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The Washington herald., 1911-10-15
DISCOVERIES DAY INDoRSED.
Sons of Veterans Would Make II
Legal Holiday.

Az the regular meeting Of Lincoln
Camp. No. ?, Sons of Union Veterans.
held Friday evening. action was taken
Indorsing the movement to make Dis
coverers Day" October Il. a legal holi-
day in the District of Columbia.
The camp secretary was instructed to
send letters to the chairmen of the Sen
ate and House Committees on the Dis
trict. and to Commissioner Rudolph. urg-
ing that such a law be enacted. In an
address delivered on Thursday evening.
Commissioner Rudolph stated that he
would recommend a measure having in
view the making of "Discoverer's Day
a legal holiday in the District.
This camp is the first organization TO
take official action indorsing the move
ment.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-15

Oysters. Md. Quick. 61O 9th e 1908 Pa. av.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-15

A Beautiful wedding Is Assured
and arrange the decorations. 1914 F.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-15
BAND CONCERT TO-DAY.
Shaffer's NiOIets Are Famous
s"or size and fragrance. l4th x Eye
Eckinrton w. T. c. L. Meets.

The lexington w. c. T. /. held its
October meeting Friday evening at the
home Of Mrs. B. Rogers, 80 r street
northwest Mrs. L. \. Earle. State
superintendent of local meetings and
red letter days. gave an address.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-15

Another astonishing
value in a well made,
nicely finished diner,
q Chair that will give
the limit of service.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-15
Assigned tn Fort RfIey

''Private' Frank Bloom. OF Battery 2,
Third Field Artillery. who secured a COM
mission as second lieutenant in the army
after President Taft had interferred in
his case, will he assigned to duty in the
Sixth Regiment, First Artillery, now sta
toned at Fort Riley. Kans.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-15

4 Substantial, Eco
nomiCal and Decided
" Effective Heating
StoVe-built of the
best cast steel, nickel
trimmed. latest style
CRATE and damperS:
b beSt iire-rCSiSting
lining.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-15

German scientist has advanced tho
theory that hRilstones are shaped by
the electricity of the thundersturms that
generally accompany them.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-15
LOCAL MENTION.
EXCURSIONS TODAY.

Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
steamers from foot Of Seventh street for Old Point
Comfort ard Norfolk daily at s45 D. N.
Steamer Charles MacalesteT for Mount Vernon and
Marshall Hall leaves Seventh street wharf At 10
n and go p n. daily. excerpt Sunday.
steamc- Charles Mscalestsr leaves Seventh stree.
wharf at 2:5O p foTtymile sail down beautiful
Potomac.
Cars from Fifteenth street and New York aTeuus
eTsry quarter hour for main entrance Zoo PARK
Chevy Chase. and Ksnsington-
Washington. Baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Railway opeates sItythree limited trains each day
between Washington and Baltimore, leaving Fiji.
tseuth street and New York avenue the hour
and half hour Also trains to Annapolis Eve min.
utes after the hour.
Cars from 18th and streets northeast direct 10
National Training School and BladensburE.
Chesapeake Beach train schedule In railroad
column. Take New York avenue COLUMBIA LineI
street car. Fur additional information phone
Lincoln los.
To Great Falls-Great Falls and Old Donluiou
Railroad cars every few minutes from TEirty-siItI
and II EtreetA
Certain plants which grow at the sea
shore cannot thrive without salt.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
THE DAY AT THE CAPITOL
THE HOUSE.

