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The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
TABLET TO LIEUT.. sELFRIDGE.
Comrades VIII Honor officer Killed
by AeropIane.

When the monument TO be erected in
memory Of Lieut.. Thomas F. Selfridge
at Arlington IS unveiled there will be a
bronze tablet placed at its base COM
memorative Of the lie and work of the
young officer. who, while flying with
Orville Wright. al Fort Myer. September
Il. 1905. lost his life. His associates of the
Signal Corps and other friends are erect
ing the tablet as tribute Of affection
and respect in his honor Lieut. Self
ridge was a member OF the Aero club OF
America. and also a member of the Aero
nautic Experiment Association. formed by
born IN California in 1SS2, a graduate OF
West Point in 1903 and was appointed to
the Signal Corps in April, 1903.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
VIII Investigate PeIIngrn

The government Is going to investigate
pellagra. the dread disease which was re-
Gently discovered In the South. Announce
ment was made yesterday at the Treas
ury Department that Passed Assistant
Surgeon c. II. Lsvinder. Of the Public
Heath and Marine Health Hospital Serv-
ice. had been ordered to Milan. Italy. to
look into the causes OF the spread OF
the malady there
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
DIED..

| BAfLEY-On Sunday. March Is. 1910. az
his residence, 2l3 Eighth street south
west, OLIVER T. BAILEY.
Funeral tEiVate) took place at Havre
de Grace. Nd. yesterday
BANKs-Fen asleep In Jesus on Mon
day. March a. 1910. at 9:25 q. m. at
her residence. 172s Tenth street north
west, CATHARINE, widow Of j.
Franklin Banks and devoted mother
OF Bessie. Sadie. and Austin Banks.
devoted daughter of Austin Robinson
and sister of Mary Robinson.
Funeral from Second Baptist Church,
Third street northwest. between II
and l, on Thursday, March i, al
p. m. Relatives and friends are in
vited to attend.
.CLAUDE-on Tuesday. March Is, 1870 at
her home, Chevy Chase, Md MARY
STEELE CLAUDE, wife of the late
Denis Claude.
Funeral services by Dr.. Thomas Child
from Gawier's chapel, Thursday.
March y. at $50 a. m. Interment at
Annapolis, Nd.
CoNNER-The remains of SAMUEL. ".
CONNER will be taken from the pub
lie vault at Congressional Cemetery
Wednesday. March 16 at D. m Rela-
ives and friends invited 10 attend
FOXWELL-On Monday. March "A, 1910.
AZ his residence. the Wyoming
ALONZO TAYLOR FOXWEi.L. be-
loved husband of Mary G. Foxwell,
In the sixty-third year of his age.
. Notice Of funeral hereafter.
HOWE
MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL, LEGION
OF THE UNITED STATES
CcnmandesT Of the District of Columbia
City q Washington March IS 1910
The death Of COMPANION HENRY SMITH HOWE.
Major. L. 5. Army. in this City on the 18th in
slant. Is announced TO the Commsndery.
Funeral services at which the attendance n coEn-
ham. 90 Fifteenth Street NV At : O'Clock F. NJ.
this day. lnieImeni at the National Cemeiery. Ar
hngton Virginia.
By command a
Rear Admiral GEORGE c. REATEY. {. s. Nary.
Commander.
W. P. HUxFoRD,
Recorder
JoHNSON-On Tuesday morning. March
10, 1910, at o'clock, GRIFFIN JOHN
son, beloved husband OF Ellen John
son, father of Charlie johnson, Mrs.
Sallie HILL Miss Mary johnson. Mrs.
cara Andrews Mrs Ada Cook, Mss
Eusebia johnson. Percy johnson. FL
more Johnson, and brother OF Lucy
Johnson.
Funeral from the residence, 1909 Tenth
street northwest, Thursday. March Il,
at l o'clock.
sTOTT-On Monday March "a. 1910 at
Bluemont Va. SALLIE SToTT. wife
OF William G. Stott daughter OF
William I. Lindsay. and sister Of
Mrs. James r. S. Dickens
Funeral at D. m. Thursday. March
y, from the chapel. Congressional
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
NOVICE IN AUTO INJURED.
Mrs. SaIlie ". Boiling. as Years Ola
Accidentally Opens Clutch,

