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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-28
with sweet peas. which was an importa

adjunct in the nuptial picture.
 Miss Archibald was a charming bride, fragile, exquisite and moving with sweet dignity Her robe was made of heavy brocaded satin with a court train. Sim plicity of outline. in keeping with the richness of the fabric, made it most dis tnctive. The bodice was garnitured with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-28
"Pietro,' Cle0er Wizard of the
 Accordion, Tells How He Does It

Remarkable Atmosphere and An Immense Amount of Temper ament-Young Italian Who Studied the Piano and Then Evolved the Idea of Inventing An Instrument Which
 Resulted in the Piano Accordion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-28

He play in de Alhambra Theatre dere, and he play in a-all de dg-a cee-ties. He's greatr'
 And how did you happen to wander
 way down here in Dixieand?" I asked, at which inquiry Pietro looked as bliss fully ignorant concerning Dixieland as if had mentioned the Azores or Ram schatska, or any other remote place on the globe.
 1T play out in de San Francisco" he said presently, for a yeara, and den I go to de New York-a town. too, but my brudder, we"
 Separator I helped out.
 NO, split-ta,' he said quickly. we get-ta more money dis-sa way We first played togedder out in de San Fran
 cisco. l played de piano and lie de
 strument, and we call 1t de Piano. Ac-
 cordion. De instrument dat I playa
 Is de first dat ever been made in dis America. Somebody say I have nc
 scenery In my Vaudeville Act. but l carry two of desc instruments along
 wid me and I say I have $100 worth
 of scenery. Mirabile! Eh? l say dat Is
 some scenery, as you say over here. '' Then the Piano. Accordion is really your own invention?" I said quickly. We take-a de two instruments-de
 piano and de Accordion. and we make-a l de one instrument out of it." said | Pietro in his most explanatory tone. We do not spoil one wid de other we joost-a exchange and, as we say in the other country. cambio non furto,
 and so we make-a one instrument out of de two. Dere ees tree and half octaves on de keyboard of dis Ac-
 cordion, and 1S0 notes dat is played wid de other hand"
 Then it is case of not letting your right hand know what your left hand is doing" I quoted inquisitiyely. l Ut 'ees de difficult thing to do-playing de grand operas on de Accordion said Pietro. 'I play 16 oyertures and all de | operatic selections you wish to hear. play de rag time, because de Americans dey. like it, and de popular comic operas airs. too. I ikea de classical music. like I play in Italy, in Turino. where my
 brudder and I was born. An. dere is de
 place to hear de beautiful musics. It is de finest in de world.''
 Tt must have required years of hard study to acquire the technique you have?'' l suggested.
 "All my life I study de musics." said he softly. q practice-a piacere-for it has always been a pleasure instead of work. I always love it. so it Is my llfei' Did you always mean to go on the stage?" I asked.
 Che sara, sara said Pietro, in his
 native tongue. T couldn't help it. II
 had to bel I love my musics, and why not?"
 His philosophy was almost as good as his Music, and as he bowed his respects and said .in his soft Italian way. "A rive derci," accorded myself the privilege oi speculating on what the future of this clever young man would be with so much music in his heart and in his mind and in
 his soul !.
 Visitors 10 de New York-a town in the days to come may expect to see the name of "Pietro' flashed out in brillian, electric letters as a. Head Liner" at the or1da Ia of ho lie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-28
MID-LENTEN NEWS OF
 WOMEN AND SOCIETY

Bridal Notes.-The Huffman Ward Wedding Last NghtMis Archibald Weeds MT Haley of Nashville-Luncheon Parties at Country Club-Other News of Moment to Women.
 Miss Vernon Marks to Wed MT Scott of Canada
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-28

CONTINUED ON LAST PACED
The Washington herald., 1912-11-08
The Four Voting Distrcts-Each District Will Have Like Awards