Baseball. Presidential politics, the beef
trust, and other unrelated subjects were
discussed in connection with the Demo-
cratic cotton revision bill in the House
Of Representatives yesterday.
Representative Kinkead, Of New Jer
sey. captain OF the Democratic nina
which will meet Republican team on
the diamond next week, gravely an
nounced in debate that all ARRANGEMENTS
for the game had been completed.
1T has been decided" he said, that
Gov. John X. Tener. Of Pennsylvania,
who was formerly a member Of the
House. shall umpire for the Republicans
Two years ago, as member of the House,
he led the Republican team 20 defeat.
Berger. Of Milwaukee, as its umpire. For
baseball purposes. Mr.. Berger, who Is a
Socialist. is good enough for us"
Speaking in support Of the pending cot
ton bill, Representative Burnett, Of Ala
bama, concluded as follows:
Alabama nominates her favorite son.
Oscar w. Underwood, for the Presi-
dency."
This sentiment was applauded by all
the Democrats present. Representatives
Weeks, of Massachusetts,, and Crumpack-
er, of Indiana. Republicans. opposed the
cotton bill Representative Lenroot, OF
Wisconsin, an insurgent, announced to
Democratic applause that 1t was his in
tention to vote for the pending measure.
General debate on the cotton bill was
concluded yesterday. The bill will be
taken up under the five minute rule to-
day, and Leader Underwood plans to pass
1t before adjournment tonight
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
Midshipmen.

According to the editor of the Army
and Navy Journal we are facing a mid
shipman famine The navy personnel
bill provides a system by which Con-
gressmen are to name their choice as
needed. That bill now is in the hands
of the House Naval Committee If it
fails of adoption, the old system which
was in vogue before the Spanish war
will be in force again after July, 1913,
each Congressman appointing one mid
shipman every four years. 1t has been
found that this plan will not provide
enough officers for the needs of the
navy.
The Naval Academy at present gradu-
ates some $50 men every year, which
just about meets the existing demand.
The law now provides for 1000, but
owing to designations, physical defects,
or intellectual shortcomings. or perhaps
failure to appoint, the vacancies at the
Naval Academy average about $50 The
Army and Navy Journal estimates that
if each Congressman would make one
appointment every three years, the de-
mand for midshipmen would be met If
this is true, the in-four-years sys-
TEN must lead to steadily growing
shortage. This should be, avoided If
our navy is to be kept prepared for war.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
THE SENATE.

The Senate devoted the day to the con-
sideration of the reapportionment bill.
No votes were taken on any of the
amendments, for to-day has been set
aside as the day for the final vote on
the bill and pending amendments with
out further debate.
Senator OGorman and Senator Shively
defended the bill, and Senator Root and
Senator Burton opposed It, The objec-
tions urged against the bill were that
the House of 433 members proposed by
wieldy, and would result In decreasing
individual responsibility. Senator O'Gor.
man. in the first speech he has made In
the Senate. compared the proposed mem
bership of the House with the size OF
foreign assemblies and parliaments to
show that by comparison the House OF
433 members would not be unusually
large.
Conferees were appointed on the wool
bill and the publicity bill.
The conferees on behalf of the Sem
ate on the wool bill are Senators PEN
rose, Cullom, and La Toilette, Repub-
licans, and Senators Bailey and Sim
mons, Democrats.
The Senate agreed to the report of
the conference committee Of the House
and Senate on the resolution making ap-
for deficiencies, mostly for
the pay Of Capitol employees on account
of the extra session. The extra month S
pay usually allowed to Capitol employees
was struck out.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
BRIBETAKER'S APPEAL
SCORNED BY LORIMER
White Admits He Was Unable to Get Satisfaction from
Senator He Helped to Elect.

tive Browne for voting for Lorimer and
$500 from Representative Wilson, in St
Louis, as his share of the jackpot, White
said that he began to write a manuscript,
giving in detail his story OF his expert
enCes while a member OF the legislature.
He told OF his conversations with labor
leaders. in which he gave them the sum-
mary OF his experiences. Some of them
advised him to make the exposure, while
others said that it would ruin him II he
made II public.
White told Of writing letters to Sena-
tor Lorimer and Representative Browne
informing them of his intention to make
an exposure of the alleged corrupt meth
DDS in the Lorimer election. He said
that his purpose in writing these let
ters was to obtain from them IN reply
letters which might incriminate them
proof in his exposure. Whites letter to
Senator Lorimer which was written on
December 4. 1903. said that White was
about to make arrangements for the
publication of his story Of exposure
which would net him about 81 50 per word.
In reply Senator Lorimer wrote a curt
note which acknowledged his letter and
said: Il should be very glad to note your
success as an author"
White completed his direct testimony
His cross-examination will begin when
the committee reconvenes this morning.
As White IS one of. the principal wit
nesses against Senator Lorimer. II Is
likely that Judge Hanecy, counsel for
Senator Lorimer, will spend the remain
der OF the week in a rigorous cross-ex-
animation for the purpose Of breaking
down Whites story.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03

