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The Washington herald., 1912-11-11
C. A. GRIsCoM DIES.

Philadelphia, Nov. O.-Clement A Grs-
com, chairman Of the Board OF the IN
ternational Mercantile Marine, and prom
inentIy identified with numerous banks
and other corporations, died this evening
at his suburban home. Mr.. Griscom
was born in 1sn and has been interested
in shipping concerns nearly all his life.
Ne orEanized several steamship COM
panies which he afterward merged into
the international Mercantile Marine, of
which he was president until 1904, when
he became chairman OF the board. He
was a director in the Pennsylvania
several other railroads, the United
States Steel Corporation, and held stock
in many banks and insurance COM
panies
The Washington herald., 1912-11-11
RAMON carroll DIES.
Diaz's Vice President Passes Away
in Paris.

Paris, Nov. lC-Ramon Corral. Vice
President of Mexico, under the Diaz re-
gime, died to-day at his home here.
Senior Corral came to France with Gen.
Porfirio Diaz, when the latter left Mex
leo, and has resided here ever since.
All OF the members of Senior COrrsIs
family were at the bedside when the end
came.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-11

The washington HersId's $1,000 contest
is in one sense four separate compete
tions. The city has been divided into
four contest districts. and there VIII be
a. separate set OF awards for each OF
these sections.
This division has been made for the
purpose of equalizing the distribution of
awards. The foremost characteristic OF
the contest Is its absolute fairness. Every
person Is on an equal footing Every
contestant has an equal chance. And
what Is more every section Of the city
will have an equal chance.
The contest districts refer merely TO
the distribution OF awards and in no
wise affect the gathering Of votes. Il 10
possible for persons TO receive votes In
return for their purchases. regardless Of
whether or not the store pstronized 10
inside the contestants district.
The Advocate Is offering total OF
~ awards. Practically all of them will
be equally distributed among the four
contest districts. There will be few
grand awards which will be given to the
contestants obtaining the greatest num-
Der OF votes in the entire city irrespec-
tive of the contest districts. The grand
award will be a 5000 house and lot In
one Of Wsshington's residential sections.
Awards on Display.
Among the principal awards will be
four $3.50 Baby Grand pianos, four SIS
player pianos, four 800 upright pianos,
four S.250 touring cars, and four 500
Columbia g'aphonolas. Among the other
awards, are dining-room sets. dining
room tables. parlor suites. parior tables,
library tables. statuary. leather chairs,
sofas, rocking chairs. cellarettes, smok-
ing cabinets, book cases. china closets,
lace curtains, pictures. brass beds, trunks,
satchels, travelling bags. suit cases.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-11

city of a Catholic civic committee under
the supervision of its bishop. which Is
turn, shall appoint subcommittee over
their fields.
The problem Of the drama, the dance
ana modesty of dress. must be solved
through the action of the laity.
The purpose of the scheme will be the
education of the critical faculty In the
people through social discussion. the
church calendars and the Catholic press
Cardinal Gibbons assures the Cardinal
of New York that in trying to upitt
the moral tone of our plays" he has
hearty support. "Freighted with strong
possibilities for good or evil, writes
Cardinal Gibbons, Il would glSdly' see
effected this noble purpose OF eliminating
vicious passages from plays otherwise
harmless"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-11
Anti MoSIenl Var Seat
Transferred to Georgia
Peach Tree Street, atlanta, Turned Into Pass of
Thermopylae by Greeks, Who Object
to ZUuape Drum Corps.

