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The Washington herald., 1911-05-04
BANK IN HIGH SCHOOL
PROPOSED BY PRINCIPAL
Officers to Be Selected from Pupils, According to
Plan of Allan Davis-Cadet Lohr's Sus-
pension Nearing End.

Washington vii have a genuine high
school bank II the recommendation of
Allan Davis. principal Of Business High
School, is approved by the high school
committee Of the board Of education, to
which Mr.. Davis request was sent by the
board at its meeting yesterday.
Mr.. Davis plan is to receive deposits
Of from rs cents to $1o with regular
bank books and checks. Oficers Of the
bank. although under the supervision of
an advisory board, are to be appointed
from among the pupils.
A regular board Of directors Is to meet
once a month to dispose Of the business
details. Deposits will not bear Interest,
but dividends will be declared.
The deposits will be loaned out to
real bank by the board. with the approval
Of the advisers. who will consist, ac-
cording to. the plan. Of Mr.. Davis, the
head OF the department Of business ,prac.
dce Of the school, and q third member.
to be appointed by the charter members,
The Recommendation that Lieut. Col
Lohr, cadet battalion, should lose his
straps was modified at the request Of
George e. Myers, princip0l Of Technical
High School, % Lohr viii don his uniform
and gold braid at the expiration Of hia
suspension on Monday.
It 10 thought by the board that cold
weather 10 not likely to interfere with
the work In the fufnaceaesu schools.
Capt. James r. Oystee aid he hAd OBJ
tained figures shoWing the avorneo tsxn-
psraeare In sAe oohoob - ~ abous eixty-
two 0oBreoa ~ Z. - = e - /
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04

The annual competitive drill Of the
hugh School Cadets will be held on the
Ellipse May Is and 49, according to for.
NAL announcement made by the board.
communication from the Merchant
Iailors' Association Of this city urging
the establishment of course in tailoring
at the manual training schools was re-
ceived.
The following appointments were an
nounced: Miss Grace Turner, kindergar-
ten assistant. Dent School; Miss L, M.
Burkett, teacher Of the second grade.
Polk School; Mary Werres caretaker at
l322 Maryland avenue northeast. The fol.
lowing names were added to the list Of
substitute teachers: Miss Katherine c.
Washington. Miss Katherine B. Sanford.
Miss H. A. Brecht, Miss c. E. Sawin. and
Miss Margaret Taylor.
The resignations Of Miss z. B. Rose.
teacher Of the third grade, Henry School.
and Lillian Harmer, caretaker Of 1s22
Maryland avenue northeast. were ac-
cepted.
Leave Of absence until the end Of the
school year was granted to Miss Fern
Hoskins. Kindergarten principal at the
lexington School, The leave OF absence
OF Miss K. D. Jones Was extended to the
end Of the school year. 4 s
The promotions Of Miss Alice Berry.
kindergarten assistant at the Dent School
to kindorgArten peincipal at the Ecktne-
ton School ana that Of Mo =. y. stock
bridge. from IL secoud efada. Roak
ecAool 70 The thig1 sroo9 HonEV oonIool,
W0go nnmo0uoo1 - - IL - q .. g
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04
WoMAN'S WELFARE
BNLISTS MRS. TAFT
Will Give Garden Party at
the White House.

The woman's welfare department Of
the National Civic Federation will hold
a national meeting tomorrow at 1900
Rhode Island avenue. There will be
addresses by Seth Low. August Bel
mont, and William r. Wilcox.
At o'clock Mrs. Taft will give a
garden party on the White House
grounds.
This meeting will be unique in its i'm
portance-a great event to count for
the welfare Of wage earners throughout
the United States. The honorary chair
man. Mrs. Taft. will be an active par
ticipant.
At the evening reception the wife OF
the Vice President. the wives of sew
eral Of the Cabinet officers an justices
Of the Supreme Court will assist the
national chairman in welcoming the
members.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04

tempt Of any outside interest to get con>
troll Of the locomotive company.
The solution most widely accepted In
Wall street to-day was that contained
in the statement of President Austin, of
the Baldwin Locomotive Company:
There is no truth in the story. No
one has bought the Baldwin Locomotive
Works and no negotiations to that end
are under way. What gave rise to the
gossip was probably another rumor that
Drexel & Co. were buying some stocks
of the Stardard Steel Works Company.
controlled by the Baldwin Works, but
I do not know anything about that. Such
a transaction might be going on without
my knowledge"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04
ECZEMA cuRE 4 BEAUTY WASH

