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THE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
NELSON O'SKBSV IDE FINE
RECORD AS 0. S. ENVOY 10 MEXICO
As Charge d'Affaires in Southern Republic He Has Been Steadily
Handling the Most Inflamed Spot In Our Foreign Relations,
and Doing So in a Manner That Was Amazingly
Clever in Many Ways.
Hy JOSEPH MEDIIX PATTEI180N.
Special Correspondent ot ttt Chicago Trib
une nt Vera Crut
Vera Cruz. For the Inst ten months
Nelson O'Shaughncsay has hold tho
moBt Important Job In tho diplomatic
eervlco of tho United States. Ho has
been chargo d'affaires in Mexico,
which moans ho haB been steadily lin
gering tho most Inflamed spot in our
foreign relations.
That he has showed well a truly
amazing combination of cunning, cour
tesy and calm is ovldont not only from
tha grateful testimony of tho Ameri
can refugees now in Vera Cruz, but
nlno from his achievement In getting
on comfortably with three successive
Maxlcan governments, all bitterly an
tagonistic to each other, first with tho
old rcgimo of Porflrio Diaz, then with
tho Madcro revolutionists, who tried
him out, then with tho HuertlstaB, who
turned Madcro in to hla grave.
Undoubtedly if O'Shaughnessy had
united lu Mexico City for tho ultimato
arrival of General Villa ho would havo
been teaching that eminent gonornufl
ihno tho proper stance on the links
of tho Mexico club within a month.
He Is a pluperfect Jollier, is Mr. Ncl
boh O'ahaughncssy, but his work 1b
artistic. Ho sits and smiles and blushes
a trlflo and showo whlto teeth llko an
embarrassed youth conversing with a
deuutnntd. Ho broods confidence
easily. You tell him what you know
and then ho tells you what you know,
and when you go you nro impressed
with his exceptional penetration and
hope to meet him again ami hnvo an
other talk about Mexico. Ho doesn't
say anything In particular, but a whole
lot In general, and says It charmingly.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy,
Ho mnkes the abstract sound llko tho
concrete In 'a romarkabla way.
He wao appointed first by Rooeovclt
in 1904 as secretary to Copenhagen
nt tho ago ot twenty-seven. Ho was
ono of thosQ rich young followB In Now
York olty who ran to clothes, tennis
and monoy, Soino peoplo cull them
"clubmen," though of courso ho would
sooner eat soup with his knife than
use such nn expression. His family
wished hm Into tho diplomatic service
because ho did not caro enough for
money to work for It,
Tho Republican senators ot his state
held Ills appointment up, but Roose
velt had ono ot his obBttnnto fits and
finally shoved It through.
1 In 1905 ho was transferred to Derlln
as third secretary and played tennis
with tho crown prlnco. In 1907 bo
went to Vienna, where ho stayed four
years.
He was distinguished In neither
placo oxcopt as a Jolly good follow
Which nobody can deny und a chap
whoso tasto In gontlcmon's shirtings,
suitings and Bookings was Infallibly
prophetic.
Ho was offered tho appointment nB
minister to Bucharest, but somo ot his
zealous frlortrtu had his appointment
held up In tho sonato, hoping to got
him a better one.
Ho know .nothing of this at tho tlmo,
but was blamod for It, and for discip
line ho was glvon second secretaryship
(0 Mexico, This whb in tho dnyB bo
fore the excltomont and diplomatically
n distinct step downward,
Doubtless ho wus expected to ro-
elgn, but ho didn't, and IiIb reward
followed quickly. A month after
O'Shaughnessy's arrival in Moxlco
City Diaz fled, and tho Mexican post
became tho most Important in our
service. Then O'Shaughnessy forgot
about shirtings and tlolugs. For a big
show was coming off and ho wuntod to
take part in it. ,
Francisco Madero entered Mexico
City as the leader of a social revolu
tion. He stood for the redistribution
of property In land, He rode Into
power on the promises he mado the
(i peons that he would make them own-
'': im
ers of tho land th'oy tilled. It was tho
old forty acres and-a mulo Idea that
seized tho negroes after tho Civil war,
Madoro was a moro drastic Lloyd
George in theory, but a far feebler
ono in practiso.
Tho country turned to Madero al
most unanimously. Ho needed to fight
liltlo. So strongly wero (ho people
all tho peoplo except tho 'landlords
with him that Diaz, tho old eagle of
Chnpultepcc who had ruled as a despot
for 30 years, flod almost without re
sistance. But what his leaders promised be
could not perform. Ills friends who
camo Into power with him on tha
strength of his assurances went back
on him. They told him his plans
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John Llnd.
wero Impossibro, they insisted on de
lay. And Madero, -who could droam great
dreams, could not mauago men and
mako them execute them.
