The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 06, 1913, Image 5
SWEPT BY STORM
GREAT DAMAGE DONE SI IT IN
TDREE STATES
?
FOUR KNOWN TO BE DEAD
Alabama, Georgia and Florida Feel
Kflfects of Cyclone Accompanied by
Torrential Downpour?Twelve Female
Prisoners Injured in Collapse
of Iluilding on Georgia Convict
Farm.
Four persons are known to have
perished, several to have been injured
and property valued -at several
hundred thousand dollars to have
been damaged by a severe wind and
rain storm which swept Alabama,
Georgia and Florida Thursday.
The only known fatalities occurred
at Omaha, Ga, where three negroes
were killed when a building in which
; they were working collapsed during
the height of the storm, and in Crenshaw
County, Alabama, where Itufus
Summerlin, was killed in a building
collapse.
At Milledgeville, Ca., many buildings
were demolished. Twelve female
prisoners were injured when
the State structure at that place collapsed.
Forty children in the Hopewell
school, near Millledgevillo, had
a miraculous escape when the building
was blown down. Only one
child was injured.
Three children wero seriously injured
when the Bridges School, near
? Cordele, Ga., was blown down.
, & There were more than 3 0 in the
school houso when the accident occurred.
Many buildings were blown down
and large damage sustained in Central
Alabama. The heaviest losses
i w fu are reported to bo in the city of
Greenville and Crenshaw and Butler
Cou nties.
The property damage in Flordia
^ according to late reports, was not
/ serious. A G5-milo gale swept the
section of the State in the neighborhood
of Jacksonville. No loss of life
was reported in that vicinity.
Mayor Maples, of Omaha, Ga., issued
an appeal Last night for financial
aid to the poor and homeless,
saying the destruction of property is
very heavy, and many persons aie
homeless.
timftw liavk PAin tup, piuhr.
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Koven Mexican lliilcrs Killed During
the Dust Century.
I With the killing of M&dero and
Saurez, the deposed heads of the
Mexican Republic, in Mexico City, the
death of those who have paid the fatal
price for ruling in Mexico is in1
creased to seven names. Just a little
more than a century ago iMtchael
Midalgo y Costilla, the parish priest
of Dolores, arose as the "liberator"
of Mexico and clutched control from
( the feeble hands of the Spanish viceroy.
An obscure country priest, Hidalgo
? * . ill. \_f? I i 11
' conspired witn ins own purisii 111 uio
State of Guanajuato, in 1810, and in
the fall of that year, when he rang
the bell of the church to call the peof
pie to war, an army of 5,000 rallied
to his standard. He pressed on toward
Mexico City with his constantly
increasing numbers until he had a
following of 100,000 patriotic, but
undisciplined, men.
A force of only 6,000 veteran soldiers
of Spain delivered a crushing
defeat in January, 1811, and drove
Hidalgo to the mountains, where he
waged guerilla warfare until he was
/ caught and shot in July, 1811.
The list of rulers of Mexico which
have "listened last to the rifle's
speech" thus opened is as follows:
Michael y Costilla, "liberator," '
1811.
Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon, President,
1815.
Francisco Xavier Mina, President,
t 1817.
Augustin do Iturbide, Emperor, 1
1 824.
, Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, '
Emperor, 1867. (
Francisco I. Madero, President, (
1913. <
Jose Pino Saurez, Vice-President, *
1913. 1
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f
Tho heroic and tragic story of Captain
Scott and his brave companions
who died on their way back from tho
r south polo does not stand alone in
tbo history of arctic and antarctic explorations,
for the call of tho north
and south poles has lured many to
their death. This truth detracts in
nowise from tho heroism of Scott and
( his fjarty that met their death in a
blizzard, nor does it lessen in the
slightest degree tho inspiration and
pride which tho story of their suffering
produces, for notwithstanding
their said end they were victors in r
that their goal was7 won.
^ P
I Rain Causes Oi.it Loss.
