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The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

Seeing in the late Capt. Allyn K. Ca
prom, who fought with Col. Roosevelt at
Las Guasimas. where Capt. Capron lost
his life, his ideal of a soldier, Sergt. and
Mrs. Litherland recently asked Mrs. Ca
prom, the widow of the man who was
called by Col. Roosevelt the best SOL
dier in the regiment and the ideal Of
what an American regular army officer
should be-" to be the godmother of his
baby boy. Mrs Capron readily consent
ed and the christening took place last
Sunday at the Garden Memorial Pres
byterlan Church, in AnacOstia, the baby
being named Allyn Capron Litherland.
Sergt. Litherland is on duty in the Quar-
termaster's Department, and is a great
admirer oil Capt. CaprOn's military rec
ord.
Col. Roosevelt. in his description OF
the Rough Riders. said of Capt. Allyn
Capron that he was "On the whole the
best soldier in the regiment. In fact,
] think he was the ideal of what an
American regular army officer should
be. He was the fifth in descent from
father to son who had served in the
army of the United States, and in body
and mind alike he was fitted to play
his part to perfection. Tail and 1.-THE,
remarkabl boxer and walker, q
first-class rider and shot. with yellow
hair and piercing blue eyes, he looked
what he was, the arChtype of the
fighting man. He had under him one
of the two companies from the Indian
Territory, and he so impressed him
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
T-HOUR RULE
ON NEW WAR SHIPS
Private Concerns Must OBJ
serve Navy Decision.

By a decision rendered yesterday at the
Navy Department, the shipbuilding con-
Germs which undertake the construction
of the two new battle ships Nevada and
Oklahoma will be obliged to establish the
eight-hour' day throughout their plants.
This decision was arrived at after a Sc
ries of conferences between Acting Sec
retary Winthrop. several naval officers,
and Assistant Attorney General William
R. Harr. Copies of the decision were
dispatched to all the big shipbuildinS
concerns of the Atlantic Coast that have
been regarded as prospective bidders.
The shipbuilders will also receive no
tice in a day or two that the date OF
opening bids for the construction of the
Nevada and Oklahoma has been changed
from January to January 25.
There is not the slightest doubt that
every bidder will make considerable
increases in his estimates, because Of
the increased cost of construction claim
ed under the operation of an etght-hour
day, instead of a longer one.
The decision is to the effect that all
employees in any part of the plant OF a
shipbuilding firm who are engaged In
work connected with the construction OF
a battle ship for the United States gov
ernment must be on an eight-hour day.
Firms providing such material or appli-
ances as are purchased complete outside
the shipyard need not enforce the eight
hour day on such material, even though
1t is to be sold to the concern building
the battle ship for the government.
Congress has fixed the limit OF cost
of the Nevada and Oklahoma at S6,0OO,-
coo each. exclusive of armor and arm
ament. It is the intention Of the Navy
Department to have both battle ships
IN, TV-ir 70 instead
navy yard. Therefore, If this intention
is adhered to, and the eight-hour rul-
ing forces the bids beyond the limit OF
cost, an appeal to Congress for more
money will probably be the only re-
course of the department.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
WIDOW OF ROUGH RIDER
STANDS AS GODMOTHER
ReIict of Gallant Capt Allyn X. Capron Sponsor for
Son of Sergt. LitherIand U. 5. A.

