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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
BANGS IS RULED OUT
Officials WillNOt Accept Him
as Panama Bidder.
OLIVER STILL HAS CHANCE
May Allow Him to
Secure Another Partner to Garry
on the WOrk-SOme OmciaIs Are in
Favor of Letting stevens Continue
ns at PreSent-Sccurity Preferred.

/ Secretary Taft had a long talk yester
/ day with the President over the bids {,
/ dig the Panama Canal It is certain thai
Arson N. Bangs viii not be permitted Il
share the contract with W. J. Oliver
The investigation has developed cIearl,
that Mr.. Bangs is not the kind Of man
upon whom the government wishes q
/ place a large share Of responsibility fo1
the undertaking There is even surprise
in inside circles that Mr.. Oliver should
have taken MT Bangs as a partner in the
bidding.
There is a disposition to give Nh. Oliver
chance TO do the work 1t was stated
in one quarter last evening that IL had
been conditionally decided to award the
contract 10 him.
Some of those in authority about the
contract. however. are disposed TO ask for
more bids. and 10 give the Macarthur
Gillespie combination. which cOmnrises
four Of the largest and strongest contract
ing firms of the country. an opportunity
to figure again. The matter Of the lowest
percentage for doing the work will not
entirely control
Security Is Preferred.
But for the criticism that might be
made in Congress. an award Of 10 or even
l2l2 per cent, the latter being the figure
Of the Macarthur Gillespie combination.
would be preferred, with every assurance
that the work would be satisfactory.
10 a lower bidder with less security to
the government
There are excellent reasons for believ-
ing that eventually all bids win be re-
Jected, and that the government Will dig
the canal itself Chief Engineer. stevens
is now in command on the isthmus. is do
ing well with a large force Of IabOrers.
and has conducted himself so admirably
in every way that the President and Sec
retary Taft may choose 10 leave him
alone
The resignation Of Chairman Shonts is
regarded IN official circles as likely to
further the efficiency Of Chief Engineer
Stevens.
Discount ShOnts' Claims.
The officials in Washington who know
where the credit belongs for what has
been done in making the dirt fly are not
all in accord with the claims Chair
man Shonts is making about the great
things he has done, but they do believe
that Engineer Stevens is competent 10
make rapid headway in excavating and
that it might be wise 10 give him a
chance.
By allowing Mr.. Stevens a free hand i'm
conducting the work, 1t is expected that
the government could secure nearly all
the advantages OF construction by private
firms and at the same time could save
the expense any private firm must incur
for guarantees.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
No American Dead Reported.

The following dispatch has been re-
ceived AT the State Department from Wiz
liam n. Orrett, the American consul at
Kingston:
Sisters Of the Immaculate Conception
safe. No American dead are reported.
Ninety per cent OF the buildings in Kings
ton are destroyed. People facing situa-
ton bravely. One-half population shell
tering i'm the open. American Fathers
aiding me to identify any of our citizens.
Interests being fully protected"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
MEMPHIS SEES FLOOD
Mississippi Over Danger Line
and Still Rising.
EXPECTED TO BREAK RECORD
LcVees Guarded Day and Night, with
Lnrge Force strengthening En-
natl RecedinS-Refugees CIamor-
ing for Food and shelter.

Memphis. Tenn. Jan. with the Mis-
sissippi River already at almost a foot
over the danger line. river men declare
that the record of March. 1893. when the
river registered 4Q1 feet on the local
gauge. VIII be broken next Friday. when
the crest Of the present flood is expected
10 pass here.
Already all the lowlands not protected
by levees are overhowed. and patrols are
constantly on watch all along the lines Of
the St Francis system in Arkansas and
the Mississippi State levees
II the river does not go above forty feet.
it is hoped the levees viii stand, but if 1t
goes higher great damage will be done.
Warnings have been sent out an along
the lines, and hundreds Of men are work
ing night and day strengthening weak
places. while all the boats in the govern
ment fleet have been pat into commission
carrying men and supplies in the battle
against the flood
SubsidiHE at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Ohio Jan. G-The Ohio
River flood continues TO subside very
slowly. about one inch per hour. Weather
that is likely TO reach zero before
morning may slightly hasten the receding
waters. but IT also greatly increases the
distress OF many. An urgent call was re-
celTed by the relief officials this after
noon from California. a suburban village
TOT help and food for 500 people who are
in distress.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
TWO MORE JURORS
FOUND TO TRY THAW
Testimony May Not Begin
Before Wednesday.
Defense Asks If Witness Would
Consider ThaW'S Mind.

