The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 49, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 6 April 1911 — Page 6

Syracuse Journal W. G. CONNOLLY, Publisher. SYRACUSE, - • INDIANA. GERMAN LAW OF ESPIONAGE Amendment to Imperial Statute Proposed to Allow for Mitigating Circumstances. It is announced that an amendment of the German imperial law of July, ISJ»3. “against the betrayal of military secrets,” is in contemplation. At the same time the press is informed that this is no new idea and has no particular connection with the recent trial of English officers at Leipzig. The amendment of the law will re- ; move its present absurdities of draft- 1 ing by which the court is enabled to take mitigating «circumstances into consideration in’the case of conviction for espionage or attempted espionage, but not: in the case of conviction for the minor offence of obtaining information “with intention to communicate it to some other party. As the law stands the major offence can be punished with ordinary imprisonment or fortress detention, while the major offence?must be punished by penal servitude.' The result is that as soon as an acquittal seems to be out of the question it becomes the common interest of the judges, . the prisoner and the counsel on both ; sides to secure a conviction on the major offence, although it may in the ■ opinion of all parties be the minor offence of which the prisoner is guilty. All this was well exemplified at Leipzig. The Result was a dignified and acceptable compromise, and the proceedings were enveloped in a charming atmosphere of mutual good will. Circumstances, however, might alter cases, and It will be gratifying If Lieutenant Brandon and Captain Trench can learn in their respective fortresses that they nave accelerated an Important amendment of German taw. It will be more gratifying still If the legislature either deletes or de--ones the term “secrecy,” which is peculiar to this country and remained a controversial mystery throughout the Leipzig proceedings. If Brandon ind Trench had not scaled a fence at Borkum they might still be free men. The legality of all their other movements during their tour may be questionable, but does not seem to have beeg disproved. —Berlin correspondent London Times. Novel Sleeping Portion. A woman who suffered much from sleeplessness was relieved by the strong odor of mint breathed each night. , The remedy was one of those- old wife cures that are often effective and was bright to the sleeples One's notice by a clever friend who sent a bottle of strong essence of mint, a small sponge and a daintily embroidered lawn bag to hold the saturated sponge. The bag had a spray of mint leaves lone in colors on one side and on the jther “Sweet Sleep.” Through a casing st the top were drawn narrow green übbons that could oe hung over the lead of the bed at night. The odor of mintj?roved soothing., ind gradually the Sleeping habit returned. i Why, of Course. Judge E. H. Gary, at the steel men’s •ecent dinner in Chicago, according io the New York Tribfine, said:. “There has sprung up among us a jlass of demagogues who seem to ;hink that a; rich man is necessarily a Dad man—that a millionaire is as nonmoral as the Altoona schoolboy. “ ‘Tommy,’ his teacher said to this joy, ‘do you know the difference between right;and wrong?’ “ ‘Naw,’ Tommy replied. “ ‘Well,’ said his teacher, ‘suppose rou took your little brother’s cake from him, what Would you be doing?’ •“ ‘Eatin’ it,’ said he.” Making It Even. A young woman from the east, who 1 narried a Seattle man, recently had a i lovel experience when she engaged : jer first Chinese cook. “What’s your lame?” she asked when the preliminares had been settled. “My name Hong Long Loo," said the Celestial, with much gravity. “And I am Mrs. Harrington Richard Buckingham,” said his new employer. “I am afraid I shall ■ never be able to remember your name —lt’s so long. I shall call you John.” i ‘All lite,” returned the Chinese, with a i, suspicion of a smile. “Your namee too longee, too. I callee you Charley.” Anticipating an Answer. Sam Blythe, whose stories in one of I the widely read weekly publications have gained him an excessive clientele I of readers, says the Washington Times, found in his mail the other day i a letter from a friend in the west, with whom he had passed a few pleasant hours in Washington around the holidays. The letter was a lengthy one, dealt with all sorts of subjects. After having appended the usual “Yours truly,” “the writer added a postscript. It; read: “Sam, are you still on the water wagon? Neither am I.” Signals by Compressed Air. Compressed air for signaling from the bottom of shafts to the hoisting engine room at the surface Is stated to have been used at the Moodna pressure tunnel of the Catskill aqueduct. An air pipe extends up the shaft and into a cylinder alongside of the hoist runner: in this cylinder is a metal piston or plunger which strikes against a gong when pressure is applied.

