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The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
PRESIDENT ENDORSES MOVE
viii Address Meeting of Tariff
Association.
Delegates from Trade Bodies to
Urge Creation of Permanent
BOnrds at Convention.

When 800 business men OF the country
convene in Washington on January II and
y next for the convention Of the National
Tariff Commission Association, they will
ind d hearty supporter of their policies
in President Taft The President yester-
day announced that he had accepted the
invitation of the association 10 attend
its meeting, and gave assurance that he
would speak al the banquet on the even
ing of January y.
The association has for several years
been conducting a campaign in favor Of
the creation Of a permanent independent
commission, and numbers among its
members many prominent IN the pOf1ti-
cal and business activity of the couR-
Try
Delegates from nearly 100 trades. be-
sides affiliated bodies. viii be in attend
ance at the coming convention. Prof.
Henry C. Emery, chairman of the tariff
board. will address the body at one Of the
sessions, and Senators Beverage and
Cummias and Representative Longworth
are also on the programme.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27

Police Of the Ninth precinct are trying
to solve the mystery surrounding a man
who was arrested on suspicion after ne
fell from ear Of the Washington. Balti-
more and Annapolis line at Fifteenth and
II streets northeast shortly after O'Clock
las, night.
He vas clad in the uniform Of letter
carrier but the police say investigation
disclosed the fact that he is not in the
postal service. and has not been for al
least a number of years. Conflicting
stories told by the prisoner and his ap-
parent intention Of keeping his real iden-
tity a secret led the police to believe the
man has some good reason 10 fear the
revelation of certain facts concerning
himself
The police have been unable 10 learn
at what point the man boarded the car.
When the car stopped at the White
House station, he started to alight with
other passengers. AS he was about TO
STEP to the ground his foot caught On the
step and he fell headlOng. He was
bruised and cut when picked up Bicycle
Policeman DeilamicO. of the Ninth pre-
cinct aided the man. and questioned him.
The mans replies aroused the fuspcion
of Dellamico who arrested -
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
SISTERS BURNED TO DEATH.
Gas Escapes and Explosion Follows
In Home Near Pittsburg.

Piusburg, Dec. 26-Maggie, aged four
teen, and Elsie. aged eighteen years.
beautiful daughters Of Henry Bryan. Of
Coraopolis, are dead. and Harry Bryan.
the twenty-four-year-old son. is so badly
injured that be may die, al as the result
OF an explosion OF gas at & m. Mr.
Bryan, his wife. and two other children.
were injured in the explosion. but not
seriously.
The Bryan home is a fine one. stand
ing back from the street at 123 Mn
street CoraOpolis. a residence suburb,
and the family did not retire until after
midnight The tube attached 10 a gas
stove in an clubhouse. back Of the resi-
dence, appears TO have become detached,
later allowing gas 10 escape.
The gas soon attained sufficient volume
to be dangerous. and an explosion oc-
Cured but not until the gas had perme-
ated most rooms in the house in suffi-
cient quantities TO explode when a flame
was touched. The two girls were blown
from their bed and so badly injured that
they died some hours later. Harry the
brother, was so badly burned in trying
TO beat out the flames from his sisters
clothing that he will likely die
For a time the neighbors feared to
come TO where the distressed family were
in the burning home, fearing more explo-
sions, and the fire got such a start that
it was with difficulty that the house was
saved.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
FIREMAN VICTIM OF ACCIDENT.
Locomotive OverturnS and Driver Is
Seriously ScaIded.

New York Dec. "A fireman was in
stanuy killed and an engine driver badly
scalded to-day when a locomotive, run
ming light between Jersey City and Wee
hawkin took the wrong switch and
crashed into a bumper at Seventeenth
street and Hoboken avenue. The engine
overturned crushing the life out of the
fireman and then the escaping steam
scalded the engineer.
The dead man. David Rerow. twenty
five years. lived at Union Hill.
The engine driver is Bernard Ronk
thirty years old, OF AIS West Twenty-frst
street New York. He was taken TO
Christ Hospital.
There was a great rush of escaping
steam when the accidentSoccurred and
then the engine took fire The fire de-
partment succeeded in extingushing the
blaze.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
SHOOTS HIS SWEETHEART.
Negro Youth Says Shotgun Was Ac-
cidentaIIy Discharged.

