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The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto: Hyou see it in The Big
SGck. it ism necessarily so.
CAPITAL SCHOOL PRIMER
lObeisances to Sam Blvthe.

tObeisances TO Sam Blythe)
Question-who supenntends the
schools Of Washington?
Answer-Dr. Davidson.
Q.-Who superintends DR. David
son?
A.-The board Of education.
Q.-Who superintends the board Of
education?
A.-That has never been amicably
decided by the members thereof.
Q.-How often does the school
board meet?
A.-Regularly once a month.
Q.-why does the board meet?
A.-To discuss perennial rumors d
Cart. Oysters intended retirement
and other important matters!
Q.-Who attends the meetings?
A.-Sometimes the members of the
board; more often Harry Hine.
newspaper men, and the Janitor.
They have TO be there.
Q.-Who builds the schools Of
Washington?
A.-Who said any were being builti
Q.-Who is the municipal archi-
tect?
A.-Snowden Ashford.
Q.-What does he do?
A.-Draws plans and also draws
school officials into controversy about
plans.
Q.-Are there female members Of
the board Of education!
A.-Yes, three; Mrs. Mussey. Mrs.
Hoeke. and Mrs. Terrell.
Q.-What do they do!
Q.-Vote aye"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
By A. w. MACY.
CHILDREN IN COAL MINES.

CHILDREN IN COAL MINES.
1t seems incredible that within
the last seventy-five years little
children were employed in the
coal mines of England and often
were treated no better than work
animals, yet such was the case.
In 1912 a Parliamentary commits
sion reported that in many mines
1t was common for children to
begin work underground at seven
years old. In some they began
at six, and in a few instances as
early as five years old. One ex=
treme case was reported where
children were worked "as low as
four years old" and so young
they had to be brought to work
in their bed-gowns." In another
case. the report said, Children
are sometimes brought to the pit
at the age of six years. and are
taken out of bed at 4 o'clock"
The working day was from four
teen to sixteen hours. The ven
tilation in nearly all the mines
was bad. and the drainage worse.
The children were made to draw
loads by means OF a girdle and
chain. going on all-fours, often
through avenues not so good as
a common sewer. quite as wet,
and oftentimes more contracted"
The report aroused general in
dignation and resulted not only
in excluding children from mines,
but in revolutionizing labor con-
ditions generally in England.
Copyright. 1911, BY JOSEPH B. Bowles.l
TO-mOrrOw-"The Cradle of
. Liberty"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
JUST WAIT.

School days, school days.
Dear old (goiden rule days;
Oyster and Ashford have settled
their fight,
Everything seems TO be going all
night:
But some ole viii soon start an
other row,
Folks won't sY peaceful as they
are now; -as
They'll talk and they'H balk and
they'll show uS how
10 fight Ike . coupaia. nf kids.
b. Z. GARGEs.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
EXPECT BIG STRIKE.
Southern Pacific shopmen Are Met
with Refusals.

San Francisco. Sept. 1.-At 2:So TINS
afternoon the conference between ofH-
ciaIs of the shopmen and the Southern
Paci6o Railroad ended in hopeless
disa9reement Vice President Krutt-
schnitt. of the Southern Pacific, per-
sisted in his refusal to recognize the
newly organized federation:
whether or not strike snail De
called of all shopmen on he Hartman
sysem t-morrow rests with the national
oficers now in this city.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
NAVAL ORDERS.

Passed Assistant Surg c. K wINN, detached
duty Naval Hospital New York, n. Y: to duty
Mississippi.
Passed Assistant surg. @. J. HoLEMAN. detached
duty Petrel; TO home and wait orders.
Assistant Surg g. z. ROBERTSON, detached duty
Mississippi: 70 duty Petrel.
PayIDaster J. W. MORSE. detached duty Georgia
and granted Sick leave two months.
Passed Assistant PAymastT d. g. McRITCHIE.
detached duty Birmingham; to home and wait
orders
Passed Assistant Psymaster W. S. ZANE. detached
L duty Indiana; 70 duty Birmingham
Passed Assistant Paymaster ]. O. HILTON. de-
tached duty navy ynrd. New York. n r. TO
y duty Celtic
Pnessd Assistant PaSmaster y B. VAN PATTEN.
fssacked duty Ffani1in: to duty Geoegia
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
THIS ONE IS ON HUGH.

when came into the Union
Station the other morning. after
travelling all night" said Hugh
Reilly. at the Commercial Club. Il
went in the barber shop When
you spend the night in a sleeping
car said to the barber. IL
doesn't improve your personal ap-
pearance. does itf
" Well, said he, as he looked
me over. I don't know how you
looked when you started. but per
haps you're right.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
NOTHING DOING.

went camping on the shenan-
doAh with a friend and we took
Rlong q cook book.
This book is no good to u.s." said
be. after We had been out three
days
"Whyi" said !.
because every recipe in the
blooming thing says Take a clean
dish." D. K. JACKSON.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
GATHERED IN DEPARTMENTS.

