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The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
THE BUICK WIRE HOUSE
Only one car had ever made faster time
in n road race

Only one car had ever made faster time
in a road race.
Now Supreme in Road Contests.
Since 1907 the American stock car has
won the majority of the great road con-
tests held in America. In the Savannah
races, held in 1905 and 1910. the big. high
power foreign racing machines were vic
tors, but in the 1910 hunning of the Grand
Prize the showing made by the American
stock cars was such as to encourage fol-
lowers of the sport to believe that the
American stock cars will in the future
be able to hold their own in long-dlstance
events with the fastest special cars which
the, European factories are able to pro-
duce; in fact, In the Savannah Grand
Prize OF 1910, while the first and second
cars to finish were imported Benz racers.
driven by Brown and Hemery. the only
other cars TO finish were the Marquette
Buick. two Loziers. and Marmon. all
American cars.
Recently news has come from abroad
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
Historic Engine Saved

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
When fire destroyed a passenger
train and the train shed ut the Chatta-
nooga-Nashville station It threatened the
old engine General, OF civil war fame,
which has stood in the station shed for a
number of years Firemen directed their
principal efforts to it and succeeded in
saving the relic.
The story of the race through Dixie be-
tween the General. manned by Andrews
aiders. trying to get out of the Confeder-
ate lines, and the Texas, and the capture
CT the General Is one of the most stirring
incidents of the war. For many Year, The
General hss been kept in good repair in
the Cha ftanooga station.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
PLAN BIG AUTO SPEEDWAY.
Local Capital I'm Louisville, Ky, In
terested in Project.

4 project to construct an automobile
speedway in Louisville, Ky, is assum-
ing tangible shape. One of the promo
ters said that sufficient local capital had
been interested to secure its success.
An option has been secured on about
100 acres of land near Jacob Park. few
miles south OF Louisville, and it is pro-
posed to build mile track there. Avia-
ton meets and balloon races are sched-
uled IN addition to automobile races.
According 10 statements Of the pro-
moters, Louisville will be one of a num-
Der OF cities which are to be organized
into a national circuit. where the events
will succeed each other at brief inter
walls.
Ray Harroun. formerly captain of the
Marmon racing team, has been engaged
to act as advising engineer during tho
construction Of the track.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

efgn make. while in the Fairmount Park
race. open to racing cars of any size up
to 80 inches piston displacement, an
American Chadwick and a Lozier fin-
ished first and second. the first foreign
car to finish being in fifth place.
On November "A the Santa Monica free
for-all race was held. and was the most
decisive victory OF a stock car over a
foreign-built racing car, for an American
driver with a Lozier won the race in the
phenomenal time OF 71.72 miles per hour
in competition with the foreign cars.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

for stock cars. won by the Lozier. all
the road races of the year were open 70
'non-stock cars, y% SO confident was the
American builder of the ability of his
product to win, that the largest fields of
starters ever seen IN road races were
the rule rather than the exception The
Vanderbilt race. open to racing cars Of
any style of construction under 800 inches
piston displacement. was once more won
by the American Alco: in fact only one
out Of the ten cars to finish was OF for
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
balm for SorroYyA.

Ffum the Baltimore Sun.
There is something in the thought OF an
apple dumping that makes even the fur
mace raking a pleasant pastime and helps
US forget the burden of having to carry
I'm coal
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
one PROMINENT Victim.

From the New York Telegram.
DIR. Wiley says the entire nation is
threatened by the drug habit. The doctor
probably noticed Mr.. James ]. Jeffries'
statement that he believed b was
drugged
The Washington herald., 1911-02-12
HISTORY OF SOME
GREAT AUTO RACES
How American Cars Have
Gained Their Supremacy.
SKILL AND SCIENCE COMBINED

In the EARLY Days OF the Automobile
industry the Foreign Machines
Were Invtncfble-To-dayt the Amer
ican Stock Gar Holds It's Own
Against the world-Record Events.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
TO TEST CLAIM
or GERM DISCOVERY

