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The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
RICHARDS HEARS BENNET.
District Assessor Present as Repre-
sentative Flags His Department..

William p. Richards, District assessor.
was an interested spectator in the House
gallery yesterday when Representative
Bennet, of New York, was fiaying the
system of assessing property in the Dis
trict. He occupied seat directly ,op-
posite Mr.. Bennet.
He had with him typewriter extracts
from the law bearing on the manner of
appointing and discharging assessors.
and also copy of the letter written to
the Commissioners by Mr.. Kalbfus eX-
planning the real estate transaction and
showing that ii was strictly within the
law. He refused to give the papers to
reporters
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Fear Yellow Fever on Gunboat.

Several suspicious cases of fever have
developed among the crew of the gunboat
Marietta. which is now on patrol duty on
the north coast of Honduras. Commander
Cooper, of the Marietta. reported to the
Navy Department that there is a poSsibil-
ity that the disease may be yellow fever
The Marietta has been ordered to Key
West for observation. She will arrive
there about February l.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Aviation at San Antonio.

San Antonio, Tex, Feb. "A big avi-
alton meet opened at the International
Fair grounds to-day. and will continue
through the remainder of the week Ham,
ilton, Frisbie, Simon. Seymour, and sew
eral other distinguished aviators are en-
tered as competitors for the 10000 offered
in prizes.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Dying Man Walks Six BlocL.

New York. Feb. I'm a quarrel over a
strike of shoemakers to-day. Jose Quas-
cele. OF Brooklyn. was shot in the abdo-
men and is dying. After being wounded
Quascele walked six blocks to the Office
of DIR. Grossulli. From there he was
sent to the Cumberland Street Hospital.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
U. S. Dept. Of Agriculture. Weather Bureau.

q. 3 Deft- F hgrfcurture. Nedu1eT bure1u'
Washington Thursday. Feb. z ISIS p m.
The winds along the New England coast will be
brisk northwest to north. bccoming variable Satur-
day: on the Middle Atlantic coast northwest to
north diminishing and becoming variable: the
South Atlantic coast moderate and variable; on the
Gulf coast light to moderate southerly; on Lake
Michigan moderate eastcrly. becoming variable.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
DR.. KERR, NOTED
SURGEON, is DEAD
Brilliant Career Closes at
Home in WarrentOn.
BROTHER-IN-LAW OF C. J. BELL

Hundreds of Friends in Washington
Shocked to Learn of His Death.
Native of County kerr$, Ireland,
and Graduate of Royal University
of Belfast, Coming Here in 1850.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

Next Monday the new Commerce Court
will be formally organized in this city,
and Judge Martin A. Knapp. the chief
justice. has written letters to the judges
who will comprise the court asking that
they be in Washington on that date.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

will be received at New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, where they will
be- told of missionary work in story
form.
The closing jubilee meeting will be
held at Continental Memorial Hall to-
right at o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Tide Table.

To-day-Hish tide. II a. n. and ID p. m Low
tide. sos A.. IN. and $50 p. IN.
To-morrvw-Hish tide. II :6 a. m. Low tide, sa4
4. m aad 6l7 =. m
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
Local Temperature.

Midnight, IS: a m, Sc; a m, IS: a. m. &c;
a m, IS; 10 a. m. .; u noon, ~; p. m, 81 !;
p. m. s.; p. m. s.; p m, S: 10 p. m. Il.
Maximum, 81; minimum. IS.
Relative humidy-s a m, 6; p. M, 81; p.
m 50. Rainfall Is p m. to p. nj. 0.C2- Hours
Of sunshine. o; per cent Of possible sunshine. o.
Temperature same date last year-Maximum, q;
minimum Q.
Temperatures In Other Cities.
Temperatures in other cities. together with the
amount of rainfall for tie tv entyfour houn ended
Ut p. m. yesterday. follows:
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03
WORLDWIDE WAR
ON VICIOUS DRUGS
Continued from Page One.

Great Britain. Japan. the Netherlands.
Portugal Russia. Austria-Hungary, Italy,
Siam. and Persia.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-03

cuss them ut length. but he could not
see why an employe of the assessors
office did not have the right of every
other American to put his savings into
real estate, and, if he was compelled to
raise funds, pledge the real estate.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28
LIQUOR SOLD IN BIBLES"
Looking 6ootiegger's coneoetion
-Bottles Are Robbed.

