| Show Dt ED EDIN IN 11 E E Y BATTLE MULE San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Fir Brings Out One Prominently HE IS GENERAL FUNSTON JIA I fl cai If Johnny on onille the Spot When t Action WItS ar d lot for OJ Fr Correspondence Washington D e i May tay Ia 5 I Every Etry var or 01 develop a ft hero and Id most t of or C the g s In III which tho American army arm has h been b IIII t In tho thA th pt nt fht nth tj h t years yearn earll hav developed heroes do llo donio Into nio a n me lIn of ot o a Grand Army post poet or n a camp of ot War Wor veterans veteran and nd you OU will her hear the tho names Mm tl of ot o n a coro or more heroes of ot o as n different battles b or skirmishes And whenever wh neer the th regulars been railed Into tIon In an nil emergency thero there hat ha ap appeared peare In the tho newspaper reports ono one name Mille more prominently than those 1 of ot othi his hi fellows H It was to 10 be b expected therefore that Hint the h S n fl Francisco co ond the tho call ca II for the Iho lilt alii of ot the thi reg regulars regul ulars ul ft would brim out mother hero This time lime It I was sa General aen rall Fred led Funston Iho ho Jumped a tel few hundred regular I and nn An secured a zt star on R his hll shoulder pUP because lift hn was waR vu a n volun olun If for r III In the tho Philippines Funston was Johnny Johnn on tho tio Spot jot to I use ti a t slang phrase when the earthquake null and all tIll fill lire tiro laid waste wat tho faired faIreL l lIty elty Ity of ot tile the elope Funston Willi on tho th ground j rou Jd and he hi t did his duly dub d I ns IR Is nn all American and 1111 line a n anil he ho lm Ilas haR expressed himself In III forceful over oer tho tim action of the opie of ot loin Kansas In Ins In his name n n it presidential possibility He lie IW his hi duty and he lie did UI It nobly OTHERS hi TIUN nut Hut ul Funston Is III hl not flOt tho thA th only man sh did III hiM hili work well In spite of ot the that there Is I a I a to gt him huh all 1111 the Iho credit There Ther urn are ter r r right hero here In Washington who Whit hav h ia not ilot been iteen lit en grunted n it 1 tithe of ot tho tilt to which they are entitled With Without Without out these th the se three efforts for tor forthe or orthe the relief of o the destitute people of nt the tho city would have hae been utile futile In Iii Inthe the extreme These rhe nameH should be IJ s printed Ih lb capitals are lue Brigadier l Bell Hell chief Illet of tit snuff aft Brigadier General Charles P F I Humphrey r Henry O 1 Mry general Aen Then w Mr on deck derk within nb hour after thA details of IC th the calamity became known krown have scarcely enjoyed n a 1 full tull nights 1111 since ler Humphrey IH Is I to 10 U ro hn un obtained hl ht tar star he h chIt III In M chin the tho HUll Cuba At AL Atthe t the outbreak of ot the tho war nr with ho hl wn ivas put ut In ir charge or itt if the or ot to foreign At t Port Tampa be he u found fouw mi lit army nf It men ready nady to nine of ot fi ears earn loaded with nil of ot miscellaneous for lOr h raie ra art hut but not 1101 R P 1 or way a ay bill hili wn to 10 show the lie content of or tho rare arll II Ito J found n 11 corps of or II hid hl ht method of ot cutting red tape cas av aved 11 ed etl el the Ihs Hua jI of ot of Idler A r WORKED DAY DAV 0 y AND NO D During tile ihu th past two Genera I Humphrey has slept scarcely live hours In 21 n He lIe hut IllIa been tit Itt t his hla desk l day ainI I ht and anI he h has In to 10 the trl ken people pf ople of df f the tho food tood clothing and shelter at n I al RI almo mo t pf l Hl Ills 1111 Anti look upon him us lIlt n It 1 wonder onder He Ito Is JI J tireless and Red ned tripe tape docs not trouble him hm when an annn nn confronts lie He docs the right thing without regard igard to t nl In the San an Francisco co casa ens cas ho he hud had the tile earnest ornest rind find cordial support not only of his hili Immediate associate Gens Oens Bell anti and Sharpe but of ot the general anti and tho the secretary of at war ur thorn Horn soldier a he l i 11 chaI M F I Humphrey Is III i the right man In in thin tho right place and lin M hea lIu a put pul In the right place when went Ident mAlie him brigadier II and hea hM I of ot the department of nt the United States army IN 1 II There Th re Is II too much politics in n ft pack package age ge of or e es ds for tor Or tho the average congress congressman man ruan 1 That statement applies Uth Ith es e II P IRI fore force tor 1 to tha Ih members from th couth tho southern members almost to a man voted ote to restore reMore tho tha appropriation for tor or the purchase nn of It seeds when tho tim seed lIed Item MAM wa 1111 reached In the agricultural I Appropriation bill on lIIl ht Tuesday last butt The Tho discussion which was wait precipitated by the lbs th action of oC the committee on ot ture iUri III in cutting the free trel feed F cd Item Ilem out or of the bill bitt was vigorous and lively It vi hs as tho Ihl t time In tn 40 0 O years yearn that there has eVer oer hen been any nn real Issue connect t fd tit 1 with thin particular