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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01
Big Dredge At Work
Clearing River Channel

To help in the work Of dredging the
upper river channel and filing In part
of Potomac fats, the Gulf and Pacific
Dredging Company's dredge Pittsburg
was this morning towed to an anchor
age or the sea wall on the Virginia side
of the river. She will begin digging
mud tomorrow morning, and her own
ers' contracts call fer the removal OF
more than 100000 cubic feet of mater
ial. The Job will take six weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01
AMBIGUITY OF LAW
PUZZLES AUDITOR.
For Decision On Question Involving Status Of
Two Principals Of Grade Training Schools.

Characterizing the school law as am
biguous and declaring that no more
perplexing subject has ever occupied the
attention OF his office, Auditor Twee-
dale, through the Commissioners, to-
day presented to the Comptroller OF
the Treasury for decision a question in
volving the status of two principals OF
grade manual training schools provided
in the last District of cOluTbia appro-
priations act.
The positions are new ones, and prior
to the current fiscal year have not been
authorized by law in the school sys.
tenn.
The Board of Education. In a letter
to the Auditor, states that the question
has arisen as to the salary that can be
assigned to the new positions. The in
terests Of the schools. It is said, can
best be promoted by the transfer or
promotion OF teachers now in the serv-
ice Of the schools, but It is not the do
sire of the school officials to recommend
these transfers or promotions II the
principals Of the grade manual training
schools will be allowed only the mini
mum salary OF Group A. class six, the
teachers of academic and scientific sub
jects in the high schools.
Questions Propounded.
The following questions are propound-
ed to the Comptroller: ..
May teacher in group A. class six.
receiving a salary Of $500, (S1, 900 basic
pay and $500 longevity pay), be trans
ferred to one Of the positions Of prin-
cipals Of grade manual training schools
and receive a like salary?
May a teacher of manual training
now employed IN class five, and receiv-
ing a salary of 8, 900; $3.50 basic pay and
Of the positions as principal Of grade
manual training schools and receive a
sarary Of group A. class six, next abov
his present salary, namely a,100, G1,000
basic pay and 800 longevity pay?
Would teacher promoted or a new
appointee to the position Of principal OF
a grade manual training school be re-
auired to have the qualifications Of pass
ing the required examination and a
degree from an accredited college or a
graduation certificate from an accredit-
ed normal school, with five years OF
experience as a teacher in a high
school. prescribed by the act Of June
20. 1906?
win the principals Of grade manual
training schools be entitled to the an
six?''
There is no expression by Congress
hat explains the intent Of that body
IN injecting an entirely new element in
The composition OF group A. class six,
nther than the naked statement in the
1912 appropriation act including two
principals of grade manual training |
schools in group A, class six, at mini |
mum salary OF 1000 each" says Audi |
If these principals as to the salary that |
nay be paid them becomes then a mat |
er Of construction"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01
FUND Being RAISED
TO TRANSPORT BODY.
Of I. R. T|MDY HERE
Friends OF Monitor Turret
Inventor To Act, On Fail
y ure Of Navy.

Failing to obtain recognition from the
navy for the achievements of the laya
T.. r. Timby, inventor of the Monitor
turret. his friends in Washington anu
elsewhere are raising a fund to convey
his body to this city from New York
aboard chartered ship. More than
$1,000 will be needed.
When Timby died a few weeks ago
his admirers and others petitioned the
Navy Department to lend warship or
even a collier to bring the body to
where It Is to have it's
last resting place. This petition was
denied on the ground that Timby's ser.
vices did not justify this distinction.
The refusal revived the controversy
as to the real work Of Timby. He had
he invented the turret which
made the old Monitor the formidable
foe of the Merrimac. The historical
have been drawn upon. and they
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01
Connection Bridge
Aid To Motorists

NEW LONDON, Conn.,, Sept 1.-Au-
tomobilists. who have heretofore chafed
under the necessity OF crossing the
Connecticut river by the antiquated
ferry that has for so many years been
in use, will be interested to learn that
magnificent new highway bridge has
finally been opened between Old Say
brook and Old Lyme, near this city.
The bridge is a handsome structure
and has been erected to accommodate
the immense automobile traffic through
New England. IT saves a great amount
of time and is really the most import
ant Improvement in the New York to
Boston automobile road in years.
IT enables motorists to make the IA
nous halfway stop at the Mohican
Hotel, New London, without inconven-
fence. Manager F. B. Walker, Of that
hosiery. was one of the first to cross
the bridge in a motor car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01

