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The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
BRITAIN BEMOANS
OLYMPIC DEFEATS
Whole Nation Makes Excuses for
Poor Showing Of Athletes.
Distribute Blame.

London. July E,-An England is be-
moaning the poor showing made by the
English athletes during the Olympic
games at Stockholm and trying to find
a reason why their fine boys were defeat
ed. It goes without saying that to a ma
ton as self satisfied as the English the
idea never occurs that they must seek
the reason within themselves. They
blame the Stockholm climate. unfamil-
lar diet, and hint even at unfair methods
of Judging In the meantime the whole
press practically agrees that II is any
thing but pleasant to see the English
athletes defeated not only by Americans,
for this England was prepared, but by
several other nations.
The only exception Is the London Globe.
a decrepit old evening paper which sees
no reason to deplore the defeats. The
failures cannot be denied" II writes, but
II is a good thing that we lose some
times, for nothing is more monoconous
than a succession OF unbroken victories
Except perhaps a succession Of unbrok-
en- defeats). that Is not sport. It Is not
hunting and so far as amateur sport Is
concerned. there are real advantages in
the fact that some OF our amateurs are
not specialists. They may lose the day
against those who confne themselves to
one form of sport, in season and out OF
season, but It is quite conceivable that
the amateur who Is beaten Is the better
all-round man We like to win, but not
TO win always. and. on the whole. We
get our full share OF victories, as this
years South African and Australian
cricket teams will testify. And We are
not convinced that the failure in the
Olympic games means any real deteriora-
ton OF FIBER
The Globe Is typically English-English
in its endeavor TO find consolation, and
II is only strange to find that It does not
add: Well. you know our young fel-
lows Just went over with the intention Of
giving those poor beggars a little en-
or course. they could cas-
lily win II they really wanted to-
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
MORE THAN THOUSAND
GIRLS DISAPPEAR
DURING ONE YEAR

London, July N.-The Home Secretary,
in reply to a question from Mr. Snowden,
has given in the parliamentary papers a
remarkable set OF figures with reference
to the. number Of women and girls who
were reported to the London police as
having disappeared during the Last
twelve months He writes:
During the last twelve months LIS
girls between the ages Of ten and SIX
teen years were reported to the Metro
politan police az missing. OF these l.Ioz
were traced.
Two thousand six hundred and seven
ty-six women OF all ages above sixteen
were reported as missing. and 2.54o OF
them were traced.
TN the case of the sixteen girls and
13s women who were not traced. their
absence Is In many cases explainable, for
such reasons as their having absconded
to avoid paying debts. having Quarreled
with friends or husbands, and a variety
Of other causes.
"One woman n known to have gone
abroad with a foreigner with whom she
had been keeping compauy-.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Flea Extern1inQtOr
Breaks Into Rhyme
Professor Carroll Victor, Dog Washer Extraordi-
nary, Joins Bull Moose Party and
Composes Poetry.

many ladies'. You know, wouldn't trust
anybody. not even me, Prof. Carroll Vic
tor. to wash their dogs, SO they come
and watch the little dears through the
process of lavation.
Dogs and cats are. OF course, the ami
mails 1 attend most often. 1 not only
wash them, but look after their health.
But, sometimes. I have been called TO
bathe white mice and rats and squirrels,
and one lady asked me in to see II
couldn't scrub an alligator for her. She
had Just got the brute from Florida, and
1t was nothing more than an animated
string of mud. 1 just put him on the
lawn and turned the hose on him I
asked her If she didn't want him gilded
to match the goldfish in her aquarium,
but she said me nay, because the Angora
had died q few days before, and every
vertebrate on the place. except the Irish
cook and Welsh coachman. who were
mating and rather preferred green livery.
would do very well to look black.
Also Bottle "Picker."
Il also make a pretty good thing out
of picking up empty bottles and selling
them. I get sometimes as many as 200
q week.
"Now, It may sound funny, but It is
true that I find most Of the bottles in
Northwest Washington. and that get
a good many from two especially fash
ionable circles. Think Of 1t! It makes
one suspect the growler may find its
way into some very select households.
doesn't It?
Several other persons pick up and
sell empty bottles for living" he said.
but am the only exclusive dog and
cat washer in the city. I am the only
man here that makes his living in that
way.
"As we are both public men. as It
were, I do not mind telling, however.
that when Col Roosevelt lived Just north
Of the EIlipse I used to go regularly
to wash Pete, the White House dog"
rs that how yeu learned to go like
Bull Moose?" the professor was asked.
IT do not want to commit myself on
politics too far: man In my position
might very easily hurt himself" Prof.
Victor said shrewdiy. II am willing to
say this, however, for publication:
II am no friend Of the Prohibition
party
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
WORKMEN UNEARTH
RARE RELICS IN OLD
SECRET CHAMBER