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T is not often that a man having devoted what would naturally be considered the best part of his life to one artistic pursuit and having attained the highest honors in such chosen field, turns in his later years to another field of achievement equally arduous and exacting, with every prospect of success. Yet that is precisely what Paul de Longpre has done — that Paul de Longpre who has been known for years as the king of flower painters and whose won-

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derful water colors of roses and carnations and pansies and every other form of petaled beauty have helped to enable America to vie with Europe in modern art. Art and music are supposed to be wedded and it is not surprising, therefore, that If Paul de Longpre was to seek additional outlet for his artistic energy he should turn to the musical sphere. But it is not music from the standpoint of a performer or singer that has Interested this f ever-young enthusiast. He has been more or less of a musician all his life and there Is an abundance of musical talent within his family circle. It Is musical composition that Paul de Longpre has been essaying this past year or two —and operatic composition at that, the most difficult of all the forms of musical expression. He has several operas or operettas under way—one of them an opera on the subject of Rip Van Winkle, which is expected to help along the growing movement for grand opera In English—and more

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fragmentary compositions of the concert order are filling in any idle moments that might otherwise come to this restlessly active man. For so long a period has Paul de Longpre : been closely identified with the art life of the 1 United States, and particularly of southern California, where he has long made his home, that j many persons overlook the sact —which might Ini deed be suspected from his name—that he is a j native of our sister republic of France. Born in Paris some fifty-five years ago, he was one of ten j children and enjoyed few early advantages of an educational character. However, as a young ' boy he manifested talent, seemingly amounting almost to genius, for the painting of floral sub- ' jects, and he spent a portion of each year in the country near Paris in order to study at first hand the floral subjects he loved so well. Indeed he would probably have given up his whole time to sketching in the luxuriant flower gardens of this favored region had it not been for the fact that, he had his living to make and did it by the most prosaic but vastly more remunerative occupation of decorating fans. All the while, of course, his heart was In the flower painting and his efforts attracted attention from the outset. In 1876 he won the supreme honor of having his pictures hung tn the I Paris salon and. similar recognition came on several succeeding years. A few years later, how- | even the entire course of his plans was suddenly titered by the failure of the Paris banking InstiI tutlon in which all his savings had been deposltj ed. De Longpre had married at eighteen and when the financial crash came It found this young man, yet under twenty-five years of age, with the responsibilities of a family consisting of a wife and three children—two daughters and a son. • In this domestic crisis the young artist determined upon a bold step—nothing less than a resolve to turn his back upon Paris and seek his fortune In the new world. Almost all his friends, with characteristic pessimism, predicted disaster, but he nevertheless transferred the seat of his activities to New York, where he met with a gradually Increasing measure of success. Then, upon paying a visit to southern California, he, as was to be expected, straightway fell in love with the land of flowers. He immediately determined henceforth to make his home there, attracted no

