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The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
ALLEGED CHINESE
SMUGGLERS NABBED
New York Policeman Stops Auto
and Finds Celestials
Under Blankets.

| New York, Aug. 2o-A wholesale sys
| TEN Of smuggling Chinese across tn,
Canadian border into the United Statei
is believed to have been uncovered In
| the arrest to-day of Arthur L. Pierce
Berton Franks. and five Cinnamon. who
had come to New York from Buffalo In
an automobile.
The arrests were brought about BY
Policeman Cornelius oConnell. of Alex.
ander Avenue station In the Bronx
Early to-day O'Connell. while on duty
at Willis Avenue and the New York
New Haven and Hartford yards. saw a
big red touring car passing through the
neighborhood several times. The chauf-
feurs actions aroused O'Connelrs sus.
picion and he stopped the car and found
three Cinnamon hid under some heavy
blankets.
o'ConneII hauled the Chinese out and
took the party to the station house,
where the chauffeur gave his name as
Arthur l. Pierce, of "a Fig Tree Street.
East Avon, a suburb OF Buffalo. He
said that he had been hired by a man
in Buffalo at SIS a day to bring five
Chinese and another man from Buffalo
to New York.
Pierce said that two of the Chinese
would be found at the Hotel View. and
that the man VINO had accompanied MIN
would be found at the Hotel Lincoln.
The three were later arrested.
The surveyor of the port and the
United States customs authorities were
communicated with. and after question
ing the prisoners. gave out a statement
that they believed Pierce and his COM
panion were engaged in the practice Of
smuggling Chinese into the United States
from Canada Pierce would not give the
name of his employer. They will be held
pending further investigation.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
A.LITfLE NONSENSE.
vrNbIcArnD AT LAST.

vINbIcArED At LAST.
They say that woman talks LOT.
That a. a chinner she II prime.
I You've heard the claim q like az not;
It II a. old Is Father Time.
They say that woman loves to CAB
And that the end she'll never reach.
But at that late Bull Moose confab
A woman made the shortest speech!
Uncle Pennywise Iaqsiress
"How many Of the seven little Gov
ernors are in line nowr
A Magnxfne Trick.
Ten years ago you swors you were
going to stop taking this magazine"
.'wen. whenever start seri4l story
I've got to finish II. and they keep 'em
Overlapping"
August II I'm History.
August n. l57s-oueen Elizabeth and
Mary Queen Of Scots spend the after
noon together making fudge.
August q. ls21-First organ grinder ar
rives at the port of New York
Making Them Useful.
What dye think OF the thiro party
Jabez?"
IF each candidate that comes along Is
wiliin. to help harvest we can't have
too many parties. ! say"
Bought and Paid For.
Another heiress weds a count.
'Tis said the latter collars
About the usual amount
OF $SS
The Society Daughter.
What of your daughter?'
"She will be our house guest In Sep
tember for a few days, / understand"
wouldn't Matter There.
'I don't know what to do with my
son. He's so irresponsible"
Get him on the Weather Bureau"
Back from Vacation.
II hear your wife is back from her
trip. but confined to the house. Too
bad the trip did her no good"
"Oh. the trip did her good. all right"
Then she isn't confined to the house?"
Yes; she's confined to the house.
when does the doctor expect to have
her out?"
The washwoman expects to have her out
in few days. She hasn't thing fit
to wear"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
CUBAN POLITICAL SITUATION.
Gen. Gomez the Thorn in the Side
of the Conservatives.

OF the conservatives.
The following statement was made It
The Washington Herald by a gentleman
well versed in Cuban affairs:
The Conservatives insist upon fighting
the candidacy Of Gen. Gomez for re-
election.
would be a very easy task indeed II
President Gomez were not a candidate
for reelection. But II that is not so
its defeat in the next election is in
evitable, the principal reason being that
the overwhelming majority of the Cuban
people belong to the Liberal party.
Some newspapers of the opposition. not
satisfied with slanderipg and offending
the President, and having had to stand
before the courts to answer for those
slanderous assertions. have gone as far
as threatening the country with a revo-
luton. OF course. no attention is paid
to such a threat.
President Gomez has carried on his
administration without fear of his own
partisans or the Conservatives. He has
fostered the production of wealth, en-
downing the country with a new system
of railroads and public roads. Aqueducts
and electric plants have been built in
the cities. He has increased the cul-
tivable area of the national territory by
drying and draining immense parcels of
lands which until to-day were covered
with mud. He has given the country a
real army, and protects and tries TO
improve the economic condition Of the
poorer classes.
What can the Conservatives say
against the reelection? Simply I'VE
want our candidate to be President" !"
This is all there is in regard to the
problem Of the reelection on the part
of the Conservatives-they fear the can
didacy of Gen. Gomez.
The Havana press gave out the state
ment that the government has ordered
the payment Of the Reilly claim. This
had not been done before because a
doubt was entertained to whom 1t was
to be paid.
President Gomez has issued a decree
repeating the cession of the Zapata
muddy lands. with the purpose Of avoid
ing new charges.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
Half q Loaf.