London, July N.-while repairing an
old fireplace and chimney at the Feerm
Farm, near Mold. Fiintshire. workmen
discovered q revolving stone. which. on
being removed, revealed secret cham
Der. The farm was built In the early
part OF the sixteenth century, and was
once manor house. In the chamber
was antique oak furniture. including a
table, on which lay old firearms, house
hold utensils. and the remains reduced
to dust. Of a repast. It is surmised that
the room was used as a hiding place by
Royalist fugitives during the civil war
in the reign Of Charles I, and that since
then II has remained ,undisturbed,
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
TO HOLD CONGRESS.

London. July N.-A' National Roman
Catholic Congress will be held in Nor
wich from August . to 5. inclusive, under
the presidency of his eminence Cardinal
Bourne. supported by the Roman Cath
olic archbishops and bishops of the Eng
lish and Welsh dioceses. The Duke Of
Norfolk has agreed to act as chairman
of the executive committee, and during
the congress. papers on religious. scien-
tffic, and social questions will be read: !:
and the leaders iof Roman Catholic
thought and action win take part In, the
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
OLD BUS BRINGS MEMORIES.
Vehicle Reminder oi
Old Paris.


Paris, July 1.-THE remnant OF ny
gone Paris is passing IN the trannorma-
ton into mechanical traction OF the MADE
leine- -BastiIie bus. There was something
stately and serene in the progress OF this
old vehicle. drawn by its three patient
Norman horses, as It trundled down the
bouelvards, Just as II the world had stood
still these fifty years.
Few of these symbols Of ieisureiy DAYS
remain-so far that one wonders at the
liberation Of the one-horse car that tros
with peaceful insouciance. OF hurting
taxis and electric underground, from the
Church of st. Sulpice to AuteuiL Gone
are those old relics of .'imperiale" days.
when one could view the myriad life OF
the city from the altitude of the upper
deck. 1t was a tourists Joy, innocent
and wholesome enough
And presently. no doubt, the rising gen.
Grafton will learn to speak Of the rum
bling omnibus and its triple steeds as OF
something far on, incredible-like the
Dreyfus case. II needs but German
savant to declareand prove-that the
prisoner of the Devils Isle was all
myth, and three horsed bus q legend Of
the ages.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

Prof Carroll Victor, hea exterminator
extraordinary to former President Roose-
velt's dogs, sage Of the Northwest sec
ton Of the city, collector of empty bot
ties, and official bather Of the dog arts-
tocracy Of the city. has long been hiding
his light under a bushel.
Recently he has invaded the aid OF the
muse, firted with poesy. and broken into
rhyme with a classic which is almost as
much of an epic as the HAD. except
more SO. Prof Victor thus sings his lay:
Washington. my native ety. in thy streets lhs to
Near the Treasury and White Hoase. near the capa-
tolls bright dome
Glorious buildings peaceful people thousand bs.uts.
Washington. my home. my comfort, here rs and
I'm . most peculiar fellow. actor. though soes Of
heart;
Gentle rough. but trus and honest. with love for
wit and art.
indulge in reciation., fed nch and dssp delight;
Laugh and cy. as 1t Is needed. cheering day and
Then there is another calling that zealousiy pursue
Which docs Ill my heart with Eladness. giving pleas
ure ever new.
Dogs 1 wash and dog. ears for. dog. think Of IN
Dos q every bred and color. in their eys t-us
friendship CLEANS,
And they love me fo< my pstienos. follow N.
f1attsr, foudle, and o.e. me in the sznsAins and
II you have a dog q dosa. which is NJ or not qu,ss
Take him now TO Carroll Victor. for my eye l. quick
hail wash yOur dog szpsrtiy. at your hOu.' Or IN
my home,
TIL the canine comes Ike Venus. clean and fragrant
from tbs foam
Small dogs ray but % pennies. lsrpr ous . littls
more,
And th.y feel 50 Hight and happy .. shsy never felt
AisO as. are not forgotten. soulful .onss" Of the
Any species can handle eny O. yellow. baad O.
Come and call On caruu Victor. ye VINO p.truui.s
my lima
orcor.n Street., tbs houss IL numbered thirtsen
hundred thirty-nins
Ii . Bull Moose.
When Prof. Victor got this out of his
system. he gave an imitation Of stam-
pede Of the Bull Moose herd. because he Is
q Bull Moose. and knows Just the cutest
little way to stampede imaginable. Then
the professor. who can tell a fea from
an elephant because Of its shape, told
how he separates owners Of dogs from
real money for cleansing the family pets
II have had some remarkable expe-
riences- You see, / have the entree to
the bathrooms Of the most fashionable
houses In Washington. OF course, there
are lots Of people. and nice enough per-
sons they are, too, who have their dogs
and cats washed In the stable; but all
the best families now either have indi-
vidual bathtubs for their canine and fe-
line pets-I do cats. too-or have their
pets washed in the family's tub.
In this way, have got quite a little
acquaintance with tha Smart Set se
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30
poNs HIS FIGHTING CLOTHES.

