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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-29
REDMOND'S FOE WINS.
William 0'Brien Now Has Two Seats
in Parliament.

London, Jan. 2s,-Winiam O'Brien. who
has been out of Irish politics for some
time. was elected to-day for the north
east division of Cork County He IS now
a member or Parliament for two places.
He was returned for Cork city some
days ago. The reason he contested the
Cork County division was to prevent the
election of follower of John Redmond,
the leader Of the Nationalists. When he
goes TO Westminster to take HIS seat In
Parliament, Mr.. O'Brien will have to
decide which constituency he will sit for.
He cannot represent both Gladstone was
once elected for two constituencies; so
was the late Charles Stewart Parnell.
Capt. F. E. Guest, who married a
daughter Of Henry Phlpps. Of the Amerl-
can Steel Corporation. has been returned
to Parliament as a Liberal member for
East Dorset
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VARDAMAN MEN LOSE.
Wild Confusion on Floor Of Missis-
sippi House During Caucus.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 2S.-Scenes Of Wild
confusion were witnessed on the floor Of
the house to-day during the senatorial
caucus.
Speaker Street was powerless 10 stem
the storm. though his gaveI was working
automatically and loudly. After an hour
of bitter wrangling, with scores on their
feet trying to talk at once quiet was
sufficiently restored to- permit of a roll
call, and the Byrd resolution was un-
defeated. Sc to a. the Vardaman followers
being the losers.
After the first caucus ballot, on which
a complimentary vote Of "a was given
Judge Critz, OF West Point. his name
was withdrawn, and he is no longer q
candidate for the senate He had never
received over six votes, and his with
drawal made no change in the deadlock,
Vardaman receiving Il on the last ballot
OF the day. The caucus adjourned till
Monday night.
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the Champs Elysees owing 70 landsIides.
woman disappeared in a yawning cav
ity, which opened beneath her feet. 4
carter. with his horse, also disappeared.
The carter was saved. but the horse was
lost.
A boat containing four soldiers was
washed from a side street into the Seine.
Two Of the occupants, fearing the boat
would Be carried away. Jumped into the
water and saved themselves by clingng
to the branches OF a tree. The third
man, trying 10 follow them. was caught
in the current and drowned The fourth
soldier was saved by means Of e rope
thrown 10 him.
The VOisin aeroplane works, with a
dozen new aeroplanes, has been destroyed
at Issy. Several -aeroplane sheds have
been swamped and the machines are IN
der water.
An urgent telegram from Gennevillieres
to the prefect says that in consequence
Of the dixie breaking. the whole country
is being flooded. The panic is general
Boats are begged for.
Visitors are leaving many Of the Paris
hotels in alarm. HunoTeds are fleeing 70
the Riviera. The cafes are Illuminated
with candles and oil lamps.
One Of the greatest needs OF the city
is boats. All those available in the neigh
borhood Of the city were put 10 use at
The outset Of the food, but since the ex-
tension Of the inundation they have been
sent to the outlying districts. where con-
IS now q great scarcity in the flooded
parts OF the city. and there is conse-
quentIy no means Of getting about. More
sailors arrived to-day with boats from
the North coast. but the supply is still in
adequate.
subway Architect Alarmed.
On the Place de rOpera the sidewalk
has collapsed. The gas lamp posts ars
inclined at all sorts Of angles. The archk
tect Of the Metropolitan subways con-
slders the situation very alarming.
In the inundated sections Of the city
planks have been installed on wooden
horses. from which the bakers deal out
the bread. The market gardeners Of such
suburbs as are not submerged have
started improvised markets in their farm
wagons and supplied the place OF the
shopkeepers whose shops are under water.
Several OF the hospitals had to be
evacuated. particularly Boucicaul. from
which 400 patients were taken out in
fifty minutes. Among these were several
at the point Of death. The transfer made
a scene Of the most moving and painful
description. Each sick person was
wrapped up in a couple Of ooverlets and
then handed over to the fremen. who car
ried them TO the automobiles which were
waiting to carry them TO other hospitals.
Thirty Feet at PORt Royal.
The Seine rose to-day TO a height Of
more than thirty feet at the Pont Royal.
NJ. BarthOu, minister Of Justice and
his family have been driven from their
home in the Avenue Dandin They left
their residence in boats, and are now
refuging In the courts of justice.
The residents OF the Rue St Donaiqus
have been without provisions since We'd
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Kansas City, Jan. 2S.-Col. Thomas II.
Swope, multimiIlionaire. and c. Swope,
his nephew. died from strychnine poison
ing. This information was contained IN
a telegram received this afternoon by
John G. Paxton. a private attorney for
the Swope heirs,
Mr. Paxton Will leave tomorrow for
Chicago to return Immediately with the
official report Of the toxocologists. who
for the past ten days have been making
an analysis OF the vital organs OF the
two men. No arrests are expected until
next week
VIII Soon Have Report.
Prosecuting Attorney Conklng said to-
night that he expects 10 have the official
report and the other evidence gathered
by the attorneys in his possession within
forty-eight hours.
Until these documents are in my Of
fee. drawn up in legal form.'' said the
prosecutor, there will be no arrest un-
less the suspected person attempts to
leave the city, In which case be would
be arrested no matter what the hour
might be"
The telegram, from Chicago, which an
nounced that DR.. Walter Haines and DIT.
Ludwig Hekteon had found poison in
the stomachs of the two dead members
of the swope family, lends confirmation
to the theory advanced some weeks ago
that deliberate plot existed 10 extermi-
nate the entire Swope family
Died in Commissions,
Col. Swope, whose fortune is variousIy
estimated at from four TO six million dol
lars, died in cOnvulsions. His nephew
died under similar circumstances. Short
ly afterward eight members of the Swope
family were stricken with typhoid. Then
came the startling statement that a per-
son who would benefit by the death of
the members of the Swope family had
purchased typhoid bacilli from a Kan
sas City toxocologist. This bacilli it is
alleged, was planted in the Swope home.
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CHERRY TREES TO GO.
Secretary Wilson Fears They Will
Hurt Agriculture.

Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson has OF
dered the destruction Of the 200 japanese
cherry trees recently presented by the
municipality OF Tokyo TO the government
for decorative purposes IN potomac Park.
this city.
Every possible care and precaution were
taken in the handling and shipment OF
these trees. after their arrival in America,
and .1he packages reached Washington IN
excellent condition on January G.
Reports OF the entomologists and plant
pathologists showed the roots 10 be badly
affected with root gallworm. fungus dis
ease, and insect pests. some hitherto un-
known in this country. whose introduc-
ton might result IN enormous detriment
10 trees and agriculture generally.
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HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.

Pages.
1-Paris Cut Of by Floods.
Death Summons Gen. Draper.
Taft Favors a Change.
2-Publishers Gives a Dinner.
Taft Makes a Speech.
SBallinger-Pinch Inquiry Lags.
Publishers Hold Annual Dinner,
Auto Show Nearing End.
Army and Navy Orders.
5-Society.
Love and Law in Clash.
Hunters Follow the Fox.
Editorials. isI IN
I'm World Of Women.
S-SpOTung
9-News of the Churches.
10-Weekly Review Of Trade
1l-Markets.
Daily Court Record.
12-Meeting OF School Board.
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WHOLE DISTRICTSARE SUBMERGED
Chamber of Deputies May Suspend Sessions.
Proposed to Close Schools Many Stocks
Slump Owing to Heavy Losses.

London jan 28Snce early in the evening only the befest te
grams from Paris have through owing the increased flooding
of the Central Telegraph Office and these have been transmitted very
slowly Communication by telephone is impossible The latest
yet received is contained dispatch Daily Mail dated
ln 81 P. m, which says:
"The following has just been received by telephone
Paris is entirely off from London owing the flooding Of
the Central Telegraph Office The situation tonight extremely
ca All day has raned pitess The rapidly ngung
Paris The from the Care ST. Lazare the Rue de
Pax in imminent danger owing the water that is rushing through
suberaneap Tonight there neither gas electric light
Champs Esees and only question OF time before
Champs Eyse will be flooded by the that tapping
the adjacent quays.
AT this point ephOnic communication with Paris suddenly
cut off,
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Mr.. TAFT ADVISES
REFORM IN HOUSE
Believes Committee on Rules
Should Be Enlarged.
REMOVE CANNON
Republican Members Visit the
White House for Facts.

