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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-09-26
Mikado's Funeral Cost Million

Mikado's Funeral Cost Million
Tokio.-When all bills are paid, 1t
is estimated the late mikado's funeral
will have cost $1,OOO,OOO. At the same
time the country is so poor that even
day laborers pay income taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-04
CARRIERS OF POLICEMEN
WORN AT OWN RISK
Are Officially Declared to Be Not
Part Of Regulation
Uniform.

The garter worn by bicycle policemen,
it has been officially decided, is not a
part of the regulation uniform Bicycle
men. as most Washngtonians know, wear
the knickerbocker uniform. With this
style of dress they have to wear long
stockings, of course, necessitating the
employment of some device to ''hold 'em
up" Most of them have been using an
ordinary strip of elastic around the top
of the stocking, just above the knee.
Not long ago Bicycle Policeman Wood
of the fifth precinct was injured by the
constant use of this means Of keeping
his stockings smooth and unWrinkled.
making it necessary for him to have a
costly operation performed on the in
jured limb. When the time came to settle
the bill Wood sent the account in to
headquarters. believing that his injuries
were received in the line of duty, in that
his trouble had been caused by a part
of what he thought was the uniform
prescribed by the regulations.
After a careful consideration of the
the opinion that Wood would have to
pay for the operation himself. as the gar
ter, the source of all the trouble, was
not a part of the police uniform.
Maj. Sylvester. chief of police, coin
cided with DR.. Richards views. All of
the precincts in the city have been mott
fed that this form of hose supporter.
not officially frowned upon, but the use
of some other means of preventing an
unSeemly gap between trOuser and stock
ing is strongly recommended.
The members of the bicycle squad are
now hopefully waiting for suggestions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-04
GEN. BLISS D|SAPPROVES
FINDINGS ON W|DD|F|ELD
Reviews Case of Army Officer
Recently Tried by
Court-Martial.

capt Samuel ". Widdficld, Ioth
United States Infantry. recently trled
ny court-martial. was found not guilty OF
the charge of having retained the pay
OF an enlisted man and guilty or the
charge of having duplicated his pay &C
counts, but without criminal intent. IN
his review of the case. Gen Bliss, COM
handing the department of the Atlantic.
said that a careful study of the record
fails to disclose the process of reasoning
nv which the court arrived at its YER
dict.
There IS no question" said he, that
the accused retained in his possession
small sum of government money Tor a
long time after the same should nave
been deposited with a paymaster. Such
action, even where there is an absence OF
conversion, in the opinion of the review
ing authority Is conduct to the prejudice
of good order and military discipline. The
finding on the first specification is, there
fore disapproved. AS to the second and
third specifications, the defense did not
attempt to prove more than state Of
mental worry and strain, but even If
fully substantiated such a condition does
not justify a wrongful act. The accused
was not charged with an attempt to de-
fraud the persons 70 whom he trans
ferred the pay accounts. and the Tact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-04

Of current interest. The last named,
based on so comprehensive a collection,
and an efficient photographic apparatus.
save to the institutions they reach-and
they are distributed widely-much ex-
pense of independent labor. And what
are termed Catalogues" often represent
not merely laborious and scholarly. but
original research. They are contributions
to knowledge. Such, for instance recent
ly issued are the catalogue of Orchestral
Music the List of Geographical At
lases." and the Guide to the Law and
Legal Literature of Germany" The praise
of these by specialists is a high compliment
not merely to the library but to the gov
eminent; and well excuses the quotations
of it given in the report.
Card System.
The most momentous-in it's conse-
uuences-of the library's enterprises in
publishing is, however. its system or
catalogue cards, sets of which are de-
posted in certain representative instl-
tutions, and copies of which may be
bought, at cost. by any library or indi-
vidual They cover some $1,000 titles a
wear, and the sales alone during the past
wear exceeded 100000 copies. AS the
price averages but cent a copy-as
against an estimated average Of at least
90 cents in the expense of cataloguing a
book and as much more for printing, II
the recipient library should undertake to
print, it is evident that the saving to
the LOO libraries participating in the
benefit of these cards far exceeds the cost
to the government and, therefore. to the
country of buying the book Of bought
and of producing the original card. In
fact. it would justify the purchase of the
book for the mere sake of cataloguing 1t,
even If it were never used by a reader.
The library is thus reported. In meas
ure a central cataloguing bureau for the
entire country. But this function is but
a byproduct of processes necessary for
it's own administration and direct service
The volume of the operations involved in
these processes is exhibited In various
sections of the report dealing with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-04