Ho fell and was murdered in a nllll
tary revolution. '
During his rulo O'Shaughnessy had
boepmo oxtromely friendly with him
and when his murderer, Huerta, suc
ceeded him, O'Shaughnessy quickly
cultivated a personal relationship with
him,
O'Shaughnessy's views seomed to bo
that while 30,000 or 40,000 Americans
lived in Mexico, most of them directly
or indlroctly extending American trade
with this country, they should havo In
him a friend at court. In other-words,
ho was forovor trying to establish an
Influenco with tho Mexican govern
ment whatever that was.
After tho removal of Henry Lano
Wilson ns ambassador last July, no
one was appointed to succeed him, and
O'Shaughnessy became- chargo d'af
faires. It is believed ho raado no representa
tions ns to tho policy ot recognizing
tho Huerta government. Certainly if ho
did they woro novor known outside tho
state department and cabinet.
PATHETIC SCENES IN VERA CRUZ
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In tho upper photograph uro seen
returning from the food supply station
is a group of poor women returning to
of food given them by Undo Sam.
Hut all during this trying period his
personal relations with Iluerta re
mained friendly, though of course po
litical relations frequently camo near'
tho breaking point.
John Llnd was sent to Mexico as tho
president's personal representative,
but except for ten days In tho capital,
ho remained hero at Vera Cruz, 30Q.
miles away, and negotiations with Hu
erta wero carried on directly through
O'Shaughnessy.
Thero were dozens of times whon an
open break moaning war with tho ex-
Henry Lane Wilson.
plosive alcoholic old Indian dictator
might havo been precipitated, but
O'Shaughnesey realized this was what
tho home government did not then
want and staved It 'off.
It must have taken considerable
staving off, especially after President
Wilson's announced policy of "watch
ful waiting" for Huerta's fall, but
O'Shaughnessy and a lot of other
O'ShaughncssyB behind him in direct
lino havo kissed tho blarney stono and
ho managed It.
One ot his chief difficulties during
this period was getting Americans out
of Jail. Huerta for the llfo of him
couldn't see why they shouldn't stay
In Jail for their offenses, real or other
wlso, while President Wilson was
"watchfully waiting."
One reason for O'Shaughnessy's suc
cess in Mexico, as well ae for his pop
ularity in Viennese society, Is Undoubt
edly because ho is a Catholic.
The main reason, however, seems to
bo his human understanding, his ex
traordinary ability for getting into tho
other man's skin and seeing things
from his standpoint, and in hie lan
gungo. Ho speaks French, Italian,
German and Spanish.
Talk to him for half an hour and
you feol llko laying your problems be
fore him; for another half-hour and ho
Jg holplng yojfc sqlvo them.
Tho moBt conspicuous exnmplo of
his native diplomatic endowment may
bo loft to tho ond. He not only was
intimato personally with Diaz, Madero
and Huerta, ono after tho other, but
ho kopt his Job successively under
Roosevelt, Taft nnd Wilson.
This young diplomat ot thirty-seven
plays poker equally well wlthor with
out cards under tho bland exterior of
a dandy. When tho Irish tako that line,
tltoy'ro hard to fool and, whon they
want to be, thoy're great foolers.
Gets $10,000 In Tips.
St. Louis. John M. Green, head
usher at tho St. Louis Union station
resigned attor having snvod $10,000
which ho received In tips during tho
past ten years.
poor Mexican children In Vera Crui
established by the Americans. Below
their homes, each with a good sr.pply
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"It Ain't a Menagerie;
ASHINGTON. From an obscuro corner of tho congressional directory
nnd a not overly well-known portion of tho state of Indiana, steps into
tho limelight, one Henry A. Barnhart, member of congress from tho Thir
teenth district of the Hooslor state,
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INHABIT TH' OUJIffFSS
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REMOVE T' IRON
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,picket fence that surrounds his bailiwick. With a flowing wealth ot legis
lative parlunco, including sonorous and euphonic phrases, the "gontlomau
from Indinna" Introducod his resolution in the houso tho other day.
It soems that at somo time or othor, the picket fence surrounding tho
Department of tho Interior building, on the block bounded by Seventh, Ninth,
F and G streets northwest, has hold tho attention of tho Indiana con
gressman, Lifting ono hand majestically toward tho skylight, Mr. Barnhart turned
to tho houBo, which waited with bated breath.