Atlanta. Ga. Nov. 19.-It appeared for
q while that Atlanta, would figure IN
press dispatches with Teherkssskeui.
kirk -Kilisseh. scutari and few other
towns as the scene Of conflict between
the drecian and Turkish armies. Had II
not been fer the celebrity with which the
Turks broke rank and went home
there might have~been conflict in At
lanta's Great White Way. says the
Atlanta Constitution.
Everybody who has to take meals down
town knows that Atlanta harbors num-
bers of one-tlme citizens of Greece, and
most Atlanta residents have read of their
love for their country and their undying
hatred Of the Moslems.
The. Greeks not only hate citizens Of
the Ottoman empire, it now appears but
f4te the clothes of the terrible Turk, and
when a crack drum corps, attired in
Zouaye uniforms, paraded up and down
the streets the effect was the same as
that produced by waving a dozen red
flannel rags In a lot well filed with Jersey
bulls.
W. Tom wInn, one time councilman.
tells the story of the start of the trouble,
and scores OF witnesses saw the finish.
Kibla Temple. Of the Dramatic Order OF
knights of Khorassan, had prepared JIM
pressiye ceremonies for a large class OF
initiates, and the drum corps of the tenn
pie, that is known from Toledo to Macon
for It's brilliant and gaudy uniforms and
its musical prowess, was to appear in fun
dress. The ceremonies were little late
in starting, or the members Of the drum
corps got dressed first, and so the drum
corps decided to parade the street
Greeks looked out from a score of res
taurants and fruit stands and spied what
looked like the advance guard OF the
Turkish army advancing upon them.
There was the step of martial feet and
the rataplan Of the drum. Surely,
thought the Greeks. all the Turks in
Georgia have assembled to go back to
aid their countTymea and win paradise
and a thousand or so houris apiece.
Never an army gathered SO quickly to
defend the walls of classic Athens as the
little band Of Greeks formed in Peachtree
Street. The narrow gorge between the
Gambler Building and the Piedmont Hotel
was selected as the pass Of Thermopylae,
and IN II the Greeks congregated.
Up the street came the proud drum
corps. All Atlanta, and particularly the
feminine part of it, applauded their music
and admired their snowy uniforms.
Red fezes that would have frightened
the camp Of Mohammed himself be-
decked their heads; gaudy skirts and
trousers of green and red, set OF by
brilliant red sashes. added to their dis
play of dazzling colors and leggings that
The Washington herald., 1912-11-11

even the most exacting boy would not
have despised, set on their lower limbs.
They looked perfectly the part of a
regiment of the Ottoman army.
Here is where Col W. Tom winn
comes into the story. He is secretary
of the local chapter, and has much to
do with sverting bloodshed.
IAN went. welI'' says the colonel.
until the corps had marched up Peach
tree to the Redmont. A few Greek
bootbIacks at various intervals had ned
in panic and these must have given the
alarm. Marathon runners? Every
Greek that ever was born Is a natural
Marathon runner. II these lads efforts
are any sign Of what their compatriots
can do.
suddenly. just after passing Luckie
There were Greeks to the right of him.
Greeks to the left. and in front moth
ing but Greeks, and every one of them
was angry.
: Everybody saw that trouble was COM
ing. The Greeks believed that we were
a band of Turks, recruited here for
fighting in the Far East, or that we
were after them on the spot, and they
were perfectly willing to save trans
portation charges and fight the battle
here.
Although the Creeks were not armed,
they stood their ground, and we saw no
chance OF getting by. So we halted, and
some of the men went forward to ex-
plain that We were merely secret order
men out for a parade.
But there was no explaining. The
drum corps was never taught Greek, and
there wasn't a man in the opposing
Greeks who had not forgotten that he
had ever left the shadow of Olympus.
They simply coundn't talk English or
understand 1t, and were exploding Ath-
enian battle cries that ought to put
to flight all the followers of the prophet.
We'll, hate to tell IT." said the
colonel in closing, but the drum corps
simply turned around and went back
to the hall. Next time we parade we
are going to send envoys to the Grecian
camps and ask for a treaty Of peace
between our uniforms and their racial
and religious hatred of the Turk"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-11
CONTEST Is FOUR
DIFFERENT COMPETITIONS
City Is Divided Into Four Districts, with Similar
Awards for Each Advocate Plans Series Of
Stories on Methods of Competitors.

