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The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
COMMITTEE URGES
RECREATION BOARD
Public Health Branch of Board Of
Trade Considers Sections
of Report.

The committee on public health of the
Board of Trade met last night and
passed upon several sections OF the
forthcoming report, which will be print
ed and submitted to the board. That
section recommending a bureau Of recre-
alton. under supervision OF the Com
missioners. to look after Fairgrounds,
bathing pools. and other forms OF recre-
alton plants established or to be estab-
approved.
The committee also approved the
recommendation that the meteorological
laboratory of the District be greatly
enlarged, so as 10 bring 1t up to a stand
ard OF efficiency that would make II
useful in determining numerous facts
which lie at the basis of scientific sani-
tation. 1t was stated by member Of
the committee hat the facilities now at
the command Of the District do not al
low of the proper determination Of the
character of milk sold in Washington;
OF the water supply. and the conditions
which may or may not have entered into
the spread Of contagious diseases. The
report will recommend appropriations
by Congress sufficient to make the labO-
ratory useful as an adjunct of the
Health Department.
Next Thursday was the date set for
the committee TO make an inspection Of
the cold storage facilities in connection
with Center Market and the wholesale
commission houses. When this inspec-
ton has been made the committee will
be in position to pass upon the re-
naming section of its report
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
Eating Before sleeping.

From the Family Doctor.
All animals except man eat before
sleep. and there is no reason why man
should form an exception to the rule
Fasting during the long interval between
supper and breakfast. and especially the
complete emptiness OF the stomach dur
ing sleep. add greatly to the amount OF
emaciatiOn. sleeplessness. and general
weakness so often met with
1t is well known that in the body there
is a perpetual disintegration of tissue
sleeping or waking. 1t is, therefore, nat
ural to believe that the supply Of nour-
ishment should be somewhat continuous
especially in those in whom the vitality
is lowered. AS bodily exercise is sus-
pended during sleep, with wear and tear
COrrespondingly diminished, while diges-
continue as usual the foor furnished dur
ing this period adds more than is de
stroy"d. and increased weight and i'm
proved general vigor is the result
II the weakly, the emaCiated and the
sleoplesS were to take nightly a light
meal Of simple, nutritious food before
going to bed for a prolonged period. they
would be raised to a better standard Of
health. II has been our experience that
after diEesting a bowl of bread and milk
or a saucer Of oatmeal before going to
bed for few months a surprising in
crease I'm weight, strength. and general
tone has resulted. This course is not rec
commended to those persons who are
stout and plethoric
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19

To tn" Editor. The Inauguration OF
the Department OF Labor AS a regularly
recognized branch Of the administration
will increase the number Of departments
to ten. When. At the beginning of his
service in 1870. President Jackson invited
the Postmaster General to take a seat
at his council table, many Of his coun-
Try men thought ne was making the cab
met 50 large to be unwieldly. Four
persons did all the rNccUtIvc business
Of the government in WashinEtOn'S time
as President. One. a Secretary Of the
Navy. was added during Adams serv-
ice, and there the expansion stopped I'M
til Jackson entered office when h" made
the Postmaster General a member Of
his official family.
There were stories at the time that
the reason why jackson wanted to have
the Postmaster General promoted to
Cabinet rank was so that he, Jackson,
could have more control over the few
thousand subordinates of the department
than he could exer II that official re-
manned. as he had been. merely the head
of a bureau. This. of course. was an
error, for though Jacksons clean
sweep among the office-hOlders touched
the postal service as closely and at as
many points as it did any of the other
departments, ne COulO nave uOne luls
just as readily had the service remained
as 1t was under his predecessors. The
postal service had been growing rap
idly with the growth of the country,
and the Postmaster General was too i'm
pOrtant an official to be left any longer
in the subordinate ranks which he held
in the first third of a century Of the
government.
The six Cabinet posts Of Jackson days
have grown to nine in ROosevClt's, and
the expansion has been none too rapid
for the duties which the heads of the
Cabinet perform. The Department Of the
Interior came in with Taylor. That OF
agriculture dates from the latter part
of Cleveand's first term. and that of
Commerce and Labor to Roosevelt s
Each of these new Cabinet officials has
had much important work to perform
The same will be true of the head of
the Department OF Labor. In the days
when four officials-the heads of the
State. Treasury. and War Departments
the members of the Presidents council
the United States had only 100000 OF
100000 inhabitants. While the pOpula-
ton OF the country has been multiplied
by twenty since the close of Washing
tons days. and while the government
activities have been expanded in a far
higher ratio, the Cabinet has only been
a little more than doubled Each Of the
nine executive officials Of 1912 has an
imemasurably large field to cover than
did any OF the four Of i7S9-9S
EVERETT SPRING.
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TO FIGHT WATER RATES.
Bristow Adams Plans TO Raise Fund
for Legal Proceedings.