"Mr. Speaker," ho announced, "this Is my resolution:
"Whereas, wild animals no longer infest tho business district or tho
nntlonal capital and horses, cattlo and hogs aro no longer permitted to roam
at large therein, and,
"Whereas, ours Is a nation of civilized peoplo without need of restraint
by barrier of high fences; therefore, bo It
"Resolved, by tho senato and houso of representatives of tho "United
States of America, in congress assembled, that tho secretary of tho interior
be, an1 hcroby is, authorized to remove tho iron fences now surrounding tho
buildings occupied by the department of tho interior and tho General land
office."
Tests Show the Value
HAT school children who hro tHught
rapidly In their studios and malco
strength than children in regular plassrcoms is a conclusion demonstrated
by Frank H. Mann ot Now York be-
foro tho sociological section ot tho
National Association for tho Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Tho
speaker reported on, a series of ex
periments carried on Jointly by tho
Now York committee on tho preven
tion of tuberculosis and tho board of
education, In which three groups ot
children wero studied to rioto the ef
fect of fresh air upon them.
In ono group the children wero
placed in fresh-air olasseB nnd wero fed
during school hours with milk and crackers morning and afternoon; in tho
eecond group the children wero left in the ordinary classroom under regulnr
conditions. Every effort was. mado to eliminate or equalize In the compari
son such variablo factors us ago, homo conditions, physical condition,. school
conditions, natlylty, etc. The two groups of children in tho fresh-air classes'
were all undernourished nnd anemic at admission.
. The results of this experiment, extending from September to June,
showed that ull of tho poorly nourished and anemic children in the fresh
nir classes gained in weight, red corpuscles In the blood, general nutrition
and "physical tone. Tho gains wero mado for the most part Independently
of tho homo environment and of the financial conditions of the children's
family, suggesting that the association between poverty and malnutrition in
school children is not so close as has been commonly assumed, nnd ''that
cases of extreme poverty with lack of necessary food at homo are not nearly
bo prevalent nB has been frequently stated.
It was also demonstrated that, even without Echool feeding, fresh-air
classes can be run with' advantage to tho children of poor families, although
tho greatest benefit was obtained where extra feeding ot children was
employed.
Effort 'to Stop Traffic
IN A desperate effort to stop tho traffic in hnblt-formlng drug's in the United
Slates, such as opium, cocaine, morphine nnd heroin, congress will, within
tho next few weeks, place upon the statute books a law that is' more drastic
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except In pursuance of a written order on a form to be Issued In blank for
that purposo by the commissioner of Internal revenue of the United States
treasury department. This order shall bo kept on fllo. for a period of two
yearn by tho dealer bo that It may be accessible forlnspectlon by federal
and state officials. Tho purchaser of theso drugs must keep a duplicate of
tho form for similar Inspection.
In other words, If a citizen Is addicted to tho use of opium or cocaine,
nnd purchases either of theso drug, ho must bo on public record as a drug
fiend and tho dealer on record as a person who la willing to sel to the
unfortunates. Tho law will mako certain exceptions in tho use of theso
drugs for purely medicinal purposes whon procured on a written prescription
from a physician. v
'Business" Is Now Dead
ttpANHANDLEItS" who hang out under the trees along Pennsylvania ave
r nuo a few blocks from the treasury havo como to tho conclusion that
"business hero 1b "dead " Tho "first aid" ticket of tho Associated Charities
Is blamed by tho beggars. Tho nlokela
nnd dimes obtnlned from cttlzons of
prosperous appearanco during the old
rich years havo gone, Instead tho
"panhandler" now is given a "first
aid" ticket.
When somebod devised tho ticket
plnn packnges ot tho tickets, dono up
llko mileage books, woro issued to
the business and professional men of
Washington.
The "first aid" ticket Is tho print
od application ot a citlzon for help on
behalf of somo Individual who Is supposed to need It. So far tho plan haa
worked well, henco tho complaint of tho beggars that "business" Is poor.
Thero was a tlmo In Washington when an alert panhandler could net
f 4 to ?6 on any pleasant summer .evening all In monoy, mostly nickels and
dimes. But now times havo changed. Within tho past fow wcekB Wash
ington has boon flooded with "first aid" tickets and tho tired buBinoss man,
Instead ot shelling out his nickel or his dimo, tears oft a "first aid" ticket
and goes hls'way rejoicing.
