20 Z NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
April 9, 1915 
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National Capital 
Events of Interest from the Seat of 
Governmen 
By J. E. Jones 
The Breeze Bureau, 
Washington, Mar, 23, 1915. 
CORRESPONDENT AND WAR 
“NEws.” 7 
Edwin Emerson, a war correspon- 
dent who has had as great an ex- 
perience as any living writer, has re- 
turned to Washington after spend- 
ing five month in the European 
countries. One of the stories he re- 
lates is that he succeeded in getting 
over seventy-five dispatches sent out 
of Germany and other countries in 
the war zone. These dispatches were 
relayed, sent to England, where the 
censor killed all but four of them, 
and these were garbled so as to he 
unrecognizable before they reached 
New York Emerson made seven 
copies of everything he wrote, and 
mailed these stories in seven differ- 
ent directions, and some of his work 
finely reached his New York news- 
paper. He positively states that all 
war news in the way of dispatches, 
is to be discounted, and related how 
the fall of Liege was concealed from 
the public for eleven days, during 
which time stories of victories by 
the aliles were being eagerly de- 
voured by newspaper readers. Em- 
erson is one of the best authorities 
on news of this kind in the world—- 
and he says that he found it impos- 
sible to get his material across. He 
concluded that only the special arti- 
cles, such as appear in magazines, or 
as features articles, and which have 
been written without any attempt to 
hasten publication, constitute the only 
authentic “war news” that is being 
printed. He gives his own experi- 
ences as proving that the cable and 
wireless dispatches were all doctored 
by the censors, and maintains that 
practically no dependence is to be 
placed in any of that class of “news” 
which appears on the front pages of 
daily newspapers. “You must wait 
until the war is over, and then some 
historian will write the story of 
what happened,” concludes Mr. Em- 
War 
erson. 
WHERE HAS THE Lossy GONE? 
Senator Walsh has been obeying 
the orders of the Senate in making 
a searching investigation for the 
lobby that defeated the shipping bill, 
but without result. It is very easy 
to cry “lobby” when legislation gets 
into trouble, or becomes unpopular, 
Mount Wernon 
THE HOME OF WASHINGTON. 
By J. EH. Jones 
A pretty little story of visits to Mount Vernon on the Potomac—‘ ‘im- 
pressions and sentiments like yours and mine,’’ explains the author to those 
who have seen our country’s greatest shrine. 
Bound in colonial blue and buff, with hand illumined cover design, and 
colonial ribbon book mark; profusely illustrated with handsome half-tones 
and pen drawings, it is a dainty and invaluable reminder that will instantly 
appeal to every person who has been to Mount Vernon, while to those who 
have not had that good fortune this clever, happy little story of our beloved 
George and Martha gives a clearer view and understanding of their colonial 
home, which is today the pride of Virginia and the Nation. 
As a souvenir or gift book, for young or old, there is nothing to approach 
the elegance of this little volume, and it will make one feel more like a 
patriotic American to possess it. 
Now Being Printed. 
Send $1 for a copy to be delivered to your address at Easter. 
U. S. PRESS ASSOCIATION 
Bond Building, 
Special Note: 
and this is the second time this ex- 
cuse has been put forward during the 
present administration. Senator 
Walsh’s investigation appears, how- 
ever, to have proven that the ship- 
ping bill was defeated by public 
sentiment, since it has been deter- 
mined that the best part of the public 
press and a large part of the Senate, 
irrespective of party, opposed the 
legislation for the simple reason that 
it was not regarded as being to the 
best interests “of the country. The 
bill might have gotten by had it not 
been regarded as a stepping stone to 
government ownership. 
“A GOVERNMENT INVENTION.” 
Newspaper readers found it inter- 
esting when they were told that one 
of the faculty of the bureau of 
mines had discovered a process by 
which ‘independent refiners can in- 
crease their output 200 per cent.” 
However, it appears that the Stand- 
ard Oil Company has been using a 
similar method for years, and have 
spent great sums of money in de- 
veloping their processes. The “gov- 
ernment invention” is like most of 
such claims inasmuch as nothing is 
suggested except a sort of subter- 
fuge by which the independent oil 
companies might escape prosecution 
ee infringing on the methods of 
the Standard. 
BENEFITS ‘TO 
THE SHIPPERS. 
“Do you know that a manufac- 
turer in Burlington, Iowa, can ship 
his goods to New York, load thei 
on a steamer, and send them around 
Washington, D. C. 
Mr. Jones is the Washington correspondent of the Breeze, 
and if you will state that you are a reader of this paper, an autographed 
copy of the first edition will be furnished on the regular order. 
to San Francisco by way of the 
Panama Canal, at a cheaper rate 
than it would cost to ship directly 
by rail,” was the double- barreled in- 
formation given to a newspaper man 
by an official a few days ago. Yet 
it is true, and the illustration serves 
to point out the advantages of the 
canal in a clear, understandable man- 
ner. 
Tue CLEAN SHIRT IN’ PoLrrics: 
Some of these “exses’’ in politics 
are quite delightful. For instance 
as an “ex,” Mr. Taft is dearly be- 
loved by Democrats, Republicans 
and Bull Moose. Ex-Senator Root 
also seems in a fair way to over- 
come the prejudices against him, and 
his talk along the lines that the busi- 
men should wake up and exercise 
their rights in politics, has struck a 
popular cord. Politics is becoming 
more and more a respectable under- 
taking, and the men with clean 
shirts, clean hands and clean pur- 
poses are making their way to the 
places which were formerly con- 
trolled by ward-heelers and_ political 
spoilsmen. All of which demon- 
strates the correctness of the old 
darkie’s comment “dat de worl’ do 
move,’ and is progressing on the 
way. 
THe Rep Cross BUILDING. 
President Wilson and former 
President Taft participated in the 
laying of the cornerstone of the 
great Red Cross Building, to be 
erected at the cost of $800,000. A 
great many years ago Clara Barton 
