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The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
NAVY DEPARTMENT
DENIES CHARGES
Committee Will Probe Con-
ditiOns at Local Yard.

: Believing that recent disclosures de-
mand a prompt conclusion of the investi-
cation and remedial action by Congress,
the committee on expenditures in the
Navy Department, which has been prob
ing into conditions at the Washington
Navy Yard, will hold short meeting to-
morrow morning before the House Is
called together at noon. In view OF the
threatened debate on the pension bill.
other committees have arranged not to
meet before Tuesday at the earliest
Following testimony before the commit
fee Friday, in which ]. W. Lucas and ].
B. Sims, the Navy Department yester-
day issued detailed denial Of all charges
preferred by the witnesses.
The statement says Lucas was former
ly a bookkeeper at the yard, who, after
having been tried in numerous positions,
was denoted, and subsequently resigned.
Sims. according to the department, has
been suspended on a number OF occa-
sions for fntoxication and the use of
drugs, and has been kept on the pay roll
only because of the entreaties OF friends.
Paymaster Merriam, whom the wit
nesses on Friday charged with having
motor boat constructed In the yard OF
government material and by government
labor, refused to discuss his case yes
terday. He will testify before the com
mittee tomorrow, however, and deny the
charge.
The Navy Departments statement as
serts that the motor boat In question
was constructed outside before Paymas-
ter Merriam was stationed at the yard'
and that the repairs on 1t, which were
made in the yard and with government
material, were covered by so deposit
left by Merriam with the commandant
The statement also denies that any
shortage exists in the accounts OF the
yard. On this point the statement says:
..As for an alleged deficiency OF $SOO
in some electrical material, there was no
shortage whatever. Certain stores, whicn
were outside OF the general storehouse
and under the charge of the captain OF
the yard, were drawn out from time to
time and a proper record kept When
this was discovered by the general store
keeper stub requisitions covering all ma
terials were obtained from the dinerent
departments and charged to the proper
appropriations. This was last July.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
"HE SAY FOUR MILES"
But II Took MOhave Indian Eleven
Minutes to Say II.

nut II TOOK hOnaNe luoIum 6AcNcn
Minutes to Say 1t.
The House Committee on Expenditures
IN the Interior Department, which Is in
vestigating the Indian Bureau, worked
under great difficulties yesterday. A
Mohave Apache, to whom the English
language is a sealed book, was On the
stand, testifying concerning conditions in
the Mcdowell reservation in Arizona
and another Indian, who apparently had
not penetrated beyond the first chapter,
was the interpreter.
How long was this irrigation ditch %
asked Representative Graham, of Illinois.
the committee chairman, at one point
in the hearing. The interpreter turned
to- the witness to repeat the question.
He rolled his eyes, waved his hands,
and the air was full of gutterals. For
eight minutes the demonstration con-
tinued.
Then the witness replied. He wagged
his head, wiggled his fingers, grunted
freely, and filed the room with harsh
sounds for eleven minutes.
Finally the racket died away and the
interpreter turned to Chairman Graham.
who had been doing during the ex-
change.
This man says four miles, said the
pointing to the witness.
The committee exchanged commiser-
ating glances and the hearing proceeded.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
HEARINGS TEMPORARILY OFF.
Steel investigators VIII Not Meet
s1.f, To- GayaraI TUaeIra

Steel Investigators VIII Not Meet
Again for Several Weeks.
There will be no hearings before the
Stanley committee, which is Investigate
ing the United States Steel Corpora
tion, for two or three weeks Mr.. STAN
ley viii leave Washington tomorrow for
his home in Kentucky, and until his
return the future plans Of the steel
probers will remain unsettled.
Toward the end of July it is probable
the committee viii go to New York and
hold several sessions there. Col Theo-
dore Roosevelt may be one Of the wit
nesses at that time, and if J. Pierpont
Morgan has returned from Europe, the
committee will invite him to appear.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
Hetfer sfatus for Mates.

