
Virginia. In hunting in Virginia he
is following in the footsteps of at null
her of his predecessors, writes Alex
ander Stoddart in the New York Sun.
The hunting presidents of the United
Stutes number 13. one more than those
who indulged in fishing.
The hunting presidents of the United
States include the first and present
presidents, also Thomas Jefferson, An
drew Jackson, Thomas Tyler, Zachary
Taylor, Franklin Pierce, James Bu
chanan, Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford
Burchard Hayes, James Abram Gar
field, Chester Allan Arthur, Grover
Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, and
last but not least, Theodore Roose
velt.
It might not be amiss to point out
that of the 15 hunting presidents, the
following indulged in tishing also:
Washington, Tyler, Pierce, Lincoln,
Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland and Hoose
velt.
Two of them wrote books devoted to
hunting: Cleveland, who left a book
devoted to fishing and hunting, which
he called by the modest title "Fishing
and Shooting Sketches," and Roose
velt, who has written any number of
books, for one of which he received
a dollar a word for every word in
it. Incidentally it might be re
marked that it was not a losing ven
ture for the publisher.
Washington was fond of hunting
foxes, deer, turkeys and ducks; Jeffer
son, foxes, deer, turkey, 'possums and
'coons; Jackson, deer and turkey; Ty
ler, Taylor and Arthur, deer; Pierce,
'coons; Buchanan, quail; Lincoln,
turkey (on one occasion only); Hayes,
turkey; Garfield, ducks and quail;
Cleveland, quail, duck, rabbits and
shore birds; Harrison, quail and
Wilson, quail.
Roosevelt Greatest Hunter.
The greatest of all hunting presi
dents Is Colonel Roosevelt, who has
hunted on three continents and has
killed almost every species of big
game. He has one rifle, now a retired
veteran, which he regards as not
heavy enough for steady use on heavy
game, "but it Is so handy and accu
rate, has such penetration and keeps
in such good order" that It has been
his chief hunting rifle for the last
dozen years.
Washington, who was the largest,
tallest and strongest of the presidents.
Lincoln not excepted, was an enthusi
astic fox-hunter. lie rode with the
hounds everywhere, was always in at
the death, was fond of shooting wild
turkey and ducks and on his last hunt
in 17S5 he killed a buck weighing 148
potlnds.
Jefferson liked the fox chase and
without leaving his father's land he
could shoot turkey, deer, foxes, 'pos
sum, 'coons, quail, squirrel and rab
bit.
Jackson's shooting at one period of
his life ca(ie frolll necessity, the hIouse
Iold needinglll mett for the table,. Deer,
wild turkeys and smaller game were
nlunmerous in those days.
As a young mani Tyler did mtuch
hunting, and Taylor delighted in roamn
ing through forests and over prairies
for (lays Iand night.s seeking galte.
P'ierce liked to take long truml- S andl
never went without his ritlh. In addi
tion to hIaving wonderfutl powers of
ten(ldulrtlne. BIuchlanan was Ian ,xpert
shot atnd made it a p'oilt to kill all
small game through the heald.
Lincoln as a Hunter.
Lincolni's hunting was confined to
e (day's sport. More naccurately,. a
eaw minutes' fun. In fact, he did not
move far away from where lie lived to
get his tirst and last wild turkey. He
shot it from his cablin llhott.
Following is the curious autoblogra
phy written entirely In the third per
son which Lincoln prepared for his
friend:
BOYS TO FIGHT WAR SOON
Germany Using Some Seventeen Years
Old-HaIog, British Commander,
Wants Young Men.
London. - The war department
threatens soon to become a struggle
between mere boys. The pace is said
to be entirely too fast for the older
men long to endure. It is declared
here that next year the entente allies
will be facing boys of seventeen in
the German army.
"A few l e the completion
of his ei in the absence of
his father, 1 wild turkeys ap
proached tbl cabin, and Abra
ham with a ' standing inside,
shot throw' and killed one
of them. lever since pulled
the trigger larger game."
llayes, an, was also an
excellent the rifle. Garfield
liked to la  Invlariably carried a
gun with hRi ducks. He was also
fond of quail mooting.
Arthur, wbof was one of the best
fishermen of The preedents, was so de
voted to hunting that Emperor W\il
Iiam presented him with a ibeautiful
gun. While president he hunted in the
Yellowstone country.