Representative Charles A. White, a
member of the Illinois legislature Of 1903,
which elected Senator Lorimer, yester-
day explained to the members Of the
Senate committee investigating Mr.. Lori
mer's election the ethical phase of his
conduct in accepting a bribe to vote for
Senator Lorimers election and In ac-
cepting a share in the jackpot fund.
White testified that his main idea was
to expose the corrupt political conditions
existing in Springfield He admitted that
the actual taking of money in considera-
ton for his vote was dishonest, and he
so regarded 1t, but that he felt that he
was justified by his purpose of gather
ing evidence of corruption which he in
tended later to make public with view
to improving political conditions. He
said that the only way to obtain this
Information was to participate in the
transactions.
He said that he used this money for
his personal expenses, which he thought
was justified because he felt that his ex-
penses in gathering this information
should be repaid. He said that he did
not intend to make a profit out of his
exposure except a sufficient amount to
pay his expenses.
How did the people of Illinois receive
any benefit, II you used the money for
your personal expenses" asked Chair
man Dillingham;.
"They were benefited through the ex-
posure of political conditions at Spring
field" replied White.
After receiving $1,000 from Represents
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
The Merchant Marine Problem.

Unless the United States govern
ment consents TO give a little of the
same sort of aid to its shipping that
England, Germany, France. and other
countries do to theirs, those countries
will continue to monopolize the world 5
deepsea trade
This is familiar but inaccurate ar
gument for a subsidy The French
yearbook, for instance, gives the ton
mage OF the deepsea portion of the
French merchant marine as 442,8o8 tons
According to our own statistics. Ameri-
can ships trading overseas for the same
period measured SS7.5o5 tons. Thus. in
competition with the French feet the
United States does more than hold her
own without the subsidy said to be
essential
What the above quotation means to
imply is that it is the subsidy policy
of foreign nations which has resulted in
the superiority of the English, French,
German, and Norwegian merchant ma
rine. 1t must not be forgotten, how
ever, that subsidized liners like the Lusi
tania and Mauretania in Great Britain
or the Deutschland and Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse in Germany. are but an in
significant fraction of the shipping of
those two countries. 1t is the tramp
steamship, a comparatively small vessel
of 5000 tons, and often a good deal
less, that makes England supreme at
sea. Besides, her merchant fleet is five
times as great as that of her nearest
competitor, Germany. A subsidized
liner may add to the commercial
prestige of a country, but even
hundred Mauretanias, or 3,5oo,ooo tons
gross, would not equal England's sail
feet alone in cargo-carrying capacity.
Lack of subsidy is not the root of
the evil To have a powerful merchant
marine. nation must be able to build
ships cheaply or to buy them in a cheap
market We are deprived of both these
facilities. Our industrial situation is
against the first, and Our antiquated
shipping laws do not allow the second.
1t is impossible to see how the pay
ment of gratuities to corporations own
ing few large ships could give the
country the much-coveted large mer-
chant marine.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
Where the City Gets Left.

An investigation into the amounts
paid by taxicab companies and livery
men for the privilege of standing their
vehicles in front of hotels and clubs
has opened the eyes of the New York
City authorities. The aggregate is over
$4,000. The Waldorf-Astoria man.
agement. for instance, charges $4,000
year for the privilege while the
Knickerbocker receives $4,000 All of
the other hotels and clubs collect sums
averaging between 5000 and $4,000 a
year.
But while these private corporations
receive thousands of dollars for renting
the public streets in front of their
premises, what does the city get? Ex-
actly $50 a month from each club and
hotel. 1t is the city which owns the
streets which the cabs and carriages oc-
cupy; it is the city which pays for the
police force necessary to regulate
traffic; it is the city which keeps the
pavements in repair. The city, however,
receives a paltry $50 a month, while
the clubs and hotels collect thousands
for renting stretch of public roadway
which really does not belong to them.
If the municipality was run upon
business principles and the interests of
the people were closely safeguarded,
the treasury of the city would gain i'm
mensely. AS it is, the present condi-
tions are to be changed, although it will
be impossible to recover the money
which has been lost through negligence
in the past. 1t might be worth while
for the authorities here to see whether
the rights of the citizens are fully pre-
served in the occupancy of public space
by private individuals or corporations.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
Chairman Underwood.