Serious Difference Between PrIs-
Latter and Her Stage Friend Keep
AiOOf from Rest of Party-SOuI Ex-
Perts and Camera Artists stII Lead
"a Most Strenuous Existence.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
KAISER VICTORIOUS.
SOCIALISTS LOSERS
Election i'll Germany Victory
for Imperialism.
BEBEL is REELECTED
Center Party viii Be Little AT
fected by the BallOting.
BEBEL is REELECTED

CIericHIs May Lose Several Seats in
the Second Election In Tive Weeks.
Serious Blow Given TO Social De-
mOeracy, as Big Falling on Is
shown In Vote Everywhere-Can
Garry Out Colonial Policy Now.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26

London Jan. 2G-The resignation Of
Gov. Swettenham. Of Jamaica, is in the
hands of the colonial secretary. and it is
expected that il will be made public to-
day.
The officials were strangely reticent yes
terday but they would not deny that
the Admiral Davis episode had cost the
governor his position. Long cablegrams
which have passed between the colonial
Office and the governor are taken 10
mean that Swettenham's explanation was
not satisfactory.
Confidential messages from residents OF
Kingston have been submitted TO the
colonial office These have been used
as evidence against the governor.
Explains Landing of Marines.
Kingston, Jamaica. Jan. 25-Colonial
Secretary Bourne has written to the Tele-
graph regarding Consul Orrett's letter.
ca5led yesterday. with regard 10 the land
ms Of American marines. He says. IN
order 10 prevent misunderstanding in the
future ne wishes 20 state his recollection
Of the incident at the Headquarters
House"
It differs In some material points from
Mr.. Ouett's. However, he considers such
differences natural in view Of the circum-
stances under which the incident hap
pened.
The Telegraph states that one or two
persons are endeavoring 10 justify the
action Of the governor toward Admiral
Davis by circulating reports that an
American working party was guilty OF
looting. The Telegraph denies these
statements. and says the only thing the
sailors took aboard which they did not
bring ashore was bruised feet
Dr. Ogily1e. the health officer Of King
ston. has reported 10 the city council
that he viii take necessary precautions
against pesulence at the race course and
other places where the refugees are
huddled. Temporary latrines have been
prepared.
Capt. Cox II Thanked.
DIT. Ogilvie also thanks Capt Cox. OF
the L. 5 s. Missouri. and the men of
his command for their kind assistance
in erecting tents. RE also commends
Surgeon Norton, Of the Missouri for the
help he rendered a large number Of help
less people in Winchester Park. where a
temporary hospital was established.
Sixteen bodies were discovered yester-
day.
An order has been published in the
Gazette warning persons against the
erection of permanent buildings withia
ten feet Of the present line OF the streets
Probably the intention is to widen the
streets with a view TO greater safety in
future.
Many very dangerous buildings stn
Overhang the streets and should be pulled
down Immediately. 1t is quite possible
that more loss Of life would be incurred
by the falling of such structures. The
work of cleaning up. however. IS pro-
crossing steadily.
II is thought that the manner in which
the government has been criticised and
accused accounts for its not showing
more TeSOlute control and more co-ordi-
nation in the various departments.
The earthquake was very severe within
forty miles of Kingston and as high up in
the hills as 500 feet.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia
Rain, turning to snow in early
morning, followed by fair and
colder to-day; tomorrow, fair;
fresh northerly winds.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.

Pages. TELEGRAPHIC.
1-Seven Jurors in Thaw Case
memphis in Fear of a Flood.
1-Swettenham Is Out, London Hears.
Socialists Lose Seats i'm Reichstag.
3-RockefelleT's Views on Trusts Shown
3-Relic Destroyed in Convent Fire.
CONGRESS.
4-DistTict Bills Considered.
4-Hale Scores Naval Lobby.
4-SoutherneTs Defend Free Seeds.
4-Prof Elliott Attacked.
Leadership Stirs Senate Minority
LOCAL.
bangs Forced Out Of Panama Bidding
Fire Destroys Johnson & Wimsatt
Lumber Yards
2-COl. Minetree Passes Away.
2-J. Harrison johnson Is Dead.
2-Scots Celebrate Burns Anniversary.
2-Alger Funeral to BE Held To-day
Minister COrea to Wed Miss Fleming
9-BishOps Dedicate New Chancel.
Inventors Second on List.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
ABOLISH STATE DISPENSARY.
South Carolina senate and House
opposed to TiIIman's Pet Measure.