lamps Japanese screens, bicycles. cleo
trio toasting grills. electric chatting
dishes. electric percoiators, and scores Of
other things.
Many OF these articles are on display
on the second and third floors OF the con-
test home. ia Thirteenth Street North
west. Because Of the large number OF
swaeds. It Is impossible to display all Of
them In the building at onee. In order
that the public may be given an oppor-
tunity to see all or the things before the
close of the competition next February,
the articles on display at The Advocates
headquarters will be changed from time
to time. The total value Of the awards
will be 81, 5000.
where to Deposit Votes.
The public is cordially invited to visit
the building and inspect it's contents II
Is open daily except Sunday from o'clock
In the morning until o'clock at night
All votes and mediums of exchange
should be deposited at the building. The
Advocate has his offices there. He IL
always glad to see contestants and dis
cuss the contest with them. Many Of
the contestants daily tell him their ex-
periences. Before long he will write a
series of articles for The Herald on
methods used by different contestants
These stories will be well worth read
ing.
Contestants should not forget the spe-
cial voting offer which lasts until the
end of the competition Each contestant
who induces a new contestant to enter
the race will be given 1000 votes. These
votes will be given by The Advocate
as soon as the new contestant obtains
l,000 votes in addition to the 1000 he
gets upon entering the competition, or in
other words, as soon as he gets 1000 votes
to his credit.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-11
STEALS FOOTBALL,
NOW IN HOSPITAL
Herman Sees His First Game, Makes
Sad Mistake, and Wishes
He Hadn't.

New York. Nov. l0.-HerInan Strobel
saw his first football game to-day. He
will be out OF the hospital, barring un-
favorable developments. In ten days.
Herman was not the bruised half back
Of the Orioles. nor even the broken coll
lar boned right end Of the Bay Ridge
Athletic Club. Herman Is the man who
stole the ball. Herman was a spectator.
1T was about the last minute Of the
third period Iof the terrific game played
by two crack amateur teams Of Brook
lyn. The score was to or something
as close as that. Herman. who had
been escorted TO fthe field, at Seventy
first Street and Seventh Avenue. by a
person whom he had always regarded
as friend, was having the time Of his
life.
He didn't seem to have any especial
preference as to teams, but when the
crowd yelled he knew he oVght< to, and
he beat them at It. He became the CEN
ter OF interest, the leader of applause
for both sides. They didn't know
whether to watch Herman or watch the
game.
II was about the last minute of the
third period when the Oriole haif back,
making q mighty run, dropped the ball
near the side line.
Grab IT. Herman; grab it!'' sereeched
somebody In the crowd. Its your ball;
grab Il and run"
And Herman did.
Clutching the pigsldn for which brave
boys were bleeding on that battlefield.
he started across lots at his utmost
speed.
For an instant the players of both
teams stood agssp. Then with the unity
Of g common wrath they followed the
ball"
DR.. Dugan. from Norwegian Hospital,
said the right leg was broken. and there
were internal injuries. but he thought
Herman would be well enough to leave
the hospital in ten days.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-11
-Attnche Is Improving.

Andrew KalpaschnIkoff, attache OF the
Russian Embassy. who was operated on
for appendicitis eight days ago in New
York, has so far recovered as to be able
to leave the hospital for the home of
Robert Goelet, at Tuxedo. where he is
now a guest. 1t is expected that Mr..
Kalpaschnikoff will return to Washington
within the next two weeks.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-11

The past year the increase in stock, assets and
receipts has been the largest since the association
organized.
Amount paid and credited on shares this year
has been $5oo,876.s3. showing an increase of
SI2275oSo.
The total assets are $z.5z5,s3eo6 an increase
OF SI72,6Soso
The total receipts the past year were
SI,5o3,36I2o an increase last year Of
SI728I7yo6.
The total receipts on stock have been
$I3,334o5o4o, of (which there has been returned to
members $I1,362437.64, with profits added of
SI,2oo2I6oo ~--> ..........-.. Is ...
The total loans made to members has been
SIoo863oo, on which there has been repaid
SI6,67z, 1861. .. .....
In thirty-three years the association has never
lost dollar of the above loans and hundreds of
members have secured homes and other properties.
Surrender Value of Shares in Each Issue
The Washington herald., 1912-11-11
Lutheran synod Meets To-day.

The eastern conference of the Luth-
eran Synod Of Maryland will meet at
Epiphany Lutheran Church. Sixteenth
and L Streets Northwest, at 10 o'clock
this morning. The conference COM
prises thirty-seven pastorates. Sessions
will be held this afternoon and to-
night
The Washington herald., 1912-11-11

