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The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
BILLION DOLLARS
In APPROPRIATIONS
Clerks of Senate and House Com
mittees Make Figures of Last
Session Public,

The last session Of Congress appropri-
ated N.ol9.il2.1l In addition. il author
lied contracts involving an obligation on
the government to pay at some future
time aggreSating SIS 1888 OF this las:
stated sum. a little over ss3soO.ooo was
for the new battleship and other vessels
for the navy and their equipment.
The figures were made public to-day
by the clerks Of the Appropriations Com
mittees of the Senate and House. re-
spectively. pursuant to law. They have
been busy working out the comparisons
and compiling the statistics since Con-
gress adjourned.
In addition TO the regular appropria-
ton bills. Congress in special meas
ures appropriated for miscellaneous uses
in all s3-5O0.cOo. and for permanent ap
preparations not covered in the regular
bills. Sl3;;.. 4ei
The last session reduced the contract
liabilities of the government below the
authorizations of the preceding session
So 00O.0Oo.
New offices and employments were ere
ated to the number of 20.S64 at an an
nual cost of 81, 1850. while 1s.9l5 We're
abolished. thus aving $l4.496. $3.50. a net
increase of 1,o4S in number and 1856
622.50 in money. The increase includes
1900 enlisted men in the navy. to cost
Sl.iG.O.0 a year: net increase of ISIS
postal employees at cost of b.I26 A8:
however. one-half of the sum is due to
increase of pay of 10 per centum OF
clerks and letter carriers in lower
grades. and in the railway mail service.
Forty-two additional members of Con-
grsss will draw s. 500 each.
The House made a net reduction of
sixty-two employees. saving thereby S.
49,. while the Treasury Department
dropped 17 employees with annual pay of
$iSl 500. The comparison Of the appro-
priations made by the last Congress with
those for the last session OF the previous
Congress shows a reduction of SIZE
lGSl
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
SUFFRAGE CLUBS
TO Be ORGANIZED
District-wide Movement Will Be
Started to Secure Home
Rule,

Plans for mass meeting early in De-
cember and for the organization of the
10oo0 persons who voted for District suf-
frage Tuesday engaged the attention Of
the executive committee OF the District
Suffrage League at its meeting yester-
day afternoon.
!, IL is the intention of the league to or
ganize suffrage clubs all over the city,
each club to work for the cause in its
own particular neighborhood. The clubs
shall be run on dues-paying system.
the dues to be 5 cents per week and to
go toward the general fund for carrying
on the campaign At the mass meeting
in December IT is planned to have on the
speakers platform a number of the
friends of suffrage from Congress as
we'll as from the city.
Thomas T.. VIII. head of the leaEue
said last night that the suffrage bill is
now being drawn up and will be ready
H. good time for the action Of the next
Congress.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto: Hyos - il in Ths Big
Stick. il isn' ascsssarily 80.
THIS IS WHAT THEY COT
ELECTION BETS

John q. Capers lost out tn Eraak
J. Hogan and will have 10 wear =
straw hat until March 4. and then
again,
Frank J. Hogan lost out to Rob
ert n. Harper and will have to let
his hair and beard grow until T. r.
10 elected.
Edgar e. Snyder won . box Of
lemons from Louis kopelin, the So
cialist and Debs admirrr. but lost
to Dan W. Baker. whom he will
have TO serenade with his mando-
lin every evening until Inauguration
comes around.
Gus A. Schnldt. the light d
lights OF the National Republican
Club. lost 10 Matthew f. O'Bien.
the rrvhibition leader. Gus" Is on
the water wagon nov for good. and
Mat il In ten cases Of sarsaparilla.
Sidney Bieber won from every
body.
DIR. Harvey W. Wiley won from
Secretary Wilson. Who presented his
boenm friend Harvey with . brand
new pefambulator.
Bull Moose" Hickey nut II over
on his friend, Henry N. Camp.
who will be seen next Sunday
incoming hitched up to = buggy.
giving Hickey . ride around town.
J. Fred Kelley. the only simon
pure" Democrat. only bet cis1rA
He won every bet and was COM
relied to rent 4 warehouse On the
river front TO store away the com
bistible material thus acquired.
Most of these stogics. it is under
stood. will he smoked along the
river front. too, il Mai. Sylvester
has any say in the matter.
Charles A. Douglas sports 4 brand
new Scotch plaid necktie 1.-THE
Douglas plaid. By tho wayl. Frank
H. Cotticr had to foot the bill.
John Callan O'Laughlin may be
seen any fine morning from now
until March I running around the
block ten timeA It's pretty tN,gh
On John Cal, but he bet MIR. Oula-
han that his great friend T. n.
wouldn't do . thing to Woody
Wilson.
The bet between ffanc,S Ue sales
Ran and Louis Kopelin has not
yet been decided. II d most likely
that . cnmmission Of experts will
have to Be appointed to settle the
various points IN dispute. Mean
time Fancis maintains he ID riRht.
while Louis says Francis il way OF.
DoIrh r. Atherton will be seen
on Monday morning pHshins pea-
MI. with a too:hpick from the On
tario tn the Union Trust Building.
Col. Alfred G. Palmer wiz accom-
pany Dolpl, In his limousine to see
thst he carries out his bet to the
letter. Dolph loat ont "a TAFT. and
Col. A. d Ban Aiposr.
Chaplin Brown lost to Henry z.
Davis. The bet was . cppy each q
"Alicc In wmdriand'' and ''The
Huufine ~ tho snsrk." matinee
ticket for Chaseis, q bnx Il chew
ing E,n. ard . pair nf g1oses.
Charles ". Dan ID Spcrtine q
new silk tie which he Won frum
Juilas Peyser.
0Anses J. 0wsas b n q dusn
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
Some Truths BY Felix Adler.