The Democrats in their national
platform pledged "a faithful observ-
ance of the constitutional requirements
to provide and maintain an adequate
and well-proportioned navy, sufhcien,
TO defend American policies, protec,
our citizens, and to uphold the honor
and dignity of the nation"
Despite this solemn promise the rep
resentatives of that party could only
be induced to build single battleship
through the insistence of the Repub-
lican Senate, though the entire nation
is satisfied that, in order to maintain
our status among the great sea powers,
we should build two battleships each
year, considering that other nations are
adding half dozen modern ships to
their naval forces.
The only way in which "a navy can be
kept up to the needs of the times in
modern methods of warfare is to con-
stantly build new and ever-more mod
ern vessels. Otherwise, it becomes OBJ
solete. Still one battleship-and a
Dreadnought at that's better than
none at all. This means that this coun-
try will not drop back as fast as il
our Democratic friends had insisted
upon building none.
We confess it has a strange aspect.
this eoonomizing on the part of the
Democratic majority in the House, this
failure to provide ample means for the
defense of our country, which has not
hesitated to lavish scores of millions on
new pensions. 1t is a funny sort of
patriotism that has plenty of money for
those who in past years have defended
our country, but is misery with re-
gard to providing means of our de-
fense for future emergencies.
If our Democratic friends maintain
that we possess an adequate navy for
the defense of our thousands of miles
of Atlantic and Pacific coasts they are
sadly misinformed!
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
TWO OARE DROWNED:
SCORES HOMELESS
Series of Cloudbursts in Pennsyl.
vania Cause Immense Damage.
Fear Dam.

Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. 2o.-As a result OF
a series OF cloudbursts and electrical dis
turbances early to-day two persons were
drowned and scores were made homeless
Throughout the surrounding counties rail-
reads and trolley traffic was stopped and
roads and bridges were washed away.
William Depoe. Of Washington, Pa. was
driving on the wolftown road with John
Williams. The rush of water following
the cloudburst swept the rig and the men
into Raccoon Creek. Depoe was drowned.
The home of C. r. Fowler. of Browns
town. near Scottdale. was swept from Its
foundations. Fowler and his six children
were in the house. Margaret. aged nine,
was drowned. The Baltimore and Ohio
track from Eighty-four to Washington.
eight miles, was shifted by the floods. and
the Baltimore and Ohio trains are using
the Pennsylvania tracks.
The population of Tylerstown. eight
miles south of Washington, spent the
night in the hills. An alarm was sent in
after midnight that the great water power
dam had broken. The dam was regarded
as dangerous. and a watch Is being main
tanned tonight ready to give an alarm
should the dam wall collapse.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
Real Antitrust Steps.

