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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05
FInmss cause 5000 pamage.

Damage estimated at 5000 and excite
ment verging on panic were caused by
a fire in the furnace room OF the Ingle-
side apartments. Lamont and Mount
Pleasant streets northwest, about $50
o'clock yesterday morning. Firemen ex-
tinguished the blaze in a few minutes.
The building is the property OF Charles
Reid Reiiiey
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05
ADVERTISING TALKS.
WRITTEN BY WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

HAVE KEPT FAITH
WITH MY CUSTOMER.
He isn't supposed TO know
technically, and we are. It's
our fault, unintentional, of
course-not his-and he's
not going to bear the brunt
OF it if | know it.
That's how have climbed
up to the very topmost rung
OF this tailoring ladder; and
through absolute fairness I
am determined to merit hold
ing this first place. You will
find me ready to do a little
more, rather than a little less,
than the right thing. I er=~
joy good clothes, and I want
my customers TO have the
same enjoyment, unalloyed
by any dissatisfaction
great or small.
All of Mr.. Gatchell's talks are
good. He uses a double column
space averaging about five inches
In depth. He runs three talks
each week. He touches on every
side of the merchant tailoring
business, and | am told he has
won a great reputation for HIM
self-that he does a good bust
ness, and that he is A STANCI
BELIEVER IN NEWSPA-
PER PUBLICITY.
Why should not merchant tai
lors advertise? The proportion of
people who buy ready-made
clothes is greater than those who
buy clothes made to order. There
fore, there is real necessity for
the merchant tailor to do IN
TELLIGENT EDUCATION
AL ADVERTISING. Merely
sending out circulars won't do the
trick.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05
VIII Operate on DIR. FIeKner.

New York. Dec. Abr. Simon Flexner,
director OF the Rockefeller Institute. win
be operated on for appendicitis to-mor-
row at the Presbyterian Hospital. DIT.
Flexner's physicians, among whom is
Or. Joseph A. Blake the surgeon, say
that the attack is mild. DIR. Blake is ex-
pected 10 operate.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05

I have been very much inter
ested in a series of advertise
ments running in The Washing
ton Herald-"TAIL ORIN @
TALKS" by J. FRED CATCH
ELL, a merchant tailor of Wash
ington, D. c.
| have often wondered why
MERCHAN T TAILORS in
every community do not adver-
tise in newspapers. 1t would pay
them to do so.
Here is one of Mr.. Gatchell's
talks that particularly impressed
me:
The fault doesn't lie in
making a mistake, but in not
being willing to rectify it.
None of us is infalible.
Flaws will creep into wool
ems unseen; errors are even
possible in cutting and max
ing. We are all human; and
any known safeguard of
system and organization is
liable to slip a cog once in
a while.
BUT THAT CAN
NEVER BE A LOSS TO
A CUSTOMER OF NINE,
nor the cause of a moments
embarrassment to him. Not
only will l MAKE IT
RIGHT-but I sincerely
thank him if he'll bring the
matter to my attention. I
have so instructed every
member of my selling force.
Gatchell Clothes go to you
supposedly ABSOLUTELY
PERFEC and if
THEY'RE NOT, I WANT
TO KNOW IT. I may even
have to make another gar
ment in its place. But
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05
Count Won Gutenberg Dead.

Berlin, Dec. 4.-Count Ludwig Won Eu-
lenberg is dead. In 1904 he married Miss
Frances Lyle, OF Delaware
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
The Calling Gun Patented December 5.