self upon the wild spirit of his fol-
lowers that he got them ahead in dis
cipline faster than any other troop
in the regiment. while, at the same
time. taking care of their daily
wants.
His ceaseless effort was so to train
them, care for them, and inspire them
as to bring their lighting efficiency to
the highest possible pitch He required
slightest evasion of duty; but his mas
performance of his own duty so rigid
that he won at once not merely their
admiration, but that soldierly affection so
readily given by the man in the ranks
to the superior who cares for his men
and leads them fearlessly in battle
Referring to the leading Of troops,
horses, and other war material Col
Roosevelt said Of Capt. Capron that he
had "at the Very beginning shown him
self to be simply invaluable from his ex-
traordinary energy, executive capacity,
and mastery over men; and 1 kept his
section next mine. so that we generally
came together at different yards"
monument to the Rough Rider has
been erected at Arlington National Gene
terry, and 1t was due to the patriotism
and untiring devotion and energy Of Mrs.
Allyn X. Capron, the godmother of
Allyn Capron Litherland, son of the ser
Geant. that this tribute was successfully
accomplished. Mrs. Capron is an active
worker in behalr of the orphans Of a
number of charitable organizations.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
JEWISH WOMEN ARE
STILL INSURGENT
Local Branch Not to Reunite
with National Council.

1t is not likely that the Washington
branch of the National Council of Jewish
Women, which recently seeded from the
general body, will reunite with the ma
tional organization.
Mrs. Adolph Kahn, president of the
Washington branch, announced last night
that she will call a meeting within a
week or two. 1t Is probable that the
question of uniting with the national body
will be discussed at that time. The ma
jority of members, however, are opposed
to going back to the mother organization.
Mrs. Kahn will give out a written
statement in several days, setting forth
the reasons for secession,
The Washington branch seeded sew
eral weeks ago, following the annual
election of officers for the national body
at the yearly convention in Philadelphia.
The Baltimore branch seeded at the
same time.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
SACCHARINE GETS
STAY OF A MONTH
War on Sugar Substitute
Not Yet Ended.

Saccharine, used as a substitute for su-
gar, and which was condemned by the
Remsen board, also known as the referee
board of consulting scientific experts, can
be used for another month, at the least,
by manufacturers. The Remsen board,
on April 2S reported that investigation
had shown that the continued use of sac
charine is deIeter!ous to health. The
Secretary of Agriculture. the Secretary
of the Treasury, and the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor, acting under the
authority conferred upon them by the
pure food law, issued an order against its
use after July /. The manufacturers Sc
cured a postponement until January !,
and this has been extended to Febru-
ary l.
Agriculture, stated yesterday that the
effective date had been extended in order
to allow himself and the Secretary OF
the Treasury and the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor to give careful consid
Grafton to the evidence and arguments
of the producers Of saccharine and the
manufacturers who use II.
The order against saccharine is regard
ed by government authorities as one of
the most far-reaching since the pure-food
act was passed. The order affects more
than thirty classes Of foods in which
saccharine is used as a substitute for
sugar, and these include jellies and jams,
sweet pickles, canned goods of several
kinds, soft drinks, and even beer of the
darker varieties.
The original decision was made by
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley and DR.. F. L.
Dunlap. of the board of food and drug
inspection. The manufacturers promptly
appealed to the Remsen board, which
sustained Drs. Wiley and Dunlap.
Saccharine is distillate or derivative of
coal tar and is said to be three hundred
times as sweet as sugar. 1t was discov-
cred by DR.. Constantin Fahlberg while
he was connected with the Johns Hop
kins University in Baltimore. At that time
DIR. Fahlberg was working under the
direction of Ira D. Remsen, the chair
man of the board which now condemns
it. DR.. Remsen himself has been credited
with the discovery of saccharine.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
CHASSIS ON CHEEsEs.