Attorney General Wickersham in his
speech at Chautauqua and since has
ably outlined the Presidents achieve
ments against the trusts in contrast
with Col. Roosevelt's work in the same
direction. 1t appears to US that there
could be no one better posted in
this particular campaign issue than our
Attorney General, for it was he who
had to carry out the Presidents anti
trust programme and orders.
Only four such proceedings were be-
gun and concluded by Roosevelt, al
though a total of forty-four were
brought. Under the Taft administra-
tion, many of the suits instituted by his
predecessor were completed and sixty
six were entered thus far Mr. Wick
ersham scores a particularly fine point
when he asserts that the pro-rata dis
tribution m the Standard Oil suit, so
severely criticised by Roosevelt, is ex-
actly the same as made by his own At
torney General in the Northern Sc
curities case, and that the final decree
entered in that case was just like thar
asked for by Roosevelt and his law
officers.
As usual. the Khaki Justinian" has
overreached himself. His criticism is
not based upon facts or records. He
was just talking fof the gallery" For
Mr.. Wickersham shows clearly and at
the hand of irrefutable proof that the
Taft antitrust activities have eclipsed
those of Roosevelt, also that results
have been better and more telling and
far-reaching all around The contrast
is keen when we but take the trouble of
recalling the steel, sugar, packers, to-
bacco, wall paper, bathtub, cotton pool
and numerous other cases.
Prosecutions have not only been very
numerous, but exhaustive, and, above
all, persistent. Perhaps the results may
not have been all that the public be-
lieved IT ought to expect, but they have
been in accordance with the law. More
than this the Department of Justice
could not accomplish, and if fault there
be-, despite all these efforts, it may be
attributed to the law permitting delay
in our courts. condition which often
has been criticised by Mr.. Taft.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
MEYER TAKES FINAL
FLING AT CONGRESS
One Battleship to Cost SIS, ,000, 600
Will Be Named the
Pennsylvania.

Although one battleship is accepted by
the navy as better than none at all.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer. who has
fought all along for two big battleships.
took a final fling at Congress in a state
ment issued last night.
Due to the force Of public sentiment
on the battleship question. as demon
strated in the press, irrespective of party,
the Democrats at the last moment re-
ceded from their no-battleship pro-
pramme," says the Naval Secretary.
Freedom of action was allowed each
member IL he wished to vote for no
battleship, but permission was not grant,
ed to vote for more than one, thus pre-
venting members from voting according
TO the dictates of their conscience"
Secretary Meyer stated that. although
the measure appropriates s15.ooo,0oo for
the biggest and most powerful battle
ship practicable under the development
OF the navies of the world. the vessel will
be no larger than II would have been II
two ships were authorized, and the naval
authorities were not handicapped by Con-
gress. The ship now authorized, which
the Secretary has decided to name the
Pennsylvania, was designed by the naval
constructors last spring. and he states
that there will be few II any changes in
the plans.
Bids will shortly be advertised for.
and they will probably be opened about
November l. The vessel will carry
twelve 1i-inch guns and exceptionally
heavy armor, which will require a dis
placement of 3l.0O0 tons This will be
the largest and most formidable vessel
by far yet proposed by any power. The
first ships to carry 14-inch guns will be
the Texas and New York. which will
have ten i-inch guns. The Oklahoma
and Nevada, authorized last year. will
have the same number and caliber of
guns, but they will be arranged in four
instead of five turrets-three guns in
each the forward and stern turret and
two in each OF the other two. On the
Pennsylvania there will be but four tur-
rets, each containing three 14-inch guns.
The United States is the first nation
to Introduce three big guns in a single
turret. The ship will have the most
modern type Of reciprocating engines,
both oil and coal fuel burning and will
be required to make twenty-one knots
speed. The constructors, as well as
Secretary Meyer, believe they have de-
signed a ship that will surprise the
world. and their only regret is that
they will not be permitted to build two
instead of one.
The action taken this year will call
for an appropriation for three battle
ships next session OF Congress II the
eff iciency of the fleet and the present
policy Of two battleships a year. which
is accepted throughout the country. is
to be maintained" said Mr.. Meyer in
his statement. He points out, however,
that a third battleship next year will
be a year behind its sister ship con-
structed this year.
The name OF the armored cruiser
will probably be changed
to the Pittsburg.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
RECOMMENDATIONS
OFTHE REPORT
ADMINISTRATIVE.
FuIl-value assessments.

Fuli-value assessments.
The exercise by the assessor of his
full power. for the adducing of testi-
under oath
The keeping by the assessor OF .
record of all Important leases to aid
In determining property values.
The qualifications of lsnd-value maps
and assessment sheets
The establishment of a Systematic
method of equaIi.ins land values.
The establishment of tables of build
ing factors and deterioration for de-
termining the value of improvements
The energetic prosecution of the Ie-
gal requirement of reforming the lot
numbers in squares.
The consolidation of lots that are
portions of single buildings
LEGISLATIVE.
Annual, in place of triennial assess
ments.
The repeal of the fixed tax of III
per cent, leaving the rate to be fixed
annually by the requirements OF the
budget.
The recording Of the true consider-
alton in all real estate transfers.
The substitution of twelve field as
SCISSORS for the three assistant assess.
ors now on field work.
The abolition of the requirement for
the assessors in the field personally
and Jointly to "viewr each piece es
property.
The creation of q board Of appeals,
from which the field assessors shall be
excluded.
The power to be restored to the Com
missioners to remove the assessor or
any of the assistant assessors for cause.
The divorcing of excise matter. from
the assessors Offce.
The establishment of an assessment
roll and the transfer of the duty of
making bills from the assessors ONCE
to the Office of the tax collector.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
IDENTIFIED BY GROCER.
Body of Lawrence Mooney. Killed
by Car, Awaits Burial.