President Taft has put on his fight
| ing clothes and announced he is ready
TO meet our enemy i'm the open field
and overcome him In the Judgment If
an impartial umpire" He sounded the
keynote of his campaign at Cleveland
last night. when. addressing the Tip
pecanoe club at a banquet at which
ESQ northern Ohio Republicans were
present, he made it known that he was
well armed with facts and prepared
10 shoot the Democrats full of holes.
In other words he declared the admin
istration, fortified by things accom-
plished, would stand by its guns. He
asserted he faced the future with
equanimity and In the belief that the
Judgment of the country would prove
him right in his opinion.
Looking over the record of what
has been done" said the president lit
seems to me that we are armed with
the facts and with things accomplished
sufficient TO meet our enemy in the
open field and to overcome him In the
judgment of an impartial umpire. IL
seems to me that there is no occasion
for the Republicans Of this country 10
fear the issue, with their knowledge
Of the progress that has been made
I'm the last four years, with their
adoption Of progressive principles in
dicated in their platform Of 1908 and
in the proposals Of the administra-
ton since that time. They must. IL
they would serve the country well, dis
crimnate between what is really pro-
gressive and useful and what is ut
terly az variance with sound constitu-
tlonal governmental and economic
policy"
Even those who do not favor the re-
nomination Of Mr. Taft as the strong
est man the Republicans can select
will applaud him for this strong stand.
He is satisfied that the party's pledges
of 1903 have been carried out and will
conduct his fight on that basis. II 81
this exhibition Of Backbone" and
spirit that will win him much support
among those who now oppose him III
he is the nominee.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30
This DATE IN HISTORY"

1s4s-King Charles I. beheaded at
Whitehall.
1884 lireboat Invented by Henry
Greathead, an Englishman, first put tc
sea.
1797-John Fairfield. L. s. senator
from Maine and twice governor of that
State. born. Died December "a. 1s47.
1s47-Lord Elgin reached Montreal
and took the oath Of office as Cover
nor of Canada.
ls49-Wisconsin State Historical So
ciety organized at Madison.
1s69-U. $. iron-clad ship Monitor.
the first turreted war vessel launched
at Brooklyn
1S7s-Jules Grevy elected President
of France.
lS8S-Asa Gray, celebrated botanist.
died in Cambridge. Mass. Born in
Paris, n. Y, Nov. IS 1910.
1S9l-Charles Bradlaugh famous
English radical, died. Born Sept. 2s.
1893
1S95-North German Lloyd liner Elbe
wrecked in the English Channel with
loss of $50 lives.
1902-Anglo-Jap treaty Of al
lance signed in London.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30

the specialists under the direction Of
nr. Wiley OF the pure food bureau hav,
agreed on the following definition;
Mince meat is a mixture OF not less
than 10 per cent Of cooked. commiaut
go meat with chopped suet. apple and
other fruits. salt and spices. and with
sugar syrup or molasses. and with OF
without vinegar fresh concentrated OF
fermented fruit juices or spirimous
liquors
Compared with the mince meat that
mother used 10 make" the compound
would appear 10 be more chemical
than culinary The old New England
housewife used formula OF her own
and made pie that has ever been
held IN favor BY epicures. They did
not bother with the term "comminut-
ed while welding the chOpping knife
10 reduce the meat 10 degree az fine
particles. no term boiled "concentrat-
ed fruit juice" nor call good old New
Orleans molasses sugar syrups" They
knew what was needed for good mince
meat ana mixed In proportions that
We're palatable and appetizing.
The New York World. in comment
ing on the mince meat formula an
nOunced by the pure food bureau and
that OF the housewife. says
They left the formula of chemistry
10 the laboratory and reserved for the
kitchen the things that belong to the
kitchen. They did not comminute' the
meat for mince pies, neither did they
triturate il OF pulverize il or grind IT,
but chopped it fine with hand chop
per and with a degree Of manual labor
that was the ultimate test Of the edi
bility Of the pie.
And what have 'spirimous liquors
to do with the composition of a mince
pie? Whisky has its use in sauces and ,
sherry I'm lobster palace connections,
But for mince meat the only allowable
liquor is brandy. except where local
option favors hard cider: in either case
the question is one of morals and not |
Of government regulation.
THE pure food board has its appro-
pirate functions, but surely one Of
them is not TO reduce a perfectly Gull
nary product to the levcd Of character |
less mediocrity. Making a mince pie is |
n matter Of art, not manufacturing |
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30
sNEAD MURDER CASE UP.
New Sensations May Develop in Case
Opened Yesterday.