Paris, Dec. 1.-THE psychologists
connected with the Pasteur Institute
and germ specialists throughout
France have begun a series Of care
full experiments to test the justice OF
the claim of DR.. Siegel, the Berlin
bacteriologist who has, startled the
scientific world by the announcement
that he had succeeded in discovering
and isolating the germ of the. hoof and
mouth disease, one OF the most dread
ed scourges of cattle.
II had always been the opinion OF
scientists that the germ of that terri.
BILE disease could not be isolated be-
cause 1t was so small that It passed
through every kind of filter. DR.. Siegel
has named the bacillus "cytorrhytes"
and is so confident of his discovery
that he has staked his reputation as
9 scientist upon the truth of his state
ment French scientists are inclined
to be skeptical in the matter and are
awaiting corroborating reports.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
MINT PROVIDES NEW
COINS FOR CHRISTMAS.

Philadelphia, Dec. 19.-Perhaps the
most welcomed of Christmas gifts are
manufactured in this city by the Unit.
ed States mint, which for weeks past
has been turning out bright and shin
ing coins to supply the demand Of
Christmas givers.
People who give money as holiday
gifts are prejudiced against worn coins
and demand the freshly minted article.
The demand for new coins has taxed
the capacity Of the mint, and the prod
uct will find its way into the homes
of the poverty-stricken and the wealthy
alike. Almost every denomination will
play its part, from shining gold pieces
nesting in beautiful and attractive
boxes to the bright new penny, which,
though having small purchasing
power, will none the less serve its pur-
pose in making glad the heart of many
a child.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
MAYOR PLAYS SANTA CLAUS

indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 19.-Mayor
Shank of the Hoosier metropolis
sworn foe of the high cost of living.
Is going to see to it that the people of
this city get the needful elements OF
Christmas feast at reasonable
price. Mayor Shank today completed
his preparations for next Mondays
great holiday by arranging for the de.
livery Of several cars of turkeys, and
says he intends to keep the price
down to 20 cents or less pound for
live birds and under 22 cents for
dressed ones. Mayor Shank had to
wage a lively warfare with the local
dealers for the Christmas trade, as
they attempted to corner the available
supply of "gobblers."
Mayor Shank has fought what he
terms the eXtortions Of the local poul-
try and produce trust for several
months. He sold nearly a thousand
turkeys, 800 chickens, 400 ducks, 200
geese and 1000 pounds of butter for
the Thanksgiving dinners of the peo-
pie of Indianapolis and brought down
the prices to what he termed rea-
sonable basis.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
Georgia Drainage Congress.

Waycross, Ga, Dec. 19.-The recla-
nation of the overlooked lands and
the relation of drainage to the agricul.
tural development of the South were
among the important subjects exhaust
lively discussed here today at the an.
nual meeting of the Georgia Drainage
Congress. The speakers included
Prof. S. w. McCallie, state geologist
of Georgia; Prof. E. A. Pound, DR..
Joseph Hyde Pratt, state geologist o,
North Carolina; Z. j. Watson, com.
missioner of agriculture of South Car.
DINA; and Col. Alexander P. Lawton
vice president of the Central of Geor.
gia railway
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
FORM Of OATH
MAY Be CHANGED
Objectionable Words Inserted In a
Superstitlous Generation viii
Be Eliminated.

I " Washington, Dec. 19.-The bill re-
Gently introduced by Senator Burton
of Ohio which proposes to change the
form of oath in federal courts and
elsewhere under the jurisdiction OF the
United States is in the hands OF the
judiciary committee of the senate and
Is now being considered with view
of early action upon the subject. The
bill, of which Charles j. Bonaparte,
the former attorney general of the
United States, and DR.. Ira Remsen,
president of Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, are the sponsors, does not con-
template to change the religious char
acter of the oath. The principal change
which 1t proposes Is the omission Of
the expression $50 help me God" at
the end of an oath, and the substitu-
ton of promise" or declare" for the
word swear in the formula.
Since the introduction of Senator
Burton's bill the attention of the judi
ciary committee has been called to the
fact that several of the most progress
siye countries of Europe have mate
rally changed and modernized the an.
Client and antiquated forms OF the
oaths used in judicial proceedings. No
country has as yet gone quite so far
as Switzerland, the small but highly
advanced federation which more than
any other country recognizes and
vouehsafes absolute freedom of belief
and conscience.
AS early as 1877 several Cantons Of
Switzerland, among them the Canton
OF Vaud, appreciating the incongruity
OF a religious form OF oath under so
thoroughly liberal a constitution as
that of the Swiss Federation, elimi-
mated the religious features of the
oath altogether, and changed it to a
mere solemn pledge. 1t was found.
after a number of years, that the
change OF the form of oath had ten
dency TO weaken its binding force and
this logically led to the suggestion to
abolish the o9th in judicial proceed
ings altogether.
The Cantons of Zurich and Aargau
took the radical step of entirely abol-
ishing the oath several years ago and
the result has been so satisfactory
that there is no desire to return to the
old system. When the Great Council
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19