OF North Capitol Street. south or U
Street. and the west side OF South Capt.
tcl street. down the river.
DISTRICT No = comprises the entire
territory east OF ana including the east
side OF North Capitol and South Capitol
Streets. the east side or Harewood Road,
and the east side OF Third street North
east. from the intersection OF HARDWOOD
Road northward. This district embraces
Brookland and Randle Highlands.
The object Of the contest ID to stimu-
late business and to direct the purchas-
ing public to those concerns where they
can get the best returns for their money
The effect Of the competition will be to
increase newspaper advertising. to make
the public acquainted with the leading
retail merchants and manufacturers op-
Grating in the city. and to educate the
public to patronixe these enterprising es-
tablishments. The Herald recommends
every establishment and product which
will be ADVERTISED In connection with the
contest
special qualifications are necessary to en-
ter. II you have enough spirit to desire
any Of the 80 articles which are to be
awarded. you have the making Of . win
ner In you. Il II astonishing what
person can really do when he sets his
mind upon accomplishing . certain end.
You are not asked to spend . cent In
the contest. You are not asked to solicit
single thing. All that b required Of
you II to read The Herald carefully svery
day. patronixe the special msnchants and
manufa cturers who advertise to givs
votes In this contest. and obtain the CO.
operation Of your friends -. your Per.
sonal campaign. Does that require any
special gift from the gods?
You cannot afford to delay IN the mat.
ter. The contest IL now started. Start
early on your quest for votes Send In
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The city ha= been divided into four
voting districts. and each will have its
own set OF awards. This II for the puf-
pose OF equanxing the dtstribution Of
awards among the people OF the dinerent
sections OF the city.
The four set OF awards viii be iden-
teal, and will be given to the contest
ants in the various districts procuring
the greatest number OF votes. Tnis
makes the contest practically four sepa-
rate competitions. In addition to these
awards there Will be grand award Of
p,oW house ana lot 10 the contestant
with the greatest number OF votes In the
entire District OF Columbia. irrespective
OF voting districts.
The district divisions have reference
merely to the awards and in no wise re-
late TO the methods OF obtaining votes.
Contestants may procure votes in any
part Of the city. Irrespective OF whether
the merchants which they patrontxs are
In their voting districts or not
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE CON-
TEST DIsTRICfs,
DISTRICT No. I comprises the en-
tire territory west OF Eighteenth street
This includes the houses along ths west
side Of the street.
DISTRICT No. Il bounded By ana
Street, the District line on the nortn. the
north side Of U Street. the west side
OF North Capitol Street. north to Michi.
gan Avsnus: the north side OF Michigan
Avsnus 70 Harewood Road. the west sids
Of HARDWOOD Road. north to Third street
N06SnWest, ana the west side OF that
STREET.
DISTRICT No. ) comprises the territory
directly south OF District No. .. and y
bounded by ana includes the east side
OF Eighteenth street. south OF U stree:
the south side Of Street the west SIDE
The Washington herald., 1912-11-08

your nomination blank At ono, 50 that
you may be registered a. . pntestans
and you may receive Loo woes ~ .
starter
vertisements appear In connecton with
the contest. II is only by q stict ad-
herence to this principle that ,ou will
come to success. Whoever you ire you
have just as good a CHARGE now TOR one
of the $50 articles as your neigbor. It
IL altogether a question OF wh& takes
the greatest interest in the contef. The
man who sets in his mind upon thinning
. certain article and backs up hi3desiro
by honest effort should be amo& the
victorious at the end OF the six ubnthsf
competition
The Washington herald., 1912-11-08
RULES or THE
CONTEST.

Every contestant should b familiariy
acquainted with the rules and conditions
governing the contest. They should be
strictly adhered to. Read them carefully
and observe them in letter and spirit.
They are ~ follows:
L Any reader Of The Herald may NOM
mate himself or another person by filling
out the nomination blank and sending II
to The Advocate: or. II he has not the
nomination blank at hand. by forwarding
the name. address, and telephone num-
Der, II any. Of the person placed In
nomination. Upon acceptance. proper
notification will be made. and Loo votes
win be credited to the contestant ~ .
starter"
2. Merchants and manufacturers CO.
operating in the contest. employees Of the
firms. members Of their families, and
employees Of The Washington Herald and
members Of their families are barred
from competing.
Z. In case of tie votes. the article In
volved viii bc sold and the proceeds
equally divided among the contestants
tying.
l. Contestants are requested to send
their votes to The Advocate ~ often ~
possible. Persons may cast votes for any
Of the contestants. but those once sent
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IN cannot. b transferred to the credit o:
another person.
{ Votes can b obtained only by. pat.
ronizing the nrms and products advsf-
tised IN connection with the contest.
& The Washington Herald reserves the
right to introduce rev advertisers ae any
time during the contest Contestants
should watch the paper every day for
these changes. Tho advertisement OF any
retail merchant or manufactured product
may b Withdfawn At any time By Tha
Washington Herald for good reason. In
such event votes will not Be counted for
the nrm after the date that the adver.
tisement 10 dropped
T. Contestants may compete only Tor
the articles to b awarded In their r.
spective districta
& Candidates are not restricted to
their districts. however. In the matter OF
securing votes Votes may be procured
in any section Of the city and cast for
any contestant. regardless Of districts
.. The contest n now on and continues
until Il o'clock (midnighO. February .
1918.
10 The relative standing Of contest
ants. as well as any changes In the rules
governing the contest. viii oppsar IN
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The Washington herald., 1912-11-08
Watch for
7 New
Advertisers
Who
Join the
| Contest

