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The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
UPH0LDS CLAIMS
OF CHEVY CHASE
DR.. Devereaux Send List of Children
to Commissioners of Mont
gomery County.

DR.. Ryan Devereaux. Of Chevy Chase.
Md. yesterday presented to the COM
sioners Of Montgomery County an emu
mera.ion Of 1H children OF educable age
as prospective pupils OF the school for
Chevy Chase township for which the
commissioners recently authorized an
appropriat ton Of 500
The enumeration was presented 10
corroborate the claims Of the citizens
OF Chevy Chase for the school After
the commissioners had authorized the ap-
preparation. representations were made
to them that the number Of persons of
eduCahle age in the community did not
Justify the appropriation. The state
ment. presented to the commissioners
Yesterday. that there are ~ school chill
dren there. and probably. with the re-
turn OF families spending the summer
away from home, will be twenty OF
thirty more. is in answer TO those rep
Associated with DR. Devereaux. who is
one of the school commissioners Of
Montgomery County. the following Citi
zens Of Chevy Chase have taken active
part in the campaign for the new school:
Jesse W. Nicholson. William Law. Mai
Jerome 3. Burke, Charles n. CuSle,
Charles W. Pimper DIR. Thomas X. Con-
rad George \. Green. Michael J. Hogan.
and Dr.. William Evans. They represent
the Citizens Association of Chevy cha Sc
and the Progressive Democratic Club.
Dr. Devereaux said last night that IL
had not been determined what kind Of
school building would be provided.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
REFUSES
HANDSOME GIFT
Unwilling to Accept $3.50 Gun from
Admirer Until Year Has
Elapsed.

Oyster Bay, Aug l3-An ardent Bull
Moose advocate, Frederick Adolphs. a
EUnmaker. came from Genoa. y. Y. to-
day to Crfer Col Roosevelt a $50 gun.
Adolphs went to Sycamore Hill unan-
nuunced and caught the eN-President as
was starting on days outing with his
family. The guhmaker with apologies
stopped the colonel and started to draw
cut the weapon from a leather case.
Roosevelt caught sight Of a Circa ssian n
walnut handle. magnifiCently carved and
iTlaid with silver.
My dear man" eNCla med the colonel,
4 don't understand this"
Il am Offering IL TO you" replied the
Sunmaker. as he drew out the shining
barrel and put the gun together. Roose-
celt scrutinized II and saw il was a
combination gun and rife. with the
smaller bore barrel b-neath the other.
The colonel sighted it and pronounced
ii marvel. but said he could not accept
such costly gift AdOlphs and the for
mer President COnversed in German about
IL and finally the colonel compromised
10y telling Adolrhs TO take the gun home
and leave it in his shop window for one
year. saying he intends TO present this
gun to col Roosevelt
If at tn, end Of the wear you feel
YOU still want me 10 have II. I'll take H."
added the colonel.
The gunmaker left Sycamore Hill in
an elated frame OF mind. the $50 gun
under his arm
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
RAISES CATTLE QUARANTINE.
Secretary Wilson Hopes to Reduc,
Price of Meat in This Way.

Action taken by the Department of
Agriculture Yesterday may tend to re-
duce tha cost of meat
Secretary Wilson issued an order 10
take effect August IS releasing from quar-
antine on account of the disease known
as scahies in cattle. 5l.6Si square miles
of territory in South Dakota Nebra ska.
Kansas and Texas. This action was
taken. it is stated. as a result of the
progress that has been made by the
Bureau Of Animal Industry and State
authorities in the work of graduating
the disease. The quarantine maintain
cd in the States named prevented the
shipment of cattle 10 market from nu-
merous large shipping points.
The area released in each State by to-
days order is as follows: South Dakota
2I,60l square miles; Nebraska II $50
square miles: Kansas, 1000 square miles.
Texas. 3,653 square miles. The entir"
State of Kansas is now out OF Federal
and State quarantine.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
GOMEZ DECLINED
TO BE A CANDIDATE