Mrs. sallie W Boiling. sixtv-eight
years old. is IN a serious condition at the
home Of her daughter Mrs Norman Gait.
Of 1903 Twentieth street. as the result OF
an auto accident in Pennsylvania avenue.
near Eleventh street, yesterday about
noon.
Mrs. Boiling was seated alone in the
machine. an electric runabout. when she
accidentally touched the motor clutch
The machine bounded forward. and after
a sizzag dash across the street crashed
into an east-bOund car. turning turtle.
and hurting Mrs Ballng to the street.
Mrs. Gait. who had left the machine a
moment before TO enter a shop, followed
the machine, and reached her mothers
side before a number of men who ran
10 the spot Mrs. Boiling was taken in
a cab to her daughters home. and last
night was suffering from severe bruises
and probable internal injuries. II is be-
heved she will live
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
SAVED FROM FIERY DEATH.
Mrs. Martha stone Leaps from
Flames Into Bath Tub.

Flames Into Bath Tub.
The bravery of Mrs. Martha Stone
sixty-five years old, saved her from a
painful death yesterday morning. when
her skirts caught fire from a gas stove
at her apartment, 600 Ninth street north
west. and enveioped her in flames.
Mrs. Stone and her daughter, Mrs Cora
when the draft blew the older womans
dress into a small gas burner The
daughter attempted to beat out the fire,
but Mrs. Stone calmly turned on the
water in a bath tub in the adjoining
room and leaped in.
She was seriously burned. and was
taken to Emergency Hospital in a eritl-
cal condition.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
SEED FRAUDS DETECTED.
Department After Men who Are
Deceiving Southern Farmer.

DecetVing Southern Farmers,
The Department OF Agriculture has de-
elared war against statesmen who have
been selling sorghum seed to unsuspect-
ing farmers in the South, declaring II
TO be a new variety Of wheat that yields
400 bushels to the acre.
They have also been dlsposing OF
sorghum seed by labelling it ribbon"
cane, or sugar cane, Of a new and de-
eidedly improved kind. There is no way
TO prosecute the culprits under the pure
foSd laws, but the department is issuing
bulletins Of warning telling the difference
between sorghum and sugar cane.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
NINA STRICKEN FROM LIST.
Navy Department Declares Tug Lost
with All Crew.

The United States naval tug Nina.
Shich sailed from Norfolk February 6
for Boston and which has never been
heard from since was yesterday stricken
from the naval list by an official order
that constitutes a declaration by the
Navy Department that the vessel is lost
with all on board.
In accordance with the law. the gov
eminent will pay the next of kin the
wages due officers and crew that were
on the Inflated tug, and also gratuity
Of six months additional pay The rela-
tives will receive, as usual. the small
pension allowed
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16

Midnight. So ? a. M. 3; a. m. 2; 2. m, =
a NJ. 3: 10 a. m. 81: y noon. IS; p M. =
p n a; 2. m. 81 p. m, 81 10 y. "a, 3.
Maximum a minimum, Is.
Relative humidity-s a. M. 50; p. M, 3 p.
m. 49, Hours Of sunshine. lie. Per cent Of PCS
sihle sunshine. g.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
ARRESTED AT CAPITOL.
James MeGrant Held on Complaint
of Representative BeidIer.

charged with trying TO swindle Repre-
sentative Jacob Beidler, of Ohio, a man
VINO said he was James McGrant, forty
one years old. was arrested yesterday
morning al the Capitol and locked I'D as
a suspicious character.
MIGRANTS measurements were taken.
and the police say they agree with the
Bertillon identification of notorious
crook who has operated in many cities.
He claims that he is a carpet layer.
and II is alleged he has been living by
his wits around the Capitol for three
years, obtaining money by various pre-
lenses. McGrant says he lives in Al
bany, \. Y
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16