At Los Angeles, Cal., one life was 8
lost and much damage was wrought
by the rainfall of the last two days, h
the greatest in the history of that n
t region. Street car lines in some sec- li
lion of the city are out of commis- t
sion, and 60,000 school children d
were given another holiday because s
of the floods. t
THE RACE OF CAR
"NUMBER NINETEEN"
A STORY IN TWO PARTS.
Part I.
There was trouble in the office of
Peck & Morgan, makers of the Peck
Motor Car?"the king of the automobile
world," to quote from the
inch advertisements written by Mr.
' Peck. Mr. Peck was glaring at the
youthful Mr. Morgan, and iMr. Morgan
was looking, in resentful gloom,
at the red-faced, white-whiskered
Mr. Peck.
"No, sir! I don't put another cent
Into this blamed business," snapped
Mr. Peck. "Who wants our automobile?
Nobody. Wo lose money every
day wo protend to keep on making
'em. A little later we'll be bankrupt;
I won't have the disgrace of
bankruptcy against my good name.
I'm for.selling the business now?or
giving it away."
"it's easv for you to talk about
giving it away?you with your millions
to fall back on," said (Morgan,
bitterly.
"If | put any more in, as you want
me to, I wouldn't have 'em to fall
back on," retorted Mr. Peck.
"You'd have a few more if you'd
spend fifty or a hundred thousand
99
"Oh, cut it out! I'm tired of that.
Haven't I been telling you since wo
started up two years ago, show mo
results and I'd come up with more
money." i
"And haven't I been telling you."
Morgan returned sharply, "come up i
with more money and I'd show you
results?" )
Mr. Peck glared, but thought si- 1
lence the best expression of his con
tempt. Together the last sentence of
each defined the great difference between
the partners?the difference !
that during the two years had galled 1
and restrained Morgan's enterprise <
like a sharp and tight-drawn bit?the
difference that now brought the '
partners to the verge of quarrel. 'Mr. J
Peck was the business product of a 1
past business generation; even when '
making his millions out of the Peck
Sewing Machine he had never ventured?had
never led his business, had i
always followed it. Four years be- *
fore, after two bad years, which he '
* j_i i 1
read as a warning or ruin, nu uuu '
craftily sold out his business and its <
coming failure to a Mr. Tucker, anr? (
it was the great secret bitterness of 1
his life that Mr. Tucker was making *
money faster than he had ever done. 1
Two years of stupid leisure had made <
him eager for the old recreation of <
business; so when young Mr. Mor- 1
gan, a mechanical engineer of repu- ?
tation, had come to him with a pat- 1
out sparking device and a proposition 1
for putting a new automobile on the 1
market, he had invested his old bus- <
iness rules and about half enough J
capital in the new enterprise, keep- t
ing a throttle hold on the venture by 1
reserving to himself fifty-one per
cent, of the stock. *
Morgan mastered his rising anger. ?
Mr. Peck, through his money, could i
turn failure into success; and, fur- ?
thermore, Mr. Peck was the father c
of Peck. "We still have a chance to c
make the car a success if we play 1
the chance right," he resumed, as ?
calm as his double reason for calm- t
npss could make him. "The car is a ^
good one, and deserves to succeed; J
that much is true." *
"Oh, I don't know. We thought it c
was a good car. Hut if a thing is c
good it's bound to succeed of its own *
accord; everybody wants It; you 1
can't make it fail." 1
"I ,beg your pardon, a good thing t
does not succeed just necause it's t
good. You've got to convince peo- 1
pie that it's good?the best there is, a
if you can; got to get it on the pub- i
lie tongue and in the public eye and
keep it there. Then it'll succeed." 1
"At it again!" sniffed Mr. Peck.
'Morgan's face flushed, but he went
or composedly: "Now, if we could ?
make some big splurge?could pull
olf some big advertising scheme
" I
"Advertising! Rot!"