before the court for consideration was
simply the making and delivery of the
vouchers Nor does the fact that the
motive of the accused was puerile prop
erly render the acts without criminallty
In the opinion of the reviewing authority
the court. by proper finding and SEN
tence, should have expressed a condem-
nation of the acts of making and trans
ferrng duplicate pay accounts, and II
the circumstances were such that the
punishment should be light and correct
i've ONLY the court should have submitted
it's views in a recommendation for Glenn
ency. On the record as 1t stands the
reviewing authority must express his
emphatic disapproval of the apparent
view of the court that the giving of Il
duplicate set of pay vouchers is not a
violation of the siXty-second article or
war The findings on the second and
third specifications and on the charge
and acauittal are therefore disapproved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-04
WILSON'S AID IN ROW.
Secretary of Governor and Assem-
blyman Square Off for Fight.

TRENTON, n. j., December Aust be-
fore the assemblymen went into the eau
Gus that named Assemblyman Leon Tay-
Tor of Monmouth for speaker of the
house yesterday Joseph p. Tumulty, Sec
rotary of Gov. Wilson. the hacker OF
Charles O'Connor Hennessy, who was de-
feated. almost came to blows with Assem-
blyman Thomas Martin of Hudson. the
defeated candidate for majority leader.
The two met in the corridor of the
statehouse at Trenton.
You're fine fellow" Tumulty said
land you ought to be ashamed of your
work here today"
81 don't have to make any apologies to
YOU snapped back Martin. We're 60
ing to beat you to FRAGILE
Words followed thick and fast. Tumulty
ripped off his coat and Martin squared
off.
Then bystanders dragged the two apart
rushed Tumulty into his coat and pushed
him within the governors office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-04

several divisions. The number or DOCKS
catalogued or recatalogued during the
year. for instance. exceeded l3o'"o; the
number classified $4,000
The library has for some time been IN
possession of a. good foundation in the
literature of Japan, and very consider
able COLLECTION of the literature OF emma,
but until recently it has remained WIN
out attempt at classification or adequate
cataloguing This year the library mas
heen so fortunate as to obtain the serV-
ices of DIR. Hing kwai F'ung, who mas
made a provisional scheme of classlnca-
tion and made an exact ana sclentinc
catalogue of over 1900 volumes Chinese),
embracing the SUBJECTS: Asricui.ule'
botany. horticulture and matera medlca.
Statement of Operations.
The report includes. as usual. a state
ment of the operations of the copyright
office. which shows the registrations
during the year to have been 10000. the
articles deposited 229.OOO and the fees
received $4,000 The latter, added to
the receipts from sales of the printed
cards (S4o.OOO, being covered directly
into the Treasury, Offset by no less than
S15SOOO the appropriations made for the
maintenance of the institution.
The librarian renewS his recommended
ton for a division for the blind. so en-
larged and diversified as to be worthy Of
the federal government and national
library. This proposes not merely addi-
tional books and properly equipped bu-
reau of information. but apparatus upon
which the blind themselves might be
seen at useful work, for which they may
receive pay.
Meantime, however. the collection of
embossed books for a time transferred
to the custody of the Public Library, has
been returned to the Library of Congress.
and the former service resumed there-a
new room being provided for the collec-
ton. but the former pavilion being still
used for such of the entertainments
the musicals) as are held in the even
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-04
Classified and Catalogued.