Columbia, :. c.. Jan. 15.-By a vote Of
10 20 l6 the senate passed the bin abolish
ing the State liquor dispensary system.
AS a majority of the members of the
lower house and the governor are pledged
in favor Of the measure it is sure to
become n law
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
SHIP SINKS; ALL ABOARD DIE.

Turkish Vessel Goes Down with
sixty W0rkmeR and Crew.
Constantinople, Jan. 25.-Sixty workmer
and the entire crew of a ship whose name
has not been learned were drowned TO-
day when the boat foundered in a terrific
storm, The ship was loaded with coal.
and was trading on the Black Sea. be
tween Songutdak and Freglin.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26

Floods in Ohio Valley having subsided.
I. ~ o. trains now running through with
sieeperS direct to Cincinnati. Louisville.
indianapolis Chicago, and ST. Louis. DIM
ing cars a Ia carte
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
killed i'm boiler Explosion

Portland, Me, Jan. 25.-Elmer W. San
born, an engineer, was killed by the ex-
plosion of q boiler in the Il. L. Drew saw
mill, at Steepfalls. this afternoon.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26

Olean, N Y. Jan. 25.-Ex-Gov. Higgins
had a very bad night last night and Was
in a state Of coma most Of to-day. and
during his wakeful hours showed some
pain Ee is very weak and while his
vitality IS yet good, it is lessening daily.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
ORDERS KISSING STOPPED.
Health Officer Warns Against Spread
OF Contagious Diseases.

New Haven, Jan. 25.-Health Officer
Wright to-day warned the public 10 stop
kissing. at least temporarily.
According 90 the health officer. grip.
diphtheria, pneumonia, and other diseases
now prevalent here may be widely spread
through kissing, and ii is for the best
health OF the city TO stop the practice
entirely.
According to Health Officer Wright an
order from the board Of health forbidding
kissing is the right step to take to protect
the public health
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
.SWETTENHAM QUITS
IS LONDON REPORT
Resignation Of Governor Is
Sent Colonial Office.
RESIDENTS IN PROTEST
Citizens of Kingston Send Con-
fidential Messages.

Effort to Discredif American Ma
rines Made, bat Statements Are Not
ubStaHtiated-New Building Line
To Be Established in the RHfned
City-SiXteeH More Bodies Found.
Cleaning Up the Debris.
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run AT 4 GRIDIRON DINNER,

There il much of IL always, and Il iS
Invariably unique in character A fine
illustrated account of tO-night's notable
function will appear in the sunday
issue Of The Washington Herald. IL
will interest every reader.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
CONTINUED on THIRD PAGE.
SEABOARD FLORIDA LIMITED

The only daily eIectric-lighted Pullman
train to Florida. Leaves Washington 60
p m, arriving St Augustine poo D. m
next day. Office, 1921 Pa. ave.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26

c. & o. trains leaving Washington 40
p. m. and ll:l0 p. m are now running
through 10 all W. Va. and Ky. points
Cincinnati, Louisville Indianapolis Chi
cagO, and st. Louis, with through sleepers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
Its Unsafe and Unnroat,hI.

J. II. Small & Sons, Florists,
Washington and New York
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26

Via Pennsylvania Railroad. every Sat,,r
day and Sunday. All regular trains cxcent
the Congressional Limited Tickets good
to return until Sunday night.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
baltimore and Return sI,25,

Every Saturday and Sunday. All trains
both ways. both days. except ROYAL Lin
tied. City Offices, 1417 G ST. and 6I9 Pa.
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To keep your surplus money idle Deposit
your funds in banking dept. of Union
Trust Co, 1914 +. Interest on all accounts.
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sI.25 10 baltimore and Ref,~,,

Floral Decorations and Designs
executed. Blackstone. Isth6 IT
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Meet me at the Poultry and Pigeon
Show. Masonic Temple, sth and f SITS.
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CONTINUED on SECOND PAGE.

safe Deposit Boxes, S3 Per Anuum
For usual s. size. Open $50 a. m. 10 70
midnight Wash. Exchange Bank 40 I4th.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
Big LUMBER YARDS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Property of Johnson & VIM
Satt Is Swept Away.
ESTIMATED LOSS S16O,OOO
Adjoining Property of Johnson
Bros. Also Suffers.

