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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
TRY TO AGREE ON POLICY.
Democratic Senators Take Up Mat
ter of Taft's Nominations.

Democratic Senators were in conference
for an hour yesterday trying to agree on
Il party policy to be pursued in dealing
with nominations sent to the Senate by
President Taft and others that may come
in before March t. Nearly every Demo-
cratic Senator present had something TO
say.
a resolution offered by Senator Hokc
Smith of Georgia was adopted finally,
which provided for the appointment Of
committee Of five Senators from the con-
ference with authority to confer with the
Republican leaders in the Senate and try
to work out a plan that will bo agreeable
TO both sides.
The following committee was appointed:
Chairman, Senator Martin OF Virginia,
and Senators Hoke Smith OF Georgia.
William J. Stone Of Missouri. Robert L.
owen. OF Oklahoma, and James p. Clark
OF Arkansas.
This committee will not report until
after the holidays, which was generally
construed by Republican Senators to
mean that the Democrats will oppose the
holding OF any executive sessions OF the
Senate for confirming nominations until
after the holiday recess.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
William Frank ThySOn
MANAGER
Southern Building, 18th & H SITS. N. w.
MANAGER

The Southern Building at present has nine
stories. Being completed only fifteen months
ago, it is of strictly modern architecture and
equipped with every business facility incud-
ing four high-speed elevators which run at
minute intervals. The original plans of the
architects (the well-known firm OF D. H. Burn
ham & Company, of Chicago provided for the
The Management contemplates the early erec-
ton of these two additional Stories in order to
meet the demands for space made by various
clubs social organizations, and business COR
porations, which cannot now be accommodated.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
LONG AND Sheet OF 1T
TO TRY AND STRIKE A
MEDIUM IN MATRIMONY

St Louis, Mo. Dec. IA romance of
a curious side show reached its climax
In -. Louis to-day when Jack G. W.
Barnett. OF ROXboro. n. c. twenty-one
years old. thirty-eight inches high. and
Weighing thirty-four pounds, got a IL
cense t" marry Miss Dorothy WarfieId.
of st. Louis. nineteen years old, about
five feet eight inches in height, and
weighing l3o pounds.
Mrs. II. L. Morris, seven feet four
inches tall. and weighing 12S pounds.
will be matron OF honor.
Barnett had 10 he lifted up on a high
stool when he was called on TO sign
the application for a license.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
PRESENTS UNANIMOUS REPORT.
Senator Roots Committee Urges
Approval of Memorial Plan.

Just before adjournment yesterday aft
ernoon Senator Root. from the Commit
tee on Library, presented 10 the Senate
Il unanimous report on adopting the re-
port made by the Lincoln Memorial Com
mission in favor OF the Burnham plan
The report. which includes a concur
rent resolution formally adopting the
Burnham plan Of memorial to the great
emancipation, was ordered printed. II
provides for the expenditure of S2.00Oc00
in a marble memorial at the west end of
the Mall, A Columned temple housing a
huge statue of Abraham Lincoln. facing
the Washington Monument and the
Capitol.
II is expected that the Senate will
adopt the report and pass the resolution
at an early date, and efforts are being
made TO insure similar action by the
House. as work on the structure may not
be started until the approval of both
Houses is registered
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
JEWELRY STORE ROBBED.
Clever Thieves Get Away with
Gems Valued at S25.OOO.

New York. Dec. l2.-With two police
men on fixed post duty in the immediate
neighborhood and a Waterman for a pri-
waite detective agency pEtrolling outside
burglars gained an entrance to the jew
eIry shop OF Varga &c Co, at ga Fifth
Avenue, early to-day and escaped with
gems valued at S25,0O8.
The burglars employed a method as
ingenious as It was daring 10 get into
the jewelry shop, the windows, doors, and
walls of which are wired with burglar
Charms. First they forced an entrance to
the adjoining building at 326 the ground
floor OF which is occupied by the firm Of
]. Fields, mOdiste. Then they made their
way to the second floor, and. unseen and
unheaTd, cut an ctghteen-inch hole
through the wall.
Holes were drilled through the floor OF
the second story. twelve-inch square
being cut out. BY means of knOtted
sash cord. the burglars lowered them
selves into the jewelry store.
The burglars broke the glass in five Of
the cases and carefully selected the most
valuable pieces. Then they escaped the
way they entered.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
License Clerk Defends Himself.