Rockville Nj. Dec. 26.-Daisy Crockett.
killed last night by Oscar Dove, colored,
aged twenty-One years. who was calling
on her. The shooting occurred in the
girls home. at Scotland. three miles from
Rockville Dove was the only witness
and he declares it was an accident, ex-
planning that he was handling the shotgun
when it was discharged.
The girl was shot in the back near the
left side. She fell dead upon the sleeping
form Of her father. who was on a couch
in the room. Dove went 10 his home near
by, where he was located by Sheriff Welt
and arrested. An inquest will be held
here tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
SEE FREE ENTRY OF FISH.
Canadians Thus Interpret Decisio,
of Our Treasury Department.

Ottawa, Dec. 26-Advices received here
to-day from ST Johns. Newfoundland.
state that the British Emil ,ssy at Wash
ington has informed the government of
Newfoundland that the United States
Treasury Department has decided that
fish caught in Newfoundland waters by
Americans with the assistance Of native
Newfoundland fishermen shall in future
be admitted free Of duty TO the United
States.
This is an Official authorization of a
practice heretofore said to exist without
legal authority and will not be changed
except by an amendment of the laws re-
garding customs entries. In the opinion
of the Canadian papers it foreshadows
the free entry OF fish TO tie United
States from Newfoundland.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
HIS DEATH EXAGGERATED.
Mark TwaiR's Explanation Applies
In This Case.

Huntington. W Va, Dec. 26-In re-
Spouse 10 telegram OF sympathy sent TO
the parents of William Gear. supposed to
have been killed in the fire at Cincinnati
last Wednesday, by the members Of Hunt
ington's central fire department by whom
he was Well known, the following tele-
gram was received:
Telegram rtcaived. Deceased was not
ne VIII write soon. WILLIAM GEAR.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
HOLIDAY, BUT TAFT WORKS.

President Taft surprised and disap-
pointed the force at the Executive Of
fees yesterday by buckling down TO work.
although it was a holiday in Washing
ton and the government departments
were closed. The President went over
from the White House as usual. how
ever, and the big buzzer out in the main
hall announced that he was at his desk
shortly before 10 O'Clock.
The President had only one or two
callers, but he looked over a lot Of mail
and dictated a number of letters. IN the
afternoon he went out to get some fresh
air, and the evening was passed quietly
at the White House.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
PLAN FOR RECIPROCITY.
Negotiations for United StRtes-Can-
ada Convention TO BE Resumed.

Negotiations for a reciprocity conven-
ton between the United States and Can
ada Will De resumed at the State De-
partment shortly after the middle Of
January. The conferences will be a
continuation of those held several months
ago In Ottawa
Chandler +. Anderson, who las recently
appointed counselor Of the state Depart
ment, succeeding the late Henry 81. Hoyt,
viii be in charge of the American end Of
the negotiations. tie viii be assisted by
Charles NJ. Pepper. a commercial expert
Of the Bureau of Trade Relations II
is expected that the Canadian officials
will reach Washington about January u.
The conferences VIII last several weeks.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
BALK KINGS HUNTING PLANS.
Thieves Steal Wire and Police Sur
VeIIIance Is No Longer Possible.

Rome. Dec. 26-Seven hundred and
sixty-three yards Of the telephone wires
between the Quirinal and the royal castle
Of Castel Porziano were stolen last night
The king will be unable 10 go shooting
at Castel POrziano. as police surveillance
is impossible until the telephone line Is
repaired
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
TRAGEDY FOLLOWS QUARREL.
Young Negro Ends Life After XIII
ing an Acquaintance.

ing an Acquaintance.
Special to The Washington Herald.
Rockville, Md, Dec. "a murder and
suicide was the result of Christmas
celebration at the home OF Isaac Cope
land. colored, near Laytonsville. this
county. Leonard Thomas, a nineteen
year-old negro. shot and instantly killed
Copeland. and some time later took his
own life in a corn field near by by send
ing a bullet into his head
Thomas dropped into the Copeland
home early last evening. and found a
number OF other visitors there. He join
ed in the celebration, which consisted,
it is said. principally of drinking. and
he and Copeland had words Later. while
Copeland was not looking, Thomas. it is
said pulled his revolver and shot him
in the temple, killing him instantly
Thomas then left. no one attempting 10
hinder him
This morning Alden d. Allnut a farmer,
discovered the dead body of Thomas in
a corn field on his farm. He had appar-
emily been dead several hours. A bullet
hole in his temple and revolver on the
ground near by told how he met his
death
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
ENDURING
Furniture