" ? i . i- ? i? A ? ? j, m.. 1
"Advertising is wiiul iuuuw j u*jn.- r?r."
Mr. Pock's face darkened, but he
lared not retort. That was the worst *
jf his bitterness over Tucker's success?it
had to be restrained in fear !'
if the world's laughs. He was silent 11
i moment, then said, in his sneering
toice: "Leading up again to that ?
\merican Cup Race, I see."
h
"I am; and why not? There's not M
i swifter and more reliable touring
lar made in this country than our
Ifty horse-power. A racing car em- ^
jodying its good points, I bet, would
lold its own with the best of them. ?,
f the Peck car won the cup, or got
tecond or third place, we'd suddenly
>e somebody, and orders would pour
n on us. If you'd put up twenty p.
housand for this " tl
Mr. Peck uprose, snorting: "Shut ai
ip; I'm tired of that. And let me c
land you some information. Young
nan, you're a business idiot!" Q1
Morgan saw that his chance was g;
ione; his wrath broke its restraints. fc
'And permit me to remark, my dear
ir, that you are a business corpse!" ]j
Mr. Peck gasped. All his life he It
tad bullied his business associates
tnd never before had one bullied d<
dm back. "What's that! What's e<
hat!" He smashed his pudgy flst fc
(own on his desk. "By God, we'll
ee who's the live member of this y<
Irm! I get out to-day, and we'll see
how long you'll keep alive!"
"If you'd done that long ago!"
Mr. Peck sputteied. Words he
could not utter.
Morgan's anger had risen to reckless
defiance. "Why don't you sell
your stock to me?" he taunted. "I'll
build that racing car, win, and show
you what a live business is."
"Sell it to you! You haven't got
a dollar to pay for it with!"
"I'll give you a note; if there's
nothing else to pay with, I can sell
my patent."
Mr. Peck's dark look turned to a
snarling, cunning grin. "It's yours!
If I sold to anybody else, he might
bring in some capital and some
brains, and you might succeed. Running
it alone' you'll bust. Lord, but
I'll be glad to see that! A business
corpse, am I? We'll see! It's worth
less than nothing, but you can have
it for five hundred, a thousand, two
thousand, whatever you please!"
"Two thousand, then," said Morgan.
He touched a button and immediately
a stenographer appeared.
Mr. Peck looked on glowering while
consideration being a note for two
thousand dollars. Perhapi He was
not wholly pleased; perhaps, for all
his bluster, he had not expected to be
snapped up In this wise. But he
grimly, signed the document when it
was presented to him, and grimly
slipped Morgan's note into his wallet.
He rose and put on his hat. "I
had thought of going on a vacation,"
ho said, cuttingly, "but I guess I'll
stay here so's to be handy for your
funeral."
Morgan did not retort; he had regained
his self-control.
"One fact, of course, you understand,"
Mr. Peck went on, "you've
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oeen seeing a iui ol miss x ecK. vveu,
no (laughter of mine is going to have
anything to do with a fool and a failure.
You set that down!"
Morgan preserved a show of indifference,
but there was sudden consternation
within. In the outburst
of wrath against the father he had
completely forgotten the daughter.
At the door Mr. Peck lifted his.
hat with mock courtesy. "Don't forget
to send me an announcement of
the funeral," he said; and with a
bow and a sneer, he went out.
When Morgan had declared to Mr.
Peck that he was going to build a
racer he had spoken out of the bravida
of the moment; but as he sat at
his desk looking his new situation
Dver, his cool reason told him that
to try for the American Cup was his
cnly chance of snatching success
from failure. He considered his re2/-\np/ina
fnr anr?Vi a n nffnrf {f Via uraro
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to mortgage to its limit the factory
squipment (the building was a rent3d
one), and borrow and beg dollars
wherever dollars could be begged
and borrowed, he could keep up the
appearance of running the factory
for three months longer and could
build a car for the race. The odds
against success were heavy. But
Morgan was the sort that fights to
he last hope, and past it. He would
;ake the chance.