Representative Barchfeld OF Pennsyl-
vania. yesterday introduced bill pro-
posing to grade mates IN the navy as
warrant officers and TO give them the
same pay and allowances. Another meas
ure introduced BY Mr.. Barchfeld provides
that pharmacists IN the navy be commits
stoned as chief pharmacists and shall. on.
promotion. Be allowed the same pay and
allowances nesc1let boatsW1IE4
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
snrnr for Free List.l

Representative warburton. Of Wash
ington. an insurgent Republican, yester-
day introduced a bill placing sugar on
the free list and raising the Internal
revenue duty on manufactured tobacco.
In order to compensate the government
for the loss of revenue on sugar. the
bill proposes to tax snuff "a cents
pound loose tobacco prepared for sale
is cents pound, and materially to IN
crease the present tax on cigars and
cigarettes
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
Leei.lature wan Testify.

The entire legislature of the State Of
Illinois win be called as witnesses by
the select committee OF the Senate IN
vestigating the Lorimer case. The COM
mittee has practically decided to hold
night 7esslons.
The first hearing VIII be held here next
Tuesday. The first witnesses called will
be former Gov. Yates. Of Illinois, anG
Cyrus Il. Mccormick. president Of the
Harvester Company.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
would Make Recruits Immune.

Upon the recommendation Of Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, Chief OF Stan. Secretary
of War stimson has directed that the
anti-typhoid vaccination. which for more
than year has been voluntary in the
army. shall hereafter be administered 10
all recruits except those over thirty-hve
years OF age.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
DIR. Gibbs Goes to BufraIo.

DR.. Benjamin F. Gibbs, Of Columbia
Heights. left last night for Buffalo, to
attend the triennial Head Camp of the
Modern woodmen of America, as a del
egate from the camps of the District of
Columbia The delegates will be in
session all week. DR.. Gibbs is a men,
ber of West End Camp No. 12OS9, and has
held several important positions.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
Progress at Seal Conferences.

The International Seal Conference
which has been in session here for the
past month. held a meeting at the State
Department yesterday. After the meet
ing it was said that while the work Of
the conference had not been completed.
progress had been made.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
Report sfatehood mn.

The Senate COMMITTEES on Territories
yesterday agreed to report favorabiy with
. mi4or amendment the Flood resolution.
coming over from the House. Tor admit-
ting Nav Aezic6 and Arizona 70 state.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

sion was the address of Prof Edward
c. Getsinger, Of this city, in which he
warned Persia against falling into the
clutches of the American money power.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

1aEgs.t ll0raing CirsalasIoa.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
Shifting Ministers.

One of Wesley's reasons for shifting
his preachers every three years was
avowedly that they might be able to
preach the same sermon over again to
different congregations. He knew by
experience the difficulty of sermon
making. After a few weeks, he said,
a preacher cannot find matter for
preaching every morning and evening.
NOR will the people come to hear him.
whereas If he never stays more than
a fortnight in one place he will find
plenty of matter, and the people will
hear him gladly. l know that were I
to preach one whole year in one place
l should preach both myself and my
congregation to sleep."-London Chron-
icle
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
The Irony of Street Cars

There are queer people in this
New York city OF yours" said a visi-
tor, The other evening I was on a
broadway car and near the front door
sat young man. 1t was chilly and
wet, and the young man was not COM
Portable, it was plain. lie became
more uncomfortable every minute
some one went out the front door. for
1t was always left open. Each time
he got up and slammed the door and
became more peevish.
He had done this dozen times or
more when he found a seat in the mid
die OF the car. Then to his astonish-
ment every person who went out that
front door carefully closed it after
him. There was no reason to be-
lieve that there was a general con-
spiracy against the young man, yet 1
am sure that he could not understand
it."
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
Few Chances in China.

Several years ago the American con-
suls in China cautioned young men
and women in the United States
against going there with the hope of
securing clerical or stenographic en-
ployment. Inquiries are again being
received as to such openings and it is
we'll to repeat the caution
The custom of foreign firms here
is to fill all important and well paid
positions with persons whom they
bring out under contract, so that a
person arriving without such docu-
ment stands little chance of securing
positions that pay living wages. Minor
situations are filled by clerks, stenog-
raphers and typists who live in Shang-
hal at salaries ranging from $25 to
SIS United States currency a month.
The cost of li"ing here is not less than
in the United States and the eli,
mate is not uniformly suitable to
foreigners.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
MAY BEAT PAGERS RECORD
Performance of Uhan on Half Mile
Track Leads Horseman to Be-
lieve New Mark Is Likely.