One of the most striking facts of the
present day is the extent to which
many persons, no matter what their
party Affiliations are or what their
ideas may be. arrive At common con-
clusions This is suggested by the fol-
lowing remark Of Dr.. Felix Adler, of
New York, at meeting of the Society
of Ethical Culture:
You who are hanging on to real es-
tate lots and have no intention of oc-
cupying them ought to have them taken
away from you. Nobody should be al
lowed to hold city lot much less
large tracts of lots, year after yeas,
without being taxed for his sel6shness.
Under present plans il is the man, who
puts up buildings that gets taxed.
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local shoe factory and had access tc
the telephone in the wee sma' hours
when no one was in the shoe factory
once.
DIR. Harvey W. Wiley, who resigned As
the government pure food expert last
spring. was hanging to a strap In a
street car in the Capital the other day
Good morning. DR.. Wiley. Won't you
take this seat " volunteered a well-dress-
ed elderly man.
Thank you, no." DIR. Wiley responded.
II feel younger than that boy of mine.
Just think. he's only six months old and
has six teeth. At that rate. he will be
an old man before l am"
DR.. Wiley. who passed the half-century
mark years ago Is very proud father.
When the baby needs anything the doc.
tor does not hesitate to do the shopping
himself and carry his purchases through
the streets.
On Q recent windy day he was seen
struggling along with a large bundle un-
der one arm. The string became united
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ui;s;,ii;,gl2l As, ;,tils.

&C the ether end was Mr.. so-and-so. aad
tha4 the Such-and- such club wanted 70
march to the Presidents summer homo
20 Do him honor. He would be over
after . while and talk over the arrange
ments
'.And how about the music7 We will
look to you to furnish that, Mr.. Taft"
The conyersation ended there. The
person showed up at the summer ohdcea
that evening after the factory whistles
blew. The parade was not held and
there was no music. The early morning
telephone caller was a watchman In Q
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= RUSSELL =. laaeLnMNAN.

~ RUssELL H. lgaeLeNNAN.
President TAFT d an eariy riser. II -
not at all Unusual for him to put In yan
appearance in the White House od1ces
at 8 O'Clock In the morning.
. He 10 always ready for work. and when
he can hnd q stenogSaphsr to take dicta-
ton. the President frequently disposes
Of days work before the once force
begins to stragsie In about . o'clock.
When there 10 message to Congress
pending. much judicial thought d given
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
oxygen Cars On Andes Railroad.

Oxy8en CofS On ANDES Railroad.
Frum the Christian Herald.
The new railroad climbs up from Tacna
a pretty steep wall In surmountine the
volcanic chain Of the Andes. In some
places the grade Is six feet. In eonse-
quence the rack and cog system has to
be used. The place where the ridge of
the coast range II crossed is a little
more than 1900 feet A novel idea Is to
be introduced on this road for the benefit
Of passengers. have frequently de-
scrtbed the soroche. or mountain sick
ness, from which few travellers in the
Andes escape. 1t II sometimes called the
land form Of seasickness. One gets over
II In a few days. but in = short journey
the sickness 10 very acute and for per-
sons OF weak heart 1t IL somewhat dan
gerous. To overcome the effect Of the
quick ascent and the great altitude It
= proposed to have oxygen compartments
In the passenger cars. Passengers in
these compartments will have IN the air
they breathe the same proDortjons of
oxygen ~ at sea lsyel.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
BEATS THE BAND.

