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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11

Kansas City, Mo. Dec. l0.-Man ae-
cumulated in the -letter-box at the Bern
hart farm twelve miles northeast OF
| Olatne, Kans.. caused Earl Grey, a rural
letter carrier, to investigate. and late
this evening an atroclous crime was re-
yealed.
The mutilated bodies Of Mrs. Emeine
Bernhart, her son. George Bernhart. II.
b. Morgan, a young man staying at the
farm while hunting. and an unidentified
farm hand were found by c. IL. Holmes,
G. w. Knoche. and J. c. Christesson.
neighboring farmers.
The bodies of three, their features
crushed almost beyond human sem
lence. were found partly covered with
straw in a stall in the barn, where a ter
rife struggle evidently had taken place
In little storerOom leading off from the
upstairs bedrooms, and giving access TO
the attic, was found the crushed form Of
the aged woman, awho, apparently. had
sought refuge in this secluded nook,
only 10 be murdered like a rat in hole
Crime Several Days Old.
The condition Of the bodies when found
indicated that the crime was committed
several days ago, and this is borne out
by the statements from neighboring far
mers who had seen no one about the
premises since Tuesday. The killing In
each instance was done with some blunt
instrument. probably a club That the
crime had not been committed without
struggles on the part of the murdered
men is plainly evident. because OF the
condition of the stall and manger where
the death struggle took place.
The feed box on the manger is partly
torn from its fastenings, and high Up
on the side walls of the stall are blood
stains. Tethered on either side OF the
dead bodies. mules and horses tugged
at their halters, wild because of having
been kept so long without food or water.
In the big farmhouse, almost a quarter
OF mile from the barn, lay the body of
the old woman huddled up in the little
passage way, one still hand tightly
grasping a blue checkered apron and the
other doubled under her body Appar-
entity she had been struck just as she
crossed the threshold.
Robbery Probable Motive.
Every indication points to robbery as
the motive for the crime. although there
has been some rumor of revenge on the
part of a former hired hand, who was
said to have had trouble because of
money matters.
The neighbors. however. hold to the
robbery theory because of the fact that
for many years it has beenrrumored that
the family had large sums Of money about
the house.
Both Mrs. Bernhart and her son were
reputed TO be wealthy. and. being dis
trustful OF banks. were said to keep
their money in a secret hiding place
about the house.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
For the District of Columbia
Clearing to-day ; tomorrow, fair;
light to moderate variable winds,
becoming west and northwest.
HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.

Pages.
1-Another Revolt IN Brazil
Uncle Sam Has Big Growth.
Family Of -Four Found Slain.
American opera Has Premiere
Banquet Coy Harmon.
Gridironers at Dinner.
2-Arcade Market Opened.
3-Benches for House Members.
Summary OF Population.
EBurlesque 4 at Gridiron Dinner.
5-Indiana Society Dine.
Concert at Fosters Music Store.
6-Editorial
Scar Greeted by Society.
9-The Week in Music.
Second as Sea Power.
Habeas Corpus for Charlton.
l2-Taft Sees Temperance Advocates.
PART TWO.
Society in Washington
Suburban Social Notes.
News of Local Playhouses.
New York Theatrical Gossip.
News of the Auto World.
q. p. o. Notes and Comment.
PART THREE.
Real Facts OF Sherldar's Ride
Big Diamond for George V.
Uncle sam TO Have Auction.
Career Of Boy Brigadier.
The Food of Our FOrefathers.
Ex-Sultan in Financial Straits.
Jack London's Burning Daylight. !,
Mrs Symes' Health Page.
The Optimist Club.
Fashions-and Fancies OF To-day.
REAL ESTATE SECTION.
sPOBFING SECTION
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GIVES 81 TO UNCLE SAM.
San Antonio Citizen Wants 10 He'll
Campaign for Economy.

one dollar contributed 10 Uncle SAM
is puzzling Treasury Department Off
ciaIs. The donation was received yester-
day from a man in San Antonio, Tex,
who has been reading about President
Tafts campaign for economy in gov
ernment expenditures.
He is ready and willing to help the gov
ernment. and therefore contributes TO
his limit. No provision has been found
for voluntary gifts from citizens, and it
Is likely the 81 Will be returned.
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91,972,266 PEOPLE
IN UNITED STATES
Including Dependencies, We
Now Number 101, 10000
MR.. DURAND SHOWS SURPRISE
'''Fhe Total Gees Beyond My High
est Estimates" Says Director OF
the Census When Population of
the Nation Is TabuIated-Coast and
Manufacturing States Gain Most.