all its contents. including the guns and
all the plans and patterns, were totally
destroyed by fire, and DR.. Calling had
10 begin all over again.
Several were finally ready, but the in
ventor failed to induce the chief OF ord
nance to even examine his invention.
Gen. BENJAMIN F. Butler, however was
quick 10 perceive the advantages OF the
machine gun, and bought twelve of them
on his own account for use on the James
River. The government finally adopted
them. and in August. 1866, after the war
had closed. an order was given by the
chief Of ordnance for 100 Of them. They
were made and delivered TO the govern
ment in 1861
In that year, and again In 1870. DR..
Calling visited Europe in the interest OF
his invention. Since the approval Of the
gun by the United States it has been
adopted by every gun-bearing nation on
the globe. 1t has scattered shot on
Alaskan shores, and as an unflinching
van and rear guard protected Stanley in
the African wilds. In its perfected form
| the gun may be described as a number.
usually ten, of breech-loading rifle bar
rels grouped around a common axis.
with which they lie parallel and revolv-
| ing with IL. Only one barrel is fired at
/ a time, and but once In a revolution.
Some patterns are capable of discharging
| loo balls a minute. The cartridges are
fed automatically into the breech. and
the empty shells are similarly discharged.
The Calling guns are made OF various
! calibers. and have the remarkable range
OF one and n half miles. The gun Is
sighted. and then the firing is done by
turning a crank. DIR. Calling received
many honors from scientific bodies and
| from foreign governments.
| On December 8 occurred the kingly
| ceremony IN England of acknowledging
the independence OF the United States IN
the House OF Lords. In 1852. 1t is the
cate OF the discovery OF Haiti, in 1882;
that Louis Kossuth. the Hungarian pa
4 triot arrived in America, in 1881. and
that the Brooklyn Theater fire occurred.
| in 1876 on December 5. 1856. Macbeth
was defeated and killed by Macdun at
Lumphanan. To-day is the birthday OF
Martin Van Buren,. eighth President OF
the United States 07S2): Robert Harley.
prime minister of England under Queen
Anne Qe6D Thomas J. Rusk, Secretary
| OF War under Harrison ds03l; Rear Ad-
mTal Upshur GS2O, and George A. Gus
| ter. the cavalry officer 0S30 II is the
date Of the death OF Mozart. the COM
| poser. in 1891. and Gen. Anthony Wayne,
! I'm 1875.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05

The United States imported II s7 ounces Of platI
nun n eight months this year. worth s2.057.446
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05
Election Expenses

Have made many people short
for Christmas. Borrowers seeking
a loan bank where they can get
the cheapest loan quoted IN the
city should visit THE Mercaut lie"
A loan OF $780, for example. for one
month costs but $3.50 one rate
10 all, and that tho lowest. IS
years under Iublic scrutiny and
enjoying public approval 1905 G
street NV. Ground floor
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05
ELKS MOURN DEAD
IN ANNUAL SERVICE
Honor Departed Members in
Impressive Memorial.
NINE ON THE DECEASED ROLL

Exalted Ruler Rossa f. Downing
Presides Over Exercises at Ma
fred II. HOIIey, OF HaoIxensnck, n.
j., Pays Eloquent Tribute.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05
Largest organ I'm City.

The first organ recital was given on
the reconstructed organ at St. Paurs
Episcopal Church, Twenty-third street,
near Washington Circle. last night by
Edgar Priest. organist Of the National
Cathedral of SIS. Peter and Paul. The
organ at st. Palrs is one of the largest
in the city.
Jerome X Jerome's Passing Of the
Third Floor Back was the subject OF
the sermon delivered by Rev. Edwin
Evans pastor Of the Peoples Church. in
Pythian Temple yesterday morning.
With a large congregation in attend
ance. the revival services at the Fifth
Baptist Church. conducted by William
D. Upshaw, the well-known Georgia
evangelist, and Rev Dr. John E. Briggs,
pastor closed last night. Mr.. Upshaw
will be heard for the last time tonight
in a lecture. "JOhn and his hat"
The new Baptist church at Lincoln
Park, Rockville Md. was dedicated with
appropriate services yesterday afternoon.
Rev. Francis <. Pree. formerly OF VII
liamsburg. Va. is the pastor. He is a
former employe OF the Pan-American
Union.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-05
Music a Feature.

The sextet from Lucia Di Lammer-
moor" was rendered by Messrs. Whit
comb, Joergensen. r. F. Clark, Edward
McIntire, and c. o. Frey, and a barry
tone solo, "Hark. Hark. My Soul" by
Brother r. r. ROderick. followed
The second memorial address was de-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
GIVING AWAY WEALTH.
Rockefeller Seeking Methods to 6ene-
fit His EeIIowr7en

Rockefeller Seeking Methods to 5ene-
fit His FeIlowmen.
Washington.-Step have been TAX
en- to incorporate the Rockefeller
foundation in the District of Colum-
bia. The bill for this purpose was in
trofuced by Senator Gallingher and
was referred to the committee on jul
dietary. The purpose of the founda-
ton is to provide for a general or
ganization to conduct philanthropic
work along all lines. It is understood
that the foundation will be endowed
largely by John D. Rockefeller and
that he takes this means to dispose
of large part of his enormous
wealth.
The incorporators named in the bill
are John D. Rockefeller, John d.
Rockefeller, Jr., Fred T. Gates, Starr
J. Murphy, and Charles o. Heydt.
These incorporators are authorized to
select associates, not to exceed a to-
tai of twenty-five, and it is provided
that there shall not be at any time
less than five.
It was stated by Senator CALM
CHER that Mr.. Rockefeller already had
given S52,O00,O0O, and that he was
seeking a method Of disposing of his
fortune that would benefit mankind
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
"'Uncle Joe'' Was Forced to Sit Down