In the report Of E W. Wilson. assis.
ant chief CT the National Bank Redemption AgencJ
of the Treasury Department, Il Is shown that $780,
OpCoo worth Of national bank notes have been
redeemed by the agency. without the loss Of dollar
to the government. since its establishment IN laI
II was officially stated by Acting Sec
rotary Of the Navy Winthrop Yesterday that there
below Washington, as targst for battleship gun
firing tests
President Taft yesterday sent through
the state Department a telegram oonGatulAting
oussn wlhelnina upoa h1 thiEty-arSt bhtAdAy IN
niTunar.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
WASHINGTON GIRL
FACES ABDUCTOR
INBOSTONA ARREST
Helen Berens Taken from a
Pennsylvania Convent.
WHITE SLAYER" HELD

Mysteriously disappearing from .
Pennsylvania convent several months
ago and sought by the police of dozen
Eastern cities, Helen Berens. an attract
i've eighteen-year-old Washington girl,
Of well-known family, was arrested in
Boston yesterday by Federal officers, in
company with a woman who is held in
$1,000 bail. charged with violation of the
white slave" statute The Berens girl
is held in SIoo bond as a United States
witness.
SENT TO CONVENT.
Efforts to locate her father in WASH
ington last night were futile. Months
ago Helen Berens was a pupil at a
fashionable dancing school of the Capt.
tai, and developed unusual proficiency.
The old story of a girls head being
turned by a IOnsing for the stage was
re-enaCted. and her parents sent Helen
to a convent in Pennsylvania not far
from Philadelphia.
There are vague rumors that shortly
after etering the convent the eighteen
year-Old girl eloped with a young man.
whose name is withheld, and went TO
Philadelphia. This cannot be verified,
but ii is supposed she met there the
Toy woman. who worked in a film fac
tory at Boston. Other rumOrs say the
Toy Cor Dow, as she is called) became
acquainted with Helen during the time
- -V-Tv
At any rate parents OF the girl re-
ceived word several months ago that she
had disappeared from the convent and
could not be located. The police of New
York, Boston. Philadelphia. Baltimore,
and Washington. in addition to other
Eastern cities, were asked to join in the
hunt
Held as white SLAYER"
Word was received from Boston last
night that Gertrude Toy, erstwhile film
maker, had been arrested in Boston along
with Helen. She is charged with induc-
ing the Berens girl, who is unusually
attractive and of decided fresh and
youthful appearance. to go to Philadel-
phia with her and enter into a life of
degreda ton. -
Gertrude Toy was taken before United
States Commissioner Hayes in Boston,
where she pleaded not guilty of the
white slave charge. She was held in
5000 bail, and later was sent to the
East Cambridge Jail where she is in
carCeTated.
Helen Berens. sobbing bitterly and
penitent through and through, was also
held as a United States witness. Bail
for Helen was fixed at 800. The arrest
occurred at So West Newton street,
Boston. The name Of the woman ar
rested on a white slave charge is also
given as Grace Dow Browner in the dis
patches from Boston
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
A HIGH FLYER

I'd like to 20 up in the air
And sail around on high.
II must feel good to touch the stan
That twinkle in the sky.
The earth Is such a stupid plscs
That I intend some day
To get an aero all my own
And sail far, far away.
BEN JOHNSON.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

street and before the rest arrived the
house was filled with seats, a table and
all the facilities for a real convention.
Two policemen watched the place from
noon, through the day and into the night.
The public was the element that gave
the police trouble, while the tramps
stayed indoors and were guilty Of never
an infractiOn of civic regulations. Capt.
HollinbeCger and a precinct detective
were at the hall for a time. but the
captain saw no cause for anxiety.
While the rramps are trying to hold
convention to themselves, now comes
suffrgette. socialist. uplfters. downtread-
ers. social welfare people. and others,
all anxious to convert the guileless hobo
TO their own way of looking at the ques-
ton of What will Congress dO?"
To-day will be taken up with filing the
cards Of the arriving delegates and in
hearing the tales of those who have trav-
eled far to reach the convention hall. Ar
rangements will be made for the mass
meeting Monday.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
Safe and Sane Husbands.

