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The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
SOCIALISM FAILS
AT TEN CENTS PER
Municipal Vaudeville with
Beer Not a Success.

Mllm aukcc. Frb 5.-Milwaukco's social
iSuc administration tried a new stunt
to-day and it failed. An experiment was
mad" Of giving municipal vaudeville and
scores Of PERSONS who paid admission
demanded their l" cents back
For three months past tn. admrIiStra-
ton has been holding SUNDAY afternoon
orchestra concerts in the main hall of
the auditorium. concerts Of a character
isti" Milwaukee type. with beer sold 10
men and women who attended Tho con-
certS, however. have cost 500 n week
moro than the returns. so to-day tho
experiment was tried of holding the CON
cert in one Of the smaller halls with
a vaudeville entertainment in the ad-
joining hall. and those paying 10 cents
admission were allowed to visit either
or both performances.
The great complaint. however was
with tho refreShmrnt tables in the hall
Those wh" purchased tickets for the
iouhI" beaded "ntnrtainmcnt objected to
entering the vaudeville hall when they
supposed they would have to buy a
drink ais" to be in vogue. They turned
back to the hail where the concert was
held and this room was filled. Failing
Ia gain admission there they demanded
the return of their dimes
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
COMMERCE COURT READY.

New Tribunal Will Begin It's Scs.
sions in Washington To-day.
The new Commerce Court, authorized
by Congress at its last session. will be
formally organized to-day. The Senate
has confirmed the five justices who will
compose the court. and after organizing
they will be ready for business. 1t is
understood that the Office Of clerk. which
pays a salary of $4,000. has been rendered
to william II. Connolly, the acting sec
retary Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. and the Office of marshal to
James Murphy, also Of the commission.
According to the law, the regular ses-
sions of the court are to be held in
Washington. but the powers Of the court
or of any Of its judges may be exercised
anywhere In the United States. Final
judgments or DEGREES Of the Commerce
Court may be reviewed by the Supreme
Court. but no appeal to the Supreme
Court can supersedc or stay the judg-
ment or decree Of the Commerce Court
unless the Supreme Court shall SO direct.
The members Of the court are Presid-
ing Judge Martin A. Knapp. of New
York; Judge Robert W. Archbold. OF
Pennsylvania: Judge Julian w. Mack.
Of Illinois: Judge John e. Garland. Of
South Dakota and Judge William u.
Hunt. q Montana
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
M'CURDY IN FLIGHT
TO MORR0 CASTLE
AviatOrs Success Witnessed
by Thousands OF Cubans.

Havana Feb. j-Aviator MCCurdy made
a spectacular fight this morning from the
aviation field at Camp Columbia to Moro
t.astl" and back to his starting point.
Practically the entire population of IIa-
vana turned out to see the flight. Three
guns fired from MORO Castle announced
tn" starting of the aviator. McCurdy-
swept straight over the sea to the MORO,
which he twice cIrclCd about fifty feet
above the lighthouse. He alighted at TIM:
aviation field within Il few yards Of his
starting point. His time was 1s;d Ia
The distance was Ia miles. The ma
"hine carried pontoons to float it in the
event Of it's falling into the water.
As McCurdy CirClcd the MORO guns
werc fired from the C;,hana fortress.
steamers blow th":r whistles. and the
people cheered. The water front and roofs
were black with people. The biplane was
Of fifty horsepower. MrCurdy yesterday
used it for the first time. BY his flight
he wins the $500 prize offered by the
city unless some onC else makes the flight
in better time. The competition is open
until February IS
At the Albion Thratcr tonight Vice
President Zayas made a speech in pre-
senting M",'urdy with the Havana Post
priz" Of SO, for his flight from Key
West to Havana. and in presenting
GcorGn II. Erandt. proprietor of the Post,
Il watch in recognition Of his services in
promoting aviation in cuba. Tomorrow
President Gomez will give a breakfast in
honor uf the aviatorS.
McCurdy. BeachcT. and Ward attempted
flights this afternoon. but owing to the
strength Of the wind. which was esti-
mated to he blowing forty mikes an hour.
they were compelled to descend.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
COL. GOETHALS ARRIVES.
Panama Engineers Not in Accord
with Military Experts.