Inferior furniture is dear
at any price, being deficient
in quality, beauty, comfort,
and service, the necessary es-
sentials in furnishing your
home. True economy can
only be exercised in buying
where You can get the most
of the best for your money.
The selected character of
choice furniture sold here di-
rect from leading manufac-
turers, the minimum prices
which obtain, coupled with
our uniformly courteous and
personal attention, combine
TO make your purchases here
both profitable and pleasing.
Our sale, Wednesday morn
ing, Dec. %, commencing at
II o'clock, includes some u
usually handsome furniture,
chiefly in mahogany, for every
room in the home. Wilton
Rugs, Brass Beds, &c. Visi-
tors always welcome. Moth
ing mlsrepresented.
Wilson & Mayors,
Manufacturers Auctioneers.
1927 and 1929 g St.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27

The banks OF Australia had on March
81. S726.5C0O00 OF deposits, an increase
over the prior year OF S50.000,O00.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27

More than two miles Of silk frequently are taken
from singls cocoD
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27
FALLS FROM CAR
And Is ARRESTED
Mysterious Passenger Held
for Investigation.
HAD MAIL CARRIERS UNIFORM

Man Claiming Ia he Resident OF
Annapolis Tells Conflicting Stories
and Refuses 10 Reveal Identity.
Police Believe Uniform Is Part of
Masquerade-Tailen from Hospital.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-27

Docks TO cst ssoOGO viii be built by the Erie
Railroad at Cleveland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

Increased expense of operation under
this system, however, is more than
compensated by the fact that the
dredging. which was nearly two years
in arrears at the time of the change,
is now we'll in hand, and deep water
is to be found at all the docks.
Permanent construction of magnitude
can not be financed from the income
of the port. but if the nine million
dollar bond issue to be voted >upon by
the people at the next general cleo
tion shall carry, there is no reason why
these improvements should not be rap
idly under way
The increasing revenue of the belt
railroad and the extraordinary value
of the seawall lots, and the steady
elimination of the temporary repairs to
wooden construction, will provide funds
to meet the interest on the additional
bonds as they are sold. il the work is
carried on sanely, keeping in advance
of the necessities of commerce.
The fact that the proposed bond issue
is for bonds of 75 years duration, and
that IS years will lapse before the
commencement of the sinking fund
charges, makes practicable the carry
ing out of these plans.
It is not always understood that the
bond issue for the. improvements of
San Francisco harbor is not a tax upon
the people of the state. These bonds
are nothing more or less than a mort
gage on state property for which the
harbor is financially responsible, and is
entirely competent to meet the interest
and principal
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
Achreuements ofModenlNeth-
ods IN Creamenes of State

the Improvement of the class of dairy
cows and in the employment of better
methods. The average American cow,
according to census reports, produces
155 pounds of butter year. The Cali
fornia cow averages over zoo pounds.
This is due TO our splendid feed con-
ditions, especially in the alfalfa dis
tricts; to our climate. and also to the
enterprise of our dairymen in breeding
a class of cows with larger producing
capacity. Never before has there been
such demand for thoroughbred dairy
stock as at the present time.
Behind this expansion of dairyin g
in California lies the fact that it has
been extremely profitable. The average
price paid by creameries TO dairymen
for the butter fat in their milk during
1909 was 3S cents. making the average
cow earn for this part OF her product
alone about $50 year. Then there are
the calves and ths hogs that were
raised on her skim milk. Competent
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
fIRFMAN'S FUND A
FINANCIAL POWER
Insurance Company Pays Fire
Losses and Regains Former
Strength and Prestige