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flower paintings. Most persons of artistic temperament claim that they are greatly influenced by environment in their artistic efforts and if this be true it is not at all strange that Paul de Longpre has produced masterpieces of their class, for he lives and works in surroundings as ideal as may be found -on either side of the Atlantic. The de Longpre villa is located at Hollywood, Cal., a suburb of Los Angeles, picturesquely situated in the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountains. The site of the villa is a spacious tract in the “frostless belt,” and here may be found at all seasons of the year a profusion of the posies which has proven at once the inspiration and the stock in trade, as it were,-of the painter who has been so successful in counterfeiting nature. The de Longpre home —a combination of studio and residence —is one of the “show places” of the tourist mecca wherein it is located and the artist-owner has been most generous in opening it at all times to Sightseers who have come to look upon it as a thing to “do” as much as they would an art museum or a great picture gallery, for it is this latter above all else. The building, the far-flung frontage of which renders it most conspicuous, is of the concrete or stucco on metal lath construction which is so extensively employed in this section of the country. Architecturally the structure is Moorish in motif, but with some of the characteristics of the later Spanish mission style of architecture which originated on the Pacific coast a couple of centuries ago and has given the Impress of Its influence to so many of the modern buildings of the region. The studio, art gallery and other rooms in the villa are of the unusually spacious proportions of which the exterior gives promise and there are corridors, balconies and towers which afford seclusion when it is desired. In addition to the imposing residence this flowery estate situated between the ocean and the mountains, has five garden houses which harmonise with the main building in architectural design. One of these detached structures is the retreat to which the artist-composer retires when he desires to pursue his labors secure from the intrusion of visitors, and another is the appropriately nqmed “guest house,” where Mr. de Longpre has from time to time entertained so many of his friends at Bohemian suppers which have

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help in art, never as a guide.” And it can truthfully be said that de Longpre has ever taken his i own medicine in this respect, for all that he has won financial as well as artistic Success. It might be supposed that a man who after having passed the half-century mark was plunging into a new field of artistic endeavor would have his hands full, but not so the resourceful Paul de Longpre. With a couple of operas under way and Sousa’s band and other concert organizations playing his lighter compositions and clamoring for more, the artist composer is even now finding time to act as the chief promoter of a new movement of which he is also the originator and which is known as a crusade for national art. This is purely a labor of love on the part of the king of flower ’painters—an effort to further a public-spirited movement having for its object the education of the whole American people in art and the better appreciation of art works whether executed by Americans or foreigners. The chief aim of the movement, aside from the educational benefit which must inevitably accrue to the whole people who are.thus enabled to understand and appreciate art, is to engineer the public sentiment that will result in the extending of governmental aaid to the cause of art. Mr. de Longpre feels that it is the lack of this governmental aid and endorsement of the cause of art in any of its branches that is mainly responsible for the fact that the United States is so far behind many of the European countries in the matter of art. He would like to see the people through their federal extend and develop the national art gallery, in which project a beginning has lately been made, and he would like to see through the same means the establishment of a national school of painting, a national conservatory of music and a national school of sculpture. \ Owns Scott’s Phaeton ■,_. . - t A phaeton which once belonged to Sir Walter Scott is now the property of W. J. Sage, Brixton, England. It was in this coach that Sir Walter j rode when he received King. George IV. in Edin- i burgh In 1822 and used when riding in the district of Abbotsford. The carriage bears a brass ; plate on which is engraved: "This pony phaeton formerly belonged to Sir Walter Scott, Bart., of Abbotsford.” The owner of this Interesting relic also has in his possession an old flint lock gun, once the property of ' Robert Buras.

lingered long In the memory of all who attended them. Paul de Longpre, the creator and the master of this fanciful abode foi all his talent and temperament, has none of the Bohemian tendencies present in so many of the big men of the artistic world. His home life is ideal, and no person who has ever had a glimpse of his companionship with his wife or daughter can fail of a conception of what really comes first in hit busy life. Paul de Longpre has a rare combination of the poetic and the practical in his make up—a truly ideal welding of the keen Insight of the hard-headed business man with the vaulting ambition of the creative worker eager to devote his all to toil for sheer love of achievement. The life motto of the painter-composer has been “Bear always in mind that the highest type of beauty is the highest art.” Similarly, as indicating that he has ideas as well as ideals, is the advice which he has so often extended to struggling new aspirants in the difficult field of art —“Consider money as a