Il President Taft leaves washington
early this morning for Chicago on the
first leg of trip which will cover more
than 900 miles. and one on which the
President may have something OF much
political significance to say. Capt. A.
w Butt, the Presidents military aid.
and Charles c. Wagner. one Of the White
House stenographers. will go with the
President
! From Chicago. where the schedule is
one Of the hardest that Mr. Taft has
faced in many day the President will
/ be whirled TO Rochester in special
train, and from that city he viii go
straight to Albany. where he is TO be
the guest Of Gov. Hughes from Saturday
afternoon until late Sunday night
Nay speak on Impulse.
While it is admitted the President may
on impulse make an important address
at Chicago. where he viii have several
opportunities. those In Washington who
are predicting at all think that at Roch-
ester or at Albany. where he speaks too,
he will say something Of especial note
4 II he does SO at all.
/ In fact. It is well understood that at
Albany in particular the President will
see few OF the prominent politicians Of
| New York, and many important conclu-
sions may be reached.
1 From Albany the President viii go 20
+ New York next Monday. where he will
stop few minutes, going almost imme-
diately 10 New Haven. 70 attend meet
I ing OF the Yale Corporation From New
Haven he is due 10 run up 20 Providence.
r. l.. for a banquet OF the New England
/ Manufacturing jewellers Association.
Here. the prognostigators say. he may
have kind words TO say about Senator
/ Adrch.
! From Providence the President will
hasten back directly TO New York. where
he will stop all day on Tuesday, March
% on tnat day he will probably meet
several ~ the leading politicians. visit
the New York Press Club and attend
banquet Of the American Peace ana Arbi-
tration League al the Hotel Aston in the
evening. He may also drop in at the din
ner to DC given Representative Herbert
Parsons at the same hotel that night.
The Presidential party will leave New
York late on the night OF March o. and
is due back to this city early on the fol-
lowing day.
Tariff DeadIocEs On.
The tariff deadlock with Canada, which
is causing the administration so much
work. is not likely 20 be broken. II broken
at all. until President Taft returns from
the trip Of eight days which he begins to-
day
Although the President told visitors
yesterday he did not expect to settle the
question of whether or not Canada Is to
get the minimum rates provided In the
Payne-Aldrich law. he plugged away with
his tariff advisers just the same.
Dr. James Mcdonald, proprietor Of the
Toronto Globe. had long talk with Mr.
Taft late in the afternoon, and later Sec
rotary Of State Knox, Charles NJ. Pepper.
the tariff expert from the Bureau of
Trade Relations Of the State Department.
and the members OF the tariff board
came to the White House for a final con-
sultation.
II waE admitted after the conference
that the President would be unable to
make decision until he gets back to
Washington next week. In the meantime
the experts on the tariff board and the
State Department will go ahead working
on the deadlock
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16

Grayd0n Jones, a young white man.
was crossing Thirteenth street near F
yesterday afternoon about O'Clock, when
an automobile. operated by E. ]. Walsh.
of 1902 street, struck him and tossed
him several yards. Walsh and bystand-
ers picked him up and placed him in the
machine, which was started at top speed
for Emergency Hospital The injured
man was suffering last night from severe
bruises and cuts.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16

To-day-Hisb tide. Z m. Low tide. 80 a. m. and
Sac r.
Tomorrow high tide. l2z a. N. and l2ss D m.
Low tide. So a. m. ard 7:i3 p M
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
SEEK AID FOR AEROS
Scientific Club Drafts Bill
to Assist Inventors.
WOULD PROMOTE PROGRESS

Proposed Measure 20 Be introduced
in Congress Provides an Aviation
Flying Tests He Held Near Wash
ington-N. Vi. C. A. Gets Prize O6er.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
BAND CONCERT TONIGHT.