Chicago, Dec. 12--Friends of County
Clerk Robert NJ. Sweitzer to-day were
stirred over an attack made on him for
Issuing a license to Jack Johnson to wed
Lucille Cameron.
John Conner, asked to serve in
Sweitzer's place as POSTMASTER at
banquet Of the De La Sale Alumni AS
ISOLATION. asserted that he would not
act for a man who had issued a license
to Johnson. The county clerk to-day
issued a statement declaring it was his
sworn duty to act as he had done and
that he had fulfilled his oath. though
knowing that by violating it he could
have won a considerable amount OF
cheap fame.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
FIRE CAUSES $4,000 DAMAGE.
Blaze In Apartment House Started
by Overhented stove.

Investigation OF the fire which caused
$500 damage in the Irene Apartments
at Eighth and X Streets Southeast yes
terday morning resulted in the discov-
cry last night by Fire Marshall Nichol-
son that the flames gained origin from
an overheated stove in the basement.
used to supply the building with hot
water.
Woodwork was fired by the heat from
the stove, and lead pipes attached to
gas meters were soon melted by the
blaze, allowing quantities of gas to
escape into the flame-filled room. Two
alarms were sounded and firemen had
difficulty in saving the building.
The damage to the building is esti-
mated at $4,000, covered by insurance
The stock and fixtures in the mems
furnishing store of Mark Blum on the
first floor were wiped out. at a loss of
$500, insured. Damage in the barber
shop of S. Malaspina. also on the first
floor. is estimated at 500. uninsured.
Smoke caused about $500 damage in the
apartments on the upper floors.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
Fraternity Elects Officers.

John I. Cosgrove, retiring master OF
the local Senate of Theta Lambda Phi
Fraternity, has been elected tribune and
delegate to the National senate. The Of
hcers elected to serve for the coming
year are: Master, Edwin Tyler: vice
master, Humphrey Scott Shaw: warden,
John L. Peters; keeper Of rolls, Harry
NJ. Carroll: keeper of cXchequcr, Albert
F. Fessenden, and guard of the Senate
Alexander w. Prescott, Jr.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
BELIEVE DFRNA LOST.
Italian Steamer Said to Have
Been Craft sunk by whrshiP.

London, Dec. R.-The Italian steamer
Derna and not the Irish boat Osprey
was the vessel sunk by the new British
Dreadnought Centurion in the early
dawn Tuesday morning in the British
channel. The Osprey has been located
while the Derna, which was known TO be
in the vicinity of the wreck when II &C.
Cured. is missing. No survivors or
bodies have been found and no wreckage
has come to the surface. The Derna is
believed to have carried crew OF twenty
men. 4 boat from the Derna containing
the body of a man was picked up to-day
off the Isle of Wight.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
RESTRICTS LABOR OF WOMEN.
senator la FoIIette's Bill Provides
Day of Eight Hours.

10
Day of Eight Hours.
A revision of his bill limiting the work
ing hours and days for women of the
District was introduced yesterday by
Senator La Toilette. The bill restricts
the labor OF women to eight hours a
day and six days week in commercial
concerns, and the responsibility for the
enforcement of the law is placed entire
ly upon employers.
The bill prohibits the employment of
girls under eighteen years OF age be-
tween the hours of o'clock in the
evening and o'clock in the morning.
Employers are required to ascertain
when women employees are doing addi-
tional work elsewhere and to so regu-
late their hours that the combined time
does not exceed the legal limit.
Three inspectors at $500 each 6re pro-
vided for in the bill Fines for violation
of the law are provided for, from so
10 $50 for the first offense; so to $500
for the second, and not less than $50
for the third.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
Eat Anything
Without Fear
Tightness of the Stomach Caused BY
Undigested Food Stopped with a
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet.

When you feel as IL your stomach
was being tightly chOked-when the
pain Is intense and you break out in
a cold and clammy perspiratlon and
there is lump in your throat and you
are weak and nauseated-all you need
is Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet to clear
away the wreCkRge OF undigested food
left in the stomach and intestines and
restore you to your normal self again.
And this can all be accomplished with.
in a few moments
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
BLIZZARD RACES IN
NORTHERN NEW YORK;
SNOW II INCHES DEEP

Rome. N. Y. Dec. l2-A blizzard is
raging in Northern New York. Snow
has been falling for fifteen hours at
Swancott Mills twenty miles north of
this city, and is seventeen inches deep.
Railroad traffic throughout the affected
section has been hampered. and II the
snow fall continues It will cripple BUSH
ness for several days.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
Mai. Gen. wood Goe. to Gotham.

Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood. Chief OF
Staff, U. s. A, left Washington last
night for New York, where he will spend
to-day in making inspections. He will
visit Forts Wadsworth, Hamilton and
Wood, and expects to go down to Sandy
Hook proving ground to see the H-inch
gun which burst there last Monday,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
Seize Quantity OF ..Dope."

Philadelphia, Dec. 12.-The police OF this
city, aided by Joseph Di Giovanni State
agent of the pharmaceutical board, and
two Burns detectives. made a series OF
raids on alleged cocaine and morphine
dealers in this city last night and to-day
and arrested twenty men and women.
They seized $4,000 worth Of morphine,
cocaine, and a. rOin.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13

Rev. c. T. Collyer missionary to Ko-
rea, will deliver a lecture on the mis-
sionary work in that far away land to-
night. at Mount Vernon Place NJ. T.
Church South, under auspices of the
Epworth League Union. Mr.. Collyer has
spent a number OF years in the far East.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
Train wreckerS Copfc...

Wilkesbarrc. Pa. Dec. l2-Michael
Miller and Ellis Sherman, who were ar
rested g for attempting to wreck the
Pennsylvania flyer by placing stones upon
the track, confessed to-day that they
were responsible for a number Of at
tempts TO ditch Pennsylvania trains.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
"show Me- Folks to Meet.

Representative William P. Borland will
address the Missouri Society at its Sec
ond meeting OF the season tomorrow
night at the Cochran Hotel. A musical
programme will be given and refresh
ments served. Representative Lloyd Will
preside
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
Re-elect Miners, Union Head.

Pittsburg, Dec. John P. White of
oskaloOsa, Iowa, president of the United
Miners of America, has been Unanimously
reelected, according to returns from the
Pittsburg district received to-day.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
House warming Tomorrow.

The Randle Highlands Citizens Associa-
ton will give a house-warming recep-
ton at the new Randle Highlands public
school Saturday night. Speakers will be
present from Congress. the Chamber of
Commerce, Board of Trade, and Board
of Education
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
To Cure Headache

You must first remove the cause Most
headaches are caused by a disordered
stomach. Hons Lemon Seidlitz will put
your stomach in the pink Of condition
and cure your headache in few min
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13

The United ststessN GrAt Britain. and Gemaly
together produce n1s than % per cent Of tho
worlds cusI
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-13
EDUCATIONAL.
MRS. EMILY FREcH BARNES

CIeveIand's mentally deficient children
may be sent to study classes on the city's
bauper farm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-11
MAY HAVE AUTO THIEVES
Queens Detectives Arrest Two
Young Men for Stealing Car.

With the arrest early Sunday morning
OF two young men by Detectives Krum-
mel White and Lord. Of the Queens De-
tective Bureau, the police believe they
have solved several most daring thefts
of automobiles. The men arrested are
JohE Hcinstadt. OF No. PSI Lefferts ave-
nue., Richmond Hill, and Frank Ebert OF
No. 22l Ward street Richmond Hill. The
prisoners were arralgned in the Jamaica
court and held for examination.
Several cars have mysteriously disap-
peared from garages In the Richmond
Hill section lately. One car. belonging to
j. l.. Cummings was taken, dismpt!ed
and parts sold TO junk dealers. Heinstadt
IS under bail for alleged completely I'm that
job. Another car, belonging to Mr..
Markert, OF Richmond Hill, was taken
one night. and was later returned, show
ing signs OF hard usage.
Saturday morning when Paul H. irwin,
of Church street and Lefferts avenue,
Richmond Hill. went 10 his garage 20 get
his machine he found ii gone. II was a
new car. valued at $500 and painted an odd
shade OF blue. From this description the
detectives got busy and found that car
answering IL had been left I'm stable at
Woodbine street and St. Nicholas avenue.
They waited for developments, and
early yesterday morning Ellert and Helm
stadt showed up and were arrested. They
denied any knowledge OF the taking OF
the car or Of any intention OF coming for
II when arrested.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-11
FIGHT STARTS BAD FIRE
Tarrytown Police Chief Tips
Over Lamp in Making Arrest.