Bristow Adams. chairman Of the Spe-
ciaI Join, committee Of seven. appoint
ed by the Board Of Trade, Chamber Of
Commerce. and the Central Labor
Union. has returned TO the city after
an absence of severel weeks, and an
nounced yesterday that he would i'm
mediateIy call the committee together
to carry out the work with which it
was charged. This was to dispute the
right of the Commissioners to raise the
water rates.
Mr.. Adams purposes to raise a fund
by subscription to fight the proposition
in the courts. to the Supreme Court, il
necessary. II is assumed by the com
mittee that 5000 will be sufficient for
the first legal tussle over the ques-
ton. and Mr. Adams thinks it will be
easy to raise this amount.
The case which is 20 be tried origi-
mated last July. when W. 5 BransOm
refused to pay a higher rate and was
threatened with having his water sup
ply cut of. The case is on the docket
Of the District supreme Court and
there the first battle Of the campaign
will be fought. beginning probably De
cember s.
At a meeting Of the convent .Ons COM
mittee Of the chamber of Commerce
yesterday il was decided to send lit
Crature and an invitation to the Amer
lean RoaTSuilders Association to hold
its convention in Washington next
year Lee r. GabriI. superintendent Of
county roads will attend the mex,
meeting of thu association in CinCin-
natl next month. and will he the bear
cr to the association OF the invitation
to come TO Washington.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
SUPREME COURT
UPHOLDS HITCHCOCK
Sustains Him in Refusing Second
class Mail Privileges to Ger
tain Publications.

In two cases involving the admins
tration by the Post-office Department
Of the law relating to second-class
privileges, the Supreme Court yester-
day upheld Postmaster General Hitch
cock. These cases involved his action
in denying the second-clsss privileges
to New York publishers who sought to
transmit through the mails al the low
er rate novels or books published In
magazine form, issued at stated inter
walls, but carrying a single running
story or a series of, stories. one the Sc
quel of the other, the aggregate form
ing a single book.
The Supreme Court held that such
publications are not periodicals" but
books" and. being so classified, should
pay the higher rate. The publishers
involved were Street & Smith and
Frank Tousey. The publication denied
the classification that>entitled them to
a cheaper rate of postage as second
class matter were Tip Top Weekly and
Work and Win" The case came to the
United States Supreme Court from the
Supreme Court of the District of CO.
lumbia. The publishers sought an in
junction against the Postmaster Cen
eral to restrain him from denying the
second-class rates to their publications.
The injunction was denied and the pub
fishers appealed.
Justice Holmes started a ripple OF
laughter among the dignified lawyers
which was reflected in smiles from the
members Of the court when he sought
to connect one issue of the Tip Top
Weekly with those following to show
sequence:
The element OF sequence may be in
dicated by a few OF the titles: Frank
Merriwell in Arizona, or, the Mysteries
of the Mine; Frank Merriwelrs Friend,
or. 'Muriel the Moonshiner': Frank Mer-
riwells Double. or. Fighting for Life {;
Frank Merriwell Meshed.' or. the Last
OF the Danites; Frank Merriwel' 5
Magic, or the Pearl of Tangier;' Frank
Merriwell in London or, The Grip OF
Doom. There is nothing else in the
number except a roll Of honor or list
OF some OF those who have endeavored
to increase the circulation Of the series.
Mandatory letters with Insignificant COM
ments and a page or two OF the in
quiries as to physical culture, purport-
ing to come from readers, with short
replies all more or less incident to the
muscular tenor OF the tales"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
THE PEOPLES FORUM
FREE TRADE TALK
NOT UNSUITABLE
Country Must Have Revenue and
So Must Have a Tariff.