Two hundred and seyenty-five brands
count 'em-of soul-uplifting, hair-raising,
Notwithstanding, cheesey cheese.
Not a brand overlooked and not a coun-
try or a milk producing source sighted
in this symposium as prepared and given
to the world in general and epIcures IN
particular by c. F. Doane and H. w.
Lawson. NJ. s., NJ. D., of the Department
Uncle James Wilson, then young and
blithesome, entered the service of be-
nign government has such a variegated,
multicolored, heterogeneously scented ar
ray been gathered together in printed
form. All the way through reindeer milk
cheese to buffalo cheese, AMI thence TO
potato cheese, caraway seed cheese, and
olive oil cheese. with Disgusting nom de
plumes, the list goes. Cheeses the size
of cartwheels, cheeses the size of
watches, AS in cheese and BIS in cheese,
until the reader stops to sneeze, and
psychic power bends its knees.
Take Radical cheese, for example.
There's a cheese, If there ever was one.
It is made in Portugal and gets its name
from the fact that the first man to eat
II died of hydrophobia. And there Is the
fine old potato" cheese of German
fame which contains not only curd and
whey and potato, but beer as well-a
regular animated bar and restaurant
combined.
Brickbat cheese, named because Of its
value as a food and a weapon Of self
defense among the ancients, occupies
the attention of those two distinguished
cheesologists, Messrs. Doane and Law
son. Or traversing a moment into the
higher realms of fancy, there is a bit of
affectionate description Of the Cheshire
cheese. This cheese Is sixty pounds in
weight. They make 1t and then leave
1t in a cellar, preferably some one else's
cellar, for a year. At the end of that
time the cheese walks out of its own ac-
cord, and the man who owns the cellar
calls for the police and health authori-
ties.
Growing tired of this. there Is the
Stracchino di Gorgonzola, a soft-rot to
say mushy-Italian cheese. Those two
eminent cheeseologists, Messrs. Doane
and Lawson, specify In their bulletin
that this is to be eaten WHILE FRESH.
II the ardent cheese enthusiast doesn't
choose to follow directions-well, you
can't expect scientists to be responsible,
can you?
There is the Spitz cheese, a small but
vicious compound. Or the rough Russian
"Steppes" cheese which is a high-step-
per in its way, albeit not especially
versed in the quietude of civilized res
taurant. Peasants eat II. The experts
add that this probably accounts for the
fretfulness and discomfort manifested by
the Russian peasant class.
Seeking poetic fancy, there Is Flower"
cheese, an English by-product, which
comprises all the workaday cheese mate
rial and the fragrant petals Of marigold
and rose as we'll. Or as an emblem of
the eternal hope. there is Sasenage,
which requires two months in the rfpen-
Ing. but which when ripened-
Ali It's a classic OF cheese. Twill
stand forever.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
LABOR CONTEMPT
CASE AGAIN UP
Gompers, Mitchell, and Nor
rison in Court.
buck BOYCOTT UNDER FIRE
Full Bench of District Supreme
Court Hears Proceeding of "COm-
by Justice Wright Is Against
the Labor Leaders.

Before the full bench Of six justices of
the District Supreme Court. depositions
In the hearing of the contempt pro-
ceedings against President Samuel Com
Iers. Frank A. Morrison. and John
Mitchell. of the American Federation of
Labor, will be completed on Wednesday.
Upon these dispositions, dealing with the
actions of the labor leaders. subsequent
to the alleged boycott Of the Buck
Stove and Range Company, the decision
probably will hinge.
Speeches and public utterances of Mr..
Gompers and Mr.. Mitchell wherein they
are alleged to have criticised members
of the District Supreme Court and to
have expressed a determination to ig-
more an injunction issued by the court,
restraining the American Federation Of
Labor and its officers from carrying out
the boycott against the Buck Stove and
Range Company, of st. Louis, contained
in the books, were partially identified.
Davenport on Deck.
Prosecuting the contempt charges were
United States Attorney Clarence r.
Wilson, j. ]. Darlington, and Daniel Dav-
export, of Bridgeport, Conn, the latter
conducting the examination of the wit
nesses.
Those who testified were James A.
O'ConnelI, president of the International
Association of Machinists. and a vice
president of the American Federation Of
Labor; Samuel De Nedrey, former editor
OF the Trades Jnionist; Andrew Furn-
seth, president of the Longshoremen's
Union; Daniel F. Naming, president Of
the Retail Clerks Association; Thomas
F. Tracy. Benjamin Z. Nabers, Annie B.
Taln r.
Dunnington. of the Library Of Congress.
When Attorney Ralston sought to
bring out on cross-examination the fact
that Mr.. Gompers and Mr.. Morrison had
issued orders against the circulation OF
the American Federationist or other
matter setting forth the details of the
Buck boycott and urging organized Ia
Dor to follow 1t, there was objection on
the part of the prosecutors, and they
were sustained by the court.
There was a stir following this decis-
ion, Attorney Ralston declining to exam
Inc further the witness, Daniel F. Man
ming, and taking general exception to the
rulings of Justice Wright.
RaIston Is Indifferent.
At the outset 1t was announced that
have the privilege of having the court
reserve its rulings on the objections to
the end. but Attorney Ralston said he
was really Indifferent"
Witnesses were asked about the con-
ventions Of the American Federation Of
Labor held in Norfolk, Va, 1907: in Den
yer, 1908. and in Toronto. Canada, in 1909.
but in the main their answers were, "I
do not remember" 'T do not recall
Over the objections of counsel for the
labor leaders, Attorney Davenport read
into the record a speech by John Mitchell
at the Toronto convention.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
POWDER BXPLODBS
And INJURIES TWO
One Child Is in Danger of
Losing His Sight.