Before proceeding to the consideration
of the subject of the report Auditor
Tweedale replies to criticisms. which
he says have been made against
his office regarding the school law.
There seems to be an impression
that obstacles are placed in the way of
the payment Of teachers salaries by
raising technical and unnecessary ques-
tons and submitting them to the Comp
troller for decision" says the Auditor.
'It is only fair to this office to say
that such Is not the fact. OF the many
submissions to the Comptroller for de-
cision several have been raised by this
office, but the larger number arose
through questions propounded by the
Board Of Education. In matters OF this
kind where the expenditure Of public
funds Is involved the opinion of this
office is not binding or controlling
while the opinion decisions OF the Comp
troller are.
mo more perpIexing or vexed subject
ever occupied the attention of this office
than the school law. To seek its true in
tent, to harmonize it's provisions with
the appropriation acts and to construe
1t with due regard to the interests of the
teacher and the interest o. the District
has been labor Of no mean task rest
ing equally heavy upon the Board Of
Education, the Comptroller OF the Trea-
sury and this Office.
b " Blamed on the Law.
THE whole trouble has been due to
the general ambiguity OF the school law,
the lack of conference between its pro-
visions and the provisions Of the annual
appropriation acts. and the absence Of
sufficient clearness in fits language to
enable the determination of the true In
tent Of Congress in its enactments. A
law in this shape Is susceptible Of vary
ing constructions and this fact alone
may be given as the answer to the fire.
ouency of submissions to the Comptrol-
ler"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01
New Handbook Cases
Before Mr.. Wilson

Charges OF bookmaking filed today
against William o. Jeffries, of $40
Massachusetts avenue northwest;
Bayard G. Wrenn, of 1882 N street
northwest; and Charles Middleton, Of
621 II street northwest, will be sub
mltted to United States District At
torney Wilson. Following the action
Of those arrested some time ago, the
defendants demanded Jury trial. They
were released on 81, 900 bonds fur
nished last night when arrested.
Assistant United States Attorney
Ralph Given said today that none OF
the pending bookmaking charges,
whether brought by the police or De-
partment of Justice, will be brought
to trial until all the evidence has
been passed upon by District Attor-
ney Wilson. "The experiences in the
cases that were tried and lost last
spring forbid hasty action"
1t Is not expected that trials in any
of the cases will be held for at least
a month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01
Rev. ]. Henning Nelms
Back In Pulpit Sunday

The Rev. DR.. J. Henning Nelms viii
preach at II and 7:30 o'clock services at
the Episcopal Church OF the Ascension
Sunday for the first time since he left
on his summer vacation six weeks ago.
DR.. Nelms returned from ogontz. Pa.
with his family last night. He was ac-
companied by the Rev. e. s. Hale. as
sistant pastor of the Church of the As
cension, and Mrs. Hale. who also sum-
mered at Ogontz. At the morning SER
vice Sunday the fun choir, which has
just reorganized, win sing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01
GIRL DRINKS ACID
AFTER A QUARREL
WITH HER SISTER
Myrtle Mahorney Is Saved
/. By Physicians At
/ Hospital.