rose and assumed the attitude that is
SO familiar to everybody.
He jerked his hand out of his
pocket, and pointing it at Cox. but
addressing himself to the speaker,
Mr.. Carlisle of Kentucky, requested to
ask question Mr. Cox paid no at
tention to Uncle joe for several
minutes, but the latter was insistent
and finally Speaker Carlisle asked Cox
if he would yield the floor for ques-
ton. Cox paused for moment and
said:
Il will yield to the gentleman
from Siilaols lUr question on one
condition. Every time he interrupts
ne draws forth his hand and points
it at NE as if he had a pistol and
it frightens me. If the gentleman from
Illinois agrees while speaking to keep
his hand in his pocket, l will yield
the floor for question:
"'Uncle joe agreed But he had
not proceeded far when he nervously
drew forth his hand and again pointed
it directly at Cox. In a moment Cox
was on his feet, and, declaring that
Cannon had violated his agreement
demanded that Cannon resume his
seat. And Uncle joe had to sit down :"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
Sh! Girls, Green Peas Make You Flirt

should be taken, particularly by the
young because it produces energy and
develops constancy, and French string
beans are said to constitute an ideal
diet for poets and artists.
White haricOt beans should be eaten
by intellectual workers. because they
restore the nervous system and
should, the science holds, be pre-
ferred as a strengthening food to any
sort of meat and especially beef
Disraeli, Carlyle, Daudet and Ibsen
fed on haricot beans.
Caulif1ower and cabbages are very
nourishing, but are not advocated, be-
cause they have the drawback of pro-
ducing vulgarity of character and
slowness of perception.
The eguminotherapists declare that
these vegetables have all the good
qualities that are embodied in either
meat or eggs without having, how
ever, their inconvenience. A proper
and carefully measured vegetarian
diet is the treatment suggested by
utilizing vegetables for the physical
and moral welfare of the human race.
The absence of meat, it is held, pre-
vents person from being vicious and
bloodthirsty.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
81 eddy Absent, Capital Men Drink Tea

The five o'clock tea" is considered
by Washington hostesses who have
the spirit of continental entertaining
as, happy medium between Tho
breakfast and the dinner Breakfast
usually occurs at an hour when men
are already busy with their affairs
While the dinner is looked upon as too
ponderous
With the beginning of the Easter
season the president and Mrs Taft
viii again inaugurate their lawn par
ties, which is different name for
afternoon teas. Meanwhile. Lent is in
the propitiOus season for such infor
nal entertainments. especially of an
afternoon
Washington men would now be Civ
ing more teas if they lived in quar-
ters suitable for such affairs. The
one hotel in Washington that is actual
ly giving a tea hour does not appeal
to the smartest.
Teas at the Chevy Chase club at
the Country cub and similar places
are also considered disadvantageous
First the distance is too great, and
attend nee at them and the return
home to change for dinner requires
much time
Hostesses in the capital do not
deny that teas without men are very
insipid
With the presidential approval of
this revival of afternoon teas-in fact,
with the desire of Mr. Taft to see his
assistants and the naval and military
officers sparkle little more in the
social frmament-therei is no question
that the tea will become within the
next tWelvemonth the most satisfac-
tory and popular social function. They
are also comparatively inexpensive.
and for this reason many men who
cannot afford to give large parties Of
formal character will have an oppor-
tunity to entertain.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
LYNCHlNG IN TEXAS.
Mob of 5000 Takes Negro From Court
House,

House.
Dallas, TeX.-Allen Brooks, a ne
gro, charged with assaulting a three
year-old white girl, was lynched here
by mob composed of, it is estimated,
5000 men.
Brooks was in the court room
awaiting trial when the mob sur
rounded the officers and threw the
negro from the second story window,
breaking his neck.
A rope was then placed around
the dead mans neck and he was
dragged down Main street, a distance
of ten blocks. to the Elks arch, where
the body was strung up. The police
succeeded in preventing the body of
the negro from being burned
Brooks, who assaulted three-year-
old Mary Bueyens, was at once in
dicted by the grand jury and an i'm
mediate trial ordered. In the mean-
time he had been taken to Sherman
Jail for safe keeping. He was after
wards brought to Dallas and taken at
once to the court room. Pending the
argument Of the negro's attorney for
a conclusion, the mob overpOwered
the officers and captured the prisoner
and threw him from the window
Sheriff Ledbetter and his deputies
were powerless to prevent the lynch
ing.
The militia and extra police were
ordered out, but before they could
reach the scene the mob had secured
possession of the negro.
Mob afterward stormed Jail in the
effort to secure two other negro pris-
oners, but these had been spirited
away and escaped its vengeance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
LOUISVILLE TRAGEDY.
Man Kills Young Girl and Then Has
Pistol cattle With Pclicc.