Cleveland was devotuld to duck
shooting. From the mominent that ducks
were reported flying south ('leveland
was eager to get first word of condi
tions, and he could sit in a sink box
or blind for hours waiting for a shot.
MAN JUST ASLEEP, NOT DEAD
Mount Pleasant Printer Woke Up in
Time to Dodge the Coroner
and Undertaker.
Mount Pleasant.-llarry Daugherty,
a printer, was dead to all Intents and
purposes the other evening. The mem
bers of the household where lie lived
so reported to an undertaker and the
coroner. The coroner immediately
notified the man's parents of his death
and asked the relatives if they wanted
an investigation made.
When the coroner and the undertak
er, carrying a (lead basket between
them, opened the gate leading into the
yard. they met Daugherty, hale and
hearty, going to work.
Exhausted from a long day's work,
Daugherty had lain down on the bed
for a nap when another member of the
household, seeing him. became fright
ened and, thinking him dead, notified
the authorities.
FIREMAN SAVES THE BABY
Climbed Out on Pilot of Locomotive
and Lifted Infant From
Track.
La Crosse, Wis.--Coon Valley resi
dents are talking of applying for a
Carnegie medal for Fireman Peter
Hensgen of the La Crosse & South
eastern. He was in a freight engine
cab when be saw a child in the dis
tance on the track.
It was down grade and the brakes
were slow to grip. Hensgen climbed
out along the footboard to the pilot,
grasped a rod and leaned down.
He grabbed the sleeping child with
his free hand and lifted her from the
track. The child was the little daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jacobson.
She had wandered away in the after
noon and lay down, tired, between the
rails and went to sleep.
VON MACKENSEN'S MOTHER
i'Fiel( Marshal von Mackensten. com
mander of the Teuton forces in
Dobrudja, who has just routed the
Russo-Itoumanian armies and now
I threatens to drive on Bucharest, the
t caplital of Roumania, is regarded as
>one of Germany's foremost generals.
?Many of her military successes In the
East are attributed to his saguclous
campaigning. Mrs. von Mackensen
- diled In her ninetieth year. She took
Sgreat pride in the achievements of her
illustrious son.
Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, commanding
the British expeditionary forces, is
said to have objected to the sending
out of men of middle age. He wants
young men of from eighteen to twen
ty-five. After the latter year. It is
tsaid, the fighting value of the human
t unit shows a rapid and steady decline.
SThe good soldier of today, it seems,
r must be of the age which excels in the
I more strenuous athletic games-'he
afootball player type. The older zmen
a have their place, but generally speak
nlag it ais msaid now to be in "the arms
NO CHANCE TO
CRUSH GERMANY
Pro-Ally Swiss Writer Makes
Study of Conditions
in Empire.
FOOD SITUATION LESS ACUTE
Far Better Off Than Allies From Eco
nomical and Industrial Standpoint
-Situation in Theaters of War
Also Favorable.
Ilerne.-The editor of the Ticino Ga
zette, a Swiss paper which has sup
ported the cause of the allies since the
beginning oif the war, recently went to
Gerllany to study the military and
economllic conditions there. On his re
turn he writes:
"The French and English claims that
the favorable reports about the Ger
man harvest were colored to deceive
the world are unfounded. I have con
vinced myself that the crops are plenti
ful throughout the empire.
"The ~ heat harvested will last at
least a year and the quantity of barley
and oats on hand is larger than after
the harvest of the tirst year of the war.
The potato crop seems to be below the
average, but there is an abundance of
sugar beets and fodder of all kinds for
the cattle.
Becomes Less Acute.
"As a result of the good harvest the
number of hogs has increased several
millions since July and the fat and
meat question steadily becomes less
I acute. Eggs, like butter and all other
fats, still remain scarce, but Bulgaria
and Turkey are sending enormous
quantities.
"The distribution of foodstuffs is or
ganized perfectly and the missing ar
ticles, like tea and coffee, have been
replaced by substitutes. Nobody com
plains of the high food prics, because
all wages have increased correspond
ingly.
"German industry is in excellent con
dition. Factories are working day and
night. There is plenty of coal and iron
and the scarcity of nickel, rubber and
other articles is not felt very much, be
cause German science has found sub
stitutes.
"The fact that the largest part of the
war expenses always flows back into
the pockets of the people has created
a favorable situation for Germany. The
empire is far better off than the allied
countries, which have to get much of
their food supplies and war materials
from the neutral countries at an enor
mous cost. The war has impoverished
Europe, but Germany has suffered least
in this respect and will never break
down economically.