Although D. d. d. Prescription has
remedy for Eczema, Psoriasis. ana ali
other forms Of skin diseases. it is now
even those used by the beauty spec.
Iialists, that can compare with this mild
LIQUID for cleansing the skin Of pimples,
blackheads. rash. and all similar skin
For this reason alone. . bottle OF
u. D. d. should be kept on hand IA
every household. A trial 16c bottle
.sn vii, Snow you Somnlenion 1ne s, s os snis eet
IS. b. d. seems to remove the cause.
whatever the trouble may be, cleansing
the skin. and leaving = e SOFT e
smooth and clear - that Of healthy
snssi esi . .se sost,. ,o-a.S ana ...p Il
s.: ssDssssss;s. ssss ,::: s:.G .,:s ::s:. a.s'a-
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04
AT THE POORHOUSE.

Beneath the pauper weekod paper his knee.
He hens for hat and sagely he dscoured
"Ths blame fool treaty with Japan will bring nation many
woes remarked this sad ancient who had red and
dubious My blood boiling my vens he sad "Taft
makes many breaks why send soldiers the plains
with owls and raesnake? And Congress fools and paws around
the absurd, disgusting statesmen empty
the time they need for bang hay What think you of these
British peers the pauper asked hurt and he had
sandburs his and -four sack for shirt One time this
poor old ruined strong enough WELD spade he
tried his life plan; he tried learn trade he
struggled advance fill his mind with useful lore
he's wearing and sitting by the poohoue door, He
always liked talk and show how ignorant be- and here
he SITS his aglow, week-old paper on his knee.
copgnshs by AdamD Walt MASON
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04
MORGAN DIDN'T BUY
LOCOMOTIVE WORKS
Baldwin President Declares
No Sale Expected.

New York, May al. P. Morgan &
Co. denied to-day the report that they
had instituted negotiations looking toward
the purchase of the Baldwin Locomotive
Company. They denied also the report
that some interest closely affiliated with
them had opened negotiations for such a
purchase. The whole affair, they said.
was Philadelphia meeting between stock
holders of the company, and not the at
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04
MORGAN BUYS LUTHER LETTER
Account of Diet of Worms Brings
$2O,4OO.

$2O,4OO.
Leipzig, May 3.-At sale Of autograph
manuscripts here to-day a letter from
Luther to Charles v sold for $50, 400
The purchaser was Marini. of Florence,
who was bidding for ]. P. Morgan.
The letter was the most important one
Luther ever wrote. In 1t he described
to the Emperor the proceedings Of the
Diet of Worms in 1871 which decided the
fate of the reformation on Germany. The
letter never reached Charles V, as Luther
was arrested shortly afterward and no
one ventured to present it to the En-
peror.
A letter from Luther to Katharine
Bora, the nun whom he married. and
which was addessed to her as Sister
Christine" sold for 81 400.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04
TRIES TO DISPROVE
HAMMoND'S CLAIM
Sully's Attorney Asks About
Meeting in Hotel.
CHARGE DENIED

Mining Expert, Sued for Alleged Def
amation of Character, Firmly As
serts He Was Never Identified with
Sully After SeverinE Business Re-
lations Last November.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04
Woman Mayor Scores Victory.