President Taft believes the Committee
on Rules, the organization headed by the
Speaker. that is supposed 20 dominate
the House and shape ell legislation
passed by that body. should be enlarged
to the end that the committee may be
made more representative. and with a
view TO allowing, as far as possible. the
prejudice that has been excited in the
public mind against the potential leaders
Of the House, and, in fact. the House
itself
This subject was discussed by the Presi-
dent yesterday with Representatives DaI-
zell Of Pennsylvania. Boutell Of Illinois.
and Dwight of New York. appearing for
the regulars, and with Representative
Hayes, Of California, accredited minister
Of the insurgents
VIII Not Interfere.
The President made 1t clear he had no
intention of interfering in the organiza-
ton Of the House, or debating Just what
methods its leaders should pursue in the
matter of procedure.
He was interested he said. in obtain
ing legislative enactments outlined in his
measure. but would take no action that
could be construed as an interference
with the prerogatives Of a coordinate
branch of the government.
MessrS Dalzen Bouten, and Dwight
made an effort it is understood. to draw
out the President as to what his attitude
would be in the event that a movement
was started to remove the Speaker from
the Committee on Rules. On this point,
also. the President made It clear that he
would keep hands Off
From present indications a conference
or cauess Of the House Republicans will
be held next week to act on a resolution
providing for the enlargement of the
Committee on Rules. A majority Of regu-
lars, as well as insurgents, favor such a
reform. The real fight will come over the
proposal to remove the Speaker from the
committee.
Regulars VIII Oppose.
Most of the regulars will oppose such
move primarily on the ground that it
would humiliate the present occupant of
the Office.
On the main proposition, there is no
doubt, the majority favors a reform. and
that the change is certain to be made is
attested by regulars as well as insurgents.
At a meeting Of the Ohio delegation
yesterday the proposed enlargement Of
the Committee on Rules was discussed
That delegation favors the change, al
though no formal conclusion was reached
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-29
AUTOIST KILLED BY TROLLEY.
Robert c. LuttIe Dead and His Wife
MOFtRlly Injured

Hartford, Jan. &.-Robert c. Lutte. of
Hartford, was killed and his wife NOR
tally injured when their automobile was
struck by an interurban trolley car In
Rockville this noon. A third passenger
in the automobile, Louis Wiers, jumped
and was only slightly hurt.
The accident occurred at a crossing
where there is q sharp curve Both Mr..
and Mrs. Lutte were thrown some dis
tance.
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rHoIE nIsTRICTs srRMERGED. =


Earlier dispatches. none Of them later
than p. m. reported further subsidence
in the Place st. Michael The Quai de
Comfy and Quai de Malaquals are sub
merged. The floods are becoming worse
In the Trocadero district The Passy
Javel, Grenelle, and Champ de Mars
quarters and the Juvisy and Essons dis
tricts are wholly submerged.
The dixie at GenneviIlers, north Of the
city. has burst, Consequently the plain
below and many streets in Asnieres,
Colombes. and Genneviliiers are flooded
The lie de la Grand Jatte is completely
under water.
Cracks have appeared in the Pont Ma
tional, which carries the Ceinture Railway
across the Seine at the Quai d'Ivry. The
food is growing at st. Denis. where many
factories have been damaged. At this
place 2.500 persons are out Of work. There
is no gas or drinking water tNare.
The Hotel Terminus, adjoining the St
Lazare station, has been evacuated The
St. Lazare district has become one OF the
worse affected. The water was eight
inches deep in front of the station at
midday. all the levels below the street
being. of course, full Of water
Several fresh subsidences caused the
police to warn people to quit their houses.
and a large part Of the neighborhood IS
now evacuated. Sappers worked at high
pressure to prevent the water from the
st. Lazare district extending toward the
Place de TOpera, and they built n dam
across the Boulevard HaIssmann. The
food, however, burst the dam and
swamped the shops.
Buildings VIII Soon Collapse.
Subsequent consequences were renewed
.subsidences in the Place de rOpera and
the Boulevard des Capuclnes, where part
of the sidewalks went to the street level,
the trees and lampposts sinking or in
clining with the sidewalk. The left side
Of the Boulevard des Capucines is closed.
A building at the corner Of the Boulevard
des Capucines and the Rue de Ia Paix,
belonging 10 an American company.
seems to be in danger Of falling.
Indescribable confusion prevails. The
streets of the entire district from the
Care St. Lazare to the grand boulevards
are filed with solid phalanx Of au-
tomobiles. carriages, cabs, and vans. The
police are helpless. The noise is deafen-
ing.
An appalling catastrophe is feared In
the St Lazare district.
In the court yard of the station the
Pavement IS heaving \ torrent gushes
through the manhole The situation in
Place de Ia Concorde Is most alarming
The earth is heaving beneath the Nantes
Statue and the roadway is split. The
fashionable restaurant of lie Doyen is
an island. The Jardin de Paris Music
Hall is filled with a stream of rushing
water.
The Rue Royale is entirely roped off
The shops on this street did not even
dress their windows this morning.
The ministries Of foreign affairs. war.
commerce. and public works have been
invaded by the waters. With the sue
cessive closing of the bridges there is a
prospect OF It becoming Impossible to
cross the Seine
In addition TO the Boucicault Hospital,
the Maternity Hospital has been aban-
doned. TWO accidents have occurred in
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DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DAY.