Tho officials of tho Associated Charities aro pleasod with tho plan. Thoy
s,y hat n man really needing help will come to them, get what ho requires
ntul subject his case to tho Investigation ot tho charity workers. It he's a
professional ho wants cash and cash only and he never comts near. ,
FKB1IW
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Pull Down the Fence!"
and leader of a constituency of 258,
C74 souls.
From May 1, 1914, until tlmo shall
bo no moro, tho Indiana congressman
will bo canonized on the pages of fame
as tho man who discovered that wild
animals no longer ronm tho grano
lithic sldowalks of the District of Co
lumbia, and tho man who accordingly
Introducod a resolution in congress
asking that Secretary Lano of tho In
terior department pull down tho high.
of "Fresh Air Schools
In fresh-nlr classrooms advance moro
greater-improvement in weight and
in Habit-Forming Drugs
than anything ever beforo attempted
alonir thin lino. This law. tho con-
slderation of which by the senate com-
mlttee on finance has been delayed
iur muuy uiuuiiis, win requiru luai.
every person who Imports, manufac
tures, sells or gives away opium, mor
phine, coca leaves, cocaine or any ot
their derivatives or preparations shall
roglstor his name with tho collector
of internal revenue of tho district.
Further, he shall not sell this
opium, cocaine, heroin or morphine
for Capital's Beggars
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Clothes are expensive
rubbing wears them
out quickly stop rub
binguse RUB -NO-MORE
G ARBO NAP
THA SOAR "Carbo"1
kills germs. Prevents
sickness. "Naptha"
cleans instantly.
Saves, clothes saves
money saves you.
RUB-NO-MORE
CARBO NAPTHA.
SOAP should also
bo used to wash
tho finest fabric. It
purifies tho linens.
Makes it sweet and
sanitary. Itdoesnof
need hot water.
Carbo Disinfects Na p t h a C 1 e an
RUB-NO-MORE RUB-NO-MORE
Carbo Naptha Soap Washing Powder
Five Cents All Grocers
The Rub-No-Morc Co., Ft.WnynInd.
Holland trades unions havo 70,000
members.
Putnam Fadeless Dyea color in, cc-14
water. Adv. ? ,-
Drains can iriako money, butmonoy
can't make brains. "
Alfalfa aecd UJOn. Varan 1 or sain on crop pay
ments. J. MaUulI, Boo City, la. AUT
There's always room at tho top and
always a crowd at the bottom. '
If you wish beautiful, clear, white
clothes, use Red Cross Ball Blue. At all
good grocers. Adv.
A man's head has to bo turned be
fore ho Js in a position to pat himself
on tho back.
Dr, Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take ns candy, regulate and invig
orate stomach, liver and bowels and cure
constipation. Adv,
- Lived by His Character.
"That man is absolutely -devoid of
character."
"What does ho do?"
"Oh, ho Is a character sketch artist
on tho stage.''
The Biped.
"Can't you advanco mo Ave thousand
marks, Isaac? My rich old uncle has
onef foot In tho grave, you knowi"
"Yes, but what is ho doing with the
other?" Fllogende Blatter.
Sorry He Spoke.
Peck I'm surprised that you should
lose your solf-control, Maria. That's
something you never saw 'mo 'do. :"f
Mrs. Peek You lost control ot your'
self tho day I married you. Now hold,
your tonguo! Boston Evening Tran
script Deep Breathing.
"Learn to sit or stand erept nnd
breatho deep," says a health expert
"Remember that your blood cannot be
properly washed with half a lungful of
air any moro than you can tako a
proper bath In a few plntB of water."
Everybody must know what a Joy
there is in tho deep breathing of the
pure air ot tho morning. The lungs. .
reupond to the stimulus much as tho-'
body reacts from a dash of cold water.
The Busy Man.
Peals ot laughtor came from the
president's room as tho secretary
stepped out.
"Mr, Green Is too busy to see you.
at present," said tho secretary, polite
ly. "I'm sorry," said tho man whocalled
on business. "Will you go back and
tell Mr. Green that I'vo got two sto
ries just as good as the one ho's heard,
if he'll lot me In to tell them?"
Toastie
Flavour
A Winner
Every day many are finding
out that
Post
Toasties
are different from other "ready
to eat" foods. It's in the
making.
Toasties are carefully
cooked bits of choicest Indian
corn toasted to an appetizing,
golden-brow crispness.
Care and time in toasting
and the delicate flavoring
make this prisp corn-food de
lightful.' Post Toasties ready to eat
direct from the sealed package,
with cream and sugar to taste.
sold by Grocers.
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