All the while that Morgan was
studying this side and that of his
slender business chance, part of his
nind was engaged upon his chance in
l very different enterprise. By the
>na or tne arternoon it was tne sec)nd
alone that he was considering,
de knew that Mr. Peck would tell,
loubtless had told, his daughter of
he quarrel, and that the account
vould be a story of favor and for>earance
on one side, and insult and
ngratitude on the other. If he wantid
Miss Peck to continue thinking
>f him the way he hoped she was
jeginning to think, ho must clear
limself in her eyes, and the sooner
le did this the better for her
houghts of him. So, with inward
rembling at his daring, he called her
ip just before leaving the office and
isked if ho might see her that evenng.
The voice that came to him over,
he wire was chilly, very chilly: "I
lave an engagement."
Morgan was dumb for several socnds.
"To-morrow evening, then?"
"I shall be busy then, too."
lie filled with a dizzy sickness,
lor excuse was as plain in its mean- j
ng as plain words would have been. (
tut he wanted the plain words, j
Then you don't want to see me?" ]
There was a brief silence. "1 don't ]
mnk so, said the chilly voice.
Morgan hung up the receiver. His i
ride would not let him beg for an (
aterview. x ;
The following two days Morgan
pent in New York. lie returned with f
fteen thousand dollars, and with (
is honor pawned to his friends and
'itli the next five years of his life to \
he money-lenders. When he entered
the office, there was Mr. Peck at c
is desk. Morgan gave his old part- t
er a cold look, but said not a word. *
Just came down to see about my 1
lail," Mr. Peck muttered, somewhat
bashed, but gruffly. Morgan did f
ot answer. He wrote a check for
ve hundred dollars, the amount of 3
le entrance fee to the Cup Race,
nd dictated a letter to the Cup Race c
ommission. a
When the stenographer had gone R
lit Mr. Peck scowled over at Mor- r
an. "So you're going in for that t
>ol race," he 3neered. d
"It seems so," Morgan said quiet- s
r. lie went to a closet and was soon b
i greasy overalls and jumper. b
"Where'd you get that money?" e
emanded Mr. Peck, as Morgan mov- o
I toward the door leading into the s
ictory. d
"That, sir, I believe is none of c
>ur business." tl
Mr. Peck's face reddened. "D'you c
think J'd Bell out for a measly twc
thousand, ana tnat two thousand s
note that ain't worth a postage
stamp?"
"I don't think anything about it?
I know you did." And Morgan walked
Into the factory.
That day the building of the racer
began. The big race was at the end
of September; this was the end oi
June?three months in which to
build the machine, tune it up and become
its master. The frame and
many other parts of their fifty horse
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power IUU1U1& otvi oouiu uu uouu, uui
the engine?Morgan had decided it
should bo ninety hosse-power?had
to be made entirely new, and likewise
all the parts of the driving gear.
There was work a-plenty for the half
dozen most skillful men he had selected
to help him, for every part had
to be made with infinite care, tested
with infinite care, and fitted to its
place with the infinite care of a surgeon
working in the brain. For all
the heartache in him, Morgan enjoyed
these days of the car's growing.
It was a long untasted pleasure to
work in freedom of the domineering
methods of Mr. Peck?though that
gentleman continued coming to the
factory daily. Morgan's joy was the
creative joy of the artist. The car
on which he labored every day and
far into each night was more than a
piece of mechanism that might save
him from ruin. It was the child of
his brain and skill?the masterpiece
of his talent.
By the first of September it was
done?a long, squat, dingy creature,
whose lean lines suggested the athlete
trained to supremest fitness. At
the very break of each morning Morgan
was 011 the roads about Milford,
testing his creation. His mechanic,
Jack Henderson, the best workman
in the Peck & Morgan shop, though
hardly more than a boy, was equally
AnthiiaSnstir "We'll make 'em
hump," ho said.