1t is understood that Col. Gocthals
chief engineer OF the Panama Canal. is
not III entire accord with the board of
military experts who have prepared
plans for fortifyinS the canal. Col.
GOethalS is of course. ardently in favor
of the general scheme of fortifyinE the
waterway. but he is said to differ with
the board as to certain of the details of
the plan.
Col GoethalS arrived in Washington
yesterday. and will appear before the
House Appropriations Committee either
to-day or Tomorrow. The members of
the fortifi"ii,ions board will be heard on
Wednesday,.
II is reported that there is some irri-
tation among members of Congress who
arH Interested in the fortification of the
canal. because the Notifications board.
on its visit to the sthmus to prepare
plans of defense, did not consult with
Col. Goethals to any extent.
Col. GoethalS had no business in WASH
ington at this time. and would not have
come here had not the Secretary of
War. acting upon a request from the
Appropriations Committee, cabled him
to proceed to Washington withon. delay
Apparently the committee desires to get
his Views on the proposed fOrtifications.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
SENATE MAY KILL
CANADIAN TREATY
Measure Will Be Passed by
the House This Week.

BY the latter part of the week the
Canadian reciprocity agreement will have
passed the House of Representatives and
be transmitted to the Senate for its con-
sidera ton. The Indications are that the
pact will fail of passage in the Senate.
although the administration is counting
on public sentiment to force favnrab BILE
action by that body before the adjourn
ment of the two Houses on March 4.
President Taft and his advisers are
scheduled to make a number OF speeches
on the subject OF Canadian reciprocity
this month. and they are hopeful that
such utteranccs will tend TO cryStalizc
public sentiment in such way as to
induce the Senatorial opposition to per-
NIT the Canadian -<SrCeme mt TO come to
vote
The opposition in the Senate is deter
mined that the agreement shall not come
to vote at this session. Among those
who are opposed to Canadian reciprocity
along the lines Of the agreement neGo-
tiated by President Taft are rcE,larG
proSrcSSiveS and Il handful Of Demo-
Gratis. The opposition to the agreement
in the Senate is largely sectional. coming
in the main from Senators representing
tn" agricultural States Of the North
west. tn" lntcr-mnUntain States. Pacific
coast stat -. rhc New England States:
and from Democrats who ar" always
protortionstS when tariff measures are
up for consideration.
Jhcr" have been reports from time to
time during the past week that unless
the Canadian agreement is ratified he
for" adjournment that President Taft
VIII call a special session Of Congress
A,
President. not having abandoned hope
that the pact will hc enacted into law
hefor" March T. is giving no thought to
the idea o. special session at this
time. What h" will decide tn do in the
event of the failure of the agreement at
this session is question to be deter
mined later
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
RAILWAY MAIL
SERVICE CHANGES
New Head of Bureau Is Said
to Be Contemplated.

Fly moving, promptly to an inI IrStiGa-
ton OF what Undoubtedly purports to
be distressinSly awry condition of
affairs in the administration Of Tn" rail-
way mail service. Postmaster General
Hitchcock has possibly forcStalled an IN
veStigation by Congress. II was adj
rlitted last night that the impending
storm. arising from burdens recently
placed on railway mail clerks Ivy division
superintendents. has broken within th',
department and not in tn" halls of
Congress as was threatened.
A report that the resignation "t Cen
eral Superintendent tl"xandcr Grant is
imminent IS not denied at the PoSt-of'icC
Department. although it has not Yet
been asked or submitted. Mr.. Grant is
held responsible for acts which have
had tho effect nf producing cnnd:ih'n>
of discomfort and hardship throughout
the railway mail service that the Post
master General never intended should
exist
Added to thc complaints against the
system OF mana cclE".: ar" charges that
there was wrongfulIy conveyed I" IN"
postal men. in the imposition of duties.
the impr' SSion that certain orders We're
prescribed by the express command Of
the Postmaster General when such was
not the case.
1t was announced at the Post t-officc De
partment yesterday that an investigation
had heem commenced ard would he con
tinued until what was apparently great
deal of needed adjustment had been
made. The rUmor that the rosiGnations
of Second Assistant Postmaster General
Stewart. under whose branch the rail.
way mail servic" is conducted had been
submitted to the Postmasteg General was
denied.
1t appears that what tho Postmaster
General intended should he extended Us
fair daily employ m"nt schedule was
construed by the general division super
intcndent in such manner as to impose
hardShipS on many Of the clerks The
proposal to furnish n six and half
hour working day to the clerks WAS not
worked out in the proper manner in sew
eral instances. with tho result that
general protest has been raised through
out the service.
The Postmaster General indicates that
his Investigations thus far have led him
to the discovery that subordinate offic. rs
had promulgated orders in certain in
stances which imposed unreasonable and
oftentimcs humiliatnG burdens upon tho
employees. These orders were issued. it
is asserted. in the face of the fact that
in the proposed improvements in the
railway mail service. instructions were
given that no additional burdens should
be imposed upon the employees.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06