Following a dispute with her sister
at her home this morning, Myrtle Ma
lhorney, twenty years old, OF STA
street northwest, placed a vial of car
Fbolic acid to her lips, and before men,
ibers OF her family could obtain posses
sion OF 1t had swallowed a portion of
its contents.
She was hurried to Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital. where. after working
over the woman for more than an
was out Of danger.
Police OF the Seventh precinct who
Investigated the alleged attempt at sui
eide were told that the young woman
had had a dispute with a married sister.
several years older than she. and that
this had prompted her TO swallow the
acid. The dispute, which is said to have
arisen over a trivial matter. took place
a few minutes after the family had fin-
ished their breakfast. Myrtle Mahorney.
her father, William T. Mahorney, for
nler fireman, and the married sister
were in the dining room at the time.
The two young woman had been quar-
reling for several minutes when the
younger sister, without giving any
warning as to her intentions, picked
acid, and made a dash for a stairway
leading to the second floor of the house.
The father of the young woman, fearing
that she intended to harm herself,
started after her.
Before he could obtain possession of
the bottle his daughter had swallowed
a portion Of its contents. Ste was i'm
mediately carried to the lower floor of
the house, and the police of the Seventh
precinct notified.
The patrol wagon reached the house
within a few minutes and the young
woman was rushed with all possible
speed to Georgetown University Hospit-
al and taken to the operating room.
The fact that but a few minutes had
elapsed from the time the young woman
took the acid, made it possible for the
physicians 10 save her life, for they
found that she had swallowed several
ounces of the deadly fluid and was in a
critical condition. After working over
her for more than an hour the ply
sicians said that she would recover.
TIL father of the young woman ac-
companied her to the hospital and re-
manned beside her until he was assured
that she was out of danger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01
NO MORE. INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA
OR SOUR, Classy, UPSET STOMACH

dose just as socn as you can. There
will be no sour risings. no belching Of
stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or
heavy feeling in the stomach, Nausea,
Debintating Headaches, Dizziness or
Intestinal gripping. This will all go, and
besides, there will be no sour food left
over in the stomach to poison your
breath with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepein Is a certain cure for
out of order stcmachs, because II takes
hold Of your food and diGests II Just
the same as If your STOMACH wasn't
there.
Relief in five minutes from all ston-
ach misery Is waiting for you at any
drug store.
These large R-cent cases contain more
than sufficient to thoroughly cure al
most any case of Dyspepsia, Indigestion
or any other stomach disorder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01
Your out-of-order Stomach feels
fine five minutes after TAX
ing little Diapepsin.

Every year regularly more than a
million stomach sufferers in the United
States, EpglaPd, and Canada take
Pape's Diapepsin, and realize not only
Immediate, but lasting relief
This harmless preparation will digest
anything you eat and overcome O sour,
gassy or out-of- order stomach Ave
minutes afterwards.
If your meals don't At comfortably,
or what you eat lies like lump Of lead
in your stomach. or IL you have heart
burn, that is a sign of Indigestion.
Get from your Pharmacist a 50-cent
case of Pape's Diapepsin and take a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01
Col. Young Soon To
appoint New Assistant

Appointment of a new assistant clerk
will be announced September Is by Col.
John r. Young. clerk Of the District
Supreme Court. to succeed Samuel Nc
Comas Hawken, now clerk in Criminal
Court No. l.. Mr.. Hawken will. on
September 10, become Assistant United
States District Attorney, succeeding
Charles H. Turner, resigned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01

seem to bear out the Timby claim. The
records Of the Court Of Claims. which
considered Timby's demand for pay FOR
his Government work. shows Timby az
the unquestioned inventor.
Regardless Of these claims and the
evidence there are men who deny then
and declare the turfet was invented be-
fore Timby's time. At any event the
friends OF the inventor are preparing
20 honor him even though they must
pay for the merchant vessel with their
own money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-01

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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-05-05
GROWING Glover.

Many of these farms have been
titled so much without a proper rota.
ton that they will not produce clover
well even with plenty of lime. They
need humus and this should be sup
Piled by growing V crops, cowpeas
and soy beans. For such lands the
sowing of cowpeas at the last work
Ing of the corn and when the land is
very thin the application of 200 pounds
of commercial fertilizer is recommend
The peas may be cut up with a
DISK harrow and the land sown to
wheat. The Kansas station found that
where peas were sown at last work
Ing of the corn In a 1ve-year average
the increase of corn was SO bushels
a lot alongside on which COW.
peas were not sown.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-05-05
WHITE PLAGUE OF CUCUMBER
Sciara Worm Has Arrived and Manner
in Which to Abolish it-Davis
Perfect Not Attacked,