woman Mayor ScOreb S1ct0ry.
Wellington, Kans., May 3.-Mrs. Ella
Wilson. mayor of Hunnewell, Kans.,
came out victorious in the first skirmish
with the council last night. Mrs. Wilson
refused to attend the regular council
meeting, keeping the records in her pos
session.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04

boys" will appear next Monday after
noon at 4:3O o'clock at the Columbia
Theater. under the management Of the
Radcliffe Bureau. The famous negro
quartet will be a feature again this year.
With the negroes singing the old South
ern tunes, Polk Miller telling ante-bellum
stories, and Col. Booker doing amazing
stunts with his music box. the entertain.
ment should prove most amusing.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04
WAR NOT ENDED
BY ONE TREATY

Continued from Page One.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04

Arrangements have just been completed
with the Ben Greet Woodland Players
for a series of outdoor performances. to
be given on the beautiful lawns of the
Bristol School. The plays will be
Midsummer Nights Dream (Mendels-
sohn music. Comedy Of Errors The
Tempest (Sullivan music). "As You Like
It," and THE Merry Wives Of Windsor"
Mr.. Greet has surrounded himself with
a company of players fitted to meet every
requirement.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04

A testimonial concert will be given
Richard P. Backing, the Washington
tenor, at the Columbia Theater next
Tuesday afternoon He will be assisted
by S. NJ. Fabian, Miss Gertrude Reuter-.
and the Mendelssohn Quartet. The con-
cert will be given under the direction Of
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson. T. Arthur
Smith and Sanders & Stayman are con-
Quoting the ticket sale.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04

Continuing his latest whirlwind tour
through the South, Polk Miller. Confed-
crate veteran and premier yarn spinner
of the United States. aided and abetted
by Col Tom Booker, another Of the 'ole
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04

The revival Of Uncle Toms Cabin" at
the Majestic has proved a great drawing
card. The players give q good perform
ance. and Little Eva, with her violin
playing and singing. brings down the
house. "a Man of Mystery" will be next
weeks offering. This play Is entirely DIFF
ferent from anything 50 far presented
by this company.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04

n The big Banner Show" offering a two
act musical satire, THE Girl from Paris"
will be at the Gayety Theater next week.
The company will include Ed Gallager,
who has played throughout the country in
the prize vaudeville sketch. THE Battle
Of Bay Rum" Al Shean, "the happy
Dutchman;" Thomas De Vassy: Babette,
who wins the audience by her pleasing
manner: Clara Gibson and Mabel Leslie,
Annie Goldie, and a large chorus Of pony
and show girls.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04

A drin for bosing holes In brick and mortar. that
q Pennsylyaziian has invented, consists of Q long
mer which forces the drill forward e II l. pointed
: against its head. :.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-04

tric light for church ana rectory ana
electric power to blow church organ.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-24
WILLIAM 7. BURGESS.

This eonoueror Of the Channel stands
six feet in height, has vast shoulders
and huge chest, and is endowed with
the most dogeed determination and en-
durance. Accustomed 10 the water from
his boyhood, he has devoted six years
OF the prime Of his life to the task
which is now crowned with success.
Pcarson's expectations the wind fell alto
gether
AT o'clock Burgess had some 'vigorar
and said his stomach trouble was gone.
He started his night swim I'm perfect
health in an excellent position and with
exceptionally bright prospects for the next
twelve hours or so.
The next food tide took him one OF the
most extraordinary jaunts II has ever been
the fortune Of Channel swimmer to 20.
II set him right back toward England. and
hc had To cross the dreaded Ridge Bank.
where he noticed the chill of the shallow
water lie asked for soundngs 10 be taken,
and when Informed that there was twenty
one fathoms he Immediately assured his
pilot that he was decidedly nearer England
than France.
Jack Wcidman dlycd In and accom-
panied Burgess from o'clock until I2..Q.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-24
Graphic