To the Editor: The history Of the
Democratic party furnishes no precedent
or justification for the contentious of
the free traders Tariff for revenue
only" has always been tenet OF the
party's theoretic doctrine. as an ideal
consummation; but, in practice. our great
leaders have as rule agreed to pol
icy Of a fair and reasonable incidental
tariff protection. We must have the
revenue; then why not have the benefits
of fair and needed protection?
/ The prudent men of the Democratic
party have no more desire to enact a
free trade measure than the pTuednt
men of the Republican party desire to
enact a tariff law that would absolutely
prohibit all impOrtations Tariff laws.
as well as most other laws in this coun-
try. must and will ever he in a large
measure the result Of compromises be-
tween parties. Every intelligent man in
the United States knows that We are not
going to have a free trade tar.n law. 1t
must and will be a compromise between
the IDEAL theories 81 the two old pOlit-
iCal parties. Even though il should bc
thoroughly Democratic measure. IL will
be in keeping with the partys practical
policy. and not with its theOretiC ideals.
The important question is how far will
I lean toward fostering special in
tcrests. or how far will ii lean toward
protecting the general welfare OF the
people? \ careful and scientific down
ward revision In the interest of the peo-
pie need not be unfair to any honest
business interest II may be that there
should he a gradual reduction in some
Of tn" schedules, in order that the Con-
grcss may cautiously feel its way 10
a fair and just solution Of the rates
yV.a ~. aT ~. oil 1.4. la
son. Monroe, and Jackson. We shall find
that they did not object to Incidental
protection. but were rather in favor Of
giving our manufacturers the benefit of
a fair and reasonable tariff protection.
Mr.. Monroe advocated and signed a pro-
tcCtivr measure; whilst We ind Andrew
Jackson saying that the rule to be oh
served in graduating the duties upon for
eiEn products was that which would
place our own in fair competition with
them" ". W. Il. SMITH.
Washington. u. C. Nove7uber a IaI:
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19

An umbrella is a circulating medium
which passes from hand to hand like
money.
Umbrellas are designed to keep the rain
off of the wearer's hat and deposit II
on his shoulders. They are made of
cloth stretched tightly over steel ribs
The rib is the umbrellas vital point.
man may break rib or even have it
shot away and still live to become Presi-
dent. but when an umbrella breaks a
rib II is good only to lend to a personal
friend.
Umbrellas are so made that they can
be opened and closed with great ease
except when the owner is trying to get
INTO or out of street car. When an
umbrella is brought into the house 1t
Is folded up neatly and stood in a corner
to drain. On a wet day enough water
is carried into the houses of this nation
by umbrellas TO NIL the big lock Of
the Panama Canal
Umbrellas were invented in England
many years ago. and when the first UNI
hrelIa owner appeared on the streets
ne was stOnfd by the indignant pOpulace
which foresaw the trouble it was going
to have keeping its eyes free from the
noXious things in bad weather.
Wearing an umbrella requires as much
skill as lacking a ship in heavy wind.
An experienced navigator can carry a
laSge umbrella through a gale Of
wind and rain successfully, but the green
hand is compelled TO push it before him
and NOW down pedestrians in rows.
Umbrellas are made in great variety
and numbers, but their cost is unknown
Very few people pay for umbrellas. As
rule a mans umbrellas are the assets
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
AMissionarH of Good Will.

Under the auspices of the Carnegie
Foundation of international Peace, an
entirely new-type of missionary is
going to foreign lands He goes not
to Christianize or evangelize, or even
to civilize, but to promote mutual
friendship, thus preparing the way for
universal peace
That was DR.. Eliot's mission, and
his successor in the work is DR.. Ham
iIton Wright Marble, a cosmopolitan of
wide culture, who is about to sail for
Japan and, as President Butler, of Co
lumbia, put it: ITO live in intimate con-
tact with the japanese, to leave his
great personality impressed upon them,
and to reveal by his acts, words, and
attitude the kindness with which the
people of the United States view the
people of Japan"
Dr. Marble would not have the
japanese initiate the Americans or the
Americans copy the Japanese, for he
believes that the hope of civilization
lies in continued variety of types. He
says, in fact, that he would look with
horror upon the prospect of the Eas,
and the West becoming identical.
Which, with due respect to the learned
professor, is going too far both ways.
For diversity and variety need not
stand in the way of appreciation and
friendship At any rate Dr. Marble is
eminently fitted to promote the spirit
of good will between the United States
and Japan.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
DISCUSS WATER POWER SITES.
Secretary Fisher and Conservation
Commissions Confer.