The concern manufactures
other articles that are successful.
When "a new idea comes along
for consideration. and it looks
good. it is worked out, but before
great expense is incurred, adver-
tising will be employed to test its
value. After all. the people are
judges of our efforts.
Another manufacturer - from
upper New York State, also
with ideas of his own, manufac-
tured a line of underwear that he
felt sure the public would buy.
He told All advertising agent
that he wanted to spend a little
over $4,000 in country weeklies.
n list of weeklics was prepared
the manufacturer contracted with
the agent-paid over the money
and the advertising started.
Only $4,000 was spent, and
the factory was so busy getting
out enough underwear to MEET
THE DEMAND that the balance
of the advertising fund has heen
held over until the second =.
This manufacturer, however,
was willing to pay out over $40,-
600 to test his product-but he
wanted to test it in his own way,
and he did, and he was success
full.
Both manufacturers-the one
who lost and the one who gained
ARE satisfied.
ADVERTISING C is A
GREAT POWER when it deter
mines, as it does, the failure or
success of an idea.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
ADVERTISING TALKS.
WRITTEN BY WILLIAM c. FREEMAN.

ADVERTISING is often en-
ployed to TEST the Judgment OF
a manufacturer.
A manufacturer in upper New
York State produced an article
that he and his associates be-
lieved would be received favor
ably by the public.
Being a wise man, this manu-
facturer said to his associates:
Instead of making up this
article in great quantities. at great
expense to ourselves. let us first
TEST OUT what the public
thinks of it BY ADNERTIS-
ING.
We can be prepared to man
ufacturc it in accordance with
the demand, but | prefer that the
initial cost shall represent the
outlay in advertising. We think
we have something the public
wants. Let's find out if it does
want it"
so IT WAS DECIDED TO
ADVERTISE.
The advertising was good
but the article did not take-the
public did not want it. The man
ufacturer spent $4,000 before
he was convinced that his article
would not be received by the pub
lie.
Then he abandoned all idea of
continuing its manufacture: he
REGARDED ADVERTISING
AS THE SUREST way of max
ing the TEST and the least ex-
pensive. He was satisfied to
learn at SO small cost.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
POSTAL SAYINGS
DEPOSITS GROWING
Mr.. Hitchcock Wants ApprO-
priatiOn of ST. 100000.

Tf the postal savings bank system Of
the United States keeps Up the pac" II
SGT in January, it will outstlil, that Of
Great Britain in its most SuuccCSSfUl
year. I?S. According 10 an announce
ment made by the FoSt-OGfiCe Department
.'"s;, rday, III" reports for January show
that the deposits for The month will
aniount to about $4,000.
There are forty-ciSht Offices N opera
ti"r. So that tho average per office is
81 90. If this average Is ma intained. the
!GarS aggregate will amount Ia about
so 900. This. the officials think. show
what may he expected if additional Of
iiccs ar" established.
y large majority Of tho depoSitorS in
January wcr. foreign born. and many Of
tnom, tho announcement says. were in
Th" system. therefore. Will diminish the
outflow from the United States of such
funds. The plan of giving certificates Of
deposit instead of pass books has proved
satisfactory.
In view of the Su', cS<tui operation ot
the new system during its first month.
Whicn has afforded ample opportunity to
test the practic;ihiIity Of the methods
devised. Postmaster General HitchcoCk
priatiCn of SI.'sn.66o IN order to permit
tho prompt extension Of postal savings
facilities to d ConSiderab b" number of the
numerous ost-Ofit.cS that ar" applying
TO be made 4 part Of the system.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
FIND NO TRACE OF ASHURST.
Senrchers Work All Day at Milliou
Dollar Pier.