While playing with powder in the rear
Of their home at DOS Railroad avenue
southeast. eight-ycar-Old Adolph Denni-
son and his younger brother. Curtis, five
years old, children of Mr.. and Mrs. M
Dennison, were badly burned on the face
and hands when the powder exploded.
Curtis is in danger of losing his sight
according TO physicians al Casualty Hos
pital Sparks from the powder lodged in
the boys eyes The child has a slight
chance to recover.
Adoph. while badly burned on the face
and hands, did not suffer any injury
20 his eyes. He will be able to leave the
hospital in short time.
Il amt much hurt; Curtis is hurt worse
than me. He can't even talk" little
Adolph told the doctors at the hospital,
though his face was a mass of blisters
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
}. S. Dept. Of ArricuIture, weather Bureau

Washington. Saturday. December 20 p m.
The Middle West disturbance will northeast.
attended Sunday by rains over the East and South
and SHOWS over the northern and western districts
from the Mississippi Valley eastward. continuing
Monday from the Lower Lake region eastward.
Cold weather will contiaue n the Plains States and
the Missouri Valley, and a cold wave will follow
the eastward movement Of the Middle West storm,
reaching through the East Gulf States the Ohio
Valley the Upper Lake and Lower Lake region by
Monday morning. and the Atlantic States Monday
night Tuesday. West Of the Rocky Mountains
the weather will be fair. except the northern
districts, where there will be rains and snoWB.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
BIRTH RECORD.
WHITE.

WHITE.
John and Chamilia Deyha, girl
Daniel and Rosie Breeskin, girl.
William J. and Maryan Fitzpatrick, girl.
Charles II. and Ethel Morgan, girl. o.
Solomon c. G. and Gertrude NJ. Curtiss, boy.
Joseph B. and May A McCann. boy.
Harry C. and Catheryn z Talbert, boy.
Allan z and Lillian Tate, boy. Q
Charles z. and Myra NJ. Holmes, girl.
Bartolo and SaTeria Crisofuh, girl
COLORED.
Robert and Virginia Roy, boy. ~
BENJAMIN and Louise z. Simmons, boy.
Warren and Hazel T. West, twin boys.
William H and Ethel ID. Audrick. boy.
Harry and Sadie z Bowman, boy.
John T. and Julia Green, girl.
John L. and Nellie Campbell. boy.
Aaron and Phyllis Bankett, boy.
Nelson W. and Bette Rhone. boy.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
How to Be succe..fu1.