SPECIIL SESSIONS I Extra Meeting Congress Fifteenth in Natron’s History. Objects and Accomplishments of Former Fourteen Called Sittings Afford Interesting Retrospect— John Adams Set Example. Washington.—The calling of the Sixty-second congress in extra session by President Taft records the fifteenth time in the history of the United States that the national legislative body has been so convened. In recent years extra sessions of congress I have not been so frequent as they were in the early decades of the republic. John Adams was the first president who ever called an extra session. Other presidents who called one each were Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Three presidents have called two sessions each up to this time —• Taomas Jefferson, James Madison and Rutherford B. Hayes. President Taft now has a record of having called two extra sessions. The congresses that have been affected by extra sessions have been the Fifth, Eighth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sev-enth, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-seventh, Forty-fifth. Forty-sixtfl, Fifty-third, Fifty-eighth and Sixty-flrst. The longest Interval between extra sessions was that which occurred between the Thirteenth and Twenty-fifth, which extended from 1814 to 1837. Presidents have frequently sumt moned the senate into session for the purpose of ratifying treaties with foreign governments, but such occasions are not regarded as extraordinary sessions of congress. The authority under which a president may summon congress is contained in Article 1, Sevtion 4 of the Constitution which provides that the president “may, on ex- | traordinary occasions, convene both 8 houses or either of them and in case jof disagreement with respect'to time I or adjournment, he may adjourn them I to such time as he shall think proper.” The Longest Extra Session. There is no case on record where a president has been called on to exercise the authority contained in the last phrase of the quotation, that o 1 adjourning congress because ora failure of the two houses to agree be--1 tween themselves as to a date, t The longest extra session in the 3 history of the United States was that ! of Twelfth congress, called by Prest ident Madison, which last 245 days, i and the shortest was that of the Thlr- ’ ty-fourth congress, called by Presi- ’ dent Pierce, which lasted ten days. ■ ' John Adams called the first extra i session of congress on May 15, 1797. ■ The congress was the fifth. The re- • latlons of the United States with ■ [ France were in a critical condition at 1 [ that time, the French government havi ing suspended diplomatic intercourse ! on the ground that the Jay treaty ! in relation to French West Indian pos- ! sessions was a violation of a solemn > contract. Pinckney, the American minister to ! France, had been expelled from that • country and the French government • had undertaken measures looking to 1 depredation on American commerce. ■ President Adams made numerous rec- : ommendations to congress concerning 1 the organization of the militia and ■ providing for a naval armament and ! his wishes were promptly met. The 1 session closed on the 10th of July. The second extra session was the first of the Eighth congress and coni vened py President Jefferson on Oc- ' tober 17, 1803. , The secret cession of 1 Juouisiana to France by the king of 1 Spain was made the occasion for this action by President Jefferson. As congress was friendly to the administration by a large majority in both houses the recommendations of the president were carried out ■ The treaty was made by Monroe, Livingston and Pinckney, was ratified by the senate, the house passed a bill to execute it and an act authorizing the president to take possession of Louisiana under the treaty with France was passed. This session also repealed an unpopular bankruptcy act. President Jefferson called an extra session on October 26, 1807, when he summoned the Tenth congress to consider our strained relations with Great Britain. Congress passed, at the recommendation of Jefferson, an Embargo act, and made liberal appropriations for gunboats and coast and harbor defenses. It also went further and passed laws relating to the judicial and public land system. On the Eve of War. American relations with Great Britain were the cause of the next and fourth extra session, which was called by President Madison on November 4, 1811. The United States was then on the eve of the war 1812, and the president made an earnest plea for putting the nation into a prepared I state of defense. President Madison’s recommendations were carried out, and congress also went further and legislated on customs matters and ) financial problems. President Madison summoned the i Thirteenth congress in extra session : on September 19, 1814, to provide for i treasury deficiencies and to consider ‘ peace negotiations with Great Britain. ; The city of Washington had been near!ly destroyed, and the capital was a : I mass of ruins. Congress had to pro- 1 i cure temporary quarters during this l ' session. The urgent financial needs ’