Chamber of Commerce begins its
hearing on question OF nigh prices
O9 food.
Women arrange to take part in
the fight on eXtOrtiOn by arrang-
ing TO enroll members for the
WOmeB's Auxiliary 70 Anti-FOOd
Trust League.
Board OF directors OF League Will
issue menus and send out infOrma-
tiOn on preparation OF foods.
House subcommittee OF inquiry on
the increased cost of living In the
District shows interest in DIR. WI
ley'S plan 20 have twenty-five ad-
ditiOoal food inspectors.
senate debates cost OF food for
several hours, and takes up discus
sion of tariff rates and their rela-
tiOn 10 the present situation.
Some retailers have not reduced
the price of butter, while many
others have.
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PARIS CIT OFF BY FLOOD SITUATION MOST APPALLING
WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia
and Maryland-Rain or snow to-
day; clearing by tonight; to-
morrow partly cloudy; brisk to
high northeasterly, shifting to
northwesterly, winds.
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CHAMBER BEGINS
FOOD DISCUSSION
Dealer and Consumers gent
Before Committee.
FARMER BOY TO BLAME
Scarcity of Country Labor Re-
spOnSible, Says J. NJ. HOge.
FARMER BOY TO BLAME

Chairman Allen COntradIcts State
ment of Commission Man Who
Claims Beef Prices 4ave Advanced
But LittIe-J. Lynn YeagIe, OF Ma
tiOnal Ant-FOOd Trust League.
Gives Official Figures of Costs.
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BrOiler PHrlOr Car Service.
Daylight Train to Pittsburr.
Baltimore a Ohio RafIroa6

Pullman Broiler, Drawing-room, Smol.-
ing-roOm. Parlor Car service has been es-
tablished between Washington and Pitfs.
burg on Trains 55-l5. leaving WASHINGTON.
Union Station, $40 a. m, arriving PITTS,
burg 6:25 p. m.
The Broiler service includes steaks.
chops, potatoes. Sc, which will be served
30 patrons at any time desired en- route,
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Cuhn ccIehrntnn Rrnnhlin

Havana. Jan. 2S.-To-day was the ami
versary Of the re-establishment Of the
republic. The occasion was celebrated
by parade. Last night the cabinet gave
banquet In honor OF President Gomez,
and tonight the President returned the
compliment.
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NO WAR OF CONQUEST.
[ Germany Called Peace-IOving Ma

ermany Called Peace-IOving Ma
ton by Ambassadors.
London. Jan. 2S.-Count WoIf-Metter-
mich, the German ambassador, in an ad-
dress at a banquet Of the German socie-
ties OF London, said that Germany never
abused its power The Germans were a
peace-loving people. They could defend
themselves. and in case OF need could
defend themselves vigorously, but wars
Of aggression from lust OF conquest or
greed, or desire for glory were far from
their thoughts
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War Veteran and Former
Ambassador to Italy.
UNCONSCIOUSMA DAYS
Family Surround Bedside at
Close Of Long Illness.

Admiral Rixey Ministers VninIy In
til the End-Gen. Draper Was shot
Through the Body at the Battle of
the WiIderness-Was Once "A Cot
ton Manufactures and Later an
Influential Politician.
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BABY MELTS JUDGES HEART.
Cries in Court Saves Father from
Long Sing Sing Term,

New York, Jan. 2S.-Had not his year
old baby cried out in General Sessions
to-day as he stood before Judge Foster.
James Flynn, Of AZ West End avenue,
undoubtedly would have been sentenced
TO as long a term in States prison as
were his two companions
The judge had sent them away for ten
years each, and was about to give Flynn
n long sentence. when the baby's cry
was heard. Upon learning that the baby
was Flynn's, the judge remanded the
prisoner for an investigation.
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TYPHOID BACILL|
IN SWOPE'S FOOD
Startling Facts in Kansas
City Poison Case.
STRYCHNINE KILLS TWO
Millionaire and His Nephew
Die in Commissions.