Information leading to the identification
Of Lawrence Mooney, who was knocked
down and killed by a westbound car Of
the Capital Traction Company Monday
night In Pennsylvania Avenue was fur
nished yesterday by J. W. Batters. a gro
Ger, Of Thirteenth and T Streets North
west, who called at the morgue yesterday
and identified the body.
A sister. Miss Mollie Mooney. will arrive
here to-day to take charge of the burial.
At the instigation of Coroner hewitt, Mo-
torman C. Brewer and Conductor W. c.
Roane. who were in charge of the car.
were released from the Sixth precinct sta
ton. where they We're held Monday
night. At IL o'clock to-day a coroner's
Jury will probe the accident with a view
to fixing the responsibility for Moneys
death
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
DIRECTORS 10 MEET.
New Members of United States
Chamber Of Commerce Elected.

New Members of United States
Chamber of Commerce Elected.
The next meeting of the twenty-five
directors Of the Chamber Of Commerce
of the United States will take place in
Boston September 20. q. and %, 1t was
announced yesterday at the headquar-
ters here. Most Of the directors will re-
main in Boston to participate in the
Fifth International Congress OF CHAM
bers of Commerce.
Five national organizations were elect
ed into the Chamber Of Commerce Of the
United States last week-the American
Bankers Association, the National
Wholesale Dry, Goods Association, the
American Association OF Public Account
ants, the National Petroleum Association.
and the Railway Business Association.
During the week also commercial inter-
ests Of the Philippine Islands began con-
tact with the movement by the election
Of the Manila Merchants Association.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
CONFIRM ROMERO AGAIN.
Stormy Three-hour Executive Ses
sion Over Nomination.

The Senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination of Secundino Romero to be
United States Marshal for New Mexico
notwithstanding strong opposition and
sensational charges against him. The
debate lasted for about three hours in
executive session. The principal opposi-
ton to the confirmation was from Sena-
tors Bacon Of Georgia and Reed of
Missouri. Romero was defended by SEN
ator Catron of New Mexico upon whose
recommendation the nomination was
made.
Charges were made against Romero
that his nomination was made by Presi-
dent Taft because his cousin, Federico
Chavez, who was a Roosevelt delegate
to the Chicago convention, shifted his
vote to Taft. Romero was charged also
with assaulting Judge Long and serious
ly injuring him. The charges against
Romero were filed by Representative II.
B. Ferguson of New Mexico. They were
investigated by the Senate judiciary
Committee which reported in favor OF
confirming the nomination.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
Southern Methodists Meet.

The first meeting yesterday OF the
Southern Methodist Biblical Institute at
Great Falls was held at o'clock in the
morning. Rev. Frank Jenkins leading.
Re-. DIR. c. NJ. Bishop. president of the
Southwestern University of Texa3, preach
ed at IL o'clock and Rev. J. n. Smith
Iectured. Rev. ]. A. Rice. of Texas.
lectured at o'clock on Nahum. Yep
hannah, Habakukk. Judgment. and Faith
of Skepticism." Undergraduate work was
held at 4 O'CLOCK and at o'clock Rev
d. H. Ken preached.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
Voting Bulldog Had No Weight.

The House yesterday afternoon dis
missed the election contest against Rep.
James A Hughes, a Republican. of
Huntington, W. Va. BY unanimous vote
they declared Hughes was entitled to his
seat. The House Elections Committee
submitted a report declaring that irregu-
larities occurred in Hughes election
but not sufficient to invalidate his seat
1t was charged that a pedigreed bulldog
was registered as a voter in Hughes
district.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
VETERANS TO ATTEND RALLY.
ProEressives Will Meet at National
Rifles Arn,ory Friday.

