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The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
Birds in the District.

1t is interesting to record the fact.
while a great struggle is in progress in
Albany to secure legislative protection
for the birds of New York State, that
the District of Columbia has upon its
statute books law which preserves the
feathered songsters from destruction
here. 1t is a measure which had its in
ceptiOn in the mind of President Roose-
welt, and the wisdom OF its enactment has
been shown to a marked degree.
With the exception of the shooting of
reed birds upon the marshes during a
few days in the fall, it is unlawful 10
kill any bird within the boundaries Of
the District The result is that The
parks. large and small, are now the rem
devious for birds which find desirable
refuge here Cardinals, orioles, thrushes
song sparrows, robins, and all the other
species are numerous in their respec-
tive seasons. Even the Mall in sum-
mer is made attractive by the bid life
which is noticeable there, while the sight
of wild birds in the city trees is not in
frequent
1t is pleasing to note that tie press
and the public in New York State are
with the effort to save the birds, and
that the latest proposed legislation,
law to prohibit the sale Of game killed
in other States, is unanimously approved
by the representatives Of all the sports
mems associations in the Stat.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
NAVAL ORDERS.

Lieut. c. w MAULDTN. to temporary
duty naval proving ground. Indian
Lieut.. f. f. SCRANTON, detached duty
Yorktown. and will continue treat
ment at Naval Hospital. Mare Island,
Surg. F. G. COOK. detached duty North
Carolina: to home and wait orders.
Passed Asst. Surg J. r. DYKES. de
taChed duty Naval Medical School
Hospital. Washington, d. c.: to duty
navy yard. Portsmouth, y. r.. and
additional duty SOuthery, Topeka, and
Naval Hospital.
Passed Asst, Surg. F., H, II. OLD. de-;
tached duty Naval Medical School
Hospital Washington, D. C; to duty
Passed Asst. Surg. r. f. HOYT. de-
tached duty Naval Hospital, Mare
Island. Cal; to duty Buffalo.
Asst Surg. R w. MCDOWELL. detached
duty Naval Academy. Annapolis. Md. !;
to duty Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery. Navy Department, Washing
ton D c.
Acting Asst Surg. r. II. MICHELS, ap-
pointed an acting assistant surgeon
in the navy, from March 10, 1911.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
VIEWS AND
INTERVIEWS
Drug Habit Grows.

The stage, literature, and art each con-
tributes a large number to the victims
Of the drug and alcohol habit in Eng
land. according to DIR. David W. Cough,
who is connected with London's public
hospitals and is at the New Willard.
Recently. a once famous artist was
found sleeping on the Embankment,
having fallen through every stage of de-
pravity from occasional indulgence in
morphia to sheer mania for alcohol.
Many men and women connected with
the stage have fallen victims to the
craving for stimulants. always with
disastrous results to their professional
regulations. One actress, for whom the
critics had prophesied a brilliant career.
commenced taking morphia during a
nervous crisis. She was delighted with
the immediate benefit she derived from
the drug, and used it again and again.
Before she or any one else had realized
what was happening, the unfortunate
woman had become a morphomaniac.
She not only made no progress in her
art, but her acting was deteriorating
rapidly.
Before the end came it was impOs-
sibIc for her To obtain an engagement.
No manager could depend on her coming
to the theater. and when she did put in
an appearance it was only charitable
to describe her acting as 'erratic. She
became so reckless in her craving for
stimulants that she drank eau de
cologne Florida water, or anything else
OF an alcoholic nature. In this case. at
any rate, death came as a merciful re-
lease"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
SHEPHERD TRACT
SOLD FOR $4,000
BLEAK House" Bought by
New York Investor.

BLEAK House." the historic suburban
home of the late Alexander Shepherd.
governor of Washington. which passed
out of the hands of the Shepherd estate
about eighteen months ago, has again
been sold. Frank Chase, a local real estate
man. announces the sale Of the property
to a New York State purchaser. whose
name is withheld for the present, for
5000
The house. a rambling, comfortable,
frame structure of about twenty-one
rooms. and the immediate grounds, take
Up about one acre. There are four more
ceres to the estate. The property is near
the intersection Of Sixteenth street ex-
tended and Georgia avenue. What the
purchaser intends to do with the prop
erty has not been announced.
\ 100000 realty transaction was an
noun"ed yesterday in the sale of prac-
tcally the last Of the Travers estate
property in Pennsylvania avenue. The
property is in the square bounded by
Pennsylvania avenue. Twelfth. Thr-
tFenth and + streets northwest The
price per square foot, was So for that
art fronting on Pennsylvania avenue
and s. for that facing f street Arthur
". Allison was the pure haser
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
PASTOR DEPARTS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Second Disappearance from
Bridgeport in a Week.