His presence in the water was greatly ap-
preciated by Burgess.
The night was ideal-the sea like a mill
pond and the moon shining brilliantly.
There was absolutely no wind.
Burgess took food very frequently, at
half-hour intervals during the best part OF
the night. He took chocolate. hot milk and
grapes, and of the last he consumed
couple Of pounds or so during the swim.
He is extremely fond of gingerbeer, and
said he would give a sovereign for drink
of IT, Mr. Watson, however had learned by
previous experience with Burgess that his
favorte drink was his greatest enemy so
gingerbeer was barred. All night a haze
hung on the water and GrisneZ Light and
the English lights were dimy visible only
at times.
AT dawn. about 430 o'clock, the first
bearings OF the day were taken. Grisnez
bore southwest by south and Calais east
southeast; the nearest land, Sangatte, was
only three miles distant The fog hung
about all the morning and the coast was
not visible for long time.
About this time after eighteen hours
swimming. Burgess grew a little weak. He
stated he was all right physically, but felt
Iight-headed.' lie said ne could see mi
RACES. and summed the whole situation up
bv SAYING he had bad fit Of the blues.
and if the boys didnt sing to him ne should
chuck Il shortly
The party Immediately tsson to sing.
Mr Watson led of with the 'Miserere' from
III Trovatore
Burgess asked for the Marseillaise,' and
the entire party sang it to him for twenty
minutes or so without stopping.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-24
SWIMMING THE CHANNEL
Yorkshire Blacksmith Fights His
Way Across.
DOVER TO CAPE GRISNEz
Many Difficulties Were Over
come in Accomplishing This
Great Feat.

Thomas William Burgess the Yorkshire
blacksm tn. who succeeded the other day
in swimming the English Channel and emu
lating the great record made by Captain
Matthew Webb in 1875. has lived in Paris
for many years Burgess started from q
point near Dover at ten minutes 20 II
o'clock on a Tuesday morning, and waded
ashore near Cape Grisnez, after remaining
twenty three hours I'm the water. Captain
Webb occupied twenty-one and three-quar-
ter hours in his swim. The ChaIneI is tWen-
tv-onc miles across, but Burgess covered
uearly sixty.
Burgess. WHO is forty years old, accom-
pllshed his wonderful performance in the
face Of many difficulties Although the
weather conl.tiors were favorable the tides
were running strongly. He was attacked
by sickness az one period, and az another
had such fit OF depression that only the
cheering efforts If the crew Of the accom-
uanyinc motor boat kcpl him up. He was
also badly sturg by jelly1ish several times.
When % few hundred yards away from
the French coast. aud i'm an almost ex-
haustcd condition, he was perIlously near
beng carried out ly strong and trcacher-
Gus tides. \ special correspondent Of THE
London Daily ENIress' describes the great
swimmers experience as follows:
New-York tribune., 1911-09-24
~. ,llnes, however, badly handi-

.onidlv His illness. however, baoiy """o'
capped him. A.. cane was
a. $50 o'clock the point OF the cape va
..-oigh. ahead, and Burgess had hii9'e"
~. q little under q quarter OK il'o'
-, on hoard this was regarded as 'io
ond NJ his chance. Burgess SAID ne was III
hod wav. but IL necessary he Would fhdhe
a dash for the shore His great p,uoN 'r,' ~
,ho only thing that kept him eoihs' i"'
.,f,rseiIlaise' was again trolled fortn Hon'
-. TO, and rs Burgess slowly fought ms
49,, inch by inch into the bay east oi
Cs,,nez the scene was most dramatic.
.r, wos n race with the tide. ana bursceH
uo, ono might almost say. by lnches', ne
90, inside the bay and into SLACK "a'e'
ia oro,her quarter OF an hours palh'ui
,,or,, brought his great task 20 n close
.yrba excitement on the boat was INTENSE
Tho whole of the party took OF their S"oe'
and stockings and eagerly awaited the "oru
80, ,ho skinner that the water was snail
,o,,, opouph TO walk in. Burgess spilhte"
,ho lac, two hundred yards on MS leit over
arm the stroke that had given MN the
,ictorv over the Channel, exactly al S'"o
o'clock. -,
.ouurpess was very weak when he landed
but no soon recovered. He had a sleep on
H. motor boat and returned TO Deal In the
afternoon, where he had great recep''o"
on landing.
"Dlsregardfng the crowd, he rushed 10 Ms
mother and kissed her"
New-York tribune., 1911-09-24
BROUGHT A GooDLY SUM.