Your Uncle Sam has exactly 10l 100. Goa
nieces and nephews. of whom 9l,s722,26S
reside in the continental United States.
These official figures. annoGnccd yes
terday at the Census Bureau, after ten
months work in compilation, show that
race suicide" is unknown 10 Uncle sam.
Bringing Sis statement down to figures,
there has been added to the population
of the continental United States 1897, ,6s1
souls since 1900, an increase of p per
cent
Including those dependencies which
were enumerated in the last census
Alaska, Hawaii Porto Rico, and military
and naval persons abroad-the figures
for 1910 show a population Of 93, i02, Isl.
Adding to this the counts IN Guam,
Samoa, and the Canal Zone, the grand
total living under the Stars and Stripes
is brought up to 1OllO0.O00.
Director of the Census Durand made
but one comment after he had given out
the figures yesterday. II was: The total
goes beyond my highest estimates" And
when a man like Mr.. Durand says this,
you know we're growing some
New York still Leads.
New York still leads the States in pop
ulation, having 913,6l4. Pennsylvania
comes second with 7.665,ll1, and Illinois
is third with 5.6SS,59l. The District of
Columbia stands fortyfourth in the di-
vision of United States territory. the
count giving Mayor Taft's" town S31, ,O6s
Some interesting statistics relative to
the growth of the country are contained
in a statement issued from the Census
Bureau with the official figures The State
OF Washington showed the largest per-
centage of increase, gaining 1904 per cent
since 1900. Other coast States grew rap
Continued on Page 3, Column 4.
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CASHIER ENDS LIFE.
Secrets Himself in Bank Vault to
Deaden Sound.

Emporia, Va, Dec 10.-The body of
Samuel Hubert Cruikshank. aged twenty
nine. cashier of the First National Bank
OF Emporia, was found this afternoon in
the bank vault by two young women
clerks on their return from lunch.
Evidence showed that the man had
secreted himself in the vault and had
blown out his brains where the report of
the gun would be unheard No cause
could be learned tonight. and il is
thought that his accounts at the bank
are in good condition.
Cruikshank came to Emporia about six
years ago from Tennessee. He was for
years cashier of tlN North Emporia
branch of the Merchants and Farmers
Bank here. and had held his position
with the First NationaI Bank since its
organization. He was frecently married
to a prominent Ernporia girl and his
wife is prostrated from the shock.
sI.25 10 baltimore and Return
To-day via Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad.
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Robbery Prohable MotIve.
Diaz to Greet Japanese.

City of Mexico. Dec. 1O.-Presldent Diaz
has appointed a commission OF high Mex
lean officials to meet the visiting Japan-
ese war ships at ManZaniIlo and conduct
the officers 10 Mexico City. The comnis-
sion will leave tomorrow night, and are
expected TO meet the japanese Tuesday
or Wednesday. II is probable that the
japanese sailors viii be allowed to come
here.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
INvENTS ALLSEEING EYE.
Missing Link In Modern Science
Found at Last.

St Petersburg. Dec 10.-Prof Rosig.
OF the Institute of Technology. has an
nounced In . public lecture discovery
which he claims is the most remarkable
ever made by a scientist. It Is nothing
less than an electrO-telescopic appara-
tus which gives the user what might be
termed Roentgen ray eye.
With il. says the professor, an employ
ct sitting in his Office Is able to see
other parts of the building, or a theater
performance can be watched at home;
while generals are enabled to watch the
movements OF an enemy as well as those
Of his own forces. The details for the
moment are withheld.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
FLIES IN SNOWSTORM.
Anthony Janus Circles the Field al
College Park.