Favorable to Germans.
"In different theaters of war the
situation also remains favorable to the
Germans. Their lines in the east and
west are unbroken, and in their cam
lpaign against Roumania they are suc
cessfully repeating the sledge-hammer
tactics they used last year against
Serbia. In Galicia they have stopped
the costly Russian offensive completely
and in Macedonia they and their Bul
garian allies hold the British, French,
Serbian, Russian and Italian armies in
check.
"The hope of the allies to wear Ger
many out through continuous attacks
on all fronts cannot be realized unless
they are willing to sacrifice millions of
men. They are far more liable to be
come exhausted than the Germans, who
are able to husband their reserves by
keeping themselves on the defensive as
Jong as they desire.
"Much as we may dlesire a victory
for the allies we cannot close our eyes
to the fact that the realization of this
wish seems almost impossible.
"The war has become a useless,
senseless slaughter. It is the duty of
tihe neutral nations to intervene and
end the struggle by mediation, if heroic,.
self-sacrificing France is not to bleed
to death."
Fifteen-Year-Olds Wed.
r Norwich, N. Y.-Miss Ruth Whlt
e marsh and Stuart C. Mudge, both flf
a teen years old, have Just been married
e here after obtaining the consent of
s their parents.
e Finds Diamond Lost a Year.
S New York.-Whlle cleaning the
a drain pipe of a wash basin Whitney
k Van Wicklen, a plumber, found a $200
r diamond he lost from his ring a year
ago.
g behind the army"-the men back of
s the line, in the supply and transport
g divisions where the strain is not so
Sgreat. These older men are too sus
Sceptible to trench diseases to be of
Sgreat use on the firing line.
England already Is registering boys
bo;~n In 1899 preparatory to calling
them up when they attain their eight
e eenth year.
n Holland's mines are now produdng
c- coal at a rate of about 2,000,000 too,
• 8 ear.
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Baltimore Has Rooster That Is Expert Mouser
B ALTIMORE.-AII the commission hom es in the Pratt street vicinity find it
Snecessary to keep a cat or two to keep down the mice which are brought
up from the country in the produce shilpments. Down at the Rappahannock
xehi:i age, they have found a substi
lit inl ia big P'lymouth Riock rooster,
which the eiployeel of the exchange
aire willing to pit against any &at in
the city as a mouser.
DI ick, as the rooster is called, has
- the freedom of the exchange and holds
:t record of 19 mice killed in one hour.
Not only does Dick kill the mice, but
lie swallows them head first.
S Dick's mousing abilities were dis
. covered accidentally. Hie came up
from the Rappahannock river in a
shipment of chickens about a year ago and, as he seemed to have weathered'
the trip badly, was taken out of the coop and thrown into a corner to get
well or die. A day or two later one of the employees was surprisea to see
Dick hopping madly across the floor in the wake of a scudding mouse.
Just before a pile of old crates and safety were reached.'Dick caught up
with Mr. Mouse. gave it several shakes in order to squeeze put all the life and
then gulped it down. This was the beginning, and every time a mouse was
cornered thereafter Dick was thrown on the trail.
A year of petting has made Dick quite tame. W,'he he came up from the
country a year ago he weighed only three pounds. Now he tips the beam at
nine. Not only does Dick eat all mice that are pointed out to him, but he
stalks them just like any cat. lie has been known to stand patiently for half
an hour at a spot until a wary mouse poked out its head. Then there was a
snap and one less mouse in the world.
Not only does Dick eat mice, but he is a great lover of oysters. Each
morning the men on the exchange open at dozen raw and serve them to him.
That constitutes his breakfast. lie also has developed a fohndness for cracked
ice, and demands his share every time the icemna n comes around.
lie is a favorite in the neighborhood and when he is in a good humor does
not mind going through a variety of simple tricks, such as posing motionless
in any position in which he is placed and playing dead and jumping through
a hoop at cotmland.
Erevated Trains in Gotham Now Play Leapfrog
N EW YORK.-To relieve the swelling traffic on the elevated lines in New
York city trains are now made to play "leapfrog" by an ingenious method
of track laying. A horizontal view of the completed structure would bear a
strange resemblance to the roller
coaster railroads so much in evidence i
in nearly all of America's amusement _
parks. Nearing a station the express gs (g
trains for which the new track is be
ing designed, rise swiftly on an in- 4( ' r'
cline, so that they play at a modified,
mechanical game of leapfrog. Under .L E !ý ,
the raised tracks, or "humps," as they ,,o -..
are technically known, the local sta- §_.
tlons are situated. ii, al
The reason for the "leap-frogging" o
in service already on the elevated lines, but the third track could not be used
for express service unless the trains crossed over and onto the local tracks to
take on and discharge passengers. This would involve delay. and a serious
possibility of accident.