Total Damage May Prove Even
finmmable Nature of the stores of
Material Makes Fierce Blaze,
Which Requires Two Hours of
Hard Fighting TO Control.
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Chesapcake and Ohio RniIronh-

A In Carte Lunch Served Daily
at Eckstein's from L to ;. I4l2 y. Y. avl
Free press., 1907-01-12
Common Sense Feeding.
D. A. Kilmer.

Whe1 1rst began 70 raise poultry vas
governed by cooks Il information. fed
whole grain, throw, IL the litter and dirt
fed warm mash a-d artifcia- poultry food
as therein recommended; bought scrap
meat: bought a bone crusher; tried tc
hatch chickens in the laying nests. The re-
suit perfect failure.
wouldn't feed grain, mash or artificial
poultry food IL could get them for nothing.
then put up nine Matching nests in the hen
These prepared Matching nests gave gooc re-
suits. In the forenoon. for music fowls
can knock out Sousa's band. They DO not
make any discord their songs are cheering.
In 19e4-'O5 we wintered eighty Iour hens
and three roosters-Qaite large family for
that there would be for more. Our
chicks and hens have all the feed they want,
and they want all they get, and they get it
any time they want the year round.
them do their own grinding. use mica
grit and ground oyster shells, which keeps
their gizzards in good grinding condition.
We also feed dry clover heads and leaves.
crushed bone that our hens got cost SIPS;
so we have no more use for our bone crusher.
Our hens have the farm run.
The hens nests are dark enough, so that
when the hens on the nests they do not
pretend to scratch. This gives clean eggs.
We have nine grain feed dishes. twenty-four
laying hens nests. dust box 2x4 feet; one
barrel of road dust, one water pail. one pail
for thick milk. and the actual floor space of
the henhouse is zx16A feet
Some poultry men think it advisable to
lay down their winter eggs the last of Seq
tember for winter uses and give the owls
rest for three or four months. If We were
to do would have to changE our stock.
For proof will give a record for one year
of our seventy-four hens; eggs secured
TnonfhIvs
Free press., 1907-01-12
The Boy and His Pigeons.

Pigeons love a bath and it does them
a world of good
About six inches is the proper length
for tobacco stems that are to be used for
nesting
Young pigeons win not be of much worth
breeders until about six to eight months
of age.
Squads are dressed cooked and served
just like quail. and by many epicures
considered being more of a delicacy.
attention should be paid to parent stock.
as they feed their young until old enough
to iced and care for themselves.
Get the pigeons tame keep them
There is more profit in pets than in scary
birds.
There is growing demand for better
quality and heavier weights.
Albert Parker says squads that weigh
under eight pounds to the dozen seldom
sell at profit.
Those who hope to make money out of
poorly grown squads will be sadly dis
appointed.
A pigeon in health carries its head high
and has a bright, clear eye; the body is
plump and the feathers smooth.
Construct the fly so that the pigeons can
not perch the roof.
New grain, musty grain or irregular feed
ing is the cause of considerable mortality
in the pigeon loft.
AS soon the squads removed from
the nests to kill. remove the litter and
disinfect. Never allow the birds to build
upon the old nest material.
It is more difncuit to tell the age than
it is to determine the sex of pigeons.
Before they have moulted. young birds
can be distinguished by their duller pIu-
mage. due to the nest feathers of dark
birds being edged with brown. Their wing
pinien feathers are smaller, more pointed
and frequently brOwnish at the tips.
Free press., 1907-01-12
Poultry Laying Breed Pays Best.
Miller Purvis.