Xsep your eyes open. More sld
more manufacturers and mereha1k
are falling in line every day. ~
The Washington Herald therssehl
to keep posted on these new sppor
tuaitles to secure votes.
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Contestants are putting forth their utmost
efforts, leaving nosstoae unturDed
to boost their standing.
Everybody's Interested il the Display Of
Awards and Merchandise.


and
ing favorable The $25ooo Contest is unusuaso big and
talk the
Contestants keener
Manufacturers retailers cooperating the report eyneasng de-
mand for over
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
SCORES COST OF LIVING.
Massachusetts Executive Puts Blam,
for Textile Strike.

Massachusetts Executive Puts Blame
for Textile Strike.
Boston-The fundamental cause of
the textile strike at Lawrence is the
high cost Of living. according to Gov
ernor Foss, in letter to Representa-
tive Oscar w. Underwood, Democratic
leader of the house. Governor Foss
urges the immediate removal of the
duty from foodstuffs and other neces-
saries of life. The letter says in
part:
"Back of whatever local cause there
may be for this strike, involving 3d.
600 operatives, the fundamental cause
is the high cost Of living, from which
the working people of all sections of
the country now suffer, due in large
part to the present excessive tariff.
''The present strike in Massachu-
sets will be settled within the state,
but the high cost of living can only be
remedied by the prompt action of con-
gress, and until congress acts, the
working PEG pie can hope for no per-
manent relief"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
Larger Fleet Desired.

n Washington, D. C.-Representative
humphrey, of Washington, appeared
OVlOre the house naval committee and
urged that measures be taken to in
'i ie the size of the feet on the Pa
eifc Coast.
q, ne e declared that the completion of
. st fanama canal would not only solve
.Hs problem and demonstrated by
raal'S That it is farther from the
t taua1a canal to Puget Sound than
tb.. Japan to Seattle, WASH, and
tb a' M oil american fleet assembled at
WIG, WIG racine end of the canal could not
1.asn fuget Sound. as quick as the
O, taaeSe or any other feet from the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
FLAG DAYS DESIGNATED.
Chicago Mayor Wants Stars and
Stripes Displayed Oftener.

Chicago Mayor Wants Stars and
Stripes Displayed Oftener.
Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison
is of the opinion that there is not suffi-
cient display Of the United States
flag.
In letter directed to those in
charge of any city building the mayor
names IL days on which he says the
flag should be displayed. These are:
Lincoln's birthday, February IL;
anniversary of the sinking of the
Maine, February Is; Washington 3
birthday, February %; anniversary of
the battle of Lexington, April 10 I;
Memorial day, May 80; flag day, June
ID; anniversary Of the battle Of Bun
ker Hill, June IT; Independence day,
July A; Columbus day, October IL;
anniversary of the battle of Saratoga,
October II; anniversary of the sur
render of Yorktown, October 10: an
niversary of the evacuation of York
town, November Is.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
APPLE BOX BILL IN.
SuIzer Revives Lafean Scheme to
Standardize Packages.

Washington, D. Representative
Sulzer, of New York, has introduced
in the house bill similar to the La
fean bill of the last congress, which
attempts to standardize the size of
boxes used in shipping apples, the
purpose being to discriminate against
Oregon and other Western apples that
new dominate Eastern markets and
command prices far in excess of those
paid for Eastern apples.
The Sulzer bill does not stipulate
the dimensions of apple boxes, but
says that the STANDARD boxes shall
have capacity of not less than 2, 352
cubic inches.'
If the bill was confined solely to
liking the size of standard boxes, it
would have no difficulty, but it also
undertakes to fix standard grades of
apples, and this feature of the bill
may operate to defeat the measure.
There will be hearings on the bill
@on' and Western representatives
Will arrange to oppose it.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
Man Blind; Don't Know II.