In arrestlng Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Rus
sell. negroes, who live in the Peek-a-boo
apartments. Tarrytown, yesterday morn
ing the police got into rough and tumble
match with Russell, during which n table
was knocked over. causing an oil lamp 10
explode
Chief Bowles, In trying to carry out a
burning sofa, was caught In the room and
had TO escape by n window. The fire de-
partment was called out, all expresses and
local trains on the Central were held up
an hour and the apartment was practically
destroyed
Russell had his wife on the floor chok-
Ing her when the police arrived. In the
scrmmage the lamp was upset, and the
flames spread So rapidly that the police
had 10 get out in "A hurry. Chief BOwles
tiled TO throw out the burning sofa. but
II became wed8ed I'm the door He had
TO Jump through n window. The depart
ment had to fight the flames for an hour.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-11
BIG BUYER IN TROPICS
U. S. Imported $3.50, 100000
from There Last Year.
From The Tribune Bureau. !

Washington, Nov. 1O-Tropical and
sub-tropical products which entered con-
tinental United States In the fiscal year
Of 1912 were valued at 100000. accord
ing TO figures prepared by the statistical
division OF the Bureau OF Foreign and
Domestic Commerce.
OF the grand total Of three-quarters OF
a billion dollars worth OF tropical and
sub-tropicaI products brought into the
country, more than one-halt was food
stuffs. sugar alone amounting in value to
practically 100000 coffee, more than
500. OO0.UO: fruits and nuts 100000; tea,
$1,000 go; cocoa and chocolate, $500, 90;
olive oil. $4,000: spices. S5OoJ,0o0, and
rice. nearly 10000. on the manufact-
urers materials imported. india rubber
amounted TO practically 100000; raw
silk SO.GO0Oo tobacco. $4,000; fbros.
s3iCJO 900; cotton, S22.ooO0 90; vegetable oils,
100000; gums. Sll,0oO.Ooo. and cork and
manufactures thereof, $4,000
The principal contributors OF this $50
10000 worth OF tropical and sub-tropicGl
merchandise brought into the country are
Brazil. from which the imports last year
were sl2i,O0oo in value. almost exclu-
sively tropical products: Cuba. 100000:
Mexico. $G5,DO.OCD: British Irdia, sjl000,0m:
Straits Settlements, S22,UJcVo Central
America. slS,ccO.CCo; Egypt NL0oJ,ccD; the
Dutch East Indies. Sli,Jco0; Colombia.
al, 10000; Venezuela. sll.cOooOo, and Peru,
100000. From our own islands the value
Is: From Hawaii. {55,OoovD; Porto Rico,
sl3 CJCOO. and the Philippines, 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-11
HONOR DEAD MAIL CARRIER
Hundreds of East Siders Attend
Little Johnny's" Funeral.

East Side business men mingled with
uniformed mail carriers at the grave OF
their mutual friend, Little Johnny Duff
I'm. yesterday afternoon in Cypress Hills
Cemetery. Little Johnny" whose real
name was John w Dufln. had carried
mail on one route-along East Broadway,
Canal and Orchard streets-for thirty
seven Of his sixty-six years. Everybody
knew him, from the graybeards down to
the children.
He went TO work at Station B, at At
torney and Grand streets, when Post
master T. NJ. Morgan was clerk there
and when the district was filed with irish
people In his time he saw scores OF the
East Side merchants rise from little cellar
stores 10 seven and eight story loft build
ings.
lie was taken I'll a few days ago, and
died last Friday at his home, No. ~
Richmond street, Brooklyn. His heart
had been troubling him this last year, and
sometimes he said he would have to give
Up his route, but the merchants always
prevailed on him TO keep on while
longer.
There were about 400 merchants and
100 uniformed carriers under command
OF superintendent William l.. Baldwin, Of
Station y, at the funeral.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-11
SLAVE CLEW IN INITIALS LIVED TO THANK RESCUER
MontCIair Mayor Finds Man
Who Saved Him % Years Ago.
NECK BROKEN IN DIVING
Boy Pulled Him from Water
Curious Parallel to Case
of Walter Duryea.