Throe days lator they were settled
in their garage, with enough spare
parts to build another machine, and
with two weeks before them in which
to become acquainted with the
course. At the drawing to fix the order
in which the twenty contesting
machines were to start in the race,
nineteenth place fell to Morgan, and
nineteen was painted on the front,
sides and back of his car in white
figures two feet high. The first
morning he had the racer out for
practice he was content to take
things easy around the thirty-mile
course, which on the day of the race
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naa 10 De circieu ren uiues; uui inu
second morning he let her out on the
last round, with Henderson keeping
time. "Thirty-three minutes," Jack
announced as the car flashed past
the grand stand on the finish. "That's
going some!"
"Some," agreed Morgan, "but,
man!?when she really goes!"
It was the day of the race. While
the heaven was still lighted only by
the stars the roads leading to the
course were processioned by thousands
of glare-eyed touring cars, and
the New York trains were adding
tens of thousands to those who had
spent the night in houses, barns,
tents and the open fields along the
way. When the first trace of dawn,
a faint, gray mistiness in the east,
came at half-past four, trie course,
wonted thus early to be without a
soul save perhaps for a market gardener
or two jogging sleepily townward,
was crowded like a great city
artery at the hour of home-coming.
Half an hour later, when the mist
was faintly reddening into a promise
of the sun, the course was thirty
miles of bustle, of suspense.
Five o'clock found Morgan's and
the nineteen other racing machines
in a waiting line before the grand
stand. A swnso of solitariness crept
upon Morgan. Each car's manufacturer
stood beside his machine talking
to its driver and giving him encoiiraerincr
nats on the back, and
friends were coming up to shake the
driver's hand and wish him victory,
and here and there handkerchiefs
were being waved from the grand
3taud. Morgan gave a quick, hungry
glance at this great inclined
plane of humanity, then returned his
jyes to their former straight-ahead
gaze; he had expected no friend, and
lie had seen no friend. Few persons
!iad ever heard of the "king of the i
lutomobile world", and the few had
wondered at its maker's temerity in
?ntering it in any race at all, let
done such a race as this.
"We don't seem to ho exactly the
'avorite, do we Jack?" Morgan said
irily.
"I guess there ain't many in this
lunch bettin' even money we'll win."
"No; about a million to one is the
>dds." Morgan's left hand came from
ho wheel and gripped Jack's arm.
'Hut we've got to win, anyhow!"
le said fiercely. "Understand!"
"We'll win?If she only sticks together,"
Jack assured him, grimly;
'for, oh Lord, sho's got speed to give
i way!"
There was a stir among the group
>f officials at the head of the line of
midlines! half-past five, the hour of
tart the race. "Clear the course!"
ang out an order. It was taken up
ly hundreds of voices and moved
lown the track in a great billow of
ound, and the crowd which had
dackoned the road parted, leaving
ictween a brown ribbon of oiled
artli. The next minute the engine
f car No. 1 began booming, and
pitting from both sides of its bonnet
arts of blue flames. The starters
ounted off the seconds, and at "Go!"
he car lunged forward. A great
hecr rose from the grand stand, and
11 ARRIVES WITH REMEDY
DR. FRIEDMAN AND HIS TUBERCULOSIS
CURE.
( *
Says He is Not Mercenary, But
Wishes to Help the Whole World
With Invention.
The United States government took
, official recognition of the claim of Dr.
Frederick Friedmann to the discov.
ery of a cure for tuberculosis when,
by order of the surgeon general of
the United States marine hospital eervice,
Dr. Milton Porter was sent ?.o
meet the doctor 011 the steamer Kron
Prinzessin Cecelia.
At the request of the government
surgeon, Dr. Friedmann, after half
an hour's conference on board the
steamer on the trip up to New York
from quarantine, consented to turn
over a quantity of his bacilli to be
tested by the government and to demonstrate
the eflicacy of his cure before
physicians of the hospital service.