Just smile. That's about all, provided
that you also put in a few sharp strokes
daily working. A newspaper is nothing
if 1t isn't to help people to get smarter
and smilier. This paper is on the job
So If you will take the time to turn the
pages you will find Vest Pocket Essay
by George Fitch, which will start the
smiles at a great rate and make this
day worth while Start this day and
every day by reading George Fitch in
his Vest Pocket Essays" They appear
daily exclusively in, The Washington
Herald.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

from the effects of the exploded powder.
Despite his own painful condition, the
elder boy asked repeatedly If his little
brother was going to die" He was in
formed that Curtis was not going to
die and seemed greatly eased.
The two children were playing with pow
der which had been emptied from some
old cartridges which they had found when
the aCcudent occurred. Little Curtis was
holding the powder in a piece of paper
when his older brother lighted a match
and they both watched to ito see it go
Off AS the powder was ignited II
fared up into the chidren's faces before
they realized what had happened, and
both ran into the house screaming with
pain. The ambulance was summoned and
both children were removed to the hos
pital.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Col. Green Is q Clubman.

From the New York Evening Mail
Col. z. H. R. Green. Hetty Green's
son, has been proposed for membership
In the Atlantic Yacht Club.
When Mr.. Green bought the steam
yacht Crescent and changed her name
to the Texas three weeks ago It was be-
heved that Mrs. Green might raise OBJ
jections to this pIunging into yacht club
life, but she dispelled these fears.
"Oh, he belonged to clubs when he was
In Texas" she said, ''and I quite ap-
prove Of his having yacht and belong
ing TO . good club here
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Local Temperature.

Midnight. s.; 2 a m, IS; "a. m. IS; 6 a. m, .,
s a. m, IS; 10 a. m, 20; Il noon, q; p m, q;
p. m, q; p. m, 20; p. m, %; 10 p. m, 5;
Highest, 42; lowest a.
Relative humidity-s a. m, g.; D. m. 20. Rain
fail Is p m. to p. nj, 7. Hours Of sunshine, 0.
Per cent Of possible sunshine o.
Temperature same date last year-Hghest, Sc; low
est, q.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
DEATH RECORD.
WHITE

WHITE
Hattie G. Belmont a. l0l6 L st. NV.
Louis Finger. ., Garfield Memorial Hosp.
James Barrett, q. Wash. Asylum Hosp.
Amanda NJ. Huntress 81. 1E5 10Th ST. NV.
Charles W. johnson, IS, Govt Hosp. Insane.
Charles p. Dowlen. ls lSH sL NV.
Harriet williams. s. Geo. Wash. Univ. Hosp
Henry McCabe, g. GoTt- Hosp. Insane
John A. Pearson. "a. f2i Tenn. ave. ne.
Maggio Holland. 5. Providence Hosp.
Mary s. Balderscn, II. - Bates St nv.
Sophia HAmmond, e. Providence Hosp.
COJORED.
George BurIey, se. woodbun. d. c.
Mabel Brewer, 4, GEORGETOWN Univ. Hosp.
Arthur F. Redmond S. III L q. So.
Emeline L. Davis. 60. ls5 Oregon ave. nv.
Augustus Jorden. s., Proyidence Hosp.
Charles ~ Bowman. 8. al L st. NV.
Ida Washington. months. ~ q st. sw.
Harry W. Kennedy, 2 mouths. 2 d st g.
II costs s2.0o0.o 900 year to put bands on
the cigars made In this country.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
DIED..

BOONE-On Saturday, December 90, 1911,
at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore,
Md, WILLIAM c. BOONE, NJ. D.,
sixty-seven years OF age, beloved hus-
band of Annie NJ. Boone, both OF
PlainfieId, N. j.
Interment private at PIainheld. N. ].
RUSSELL On Saturday, December 30.
1911, at 7:4e a. m, in Providence Hos
pital JOHN DALTON RUSSELL
aged sixty-two years
Mia avenue, Tuesday, January 2, 1872
Friends invited.
wATKINS-On Friday, December g. 1911,
at his residence, 20 street, NIGH
OLAS, beloved husband Of Mary A.
Watkins.
Notice OF the funeral hereafter. TAN
napolis, Baltimore. and Wilmington
papers please copy.1
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
SPECIAL NOTICES.