In "A binding snowstorm late yester-
field. Anthony Janus few in a circle over
College Park in a Rex Smith biplane.
The flight lasted about two minutes.
With great difficulty. on account of the
snow, the inability of the aviator To
get a clear view, the start was made
from the south end of the field.
On the second attempt the machine
gl6ed rapidly into the air. and sailed
smoothly over the field for short time.
reaching a height of about sixty feet.
on landing one blade OF the propeller
was broken bS hitting a snow bank.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11

Paris, Dec. 10-An anonymous woman.
who is understood 10 be Nine. Lebaudy.
has given 10000 francs to a navy de-
partment prize competition open to
French citizens for the best means Of
enabling crews OF submarine boats 70
escape after an accident. The condI-
tions include that the apparatus shall
he usable from q depth of 1870 feet AMI
must not notably interfere with the
speed. habitability. and nautical quali-
ties of the vessel.
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Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. TO-
Three hundred dead and wounded
represent the casualties of an all
day bombardment of Cobra Island,
where garrison of marines mutt
neered this morning and seized the
fortress.
The mutineers surrendered late
tonight, after the big 12-mch guns
OF the war ships had wrecked the
fortress and killed more than 200
of the marines.
CONGRESS- IN SESSION.
The. President and his advisers were in
session at midnight. and it is believed
that swift punishment will be meted out
10 the mutineers. The majority of Con-
gress want the insurrectionists shot. but
it Is not believed the army would carry
out this order
After brief cessation OF hOstiHties at
nightfal a warning was sent the mutt
neers TO surrender, and they refused. The
bombardment was again resumed, the tn
Surgents responding accurately 10 the FIRE
Of the war ships In the harbo1
At O'Clock the big 12-inch guns OF
the two new Dreadnoughts were trained
on the fortihcations OF the island, the
war ships lying three miles of. The
rebels continued TO answer until o'clock.
Then two white flags were sent up and an
unconditional surrender offered.
Al 10 O'Clock this evening the govern
ment reported that the mutinous bat
talon had lost more than 800 in dead OF
wounded. The Pinch shells wrecked the
fortifcations. More than twenty dead
are reported from the war ships and the
casualties on land are more than a dozen
The wounded on the war ships exceed
fifty.
ship Joins Revolt.
The scout ship Rio Grande do Sui
Joined in the uprising this a. m. but the
mutinous sailors were finally subdued by
their officers and a portion Of the local
garrison that remained faithful
At go this morning the guns of the
land batteries were trained on the island.
which lies in the Bay of Rio Janiero,
only short distance from the city, and
opposite the marine arsenal. A heavy
fire was directed against the rebels, and
this continued without cessation for five
hours
Then white flag appeared, and il was
believed that the rebels We're ready to
surrender. but they only asked for an
armistice. probably for the purpose Of
removing the dead and injured
BOmbRrding Again Resumed.
The bombarding of the island ceased
for half an hour. being renewed at Il
o'clock Two land batteries and two
loyal war ships took part in the bonn
hardment. and the artillery duel con-
tinued with great violence until some
time past 3 o'clock this afternoon. The
detonations Of the big guns caused the
whole town 10 tremble.
The island proved a good target for
the batteries and replied with vigorous
fire. employing considerable shrapnel. A
number of people were killed along the
shore and in adjoining streets
The fight against the scout ship Rio
Grande do Sui lasted three hours.
Among the killed was one officer
Sman bands of the rebels climbed into
launches and drew near the front Of the
Palace Cattete. but they We're forced to
retire.
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American Tar sentenced

Hongkong. Nov. 20 (via Victoria, B. C.,
Dec. l0)-John Williams Haynes, a sailor
on the American cr4ser New York. who
killed japanese child and injured an
other Japanese while he was running
amuck in the lover quarter of Hongkong
September 3 has been sentenced to three
years penal servitude
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MUT|NY ENDS
Casualties Heavy in Rio
Naval Revolt.
MANY DIE IN STREETS
Insurgents Surrender After ALI
day Fighting.
MANY DIE IN STREETS
COBRA FORT IS IN RUINS

Following Seizure of Stronghold in
Bay of Brazilian Capital, Federal
Ships Turn Big Guns on Mutt
neers-Severe Bombardment Kept
Up all Day and White Flags Fly
When Hundreds of Rebels Are
Killed or WOunded-President
Calls Special Session of Congress.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
.GRID|RON DINERS
IN FEAST Of FUN
President and His Cabinet
Guests at FrOlic.
"ROASTS" ON THE MENU
Many Hits at VictOrs and Vie
tins of Election.
"ROAsTS" ON THE MENU

Champ Clark Drives n Pair of Mules,
While Miss Democracy Is Busy
shooinE Folks on Band Wagon
Retreat from Moscow and @Thei
Mikado" Are Feature Bur1csqucS.t
Election Bulletins Please.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
-FOUR FOUND DEAD
ON LONELY FARM
Atrocious Crime Revealed by
Accumulating Mail.
VICTIMS BEATEN TO DEATH

Wealthy widow, Her Son, a visitor,
and n Farmland Are Murdered at
OIathe, kanS.-Three Bodies are
Found in Barn and that of "A Wom-
an Discovered In House.
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$i.2LBaItImore and Return.