The knights held a convention IN De-
troit a few weeks ago. Mt keduIh "'
thore i'm his official capacity, and the amer
i,an papers reported the proceedings
5stau but there was no mention Of VIA.
he did with the rosary. The secret le"A''
out however. when J. j. Flaherty suptem.
knight of the order Of the hnlshs
columbus. i'm the course Of his Fuf'l'.
vacation visited Newfoundland. lne u"
visit he paid at St Johns was to the 0V--
vent. and when he produced a eh9VN -
81 600, che price the knights had palo ~
the rosary. Sister Clare nearly COLLAPSE.
an6 could only acknowledge 1t Win 'sN
Of gratitude. In.
The touch of pathos wanting TO eoh'p','
the romance is unconscionsly suppNee
sister Clare. For many years she hsS -
the victim OF a disease that Is Slowly S"F
ring her life away She cannot sleep -
eat. Her constant prayer is 'that she ",
hs spared TO see the good Wof" ~ "a 20
begun before she Is called away lhe e~
position Of the golden rosary has give" W.
the means 10 crafty that wish.
The plans for the Cardinals jubilee '-g'
cate that u VIII bc one VI Ni' " . d.
crate Catholic ceremonies ever "eu
this. country. This religious and secl''.
celebration will constitute the ereA"
tribute the Catholics of this country "S
ever paid to prince OF their Chureh -
as the civic jubilee celebration held IN JUN
at which President Taft and other
tirn,iished men spoke, constituted one
the mcst impressive tributes ever pa"
the state and country to a religious ecu.
Enough has been done In the way ol -.
sraI planning for the event by the 'S'.
lies Of Baltimore TO enable the 'n'''- ],
large in all parts Of the Jni,ea S'a'
arrange for its part in the oeleor1oos 4,
The leading prelates Of the Cnu''a ,.'.
America. the officers and large ceies"1.
of the chief organizations and repres'n
tive priests and Iaymen Will be there -,
,icipote in the exercises The ;ioly N'I
Society viii hold it's convention 'rn 't,
connection with the jubilee II Is ~
certain that there will be I'm BaIt''uv'' 40,
this event more Catholics than ha" ~,
been drawn together from all parn "
country before.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-24
A NEEDLE AND A FROG
By Means of the Former French
Scientists Produced the Latter.

Eggs were taken from the body OF a
female frog under proper antseptic pre-
cautions and with careful simultaneous
control" experiments at the French ZOO
logical experiment station under the man
agement Of Professor Z. Battalion. The
eggs were placed in a little dish and We're
then carefully pricked with a tiny needle
OF platinum or sharp spicule Of glass.
after which they were covered with q
layer Of water sterilized by heat. In the
hands Of the eminent PSYCHOLOGISTS NJ.
Battalion and NJ Henneguay the little
needle was as potent or almost as potent
az Aaron's rod.
In about four hours the eggs began to
develop but while all Of them passed
through some initial stages. II was about
one-ffth only that segmented in the nor
NAL way. At every stage the mortality
was greater than I'm the case Of ordinary
fertilized eggs; but at length out OF a
| thousand eggs experimental on, one hun
| dred and twenty hatChed into tadpoes. OF
| these three were reared through parts of
| their metamorphosis. They did not actually
turn into frogs. but died accidentally or
for want Of proper nourishment after the
appearance of their legs. After the oldest
(aged about three months) had all its four
legs well developed and was, in fact, a
practically perfect frog, except that its tail
had not entirely disappeared, it died As
with St. Denis when he walked a short
distance with his head between his arms.
or rather under his arm, II was only the
first step that cost. These tadpoles, II they
did not endure to the end, went a long dis
tance on their way.
The authors of these experiments are
scientists Of high reputation, skilled in all
the precautions necessary for carrying out
their experiments and safeguarding them
from sources OF accidental error. In short
we need not doubt, says our contemporary
that what they assert they have actually
performed. They have demonstrated the
artificial fertilization of a vertebrate ovum
by simple mechanical stimulus. They
raised a hybrid between a needle and
frog But here we are face 10 face with
the double part played by the male IN the
process Of fertilization On the one hand
II is his function TO give the initial i'm
pulse or stimulus 20 the act of develop
ment and on the other hand 20 convey TO
the offspring a share Of his hereditary
qualities or characteristics. In these ex-
periments of artificial parthenogenesis the
two influences are ASSOCIATED. The for
mer one IS efficiently replaced by chemical
or by mechanical means. The other drops
out Of sight altogether For as French
critic has remarked, there can be no qucs-
tion Of heredity on the side Of the father
for there IS no evidence that the young
frogs inherited the qualities Of their pater-
nal needle.-Current Literature
New-York tribune., 1911-09-24