There's nothing in this talk that
there can't hs an Irish hand h.
cause everybody wants Z" he the
icader." Francis J. Kilkenny Ssyr.
He has copy OF the Cork Ea
tractor coutainins a or ot the
band. and there's but the one leader
in il.
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through his efforts in transporting and
the frisky wind played havoc with the
paper covering. At the first waste paper
receptacle the former chief chemist
stopped. and. removing the cover. stuff
ed il into the box
There was displayed to public view a
bassinet. lined with baby blue silk and
decorated with dainty ribbons. Despite
the stares of passers-by, the remainder
of the trip home was made with the new
household addition on view for all the
world to see.
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No Change in Cap. al Site.

Oklahoma City. Okla. Nov. S-W. L.
Alexander. chairman End manager of
the Oklahoma CITY Lapital campaign
committee. issue. tre following state
ment to-day:
The constitutional amendment pro-
viding for the removal of the State cap
ital from Oklahoma City to Guthrie.
which required a majority of all the
votes cast at this election. lost by 6, ON
votes IN a total Of about 1000 votes
Oklahoma City had a clear majority Of
the popular vote of from 1900 to *. .Hcn
on nearly complete returns. Not voting
on the question. about 5000
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the President finally said: That's all"
He had caught up on important matters
which had piled up for days.
While at his summer home at 'Bev-
eriy, Mass, last summer. the President
had arisen before the rest of the house.
hold and was surprised to hear the tele-
phone bell ringing inistentiy. He an
swered II and heard voice say:
Il want to speak to the President"
This is the President Mr.. Taft re-
piled.
He was amused to hear that the party
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09

The Wet End used to mise had0 eIciukirelA
the capital to the intense disgust of Yank-
ton. Chamberlain, Sioux Falls, Aberdeen
and Watertown. Next to North Dakota
the greatest annoyance to South Dakota is
the Missouri River which wanders in a
maudlin manner through the State for
the sole benefit of the bridge trust and
which once attempted a barefaced robbery
by cutting around the city Of Yankton
in an effort to transfer II bodily to South
Dakota
The population Of South Dakota is Ss.-
co.. which is pretty good for country
where thirty years ago the sun was the
only thing which rose from the prairies.
tCoTyriSht. lo.. by Geurye Mathes Adams
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JUST AWFUL.

Ecd-hot thoughts becIoud nv brow,
Frcuzied fury fills my hsan.
When read unto my frau
And she sews on tho machine.
AUGUST SCHWARZ tAriUul.
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of silk socks and case Of ginger
ale. Fnnk Hitchcock paying the
bill.
Edwin A. Newman is the proud
wearef OF a say high hat, the
latest London production. He or it
Is the Cynosue Of all eyes. II il
Whispered that Costello 6ou know,
hsd to buy the hat.
Clarence Wilson. 50 IT is ru-
morcd. is compelled. owing to last
election hye1. to win every crimi
nal case tried between now and
March Z.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
FORGET THE SHOES.

Common Mistakes We Make in
Bedrooms." is the title Of an ar
ticlc in the Ladies Home Journal.
Besides blowing out the gas. what
is YOUR commonest mistake!-
Ernst Gers,enbers. Turn uud Uni
versitaetsrater.
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REASONLESS RAGE.

Madness Srips ne hard and tish,
When my currcob umIld light
And the wall scratch and scratch
With a nasty safety match.
FRED &. O'CONNELL.
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SOUTH DAKOTA
By GEORGE FITCB.
Author 81 cat oooA OlA Siwaah."

Of South Dakota and the advocatss OF
one wife at a time-but only for snort
time-have moved on to Reno.
Sioux Falls in the metropolis OF South
Dakota and is a handsome. pink stone
city with enough people to fiu the Coli
scum in Chicago comfortably. Pissrs is
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paign. the thanks Of the country are due
II only because of the high and clean
plane upon which they conducted their
canvass
From the Albany Journal
To this extent. that the Republican
party has suffered defeat. Theodore
Roosevelt has the revenge which he
planned when he failed In his attempt
to extort the nomination from the Re-
publican Convention at Chicago. Re-
venge is all that he has.
Prom the Toronto Globc.
The election of Gov. Wilson is trib-
ute. emphatic and unmistakable. to the
fundamental sanity and intelligence of
the American people.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
The tradition of the American people
against third term in the Presidency
no matter who the man may be, has been
once more maintained.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
BY LINGO LYON.