The stations selected for the express stops are either re-enforced or re
newed, and the middle track is raised about 12 feet. The loading platforms
for the "extra elevated" express tracks are built over the existing local tracks,
which are left unchanged. The length of the "hump" is determined by the
grade of the present local tracks at that particular section, as the grade of the
express tracks never exceeds 3 per cent. The new platforms are about 350
feet long.
It is expected that the cost of operation of the express trains will be
somewhat decreased as the headway which they get on the incline will carry
them some distance before power need be applied. Trains will also be able to
stop quickly and smoothly because of the upward incline as they ent r the
station. or
Chefs Say Detroit Is a Ci 'of Soup Eate
DETROIT.-Detroit is a city of soup eaters. The chefs say so. They are
always racking their brains for new preparations to please the palate.
The waiters admit it. Many times their wives wash shirts spotted with
consommes and chowders. And last
and eaten In all parts of the country.
at smiles broadly, smacks its lips and
9 ___ "digs into" Its game-bear, venison,
Swild ducks, partridges, quail, grouse
and pheasants. Chicago feasts on
choice steaks, chops, domestic fowls
and stews. Baltimore casts its net
and offers salt-water fish, oysters,
clams and others; St. Louis likes
Italian delicacies; Denver likes French pastry and other imported sweets.
Memphis and other cities below the Mason-I)ixon line are strong for barbecued
squirrel.
But Detroit, um-ah. It is literally flooded with soups, French, German,
Swiss. English and American.
The investigator made his way into the kitchen of one of Detroit's leading
hotels. There were hundreds of cooks, waiters and dishwashers, scurrying in
every direction.
"What is the gastronomial' peculiarity of Detroit?" he asked the chef.
"It's soup," the chef replied. "I believe there is more soup eaten in
Detroit than In any other city in the country. There are two cooks who do
nothing from morning till night but prepare soup--(erman pea soup, cream
of tomato soup, chicken gumbo, cream of chicken regence, chicken broth, beetf
conasomme, French onion soulp, ('hlam1 chowder, mock turtle soup, clam juice and
specil French chowder. Thiose men are coniceded to be thebest cooks in the
hotel."
In another hotel the same question was asked.
The reply wias "soup."
New Yorkers Watch a Man Make Dead Fish Flop
SEW YORK.--Crowd at the window. Inside a man in a smock, sctruggling
I -with a three-foot eel. One second eel is about to slip through the man's
Shands, but he grabs it Just in time, and then the eel with another squirm is
loose. Again the man grabs it. This
time he gives it a slap and the strug- .
gle is over.
This is a regular scene on the
West street front of Washington
market. David Tobias, who learned
how to make a dead fish wriggle way
back in 68a, is the performer, lie T
always has an interested audience.
If you ask him how he makes not
only eels but codlfish nnd flounders
and, if they are in season, sturgeon
cut up just as if they were alive, he
will tell you that he has an electrical thingamajig in the palm of his hand
whllc puts life into the fish; but he is only joking.
"Making a fish squirm is a trick," said Tobias. "I learned how to do it
as a boy in the old market. It can't be explained, and the method can't be
acquired except by long practice."
With this he grabbed a cod, which began to flap about and carve its spine.
Then the policeman insisted that the crowd move on.
BRIEF INFORMATION J
The Dutch Indies in 1915 produced
1,440,068. tons of petroleum.
A novel motorcycle carries four per
sons tandem, and is controlled from
the back seat.
Using benzine for fuel, a new cig
arette lighter Is a close imitation of
a cigarette.
A new trap to be attached to a re
frigerator drain pipe permits waste
water to flow out, but prevents the en
trance of warm air or vermin.
One ton of whale blubber will yield
200 gallons of oil.
France in the first half of 1916 im
ported United States products valued
at $232.185 ,264.
The Slam government savings bank
has 1,380 depositors with $138,977 to
their credit.
The United States last year pro
duced 1,884,044 tons of glass sand, val
ued at $1,606,640.
Joe Arnold of Weatherford. Tex,
raised a watermelon that weighed
106 pounds.