The documents transferred from the
House of Representatives in 1911 have
been classified and catalogued. and prove
to contain manuscript material Of his
torical value. as many of those that were
printed never passed into public circula-
ton and the originals often show varia-
ton between the manuscript and the
print. This is true of the printed papers
in the impeachment trial of President
johnson.
The development by purchase has in
Guided in certain departments a system
attic scheme of selection favored by oppor-
tunities of the moment, as in history, a
check list recently prepared of serials I'M
portant to the student of European his
tory and in the literature of art and
architecture the advisory counsel of an
outside expert. specially retained The
purchase of the library of Chaplain Hoes,
u. S. N. TetiredD, has AIDED unique col
lection of Spanish war and dependen-
cies' material brought together ION the
spot by collector assidously seeking
and preserving even the pamphlets. cir
culars and brOadsides. which are SO diff
ficult to secure after the event.
Collection of Music.
The music division has been so fortu-
nate as to receive several autograph
scores of American composers. The COM
pOSerS represented are fiOTdtlO fdTheI
Leo r. Lewis. Dudley Buck, Edward
MacDowen and Julian Edwards. Mr.. Ru-
dolph f. Schirmer Of New YORK. gener-
Ously transferred from the firms archives
| to the library a number of selected orig
| inal manuscripts.
| The collections. it is claimed, have now
not merely a dimension, but a scope and
range fitting to a national library. And
| a glance at the service undertaken to
make them widely available indicates how
suitable this title would be. or the title
earlier held tat the suggestion of Presi-
dent Jefferson), THE Library OF the
United States"
For not merely does the library welcome
the investigator to Washington and give
him facilities there. including direct
access, which individualiZes him with a
completeness impossible in a research Ii
| brary in metropolis. hut it lends books
| to him in his own place of residence ano
| investigation. wherever that may be
| issuing them to his local library for his
use The extension of this system awaits
ONLY book or library post, which shall
lessen the cost of transportation.
| In addition. the library reaches out tG
him information of what it contains. Fol
| it is a profuse publisher. 1t issues, fol
instance, not merely catalogues Of specta-
groups. and calendars of manuscripts
but select lists or photographers on topics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-04
HAS OVER 100000
Total Number of Volumes in
Library of Congress.
SHOWN IN ANNUAL REPORT
Collection Chased as One Of Great
est in the World.
MANUSCRIPTS OF INTEREST
Hubbard Request of Prints Trans
ferred to Government-Gifts of
Valuable Papers.
SHOWN IN ANNUAL REPORT
MANUSCRIPTS OF INTEREST

The report of the Librarian of Congress
for the past fiscal year tended June 3O)
has Just been submitted to Congress. AL
though, as usual. it diSclaims, as. in
effect do the reports of the British
Museum and other great research
libraries. any attempt to set forth COM
pletely the state or activities of the Ii
brary. the facts which it gives are suf-
ficiently impressive. In the first place
as to tn mere bulk of the collections
With accessions, during the past year. in
printed books and pamphlets alone of
over 10000 volumes, the total collection
of these has now passed tho 1000 900
mark. Including the manuscripts, maps.
music and prints the collection as a
whole has passed the 3OOO,OOO mark.
The average increase in books and
pamphlets during the past twelve years
has been 5000 volumes. and the total for
that period over 100000 volumes, a
growth exceeding that of the entire pre-
cedinS century.
OF the 10000 volumes added during
the past year some 81, 900 were the result
of copyright, gift. transfer or exchange.
thus coming to the library substantially
without cost. save of service. The obi
cation to this material alone would evil
IDENTIFY justify a considerable establish
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-04
Among the Great Collections.