Davis. Okla.-The latest scheme Of
the bootleggers was discovered this
week by the police here. A sanctified
appearing old cripple, with book un-
der his arm marked In big gold let
ters. "Holy Bible" was seen In sever
al mining camps In the Arbuckle
mountains. The authorities supposed
bo was preacher.
When the miners became intoxi-
Gated an investigation was started.
Several empty "Bibles" were lying
around. A box of heavy cardboard.
in size and color resembling a Bible.
contained short pint Of liquor. A
local chemist analyzed the liquid.
which he pronounced brown sugar,
plug Tobacco. arsenic and pepper. 1t is
believed a pint. II drunk in few
hours. would cause death.
1t is said thousands of bottles OF
blended whisky" that contains pois.
onous liquid have been sold In Okla.
homa. The scheme is to melt hole
In the bottom of the bottle. extract
the real whisky and substitute the
preparation. The revenue stamp is
found unbroken. and the consumer i'm.
sgines he is drinking bonded whisky
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28
CORPSE FLOATS TO
DOOR OF MURDERER
Tenant OF Hut Is Haunted TIN
He Admits His Crime.
LAKE GAVE UP DEAD
Waves Garry Man Killed Month
Previous to Front Of Cabin Of the
Fisherman Who Committed t-e
Murder-Haunted, He Confcsses.

Escanaba, Mich.-Conironted by the
body of Alvin Fogarty. washed hve
miles across Bay dc NocQuet from the
spot where murder was done to the
very door Of the slayer, Arthur Lind
Quist. n fisherman, confessed to the
murder and asked to be taken away
from the glazed eyes that seemed &c
be haunting his hear,hstone anc
would not be removed.
II seemed the hand OF fate herself
that unraveled the murder mystery
Fogarty has been missing for month
He had been seen one evening drink
Ing heavily. and John Iindquist and
Daniel Mccarthy, who had been In
Fogarty's company. were arrested and
have been In jail charged with the
crime. After Arthur Lindquists con.
fession these two men were released
from custody.
Arthur LindQuist lived In fisher.
mans hut on the Stonine,on side OF
the bay. Since Fogarty disappeared
he has kept much to his hut and has
quit his old haunts, the barrooms
along the bay shore in Escanaba. j..
G. Fielding. assistant superintendent
of the Pinkerton National Detective
Agency In St. Paul, has been working
on the Fogarty case, but has been
utterly at sea until the lake gave up
It's dead and forced confession from
the murderer.
Lindquist had been fishing. AZ usual
and pottering about his nut until the
other morning. When he went to the
bay shore he was horriiied to see the
body Of Fogarty lying on the beach
driven there by the storm. the open
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28

eyes gazing toward the cabin OF the
fisherman.
The murderer returned to his cabin,
but he couldn't stay. The eyes fol-
lowed him everywhere. He started
out to dispose OF the body, but his
courage was not equal to the task.
Again he shut himself up. but the
second struggle was shorter than the
first. Then he clambered into his
boat and rOwed five miles across the
bay to give himself up.
He came back again to haunt me.
1t was too awful. He forced me to
tell the story" whimpered the broken
man when he appeared before the
sheriff and asked to be arrested.
In his confession, Lindquist, who is
twenty-eight years old. said that. in a
drunken quarrel. he struck his friend
Fogarty In the head with brick on
the Stephenson dock at Escanaba. and
then rolled his body into the bay lie
returned to his hut at Stonington that
same evening and has remained there
ever since.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28
NapoIeon's, Model Library.

In view OF the recent talk about
limiting the size Of libraries by de-
stroying the rubbish. II 10 interesting
to remember that Napoleon once tried
to make a list of all the books In the
world which we're worth preserving.
He believed when he sat down to his
task that O thousand volumes would
suffice; but the list grew under hia
hands and ultimately included three
thousand volumes. Even so. however,
there were omissions of which Lord
Roseber. and Mr.. Edmund Gosse. as
we'll as the general reader. would have
been likely to complain. When the
emperor came to look over his first
list. he found that he had unaccount.
ably left out the Bible. In his second
list he forgot to mention not only
Virgil anC Shakespeare but-very
uriously-Moliere.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28
Sauinu Earnner.