A large number Of Spanish war veter-
ans, sailors and soldiers, and members
Of the q. A. r. will attend a mass meet.
ing Of Progressives to be held Friday
night at National Rifles Armory Five
thousand circulars have been posted, ad-
vertising the meeting.
The Progressive central committee re-
ceived yesterday q letter from A. 8.
Woodland. Of. Alexandra County. in
which he expresses the thanks Of the
Progressives Of that section for the as
sistance rendered by the Washington
organization at the Clarendon rally.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
Cnssock Kills Prince.

st. Petersburg. Aug. "a Cossack who
had been detached from his troop for
some breach OF discipline entered the
apartments OF Prince Tumancff to-day and
shot that nobleman dead.
The murdered continued to discharge
his revolver. wounding the princess and
an orderly. other soldiers who were In
the building. aroused by the sound Of
shots. rushed in and shot the Cossack
dead.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
roR NICE CLEAN MONEY.

Secretary Mscveash May DraeR
More Laundry Machines.
In order to furnish the people with
nice. clean money. and Incidentally to
save the government about 100000 q
year. the Treasury probably will build
two or three more laundry machines.
The Secretary of the Treasury will
consider the matter to-day.
The machine now, In use launders
between $4,000 and 10000 bills q day.
but this Is by no means all that Is sent
in for redemption.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
Good Takers.

Statistical "fends'' Of the House yester.
day figured that a twenty years House
record was broken Monday in debate.
There were 136.0O0 words spoken during
the day. between 1890 a. m. and p. m.
making the bulkiest Record in two
decades
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21

Uncle Pennywise Iaqufress
How many OF the seven little Gov
emors are In line nowr
The Washington herald., 1912-08-21
A Maxaxine Trick.

Ten years ago you swors you were
going to stop taking this magazine.
"wen, whenever start a seri4l story
I've got to finish II, and they keep 'em
Overlapping"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-19
"GIRL FROM WYOMING"
TOOK 8,1OO MILE RIDE.
Miss Claire Ended Long Horseback
Trip In New York.

Miss Alberta Claire, known through
out the United States as "the girl
from Wyoming" arrived recently in
New York, thus completing q horse
back trip of more than S,100 miles.
Miss Clatre is only four feet eleven
inches in height and weighs Just 100
pounds She started from Sheridan,
Wyo., rode to Portland, Ore, and
thence to Los Angeles. Then she be-
gan the long trip across the continent
to Buffalo. From Buffalo she rode to
Philadelphia and from there to New
York
To prove that Miss Claire has ac-
tually ridden all the way her press
agent offers signed statements of the
railroad station agents In every town
through which she has passed and has
also certificates from the mayors of
various municipalities The entire trip
was made on one horse, and Miss
Claire has thousands Of photographs
taken in towns and hamiets along the
route to verify this statement as we'll
The young woman has been accom-
panied on the trip by large dog. an
Alaskan husky" half wolf and half
Newfoundland, of the type used for
drawing sledges in the arctic regions.
The dog Is accustomed to making long
Journeys and was with his mistress
throughout the ride, except for that
part of the trip which lay across south
ern California and Arizona, through
the Mohave desert and Death valley.
In traversing the deserts Miss Claire
was compelled to carry water for her
self and her horse and did not feel
that her horse could carry an addi-
tlOnal supply for the dog, so he was
shipped ahead by railroad over this
part Of the Journey.
Miss Clalre's longest ride in n single
day was from Youngstown, O.. TO
Pittsburgh, a distance of seventy
three miles, which she accomplished In
nine hours and fifteen minutes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-19
Where Milton Lived.

1t was in petty France, now York,
street that Milton lived when he quit
ted in 1861 his official house in Scot
land Yard. 1t was a pretty garden
house next to Lord Scudamore's and
opening into the park" Here he lost
his sight, there his daughter, Deborah,
was born; there in 1858, "sightless and
dark" he followed his beloved wife,
katherine Woodcocke, whom he had
brought thither scarce a year before
from the altar, to her grave in st.
Margaret's. The house was occupied
by William Hazlitt in 1911 after his
and he put up a tablet,
Sacred to Milton, Prince of Poets"
Jeremy Bentham, who owned the
house, used frequently to make Wis
itors kneel before cotton willow tree
that was said to have been planted by
the poet. But when the professor of
proposed to cut it down
William Hazlitt interfered in high in
as may be read in his "Spir-
it of the Age" The site is now COW
cred by Queen Anne mansions.-West-
Gazette.