Los Angeles. Robert Atkinson,
the Helena, Mont, young man who
shot out both eyes about three weeks
ago, when he attempted to commit
suicide, has so far recovered at the
county hospital that he will be able to
leave that institution this week.
Atkinson does not know that he has
been blinded for life. He fails to re-
member the shooting. Mrs. Atkin-
son, the mother, will arrive in Los
Angeles soon to take her son home.
Atkinson said: I'm going to leave
here and employ a specialist. MY.
but wouldn't it be awful to be blind
all your life?''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
ZIIAN PRESIDENT
Of new REPUBLIC
,,,,, Warning That Mistakes
'''' May Be Made.
o,;nces Fear to Have Him
RoYs' o Pekin-Resistance to
Rebels Discontinued.

II an interview here Yuan
sbi Kai said: onou;onoo -
..nb1ican government will make
''ps errors. Having been elected
many l;aort of the republic, I will un-
s.rtake the task assigned to me-
w., WAN said he had great admiration
~ Sun Vat Sen, who has shown
' ~. to be true patriot.
hli Vusn is determined not to 60 to
,, ilin and is endeavoring to per-
Ns ads the Marking assembly that his
'ua aarce is not necessary, at the same
p !',0 nointing out the dangerous posi-
. siI;t that the monarchial party may
pH,s, sror to re-establish itself in
snu ~ar He also told them of the
tgs Sr situation in Manchuria,
s.ssrs foreign intervention was prob
'Hs # control were relaxed. There
a ar' is danger, he considers, of anar-
' 'sr in the northern provinces and the
My troops are difficult to control.
'1 The princes of the imperial court
ore beseeching Yuan Shi Kai not to
lssve Pekin, fearing that something
viii happen to the court, which trusts
onjv to him for its safety and for the
fnldIment of the pledges given by the
republic
varied than he has been for some
time. He apparently believes that
the Marking assembly cannot stand in
tbe way of the country on the question
Of the choi:e of capital. He has is
med an order for the northern army
to cease its opposition to the Republi-
can troops, who are now permitted in
the northern territories with absolute
freedom.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23

All Officers Of Structural Iron
workers Under Arrest.
Association Cannot Give Bail for An
and Many Are IN Jail--Hsid
on 100 Counts.

indianapolis - The United States
government has arrested almost all Of
the % men indicted in the dynamite
conspiracy cases.
It took into custody within . few
hours virtually the entire official star
OF the international Association Of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
including the chief officers, the mem.
bers Of the executive board and about
~ business agents and former bust
ness agents. These included Frank
M. Ryan, the president; John T. But
Ter, Of Buffalo, N. Y, the first vice
president, and Herbert 8. Hockin, the
second vice president and successor Of
J. J. McNamara as secretary-t reasur-
er. Each of these men was required
to give $40, 900 bonds for his appear
ance for arraignment here with all the
other defendants on March IL.
More than 40 of the men, chiefly
labor union officials, who are charged
with conspiring to destroy by dyna-
mite or nitro-glycerine the property of
employers of non-union labor, are un-
der arrest.
These men are accused of being &C.
completes of the McNamaras and Or
tie McManigal in the dynamite plots
that were begun in Massachusetts, in
1905, and, including nearly 100 ex-
plosions, were scattered over the
country for six years, resulting,
among other outrages, in the dyna-
hitting of the Los Angeles Times
building and in an attempt to blow up
President Taft's special train near
Santa Barbara, CAL, last October.
Fourteen of those indicted are each
required to furnish $40, 900 bonds, and
40 are each required to furnish SIS, 900
bonds, making an aggregate bond re-
quired of $34O, 900. Some of those
whom the government was unable to
find were reported to have disap-
peared through fear of inability to
furnish bonds. 1t was intimated that
the Iron Workers association would
be unable to furnish security for it's
indicted members.
The Indictment on which all the
men were arrested was made public.
It charges all "a men with conspiracy
to violate the statutes forbidding the
carrying Of explosives on passenger
trains, details Al transportations
charged as overt acts, and names
'Ortie E. McManigal, the McNamaras
or Herbert S. Hockin in each act, but
does not specify the part taken by the
other defendants.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
Farmers Fight For Cars.