A man with New England small
town recollections says that one Yam.
kee stOrekeeper used to pull fig
In two to make the pound weight bal.
ance to a hair.
This same man was also road con
tractor and had to provide lunch, to
be eaten by the wayside by the farm
ers who gave their time to the county
two or three days year.
There was considerable kicking
about the lunch. especially the bread
and butter.
II always knew old man Jones was
pretty tight" said one farmer, "and
I know that butter is skerce and high
but didn't think he cut bread with
greasy knife"
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28
The First Thinq,

The schoolmaster said: You are
very slow, George. Now, II you don't
answer the next question in ten min
utes, III give you taste OF this cane.
II you put 40 eggs into an incubator
and nine.tenths OF them hatched.
what would you get?"
The master had only counted four
when Georgie said:
well, first thing. with all them
chickens about, I'd get brick and n
string and drown our cat"
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28
Nothing the Matter.

Canvasser-Are you single
Man at the Door-Yes.
why. the people next door told me
you we're married"
so ! am
"You told me Just now you were
single"
"Yes; so did"
We'll. what 10 the matter with
your"
Nothing. cir. My name IL Single
and I'm married Good day. SIR"
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28
The Execution.

Take my advice and mind your
own affairs. No man ever got rich
lighting other peoples battles"
II don't know. How about law.
yer?"
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28

The Chicago Fire could have been pre-.
vented with one pail of water, but the
water was not handy. Keep a bottle Of
Hamlins Wizard Oil handy and prevent
The fiery pains of inflammation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28

Don't waste time trying to kill two
birds with one stone. Stones are
more plentiful than birds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28
In Boston,

In Boston.
Teacher-Waldo, name one OF the
best known characters in fiction.
Waldo (aged Ave. superciliously)-
Santa Claus.-Puck.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28

4rs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
eeething, softens the gums, reduces inhammA.
eaon, ollays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28

A mouse is afraid of a man. a man
IL afraid Of woman, a woman is
afraid of mouse-and there you are.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28

Irrigation projects are receiving the
serious attention of the government
of Brazil.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28

Most women like the villain better
than the hero.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28
Praises Work of Committee.

I venture to say that no legislt tive
body has ever had presented To IT a more
complete and exhaustive report than this
on so difficult and complicated subject
as the relative costs of wool and woolens
the world over. IL Is a monument TO the
thoroughness. industry. impartinlity and
accuracy OF the men engaged In Its ma
king They were chosen from both polit-
ical parties. but have allowed no partisan
spirit to prompt or control their Inquiries.
They are unanimous In their findings.
feel sure that after the report has been
printed and studied the value of such q
compendium OF exact knowledge In re.
spect to this schedule of the tariff will
convince all OF the wisdom OF making
such a board permanent. In order that
II may treat each schedule of the tarin
as II has treated this. and then keep It's
bureau Of Information up to date with
current changes In the economic world.
It is no part Of the function OF the tar
IN board to propose rates OF duty. Their
function Is merely to present findings OF
fact on which rates OF duty may be fairly
determined In the light Of adequate
knowledge in accordance with the eco-
nomic policy to be followed. This IL what
the present report does.
The findings of fact by the board show
ample reason for the revision downward
OF schedule X. In accord with the pro-
tective principle. and present the data
as to relative costs and prices from which
may be determined what rates will fairly
equalize the difference In production costs.
! recommend that such revision be pro-
ceeded with at once.
(signed) WILLIAM II. TAFT.
The White House. Dec. 20 1911
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28

DR.. Pierce's Pellets. small. sugar.coated
easy to take as candy. regulate and invigor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28

