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The Washington herald., 1911-09-03

the pitch of which can be read above
the low-pitched static. The new govern
ment station will have a 5O0-cycle trans
former.
Location Is UnexceIIed.
The location of the Arlington station
is superb. 1t is on a knoll high above
the surrounding country, on a govern
ment reservation about a half mile south
of the aviation field at Fort Myer, Va.
The navy is compelled to locate all of
its shore stations on property already
owned by the government, as Congress
will appropriate no money for the pur-
chase of land for the erection of wireless
stations. There are no surrounding build
irfgs and no nearby woods to obstruct
the wireless waves.
Three steel towers, one 600 feet high
and the other two 45O feet high are being
erected by the Baltimore Bridge Company
for the suspension of the antenna The
highest tower has a concrete base $50 feet
square, and the other two have 120-foot
bases. The foundations are now being
laid, and within a month the steel con-
struction will be started. The type Of
antenna has not been definitely decided
upon, but II is thought that what is
be employed. The cost Of the erection
OF the towers is approximately 500, 900.
The ground connection at the station
VIII be made by burying copper wire and
common chicken netting over a large
area. The ground at the station, how
ever, is very dry, and 1t is somewhat
doubtful II this arrangement will AFFORD
a good connection, as a moist soil is
requisite. II the plan does not work a
COuntpTDOiSP ia
will be constructed. This consists of a
number of wires stretched parallel with
the aerial near the ground, but well in
sulated from the towers. The waves
surge between the antenna and the
counterpoise, and are thus propelled into
space.
Buildings Cost $4,000.
Two buildings are being constructed on
the site at cost of $4,000 One will
contain the transmission instruments,
and the other viii be used for the re-
ception of wireless messages. The struc-
lures have been carefully designed, with
the idea of beauty as well as utility in
mind as II is expected persons from all
parts of the world viii visit the sta
tion The buildings will be constructed
of tapestry brick on concrete founda-
hohs. Inc structures are separated oy
a narrow area way to prevent vibrations
in the engine room from disturbing the
delicate receiving instruments.
The transmission building Is to have
a large, high-ceiled engine room. which
will contain the transformers, motor
generator sets. and other sending ap-
paratus. moving crane will be con-
structed overhead for lifting heavy ma
chinery. One large room In the build
ing win be used as machine shop. The
receiving station win be a two-story
structure. In a corner OF the building,
near the area way, win be the room for
receiving messages II WIN be as sound
proof as modern constructive ability can
possibly make Il. as absolute silence Is q
requisite IN the reception Of the faint
wireless signals. The room viii be arti-
icially nehted. ut In spite Of its close
construction. win Be perfectly ventilated.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03

will be the twelve-room building at
Eighth and T streets northwest, costing
100000 1t will possess some exceptional
characteristics for a grammar school
building, including a design which has
attracted much favorable comment from
architects.
An eight-room school for Randle High
lands. to be completed early in 1912, is
in course of construction at cost Of
$4,000. An addition to the Armstrong
Manual Training School, designed by
Wood. Donn & Deming, will probably be
completed next January. The overflow of
students at the school has made this en-
largement imperative. II will cost $65, 600.
Ivy City will have a new siN-room
building. costing 81. 900, in few months.
and a small manual training school will
be erected at First and 1 streets south
west at a cost Of $4,000. An addition to
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
Flag Raising by Archery.
From Tit-Rt%

From Tft-RitS
The little village of Radway, situ-
ated on the historic battlefield Of
I.edgehill, claims distinction in having
hoisted its coronation flag in unique
manner. In fact, Railways flag Is
probably the only one in the empire
that was run up by means Of a bow
and arrow deftly handled.
After erecting the large tent on the
green for the village festivities. II was
found that provision for flying a flag
on its forty-foot pole had been over
looked. while a bad fracture IN the lat
ter rendered attempts to remedy the
oversight highly risky. At tbis crisis
1T happened that Mr.. Prescot-Davies,
the artist-author. was rehearsing
pastoral play that formed part OF Rad
ways coronation programme. Archery
was a feature OF this Robin Hood play
and the author promptly came to the
aid of the perplexed committee by Of
fexing to shoot line through hook
at the top OF the pole.
Attaching thin string TO an ar
row and taking q trial shot to test
the allowance needed for q strong
wind. Mr.. Prescott Davies drove his
shaft and line neatly through the hook.
A stronger cord was then drawn up1
and the Union Jack hoisted amid the
cheers Of the astonished yillager9
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
New Buildings Increase Capacity of Schools -Four
Per Cent and Great Improvement of
Conditions Is Seen.