of the Canton Of vaud at its last SEES
sion considered the draft OF a new
civil code, the abolition of the oath
in any form from judicial proceedings
was strongly urged, and after an in.
teresting debate provision abolishlng
the oath was incorporated in the new
code, which will go into effect on jan
uary 1, 1912.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
Bourke Cochran to Speak.

Chicago, H., Dec. 19.-W. Bourke
Cochran of New York has accepted
an invitation to deliver the principal
address at banquet to be given by
the Bankers Club of Chicago at the
Hotel Sherman tomorrow night. Mr..
Cochran's subject will be The Recon,
ciliation of Business and Government
the Capital Necessity of Our Civili-
zation.'
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-19
May Talk on Trusts.

New York, Dec. 19.-Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham is expected to dis
cuss the trust question in an address
he will deliver this evening at the
dinner of the Catholic Club of New
York.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
ELEVEN DEAD IN WRECK.
Fifty Are injured When Excursion
Train Goes in Ditch.


Easton, PA special train car
rying 1859 school teachers and their
friends from Utica ard Syracuse, N.
Y, bound for Washington for a hol-
iday, was wrecked on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad at Martins Creek, n. j..
eight miles north of this city, and IL
persons lost their lives
Three Of the dead have been identi-
lied. The bodies CT six others are in
the morgue and two male passengers
are missing. 1t is expected that their
bones will be found in the debris.
Three of the ten injured in the Easton
hospital will probably die. More than
fifty persons were hurt
The train was travelling at rate of
so miles an hour and when the loco
motive struck a sharp curve, where
men had been repairing the tracks, it
jumped and ran along hillside, car
rying four Of the five cars with it. All
of the cars took fire and burned like
finder. Not a splinter Is left.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
FORTY-NiNE LEGISLATORS
INVOLVED IN OHIO GRAFT
Half Of Senate and Many House Mem
bers Said to Have Been
Trapped

Columbus, O., May 2.-The greatest
bride expose, in regard to the number
Of persons involved. that has ever been
heard of or seen threatens the Ohio
state legislature.
The matter reached crisis with
the arrest on Saturday night of three
men who were charged with having
attempted to bride members of both
houses. 1t now develops that these
men were detectives employed to ex-
pose graft
The men came here from the Burns
agency in Chicago. 1t is reported that
they have obtained evidence which
will lead to the filing of charges of
accepting brides against 10 of the "a
members of the senate and against 80
of the 1T members of the house
The proof is in the form of steno-
graphic records of conversations be-
tween the detectives and members of
the legislature The stenographer was
hidden in the adjoining room, but had
hidden dictaphone apparatus, which
carried every word to him. In this
way, it Is claimed, the words of the
Legislators will be produced in court.
Ohio business men, disguised at fire.
quent demands for money by certain
legislators, are responsible for the in
vestigation. They say it is impossible
to get legislation without a resort to
bribery.
The case will be taken up by the
Franklin county grand jury. There
have been summoned to appear before
that body large number of state of
ficials, legislators, statehouse at
taches, detectives and newspaper
men. Attorney General Hogan will
conduct the inquiry.
There will be no legislative inquiry
into the case until the grand jury has
acted. An attempt to start such &C
ton was checked by Governor Harmon
and other state officials because such
inquiry would mean that bribers could
avoid criminal prosecution in the
courts through an immunity bath
which the legislative committee could
give.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
Have an Exalted Model.