: Commenting upon the recent news
a newspaper man from the island repub-
I lie residing in Washington. states that
some time last May President Gomez
submitted to the Cuban Congress = mes
sage in which the sbu-sement. and the
d spositiOn m Ide Of the ten milliOn-dol-
1 lar loan contra cted with a New York
firm. were fully and specifically present
cd t. the House He ADDS that by refer
ring to this document the real truth as to
tre dis10siti-n Of si,d loan could be as
certained
Cuban newspaperman says that Gen.
Gomez has continuously refused to he a
cand date for another term He states
that not long ago a number OF mayors
from the most important ci.es Of the
island called en- the President II re-
quest thIt he allow his name to be PIE
scented 10 the electorate. and his answer
Was another irreGuivOca! refusal Just
recently the President Of tnc Liberals OF
SInti-Esriritus sent a telegram 10 Gen
Gomez again insist ne that Re should he
candidate for reelection. His answer
to this message was couched n the fol-
lowing terms:
Il cannot be a candidate ina asmuCh as
the nomination has Il-ead" been made
by the National Assembly in favor of
Mr.. Zay2s. although against the de-
s!rcs OF many delegates l refused the
nomination when il was almost unani-
nous amcng the Liberals. and almost
certain in the convention"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
Question of Loyalty.

Last week The Washington Herald,
with other local newspapers, refused a
two-page advertisement of Baltimore
department store. To the average
reader it, no doubt, seems absurd that
4 newspaper should decline such busi-
ness, especially when every business
man in Washington solicits trade, no
matter where it comes from, providing
it is legitimate Yet The Herald has
consistently refused such advertise
ments, believing it to be for the best
interests of those merchants who live
here, pay taxes, rent, &c. and do their
share in meeting the costs of the I'M
provements that have made the Capital
the most beautiful city in America.
Is this attitude the right one? Why
should The Herald refuse the adver-
tisement of any responsible firm at
home or abroad?
This question The Herald settled
when it adopted the policy of standing
by its home merchants, even when it
meant financial loss to this paper.
Evidently our afternoon contemporary,
the Star, does not agree with us,
which it has a perfect right to do, for
after refusing the two-page advertise
ment, the same as offered TO this paper,
it accepted smaller announcement.
one-quarter of a page, from the Balti-
more firm. also refused by The Herald,
which made practically the same an
nouncement as the larger advertise
ment
The only reason why The Herald
discusses this matter editorially is to
call attention to one fact-that we be-
lieve in being loyal TO the interests of
the business men of Washington in
small as well as big matters
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
Another Bumper Harvest.

Earlier in the year the indications
were for a short crop, but since the
weather has become so favorable the
government has been obliged to raise
its estimate from month to month
The August report. just issued, and
which Is always considered as a de-
cisive summary of the years yield, be-
cause by this time nearly all hsrvests
are practically assured, tells us that the
harvest OF this year will be the most
abundant ever produced.
Three months ago we should have
considered ourselves lucky if the total
wheat crop would have amounted to
6oooooooo bushels, but the present es-
timate is 100000 bushels more. while
private commercial authorities of high
standing put it as high as S75oooo.ooo to
100000 bushels. The spring wheat
crop in Minnesota and the two Dakotas
is far beyond all previous records. and
despite the immense booming of the
>dilduidH -NOIlHNSsl iItse lIICc states
alone will produce more wheat than all
Canada. Kansas, leads the winter
wheat States. with about 100000
bushels
The estimate for corn is 2.S1G.oooooo
bushels, the second largest yield since
statistics were taken. The oats crop is
about 1907 10000 bushels. which is
the record for that grain So does hay
also overtop all previous figures, while
rye, barley. and buckwheat are at top
notch
Cotton may fall 100000 bales short
of last years record breaker. but the
crop will be larger. than all others pre-
vious to 1911.
The total for all crops. however. will
lead that of any other year.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
Crowds at Chevy Chase Lake.

Chevy Chase Lake comes into its own
when old Sol really gets on the Job
Now that 1t is warm again in earnes
the crowds out at the popular resort ar.
greater than ever. All the amusement.
are playing to capacity as the pres.
agent likes to say, and the nightly con.
certs by the Marine Bandsmen are en-.
joyed by record audiences.
The musical programme lasts 70,
about an hour. the bandsmen quitting
the music shell for the pavilion at a
few minutes after o'clock Motion
pictures are shown during the intermis.
sion, and big carousel affords diver
sion for the younger pleasure seekers.
and not few adults who apparently
have not gotten over Their youthful lik
ing Tor the merry-go-round. The band
plays Home, Sweet Home" at about
IL o'clock, and the merry throngs board
the trolleys for town, many to return
the ensuing evening.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
CHAIRMAN HlLLES
NAMES ADVISERS
William Barnes, IT,, Chairman of
Commiztee-Hammond to
Stay at Headquarters.