I stood on the Avenue at midnight,
Where Wilson hammers were afiuat ::
And saw Mr.. Taft leave the Whits
House.
And the Bull Moose turp to q
Sua'. ". T.. G.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
RElGMRER WHO SAID

One Of the most interesting news
items q the dag il to be found in
Washington paper to the effect
that "Wilaon has carried thirty
seven States and has . solid Con-
ness behind him, hat faces 4 split
in his rarty.''
Doesn't look mch IKE Z spIit
mt yet, anyway. II. 3. r.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
VERSES.

II poetry were more like gas
This life would be much sweeter :
The rhymester then his time could
BY cupying the meter.
PHILANDER JOHNSON.
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AN ANXIOUS SUBSCRIBER
AND LAW ERvENn

To Anxious Subscriber-We have
known the Aforesaid gentleman.
who, by the way, is one Of our
foremost citizens. for many years.
and We can truthfulIy say that his
beautiful black hair and iinstaohe
was always Of that color whenever
We aw him. We arc quite salts
ned that this Is the only set he
has How old is your lady friend?
Editor Big Stick.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
Dudley q Ia nkrupt.

Harry L. Dudley. a painter. Of 1894
Columbia Road. has filed a petition in
voluntary bankruptcy, listing his debts
at s4.615.0G with no assets inf excess of
legal exemptions.
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AND THERE ARE OTHERS

I love to write TO Eloise
For knees and trees and bees apd
leas
And seas and cheese and heas
and eass
And bzreae al rhyme with Eloiss.
ARCHIBALD JAMlESON.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
EVERY MAN HAS HIS DOUBLE
AMI

Matthew =. O'Rrien would pass
anywhere for Father Mathew.
only the worthy Irish patriot never
went to political conventions;
Count" Pefreard. Of French
Bastile fame. h celebrated for his
likeness to King Lmis. Le Debon-
nair. 1t frsnce. only Louis would
never touch . Bismarck cocktail OF
any other sort Of whisky; and
Preston Gibson. the cinbman-
Observation-Disclosures. bears 4 hat
ning resemblance TO Shakespeare.
the immortal Bard of Avon. only
Shakespeare did not dance the
hosse trut; and
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
MISSED THE TRAIN.

She missed the train-it il to SIGH
That fashion speed retaris:
Both girl and hobble skirt were shy
Some ten or 'leveu yards.
ROBERT PLUYM.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09

Al.'lLlTTLE NONSENSE,

rGn c0LL1GD 1Euno.
me foolbap Asaa Anas him suhlims:
He shines on tennis coufta
II seems hs has . lot 6e tine
For sports.
He helps to hass his fellow loons.
Helpe loosen mp their Stats:
Has time oisnights and afternooos
For frats.
At games he 10 Z star. gadsooks!
He's fond Of frats and such.
And what time has he for his books!
Not much.
PlunIkvtlle Ite1.
Now that war has busted out. Diogenes
wombat, who has been posing for the
past ten years - . war correspondent.
has been Jailed for vaSrancy.
Breach .ef Ptenise.
well. she got verdict for 1000 large
luxuriant plunks. Your letters did It."
''She used to tell me my letters. were
worth their weight in gold"
Nsvenber D In History.
November .. 17l. Ultimate consumers
meet in Faneuil Hall and make q strong
kick about the price Of tea.
November 9. 1873 Mary Queen Of Scots
invents cold cream.
The Slim erase.
II don't think she ever had Q gown that
exactly suited her."
'6he admits that she never had. Her
ambition 10 to attire herself in an UNI
brella cover. and she'll train down to II.
a. one Of these days.
War Royalties.
At midnight in his guarded tent
The Turk lies dreaming Of the day
When he will get his 10 per cent
On what the moving pictures pay.
Words Fail.
What do you suppose that brute did?
Wanted to measure my finger"
For a diamond ring. eh?"
For a thimble No wonder US women
are on the warpath these days.
Got the Goods.
We've had some fine weather this
fall"
Wen pay for ii later on
We'll. We can't kick II We do. We had
delivery in advance
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leled opportunity. is that he may seize
upon the windpipe OF Bryanism at the
very start. and with all the strength
that the sinews Of long. lean fingers
possess, throttle that persistent and fatal
thing into eternal silence.
From the New York TnlNne.
1t has become evident since the cleo
ton, II 1t was not evident before, that
the President commands the respect Of
everybody whose respect is worth hav-
ing.
FrDm the Brooklyn Standard Un0r.
"Scuttle the ship" was what Mr.
Roosevelt said he would do to the Re-
publican party because II refused to let
him take command He meant to sink
it in deep water.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09