The future is your uncut block Of
marble. Beware how you smite it.
Don't touch 1t without a program.
Don't strike a blow with your chisel
without a model, lest you ruin and
mar forever the angel which lives
within the block; but the past mar
BILE, while you have carved into hide
Gus images, which have warped and
twisted the ideals Of your youth, and
caused you infinite pain, need not
ruin or mar the uncut block before
you. This is one of the merciful
provisions that every day presents
TO every human being; no matter
how unfortunate his past, new un-
cut block of pure Parian marble, so
that every day every human being
has a new chance to retrieve the
past, to improve upon it if he will
O. s. Marsden.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
MAGIC OF WOMAN'S VOICE
Baltimore Girl II Was That Made
maryland" the Battle Song of
tn. Confederacy.

Even now, writing G: 1t after so
again the pulse of that thrilling time
And 1t was here that there came init
mately into my life one of its strong
est Influences, in the radiant person OF
my cousin, Hetty Cary. daughter OF
my uncle, Wilson Miles Cary of Bal
timore, my fathers elder and only
brother. She, with her younger sis
ter, Jennie, had taken the lead in the
secessionist movement among the
young girls of Baltimore, who having
seen all their best men march across
the border to enlist with the Confed-
crates for the war, relieved their
strained feelings by overt resentment
of the Union officers and troops
placed in possession of their city
1t was Jennie Cary who set Ran
dalPs stirring poem of Maryland" to
the air of "Lauriger Horatius"
drought to her by Burton Harrison
when a student at Yale college, and
first sang 1t with a chorus of her
friends In a drawing room in Balti-
as originally printed in the copy Of
verses cut by them out of news
paper was simply Maryland" and
that she added the word MY" in ODE
dience to the exigency of the music.
AS the song thus boldly chanted by
young Confederate sympathizers, in a
city occupied by their enemy and un-
der strict martial rule, was to drift
over the border, to be caught eagerly
by the troops of the Maryland line,
most famous battle song of the Con-
federacy, it is fitting that to Miss
Jennie Cary should be awarded all the
honor of this achievement. We both
sang it amid a little group of visit
ors IN September, 1861, standing in
the doorway of Captain Sterrett's
tent at Manassas, the men of the
Maryland line facing us in the dusk
of the evening. This was in answer
to the request sent in from the SOL
diers to their friend, Captain Sterrett,
that they might hear a woman's voice
again" / can hear now the swing OF
that grand chorus, as the men gradu-
ally caught up the refrain and echoed
1t, and by next day, to my cousin 8
joy and pride, the whole camp of Ma
nassas was resounding with MY Mary
land From "Recollections, Grave
and Gay" by Mrs. Burton Harrison in
Scribner.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
TEACHERS PENSION PASSED
Retirement Fund Bill Wins in Senate
After Long Oebate-Assembly Re-
garded Favorable to Measure

Madison.-The senate has passed
the Hoyt teachers pension bill by
vote of 8 to g. This action came
after long debate The argument
OF those in favor of the bill was that
1t would promote the welfare of the
public schools, and insure an indie
pendence to those who spent their
lives in teaching.
The opponents argued that the bill
would InJure the rural schools, i'm
pose an unjust burden on poorly paid
teachers and create civil pension
system which was highly undesirable.
The bill provides for the retire
ment of teachers after service of
twenty-five years or more On pen
sion not exceeding $3.50 annually.
The pension fund is to be raised bv'
a state appropriation and an annual.
assessment on teachers,
Little opposition to the bill is
looked for in the assembly.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
CIVIL SERVICE LAW
UPHELD BY COURT
CONS TlTUTlONALlTY AFFIRMED
IN DECISION RENDERED BY
STATE SUPREME BENCH
STATE OFFICIALS DEFEATED
Court Reverses Opinion of Attorney
Generals Office and Order Secre-
tarY of State Frear to Audit Bills
of the Commission.