,
Dr. Friedmann, who comes to this
country at the invitation of Chas. E.
Finlay, a New York banker, who
hopes the physician will be able to
cure his son-in-law of the disease,
declared that his remedy was not a
secret and that he purposed to make
known "to all the world" the method
by which it was created and the manner
in which it was administered.
It consisted of bacilli taken from
a turtle into which tubercular baccilli
from a human being had been injected,
he explained. "I have been
working upon the cure for four years
and in the last two and a half years
1 have treated from 2,500 to 3,000
patients," he asserted.
"How many I have absolutely cured
1 can not estimate, but their number
has run into the hundreds. The
remedy cures all forms of tuberculosis
except such cases as are quite
hopeless?that is, on the point of
death. The process is a slow one,
but the effects are to be seen two or
three weeks after inoculation. The
time when an absolute cure can be
said to be effected is a matter of
months. The method of administering
is 5 0 per cent, of the cure.
"I want all mankind to benefit by
my discovery. I have already turned
over some of my bacilli to the German
government, and I am very glad
to turn it over to the American government."
Dr. Friedmann denied that he had
been offered $1,000,000 by Mr. Finlay
if he would cure 95 out of 100
patients in this country. He admitted
that ho was to receive a substantial
compensation in the event ho cured
the banker's son-in-law, Ray Paris
of this city.
"I am not mercenary," he said.
"All I care about is suflicient reward
to enable me to demonstrate my cure
to the world."
kept pace with the car as it whizzed
between the lines of bordering thousands.
The first fifteen cars, cheer-followed,
had gone flying at minute intervals
toward the flushing east, when
T .. _ 1_ J .1 1 1 1 If ?
oucK Buuueniy seizeu Morgan s arm.
"Somebody wants you," he said, and
nodded toward a box in the grand
stand.
In the box, one in the lowest tier,
Morgan saw a girl in a long tan coat.
She smiled and a gloved hand beckoned
to him. Instantly he was out
of the car and beneath the box,
touching his begoggled leathern
skullcap that was tied beneath his
chin.
She leaned down over the railing
till her head was on a level with
his, in order that her voice might be
heard above the terrific fusillade No.
16 had just begun. "So you were
not going to speak to a friend?" she
dem anded.
"A friend? ' he said, dizzily, touching
his cap to her aunt and uncle in
the rear of the box. "I didn't know
>ou were here. And I didn't know
you were iuv friend."
"Not your friend?" Her eyebrows
arched with surprise. "Though J
suppose 1 shouldn't be, afcter the way
you've treated me."
" The way I've treated you!" gas*je.l
Morgan, as No. 1 G roared awav
"Yes." Her face became severe.
"Think of how you served me on ihe
telephone. I held the receiver till
iny arm ached, calling to you, wu.itg
for you to say something more ?
but you'd cut me off. And then you
haven't come near mo for three
months.'
Ho could only stammer and stare.
A dazzling smile drove the severity
from her face. "Hut see how I
have forgiven you. rve stayed up an
night and como hero just to see you
win."
"You want nio to win?" he cried.
"Yes," she said, and her face grew
very steady and she held out a little
gloved hand. Ho showed his grimy
palm and shook his head. She leaned
further over and the little hand
slipped into the palm. He gripped it
tightly.
The hand withdraw, fell upon his
shoulder, and gave him a light push.
"You must go; your mechanician is
getting frantic."
Morgan touched his cap and
Bprang to his seat just as No. 17 shot
across the tapo. "Jack," ho said between
his teeth, "I'll bet a million to
one we win!"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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WILSON'S CABINET
?
BRYAN WILL BE THE NEW SECRETARY
OF STATE.
OTHER PLACES FILLED
William Jennings Bryan, Josephus
Daniels, William G. McAdoo and /I,
S. Burleson Definitely Decided Up*
on for Cabinet Places, According
to High Congressional Authority.