Official Report of Chemical AnaIy-
sis of Vital Organs Ready and Ar
rest VIII be Made sOOn-Deliberate
Plot 20 Extermfnafe Entire Family
Revealed - Deaths Would Have
Benefited "A Suspected Relative.
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Negro Is Electrecuted.

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Richmond, Va, Jan. 2S-Willam Coin.
negro. who murdered Thomas Walker q
negro. in Roanoke. in a fit of Jealous
rage. was eiectrocuted this morning IN
the penitentiary.
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Following the investigation in the
House and Senate. the Chamber Of Com
merce had its first hearing into the
question Of food prices yesterday. when
James H. Hoge. a farmer and commits
sion man, and J. Lynn Yeagle. repre-
senting the consumers. were called upon
to enlighten the committee regarding the
cause Of the present condition and TO aid
in solving it.
Mr.. Hoge deplored the agitation, and
declared it had affected practically every
staple article He gave II as his opinion
that production had not kept pace with
consumption, and that the farmer boy
was seeking home In the city. until
the labor on the farm was so scarce as
to prevent the full yield of the fruitful
acres.
When Mr.. Hoge declared that beef
prices had advanced but little in recent
years. Chairman Albert, of the committee,
referred him to the figures from the
Indianapolis cattle markets, which
showed the prices this month have been
higher than since 1852, which was a year
OF great scarcity of cattle. Mr.. Hoge
gave much enllghtening information to
the committee. and promised to submit
some figures relative to the prices in this
city since 1900.
Gives Official Figures.
Mr. Yeagle, who was next called took
up the question of prices from the stand
point of the consumer. He argued that
the housewife is not so much concerned
about who makes the profits as she Is in
knowing why eggs have increased 100 per
cent, butter from p cents in 1900 to 40
cents in 1910. and why flour. which sold
for SS.25 a barrel ten years ago. should
now cost $675 These figures are official
Referring to the increased cost Of pro-
duction. he showed from Bradsreets re-
ports that labor had advanced about 80
per cent, while prices Of ten of the
staples had increased almost 100 per cent
in the same time. Mr.. Yeagle argued
for economy and asked for fair play
on the part of the producer, the middle
man, and the retailer.
The committee which IS q subcommit-
tee of the committee Of law and legisla-
ton. is composed Of Allen D. Albert, IT,,
chairman; Robert n. Harper, W. T. Cal
lIher, Charles W. Darr. A. Leftwlch Sin
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To Cincinnati without ChnnRe,
TsRntnkNIYnnfa RaIIrnnd

Through sleeping car leaves Washington
IT'S p. m. daily; 1S-hour service. Pullman
may be made through B. NJ
Newbold, D, P. A.. 18th and G sts.
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SI.25 baltimore and Return
naVffn,nra Il nEfA " II

Every Saturday and Sunday. All trains
both ways. both DAYS, except Roya! Lin
tied. City offices. 14l7 ST. and 6l9 Penna
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s1sz0 to Baltimore and Return
To-day and tomorrow via Baltimore &
Ohio r r.
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Saturdays and Sundays via Pennsylvania
Railroad. Tickets good returning until
Sunday night All regular trains except
Congressional Limited" /"
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Attractive Values IN Fine Palms
at BlHckistOne'A. 18th & II. Don't delay.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-12-03
ENTERTAINING THE BLIND.

In these days of specialists you can't just
step out and help your fellow humans in haphaz-
ard fashion, said the matron institution
for the blind You have to take a course of
training before you even do good in the world.
In this position the task that requires most di-
plomacy is declining the services of people who
offer to entertain the blind: All sorts of incom-
petents volunteer. Their intentions good, but
their achievements deplorable- Poor readers
numerous and hardest to manage.
They have had practise in reading aloud since
they left the lower grades in the grammar school,
yet when the fires of benevolence break out that
is the first thing they want to do
THE blind particularly sensitive to the
quality of a voice. A harsh, high pitched voice
that rambles without rhyme gets
on their nerves. and it is duty to shut out
all such readers. They have to be handled with
care because their hearts in the right place,
and with their good intentions may be de-
hected into useful channel