Louisville, Ky-Arthur i lies, a
married man, shot Gad Instantly
killed Bessie Stiff, aged "a, under a
bright arc light in the residence dis
trict Of this city, and then engaged in
q duel with two policemen who had
been attracted by The shots, making
his escape only to be arrested at the
depot, where he was waiting to board
train
1t was not until the brother of the
dead woman told of an affair betwe en
his sister and the prisoner that Miles
was connected with the SHOOTING.
Then, though the fact that the woma
had died was withheld from him, he
made a confession, saying they had
met on the street ana quarreled.
"She ruined my home" he is claimed
to haev said, ''and when she wanted
my wife to leave town, and made ugly
remarks about her, shot her. l don't
know what happened after that"
Miles wife, it is said, has been liv-
ing at Erin, Tenn. He has been em-
ployed as a shipping clerk in fac
tory here.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
w WyAsHINGToN.-After a seven-year

ENASHINGTON.-After a seven-year
" LAPSE during the Roosevelt ad.
ministra ton men are again giving
teas. because President Taft does not
consider tea drinking mo,lycoddish
During the last year of the Roosc-
velt administration men at teas were
very scarce. Even the diplomats who
were careless of Roosevelt's vigorous
ly expressed views (Which often they
did not understand finally yielded to
the influence that eventually caused
but handful of them to be present
Teas in the afternoon practically were
wiped off the social slate
Now this is all changed. Even the
United States army is becoming host
at teas. and Capt Sherwood A. Cheney
gave tea recently to Miss Roosevelt,
daughter of the man who believed that
an officer who would be host at a tea
was no soldier. The officers at Fort
Myer and the Marine barracks expect
soon to give teas.
That tea of Capt. Cheney was the
third big tea of the season, although
the first to be given by an American
Two other large affairs were presided
over, one by the secretaries of the
German embassy on the occasion of
the Emperor Williams birthday and
the other by the Marquis de Villalobar.
the Spanish minister, who took ad-
vantage of the occasion to receive
who is who" in Washington by way
of official introduction, although his
transfer to Lisbon had been gazetted
ously.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
THREE ARE SHOT DOWN.
State Legislators and Deputy Sheriff
Attacked In North Carolina.

state Legislators and Deputy SheriH
Attacked In North Carolina.
Scotland Neck, N. C.-State Sena-
tor E. L. Travis and Representative
A. P. Kitchin, brother of Governor
w. w. Kitchin and Congressman
Claud Kitchin, of the second North
Carolina district, and Deputy Sheriff
G. w. Dunn, all of Halifax county,
were shot down on the main street
Of the town by E. E. Powell, a
wealthy and prominent citizen.
Travis and Kitchin are seriously
and Dunn fatally wounded.
Details of the shooting are meager.
According to the best information OBJ
tainable, Powell met his three vic
tins walking alcrs the street to-
gether He approached Senator
Travis and asked him his reason for
not replying to letter he had writ
ten him. Representative Kitcnin
thinking that Powell was out of hui
NOR, placed his hand gently on his
shoulder and uttered words intended
to placate him. Without further
words, it is said, Powell jirew a pistol
and shot Kitchin down, and in quick
succession fired on Travis and Dunn,
both victims falling to the ground.
Powell then walked to- his store, and
securing a shotgun, barricaded him
self, resisting arrest. No effort was
made to arrest him, and later he sur
rendered to an officer, and was taken
to the county Jail at HaIiftx.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
RACE RIOT IN FLORIDA.
Superintendent For Contractor and a
Deputy Sheriff Killed.