From the 81. Louis Star.
Kansas City woman who defied a
policeman who made her chauffeur stop
at a street crossing, and said she would
have her husband see that he was dis
missed. came hack the next day and
apologized. because her husband told her
the policeman should have arrested her
They have safe and sane husbands in
Kansas City.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

King Alfonso seems to be the righ.
sort after ALL He told a veteran Span
ish Republican that he had a right to
hold any political opinion he pleased,
and that this would make no difference
whatever in their personal relations. But
viii not the clericals and the absolutists
In Spain shake their wise heads?
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
Washington and Houston.

the lack of room in the Washington
fats. As a matter of fact. Houston is
about the only town in the country
where the fats are roomy enough to en-
able a man TO change his shirt without
sticking his arms out of the window
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

gentle days, when William D. Hoover
his old the dust from them, and studies
them from to
William is president Of the National Savings and
he a the board OF educaion
Eonon calculus biology, astronomy the
Of the Phoenan geometry paoootany the history
Of the dpodcus Of harmony how TO y oeefsteak
he member OF the board
Of education.
He and bonds This is why he Is
q
When he delivers lecture entitled Education ana
finance" let's all to hall and hear him. =
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

Whatever the reasons which induce SO
many regulars to purchase their release
from the army, the obvious remedy il
to make our military life more attractive
as regards physical comfort and ad-
vancement.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

I The presence of the President at the
Conservation Congress cannot fail to add
interest to the event. as Mr.. Taft is ex-
pected to outline the policy Of the ad-
ministration regarding the Alaskan situ-
alton.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
Going 1t Alone.

From the st. Louis Republic.
The very last of the Territories are of
age and about to set up housekeeping
for themselves Uncle Sam must he be-
ginning to feel like an old man now.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

If Representative johnson would only
rise to the occasion as chairman of the
District Committee as he did in that
aeroplane We would be thankful.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
ISN'T IT AWFUL?

It's up to some one now to en-
danger his dome by saying some
thing about Capt. Oyster being In
stew over certain school matters- :
JAMES H. TAYLOR
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

Cable dispatches state that American
women set the style at Carlsbad. There
is nothing surprising in this American
Eomen set the style everywhere they go.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

Ben Johnson was the first Congress
man to fly but that does not mean that
the chairman of the District Committee
is Of highty tendencies.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

When you go to New York now. be
sure to leave your gun at home: but It
will be just as necessary to carry a fat
poCketbOok
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
Fed the Feline,

we must really give a dinner to those
people next door"
But they are not in our set. And what
did they ever do for US socialIy?'
They entertained our cat handsomely
all summer, l find"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

Let us hope that the Ohio State
dietarians viii succeed in demonstrating
that sausrkraut is, good to eat It wiz
add to the sum Of human happiness
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

B. b. Earnshaw says that the
man who wrote that bread is the
staff Of life was a wise old guy.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
a Rad Cn-a

I'm getting absent-minded.'
"So?"
Yes: l stood for an hour in the vesti-
bule Yesterday trying to remember
whether l was going out or coming in. ."
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
A Mere Legend.
Cheer Up.

Do not bewail your earthly fate.
Your lack of pelf.
Though you be poor. you need not hate
. Yourself.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
wILLIE,s PLANT.

OF all sad words that man en- say.
Saddest are these: ~School opens
today"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
The Vine and the Oak.

Il like the clinging type OF girl;
don't your
Cant say l do. Those clinging
vines must have something to cling to
while you are away"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

r. P. Andrews is planning for an
other invasion Of paper men.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
A Hit for
EveryHead-
BY YE LOCAL SCRIBE.