Every Saturday and Sunday All trains
both ways. both days, except Royal Linn
tied
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Reduced Christmas HoIidax rare.

Railway. December l5 is, II. q, % g. q.
3. and 81, 1916 and January l. IsIi: final
limit January 8 19l1-
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sI.25 20 Baltimore and Return
To-day via Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad.
The sun., 1910-05-29

The motor folks. however. do not con
tent themselves with statistics Of weekly
or monthly cost Of installation and main
tenance Of automobiles. They have
made demonstrations of single day work,
and these figures are 20 be had. showing
Just what can he done on the short hAuls
with many gtops These are made 20
show the hexibiity Of the cars and the
WaV thsy can ba handled when Il u neces-
sary 20 accomplish q large number n
deliveries in a single day Express
oompaniea department stores and dealers
in provisions and the need Of these dem
Onatrationa.
on the use Of automobiles for trucking
DurpoMaa the Scfemnfc American makes
this surnmary: The number Of auto
mobiles engaged in commercial service
cannot fail 10 impress che man who has
Rooda 20 deliver, but In considering
their ABORTION his first inelination is 70
compare the coat Of operation with that
Of the hOrse drawn system that he EN-
rlOyA. A. a general thing he does not
cooaider the increase IN The volume Of
his business that win come with the ex-
tension Of the district through which
he can make deliveries and also the
quicker service that tho autOmObiis
makes possible.
sTt 4 these factors nevertheless that
make the adoption Of the automobile
an economic necessity. AZ an example
nav be- cited the case of q cracker manu-
factursr in one Of the larger cities whose
automobils truck has enabled him 20
increase his sales by three tons Of crackers
weekly With horse drawn trucks he
could mako deliveries only % tho city
hmita, Whila with the automobile he can
deliver his goods 70 distant suburban
points. and u IN close touch with clns-
TONERS that formerly Were beyond hia
reach
Another caas u that Of a ooncgrn
dealing in roofing matsriaia, IN the dg.iv-
cry Of whioh promptneaa u ESSENTIAL.
The ave tOn EaGOlSns truck that h IN uao
averages thiFty-aiK miiCs daily and d..
hvarea arc made 10 points that would
b inaccessible with horse trucks unless
q relay gyategh were employed. Again
q New York department. store, under a
horaa drawn system. delivered goods
for Weatchestsr county 70 q Distributing
station On i25th street. from which they
we're rslayed The ua8 0l automobiles
has moved the distributing station %
iSgth street and ths hmit of delivery has
been inoFeased BY eigdt milra'
there might BE- mulapied many tlna1a
The sun., 1910-05-29

The car averaged 8S.t miles a day on
ii.O gallons Of RaaOlone. This was ap-
Droxinatslv thFee milaa 10 a gAllOn. IL
averaged O. lnada gday. or about st.oS tons
Of coal In the thirteen days Z handled
1 .0a2 80 tons. or more than ,, ,iO0, 900 pounds
Of coal The maximum cost day was SIC
or about 10 cents q ton. The average ton
miles for one gallon OF gasolene came 20
Mn
The low cost Of handling operated 20
make the coal lees expensive for the CON
Eimer, and owing 10 a device for quick
loading at the yards made u possible Tor
the company 20 do business day by day
vastly RroataP than ever had been done
before. The enormous diihculties OF
handling coal where heavy lOads have o.
be taken up hills have caused more and
more companies 20 90 In for motor trucks,
and whore once this was loo ned upon az
an oddity Il now ls the regular thing.
The auto truck does some things that
neem little short OF marvellous. ard such
things manufacturers are very willing 70
cite when they are called upon for their
opinions a. 20 the value OF motors az
onpoaad 10 horses For insi anoe. a
three ton gasolsne truck doing daily
heavy duty covering a period OF htty-two
davn was watched closely by the folks
that bought Il because they Intended
going further with such equipment u the
truck proved to be doing good work
In that that time there was not mo-
ment when the car had 20 be taken Oh the
WORK for repairs. and in fact with a record
0f nearly s.O0O miles 0f heavy work alto
Rether. including many dave outside the
ifty-two day observation period limit. the
/ car ran along with nothing worse than one
( rslr tire replacement and broken drive
chain a. the repairs that had 20 30 done.
! This car averaged for the hfty-two days
! 1slS miles. or about 1875 miles Tor the
3 whole time u used mp 57o gallons oi
Rasolene getting aboWt t1s miles out ot a
/ gallon. The oil consumed was about
Z fifteen EaIlons The car got ne miles out
/ Of a Rallon of lubricatinM oil.
Il is reported that the truck betore
/ entering on this teat had been worked Tor
/ five months without Overhauiing or ~.
uair. Iron pipe and ittinRs were aarried
/ In the lifty-tWo day test, there being no
gtraiRht hauls out a large number Of daily
stops. This made the test all the more
severe.
Here are the dstails of what the truck
accomplished. going into the test without
special preparation
The sun., 1910-05-29
MANY LtVGT AsES OF HIWAT.
DimeultIes mat Arise IN Courts InstFur-
ton IN the schools.