measure tnat the duty on scoureu woo'
10 prohibitory. In general. they are ~.
seseed at rates ~ high a.. or highsi
than. the duties paid on the clean content
OF wools actually imported. They should
be reduced and 90 adjusted to the rate
on wool ss to bear their proper proportion
to the real rate levied on the actual WOO
imports.
Sone Outlea ProhjbItorv.
The duties on many ciasseS Of WOO.
manufacture are prohibitory and greatly
In excess Of the difference In cost OF pro.
duction here and abroad. This 10 true OF
tops. OF yarns with the exception OF
worsted yarns Of u very high grade). ano
OF low and medium grade cloth OF heavy
weight
On tops up to 81 cents pound In value
and on yarns of s. cents In value. the
rate Is 100 per cent, with correspondlnsy
higher rates for lower values On cheap
and medium grade cloths. the existing
rates frequently run to l5o per cent. anu
on some cheap goods TO over ae per
cent.
On the other hand. the findings show
that the duties which run to such high ana
valorem equivalents are prohibitory. since
the goods are not imported. but that the
prices OF domestic fabrics are not raised
by the fun amount OF duty, On set or
one yard samples Of l6 English tahiics.
which are completely excluded by the
present tarin rates. II was found that the
total foreign value was S+l.N; the duties
which would have been assessed had these
fabrics been imported. $500: the foreign
value plus the amount OF the duty. sllst'
or nomina, duty W 1888 per cent. In fact.
however. practically Identical fabrics OF
domestic make sold ut the same time at
s69 20. showing an enhanced price over the
foreign market value OF but 81 per cent
Would Reduce Outjes
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The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28
Advocates Reduction Of Rates.

grease pound, !. O.. acknowledgements to
exclude woods Of high shrinkage in
American market and thereby lessons the
range Of woods available to the domestic
manufacturer: that the duty on unsecured
wool Of 33 cents per pound is<Drohibitory
and operates to exclude the Importation
OF clean. low-priced foreign woods of In
ferior grades. which are nevertheless val
liable material for manufacturing. and
which cannot be imported In the grease
because Of their heavy shrinkage. Such
wools. II imported. might be used to dis
place the cheap substitutes now In use
To make the preceding paragraph n lit
tie palmer. take the instance Of a hum
dred pounds of nrst-class wool imported
under the present duty. which Ii II cents
n pound. That would make the duty on
the hundred pounds Sli. The merchan-
disc part Of the wool thus imported is
the weight OF the wool OF this hundred
pounds after securing. II the wool
shrinks 80 per cent. as some wool does,
then the duty In such case would
amount to 81 on 20 pounds of secured
wool. This, of course. would he prohibi-
tory. II the wool shrinks only 80 per
cent. II would be S11 on 90 pounds Of
wool. and this In near to the average OF
the great bulk OF wools that are imported
from Australia, which is the principal
source of our imported wool.
IUebS Ue over
come by assessing a duty In ad valorem
terms. but this method is open TO the OBJ
lection. first. that It increases administra-
tive difficulties and tends to decrease
revenue through undervaluation: and.
second. that a. prices advance. tho ad
valorem rate increases the duty per pound
at the time when the consumer most
needs relief and the producer can best
stand competition; while n prices de-
cline the duty II decreased at the time
when the consumer 10 least burdened by
the price and the producer most needs
protection.
Method That Meets Difficulty.
Another method of meeting the din.
Guilty Of taxing the grease pound is to as
cess a specific duty on grease wool in
terms of its secured content. This obvi-
ates the chief evil OF the present system.
namely. the discrimination due to differ
ly to equalise the duty. The board re-
ports that this method IL feasible In prac-
tice and could be administered without
great expense.
The report shows in detail the difficult
ties involved In attempting to state in
categorical terms the cost OF wool pro-
duction and the great differences In cost
as between different regions and different
types Of wool. II In found. however. that.
taking all varieties in account. the aver
age cost of production for the whole
American clip 10 higher than the cost In
the chief competing country by an
amount somewhat less than the present
duty.
The report shows that the duties on
noiis. wool wastes. and shoddy. which are
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-28

adjusted to the rate Of - cents on
secured wool. are prohibitory in the same
measure that the duty on secured wool
10 prohibitory. In general. they are ~.
sessed at rates ~ high as. or highsi
than. the duties paid on the clean content
Of woods actually imported. They should
be reduced and 90 adjusted to the rate
on wool as to bear their proper proportion
to the real rate levied on the actual WOO
imports.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-11
BILLION DOLLARS A
YEAR NOW THE RULE
Chairman Tawney and Repre-
sentative Livingston Review
Appropriations.