A concert b. the Fifteenth Cavalry Band
and Orchestra viii begin az past gymnasium,
Port Myer, Va. this evening, at O'Clock
George F. Tyrsil. chief musician. directoE
Programme.
hrs; rsrt-string orrhsstrs.
Patrol. Turkish. '',..................M ichseiis
Comet solo. fantasie. Der Liebes-
tFatih- -...s-.-.-.-..-.......--... hoch
Vocal solo. To the End of the World
with Yen .........-............. Ban
Miss Clara Naecser.
Selection, The Gay Hussars" ...... Kalman
By request.
Second PzTt-Band-
selection, 'Cavalleria Rustieans' Maseaeni
Overture. Poet and Peasant .........s uppe
"reminiscences Of An Nations go. Godfrey
Solo for all instruments.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16

To promote the progress of aeronautical
invention and to unity the existing knowl-
edge Of the subject, bill prepared by the
Aero Scientific Club will be introduced in
Congress soon, providing for the ap-
pointment of an aviatiom commission 10
assist deserving inventors.
The aviation provided for in the bill
will consist OF the Secretary Of War, the
Secretary of the Navy. the Commissioner
OF Patents. the Chief of the Weather Blu
reau. the Secretary Of the Smithsonian
Institution. the Director Of the Geological
Survey. a member each of the Senate
and the House Of Representatives, and
two members, who shall be inventors Of
standing.
Aid for Amateurs.
According to the bill a sum of money
viii be appropriated for prizes and other
awards for deserving inventors and skill
ful operators of aeronautieal machines
and accessories.
The prizes are TO be in the form of
cash. medals. ribbons. &C, and will be
awarded by the commission for all classes
Of aeronautical inventions. both in the
primitive and perfected stages.
The bin further provides that the dis
plays or trials of all inventions shall be
held under the supervision OF the COM
mission within or near the immediate con-
fines Of Washington.
The Aero Scientific Club, which has
drafted the BILL has in its membership
practically ali OF the local aircraft in
ventors and experts.
The club last night discussed infor-
maily a proposed aviation meet for local
inventors this summer. in which thirty
or forty machines may compete. but no
definite action in the matter was taken.
Reason for BiII.
The need of funds to carry on the
work of perfecting the aircrafts By de-
serving inventors Of the city was one OF
the reasons that caused the members 10
draft the OH to be presented in Congress
for aid
cash prize was voted 10 the educa-
tionai department OF the Young Mems
Christian Association last night to be
awarded to the student who shows the
greatest proficiency in the study of avia-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16

Military hcnors viii mark the burial OF Mai
Henry s. Howe. L. S. A. at Arlington Cemetery
Chaplain W. W. B5sRder officiating. Services viii
be held at , o'clock at ais residences
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16

Temperatures in other cities. together with the
amount Of rainfall for the twelve hours ended at
/. n yesterday. follows:
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
TAFT LEAVES TO-DAY
Eight-day Trip Will Cover
More Than $500 Miles.
SIGNIFICANT SPEECH LIKELY

President May Deliver Important Adj
dress on Impulse at ChicagO-Series
of Political Conferences Planned.
Tariff Deadlock Must Await His
Return-May Defend AIdrich.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16

special to The Washington Herald.
Hsrners Ferry, W. Va, March IS-Both rivers
clear. 1
The Washington herald., 1910-03-16
8A6sNAaaNzaGS
Spring 1910

o
o
The Parker, Bridget & Co. announcement carries
with it something than the information that
spring head-tofoot apparel for Men and Boys has
rived
So great has grown the confidence in the name,
and SO widespread the recognition of P. B. & Co. as
authorities things pertaining formal and informal
attire that wordy essays superiority in style and
quality would indeed be superhuous
The more particular type of men have learned to
expect of P B garments that air of distinction you see
so prominently expressed in the Easter parade on Fifth
avenue
The price range commences at $3.50, but we
especially ask your inspection of 'P E" Club Models
for spring
METROPOLITAN MODELS.
UNIVERSITY MODELS,
COSMOS MODELS.
AT SIS, $50, and S35 in each style
Only the finest imported and domestic fabrics, of course
&lA6aMAaamz@(S
HeaitoFoot Outtes Ninth and Pennsylvania
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10
Nss Mvtvsa.