Secretary of the Interior Fisher yes
terday conferred with representatives. of
water power interests and conservation
commissions throughout the country
with a view to revising the recent regu-
lations issued by the Department of In
terror for the control of water power
sites on government land
Prof. c. D. Marx, OF Leland Stanford
University. and Louis CLAWS, represent
cd the conservation commission and the
California State water commission,
California appearing 10 be the chief
State concerned over the matter.
1t is expected that as the result of the
conference Secretary Fisher will make
recomme ndations Ito Congress for addi-
tional legislation on the subject of water
power sites.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
RAILWAY MEN TO CONVENE.
Public TtiIIties Commissioners viii
Meet Here To-day.

The twcnty-fourth annual convention
Of the National Association Of Railwav
Commissioners will be held N this city
beginning to-day
II is expected that about forty-eiEn,
delegates. represent State commits
siOns. public utilities commissions and
other similar bodies will be in attend
ance Among the important matters to
be discussed by the convention will h"
legislation by Congress providing for
the physical valuation of railway prop
critics. demurrage,. &c, and it is ex-
pected that the convention will go on
record as favoring the reforms directed
by the Interstate Commerce Commission
in connection with the express com
panies Of tie country.
II is probable that the convention will
discuss the Commerce Court and go on
record as to whether It should he con-
tinued.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT.
rom the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
The colonel and the Turk are alike in
calling ii only the first battle
From the Rochester Post-Exrress
London chorus girls are now required
to enter into a contract not to marry.
The peerage must be protected at all
hazards.
From the ST. Paul Dispatch
Gar Ferdinand will not lead his army
against Constantinople, as he is afraid
of cholera. War may be what Gen. Sher-
man said, but there are some things that
are worse.
From the Louisville Post.
Uncle Joe Cannon has not vet been
mentioned as the next Senator from
Illinois.
From the Topeka Capital.
We gather from our casual forav
through the columns of Golfers that
Lieut.. Becker has also been convicted by
Richard Harding Davis.
From the Kansas City Star.
Another result of the election was to
reveal the whereabouts Of AguinaIdo.
who attended a Democratic ratification
meeting in Manila.
From the New York Sun.
Mr.. Taft did one of the bravest things
in his life when he accepted an invitation
TO attend the next Gridiron Club dinner
in Washington.
From the Indianapolis News.
That open door" that the President
elect contemplates wouldn't merely dis
turb the political business; it would rev.
olutionize the whole INDUSTRY
From the Clinton tOhiol Republican.
The iniquity of favoritism shown by the
press is illustrated by the front pagt
notices given to the item when Wilson
sewed a button on his trousers. though
there has never been a word said about
the thousand and one times Taft has
busted one OF playing golf.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
RELATES TERRORS
OF THE CONGO
Mining Engineer Passes Through
Exciting Experiences
in Africa.

New York. Nov ls.-With a story OF
adventures in the wilds of Africa suf-
ficiently thrilling to suit the most exact
ing. Robert Overton Tate. a mining engi-
neer, who lives near Los Angeles, Cal,
arrived in New York to-day on his way
home. The engineer was accompanied
on his trip. which was for the purpose
of prospecting for gold. by Gordon Camp
bell. a Scot, whom Taite met in Cape
Town
The second night after our party was
encamped on the south shore of Lake
Nyanza recites Mr.. Tate, we were
aroused by a series Of nerve-racking
screams. to find that several giant croco-
dies had slipped ashore and seized two
Of our negro porters. One OF these was
rescued. but he was so badly mutilated
that he soon died. The other was evil
IDENTIFY eaten alive.
after prospecting vainly in the Lake
Nyanza region, We moved to the vicinity
of Stanley Falls. where We were nearly
eaten alive by the tsetse fly and hordes
OF vicious mosquitoes. We located a
little placer gold but, being dissatisfied,
built i raft and proceeded down the
Congo
one day we ran into a fleet of about
one thousand hippOpotami. The raft
frightened them, pparently. and in their
anxiety to get away the raft was over
turned. throwing the whole outfit into
the river. Five natives were drowned.
Campbell myself. and three natives
reached shore. with few weapons. only
to find ourselves in a land inhabited by
Cannihals.
For three weeks We wandered aim
lessly about. lodging every cluster OF
huts and securing our food by the use
OF the revOlvers. We were nearly fam
ished for water. In the dead of night
an immense gorilla attacked Big Tim.
one Of our men. and put the negro to
death, despite a gallant fight
Then came a fight with cannibals, a
thrilling escape. and finally rescue by i
y.rt,. - Tg.IrrG.,,, ,-,rI,I,..,
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and claim the one he is carrying. Ten to
one he will apologize as ne hands It
over.
Somewhere in the world are the de-
voted few who buy the umbrellas for
the millions. but no one has as yet start
ed an agitation TO erect a monument 10
their memory.
rCoryrisht 1917, BY George Matthew AdausI
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
Shin BuIIders Protest.