PURSUANT TO SECTION l. ARTICLE TX, OF
Bylaws. notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting Of the Stockholders Of the Capital Traction
Company for the election Of Directors for the
ing year and snch other business as may be brought
on WEDNESDAY January TO- 1912. at l0:45 O'Clock
q m. The polls will be open from II O'Clock q. m.
until II O'Clock noon II. d. CHAMPION. Sers-
tary. deZ-l5E
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
In Days OF chiyaIry.

From Pnck.
what hath made Sir Rupert 50 bald,
thinkest thou7''
Pulling his shirt Of mail on and OF
over his head, wctn
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

0RANULATED EKELID8
Murine Doesn't 1mart-Soothas Ere Pain,
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Temperatures In other Cities.

Temperatures in other cities. together with the
amount of rainfall for the twentyfour hours ended
at s p. m. yesterday, follows:
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
ANTIQUE furniture

NJ SEGAL! To him for genuine goods moderate SUM-
Splendid Antique Furniture that perfect beauty style first class
Enter GIL northwest The stock varied and compeE
Grand Reproductions him cling he produces the best of yhn
And in Reparng-it cear-to do good work his idea
Look in You'll find the best sale and the lowest prices do prevail
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-29
ALPENA PfCKUPS.

Quite crowd of Alpenaites will at tend the Fair.
 Uncle Steve Naples is still buying and shipping apples.
 Miss Johnnie Moore is visiting Miss Leia Wilson this week.
 Dan Estes has gone back to Fayette- vile to resume his studies in the Uni versity.
 Mrs. ". L. Saeed was down from Green Forest last week visiting her parents here.
 Mrs. Bell moved Monday from what IS called the Section house into the A. C. Fox property
 Mrs. Anna GaQdy was calling on friends here Monday ske was on her way to Green Forest to enter school.
 5oan Jones is very busy now piloting land buyers over the country, helping tham to find q happy little home in AflS255as.
 Ere. ViiIa9s preached here Sunday afternoon iaGtpaig of morning and night. He began proLfacted meeting at Car rolIton Saturday night.
 We beg the young fellow pardon for not mentioning the fact last week that he made his arrival the 17th at the home of Mir and Mrs. Harold Greer.
 Eoe4 Wymoro came in last week from Kansas bringing 2 car load of things to his farm, three miles north of town. Mfs. Wymore and the children will be here soon. We are glad to nave them back among Us again.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-09-29
gERRYvILLE BREVITIEs.

Everything is in readiness for the four days at the Fair.
 T. Elmore Lucey, the impersonater, is billed for Berryville Oct. ?.
 Yankee R Johnson has got the town billed for his big show the 6th of Octo- Der.
 Vasco Jelfries has returned from Springfield, where he has been working for sometime.
 Saturday was a big day with Berry vile merchants. Effective advertising always brings results.
 George Hinehman and wife left Monday for Los Angeles, Calf, to make their future home.
 Ed Gregson says that the report that he will be a candidate for Represent ative is somewhat misleading. As to being candidate for Collector he just smiles.
 E. H. Russell, former railroad agent here, died Monday at Eureka Springs. He was employed in the railroad audi tors office.
 Congressman J. c. Floyd was mix ing with Berryville friends during the past week. He feels very sanguine that he will be his own suecessoy in the next Congress. His friends think the same thing.
 H, H. Beal is putting in some sub stantiai gatters and drains for the town. When taxes are spent for public improvements the people do not care so muea for paying them. The town council made 4-miil levy for next year. There is over $1200 in the town treasury now.
 Uncle "Jimmey' Wilson was over to Green Forest the other day and when he came back, he said: "Oh, say, was over to Green Forest yester- day, and tel! you it looks mighty good to me over there" It is suspect cd that Uncle "Jimmey" is sleeping with his windows open toward Green l Forest.