fear ft hare 10 raise your rent
Ths horrSd landlord said,
al prtcee en- estsins nov
J cant cosns out ahead"
wei. you may Paise H." ealA ths msM
But ] can't nsure hoe can"
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10

Ills feathers make q nice soft seat for
you. lie Il u very strong bird. aud
you may have {" pun hard On the rcins
when you want To guide him.
Would you like to have an ostrich
for . Christmas present, Well. per
hap. . little wagon " ohs of these
nice auto buggirs thnt you run with y
pedal aud . crank would suit you bet
ter An ostrich ihst II trained e. draw
. buggy or carry . pa-senx~r on HI.
hack costs too much for Jour Uncle
Bob to psy. Ostrichcs are real rsritie-
and they come high In this country.
u you think the ostrich 10 too fVtsky
--and maybe b. Il. With LIE hong Iegs
and ssalky saif-peshaIs you'd IKE .
Vsds on to- hack Of . iistna. though Il
would be dlnBcut 10 ees oss Of thew
animals for = Christmas gif, and ssiiI
oors dt6sruit 20 kesp Il alive apd veil
In The Uaised stassA The liama = .
soet of camelliks aslunal thss GTowr
b Soush Amestrs. u con hvs oui,
whsse The climate 10 modsfate. To-,
nuch co,d y bsd for ths ilausa. In
ths western ard southern epgsens Of
South An,evca this vssy inssssssiss
animal lives and thfivea Thew are
many thousands os them, just ~ therv
are many thousands u COWS In shs
United Asaies.
Th~ Routh American reupta Ne the
tiamas mn oNiy for thrir milk snd
eeah ford. hot siso o. hessts Of bur.
1es The ilntus taken the plas's II th~
hosse In sonse Of ths u,oansainous n.
etons ~ PEN asd sehsr Hcwth Asses.
has eosa6iss. - 80 eassS Q prUeee
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10

as Wild pig TO use as . pony. thougi.
pigs are not very popular In that way
There are many kinds OF Wild hogs
Colonel Roosevelt knows n good deal
about them He hunted the Wild boar
In Africa. also the wart hog. and dowi,
In Texas he has hunted the peccary
which is n sort Of pig also. though not
iy amy means ~ much like the kind
our father may have In his pigIen
Ms the wIld boar and the wnrt hog are
The Ieccnry doesn't really look pig
gish. but he is a pig all the same: b.
belongs To the great hog family. which
Is widely distributed over the world
Now~snd then = wnrt hog or n Wild
boar is caught and tanned. NJ that n
brave young man can ride him. The
wnu hog belongs to Africa. The wild
boar used to be very numerous in EnI
iana. but that was many. many yerr
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10
Meant Business.

Meant Business.
"The world owes me living"
"Does ~"
"Yex. ~ am not going To worry"
That may bc all right for you. but
II won't do for me-
"WhyY'
II want an account against n piece Of
property that can be accurately de.
srribed In the recorders book and can
be levied against
Bird Talk.
"l.ct inc sell you this bird for your
clothing store window"
eco long, That wouldn't attract
trade
"Sure thug. Hang II up at the door.
and whenever amy one goes by II will
call out. Cheap cheap"
Quite %.
Some things arc 40 difi,cult that
they NJ once become easy"
Easy
''C~rtainly."
"wouId you mind cxplsinlnxY
I'VE nj once give them up"
unW,evskle.
where l. the great hypnctistr'
"ue Inns retired broken beartesi."
Work 4 failure r.
"NOt until he tried Il On the once
boy 0f millionaire"
Hs rhsvOht II Aeprsesists.
~ehe n very much a6routed."
"whyr'
"Jark sent hes = present"
swhat was itr'
- rubases plant"
Nst Mwtval.
fear rt hare 10 raise your rent
Ths horrtd landlord said
al prtcee ! en- estsins nov
J can't coUse out Ahead"
well. you may PAlse H." eaIA shs msa.
"pvt ] can't nsurs heW I can"
Wrought ths chsaes.
what ails oh jabt,si''
"just tribe eecentrsr."
They NJ 10 ~ hs vas crssy."
ne ishesiis1 oseey alnee thea.
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10
ALL ABOARD FOR
some QUEER RIDES!
BY UNCLE BOB.