appropriation bill anti and while the committee was wall de tie fated on the floor door the debate Is III but bul Hie Ihl th opening of ot n a campaign which will 1111 be hl h carried on until at nt last Congress wilt will awaken to the necessity of ot eliminating this Ihl small graft gratl Item Hem That Congress 1 has hI done hone valuable Mork ork for tor th betterment of ot In providing for tho the purchase 1011 dis lUll distribution of or new valuable va varieties n of ot needa IK I not hot tn 11 be deputed for fot a n moment In he the ono one Item of nt wheat alone lh Ih the d has hn added d enough h to the production or of tho the wheat fields of the northwest to itt pay for tor till the cost of ot orAll All ll the seed ed purchased and distributed since e tha tho appropriation was tas made more morn than 70 iO years ago ogo o o Tho The Intro of ot Turk alfalfa alf has hn been productive of tf Incalculable benefit benent be bl fl h that one C It bus been demonstrated that with unit cult able seed Reed this Important forage crop I ran can ho grown profitably where whre other clovers and grasses never thrive CAN CN ct RUSHES S Several years ago age the tho department purchased ell In Japan a largo large quantity of C seeds IIII and roots Io of M certain rushes u 1111 ed by l tho the In III making makinI milt mat hugh so 11 t popular for tor gummer Hour flour coverings In 11 every Iy part Jut of ot tho tilt Illon It has hiatt been iet clearly elearly that these rushes can do ito 11 grown Iown In III Inthe the th C ahan d oh eti rice 1111 It of oC I f the t II I flout h especially In South S Carolina lilt Hut what Is III i of ot o more Importance Is tho III net fact that an on Inventive Yankee u up In lu Maine hUH hits perfected a loom oom for tor big liiS th w and all l he ie cnn can them with his hili machinery at lit of it If the Iho ost oll of ot hand manufacture of or the Till This Yankee o huts has a IL I mill In III J hunk Maine where mailing ar ai armade are made nIl l of ot i III hoi wio Imported Import train from Jupari n and aurl morn tero ordered erder tl tint hill the te Japs Jill now toll ehl I o Ut of i c t In HUH this country and they th dont want to lo hoMe o that Important Im trade Consequently tho the guild KII I III of manufacturers of lit If Japan with cIt I the Japanese government C 11 In legislation I I Ion or ir orders ordel ord prohibiting h ibi I iii g thu tho I exportation of nt rushes ru Now i ow o unless 11 those Iho e can enn ob lain tain tam rustic rushes h In III tide this country cO their theil ma n will whit bo be useless since Ince the tile Japu Japa nest are art determined to 10 prevent tilt thu exportation of ot the t lie only 1111 raw Ill material that tia can un he hc used Jl In the manufacture of or t matting It If Congress would expend I the annual need appropriation In the tho extension and nM development of o such HJ did h III In Industries as nil rush rUHh growing sOnic Home goal KOM would ho 10 accomplished but how hOl any anyon on anyon on OM can CAli expect to agrIculture culture Crom th the distribution of ot a million of ot o turnip tomato onion parsley and seed and that Is 18 a sample packet Is II beyond comprehension sion there thero Is hae Two To years ago altO the of ot free could cohil runn runnier ter ier only He hive votes On Monday Ion they hod horl CS liS supporters on un n a 1 viva voce oce Veto voto Ito On Tuesday when the roll roil was 1111 culled coiled Z men InCh were tere Ir recorded against tile the graft And AUth the tho tight light li III to tx bo be kept Relt up lip OUR FRIEND FRIED TilE THE tATI Although tho the on the railway rate bill Is III to begin next week the tha outcome for tor or an early disposition of o th thet u measure mea ur Is I by b no means meina brilliant So many mau amendments have been b tn pro pored and alid urged urge on the tho floor that It Is I expected that nt nl least a 1 week or 01 10 will he consumed In of or them Some S nic of the tha most optimistic tf ad advocates of ot the orIginal Hepburn bill prof to bo be sanguine that thol It will pass the senate enate without any an amend amendment amendment ment whatever Out nu tillS this hope Is lif ap up apparently parenti based solely upon tilt the delre that uch such an RII may ho bo reached It IH III i tilt fat more likely that a n court ourt ro re r rIel res s Iel project In sumo form torm will ihl be III In Incorporated which will whit send centi lI tho the bill back huCk to the house anti and ultimately load lead le letl to tl o n conference Judging from tilt the nan man manner liar ner In which conferees failed taIled to tt agree on most mOil I of ot the tho Important bills hills thus thul tar far It safe plo to predict that tho railway rate fB te bill will nut not be ready rend for tor the president 11 thin tho middle of o Juno and that tho the final adjournment of or o Congress Congre will vIii In ton COIl sequence bo be postponed po until the end en enof of ot next month Speaker Cannons ClInnon hope expressed ert early arty In the thc year ear that Iha I Congress would pot away aVay a WB by May Ia 1 has already been i twittered |