Another white plague has ar
rived, and this time it is the cucumber
that suffers. This pest, familiar to
those who grow cucumber plants UNI
DER glass, Is the Sciara maggot (Sci-
aralnconstans). 1t is a slender, white
worm with a shiny, black head, and
measures not more than a quarter of
an inch 1t lives In the soil among
the roots of the new plants. Its GUS
tom Is to gnaw the rootlets. After a
plant is attacked 1t makes little or no
new growth and In it's sickly condi-
tlon produces few If any cucumbers.
The leaves turn brown and the plants
wilt In the sun.
The adult of this worm Is known
as the fungus gnat. 1t is a very
small fly and lays its eggs in fresh
horse manur 1t Is through the fresh
manure that these pests are introduced
into greenhouses. The use OF old
manure rather than fresh will keep
them out. Should they appear, water
In which tobacco has been soaked
should be poured about the roots OF
the affected plants.
Certain cucumbers seem to be inn
mune TO the attacks of these worms.
Tests made indicate that the variety
known as the Davis Perfect is not
subject to the attacks of the mag
gots.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-05-05
Somebody Was interested.

Maybe she meant 1T as a compliment,
maybe she didn't. He likes to believe
that she did. At dinner he said:
i saw DR.. Parkhurst on Madison
avenue today"
Well and Huh being the only
comments on that remark, he went
on:
Now, ! wonder II DR.. Parkhurst Is
telling anybody at this time that he
saw ne on Madison avenue today?"
Then the woman said sweetly:
III he Is, | am sure he is telling
them something more interesting than
what you are telling us."-New York
Times.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-05-05

crushing out the seeds of rebellion at
home. 1t was probably in order that
he should no again find himself thus
between two enemies that he con.
ceived the gigantic defense of which
the larger part remains to this day.
U~ndeterred by the magnitude of
the task and the terrible loss of life
that its construction must involve.
Che-HWang-te gave the word and the
huge structure slowly forged it's way
from many centers at once along the
entire northern boundary of what was
then the Chinese empire. Che-Hwang-
te enlisted the workers in many WAYS
and from many quarters. Some OF
MS press gang work was hardly cred
liable, for it is on record that the
mere possession of a book condemned
the Wretched owner to four years
hard labor on the wall.
But as the Chinese proverb has It:
The humiliation of one generation
mas proved the salvation of others"
and for many centuries the great wall
served its purpose we'll.
appolntHl generally awaits
the mortal who has heard much
about some celebrated object and
e visit il; SO seldom Ices the
reality come up to expectation. But
the great wall is not overrated. Be
Ole 1t by starlight or moonlight.
gaze on 1t in twilight or in sunlight;
view 1t through the haze Of a dust
or the spindrift of a rain shower.
or between the flakes of a snowstorm,
ever is the wall one great, gray,
gaunt. still specter Of the past, crest.
the mountain peak or reposing in
'he shady valley. So vast is it that
perhaps alone Of all mans handiwork
II could be discqrned from the moor
vast is it that were It's materials
disposed around the earth at the
equator they would provide a wall
feet high and three feet thick.
Wnen We reflect on the labor need
TO erect it we slowly divine the
loll exacted from countless thou.
SANDS. the sweat and tears and blood
nat u have been shed and we are
prepared to hear that after two mil.
emma the name Of Che is cursed all
iiong the wall by the descendants of
nose who were driven to the hateful
ask who labOced in deathly fear lest
"ne flesh AID blood failed to re
TO tho r~Eskmaster's scourge
iesh n bk',d should be hurlei into
ne mass o. concrete to provide more
naterla for the a~ll-devourios mon
1t /: . wall of blood.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-05-05
CH|NAS GREAT WALL
Wonder of World Is Literally Wal
of Blood.
For Tweney-One Centuries It Has Re,
manned the Most Amazing Con-
struction Of Human Hands
Builders Name Cursed.