FF0F re Nnafingf0N FoRi
so many languages are spoken In the
Hawaiian Islands that the Grsatesi dr.
nculty Of the iudiciary of the country 10
to have tho, didereht tongues interpreted
during the leAal proceedings. said 4 D.
Shrew Of Honolulu
often during trials In our courts three
ana sOnastimes four interpreters are nsc-
essary before tho testimony Of the dn-
ferent witnesses can be reduced 10 English
one can safely say that the population Of
the Islands is as cosmopolitan ~ any other
place In the world With population Of .
little more ,han l0o GO Ne have Germans,
Japanese. Chinese. Italians. COgeans. the
native HaWatans. who have q lingo Of their
ovn. aud several other nafionalities. They
aA.ociate With their own countrymsn and
talk their own tongue. Many Of them
cannot understand q Word Of English. al
though u isrhe prevailing language spoken
on the islands
English 10 taught in the schools and
most of the school children can speak Il
u 10 an impressive sight 10 look Into 4
public school of the islands There YOU
see an English or AmeEicaR child ss I'd
The sun., 1910-05-29

bstwesn a COr~an and q JApansse % nsHt
IN /. chlld of Italian OF German parents
Ard most intsFestlna Of all u the TACT
,bat the Chinese children are the oHghiest
ard receive the highess maFks 20 the sonoo.. ~
They are much brighter as q race than tne
Iapans.s or Coreans. that s. the class ue
nave in Hawaii. and learn just twice e.
quickly,
The Chinese seem 70 be more easef IN
their pursuit of education than the chill
dren of the other natiOualities. Who nefely
20 to school With q desire 20 complete
the different courses and 80 into bushes
or industrial life. The Chinese child goea
after iis studies In earnest and the Chinese
father fosters the policy Of giving bis
children a. much education a. possible
Not only are the Chinese OF the isianas
brighter and more cultivated but they are
A far better class Of people 70 deal with n
business way than the japanese ana
Coreana-
The sun., 1910-05-29
The Commercial Vehicle Of To-Day.

% no delays and no loada missed thrdAgh
internal conditions.
The average Load of the car was lo,eso
pounds. Tho hgures from Octobef 10
10 October "a. inclusive. show tho work
done by the car % have been as follows;
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

ertesting, eliminating in the deli
cately contrasting shades of
stencilled border. Our friege deepen
ed to meet the wood panelling is APP
propriately decorated with borders
or other formal design 1t may also
serve its purpose, when ornamented
with figures in flat tones. In this
case pictures are eliminated, the wall
space having assumed the place of a
decoration and not thing to be
decorated
The problem of homo decoration is
assuming new Importance in the
American household; in fact it is
said that no where else do we find
in the average home so much good
taste. 1t is no longer a question of
having a place in which to live, and
of having that place orderly and sani
tary. The home must combine these
qualities with something more. We
live just economically and more hap
PLY if we have chosen harmonious
color for the walls, if we have tried
to bring our wall paper into relation
with our furniture and the carpeS
on the floor. Perhaps it is impossi-
BILE to make it harmonic with both
for the time being, but surely one
AoII l.
to you this afternoon | have made
no effort to delye into the history Of
wall decoration or discuss at length
any phase of its ornamentation. 1t
has been my purpose to offer few
suggestions which might be found
practicable for those who with Victor
Hugo believed 1.-THE beautiful is as
useful as the useful.