with assets Of 100000 and net
surplus Of 81 1.5eo. COO the Firemsn's
77nn6 Insurance Company practically has
reeained the sound financial position
tast carried it through the great losses
ertendant upon the fire Of 1906, and
once more IL ranks with the most prom
,-a,+ Insurance companies Of the world.
the words of s. H. Wolfe, the noted
T-,rarv from New York. the company
has emerged from it (the hre) with its
reputation untarnished, and its excel
lent plant intact"
No insurance company not of the
eoundest could haze eaualed the en-
,-isbis record made by the Fireman's
T-Ynd since the fire. Within one year
after the event the company had paid
nm all its losses, amounting to $1,000
ooo in full. and no other company stood
the& drain on its treasury so well. I'M
nediateiy after the settlement Of these
losses. made under the direction of a
special company organized for the Iask,
the Fireman's Fund reorganized With a
maid up capital of s1,6oo,0oo, and net
surplus Of over 100000 This corpora
zion took back the business that had
been transferred to the new company
after the conhagration, together with
anv and ali additions thereto
Had il not been for the company's 5
FOOD name. the loyalty Of local agents.
and. chiefly, the confidence Of prop
ertv owners. a transaction Of such mag
nitude would never have been possible.
II had never before been attempted by
underwriters. but such was the firm
foundation upon which the company
rested. its widely extended business
throughout the United States grew with
,-ernarlza bic rapidity during all this
period OF readjustment, and at the
oAeeant time the Fireman's Fund is as
e1Der a power IN the insurance world
3 before the confiagration that Grip
pIeS many weaker companies so badly
that they never regained their stand
sng-l
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
SPRINGFIELD FIRE
PAID ALL LOSSES
Public Trust Justified by
Insurance COmpany's
Record

Ia 1s49 3 number of prominent citi-
zens of Springfield Mass, secured
charter from the general court OF that
state for a fire and marine insurance
company. The company soon after be-
gan business with a paid up capital of
s15O,00o, the first years total premiums
amounting TO $4,000. From this mod
est beginning, the company has stead
lily grown until as shown by its sworn
statement at the beginning of the pres
ent year, its paid up capital is $4,000
600 and its gross assets s9,761, ,460.23,
while it transacts. business through
about 5000 agencies located in every
state of the union. and has paid losses
to its policy holders aggregating $4e.-
7eS.S46.4O. including s1,s3S,10s.s1 dis
bursed to san Francisco claimants on
account of the confagration of April,
1906.
The phenomenal increase of the COM
pany's income from the Pacific coast
during the last four years is indica-
tive OF the place it occupies in the con-
fidence and esteem of the fnsuring pub
lie
The Springfield. from the first. was
opposed to any horizontal cut in set
Element of its San Francisco losses and
was the first to declare that losses
should be adjusted and settled on their
merits. From the beginning this COM
pany gave to the press an honest esti-
mate of its losses in the great confiag-
ration-an estimate that proved TO be
within few thousand dollars of its
actual losses as adjusted and paid.
The company maintains a complete
agency plant, with representatives at
every place of Importance. the principal
Offices Of the Pacific department being
located in the Kohl building, corner
of California and Montgomery streets,
San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

In addition supplying this production OF
the dairy called supply milk for the rapidly
increasing production of fair amount OF
although industry received little attention.
profitable byproduc IN
The of milk that hogs and poultry have
commanded skim milk has been substantial source OF
dairy which combined with the high prices
quick production been kept the back
that reached by cheese IN San
switch the production OF
California
gain OF SlOo3473 n 1898 S25224,l5l in 1908
the of the industry for the present
back about the 1890 About
order things dairy industry Of
babies and for the breakfast
the MIXED
put had doorstep before the
him personally, wehad faith IN
honesty quality his milk That OF milk distribution has
passed place milk dealer who gets his milk
20 possibly 100 miles from the
city division in the OF responsibility for
quality becomes possibly he IS right but maybe
nc Is uaappreciative
drynan may his surroundings but
through dividing the milk supply by
having producer separate distributor develop what
milk problem based
purity and wholesomeuess OF the milk
ofactor areco n this problem
legislation relation the quality OF milk sanitary
inspection vogue that milk produced and
handled cities of the milk producer and
conducting their business The dairy
toy the papers, agricultural college dairy organizations and other
"A oual the that while there still
ound the milk supply still
vast Improvement California cities that it
ent agriculture conditions that
Of under conditions to those
nv other part OF achievement dairymen
feel pr0ud
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

dairymen claim that the skim milk OF
a cow will pay the cost of milking her
and for her care. leaving the amount
realized for her butterfat as profit and
compensation for the food she con-
sumes.
Go into any good dairy district of
California and you viii see on every
side evidence of the prosperity that
follows the dairy business-bills paid
no mortgages. except among beginners
in the dairy line; plenty of money on
deposit in the local banks. good homes,
good schools and cententment gener-
ally. No wonder the COW pastures are
not only attracting TO California the
farmers from other states less favored
for dairying, but also drawing to them
the clerk. the professional man, the
trade workmen-and even the business
men of our cities. Give man 40
acres Of good alfalfa land in Califor-
MIA and 20 good cows and he is on
velvet" indeed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