bridgeport, Conn. March 1.-THE con-
gregation of st. Johns Hungarian Church.
one of the largest and oldest Hungarian
churches in the Diocese OF Hartford, was
startled to-day to learn that the eXpla-
nation OF the sudden disappearance last
Sunday night of their much respected
pastor lies according to the statement of
the trustees in the disappearance Of all
but s. Of the $500 supposed to be in the
church treasury.
The disappearance of Father Desidirius
Major coming on the heels of what really
amounted TO the flight of Rev Paul Sla-
vOvrOski, pastor OF the Greek Church OF
this city, has created a profound sensa-
ton.
The report Of pistol shot in the rec
tory early to-day startled shop hands on
their way to work and added TO the con-
fusion OF the CONGREGATION. 1t was found
that Theodore Erdei. brother-in-law of
the missing pastor. had shot himself in
the head. He explained at the hospital
that ne was removing cartridges from
pistol he had prepared, expecting trOu-
BILE. when the weapon was accidentally
discharged Father Major ordered him TO
lay the weapon aside, he said, but he had
not done so until to-day. Erdei acted as
a secretary for the priest.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
FROM THE WASHINGTON HERALD,
SUNDAY, MARCH II.
Name the Committee Early.

1t is sincerely to be hoped that the
proposition to postpone the appointment
of the House District Committee until
next fall will not be carried into effect.
II is a matter of unpleasant record that
little or no legislation for the District
was accomplished at the last session OF
Congress. The calendar OF the District
Committee and Of the House was crowd
ed with meritorious measures, many Of
which had been recommended by the Dis
trict Commissioners after careful inves-
tigation and study. These proposed stat
utes should be given consideration at the
earliest possible moment. If. as Champ
Clark says, many of the bills reported
by the District Committee of the last
House were of doubtful propriety and
sorae were positively bad" let the new
committee take these bills in hand and
give them thorough consideration. There
were a large number OF measures, howl
eve-, which were not open to criticism.
and these should be made laws at the
earliest possible moment.
Even should the blllS not De acIeu upon
in the House during the extra session. it
would be a great saving of time If the
new District Committee could be given
an opportunity to devote the next two or
three months to local affairs. Its work
would then be in shape for discussion in
the House soon after that body has re-
assembled. If the appointment of the
committee is postponed until next De
cember, it means that no hearings will be
held and no bills reported until next
spring An entire year will then have
elapsed, marked by inaction. This is not
fair to the District, which is not only
entitled 20 the enactment OF necessary
laws. but ought TO be given those laws
without unnecessary delay.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
Interesting Gossip of Foreign Courts.

the great ballroom which has recently
heen magnticentIy redecorated. and is
now every bit imposing as the Cele-
brated Hall Of Mirrors at Versailles
There are four enormous new entrances.
each over twCnty-Seven feet in height
and with four swing doors, composed Of
mirrors, which reflect the Elittering
scene. So wide are these doors that
twelve persons can enter abreast.
Lord Minto. the former viceroy Of
India, has been awarded the freedom Cf
the grocer's company at the Guildhall.
and his lOrdship thus has joined a very
distinguished company OF "grocers." III
cludlng the King. the Duke OF Con
nauEht and Prince Arthur of Connaught
There are few wealthier guilds in Lon
don than the grOcers, and they also are
one Of the oldest, their records going
as far back as 1345. unfortunately, their
beautiful buildings were laid low ny the
great fire Of London. the magnificent gro
GERS hall being quite modern. Once they
possessed a great quantity of costly and
ancient plate, but they were plunde-etr
Of most OF it by the rOyalist and round
head in turn, and what remained per
ished in the fire. They have, however.
some remarkable ancient records which
happened to be away from the hall at
the time of the catastrophe in 1866, and
so escaped the flames
a red-letter day in the groce-s' Calen-
dar is Oak Apple Day. Not only die
Charles II confer special privileges on
the company. but he further hono-ed
it by serving as master a year or two
after his restoration. Hence the memory
of the Merry Monarch" is specially hon
Ored once every year in GrOcers' hall.
FLANECR
lCo1r-ight 1910 tr McClure,s NersrarIr Svndicafel
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
ARMY ORDERS.