Sullivan was again approached by oliver.
ITS all right. is 1t, Tim inquired
Jimmy"
Whats all rght?' growled sullivan
why you said you'd pomlnate me II l
went away and let you play that hand
"Wer, was there anything 1 didn't lose
I'm that hand?" inquired Sullivan mourn
fully. but he kept his word. and Jimmy
came back.
Oliver was bitter against reformers anu
neglected no opportunity to express ms
disapproval OF them and their methods
one day he was standing in front OF the
Fifth Avenue Hotel when J. Pierpont MOT
gan and Bishop Doane, of Albany. VINO
had been attending a meeting OF the fed-
body trustees in the hotel. came out. ana
entered carriage. Just as the porter was
about to close the door Bishop Doahe
caught sight Of tic Assemblyman ana
beckoning to him.. said to the porter:
"Don't close the door until have shaken
hands with Jimmy oliver
Jimmy" hurried over 10 the carriage
and 10 shake the bishops hand he had to
stretch across Morgan who occupied the
rear seat.
Excuse me. Mr.. Morgan Jimmy said.
That's all right, Oliver. I'm glad to see
YOU. too" Morgan responded.
"I wish some Of them reformers had
seen me just then" murnured Jimmy,
as he reioned his friends. Those fellows
think that because l represent a Bowery
district I'm a fair mark, but when a real
bishop calls me Jimmy and j. Pierpont
Morgan calls me Oliver, guess | needn't
worry about getting the hdorsemeht of all
the reform gang"
New-York tribune., 1911-09-24
FOR CARDINAL GIBBONS
A Rosary of Forty Nuggets Of
KIondike Gold.
THEIR STRANGE HISTORY
Involves q Miner and His Sweet.
heart, a Working Girls
Home and a Nun.

The story Of the golden rosary yhlcs
will be presented 10 Cardinal Gibbons ~
the Knights Of Columbus on the twenty.
fifth anniversary Of his cardmalate ara
his hftleth anniversary as a priest. which
will be celebrated in Baltimore in the week
beginning October Is, is one so fun a,
romantic interest and OF religious devotion
that It is likely TO live as long as thu
rosary lasts All the details OF this story
narrative is more interesting than the
Jewel itself, although this is unique.
The rosary contains forty nuggets OF VoA
and cost $1,000. II was originally valued a,
only slOo and now that its history Is known
it could scarcely be purchased for any
price. Here is the story:
In the Presentation Convent In st. Johns
there lives a nun, Sister Clare. who cher.
ished a very ambitious project. The order
IS a. clo'stered one, so that the Sisters, who
devote all their lives to the teaching 0,
the children Of fishermen their elementary
lessons, see very few people except their
pupils and relatives. Sister Clare conceived
the idea OF founding a working girls home,
where girls would be cared for and pro-
tected.
With this end in view she began collect.
ing bricks for her home. All her pupils
brought each week few cents 10 purchss.
bricks. Then an occasional visitor OF the
convent contributed the price Of brick
and so the fund was started.