superintendent For Contractor and q
Deputy Sheriff Killed.
Tampa, Fla.-News has reached
this city of a shooting affray which
occurred near Palmetto, about 40
miles south of here, in which two men
were killed.
Sam Stribbling, superintendent for
a prominent contractor of this city,
had a dispute with a negro employee
about wages, resulting in the negro
drawing a pistol and killing Strib-
bling instantly. The negro then es-
capped into the woods. Telephone
messages brought Sheriff Wyatt from
Bradentown with a posse and blood.
hounds. Later the negro was chased
into the house of another negro, who
had Winchester rifles and a supply OF
ammunition. In an exchange of shots
which followed, Deputy Sheriff Mat.
thews, who led the chase, was shot
and killed. AS the posse was NSmall
one, the ofEce left for reinforce.
ments and the negroes escaped from
the house.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11

fsA NEW story on Uncle joe that
"A I am told never was printed
was related to me by former Gov
Benton McMillin of Tennessee while
was travelling with him recently" said
Representative James NJ. Cox of Day
ton, o., in WasHin6 6tG4l 'l5cenuy
1T was my first meeting with Gov
McMillin, and my name suggested the
story When McMillin was in the
house a number of years ago the
brilliant Sunset Cox of Ohio was a
member of that body as was also the
present speaker. On one occasion,
according to Gov. McMillin, Cox got
up to make a speech on some momen-
tous question.
LAS always when Cox spoke he had
the attention of the house. He had
launched into his subject and was
addressing himself to an important
phase of his speech when Uncle joe
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
TEN RESCUED ALIVE
Passengers Buried for so Hours
Under Avalanche.
WERE ALMOST CRAZED

1t is Feared That Death List From
Disasters to Trains by Snow Slides
May Reach One Hundred and
Fifty.
Spokane, Wash-It is reported
here that ten persons have been res
cued alive from the trains buried by
the Wellington avalanche, after nav
ing been entombed so hours. The
passengers were nearly crazy from
their sufferings in the dark under the
hard-packed snow.
Everything indicates tnat the death
list may reach a total of $50. Al
ready 81 dead have been taken out
and desperate efforts are being
made to reach those believed to be
in the piled-up gorge sepulcher With
the masses of snow and ice rising
mountain high and interviewer with
tons Of debris, there is a probability
that many of the bodies may remain
in the ice until almost midsummer.
Great fears are entertained for the
safety of the 100 rescuers who, are
tunneling through the ice. Warmer
weather the past three days he start
ed the snow melting ana there is fear
of another avalanche. THIRTY labor
ers in the employ of the Great North
ern railroad at Wellington are miss
ing and it is believed all are dead.
Since the blockade occurred the
force Of workmen has been daily aug
mented. Not including those l.;iled,
there are from $50 to 800 men en-
gagged in blockade removal and the
rebuilding Of the wrecked road. The
lives Of these are menaced all the
time by threatened slides.
Seven miles of the Great Northern
tracks north Of Helena are reported
washed out.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
AUDIENCE HoRRIFIED.
Actress Breaks Her Neck in Presence

Actress Breaks Her Neck in Presence
OF Thester Crowd.
Cincinnati.-Fifteen hundred peo-
pie were horror-stricken at a local
vaudeville theatre here, wnen, at the
conclusion of an act, a performer
named Augusta Fassio, while poised
on her brothers head, Is feet above
the stage, lost her balance and fell
head foremost to the floor, breaking
her neck. She was rushed to the hos
pital and an operation was hurriedly
performed, but the opinion of the ply.
sicians was that she had little chance
of recovery.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
Amount Of Rainfall.

Recent authorities assure us tnat
If all the rain which falls upon tne
earth were allowed to accumulate IN
a basin of the same area of the terres-
trial surface, it would almost be col
lection of eight feet deep at the emu
of the year. The heaviest ralnlaii
known upon the earth occurs upon the
mountain slopes beyond the head Oh
the Bay of Bengal and amounts upon
the average to 610 inches, or nearly
81 feet. in the course of the year. One
inch of rain implies fall Of 1Ol tons
of water upon each acre Of GROUND.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-11
BIG STRIKE IMMINENT.
Trainmen Reject Proposition of 3. G
c, Officials.

Trainmen Reject Proposition of 8. G
c. Officials.
Baltimore, Md.-By a 80 per cent.
vote the trainmen of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad have rejected the
wage offer of the officials of the sys-
tenn. The trainmen communicated
the fact to the officials of the compa-
ny, and, after a brief session. all ne
gotiations between the company and
the representatives of the trainman
were broken off.
p A. B. Garretson, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
announced that great strike was in
evitable.
Immediately following this, it was
announced by officials Of the road that
Charles P. Knapp, chairman Of the
interstate commerce commission. and
Charles P. Neill, United States labor
commissioner, had been asked to ar
range for an arbitration commission
in an effort to avert one of the great
est strikes in the history of the coun-
try. ..