Uhlan's feat In trotting a mile in
2:04% over a half mile track is in
some respects the most wonderful per
formance that has ever characterized
the American trotting turf One-quar-
ter of this great mile was trotted in
30 seconds by the son of Bingen. two
others in 81 seconds each and the
final one in 30% seconds. Possibly
some other trotter will appear that
will be able to lower this half mile
track record set by Uhlan, but it will
not be soon.
The performance at Goshen will
open the eyes of horsemen generally
as to the kind of a record UhIan
will set some day this year when he
makes an attempt to lower the worlds
record for trotters over a mile track.
How fast the black gelding will go IN
der perfect conditions is mere mat
ter of conjecture, but it is safe to saw
that opinion on the subject is vastly
different now than it was before the
morse turned the Goshen track twice
in 2:02%.
BEFORE that 1t was generally thought
he might beat the 1881 of Lou Dill
lon. Now it is a question of how
much he will beat the mark set by the
daughter of Sidney Dillon when she had
the assistance Of preceding pace
maker drawing a sulky equipment
with a dust or dirt shield. One of
the men who did not need Uhlan's Co
shen performance to convince him of
Uhlan's superiority over any other
trotter is the veteran trainer Ed F.
Geers.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
Aviation in France,

Manufacture Of aeroplanes has be-
come an industry of large proportions
in France. A year ago one maker
had sold over ESQ machines and 9TH
ers had booked large orders. Since
then new manufacturers have en-
tered the field and the enterprise has
grown tremendously. All the manu-
facturers issue handsomely illustrat-
ed catalogues of standard sizes and
types of stock machines. Each manu-
facturer has from one to three facto-
ries, and each his school for the in
struction of intending buyers and Of
professional aeronauts. For about
1000 francs one can learn to fly and
obtain a pilots license. A year ago
those schools of flight had graduated
over 400 pupils. Today their monthly
output numbers scores.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
Way to Remove Tattoo Marks.

Once tattooed, always tattooed, was
formerly the rule; but a French army
surgeon, DR.. Tranchant, has discover
ed method of removing tattoo
marks, whether made with India ink
or lampblack. According to La Ma
ture, the process consists of first rub
bling the skin until thin layer of the
surface is worn away, then applying q
mixture of lime, Stacked just before
use, and powdered phosphorus. The
tattooed part having been coated with
this paste, piece of gauze is laid
over 1t, covered with bandage. The
dressing is removed after 48 hours.
The scab is allowed to dry in the air,
and comes away in about fortnight,
without leaving a scar. If any trace
of the tattooing then remains, the
treatment is repeated DR.. Tranchant
claims to have applied this treatment
in great many cases with perfect
success.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
Men With Memories.

Seneca the Wise could repeat 1000
words in the uninterrupted succession
in which they were read TO him The
greatest Roman orator before Cicero.
Hortensius. could recite all the prices
given at a public auction Themistocles.
who considered it a greater art to FOR
get than to remember. learned the Per
sian language inside of a year.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
WAS REAL TO CHILD's EYES
Life-sized Model Of Dog Brought Joy
Into Life of Little New
Yorker.

In front of a shop on Fifth avenue
New York, there stands for purposes
OF advertisement a life-sized model OF
little dog. To adult eyes it bears but
slight resemblance to a living bow.
WOW. but to the little girl who caught
sight of 1t one day this week for the
hrst time 1t was a creature of life and
real personality.
Regardless of white corduroy coat
and dusty pavement, she dropped on
her knees beside the dog and gazed
in rapture After GREATNESS moment
she put cut her hand timidly, then
drew 1t back and looked up at her
mother.
"Will he bitter" she queried. Then,
as her mother shook her head. she
stretched out both hands an patted
the dogs head. He didn't move, and
she went on petting him, blissfully.
Then she put her chubby arms about
him, and gave him a joyous little-girl
hug, and, Strengthening her small cord
uroy-coated person once more. she
blithely stroked the dogs right ear.
Use got to CO." she murmured,
"muyyer says. But Use comm back"
She looked up at her mother hap
PLY. Not once did it occur to her to
doubt the models reality.
He's so fweet," she gurgIed. u
fink he's got the fweetest character of
any doggie / ever did see."
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
COMPOSER FOND OF SOLITUDE
So M. Massenct Oiscouraees Long
Visits From Friends, but With.
out Giving Offense.