Regina, Sask. In a pitched battle
among 100 Galician, French and
Doukhobor farmers at Blaine Lake,
one Doukhobor suffered broken skull
and it is said he will die.
Stones, clubs, bottles and whips
were used by the combatants in the
fight, which was over the possession
of grain cars.
Two hundred cars are needed at
Blaine Lake to carry off the surplus
grain and only scattering few ar
rived there. As the first man reach
ing the car is entitled to have his
grain carried away in it, there was q
general rush Of farmers when the cars
pulled in.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
FARM z :!.l!5 ORCHARD
Noes and agricultural Colleges and Expeanf Ssaou

production OF timber and for the
projection Of streams for all time
oregon has the opportunity of &C.
curing a forest of no mean extent
the simple expedient of EXCHANGING
scattered sections of land for land
IN compact body. For the future
WelIare OF the state it is to be hoped
tnat no obstacle may arise to pre-
vent state and federal officials from
fer.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
ALARMED AT UPRISING.
Durango Appeals TO Diplomatic Ren
resentatives for pro,.c.;..

Durango Appeals to Diplomatic Ran.
resentatives for Projection.
Mexico City Spread Of rebellion il
MEXICO is shown BY dispatches re-
celved here. The rebels have overrun
the Laguna district in Coabuila and
appeared in the states Of Durango.
zacatecas and Guanajuato.
In the south Zapatistas cort;rre
their campaign and in Guerrero fol.
lowers Of Jesus Salgado are showino
remarkable activity. The govern.
ment repeatedly has said the Saleado
uprising was virtually ended.
In chihuahua, Antonio Roias and
Braulio Hernandez continue to evade
government troops. On the other
hand, General Orozco. has persuaded
the rebels at Cases Crandes to omit
hghtlng, according to an official dis
patch. -
In the state Of Durango the rebel
ranks have been filled for the most
part by field hands who have ioined
looting the haciendas on which thew
have been employed. The consuls in
the city OF Durango, capital Of the
states, sent messages to their diplo-
matte representative in Mexico CITY.
appealing to them for additional mill
tary protection.
In the state Of Zacatecas the rebel
outbreak is characterized, as it is in
the south, by raiding and footing. In
many instances the mobs commit their
depredations to the cry Of "Vive
Zapate.''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23
MAKE WASTE sALEkDLE..
Mysterious invention ! Beats Rubber
for Insulation.

Il tVU tUoOsOuOUss
Philadelphia - An invention that
| will turn waste Of the world into sale
able commodities with illimitable
commercial possibilities has been
made by q Philadelphia, who're as
sertion that he can take any waste fib-
rous substance and BY his secret pro-
cess make Of it q substitute for hard
rubber equal to and, in many in
stances, superior to hard rubber it.
self, is backed by electrical and me-
chanical engineers Of international
note.
Before q score Of experts from all
the big electrical, mechanical and rub
Der manufactures Of the country this
new substance was tested at the Phil
adelphia Commercial museum in De-
cember last. This test was surround
ed with the utmost secrecy by those
who participated in it and it was not
until now that those tests, astonish-
ingly successful, became known. Not
only can the inventor make q substi-
tute for hard rubber superior to it,
but he can also make fiber, porcelain,
cork and horn.
1t was the rubber substitute and
fiber that received the attention Of the
experts at the recent test. Among
those who were present were George
R. Henderson, of New York, q me-
chanical engineer Of international rep
utation; Ernest S. Rowe, an electrical
engineer Of note; Herman Van Fleet,
a mechanical engineer, who is identi-
fed with the Rockefeller interests,
and Professor Worral E. S. Temple,
all of whom have staked their reputa-
lions on their findings.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-23

Phoenix, Ariz. Governor G. w. F.
Hunt. the newly installed executive OF
Arizona, created q mild furore just
after he had subscribed to the oath OF
Office by refusing to occupy . review
ing stand built BY non-union laboring
men. The governor and his party re-
tired to the capitol building to look ct
the parade while another stand was
being erected by union men. After
it had been completed the governor
and his friends took seats upon the
platform and remained until the par
ade was over.