While it is true that the average farmer
via naturally choose general purpose breed
OF fowls for his use. 1t Is also true that this
price eggs have been bringing for year or
two. and the fact that the average OF prices
Is much higher than it ever was up to within
q very short time. has emphasized the fact
that the production of eggs Is more profit
able than the production of poultry meat
The common objection against laying
breeds is that they are too small 70 make
them profitable when the fowls are sold.
ing. as I shall show. The ieghorns are the
typical laying breed in this country. They
produce eggs OF the standard Size-tweHty-
four ounces to the dozen-and breed will
produce more eggs year.
AS winter laTers. I have found them fully
equal TO Plymouth Rocks the Wyandottes,
and I have kept the three breeds side by
side year after year.
The egg farmer will sell his surplus cock
erels for brOilers. and know from actual
demonstration that Leghorn cockerel VIII
grow to weigh one pound or even azd
any other breed in the standard. and tLsse
are the weights at which broilers are Aost
profitable.
It is also true that it does not Cos. any
more to produce 100 pounds OF LeghO.- fowls
than II does to produce a like nu-eer of
pounds of any other breed.
fail to see what difference il makes in
the end If we have fourteen Plymouth Rock
chickens weighing 100 pounds 4o sell, OF
twenty-five Leghorns weighing the same
number OF pounds. IL the one est the same
as the other. for the selling p->ce is always
the same per pound.
There is a great difference IN individuals
IN the matter OF egg-proCEeing, as was
shown by the years test al the Maine Ex-
pertinent Station. where one White Wyan-
dotte hen did not lay single egg in year.
and another laid 24O. Both OF these birds
are exceptions from the general rule. and
show what may be expected from the selec-
ton of laying individuals and breeding from
them to produce a strain.
From present indications, there Is going
to be great demand for the laying breeds
and steady increasing demand for eggs,
and he who selects one OF the prolific sort
will do wisely.
Free press., 1907-01-12
To Make Plants Hump.

Better plan now for the Garden for 1t Is
the early vegetables that gets the money.
plant beds which is very applicable to the
early garden Sheets of cheese cloth
made the size Of the bed and tackled on =
light frame as cover. This gives added
heat, saves moisture and protects from in
sects and cold.
By this means lettuce. radishes and other
earlier than in the open ground. The cheese
cloth costs about cents Per square yard
and lasts two or three seasons.
To many the ideal garden is square acre
and contains the family berry rows and
the grape trellis, but after years OF work
on this plan, we have relegated the grapes
main crop-tomatoes. cabbage and sweet
corn--to the truck garden. and gone back
to the small kitchen garden near the house.
There we have our beds or rows of let
tuce. spring onions, radishes. beets, early
cabbage, caulihoWer, egg plant. early beans
and peas, and many other early vegetables
Then In a corner of the field broken for
farm crops, We grow our sweet corn,
pole beans. lima beans and the like. These
are grown In rows and cultivated with
horse and 5-shOvel cuItivatOr.
The kitchen garden gets the poultry
manure. with an occasional 100 pound sack
of Is per cent acid phOsphate-this perhaps
once in three years. Wood ashes from the
small garden, and while ours was pretty
thin soil when we began on It twenty years
ago, 1t would now make fair crop of
garden stun without manure.
While the general writer on gardening
always advises deep pIoWing we have some
times practiced the opposite with excellent
spaded, and once stirred the spade spot
with 5-shoveI cuItivator about 3 Il inches
deep and made the beds the next day. It
was the earliest and best garden 1 ever
had OF course I believe In moderately deep
breaking and thorough puiverization Of the
soil.-C- n. s.. Illinois.
Free press., 1907-01-12
Facts for Farm Wives.

Clean, dry quarters are needed for health
summer and winter.
No fowl lot of fowls will eat require
the amount of feed each meal.
People who have failed at everything they
have undertaken should not try the poultry
business.
Insect depredations are like weeds. They
be kept In check by preventing their
getting a start
For the good OF the flock remove any fowl
that shows any sign of being sick, even if
the ailment~is slight
The first step in starting with poultry
should be to make of ample supply
of green feed for every day in the year.
Nearly every person who goes into the
poultry business has great visions of gold
and fame many go out with thin purse
and disgust.
The strictly healthy fowl does not have
fowls is simply Indication of indigestion
Shut up the henhOuse occasionally as tight
as possible and burn some sulphur in 1T.
The fumes will reach every crack and crew
ice. and be death to vermin hidden there.
There is no food or corrective, in the way
of a digestive, that equals charcoal. 1t is
easily had. because various forms OF the
article may be made by the poultry raiser
himself.
10 not overfeed your fowls that have free
range, they will pick up the larger part OF
their living from weed seeds, scattered
grain and bugs. This gives them exercise,
the best possible ration, and will produce the
largest possible results.