The composer, M. Jules Massenet,
has a beautiful estate at Egreville,
and he does most of his work there,
because in Paris he is rarely free
from visitors. But Egreville is not 80
very far away from Paris, and occa-
sionally his friends go out there and
with the best intentions in the world
disturb Jules Massenet at his work.
Massenet, however, never lets his
friends disturb him very long. He
has a neat way of suggesting their
departure. He receives them cordial
ly and in answer to the inevitable
phrase of admiration for his house
and grounds he always says exactly
the same thing. Eyes," says M. Mas
senet, ''the principal charm of this
place is that the railway communica-
lions are so bad. The only decent
train to get you out here brings you
here at 1 o'clock, and to get back to
Paris with anything like comfort you
will have to leave again at 2 o'clock"
But one day a friend who had TAX
en- a country house ten or twelve
miles away arrived on visit He
and his son had come on bicycles.
MY dear friend" said Massenet, Gin
these days of the motor car bicycling
is horribly dangerous. l wish you
would promise me to give it up"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
TRIOMPHS Of AVIATION
PRESACE AREA OF AIR TRAVEL
italians Using AeropIanes For
Recommending Purposes
In TripoIi.

Why cannot be utilize their force to
carry him forward: Up tiI now the
aeropIane has been safe only when
the motor was going. Why not make
It safe even with dead motor: Here
tofore 1t could not brave strong
wind. Why cannot II be constructed 80
that it will take advantage Of the wind
to bear it onward or hold 1t aloft2
Supplies Missing Link.
These problems are not solved as yet,
but it is hopeful that the men who in
vented the aeroplane are at work on
their solution and have come as near
the goal as Orville Wright did at Kitty
Hawk. That the tests there made
were success was shown by Wrights
citation. He had exceeded his hopes.
and that with a machine far from per-
feet and with one important feature
missing. What that feature Is he
would not divulge. Indeed. the new
glider itself is a mystery. All that Is
apparent from its picture and descrip-
ton is that the trick is done by warp
ing the planes. The essential thing is
that the new glider supplies the chief
lack of the present aeroplane. that of
remaining aloft with dead motor 1t
also stabilizes the machine and makes
possible more perfect control of the
air csFrents.
After completing his experiments at
Kitty Hawk Mr.. Wright returned to
Dayton to complete his work. Some
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
The First Wheels

Although it seems difficult to realize
a world without wheels, these useful
spheres, which have now become ne
cessities, were not used in England I'M
til comparatively recent times. 1t was
not till the year l56S that the very
first carriage with wheels attached
was made. This was built for AMI by-
the orders Of Queen Elizabeth The
first public conveyance that piled for
hire as a cab was not in use until
1925. while the ancestor of our dear
old horse buses. the stagecoach. did
not arrive on the streets till 1859,
Who can tell how many years it will
be before we can dispense with wheels
ogether?-LOndon Mail.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01

The Parsee. untrammeled by his sur
roundings. is seen in Bombay in all
his wealth of height and dress. The
men are. without exception. tall. finely
formed and stately and possess a ro-
business and beauty quite at contrast
with their Hindu neighbors. Their
street costume is peculiar long white
cotton gown. wide trousers of the
same material and color and a tall
inter shaped hat. They have a gen
eral reputation for sobriety. frugality
and sagacity. and they seem to thor
oughly understand the accumulation
of fortunes. in this respect resembling
the Hebrews. The wealthiest resi-
dents of Bombay are Parsees.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
Nature's Eve.