Montclair. y. j., Nov. 10.-Mayor Ernest
G. Hinck was as pleased to-day as II he
had found a long lost brother because he
had ascertained the identity OF the person
who twcuty-eight years ago saved his life
at Sea Girt.
Thursday the Mayor. who had just come
through a successful campaign for re-
election, went To Atlantic City to recuper-
ate. lie put up at the Chalfonte, and yes
tCrday during a conversation with Dr.
Richard Cole Newton, OF Montclair.
member Of the state Board Of Health, and
Samuel Leeds. the proprietor Of the hotel.
mention was made Of the narrow escape
from death that the Mayor had expert
enccd. when, as boy. he dived into
shallow water at Sea Grit and fractured
one Of the upper vcrtcbrE OF his spine.
Mayor Hinck told how he had lain un-
conscious in the water until dragged out
by a boy. whose Identity he had since
valnly cudeavored TO learn.
Mr.. Leeds interrupted to say: Why, ]
am the boy that rescued you"
The hotel man then gave his version OF
the episode, and proved that he was the
person who had rescued tho unconscious
diver. Mr. Leeds at the time was twelve
years old
The Mayors recovery from the accident
was regarded as almost miraculous. He
fingered Tor weeks between life and death,
but By q surgical operation his broken
neck was set and adjusted. His physical
condition Is shown by the fact that he
took a ten-mile walk after learning Mr..
Leeds's story.
II is regarded as a curious coincidence
here that after the death OF Walter Dur
yea, who lived for ten years with a broken
neck, he should acquire the latter's large
estate In the northern part OF this town,
and that. also, he should have purchased
another large plot In the south end OF the
town which Mr. Duryea planned TO buy.
but which he was prevented from pur-
chasing by his death, more than year
ago
Miss Eleanor Peregrin, who nursed Mr..
Duryea. and who inherited the bulk OF
his wealth. has purchased from Mayor
Hiuck two large houses which the latter
erected on the tract which Mr. Duryea in
tended to acquire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-11
CHINATOWN THANKSGIVING
Rescue Society Will Receive Aid
Toward It's Annual Dinner.

The Rescue Society is preparing for the
annual Thanksgiving dinner which ii
gives I'm the mission at Nos and Z
Doyers street, where the Chinese Theatre
once was situated. In the past dinners
have been served to about one thousand
men each year. The work of the society
Is not among the Chinese. but extends TO
those of other natiOnalities who are to be
found in the neighborhood of that part OF
the city popularity known as Chinatown.
The society has found In serving
Thanksgiving dinners to those whom It
reaches that many, stirred by memories
Of former days, have decided to lead bet
ter lives. Those who wish TO assist the
society may do so by contributing pro-
visions or funds, which may be sent 10
the Office OF the society, at No. 126 Bible
House, Aston Place. Prompt acknowledge
ment will be made by the superintendent
and secretary, Thomas ]. Noonan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-11
BRITISH RIDERS ARRIVE
Four Will Take Part in the
Horse Show.

Four British army officers who will ride
al the horse show at Madison Square
Garden arrived here yesterday on the
Cunard liner Caronia, from Liverpool
Their mounts arrived here last week on
the Atlantic transport liner Minnewaska.
Colonel Paul A. Kenna, late OF the 2lst
IAncers, has ridden here twice before.
This year he will ride Dan Leno and
Blakestown. Captain Meryyn Crawshay'
OF the 9Th Dragon Guards, will try for
prizes with Sue and Princess Charlotte.
IIutenant Robert VI. Stewart Richardson,
OF the 18th Hussars, will ride Harmony
and Cheri
Captain Campbell f. Babcock. OF the
Queens Guards. will also participate in
the events with jumpers. The army men
went TO Lakewood yesterday TO try their
mounts, which have been cared for in the
stables OF George J. Gould.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-11

All Four to Testify for Them
selves in Herman RosenthaI
Murder Case.
KEEP "SURPRISE" A SECRET
Defence to Occupy Four Days
and Prosecution Three
Whitman Will Inquire
About Becker.

The four gunmen-"Gyp" the Blood.
Lefty Louie, "Dago" Frank and
Whitley Isewis-will take the stand I'm
their own behalf In an attempt to prove
TO the satisfaction of twelve jurors that
they are innocent of the murder of Her
man Rosenthal Their attorney. Charles
G. F. Wahle, IN announcing last night
that his clients would go on the stand.
said:
we do not try to paint the four young
men whom the newspapers describe as
gunner as angels or even missionaries.
but we will prove that they had nothing
10 do with the murder of Herman Rosen-
thai"
Mr.. Wahle made the announcement af-
ter being closeted with his clients for
eight hours lie had luncheon with them,
eating sandwiches and drinking coffee
that messenger brought in.
When District Attorney Whitman was
informed OF the plan Of the gunmen's
counsel, he said nothing could please him
more than to have one or all Of the four
followers Of Jack" Zelig take the witness
chair
Not only will they ne examined on
their own part in the crime" said the
District Attorney, but they will be asked
about their relations with Becker and Of
his connection with Herman RosenthaPs
murder"
Both sides expressed confidence in the
outcome from their respective points Of
view
My clients" said ex-Judge wahle
will eat their Thanksgiving dinners in
their homes"