Fort Worth. Texas Jan. 30.-Publlc
interest in the Snead- Boyce sensation
was revived when the case of ]. II.
Snead was called here yesterday.
Snead Is TO be tried on a charge of
first degree murder His victim was
A. G., Boyce. Sr.. whom he shot and
killed IN the lobby of local hotel on
January 10.
The killing was a sequel To the
elopement last November of Sneads
wife and A. G.. Boyce. Jr, son of thu
man whom Snead killed a few days
before the tragedy. Snead. who is "a
prominent banker of Amarillo, had
returned with his wife from Winnipeg.
where he mad found her In company
with the younger Boyce.
Able counsel has been retained To
defend Snead and preparations for
great legal fight are being made. Tho
younger Royce has remained i'm Can
ada since his release by the Winnipeg
authorities and il is not believed thar
he will return to Fort Worth for the
trial of his fathers slayer. Neither l.
gnything definitely known as to the
Part Mrs. Snead. wife of the accused.
viii play in the trial. Immediately af-
Ter the return from Winnipeg the
tanker placed his wife in n santarium
where she had been confined previous
tc the elopement. After the killing OF
tie elder Boyce she Jeff the sanitarium
nd Is now believed To be sheltered by
relatives. lh ~,i I'd. ..,t.i.. ...t
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30
NO WALKoVER FOR THE DEM.
OCRATS.
New York Word.

Mr.. Taft had a popular plurality Of
269. sOi in the election OF 1908.
This plurality will have TO be over
come II Democratic president iselect-
ed next fan IL means a change Of
more than 900, 900 votes
The Democrats had 162 votes in the
electoral college Of 1908. They must
have 2GG votes in the next electoral
college In order 10 win.
Tho stereotypcd reply to these sta
tistlcs will be that Mr.. Bryan was a
weak candidate. This is true. In COM
parison with Democratic opportunity,
Mr.. Bryan was indeed n weak candi-
date. but Mr.. Bryan polled 6.4Oa1O4
votes. This was 1000, 900 more than
Judge Parker polled in 1904. II was
S52,1s6 more than the Cleveland vote
In 1892. II has been exceeded only BY
the vote for Mr.. Bryan himself In
I1S9G.
Democrats who talk as n the next
election would be a waIkover do not
realize the size Of the Republican ma
jorities that must be- overcome. Roose-
velts popular plurality in 1904 was o.
b45,5i5. McKinley's popular plurality
I'm 1900 was S4979O. and In 1896 II was
601.S54. In 1892, the great Democratic
landslide year, Cleveland's popular
plurality was only 3sO.SlO. and yet he
had popular plurality Of only 9s.017
10 overcome from the previous cleo
ton.
In four successive presidential cleo
tons the Republican candidate for
president has polled more than 7.0OO.-
votes Mr.. TAFT was by no means a
strong candidate i'm 1908. yet he polled
more votes than Roosevelt received in
1904, and the brute force of these re-
current Republican majorities conai-
tutcs n tremendous handicap upon any
Democratic candidate.
IT the Democrats think the next
election Is as good as won they are
sadly mistaken. They have "a fight ON
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30
Why SalveS Can't Cure Eczema

Since the fashioned theory of
curing eczema through the blood has
been even M by scientists, many diff
ferent saves have been tried for skin
diseases. But IL has been found that
these salves only clog the pores and
cannot penetrate to the inner skin be-
low the epidermis where the eczema
germs are lodged.
This-the quality of penetrating
probably explains the tremendous sue
cess of the well known liquid eczema
remedy oil of wintergreen, thymol,
slycerine. etc, as compounded i'm ID.
ID. ID. Prescription
We have sold other remedies for skin
troubles but none that we can recon-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30
THE CULINARY suFFaAois-.