The spirit of change and of advance abroad among those who
guide the desne of the school system of the District of Columbia 1t
revolutionary be does not show wild mpaence
with the conservative past but that intangible thing known
progress expects throw few speed clutches and accelerate her
gait the coming
This spirit based any conviction that the present school
system The past despsed but nevertheless
things blood has been imported
ae pthe old let well enough alone spirit
displays ITSELF will be given short hf Improvement the order
oft day
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03

Western High School, in Georgetown, Il
being built at an expenditure Of $4,000,
Marsh & Peter being the architects.
Portable SchOOIhOuses.
A number of portable schoolhouses arc
being erected out Of the balance OF the
compulsory education fund. and 1t Will
be many years before the District is able
to do away with these temporary expedi-
ents necessitated by the overflow Of stu
dents. For fire protection in the schools
an improvement which has been stead
ily going forward for the past three years
the sum of $4,000 is being expended.
One Of the chief structures to be erected
In 1912 will be the normal school No. 2,
on Georgia avenue, for which the sum OF
$4,000 has been appropriated. 1t will be
a worthy supplement for the new normal
school in Harvard street
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03

Why do some of the lead smelling
plants lose a quarter and sometimes al
most half of their working force each
pay day? The foremen often say it Is
because the men employed are negroes
or SIovaks, or Greeks, or Italians, and
by nature unsteady and given to drink.
But the men and physicians declare it
Is due to the dangerous character Of
the work.
There is a white lead factory with
payroll of only eighty, which is obliged
to hire 400 men yearly, while larger
one employing 143 workers takes on but
eighty new hands in twelve months.
What explains this difference? The fac
tories are near each other and both en-
rloy negroes. The claims Of the men are
borne out, for the only difference is
that in the one they are taken care of
and in the other they are not. One red
lead factory discharges automatically all
laborers at the end of three months en-
ployment in order to prevent the more
serious forms of plumbism. This very
shifting increases lead poisoning, for the
casual laborer is ignorant Of the precau-
tions necessary.
Painting Trade Worst.
Cases of lead poisoning have been
found found in some thirty different in
dustries. though they are more common
in lead smelling, the making of white
lead, litho transfer work, dry color
work, and the making of storage bat
teries. The painting trade yields the
largest number of victims. This is be-
cause It is numerically the largest OF
the lead trades, for there is not as much
T.
workers as in the other industries mem
toned. Painters tell us that a man rare
Iy develops symptoms under five years
exposure, while one worker on storage
batteries was violently III at the end of
ten days. According to physicians, many
men are taken with serious symptoms
after six weeks exposure in lead smelt-
ing or white lead works.
Lead poisoning in extreme cases leads to
paralysis, insanity, or death. often when
the victim had apparently entirely re-
covered from the initial attack. After
a period in which the patient has had
a poor appetite, a general feeling of i'll
health, foul breath. and a bad taste in
the mouth. the attack itself, consisting
OF paroxysms of agonizing collie, with
vomiting and constipation. follows. This
is accompanied by great restlessness. but
no fever. II the man goes back to his
work after recovering he has repeated
attacks. He is extremely pale. suffers
from gouty or rheumatic pains and swell
ing OF the joints The nervous system be-
comes affected and he develops partial
paralysis OF the wrists, shoulders. or
ankles.
Fraction Of Grain Enough.
woaen are especially susceptible to
lead poisoning. This poisoning is slowly
cumulative for minute doses OF 1-6 Of
grain day produce the symptoms. The
poison is absorbed by swallowing the
dust gaining entrance to the mouth by
Inhalation or from unwashed hands. but
the fumes of heated lead are also dan
gerous. Good ventilation and cleanliness
OF the person and premises are the best
preventives.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03