Bridge officer-Surprised toN see You
taking to water in such hurry, Nat.
Neryy> >>Nat-Cut out those pensioned
Jokes. my good man. And il any re-
porter asks you. tell him I've given up
automobiling this winter.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-05

aWful Things happening there.
What were the awful things"
asked Chairman Henry.
There was a man in the cell
with me-" said Knebel. >'He was
a Pole. He didn't speak much
English. His wife and children
also were locked up.
"This man knew from what he
had heard that his wife was only
a few,cells away from him, and he
started to call to her in his own
language.
THE turnkey ordered him to
stop yelling. The man did not do
it. The turnkey opened the cell,
and dragged the man out and
threw him down stairs into the
dark cells in the cellar.
There were children at the
breast locked up in the cells.
There was a woman locked up,
who had had a baby two weeks
before.
There was a Mrs. Brown,
widow. who was locked UP with
her children. The woman and
children were given what the Jail
people called coffee. 1t wasn't
coffee, and they didn't give them
any food.
After the trial, children-lit-
tie children-were dragged away
from their parents"
"Why?"
ITO be taken to the poor
house"
But" interrupted Stanley, II
thought they violated the inter-
~
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-03-05

what on earth did they went
to lock the children up for?" de-
manded Representative Pou.
81 don't know-ask them" said
Knebel. 3
SIS this Jail you were in, and
the women and children were in,
the same one in which they lock
up thieves and cutthroats?"
Same Jail, same barred DOORS"
said Knebel.
Were any of these children,
bad children, desperate children?
Did any of them carry firearms or
dangerous weapons?" asked Hen
ry.
"Oh, no." said Knebel, with a
bitter smile. They were quiet
little children, ou-know."
'Were these children tried?"g
asked Pou.
eyes, they were. Their moth
erS were fined"
This is the most serious thing
we have developed so far" said
Pou. Il wish this committee
would have on theistand everyone
who knows anything about the
way those children were locked
up in that place.
The next witness called was
Tema Comitta, another member
of the Philadelphia committee.
She told of securing the consent
of parents to taking the children
away adm of taking the children
to the station.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-12

as an expert who had belonged to I'VE
organizations. and "every one of them
grew into a machine The Governor :
generous belief in organizations could
not be shaken. They might "degen-
crate" into machines. the Governor ad-
mtted But he made il plain by ms
manner that it would he hard to con-
vince him that any one supporting him
had so degenerated.
BY little better management ii may
he possible 10 keep idealists like Mr..
IIinrichs from making future speeches
at Sea Girt imputing to the Governor
views which might reasonably he de
duced from his previous utterances or
actions. .But though they do not get
TO Sea Girt, the Mr.. ilinricheS are
about everywhere filled with the same
fanciful notions that here at last is a
candidate with character and with
convictions. And they are daily be-
coming bewildered as their archetype
was at Sea Girt, when their candi-
dates studied inoffensiyeness rebukes
their enthusiasm and gives the lie TO
their beliefs.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-12

Of the case. which at once explains tue
cause of the comparative scarcity oi
the American food supply and suggests
the remedy. is hinted at in the hanle
and character of the organization al
whose meeting the forebOdings OF lam
;no vero made. Lack of fertility. or AT
any rate lack Of productivity. Is the
chief fault. 1t is a StatiStlcal Iact 'hat
orr average Weld Of wheat to the acre
is less than half the yield III ihahy
Eurouean countries. Here II is abOut
Il, bushels. In England il Is 3l.o ana
in Scotland more than ~. Cur !leiu
nf oats is 81 and Great Britain : more
than 40 bushels. We raise only -
bushels of barley to 30 in the nlted
Kingdom. and % bushels of potatoes
to about 300. 1t is true that our aver
ages are higher in some of the older
Eastern and Middle states where con-
ditions are more like those in Great
Rritain. than in the United states as
a whole. hut nowhere are they as hish
as in the United Kingdom.
IL is not too much to say. then, that
the solution Of the problem of hlgh
prices. not TO mention that of protec-
tion against actual scarcity. Is to be
found in such thrift and industry ana
improvement of methods as VIII IN
crease the productivity of our soil 10
something like the standard of other
countries. If we could produce wheat
and potatoes here as abundantly as
they do In England our crops of those
two great staples would he doubled AT
stroke. And surely we should not ne
willing to confess that we cannot DO
as we'll as other nations which in nat
ural conditions are less favored thah
New-York tribune., 1912-08-12
A BEWILDERED ADMIRER.