The wife OF Mayor Blankeuburg Of
Philadelphia has had a bright idea.
Mrs. Blankenburg is n culinary suf-
fragist. She is for gaining tie ballot
by means of the mince pie and tho
savory pot Of beans--the real Boston
baked beans-the proper cooking Of
which Is i'm danger OF becoming lost
art in these days Of canned Suppers.
There Is 90 be a pure food show IN
Philadelphia soon. and she proposes
10 have the sufragists demonstrate
their mastery of the gas stove. fhere
is no better way 10 reacli man
than through his stomach" says she,
and instead OF paradlng under the
"Votes for Women" banner and pro-
vidng fun for a lot Of little boys who
ought 10 be at home washing their
faces. she believes in dishing out the
crisp scrapple and tho ioorhsome
waffle and making a man feel ashamed
OF himself every time he thinks of
denying women the ballot
a good cook is as benediction.
Poets may well chant her praises and
orators make the well;'n resound with
in her honor. The suf-
frage movement would be haile1 as enc
Of the happiest in all history could II
&C nvert the kitchen into something
better than source Of dyspeptc dis.
tress and charm the bousekoeper into
greeting with a smile nc man who
zones home late for dinner. Bu. would |
The ballot run aawy with the cook? |
That's the rub!
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30

mend as highly as this for we know
that ID. ID. ID. stops the itch at once.
We can give you a trial size bottle for
25 cents that will be enough TO prove IT,
or course all other druggists have
ID. ID. ID. Prescription-go TO them If
YOU can't come to us--but don't accept
some big profit substitute.
But If you come to our store. we are
80 certain Of what ID. ID. ID. viii do for
YOU that we offer you a fun size bottle
on this guarantee: IF YOU do not find
that it takes away the itch At ONCE.
II costs YOU not cent.
Eagle Drug Store, Calumet; Llur-
ium Pharmacy. Laurifm. - af
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30

At the London Central Meat Mar
ket I'm 1910 nearly half million tons
of meat were delivered.
Cordwood made from sawdust and
shavings is the idea of a planning mill
man. The material is compressed by
steel plunGers into dies.
Chemical fire apparatus which can
be carried on horseback where roads
are poor or lacking altogether has
been patented by North Carolina
inventor
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30
SUBSTITUTION OF TONNAGE.
Important Question Before Interstate
Commerce Commission.

Washington, ID. c., Jan. 30.--The in
estate Commerce Commission has
begun series OF hearings in this city
today with a view TO arriving at a sat
isfactoly settlement OF the long
standing and difficult problem of tran
sit privileges. The question at issue is
that of substitution of tonnage in tran
SIT. AS result OF privileges obtained
some time ago millers have been able
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30
RAPID INCREASE
IN AUTO EXPORTS
OVER TWENTY MILLION DOL
LARS WORTH SENT ABROAD
LAST YEAR. IMPORTS
ARE DECREASING.

over 90 million dollars worth of au-
tomobiles were exported from the
United States IN the calendar year
1911. or 20 times as much as decade
ago. The exports 10 foreign countries
last year. including tires and other
parts. were valued at S2l,636,661 and
the shipments TO our own noncontigu-
Gus territories. Hawaii, Porto Rico.
and Alaska. $1,S43,165. Ten years ago
the exports TO foreign countries were
but sl.O69.7S2 in value; by 1906 they
had grown to S4,4O9.1s6; by 1910. TO
Si4,030,226, and in the calendar year
Just ended had risen TO $2l.636,66l,
This increase OF 20 million dollars in
the exports of American made auto
mobiles within a single decade being
one of the most notable achievements
of our foreign commerce i'm recent
years.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30

Evidently we have not heard the
last of that Mcnamara trial out San
Francisco way. Yesterday Clarence
barrow the well known union at
tornoy. was indicted by the county
grand jury on charges Of bribery and
attempted corruption OF Jurors i'm the
recent dynamite case. There are in
timations that other prominent men
will be involved. The sooner the au-
thorities get 10 the bottom Of the
whole disgraceful affair and bring out
the exact truth the better it win be
for the country.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30

to bring in grain from producing re-
gions. mill IL into -four and ship the
flour to market ont the balance of the
through rate from farm To market.
Following the granting of this conces-
sion to milling interests other indus
tries obtained the privilege and var
ious abuses. it is charged. in the form
of substitution Of tonnage soon APP
pcared.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-01-30
THIS IS NY e2Np BIRTHDAY

Gen. Victor Constant Michel. who
has the reputation OF being the ablest
commander Of the French army. was
born al Auteiul, France. january 80,
1850 lie was graduated from the ia
nous Military College OF St. Cyr at
the age Of seventeen and was severely
wounded at the siege of Paris few
years later. He won his promitlon to