In mere dimension the library has thus
come to be one of the great collections
| of the world The report indicates, more
over, that it is not to ignore any depart
ment of literature, even those remote
from ordinary affairs. if of interest to
the scholar and investigator. for it notes,
as a most welcome accession of the year,
an important collection of Judaica, given
by Jacob II. Schiff, comprising some
10000 volumes and covering a period OF
| nearly three and half millenniums from
the beginning of Jewish national life to
the present day; and it expresses the
hope that this will develop into a. depart
| ment embracing all Semitica. Other gifts
| of similar import include the collection on
chemistry. alchemy and related topics
70. med by the late DR. Henry Darlington
Bolton. Napoeonic collection gathered
| by Maj. karow and "A collection of the
prints issued by the Imperial Press at
Vienna-presented by the Austro-Iiun-
garian government, and constituting the
| fifth such collection due to the courtesy
| of foreign gOVernmentS-thoSep previously
received having been from France. Ger
| many, Italy and Japan, in that sequence.
The collection of prints will hereafter
be augmented by the income of the Hub
| bard bequest. the principal OF which
100000 has now been transferred to the
government.
The gifts of manuscripts were as usual,
| many and of signal interest. Among them
were the Matthew fOntdlUe MduIy pd-
pers, containing much material illustra-
tive of the development of scientific
knowledge in the United States, of the
diplomatic and naval history of the civil
war, of the attempts to establish a col
ony of Americans in Mexico after the
war, with autograph letters of great in
terest from the Grand Duke Constantine
of Russia Humboldt. Maximilian, Car
lotta and Pope Plus TX. For this valuable
collection the library is indebted to Mrs.
Ma Worth the daughter nf the
late Matthew Fontaine Maury, and others
of his descendants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-04
Other Contributions.

Other important gifts of manuscripts
include some Van Buren, papers from DR..
Stuyvesant Fish Morris and Mrs. Smith
Van Buren,. a notable collection of Mex
lean inquisition papers from David Fer
gusson, Edwin NJ. Stanton papers from
Lewis II. Stanton, the Louise Chandler
Molllton collection of autograph letters
from celebrated English writing poets
and novelists. including three from Rob
ert Browning, one from George Eliot,
one from TennysOn, several from Whit
tier, Walt Whitman and Horace Greeley.
number from George Meredith, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Stedman and others.
Another gift of photographic interest
was that of the manuscript of Thomas
Hardy's "a Group of Noble Danes" re-
ceived through Sydney c. Cockerell Of
Cambridge. England, at the hands of
Luther S. Livingston of New York.
A gift by J. PierpOnt Morgan of a set
of autograph documents Of the signers
of the Declaration of Independence was
received since the close of the fiscal year.
The most important purchases of manu-
scripts We're of the papers of Yturbide,
Emperor of Mexico. 1S22-23, and of the
papers of James Henry Hammond of
South Carolina, a representative in Con-
Sress in 1885 and 1886, governor of the
state from 1872 to 1914, and senator from
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-11
II. n. MILLERIN IN
BURNED BY GAS EXPLOSION

II. H. Mullerin, fireman on one Of
the large locomotives on the conatrue-
tion work Of the Oregon Electric, just
south of the city, was quite badly
burned BY an explosion Of gas as he
lighted the fire In the engine when
beginning work at o'clock yesterday
The supposition is that when he quit
work at noon he did not properly
drain the oil tubes, and that after the
fire was put out sufficient oil ran In
to the flrebax, so that with the heat
there a quantity Of gas was created,
which ignited when an attempt was
made to start the fire. AS soon as
the flames came in contact with the
gas 1t ignited, and the flames almost
completely enveloped the fireman,
who WAS burned on the face, neck and
back OF the hands. Millerin wiif'be
laid up for several days He has a
wife and one child, who live In Port
land, where he will likely go to have
his burns cared for. The accident oc-
Cured near the South Salem bridge.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-11
Governor West Says He Fired
lanes in the Interest Of
Economy Only and to Pre-.
vent Any Possible Defi-
cheney.
BUT SOME OTHER REASONS
James Was Not in Harmony With
the Governor on His Radical .~HOn.
or SYSTEM Refused to Be a Party
to Using Funds Other Than Us Law
PrOvlded-Demurred at Feed Being
Taken From Prison Animals, and
Dozens Of Other TbiHRs,