Each OF the following named officers
VIII proceed at the proper time to
Fort Riley. Kans;. and report in per
COmmandant. Mounted Service School.
for the purpose Of taking special
course in eQuitaton: Lieut.. Col.
MATTHIAS w DAY. Sixth Cavalry;
Lieut. Col. GEORGE II. G. GALE.
Tenth Cavalry: Lieut.. Col. HOEL s.
BISHOP. Fifteenth Cavalry: Lieut..
Col. GEORGE W. VAN DEUSEN.
Second EieId ArtilIery; Maj JOHN I
Te6th Tent Z cSTsiry: sGI:S MAI josEPH 65sIh hioN, n
GASTON. First Cavalry: Maj. JOHN
W. HEARD, Sixth Cavalry; Mai.
AUGISTUS G. MkCOMB, Ninth
Fifth Field Artillery.
Leave Of absence for one month. TO take
effect upon completion of special
course at the Army Service Schools
Maj. ALFRED HASBROUCK, Four
teenth Infantry.
Leave of absence for two months and
nine days. to take effect upon his ar
rival in San Francisco, Cal. in April.
1911. IS granted Col. WILLIAM B.
DAVIS. Medical Corps.
Each of the fUllOwing-named officers IS
relieved from duty at his present sta
ton. and will repair to Washington.
y. c.. and report to TIE Chief Of staff
for duty: Maj. HENRY c. HODG ES.
Jr., Twenty-seCond Infantry; Mai.
JOHN Z. MCMAHON, Sixth Field
Artillery.
Leave Of absence for one month is
granted Mai ROBERT H NOBLE,
First Infantry, to take effect upon
his relief from duty at Fort Leaven-
worth. kanS.
Capt. WILLIAM H. PEEK. Coast Artil-
lery Corps. is relieved from assign
ment to the Nineteenth Company and
placed on the unassigned list
The fOllOwing-named officers are re-
lieved from duty as members of the
General STAFF Corps: Col. THOMAS
G. WOODBURY.. Third Infantry;
Lieut.. Col. DANIEL \. FREDERICK.
Nineteenth Infantry: Mai. WILLIAM
G. DAVIS. Coast Artillery Corps.
The following assignments to regiments
of officers recently promoted are or
dered: First Lieut.. HARRY L.
COOPER. to captain, Fourth In
fantry: Second Lieut.. DONALD W.
STRONG. TO first lieutenant, Six
teenth Infantry: Second Lieut. Ed
GAR Z. STEEVER. third. TO first
lieutenant. Twenty-sighth Infantry:
Second Lieut.. HORNSBY EVANS, to
first lieutenant, Ninth Infantry.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
District Legislation Should Receive
Prompt Attention by Congress
FROM THE WASHINGTON STAR,
TUESDAY, MARCH II.
The District at the Extra Session

The District at the Extra Session.
The leaders of the House,
however, resolved to confne it's activities
to the enactment of the tariff bill and
such other general legislation as was
forced upon its attention. Thus the Dis
trict lost the chance of having its affairs
thoughtfully considered in circumstances
conducive to wise and just decisions.
A similar condition prevails now, with
even more urgent reasons for Congress
to proceed at the extra session with
the consideration Of District business
During the regular session. just closed,
practically nothing was accomplished for
the Federal Capital With the exception
of the appropriation bill Congress vir-
tually neglected its duty as the Constitu-
tionally appointed legislature for the seat
of government. and allowed numerous
measures of serious Importance to the
local community to lapse for lack of at
tenton. An effort is now under way to
bring members of the House of Repre-
sentatives to realize tho importance Of or
ganizinS the District Committee promptly
and proceeding with the consideration OF
local business, whatever may he the pro-
gramme with relation to general Federal
legislation.
The Districts claims are so reasonable.
founded upon such a plain showing Of
necessity and of past neglect. that there
will be no difficulty about arranging for
A series of special sessions OF the House
Cor the consideration Of District business
following the passage of the Canadian
reciprocity hill. which, it is to he as
sumed, will bc the first order Of business
after the meeting. There will be a period
of several weeks when the House can
do nothing. and it will be a wantOn waste
OF time for it TO continue 10 allow Dis
trict matters TO accumulate on the cal
endar. For sooner or later these items
must be taken up for serious discussion
and action. The District cannot be neg
lected forever.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
Action Upon District Legislation.