Atlantic City, Feb. 5.-Detcctives and a
squad of fishermen, working under the
direction of Chief OF Police Woodruff,
dragged around the Million Dollar Pier
from ) a. M. until niShtfall to-day with
out finding trace of the body of Richard
l.. Ashurst, the Philadelphia postmaster,
no has been missing since last Monday
night.
Starting close to the spot where tho
missing mans cane was found last
night, the searChers worked around both
sides and OFF the end of the pier with
f:rapples and long poles. and by night
the searcherS believed they had reached
every Granny in the substructure of the
pier where the body might have been
carried and lodged by the tide
The spot where Postmaster Ashurst is
supposed TO have fallen or jumped from
the pier is within "a few feet of the
location where Jane Adams lost her life
q year ago The men engaged in tho
work Of dragging are expert water men.
and will continue their drag search to-
morrow.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
NOT YELLOW FEVER CASES.
Men on GunbOnt Marietta Suffering
from Malaria Fever.

hey West. Fla. Feb. ,.-Therc is no
yellow fever on the United States gun
boat Marietta. according to DIR. ]. Y.
Porter. who is head of the Florida board
Of health.
DR.. Porter. accompanied by Dr. :. W.
Light. quarantine officer for Key West.
and DIR. F.. +. Spraguc. Of the United
States Marine Hospital Service. visited
the Marietta this morning. and "A care
ful diagnosis was made of the suspected
cases of yellow fever The three phySi-
clans agreed that the men We're not
suffering from yellow fever, but from
malarial fever.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
CT CE .

sought the parior> of seer and he weird
and qucr he ded with crystal globe and had strange symbols
his robe He moved soner, stately grace around the
ceInS place. He said low epuci,ral You'll
please cougt pair Before pierce the sroud
hides the future crowd-before the veil
| always have the kac drew dollars from pance
and then he and could hear him softly
"Iour life will be both gay Some days with joy will be
abom and other days will with gloom The gods for
storing wrath and dangers lurk path, but you
will triumph the end loosen again, friend. You
ccapjom said the path described all
tread all meet dangers they and all must sample
and and all will triumph the last if they have
face the blast And think that Ill let keep punks
prophecies Cheap seized him bv his spanged
him with his crystal globe, rummaged dey through his
jeans, and robbed him of his I-eaned gains WALT MASON
b George Matthew
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
NEW ORLEANS sURRENDERs.
Hendqua rtcrs Arc Being Dismantled
After Expenditure OF 100000.

and comedies the Panama Canal Expo
sition to San Francisco. The Southern
crs have decided to accept the action of
the House as final. and will interpoSc no
opposition to a vote in the Senate when
the House bill is taken up for conSidcra-
ton Numerous conferences Saturday
and yesterday between citizens of Louis
lana and the Senators and members of
the State Congressional delegation re-
suited in this decision.
The headquarters of the New Orleans
boomers is being diSmantled. 1t is said
that lew Orleans people spent 100000
in their effort to land the exposition.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
Chiffon TO BE SWORN IN.
Newly Elected senator Will Present
Credentials To-day.

newly Electe0 senator Will present
Credentials To-day.
Special to The Washington Herald.
Charleston, w. Va. Feb. 5.-Senator
William f. Chiffon left this evening for
Washington to present his credentials to
the United States Senate and to be sworn
in. though his term of service does not
begin until MARCH 4. of the present year.
Upon what he learns within the next
twcnty-four hours will depend whether
or not 1t will be necessary to hold. an
other election by the present Legislature.
which has already elected Senator Chill
ton twice.
If any question is raised tomorrow
when his credentials are presented. or if
any objection is lodged against Senator
Chiffon by the chairman Of the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections
then another election by the present leg
islature will be necessary. This is a mat
ter that will not be determined until to-
morrow morning.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
Arthur Clarkson Dead.

Boston, Feb. 5.-Arthur Clarkson. for
merly a professional baseball pitcher.
and a brother Of John and Walter Clark
son. well known in the baseball world.
died to-day at q private hospital in Cam
bridge, aged forty-five. Tic pitched for
Baltimore. Louisville and st. Louis dur
survives him.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
SENDS CHALLENGE TO DUEL.
Youth Arrested at Instance q
Father to Prevent EncOunter.