1t was a splendid and deserved trib-
the House of Representatives yester-
day paid to Representative Underwood
chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. when he squarely and en-
phatically answered the slurring insin-
uations of William Jennings Bryan
The latter accused Mr.. Underwood of
treachery to his party, in that he de-
iberately postponed the revision of the
iron and steel schedule
This is not the first time since the
extraordinary session of Congress as
'embled that Mr.. Bryan has appeared
i'll the guiSe of a troublemaker He
came TO Washington to prevent, if pos
Sible, the selection of Senator Martin
as leader of the minority in the Sen
ste, and he made another trip in the
hope that he could influence the men,
bers of the House majority to place
raw wool on the free list. In both
IilOilS ilS SlSadily ldllOd 4NO" llC 10
eEdeavoring to make more friction by
charging that Mr. Underwood is
tainted with protection" He wants
Mr. Underwood unmasked. and he in
sists that mistake was made in put
ting that gentleman at the head of
The Ways and Means Committee.
The answer of the House is mat
ter of record. With a manifestation
unequaled in the history OF that body,
Mr.. Underwood's colleagues testified to
heir faith in him They know that he
was ready and willing to take up the
steel and iron schedules in the very be-
ginning; they know that he has filled
the position of chairman with credit to
himself and TO his party They know
that he has record of accomplishment
which is of material value to the or
ganization Of which he is a distinguished
member. And the echo of their hearty
cCmmendation of his course was loud
enough to reach Lincoln, Nebr.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
NO INTEREST IN COLUMNS.
Committee Gets No Recommends
tions on "Greek Ruin ERect.v

tions on "Greek Ruin Eject"
The subcommittee on streets and ave-
nues of the District Committee of the
House finds lack of interest on the
part of Washington citizens in the prof.
ect Of making Greek ruin effect" out
of the sandstone columns recently re-
moved from the fr0nt of the Treasury
Building. The undertaking is fathered
by Representative Sulzer, of New York
The Representative, however, cham
pioned the scheme only to the extent OF
introducing a bill to appropriate $4,000
for it's inception.
Chairman Adair OF the subcommittee
set aside time yesterday morning for q
requested hearing on the bill Two gen.
tlemen, who admitted that they had be-
come the owners of the columns, were
the only persons who appeared. They
expressed their willingness to part with
their acquisitions for $4,000.
Representative Adair said yesterday
that there was little likelihood Of his
subcommittee recommending the DISPOSE
tion of the columns, as suggested. during
the extra session Of Congress, and inti-
mate that II might be well for the sue
cess OF the project ~ citizens not inter-
ested In the ownership OF the relics made
70 the committee.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
The Report on the Remsen Board.

There is a line in Hamlet" which
might we'll be quoted to the gentle
men in the Department of Agriculture
and elsewhere who have been so
anxious to get Dr. Wiley ousted 1t is
something about being hoist by his own
petard
The opposition to DR.. Wiley pre-
pared thin and vacuous case against
him in relation to the employment of
DR.. Rusby. 1t was charged that this
act was in violation of law. Dr. Rusby
was an expert, and he was to be paid
$1,000 a year. 1t was cited as a most
Objectionable feature of the case that
he was not giving his entire time to the
government service Other technical
points were raised, and finally the AT
torney General insisted that "condign
punishment" ought to be visited upon
the offender. Before the AK could fall,
however, the facts found their way into
the newspapers. and the chorus of pro =.
test was nationwide
And now it seems that the very men
who were so solicitous about DR..
Wiley's obedience to law were in pos
session of decision from the Attorney
Generals Office to the effect that the
so-called Remsen board, which was
created to neutralize DR.. Wiley's pure
food efforts, and which has cost the
government nearly 100000, was plainly
illegal This decision was so unsatis-
factory, however, that it was pigeon
holed, and another opinion was render
ed, this time by an official of the De
partment of Agriculture, allowing the
Remsen board to continue. In other
words, the charge which was framed
against DR.. Wiley is returnable against
his opponents in very much larger
degree.
As the facts are developed, they are
not injuring DR.. Wiley. Daniel un-
harmed in the lions den and the three
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
WILL SIGN TREATY TODAY.
Taft, Knox, and Representatives of
England and France Present.