Madison.-The supreme court OF
Wisconsin has upheld the constitu-
tionality Of the state civil service
law in a decision handed down in the
case entitled: State No Is, State of
Wisconsin, ex rel c. E. Buell.. petit
TONER, versus James A Frear, sec
rotary of state, defendant Justice
Winslow, in expressing the opinion,
denied motion to Quash the alter
native writ of mandamus and iudg-
ment ordered that the peremptory
writ OF mandamus issue without costs
to either party.
The court makes the alternative
writ of mandamus peremptory and
commands the secretary of state to
proceed to. audit the claims of the
civil service law for salaries ana ex-
penses as provided by law.
The case hinged on the provision
OF the act permitting the commission
to fix stringent rules which, in effect.
it is alleged, gives it legislative
power
Inc whole question was brought
up when the commission refused 10
allow the attorney general and sec
rotary of state to appoint certain
OF their assistants.
Ihls resulted in the attorney gen.
eral retaliating by advising the sec
rotary of state that the civil service
law was unconstitutional and recon-
mendlng that the secretary of state
refuse to audit the bills of the com
mission.
After Secretary of State Frear had
refused to audit bill of SIS fled
by Chairman Buell. for services per
formed between March l and II as
a member of the commission, the
commission was placed on the de-
1ens1Ve and carried the case into
court.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
SONS OF REVOLUTION CONVENE.
Kentucky Members Entertain National
Society at Louisville.

Louisville, KY. = After informal
meetings and religious services the
delegates to the semi-annual congress
of the National Society of the Sons OF
the American revolution held their
first formal session in the free library.
The national society is meeting in
Louisville at the invitation Of the Ken
lucky society, the members OF which
have planned an elaborate program of
social events for the delegates and
the ladies who accompany them. One
of the important business propositions
that will occupy the attention of the
congress is the proper marking
of the graves of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence. An
other is the establishment Of the Del
aware National Park near Trenton, to
commemorate the famous crossing OF
the Delaware by Washington.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05

thousand dollars. In all instances i'm
porters of woolens were said to have
prOfted. All this is denied by Leach
The bill of the plaintiff, Leach, says
that for reasons unknown to him he
was removed from Office about March
10, 1911, although he would be re-
tired from such Office !y expiration
of his term in about three weeks
Proceeding further, the former col
.lector of the Cleveland port sets
forth that it was intended "wickedly
and maliciously" to injure and dis
credit him in public estimation, ito
bring upon him public distrust, and to
expose him to hatred, public de-
rision, and contempt for the malicious
purpose of degrading him and de-
stroying his good reputa.-un as a pub
lie servant and private citizen"
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
lNSuRRECTOS TAKE BIG TOWN.
Gunboat Saves MazatIan-Many Reb
els Killed by Exploding Shells.

Douglas, Ariz.-The capture of
the important Pacific coast port of
Topolomanpo, in the state Of Sinaloa,
Mexico, by rebels was reported here.
This port is but short distance from
the cities of Fuerte and San Bias. re-
Gently taken by the insurrectos.
Mexico City.-Assisted by the
guns and marines of the gunboat
Tampico, Col. Jose Beltran repulsed
the rebels who attacked Mazatlan, &C
cording to reports received at the de-
partment of war The guns of the
warship were trained on the assail-
ants, and the large number of deaths
in their ranks is thought to be the
work Of the exploding shells.
Ell Faso. Textile peace com
missioners appointed by the revo-
lutionists were in conference for
several hours with the political lead
ers of the insurrection on the pro-
gram to be presented to the federal
peace envoy, Francisco Carabajal.
Many concessions said to be con-
tanned in the federal plan for ending
the revolution give the revolutionists
encoura cement in pressing their prin,
cipal demands.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-05-05
M'YEAGH is ASKED
TO PAY 100000
Deposed Cleveland Customs Collector
Brings Libel Suit-Action Filled
in Chicago.

Chicago.-Franklin MacVeagn, Sec
rotary of the treasury, was made
defendant in a suit for 100000
filed in the circuit court by Charles F.
Leach, formerly collector Of customs at
Cleveland The suit against Mr.. Mac
Veagh is for alleged libelous statements
made concerning Leach. The latter
after having occupied the position OF
collector of customs Is years, was re-
moved from Office March 10, 1911, by
order of President Taft.
The charge against Leach, it is said,
was that he favored importers of
wooden goods to the extent of many