Protests made by c. W. James, for.
mer superintendent of the peniteh-
tiary, against confirmed criminals be.
ing made "honor men,"
Protests made by him against the
maintenance fund of the institution
being used to pay for their transpor-
tation and rewards for their capture.
Protests made by him against the
bill of fare being increased by the
addition of hot cakes and syrup
Objections made against 40 mules
being fed at the expense of the
state Refusal on his part to violate
the law by paying money to convicts
which belonged to the state.
Briefly stated, these constitute the
reasons for Governor West firing C..
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-11
THIS OFFICE IS ONE
OF sALEMS BUSY PLACES

The offices OF the Great West In
vestment Co., No. 1874 South Liberty
street one Of the busiest places in
Salem. This firm conducts a general
real estate, insurance and loan busl-
ness 1t Is composed Of men who are
thoroughly familiar with every phaze
OF the business and posted on values,
whose reliability and responsibility,
together with courteous treatment,
are no doubt the influences conducive
to the rapidly increasing activities
They cordially invite all those having
property Of any description to sell or
exchange, to call at their Offices.
They have many inquiries daily and
no trouble to dispose Of property at
It's value, The insurance department
Of this hustllng firm Ia special fea-
ture), comprises number Of only
the very best old line companies with
unlimited capital, those that have
stood the test for a half century or
more and no line too excessive for
them to carry and at the lowest rates
and with special privileges. They
own two automobiles and mo trouble
to show goods" A call for Main
1914 will bring one to your door and
at your disposal
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-11
EDUCATIONAL BOARDS
ARE IN CONFERENCE

Regents Bean, Fisher, Miller, IN.
W. DOlph, Ainsworth, Smith, Hamil-
ton, and Friendly, of the U. of o.
and Regents Irvine, Weatherford,
Hawley, Spence, and Wilson of the
o. A. c., with West, olcott and Al
derman of the state board, have been
in session today; with Presidents Kerr
and Campbell, and their secretaries,
to consider ways and means for sup
port Of those state institutions.
Resolutions were adopted by the
U. Of O. regents to instruct a state
law officer to bring the suit against
the referendum on the university ap-
preparations,
The state tax board through Chas
". Galloway, produced statistics
showing ths.s fouE-tenths millage
tax would give each institution an
nual support of sS56,25S. As this re-
port closes, the joint meeting is still
in session.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-11
Baseball
Tomorrow at 3 ID. nj.
Michigan Wildcats
Of Portland,
VS..
Salem League Team
League Grounds

W. James from the position Of SUPER
lntendent Of the state penltentiary.
James has never publicly announced
that they were the reasons, but nel-
ther will he declare now or in the
future, In private or in public, that
they we're not And were It not that
he fears that his act would bring
down on the heads of others, the
avenging hand Of Governor West he
would declare TO the public now that
they were the reasons.
james when he was discharged had
been superintendent Of the penltenti-
ary for over nine years. lie believed
in the parole and honor system" but
in exercising them in conservative
way. Confronted upon the one side
by Governor West who believed IN
carrying the honor system" to the
lipit, and on the other side by War
deh Curtis, who, II he had his way,
would put practically every honor
man" under armed guards, he occu-
pied position between two ex-
tremes.
When Jesse Hall was made an
honor man" James who knew the
desperate character of the man was
not consulted by the governor and
he predicted trouble. Later when
Hall escaped and terrorlzed the val
ley by his acts Of violence, he saw
that prediction fulfilled. Infrequent
ly he was consulted when other des-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-11
DRMENTED, HENRY GREEN
COMMITS SUICIDE

Henry Green, a farmer residing
two and half miles west OF Turner,
committed suicide Friday afternoon
about 1880 by swallowing two ounces
Of carbolic acid. Several members of
the family were with him when the
act was done and Immediately SUM
moned a doctor but he was dead be-.
fore the latter arrived, Those with
him say he became unconscious With
in a few moments after swallowing
the acid. There Is little doubt but
that he was mentally unbalanced, In
fact, since serious Illness some
four years ago, he has shown signs
Of mental arrangement and on sew
eral occasions has expressed the de-
termination to kin himself. lie was
about So years Of age, and had re-
sided near Turner for about six
years lie leaves a large family No
inquest was held.