All plans have been made for the sign
ing of the Anglo-American and Franco
American arbitration treaties in the East
Room of the White House at o'clock
this afternoon. FSnce yesterday noti-
fed this government of its intention to
delegate the power to one of its repre-
sentatives in this country to sign the
treaty on its behalf. This will eliminate
the necessity of sending the treaty by
special messenger to Paris after 1t has
been signed by Secretary Knox.
This arrangement also will permit Of
the sending of the two treaties to the
Senate for ratification possibly on Fri
day. Ambassador Bryce will sign the
Anglo-American treaty on behalf OF
Great Britain.
The representative of the French gov
ernment had not been announced last
night. Ambassador Jusserand Is in
Paris, and all the members OF the en-
bassy staff also have left Washington.
1t was said that power might be dele
gated to the French consul general in
New York to represent the French gov
ernment in this matter.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
OF INTEREST HERE.

Prom the Atlanta Journal
In President Taft's case, life is Just
one Alaskan complication after another
From the Baltimore Sun.
All new editions OF the map of the
United States will contain Glen Echo in
black letters.
From the PittshIrs Post
Fortunately, Congressman Bergers old
age pension bill fixes the limit high
enough so an old maid need not care
who knows.
From the Omaha Evening News.
Premier Laurier might enjoy reading
a work by William H. Taft. entitled
Some Reciprocity Bills 1 Have Had
Passed, and How
From the Charleston News and Courier.
II is announced that the United States
Senate is to begin sessions at II o'clock
in the morning. Isn't that rather early
in the day TO go to sleep?
Has any one taken the trouble to note
in passing, the marked improvement in
the weather since Congress decided TO
investigate the Weather Bureau?
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
HENRY BACON CHOSEN
TO DESIGN MEMORIAL
IN POTOMAC PARK

President Taft yesterday announced
that Henry Bacon, the New York artist,
had been selected by the Fine Arts Com
mission to design the Lincoln Memorial
to be erected in Potomac Park under the
s., 100000 appropriation now authorized.
Mr. Bacon was the unanimous choice
of the Fine Arts Commission, and he
has been chosen by the Lincoln Me-
mortal Commission to make a design
that would appropriately occupy the site
now practically agreed upon.
The artist is widely known through
out the United States, and did some Of
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
LAVA HEAT RECORDED.

Scientists Measure High Tempera-
ture in Volcanoes Center.
Honolulu, Aug. 2.-The third attempt
Of the Carnegie Foundation scientists to
test the temperature of boiling lava Of
the volcano OF Kilauea has been sue
cessful
The first Thermometer was eaten UP by
chemical action and the second was
crushed by floating lava blocks, but yes
terday a pyrometer lowered into the lava
registered 1,01o degrees centigrade Q.s1s
degrees FahrenheiO.
This is the first record IN the world of
the heat of boiling lava
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY

To keep in touch with home
news washingtoniansl leaving the
city should not fail to have The
washington Herald mailed to
them. Ii will be sent promptly,
and addresses may be changed n
often as desired without inter-
ruption of service.
Mail order or phone Main $500,
giving the old and new addresses.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-03
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Bristol Tenn, Aug. "A convention
has been called to meet in this city on
the 11th instant, for the purpose of
organizing the Bristol-to Washington
Highway Association, to carry forward
the great national military and post road
that is now a certainty between Bristol
and Memphis. A campaign will be
planned that will mean the early COM
pletion Of a magnificent roadway con-
Meeting the National Capital with the
Mississippi River.
Representatives will be present from