J Julius Garfnkle has returned from
his trip abroad He is as much at
home on the Bois de Boulogne as he
is on F street.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

NJ G. Gibbs has not taken any
vacation this summer. He has been
too busy to get away.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE TOILER,

No more the sand dunes brown
By breezes swept.
He hustles back to town,
For this is Sept.
The girls who won his heart,
The trysts he kept,
Are now but things apart,
For this is Sept
Disconsolate. he seeks
The ribbon dept.
For gone are his two weeks
And this is Sept.
Uncle Pennywise Says;
If you have but little luck you'll be
apt to hustle harder.
Frozen Diamonds.
The iceman left an extra large piece
of ice to-day
so 1 see: that chunk weighs all of
two carats."
A Mere Legend.
Any legends connected with this re-
sort?'
The hotel proprietor has a legend
in circulation to the effect that the
meals are good. Like most legends,
it's a complete myth
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
HELD AS WRITER
WITHPOISONED PEN

Continued from Page One.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02

."Uncle Billy" Hoeke is the most
expert cribbage player in the neigh
borhood Of Eighth and D streets.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
ACCEPT
THE NAME "HOBO''

Continued from Page One.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-02
PURELY JOURNALISTIC.

Dave Hendrick knows how to res
cue automobiles. Ask him.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-18

be shipped out Of the State, West Vir.
ginia will not attain the position she
should occupy as a manufacturing
State, nor will the miners of coal and
makers OF coke receive a just return
for these products. At the present
time, ranking second as a producer
Of coal and coke, WestNlrginia stands
thirty.fourth in the value Of her man
ufactured products. The principal
.benefclaries Of the coal-mining and
coke-making industries in the State
are The transportation companies.
In most Of the coke-prolucing States
the output in 1910 exceeded that OF
1909. West Virginia was one of the
exceptions, with a decrease Of 140,.
067 short tons, or $3.50 per cent. The
value decreased $170,6SS, or 2.27 per
cent. The number Of establishments
was sreduced from 1873 in 1909 to 1876
in 1910, and the number Of coke ovens
from 2O,2S3 to 1892, and the number
Of idle ovens increased from 2,274
to $3.50. The abandoned plants and
most Of the idle ovens were in the
Upper Monongahela district. With
the exception OF 100 semet.Solvay
ovens at Benwood, all the ovens in the
State are Of the beehive type and no
attempt is made to utilize the heat
.generaed in the process,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-18
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
WEATHER FORECAST


The following weather. forecast Tor
the week has been sent out from the
government official headquarters at
the Capital City:
WASHINGTON July 17-Followlng
the hot wave that recntly brought
death and suffering to the whole
country, this weeks weather. promises
to furnish surprises in the other di.
rectIon, with the result that unusually
low summer temperatures probably
will prevail. Tho weather bureau
SEES In an abnormally high barometric
pressure over the Inferior Of Canada
and Alaska, and relatively low pres.
sure on the Atlantic ocean, the con,
ditionsthat will usher in a cool wave,
This pressure distribution is
strongly indicative ofpressures below
the seasonal average the coming
week." says the weather bureau re.
port, ''in practically all parts 81 the
country from the Rocky mountains to
the Atlantic coast, East of the Rocky
temperatures will average
near or above the normal, with gener.
ally fair weather except occasional
showers in the southern plateu and
southern Rocky mountain regions.
The week will open with generally
fair weather east OF the Rocky noun.
tains.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-18
LYRIC AGAIN Poison
VAUDEVILLE SHOWS 5
POPULAR PLAY HOUSE RETv rms
TO THE SUN CIRCUIT AND WILL
GIVE FINE ENTERTAINMENTS
in CONNECTION WITH MOTION
PICTURES.

The Lyric theatre, Main street, was
filed last ewing with an appreclatiye
audience who witnessed the first
vaudeville eatertainment in this city
for seceral months pasts when the
Lyric discontinued this attraction in
connection with the motion pictures.
Recently contract was closed with
the Sun Brothers circuit to have two
different teams play here each week,
the first one was put on last evening,
that of the Hughes Brothers in a
musical entertainment, which was
highly pleasing The team is an ex:.
cellent one and brought forth much
applause from the audience.
This evning and tomorrow evening
the Hughes Brothers will again have
the board at the Lyric in connection
with an illustrated song by Mr., Shan
Hey, who is the most beautiful gifted
male singer in the city Three ex-
cellent motion pictures will be shown
each ewing with the vaudeville en-
Eitertainment This rexntng' 81 pictures
read: "Hearts and Flags, val pic
ture, 1.-THE mortal Alarm and eThe
fsamora's Explation," dramas.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-18
BOY SCOUTS IN ~NEW MEXICO
VISIT INDIAN CLIFF
DWELLERS,