Pekfn.-Best known by repute OF
all the wonders of the world, the great
wall of China has remained for Fl
centuries the most amazing construc.
ton Of human hands. Ruined and
broken as it is, it is clear at first
sight that the amount of human labor
required to build this majestic barrier
is without parallel on earth. Fifteen
hundred miles long, with additional
loops that add another 1000 miles,
there were originally $4,000 watch
overs upon 1t.
The wall was built at the end of the
third century before Christ by the
first, and perhaps the greatest. of all
Chlnese emperors. Che-Hwang-te,
prince of Tsin, succeeded as a boy to
the throne Of a comparatively small
kingdom and at once began 10 put
into a state of order and defence a
territory that long had been allowed
TO degenerate into a mere prey to an.
nual northern invaders. After a few
years the young king assumed the
style OF emperor end organized the
forces of what for the first time in
history was China. For he at once
gave TO the whole of this new empire
the name Of his own small state. He
then marched out against the Tar
tars, his hereditary and perennial
enemles in the north. After routing
these m%arauding pests he was re.
called for the usual oriental need of
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-05-05
Efficient Harrow Cart.

tongue and a short piece of 2x4 long
enough to reach across the frame
close up to the axles; this makes a
brace for the frame, and forms a firm
attachment for the seat and tongue.
FOR a seat, n from some other
piece of farm machinery will answer
r well. A clevis may be attached
to the end of the tongue for coupling
the cart to the harrow ring. Make
one for the boys and see if they'll
not hin narrowing does a great deal
more good than they used to, when
they had to walk.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-05-05
Not Exactly Patriotic.

He was, let us say, Irish, was among
several men Of other nationalities, and
had imbibed several beverages. He
was extremely anxious, moreover, to
uphold the glories of Erin. but vas
not quite so sure Of what was going
on about him. A foreigner near him
remarked:
An honest a Is the noblest work
of Cod"
The Hibern1an didn't quite catch
what was said:
Get out! - an Irishman isl" he
roared.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-05-05
Agriculture Is older than history

Agriculture Is older than history.
Barnyard n is almost a com.
plete fertilizer.
Corn is the cheapest fat producing
food In the corr belt.
1t Is as easy to produce honey of
good quality as it is to produce tho
other kind.
Farming Is a serious business and
is on a par with any other profession
or occupation.
In selecting seeds, a matter which
needs careful attention is the keeninp
quality of vegetables.
The keynote in getting a seeding q,
clover is the mechanical condition ~
apd the humus in the soil.
Glover feeds on mineral matter N
the soil and nitrogen in the air ort
of the reach OF most crops.
Every spring an unnecessarily largo
number of young pigs are lost by the
disease known as the thumps.
Alfalfa best solves the problem ~
experimenting pastures and will main.
tain a full flow of milk all summer
Glover is the best soil renovation h..
cause it better fills the soil with roots
which decay and fill the soil with
The seeds OF melons and cucumbers
should be started under glass not
over four weeks in advance Of feld
planting.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-05-05
A WIDOWS LUCK
Quit the Thing That Was Slowly In.
jurinq Her.

A woman tells how coffee kept her
from insuring her life:
L suffered for many years chiefly
from trouble with my heart. with
severe nervous headaches and neu-
ralg1a; but although incapacitated
at times for my Homework, | did not
realize the gravity OF my condition till
l was rejected for life insurance, be-
cause. the examining physician said,
my heart "a SO bad he could not pass
nue..
This distressed me very much, as
! was a widow and had a child de-
pendent upon me. l: was to protect
her future that l wanted to insure
my life.
Fortunately for me l happened to
read an advertisement containing a
testimonial from a man who had been
affected in the same way that l was
with heart trouble, and who was bene-
fitted by leaving off coffee and using
Postum. l grasped at the hope this
held out, and uade the change at
once.
MY health began to improve imme-
diately. The headaches and neuralgia
disappeared, l gained in flesh, and my
appetite came back to me-. Greatest
Of all, my heart was strengthened
from the beginning, and oon all the
distressing symptoms passed away. No
more waking up in the night with my
heart trying to fly out of my mouth.
Then l again made application for
life insurance, and had no trouble in
passing the medical examination.
1T was seven years ago that l be-
gan to use Postum and am using 1t
still, and shall continue to do SO, as I
find it a guarantee of good health"
Name given by Postum Company, Bat.
tie Creek. Mich.
There's q reason"
Read the big little book, The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs.
Eve read he shove Ietterf A new
0ne aDpears from time to time. They
are genuines truss a1a fall Of AumA1
eDtosast