Representatives OF important ship
building concerns yesterday protested to
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury Cur
tbs against a liberal construction of the
provision in the Panama Canal act
passed at the last session of Congress
admitting free of duty materials used
in the construction of vessels. The
Treasury Department probably will pro-
mitigate new regulations within the next
few weeks.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
ALITTLE NONSENSE
THE PEsTIFERoUs POETS.

Hurrah! We've gotten in the hay.
At least that's what the poets say;
Though not a poet in the land
At haying ever turned a hand
The vegetables are gathered now.
At least so all the poets vow;
Though not a poet that you meet
Could tell a turnip from a beet.
But anyhow, we've stored the crops,
The rutabagas and the hops.
And all the poets smile and smirk
As il they'd hetped to do the work.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
MISSION WORKER DIES.
Charles -. Norton, Noted EvRngeII<t,
Succumbs in Chicago.

The death Of Charles : Morton. for
merly International secretary Of the
Florence Crittenton Hope and Help NJ
sion. in this city. and a lifelong mission
and evanGeIistic worker. has been an
nOunCed in this city.
Mr. Morton died in Chicago last Sur
day. He was about fifty-five years old.
and lately WAS engaged in writing a book
upon his experiences in rescue work. He
is survived by hts widow and two daugh-
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
She Explains.


DO you love me, Esmeralda?"
''Of course I love you. Since / became
acquainted with you have really got
ten to admire pop eyes"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19

Col William l.. Gorgas. head of the
sanitary forces in the Panama Canal
Zone, will leave this week for Guaya-
quill. with aNnumber o. experts to assist
him in remedying conditions responsible
for the prevalence of yellow fever.
plague, and other diseases.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19

memorable journey to the Holy Land
and the profitable commercial treaty
with Turkey and industrial concessions
that resulted are well known.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19

Hear you had some trouble at the
dance last night. Anybody kilt"
Nobody kilt. Considerable hair pulled
out. Well. my daughter has been want
ing some hair TO make a wreath"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
November 10 in History.

November 10, 15S9-Henry VIII is Sc
verely bitten by a turkey gObbler.
November 49, 14S9-Joan of Arc throws
brick through the window of the City
Hall
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
by wny of Variety.

Every Thanksgiving magazine has a
picture OF turkey on its cover. I'm
tired of it."
What would you have"
Il wish some magazine. by way of
variety. would give us the picture %
plate OF hash"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
Cold Counting.

How is it that Miss Wombat has no
beaux? She's a pretty girl and all that"
Yes: but her father is one of these
guys who doesn't believe in heating the
parlOr."
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
UMBRELLAS
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of cat Good Old Siwash."

Of his absent nfndedness. Umbrellas and
lead pencils are two articles which can
be stolen without ,endangering the repu-
tation The easiest way to Obtain an
umbrella is to step up to a total stranger
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
Excelsior.

Try not the pass" the old man said,
But try to buck the line, instead"
The football hero downed the guards
And gained about II yards.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19

What shall you speak Of at the doc
tors banquet"
THE danger of typhus in oysters"
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Too Much Politics.


Vox populi has been a trifie hoarse for
several weeks.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19
Our Daily Thought.
PIunkvIIIe News.

The way of the transgressor is well
written up.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19

On Big Creek. 20 miles from Los Angeles, a large
hydro-eleCtric plant Is now bCnE built. Current
from this plant will be conducted Los Angeles ~
Z voltage Of between $4,000 70 E6 oo..
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19

Turkey may not be cheaper after the
war; but it will feel a great deal
cheaper.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19

dates for Mr.. Wilson's Cabinet seem to
have overlooked Thomas Fortune Ryan.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-19

The Democratic party at last is in the
millionaire class.