What caused such CONSERVATION 10
Governor Wilson when the delegation
OF Brooklynites visited him at Sea
Girt on Saturday was that Mr. Hin
richs, who wasn't on the programme,
but insisted upon talking just the
same, imputed to him definite views
upon certain subjects. Mr.. Hinrichs
babbled about his delight in having a
candidate who was in agreement with
himself, favOring free trade and Op-
posing political organizations. Nothing
causes the Governor SO much anxiety
as the suggestion that he has an 0pin-
ion so definite that any one could seize
upon it as a ground of opposition. lie
is running for Office as a man whom no
one has any reason to oppose because
he Is SO moderate. Free trade! 1t
would he no crueler for processing
friend TO suggest that the Governor be-
lieyed. like Herod, in the killing of all
male children born in a certain year
Mr.. Hinrichs should have read Gov
crnor Wilson's speech of acceptance.
DR.. Wilson may have been free
trader lie believed in a great deal of
'bOsh." But Governor Wilson believes
in the gradual and painless reduction
of the thrift lie is ready to guar
aBtee that the operation won't hurt.
He will give gas if necessary.
In this ambition TO be the most in
offensive man who ever ran for the
Presidency Governor Wilson is trying
TO live down the reputation he gained
from his little passage at arms couple
of years ago with Senator James Smith,
jr., and so it was most inopportune for
Mr.. Hinrichs 70 try to give him char
acter as a slashing boss batter. The
Governor had to protest at this. lie
was full of the milk of human kind
ness toward the politicians and covered
the multitude Of their sins with the
hne word organization II was in
pafp that Mr.. Hinrichs tried to qualify
New-York tribune., 1912-08-12
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

The stock market has pursued
course Of gradual preparation which,
when conditions are deemed favorable
by the leaders for a bull movement.
will give an underlying stability OF UNI
usual importance. II has been an un-
profitable week for bearish operations
on the whole. though at times activity
has been sufficient to allow speculative
gains on both sides. Specialties have
shown the greater advancement, par
ticularly that class directly dependent
on the general prosperity Of the coun-
try for increased earnings. Standard
of custom long established have been
the acknowledged leaders of stock
have not exhibited the
vitality necessary for reaching higher
levels, but have displayed pronounced
ability 10 withstand bearish pressure.
The last week has been, as a link in
the chain. of Chronological records, Of
special interest. II has brought the
period of uncertainty regarding crops
to narrower margin and reduced the
possibility OF accidental injury. Favor
able conditb bns have continued and the
outlook for cereal crops is very bright:
in fact. the promise is for bumper crops
throughout the boundless West and
Northwest. An Improvement in cotton
has also been recorded, owing to favor
able weather. and, taken collectively.
our agricultural products are approach
ing the harvest time with the smile Of
New-York tribune., 1912-08-12
HIGH PRICES AND FAMINE.

Predictions that the high cost Of liv-
ing will be maintained are now supple
mented with forebOdings of famine in
the United States within the next
twenty years These fears were ex-
pressed last week at the annual meet
ing Of the National Soil Fertility
League. We must regard them as
somewhat exaggerated. Famine, In
the sense in which that term is known
in4ndia, il unthinkable in the United
States. But if they refer merely to a
condition in which this country would
not provide enough food for its own
consumption and would thus be de-
pendent upon others for a part Of Its
supply, as Great Britain and Germany
are to-day. they may not be altogether
groundless. They may not, and prob
ably will not. be fulfilled but that will
be because of a radical reform Of our
economic policy and mending OF our
agricultural ways.
II is now and then said that the food
production of the United States is de-
creasing relatively to the population.
That statement is not to be too inn
plicitly accepted, nor yet hastily re-
jected. In some particulars there GER
tainly is such a decrease, as in wheat
rye and meats In others there Is
probably an increase, as in corn, oaCs
and potatoes. 1t is quite possible that
there is on the whole net decrease
If so.-the inevitable result of con-
tinuation of that process is obvious.
Moreover. In addition TO the diminution
OF supply there is steady increase
in the cost Of production. The average
value of farm land has more than
doubled in ten years. The vast free
ranges on which innumerable herds or
cattle were raised cheaply are rapidly
disappearing. and the supplies of our
meat markets must more and more he
raised in fenced fields and in stables.
All these conditions inevitably tend
toward higher prices.
Perhaps the most significant feature