It was stated Tuesday night at
Washington in high Congressional
quarters close'y identified with the
incoming administration of Presdent
Wilson, that the following Cabinei
appointments had been determined
upon definitely:
Secretary of State, William J. Bryan
of Nebraska.
Secretary of the Treasury, William
Burleson of Texas.
Secretary of the Navy, Joseph us
Daniels, of North Carolina.
The foregoing names and positions
are said to have advanced entirely
beyond the state of conjectures of
gossip and become finalities in the
forthcoming Cabinet list. Other
places in the Cabinet are said to be
reasonably settled with the exception
of the portfolilos of war and agriculture.
The name of Representative A.
Mitchell Palmer, which has been
prominently mentioned In connection
with the Attorney Generalship how
is definitely eliminated. It appears
that a Cabinet position was tendered
to Mr. Palmer and declined the expectation
being that he would remain
in the House of Representatives to
be in a sense the personal representative
of Mr. Wilson on the important
legislation about to be formulated.
This plan was carried into partial execution
late Tuesday, when the announcement
of Representative Burleson
that he would resign the position
of chairman of tho Democratic House
caucus at an early date was coupled
with the announcement by House
leaders that Mr. Palmer would succeed
Mr. Burleson as chairman of the ,
caucus.
Other names which have been
prominently mentioned for the Attorney
Generalship, but which now
are definitely eliminated from this or
other Cabinet positions, are Chancellor
Walker, of New Jersey, and Representative
Henry of Texas. Chancellor
Walker was highly regarded
and it is probably duo to his own
wishes that his name is no longer
considered. Tho determination of
Representative Burleson, of Texas,
for the Postmaster Generaliship had
the neutral effect of eliminating Mr.
Henry's name from further consideration.
ho also being from Texas.
Information from certain sources
' gave assurance that Col. George W.
I Goethals, chief engineer and chairman
of the Panama Canal commission,
is under consideration for Secrntnrv
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Somo closo friends of the incoming
administration have felt that a lawyer
should be chosen as head of the
war department in view of the l^gal
questions involved relating to the
Panama Canal, the Phillippines and
other important matters, and they
point to the line of lawyers who havo
headed the department, such as Poor,
Taft, Dickinson and Stimson. Col,
Goethnls' familiarity with the Panama
Canal, it is declared, however,
has given him prominence in consideration
for this portfolio.
Mr. McAdoo in tho recent campaign
was a prominent figure and
was in charge of the Democratic
forces much of tlie time during the
illness of National Chairman MrCombs.
He has been associated with
some of the foremost business operations
in American history, including
the building of the so-called McAdoo
tunnels under tho Hudson River in
New York.
Joseph us Daniels, Raleigh, N. C.,
has long been Democratic national
committeeman from nis Stare. He
i3 the editor of the Raleigh News and
Observer, In tho last Cleveland administration
Mr. Daniels was in
Washington as chief elsrk and appointment
clerk of the interior department
under Secretary Hoko
Smith, now Senator from Georgia.
Representative Burleson, of Austin,
Tex., has served nearly 1 "5 years
in Congress, having first been elected
to the 5Gth Congress, and he was
re-elected to the 63rd Congress last
fall. He was one of the staunch supporters
of Governor Wilson in the
House of Representatives from tho
hecrinnincr of the nre-convrmlInn
tost last spring and took a prominent
part In the election campa'gr.
In Congress his chief work has been
as a member of the appropriation
committee.
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Women Work for Charity.
The American Woman's Exhibition
which opened at Cleveland, O., Monday
at the Central Armory, is one of
the biggest affairs of its kind ever
engineered in this country. It Is for
the benefit of charity and is directed
by society women of Cleveland.
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Mistakes everybody makes and
therefore one should be lenient in his
judgment. But the man who, having
made a mistake, deliberately puts
himself in the way of repeating it deserves
censure, and he usually gets it.
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