of the government were met by as» ries of taws passed in accordance w’tb Madison’s recommendations, and military operations were suspended. During the session Os the congress the peace treaty with Great Britain was signed. The sixth extra session in American history was that of the Twentyfifth congress, called on September 4, 1837, by President Martin Van Buren, to consider the suspension of specie payments. Congress authorized the issue of treasury notes, although in a less amount than that wjcommended by Mr. Van Buren. William Henry Harrison called the Twenty-seventh congress Into extraordinary session on May 31, 1841, to consider the “Important and weighty matters principally growing out of the conditions of the revenues and finances of the country.” Franklin Pierce called the eighth extra session when on August 21, 1856, he summoned the Thirty-fourth into session only three days after the close of its first, regular session, 'this session was made’’Necessary by failure of congress to pass the army appropriation bill. It terminated on August 30, after passing the bill. A Memorable Session. One of the most memorable extra sessions in the history of was that called by President Lincoln on July 4, 1861, when he summoned the Thirty-seventh congress because of "the opposition to the laws of the United States and obstructions placed in the way of their execution,” in certain southern states. This session carried out the recommendations of President Lincoln by passing important military and naval measures and also by making certain tariff revisions. The Forty-fifth Congress was called into extra session by President Hayes on October 15, 1877, because its predecessor had failed at the second session to pass the army appropriation bill. President Hayes again had to call an extra session because of the troublesome asmy appropriation bill. He convened the Forty-sixth congress on March 18, 1879. The twelfth extra session was called on August 7, 1893, by Grover Cleveland, when he summoned the Fiftythird to deal with the financial situation in the United States. President Cleveland urged the repeal of the pun chasing clause of the Sherman silver act and urged legislation that would enable the government to fulfill its obligation in money that was universally recognized by all countries. The purchasing clause was finally repealed, but it did not afford the,, relief expected. President McKinley called the next extra session March 15, 1897, for the purpose of “passing such tariff legislation as would produce more revenue.” This session resulted in what was known as the Dingley tariff law. A few minor acts were also passed. President Roosevelt summoned the Fifty-eighth congress into session on November 9, 1908, to consider reciprocity with Cuba and currency legislation. The senate, at an extra session called on March 5, previously had ratified tb,e treaty with Cuba, and the extra session was summoned for the purpose of passing laws to execute the provisions of the treaty. President Taft, at the beginning of his term, called the Sixty-first congress into an extra session on March 15, 1909. This made the fourteenth extra session in the nation's history. . LONG SESSION PREDICTED. When congress meets, April 4, it will be for an extremely long session, according to the statements of prominent Democrats. It may last,all summer, and the legislators are not looking forward with much pleasure to the hot months. The new members will feel the heat of Washington more than will the seasoned senators and representatives who have become used to the capital's summer climate. However, some relief from the wilting heat may be had by the representatives in the court of the new office building, which will be fitted up as e. House chamber while the regular chamber in the capitol is undergoing repairs and changes. The Democrats are getting into shape for the extra session. Heads of the House committees have been decided upon. Henry of Texas is chairman of the Rules Committee, the other members being Hardwick of Georgia, Stanley of Kentucky, Garrett of Tennessee, Foster of Illinois, and Denver of Ohio. None of these members has ever before served on the Rules committee. Henry is considered a strong speaker. Hardwick, the ranking member of the new Rules committee, is the boy of the house, having entered the hoqse eight years ago. when he Was 30 years old. The Republican members of the Rules committee will be ex-Speaker Cannon, Mann of Illinois, Asher Hinds and Currier of New Hampshire. Under the resolutions of the Democratic caucus no members of Ways and Means could be appointed to Rules, and none of the members who are to be chairmen of the important committees of thqrhouse could aserve on rules or any other Thus Champ Clark, Underwood, Dixon, of Indiana, and Fitzgerald, of New York, who are now members of Rules, were barred from service on the committee in the new house. Mr. Clark is to be speaker; Mr. Underwood and Mr. Dixon are on the new Ways and Means, and Mr. Fitzgerald is slated for chairman of the Appropriations committee. While the Democrats have not completed the make-up of all the bouse committees, they have decided practically upon the chairmanships of almost all the committees.