new locomotive above referred to was
purchased at "a cost of $15,373.
In addition to the above the board
has commenced construction of sec
tion of the belt railrQad on the south
ern end OF the water front. This Sec
ton will serve the piers that have
been recently completed in that neigh
borhood, and will also have a small
storage yard for cars in that vicinity
The work, now under way, will cost
approximately $4,000. This belt rail-
road will be continued northward as
fast as seawall construction will al
low, until it finally connects with the
belt railroad north of Market street.
A railroad track is now being laid
along the front of the grain sheds
from the foot of Lombard street to the
intersection of Beach and Dupont
streets This is to be followed by such
other in1prov vements as the commerce
of that part of the port renders neces-
sary
About year ago the harbor commis
sion changed its dredging operations
and put the large dredging plant on
a "a hour basis instead of eight. The
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
SAN FRANCHCO'S
MODERN PORT

Continued from Page 20
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
THE VIAvI SYSTEM OF TREATMENT FOR MEN


Catarrh of the head, al
ways offensive and.,weak-
ening, and often produe-
ing loss Of smell or of hear
ing, yields to the Viavi
treatment and the whole
system is SO regulated and
strengthened as to be for
titled against a probable
return of the disease.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
Indigestion has MANY

Indigestion has many
melting causes, manifests
itself in many distressing
symptoms and is the fruit
frll parent of intense
agony and suffering. 1t
is overcome by Viavi,
which restores to Nature
her lost reactive powers
in the stomach and
throughout the whole ali
nentary tract.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

mountains That for use at other sea-
sons was salted heavily, packed down
In pickle, and while much of it was
good. soute-wen we still have the taste
of it in our mouths. But about 1890
there was started in California what
is known as the public creamery sys-
ten-hrst in Humboldt county, and it
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20

Going back prior to 1880 again. We
md that butter making was then con
fined 20 the farm on which the cows
were kept. The rule of the thumb pre-
vailed in treating the milk and the
cream in making butter Most Of the
butter was made during the season
when the grass was green on the hills
and in the valleys OF the Coast range
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
California Cows Are Responsible for
Great Annual Reuenue

Dan Francisco and the district surrounding the have 10 be
proud of fact that that travelled perhaps remark This
the high quality OF The butter served and sold
e and hotels Even the cheapest this supply good butter
rule better than hostenes the offer triple the
cost Sanitary conditions diaries and official
modern methods handling the poductese the achievements that
count the health of people and the reputation of community
By H SAYLOR,
Paei6
industry the industrial
OF California especially when consider her industries from the
standpoint the industry based on the
dairy Not the of OF production mas
there been dairy industry during n
last Is wonderfully the quality output its whole
and its making capacity
following the industry let present figures
ct show the the state for 10 years. from
1898 1903
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
The Viavi

The Vavi preparations should be in every The Viav
Company, 636652 Pine Street. San Francisco publishes
erestng book "Th Vav Hygiene which practical orma
ton about health and disease and fully explains the Vav System of
Treatment Send eight and receive copy
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-20
Hemorrhoids and Piles

and their dreadful conse-
quences of liberation and
assesses are thoroughly
and permanently cured by
the Viavi system of treat
ment, which corrects the
abnormal collection of
venous blood in the rectal
veins. caused by impeded
circulation within any
part of the abdominal and
pelvic cavities.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-19
.PlNEY Run Ann aPRlcKETT's
To NJ IN CREEK

The heath of our community is fair.
ly good except bad colds.
Mr.. c. c. White, %! Fairmont, was
circulating among t:'ends here Sun.
day.
Mr.. Thomas Kirk and daughter,
Laura, were helpin.; Clayton Won
butcher Monday. He butchered one
large porter and two beeves.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Travis attended
the funeral of Squire Huffman at Mt.
Nebo, last week.
Mr. Clayton Wolf bought fine beef
COW Of Herschel T, thman one day
last week.
The big coal mines formerly known
as the Long Coal AMI Coke Company,
Is running full blast this week, with
Mr.. Homer Pool as mine boss land
Mr.. Will Hayhurst Is mine inspector.
Mr.. Ell Hayhurst is mule driver.
Mr.. Johi Robey. OF Fairmont, was
calling at Clayton VOLTS one day last
week. LUCKY BILL.