PUBLIC PREJUDICES.
In some cases it will be extremely diff
cult to compel the old to give way to the
new, owing to the habitual and tempera-
mental conservatism of the average
teacher, and, to a large extent, of the
public It is only necessary to ridicule
certain educational innovations as "fads"
to create a considerable popular senti-
ment against them. Strong men are re-
quired to overcome public prejudices
against projected changes in the public
schools, for just as every man is firmly
convinced he knows how to run a news
paper, a hotel, or a baseball club, so
every parent is confident in the belief he
knows exactly how the public schools
should be managed.
New Man at Helm.
But firm, determined, little mana
man with sparkle in his eye and a real
snap in his mental outloOk-sits in the
office of the superintendent of schools,
full of Western ideas, abreast of the new
est in educational theory and practice.
Washington does not yet know DR.. Will
lam NJ. Davidson, late of Omaha, Nebr.,
who has succeeded Alexander T Stuart as
the dominating force of our school sys-
TEN, but she very soon will.
DR.. Davidson is not a radical He does
not come here with the intention of
tearing things up or of making a rec
ord He is not a faddist or the unfortu-
nate possessOr of freak ideas, as another
pedagogical importation proved TO be
some few years back. But he is not
negative personality, and the grip he will
place on the helm Of school affairs will
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
aueen nfarx,. Auto.

Queen Mary's automobile is equipped
with tea basket. The car is OF Eng.
lish make. painted green, picked out
with fine lines OF lighter green. and
the moIdines are black. The prin-
cipal seat is for two persons. with q
rather long folding seat In front
hinged to the back OF the drivers seat
The interior Is lined with green
morocco to match the paint, and the
fitfings are OF mother Of pearl and the
mountings II brass. The Queens s
crown and cipher are esnblazoned on
the door. in the back panels. and on
the dash.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
TO BE KEYNOTE OF OUR SCHOOLS
FOR SEASON WHICH OPENS THIS MONTH

tion OF new buildings and additions to
others, will be about $500 students, or
more than 4 per cent Of the entire
school attendance. There will be at
least six new school buildings occu-
pied before next Christmas, all of them
structures of the most modern type.
While the demands of the suburban
population for schoolhouses is receiv-
ing wider recognition from Congress
than before, the overcrowding in the
congested school districts is also re-
ceiving attention, as is evidenced by
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03

the extensive additions being made to
two high schools and the erection Of
new grammar schools. The congestion
of students is at it's worst in the
southwest section or the city. but con-
ditions have been greatly alleviated in
the past twelve months.
The New Buildings.
That the District has long stood in sad
need OF them goes without saying. For
many years II has been condition and
not a theory of overcrowding that has
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
Problem of Teachers Salaries and the Fraternity
Question Will Soon Confront Super
intendent Davidson.
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEACHERS SALARIES.

CCORDING statistics (19O91O) furnished by the United
~ States Bureau of Education Washington to-day pays
lower per capita salary her public school teachers than
any other city in the range of population in United
States, with few exceptions
The following cities have been selected for study
because they representative show clearly demand
of Washington teachers for larger salaries justified The fact
that Washington has much larger number of teachers than other
cities of her is attributable the dual system:
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
AGENTS SEEK
'GALLSTONES FROM PACKERS
Scientists Suggest that High Explosive May Be
Manufactured from Them.

used all of them" was the information
impaired by the Jap in his Official mis-
sive. The little slant-eyed agent was
so well pleased with his purchase of
material formerly considered waste by
the packing companies, that the greed
Of the packers became aroused. why
should not the packer pront II the
9alIstones were of value TO any one7
Therefore the wise business man at
the head of the great packing plant
promptly raised the price OF gall
stones. Following the secon6 shipment
the company forwarded bill for $40
q pound BY return mail the Jap ex-
tended his thanks and sent a cneck.
Orders for gallstones continued to
pour IN on the willing packer. The
slaughter of cattle was large, out not
sufficiently immense to get enough
gaiistones for the mysterious Jap
Calls for the goods were issued by
the Chicago packing company to other
packers. AT present gallstones coli
lected IN the various cities are shipped
to the Chicago firrn, which disposes
OF the goods to the Japanese customer.
Since then many thousands Of pounds
Of gaIlstones have been shipped.
From the early centuries the Jap
anese have been inventors Of the hrst
rank. Their experiments have taken
a wide range and their discoveries
often startie the world, y this tramc
in gallstones feading TO a ntartling
announcement on the part Of the Japs?
Scientist. Bnaled.
scientists have declared It Is within
the ieid OF possibiiity to manufacture
Z hiEh explosive out Of gellstones.
The suggestion turned inQuiring minds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-26
How to Acquire
Health and Beauty