We observe with satisfaction that the
suggestion, originally made by The Wash
ington Herald last Sunday, to the effect
that District affairs in Congress should
not be allowed to remain inactive dur
ing the extra session. has met with popu-
lar approval. 4 determined effort is
now to be made to secure the early ap-
pOintrncnt oi the House District Com
mittec. 50 that the days during the spring
and summer when the House will have
little or no business to engage its at
tcn,ion may he devoted to a consider
alton OF local laws.
There is no necessity for adding to or
celebrating the arguments already pre-
sented in favor Of such a course. The
TACT that the District was almost en-
tircly neglected at the last session, that
important measures which have received
the sanction Of the local authorities are
ready for committee action. and that
delay at this time means postpOnement
II District legislation until next year
ought to appeal 10 the spirit Of JUS
ticc in the mind, Of the leaders of the
House
The District Of Columbia is dependent
upon Congress for its local laws. Not
TO give District legislation fair and
prompt consideration is an inexcu>ab,e
evasion Of plain duty.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
BEVERIDGE TO WRITE BOOK.
Former Senator Plans Literary
Work. with Cnnada As Subject.

Former Senator Beveridge. Of Indiana,
will not plunge into the political fight
in his State with a view Of restoring his
lost prestige. nor will he resume the
practice of law. in which he was en-
gagged at the time he was elected to
the Senate.
The former Senator returned to Wash
inGton yesterday from Indiana, where he
has been since the adjournment OF Con-
gress. He will remain here a week clos
ing up his official work. and then make
plans for some strenuous literary work.
The Senator from Indiana is under con-
tract with a firm of publishers to write
a book on Canada.
With this end in view. he will soon start
on a tour of the provinces. during which
he will make a study Of the civil insti-
tutiOns in the Dominion. and then set
himself to the task of discussing the fu
ture of Canada
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
NEW OFFICERS NAMED.
W. 4. CaIIandar Elected President
of Washington Cricket Club.

of Washington Cricket Club.
So much enthusiasm is being displayed
by cricket followers in and around Wash
lngton that the coming season promises
to give the game Of cricket an impetus
that it has never heretofore received.
Since the reorganization Of the Wash
inEton Cricket club last November. its
membership has increased to A most graf
flying extent. and through the untiring
efforts Of its officers and committees
grounds have been secured in Rock Creek
Park. and financial support is assured.
At the somi-annual meeting. which was
held in the rooms OF the Chamber of
Commerce last week. the following off,
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Dr. ". \. Callandar: vice pres
idents, J. G. MCCubbin. DR.. Cannon. and
J. T. Norman; treasurer, William War
rem. secretary, William c. McWade: cap
tain. J. 7. Rose, and vice captain. j. c.
MCCUbbin.
It is the intention Of the club to give
the public an idea of how the game
is played in England. and with that end
in view IL - making a schedule which
will include some of the crack teams of
this country. Those who are desirOus NJ
becoming members Of the club should ad-
dress William c. McWade, the Decatur.
Washington. n. C.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
Pure Food and Pure Drugs.

Every one viii agree that pure food
and pure drug, are most essential to
health. 1t is not agreeable to learn, as was
testified to by Washington government
experts IN Philadelphia Yesterday that
thirty i've cases ~ tomato sauce which
were ON sale ough, to have been de
srrnlcd because the contents were in a
state Of decomposition Neither is it
assuring To- have the Department OF Ag-
rrcuIturc tell u, that certain prcpara-
tlon> which the public /, asked TO pur-
chase are absolutely without the medi-
cal value attributed to them
1t must be dl~couraging, however. to
the government officials who are en-
dea,uring honestly and efficiently to
perform their duty to find the courts
50 loath to sustain their efforts. Two
instances have recently arisen which
have aroused comment The Journal OF
the American Medical Association, a
most influential and conservative publ
cation, calls attention to the case of a
prosecution against a New York firm
for shipping aduitcrated drugs As the
government case was clear and un-
miStakablc, the firm entered 4 plea OF
guilty Judge Holt, of the United States
Circuit Court ior the Southern dis
trict OF New York, before whom the
case was tried. suspended sentence for
two years. In so doing he criticised the
action of the government officials be-
cause they had San Francisco house
place an order in New York for the
drugs He said that this was not the
proper method of getting evidence, over
looking the vital fact that it was the
adulteration of the drugs and not their
purchase which constituted the grava-
men of the case. The Journal insists
that the zealousness Of the officials
should have been praised and not con-
denlned. and adds:
''lf the same opposition is going to be
brought against Federal officers who
have the public health, rather than the
business interest, at heart, we may look
for the government officials to develop
the same apathy that has paralyzed many
of the State food and drugs acts and
made State endorsements of law a by
word and a reproach. If there is any
thing the business interests like better
than 4 considerate Congressman, it is a
solicitous Judge"
The other case happened in Michigan,
where a concern which sells a widely
advertised patent preparation was hailed
into court because the articles which it
sold were shown not to contain anything
which could possibly have remedial ef-
feet upon the malady which it claimed
to cure. The manufacturers promptly
pleaded guilty, and the Federal judge
who tried the case fined them the sum of
SIo. Whereupon the manufacturer
smiled, paid the Insignificant fine, and
walked out of court.
1t does seem as if the effort to rid
the country of fakes, impos;tions. adul-
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15

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The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
The HeraId,s Church Page.