1t was the hermit Thoreau, whose
mistress was wood and stream, who
wrote: THE lover sees in the glance
of his beloved the same beauty that in
the sunset paints the western skies.
1t is the same diamond here lurking
under human eyeiid and there under
the closing eyelids of the day. Here.
in small compass, is the ancient ana
natural beauty of evening and morn
ing. What loving astronomer has ever
fathomed the ethereal depths of the
eye?"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01

fine morning the world may expect the
Wrights to turn out new aeroplane
with improvements added that will rev.
olutionize aviation
What Orville Wright seems to have
done at Kitty Hawk was to match the
force of gravitation against that of the
wind One dispatch stated that he re-
manned practically motionlesS for more
than minute Whether or not this
was an eXaggeration. it is certain that
he kept his machine over small area
for the whole ten minutes he was up
gliding down the wind and up again at
will Fitted with motor. what could
not machine like that accomplish?
From Coast to Coast.
Even with the old type of biplane
great things are being done The jour
ney of Atwood from st. Louis to New
York 10y way eff Chicago was the won
der of the hour, beating all previous
cross country flights Now this IN
turn has been surpassed by Rodgers.
who left New York on Sept. Il. reach
ed Chicago in less than two weeks and
by Oct. - was in central Texas, hav.
ing broken all worlds records MIR.
Rodgers was one of four men who
entered the competition to win a 500
600 prize offered by W. r. Hearst for
flight from coast to coast OF the
other three Robert G.. Fowler started
from Los Angeles, but turned back
after Intellectual attempts to cross the
mountains. announcing that he might
try another route later James j,
Ward and Earle l.. 0vington started
from New York. Ovingtou never get
ting outside of the city and Ward Civ
ing up near the western boundary OF
! New York state. Rodgers has not made
! it within the time limit and thus viii
miss the prize, bat grimly announced
that he would continue the flight ever
without the golden lure at the end
Some of this aviator's descriptions o.
his flight made thrilling reading II
the outskirts OF Chicago he encounter
ed thunderstorm. Here Is a part O
| his own version:
| noticed right ahead OF me a full
| grown rainstorni coming right at ma i.
| saw the milky water falling and the clouS
weaving AZ plainly a. IL 1t bad been draw
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01

The first pensions were granted to
distinguished individuals for great
services rendered the state. as to the
dukes of Grafton. Richmond. MARI
borough and others. In the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. So early as
1871 England had fixed pension list
of many names and involving an ex-
penditure Of over 100000. In ancient
times the idea of providing for those
who had suffered for the state or who
had contributed to its welfare was
practically unknown. it being then an
accepted doctrine that the individual
belonged to the state. served her by
right and had no claim against her for
the simple thing Of doing of his mani
fest duty.-New York American.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01
HIS PALATE WAS FIRE PROOF
Unusually Strong Drink Had But One
Drawback, Is Testimony of
Confirmed Topper.

Assemblyman Brennan, author of the
Brennan cold storage law" said the
other day in Albany to the Journal
man:
"a recent examination of the cold
storage plants in New York CITY
showed that in twelve storage houses
alone there were stored 100000
pounds of poultry and meat, $500. 900
pounds of fish, 100000 pounds of
cheese, 100000 pounds of butter and
10000 cases of eggs.
This food should be labeled as
what 1t is. 1t shouldn't be sold to the
public as fresh food at the price of
fresh food. For it isn't fresh food
and, though it looks all right, it's taste
Is all wrong-except to such people
as are blessed with the palate of Jim
Unison.
"Jim Unison" Mr.. Brennan explain
ed, was a hard drinker up Ithaca
way. One evening Jim stopped at the
tavern for a dram, tossed 1t of, and
departed calmly; but after he was
gone the tavern-keeper discovered
that, in place Of applejack, he had Civ
en- Jim q drink out of the sulphuric
acid bottle that was kept to clean the
verdigris off the brass taps.
"The tavern-keeper couldn't sleep
that night, but the next morning, to
his unspeakable relief, Jim dropped
in for another dram before breakfast,
apparently none the worse for his
dose of poison.
JIM said the tavern-keeper, what
did you think of that applejack I sold
you last night?'
'Oh, it was fen stuff said Jim;
good, warmin' stuff. 1t had only one
fault. Every time I coughed it set
my whiskers af1re.'"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-12-01

The Honoiulu Bulletin announces
that the Home Industry League of
Hawaii is starting movement in aid
of the American merchant marine by
inducing shippers to divide their trans.
pacific shipping among American bot.
toms and otherwise foster the patron.
age of vessels flying the American
fag." That journal also calls atten.
ton to the desire in the Philippines
for direct steamship line between
Manila and the United States, with
Honolulu as the half way point.