TO SOFTEN AND WRITTEN THE
SK1N-To possess soft. clear, vel
vety complexion is a far more sim
pie matter than most women sup
pose. Get from any drug store four
ounces of spurmaS and dissolve 1t
in one-half pint hot water, adding
two teaspoonfuls glycerine. Apply
this lotion to the skin and rub
Written amy any muddy or reddened skin.
making IL soft. smooth and charm
ing. 1t takes away that shiny. sal
low. greasy, look and Is fine for
face eeN from an" wind ana Prp'e Changes IS ' as
weather. It is better than powder
as IL does not show or rub off so
easily. This lotion is a wonderful
complexion heautified and costs but
FINE HAIR ToNIC-To the count
less numbers who are suffering from
scalp troubles this tonic will prove
a great relief. Mix together an
ounce of guinzoin and ne-half pint
alcohol: then add one-half pint cold
water. Rub this tonic into the
scalp twice a week and 1t Will stop
falling hair, remove dandruff and
put new life and color into the hair.
lit kills the dandruff germs that
cause itching scalp and will restore
the scalp TO healthy condition.
This tonic Is very refreshing and
makes the hair soft, fluffy and
TO REMOVE BLACKHEADs AND
lWRINKLES-To get rid of black
heads, premature wrinkles. freckles,
large pores and similar facial blem-
ishes. use the following greaseless
cream jelly which can be prepared
at home at small cost: Mix one
ounce of almozoin and two teaspoon
| fuls of glycerine In one-half pint
cold water. Stir and let stand a few
hours. This cream jelly will keep
the skin soft smooth and satiny and
when used as a massage cream
cleanses the pores perfectly and will
restore youthful color to dark, SAL
low skin.
TO PURIFY THE BLOoD-when
spring comes and the skin grows
sallow with pimples, .boils and other
Ieruptions, a good, purifying blood
tonic should be taken. TO make a
good, old-fashioned system tonic of
tried merit, get from any drug store
an ounce of kardene. dissolve this
and a half cup of sugar in a half
pint of alcohol, then add enough hot
water to make a quart. A table,
spoonful of this tonic before each
meal will soon clear the blood of
all Impurities, restore lost appetite
and bring back the rudy glow of
health to the cheeks There is moth
ing to compare with this simple ton
ic for toning up the body and doing
away with that rundown, tired
feeling. advt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-26

urally and the mayor wanted
some expert called in who will
probably disagree with both.
The council finally authorized
the mayor to consult City Engi-
neer Thompson of Seattle and
Tacoma is now in the peculiar
position of asking her rival city
to come over and do her engi-
neering.
After Judge Stiles had emphat-
ically given it as his opinion that
the mayor should sign the con-
tract, Mr.. Seymour agreed to do
1t.
Later the question of accepting
the bond of ' George p. Wright
for the stave pipe line came up.
The mayor wanted this delayed
again. He had 1t delayed from
yesterday, but wanted more time.
Judge Stiles had already given
an opinion that the bond offered
by Wright was perfectly legal and
entirely adequate.
Contractor Wright agreed that
any changes the city might want
to make afterward he would
agree to as 1t was already provid-
ed for in the specifications, but he
wanted to get to work.
The council finally laid his
case over until $3.50 this after
noon to settle it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-26
Mayor Balks On
Gravity System

Mayor Seymour came from Yer
mont. hessays, but 1t looked this
morning as Ii he were from Mis-
souri,, and his disposition to be
shown indicated that the grav-
ity water system was to be held
up again. There is no tie ling
what may happen yet, for they
are going to hire more experts.
Only the determined opinion of
Judge Stiles that the mayor
should obey the council and sign
the contract for the reservoir
compelled him to reluctantly
yield and agree to sign it and
then he wanted more experts
hired to once more expert this
much exported job.
The contract had been let and
was ready for his signature to
MaUham & Berne. But the mayor
called in his personal engineer.
Mr.. Nicholson, and Nicholson
found something to criticise In
the plans. He objected to the
bottom composition for the reser-
voir. He objected to the location
of a pipe under the bank of the
reservoir. He wanted the reser-
voir put higher in the air with
lass excavation.
Engineer Preble was called in
and he explained his plans. He
and Nicholson did not agree nat
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-26
Wanted: Recruits For Great War
GENERAL WAR ORDER