copyright. 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation.I
@OME along. now. children. and
your Uncle Bob will give you
~ ride What kind o: . ride
would you like best Of all;
What-aeroplane? Mercy. no. That
machine that dies up into the sky and
over rivers aud fields and towns Is too
dangerous for children. II viii be II
long time before the men who invent
things vii; build an neroplanc safe
enough to carry little ones like you
For the present you'd just better stick
to the earth and not try to go dying
away into the air.
SO We won't think about taking nn
aeroplanc ride yet. Automobile. did
you say? Well. Uncle Bob has no au.
tomobile for yor today. but he has
something that's lots more fun. \
pony? Well not exactly that. but It's
fomcthing that walks.
Wait Till we get the bride on. There
take the reins and guide him Why
what a funny bird, Yes. he's an os-
trich. Tou never rode an ostrich. did
you; Some ostriches are too bad tenn
pered for children to ride. but this one
has been tanned. and he's all right.
You don't need any saddle on him
Just sit on his shoulders. with your
legs down along each side Of his neck
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10
Our Great Truth Teller.


. You may have had your faults. dear
George.
We don't know what they are.
They didn't show at Valley Forge
When feeble was your star
Your honors later would have turned
The head OF any dub,
But you were not a member Of
The Ananias club.
You had ability enough
To maze King George look slow.
And no one ever ran blum
On you and made II go.
In war and peace YOU were the frst.
You never turned up shy.
For you could do most anything
But tell . simple lie.
when you had anything to say
Or any scheme to push
You did not shoot mile away
Or beat about the bush.
Oh. no: you blurted out the truth.
And II II meant "A fght
You loafed around and licked the man
To prove that you were right
Oh. George. | fear We do not raise
Your kind OF men today
Who. whether II brings blame o.
praise
VIII truth alone display,
The hero medals you deserved
Would MI a good sized tub
Grand model for all men except
The Ananiss club.
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10

heavy load and travel for long dis
tances without getting very tired.
How would you like to have Santa
Claus put In your stocking-oh. dear
no. that's not large enough-put down
alongside the fireplace nice big. fat
wart hog or wild boar for one Of your
Christmas presents? Ugh, Well. |
don't blame you for feeling that way
but all the So me there is such a thIn-
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10
Humor aePhilosophy
,, DUNCAN n. snirs
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

The man who has plenty Of friends
need never he In amy doubt as to bis
faillngs and shortcomings.
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10

We may know good thing when
~e see 1t and still find our vision I'm
perfect 80 far as making discoveries
In concerned.
People who have entirely clear con-
sciences often have pale responsible
ties and limp backbones.
The habit Of eating three times .
day is responsible for holding many .
nose to the grindstone.
When a man feels as II he would
IKE TO reform the world II is time to
borrow u looking glass.
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10

II often looks
like n soft snap
until you land on
1t with a bump.
The less sense
the more need
for dollars.
For once that
joy comes half
way ten times
trouble c over .
the entire dis
tance.
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10

tw.sINfEI, ! os=
ESSNrv ~ Az ,0Svi
! rH sev sosS$.1
La Junta tribune., 1910-12-10

Wrsuv"S tSo ChoNoo.
What ails M jabtsi''
Just 4 tri6e ecrentrsr."
They sae6 10 ~ Ne was csaxy."
He lsbeslts6 0eaey since thea"