Editor The Washington Herald:
l want to express my appreciation of
the excellency of the page on church
news appearing in your issue of Satur-
day last. Although somewhat familiar
with leading papers in the large cities
of our country, ! ahve yet to find any
which present church items in such an
effective and satisfactory manner. Espe-
cially your out line of most important
items given In the upper left hand corner
of your page and your careful write-ups.
not only of the most interesting notes
as TO the various denominations, but also
with reference to Christian Endeavor,
&c, appealed to me strongly.
WILLIS L GELSToN
Department Of Young Peoples Work, Phiadesphia
March Is
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
TALKS ON IMMIGRATION.
Prof jeremiah jerks Pleads Against
Race Preiudice.

Prof jeremiah jerks. of Cornell Uni
versity, member of the United States
Commission of immigration, lectured in
the Friends School yesterday morning
on immigration. He explained the bear
ing of immigration on the scale of liv-
ing in America, and showed clearly that
We owe a duty to ourselves as well as
to foreigners of less opportunity.
He said that if immigration meant
lowering of American wages or a reduc-
ton of American scale of living that it
ought to be restricted until We should
recover from such i'll effects. Very
strongly Prof. jerks pleaded against
race prejudice and showed how unrea-
sOnable and provincial it was.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
SHOEMAKER GETS BOOST.
Clerks Promoted in Department o
Commerce and Labor.

NUHH HHu IHDUT'
Announcement was made yesterday Of
the following promotions in the Depart
ment OF Commerce and Labor:
Bureau of immigration and Naturaliza-
tion-Thomas &. Shoemaker, of the Dis
trict of Columbia, clerk, $500 to 81. 500;
Frank 3. Rynex. of Maryland, Sl.4oO TO
81. 900: Homer L. StanfOrth, Of PcnnsyIva-
mia: Edgar II. Wayman. of New Jersey,
and J. H. MCCuen, of Virginia, $500 TO
81 ion. and Summers W. Taylor. Of South
Carolina: Howard T. Light, Of the Dis
triCt of Columbia. and Ernest F.. Sails
bury. Of Connecticut, $1.oOO to $500.
Bureau of StandardS-Hyman f. Buch-
binder. of New York. appointed a labora-
tory assistant. at $1,000; John Logan, OF
Virginia, laboratory helper; Benjamin
SCrivener, Of the District Of Columbia,
an under clerk at Laredo, Tex, a. $500.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
Clerks and CARRIERS Shifted.

The following transfers were made in
the Post-office Department yesterday:
Bruce NJ. Davis, clerk and carrier. in the
Washington City post-off1ce, at $500. to
the Brooklyn Office and William NJ.
Stamm, clerk ard carrier, in the Brook
lyn post-office. at 1900, to the Washing
ton post-Ofice. Bernon c. Petteys was
reinstated at the Washington office as
a carrier and clerk.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
Four Fishermen Drowned.

Gloucester. Mass, March H-Four
fishermen. the crew of the gasoline boat
Hope. were drowned this afternoon Just
Inside the breakwater when the boat col
lided with the schooner Hattie Heck
man. The drowned are Capt. Charles
Anderson, John Chambers, Ernest An
dersOn, and George WigEin.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
France Indignant Mt Morocco.

Paris, March 1.-THE cabinet met to-
day to consider the situation in Morocco.
arising out OF the failure of Sultan Muley
Hafid to protect French citizens and to
punish those guilty of the murder of q
French lieutenant and three prisoners by
Zaer tribe last January. It was decid-
ed to send re-enforcements to Casablanca
in the shape of two battaliOns and two
sections of mountain artillery.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-15
New Tariffs Cancelled.

SO far as the Interstate Commerce Com
mission is concerned. the freight rate ad-
vance cases which the commission de-
cided adversely two weeks ago are closed.
The commission directed the carriers. both
Eastern and Western. to cancel their tar
iffs proposing the increases by March u.
All the carriers have complied. and as
a result are now in a position to pro-
pose the increases again at any time