The oy Scouts in East Las Vegas,
New Mexico, have been doing some
real scouting among, the Indians in
their State. Under George Fltzsim-
mons, their Scout Master, twenty
three Boy Scouts, led by an Indian
chief, took a trip of eleven days to
visit isolated Indian pueblos and the
Puye Cliff dwellings. The boys
camped out on their hike and spent
several days among the Indians They
watched the men make pottery, grind
corn, weave baskets and make neck
laces. They ate with the Indians and
sat around the campfire with them
and also showed them the different
Gin dwellings and told them much
Of the law and the condition Of their
tribe. The experience was thorough
ly noyel and proved helpful to the
boys, XXI
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-18
HIEsT HRBINII'S
COKE. OUTPUT
pm D Dur 10 N DE cREAsEs|
IS EIGHTGY IN 1910, LITTLE USED
The STATE FOR MANU- FACT
N lyRINe.

y In tbei quantity OF coke produced
Vest Virginia has for several years
held second place among the States
but Is fotttranked by Alabama in the
value Of the product, according to Ed
1 ward NV Parker, OF the United States
Biological Survey. The reason for
this 1iessin the fact that the output
I az Alabama has in the iron-manufact-
4tffng center Of Birmingham and vic
Unity local sonsumptive market,
1 whereas practically all Of the West
sYirgiria coke is shipped 10 furnaces
+ outside Of the State. In reaching for
these markets not only does the coke
80fsIge Virginia have to meet in com
petition the product from other States
but reach district in the State be-
comes a rival with the other West
Virginia districts and the result is ex.
i Inhibited III the statistics OF production
and value: Alabama ranks third in
outputo coke, her production in 1910
being smaller than that Of West Vir.
gilias BY more than $4,000 tons, but
the value of1Alabama's product ex.
ceedetl that Of West Virginia by over
$1is00,0OV The quantity Of coke pro
dueed In West Virginia in 1910 was
3,SO3,SS1 short tons, valued at ST.
355, 2S3. Alabama's production was
S,249,027 short tons, valued at $9,r
165,S21. In quality the Westt Virgin
ia coke is better than that Of Alabama
bnt9the average price Of Alabama coke
in 1910 was S2.S2 ton and that OF
West Virginia coke was $l9S.
Next to Pennsylvania West Virginia
possesses' larger supplies Of coking
and other high.grade Goals than. any
other State in the Union, but so long
sas both the coal and coke continue to
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-18
ECLIPSE CORONATION!
suffrsgsttes' Parade Arouses More
Enthusiasm, Says pr. Shaw

H
NEW YORK, July 16-CspeciaD =
The Rev. DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
president Of the Woman's Suffrage
League In America, returned today on
board the steamship, New York, from
attending the international meeting Of
the Woman's Suffrage League at
Stockholm. DIR. Shaw said that there
were about 1000 delegates represen.
ting &c different countries at the in
ternatlonal meeting.
II am told" DR., Shaw said today,
."that tn great suffrage parade on
June II, when 10000 women marched
through oLndon, there was more en-
thusiasm shown than at the corona
tion."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-18
Woman Accumulated nthgdlst.

Miss Martelna Kramers o. Hotter
dam, Holland, is one Of the most ac-
complished Of women lingulsts. She
can read and speak thirteen differ
emit languages. Size Is the editor OF
Jus SufEragl, the otictal organ OF
the international Woman Suffrage
Alliance. She receives reports from
the different countries affiliated with
the international Alliance anditrans-
lates them for her paper, which Il
printed in English. N
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-18
VETERAN SUICIDES.

WESTON, July 1s.with a hole
torn throughlhis side by the discharge
.of shotgun, the lifeless body Of Cap.
tain ]. Nicoles, a former president OF
the Lewis county cpurt. and captain
Of Union company in the Civil war,
was found yesterday morning In the
bedroom of his partment in the post
office building here, by a woman en-.
ployed to take care Of the apartment.
He had committed suicide in the
night. It is believed Ill health prompt
ed the act. He was rs years old,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-18
GOLD AND GRAY.


(From the Jew York Times).
They whisper of true love,
Fair youth and bride.
They sing Of their new love,
And age deride;
But | to my old love write this rhyme
TO my old love, safe from the
traitor time.
Our hair is all gray, dear,
While theirs is gold;
They dance through their May, dear,
While we are old
They live for tomorrow, its 1oy-or
defeat
But we have our yesterdays, mellow
and sweet!
They burn in the beauty
OF ardent spring,
Nor vision the duty
OF harvesting!
To them age is failure, the breath o.
decay,
Yet we in December remember our
May!
Elizabeth Newport Hepburn