Joe Hillman on a summers day
Rxked in another bright cafe;
Old Father Time passed by that way
And felt impeIled TO have his say.
Despite your YOUTH" says Father T.,
''Ypu've got already two or three
Hash joints in this and every town
Is this for money or renown:"
ct is for neither" Joel auoth.
"Fct I have rlenty-yes. of both.
''Tis just an outdoor exercise
Where rnddy hca!th's tho priceless prize.
Besides, whene'er the walters strike.
] laush and tell them simply. Hike
As far, as fast. as you may choose
For I have plenty more to use.
Fer all these reasons. Father Time.
And many mere than ] can rhyme
In Big Stick space-perforce. iss short
Cafe collecting is my sport"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
DOESN'T CHANCE HIS HAIR.

Editor Of The Big Stick: I
made a bet with lady friend ct
mine. who says that William y.
Guides fine black hair and mus
tache was rcd once upon a time.
BY deciding the bet you viii
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from the St. Louis Republic.

The Republican loss In St. Louis wa.
almost exactly equal to the Bull Moos,
vote.
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From the st. Paul Pioneer Pres.
The silent voter talks loudest on the
morning after election.
From the indianapolis News
That landslide would also appear to
have buried that well-prepared fraud
cry.
PROM the St. Louis Republic
The Republican loss in St. Louis WAS
almost exactly equal to the Bull Moose
vote.
Frcm he Detroit journal.
Among the Handsome majorities'' We
may note those secured In their precincts
by Billy the Bum. Broken Nose Rogers
and other rulers of our fair city.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
General Apathy has been sentenced 70
be shot.
From the Ohio State journal.
There il no telling how much larger
the plurality might have been IL Col
Roosevelt md his friends had not hit
upon that powerful argument Of always
referring to the Democratic candidate
as Professor.
From the Wall Street Journal.
The country is prosperous and the
prosperity will continue until such time
as We achieve the periodic intoxication of
success. For the present, conditions are
sound enough to be Independent even Of
tariff revision. That such revision is
coming. none but the wilfuliy blind can
ignore.
From the New York Sun.
The best wish that the Sun can ex-
press for the President-elect. compar-
atively untried man facing an unparal-
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Words Fail.

Wanted to measure my finger"
For a diamond ring, eh?"
For a thimble. No wonder US women
are on the warpath these days"
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From the New York Evening Post
To William F. McCombs and to William
G. McAdoo, who planned and generated
and won a marvelously successful cam
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THE RESULT.

From the st. Paul Pioneer Pres.
The silent voter talks loudest on the
morning after election.
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That landslide would also appear to
have buried that well-prepared fraud
cry.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
War Royalties.

At midnight in his guarded tent
The Turk lies dreaming of the day
When he will get his 10 per cent
On what the moving pictures pay.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09
Got the Goods.

We've had some fine weather th;
fall"
Wen pay for il later on
'Well. We can't kick II We do. We hax
delivery In advance"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09

The best wish that the Sun can ex-
press for the President-elect. compar-
atively untried man facing an unparal-
The Washington herald., 1912-11-09

From the Atlanta Constitution.
General Apathy has been sentenced 60
be shot.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-12-18
IRVINGTON

A committee of councilmen. com
posed Of Frank r. Sharp chairman.
Charles Hartkopf. George B. Woolley
Leonard Setaro and Louis @. Breiten-
bach, lias Deen appointed to arrange
with John Gantz. OF 50 Myrtle ave-
nue., for a settlement for damages to
his house. caused ~ the recent re-
grading of that thoroughfare. Mr.
Gantz. through his counsel, Henry p.
Bedford. claims damages to the
amount of $500. o., the councilmen
believe this claim is excessive
At the annual Christmas festival
held BY Putnam Council. Jr O. {. A.
NJ. last night. State Councillor Will
lam J. Wakefield was presented on
behalf of the council. by Past State
Councillor Frank r. Sharp of Irving
ton Council. with an umbrella Mr..
Wakefield. in behalf of the council.
presented Mr. Sharp with meer-
schaum pipe and case
A telephone message was received
by Chief Of Police Green yesterday
that two men were trying to sell a
team of horses ard blackboard
wagon. under suspicious circum-
stances. at Springfield and Sandford
avenues. Policemen Canheld and PAN
nick were sent out. but could find no
trace of the men or the outfit.
Preliminary arrangements are un-
der way for the second annual recep-
ton and dance of Essex Lodge Loyal
Order of Moose. TO be held February
3. at the Colosseum. on Springfield
avenue. Newark
The regular mid-week services un-
der the direction OF the Rev. Charles