If you keep horses or cows
KEEP THE MANURE
PILE GOV ED OR
SCREENED. Horse manure
is the favorite breeding place
for flies.
K 4 Il p EVERYTHING
CLEAN. Flies thrive in dirty
pig pens, dirty kitchens, rot
ting vegetables. meat or
cheese, In rotting straw or
other decaying vegetable or
animal matter.
Keep screens on every win
dow and door In your house
and over every can of refuse
that may offer a breeding
place for flies.
Never eat food that has
been overrun by flies.
NEVER MISS AN OPPOR-
TUNITY TO KILL A FLY. It's
war to the death. II we don't
kill them all they'll keep on
killing us.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-26
Doctor Says He Could
Subjugate Any Woman

(By United Press Leased Wire.
- OAKLAND, April 26.-That he
was able to subjugate any woman
in Oakland and force her to do his
will was the statement attributed
on the witness stand today of DR..
A. e. Byron, who was stabbed by
Charles Patrick, a few weeks ago
after quarrel with the latter
over his daughter, Frances Pat
rick.
The physicians alleged state
ment came out today in the tes-
timony of Detective McSorley in
the preliminary examination of
Patrick. The officer stated that
before the assault Patrick tried
to get the police to break up the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-26

alliance and reported that Byron
held the girl under the influence
of either drugs or hypnotism.
When asked to leave the
girl alone, according to Patrick,
the doctor boosted over the tele-
phone to the girls mother that he
was able to subjugate any woman
IN the city.
The case was continued until
tomorrow.
Byron, who is married, had
lived with Miss Patrick for sever
al weeks before the stabbing oc-
ouyred. The father tried to per-
suade the doctor to stop this and,
failing, stabbed him. Byron for
several days was close to death.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-26

Our enemy in this perennial war
is the common house fly, or, as
the government experts properly
name him, the TYPHOID FLY.
1t is established now that the
fly is one of the greatest, If not
very greatest, enemies of man
kind. We know now that per-
haps half the cases of typhoid
fever. and fully three-fourths of
the cases of intestinal trouble, at
least of children, can be attrib-
uted to infection from flies. We
know that tuberculosis, cholera
infantum and various other such
diseases, are spread by flies.
In short, the fly. is a poison
monger. He makes il his life
work to poison human beings with
such deadly bacilli as he can pick
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-26

1t has been shown that the only
way to secure comparative i'm
munity from typhoid and the other
diseases carried by flies is to kill
the fly. He must be literally
swept from abe face of the earth
before the war will cease. There
can be no such thing as giving
quarter. For there is no such
thing as a good fly.
Now, fly grows up in about IL
days, and lays $50 eggs at time.
Thus one fly may produce mil
lions in the course of a summer.
Naturally one would think 1t RI
diculous to dream of killing all
the flies.
How to Fight Them.
But II Is not so ridiculous as
would appear. For flies breed in
filth. particularly In horse manure.
Decaying garbage, the bodies of
dead animals-anything that is
foul and rotten in the way of ami
NAL or vegetable matter-is likely
to foster the maggots that bios
som into typhoid flies. So, all
that needs be done to kill all the
flies us to keep everything rigidly
clean and sanitary.
1t isn't easy to keep everything
clean, especially in this country,
where people and cities have yet
to learn the lesson of public clean
Illness. but 1t can be done. 1t Is
done in other places. In Germany,
where sanitary science is far ad-
vanced, there are only a fourth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-04-26
It's Battle the Death Between Fy-Now the
Time Volunteer Against Typhoid
We a bloody

This history and 1t is waged
without
bitter deadly
And when the embaed hospitals
and homes full of those less wounded in
The suffer They died by the alphabetically like
their host great that the dead hardly missed from
the ranks
They that the American civil
Of
civil a Sunday school picnic.
There during 67 federal
soldiers.
Every in this there many
BABIES nothing of the folk killed
yearsa time equal to that of the civil
this dreadful little babies
the civil from all both
In the RussoJapanese the
battle.
In this times that country
every year.