WASHINGTON. March 11.-Appropria.
tions at the last session Of congress as'
gregated 81 OPS. .4S9. .662. according to the
statement issued today by former Repre-
sentative Tawney of Minnesota and Liv-
| ingston OF Georgia, who were rcspcc-
| lively chairman and ranking Democrat OF
the house appropriations committee in
the las, congress.
| Mr. Tawney says this is less than 81.
600 600 In excess Of the total estimates OF
| President TAFT, on which the appropria-
| tions are based. pays high tribute 10 the
| executive for good faith in scrutinizlnS
estimates and computes that the surplus
| of revenues next year will not be, less
than S26.5i2 900. which with any part OF
the treasury balance may be applied to
the sinking fund,
Against This Mr.. Livingston says the last
session made a record which demonstrate
ed that when the Democratic party comes
into complete control Of the government
this billion dollar mark Tor session
appropriations. established four years ago
at the session of the siNtieth congress.
cannot be substantially lowered, II low
cred at all
MI Tawney reviews his recommenda- =
lion for the consolidation OF the appro-
priation jurisdiction OF the house under IA
single committee OF sufficient size to be
representative OF all sections of the coun-
try and Of all branches of the public SER
vice.
Eight committees now consider and re-
port appropriation bills and Mr.. Tawney
says no reform is more important. The
committee on appropriations which re-
ports more than half OF the total appro-
priations OF congress reported during the
first regular session OF the last congress
Sl6.93S 925 less than the estimates. while
the appropriations by all the other ap-
propriating committees according TO MIR
Tawnev. were s21.95l, i02 in excess OF the
estimates. Mr.. Tawney claims that If
this consolidation reform had been ef-
feCtcd IL would have saved $62 .000. 900 al
that session alone
Declaring that the Democrats want 20
save the people of this country from
the danger which threatens them be-
cause OF the rampant expenditure of their
money which has been going on for the
last twelve years" Mr. Livingston con-
tends that milltarism is a menace and
that Democratic accession Will prevent
national bankruptcy.
He saws IL Is a superhuman task TO
restore expenditures to normal level.
because of the enormous liability fastened
on the treasury by the statutory increase
of the enlisted strength OF the army and
the navy fourfold since Mr.. Roosevelt
was so unhappilv called to the executive
office OF the republic"
Sounding a note OF alarm against a
Threatened oncrous" direct tax with all
It's inquisitorial features. Mr.. Livingston
saws that Il that comes "the people will
rise in their might with cry that viii
be heard 10 the remotcst corners Of the
earth and shake from themselves and
their posterity the mcnacles of burden
some taxation. fostered by the Republl-
can party.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-11
SANTA FE CLAIMS TO LOSE
MONEY HAULING LEMONS
Statistlclan Of the Company Asserts Rate
Fixed by Commission Ia
Too Low.

Los ANGELES. Cal. Jan. lO.-That
the Santa Fc loses an average OF SlO.Os
on every car of lemons that 1t hauls east
nj the rate OF 81 Il hundred pounds-the
rate fixed by the interstate commerce
commissioners the assertion OF railroad
witnesses In the lemon case before tho
new commerce court.
These figures and the methods by
which they arc reached were attacked
today by the attorneys for the commits
sion and the growers. tf the railroads
can uphold the system by which their
statiSticians figure rates. IL VIII he n
victory for them. for on tho attitude Of
the commerce court toward these figures
largely depends future rate cases:
James Peabody. stntistiCian for the
Santa Fe system. testified before Judge
Mack of the commerce court that the
average cost of hauling Il car Of lemons
east was $23613, while the average reVe-
nue. from such n ear. at the 81 rate. WAS
$22665, showing n loss OF Sl0hS car.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-11
TREATY BETWEEN JAPAN
AND THE UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON. March lU.-In view o.
fhe fact that the United States senate
failed to remove the seal OF secrecy OF
the new treaty OF commerce and navi-
CATION between the United States and
Japan ratified February "a. the state de-
partment today made The convention
public.
The only new feature in connection
with IL made known today was an an
nourcement by the state department that
the United States and Japan shortly Will
negotiate a consular treaty relating to
the privileges and duties of consular of =
ficers In the two countries.
IL Is explained that this convention will
amplify the general provision relating to
consular officers contained in the treaty
of commerce and navigation by which
their usual rights and immunities are
guaranteed