10 fTcVcmt snCOuutCIs
Berlin, Feb. 5.-August Thyssen. jr..
son OF the Westphalian coal and iron
magnate. who is now in the bankruptcy
court. with debts of $4,On.oOo, has been
arrested at his fathers instance for at
tempting to fight a duel with Lawyer
Borchardt. his former administrator.
whom ThysSen blames for his financial
trouble. Tho pair met in a restaurant.
had wordy alteration. and then fought
until walters parted them.
Subsequently ThysSen sent seconds to
Herr BOrchardt. who accepted the chal-
lenge and selected pistols rs the weapons
The duel was to have been fought at fif-
teen PAGES ut Jutcrborg Forest to-day.
Thyssen was leaving his hotel to go to
the field when detectives arrested him.
Detention on this charge is limited to
twenty four hours The father is using
the interval to persuade his son not to
tight. The result is not known.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
Archbishop Extremely Weak.

Philadelphia. Feb. 1.-THE archbishop
has spent more comfortable DAY, but is
still extremely weak. The heart action
has been somewhat more regular and the
respiration not quite so labored At
II o'clock tonight this bulletin rs
sued BY Drs. La Place. Anders. and
DcvorcuX, attending Archbishop Ryan.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06
lrEe Popular Election.

Tho first important NOV" OF the Ma
tional Progressive I-caGu" to infu nee
pcndinS legislation was made Yesterday
Senator Jonathan Bourne. president of
the league, sent out copies OF d telegram
to insurgent Republicans throughout the
country urging them to wire their SEN
atorS TO vote fOr the resolution sub
Inittng an amendm"nt to the ConStitu-
t"n for the popular election of United
States senators
The Washington herald., 1911-02-06

to the charming little American and lin
gercd in the United States several months
after the show had closed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12

Portable Fence.
I---y S..S

succession of crops should be grown
so that the hogs will have continuous
pasture throughout the season.
When young nursing pigs begin to
scour, it is evident that the milk of
the SOW is disagreeing with them and
immediate attention therefore should
be directed toward improving her
ration. Most often the trouble comes
from over feeding on corn, or other
rich food, just after narrowing, and
pigs of fat, flabby, pampered, cross.
nervous, constipated sows, are most
apt to suffer. Sudden changes of
food, or feeding sour or decomposing
slop, or food from dirty troughs, or
sour swill barrels, also tend to cause
diarrhoea either in nursing pigs or
those that have been weaned, and all
such causes should be prevented or
removed
To correct securing in nursing pigs,
give the SOW Is to 20 grains sulphate
of iron (copperas) in her slop night
and morning and if necessary slightly
increase ne doses until effective.
A portable fence with support to be
used for enclosing temporary quarters
and lots is illustrated The support
should be securely nailed to stakes
driven into the ground on each side.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12
Q
Spraying Horses.

spray, An earth floor soon becomes
miry and renders the work disagree
able.
1t is seldom that stock submits pa
uently to being sprayed. AS it is
frequently necessary to spray cattle
and horses in order to free them from
some pest, ticks. mango or other trou
BILE, the easiest method of carrying
forward the work should be employed
Where many animals are to be
treated it would be advisable to con
struct chamber or chute through
which they may be driven from a yard
and the spray applied from all direc
tons as they pass. Such an apparatus
has been used with much success tc
relieve stock of ticks and mango in
the west, and could readily be con
structed and conveniently used to dose
a herd of cattle with coal oil or crude
oil emulsion, in fact, any sort of spray
ing material, to save the animals from
annoyance.
A single strong force pump with
one man to operate it, and provided
with several delivery nozzles placed
in the walls of such a chute, some
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-12
HATBAG FOR THE TRAVELLER
Simple and Easy Method That VIII
Preserve the Much-Prized
Headgear.

The season for travelling Is once
more nearly upon us, and our hats, If
not broader, are higher than ever. OF
course you may ask the porter for
paper bag to hold your hat on the
train. But how often will 1t fit?
Try, instead, laying the hat on
sheet of stout brown paper. so as to
get the correct size. Then make the
paper into a large envelope by gather
ing the two sides in the middle and
pasting them down Slit up the sides
about two inches and turn these down
to form the closed ends: but before
pasting them cut away the inner part
of the turned-up ends and snip the
corners to give neat edge.
Do the same with the top of the big.
but, of course, do not paste down the
flap. Sew to each side of the bag
cord or plated Irvine handles ny
which to hold the bag. The whole
may be folded and tucked in a corner
of your suitcase