New York, Aug. l3.-Charles ID. Hilles.
chairmah of the Republican National
Committee, and James B. Reynolds, Sec
| retary, left for Chicago on the Twen-
tieth Century this afternoon to open
the Chicago headquarters.
Before wing town Mr.. Hilles an
nounced the members OF the advisory
committee for the campaign and he
consulted with several of them who
came to the city to talk with him be-
fore his departure.
MIR. Hilles expressed himself as being
greatly encouraged by reports brought
to him from those members Of the COM
mittee who talked with him as well as
by Gov Durbin of Indiana and others.
who spoke of the growing sentiment
for President Tafts reelection.
The advisory committee, as announced
by Mr.. HilIes, is made up as follows:
William Barnes, jr., New York, chair
man: Senator Theodore Z. Burton,
Ohio; Col. Austin Colgate. New Jersey;
Thomas ii. Devne. Colorado: Gov. Phil
lips Lee GoIdsborough. Maryland; John
Hays Hammond, Massachusetts: Joseph
+. Keating Indiana; Adolph Lewison,
New York; United States Senator Henry
r. Lippitt. Rhode Island; David w.
MGlvane. Kansas: Col. Harry 5. New,
Indiana, Herbert Parsons, new 1Oih'
Samuel l.. Powers; Massachusetts,; Unit
ed States Senator Elihu Root. New
York; John wsnamaker. Pennsylvania; ;
George X. Sheldon. New York: Otto, +.
Stifel. Missouri: Fred w. UPham. llli-
nois.
Chairman Barnes announced that he
had called a meeting of the full COM
mIttee for Monday next the 18th. at the
Republican Club. AT this meeting de-
tailed arrangements will be made for
carrying on the Republican campaign in
every State. After consultation with
sir. Hilles. Mr.. Barnes issued Il state
ment to show why Mr.. Taft should re-
ceive the support of every voter on ac-
count of his attitude on the important
issues of the campaign.
Mr.. Hammond Is President OF the
National League OF Republican clubs
and will remain permanently at the
headquarters OF the Republican Nation
al Committee and will have personal
charge of club organization.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
Miss Mabel BOardn1an
To- Aid Taft Campaign
Named Chief Adviser of National Women's As
sociation Which Will Wage Campaign
Throughout Country.

Women intend to take a big part in
the campaign for the reelection of Presi-
dent Taft, as well as in the battles for
DR.. Woodrow Wilson and the Bull Moose
ticket. The National Woman's Republi-
can Association. which is a Taft organ
ization. according to announcement made
yesterday afternoon in New York. is to
have Miss Mabel Boardman. president of
chief of its advisory committee Miss
BOardman is now in Washington. but
will make her campaign headquarters in
New York
Elaborate Offices are N he opened with
In few weeks by the National Womans s
Republican Association. Missionary work
that will extend into every State in the
Union will be directed from here. There
will be rsprese natives Of all the States
in which women have votes on the ma
tional advisory committee. Mrs Helen
Nsrick Boswell is president Of the ma
t!onal association. The State association.
OF which Mrs. John Francis Yawger is
president. will he quarter'd in the same
building as the national association.
Miss Alice Carpenter will manage the
work among women Cor the third-'erm
candidate Miss Carpenter has been aC-
tive in uplift work in New England
Seagirt. Aug. BON SATURDAY,. which is
New Jerser day. when thousands of
Democrats will come to Sea girt.
woman's Wilson and Marshall league
will be organized. Mrs J Borden Harri-
man. Mrs. Thomas p Gore. and Mrs.
Archibald Alexander will preside in a
tent to be set uTsT the grounds. Three
thousand buttons have been ordered and
will be distributed. The committee ex-
poets 10 enroll 5e'J members in the one
day
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
Tabloid Tale of the Caribbean.

Not only in darkest Haiti, but in al
Latin America the executive, hgura.
lively speaking, sits upon a powder
magazine In constant dread of ar
armed revolt against his tyrannic rule
President Leconte made an arsenal oi
his palace, storing there the destructive
elements which the exigencies OF
Haitian craftsmanship might force him
ut any hour to employ against his
enemies.
They say the terrific explosion was
an accident. Perhaps it was. Perhaps
it was by the hand of a plotter tina,
the spark was applied. At any rate,
Leconte's career was ended quite as
effectually. if little more brutally, as
that of Disz, Zelaya, or Castro, when
they were hurled from power by their
infuriated fellow-citizens.
The forefathers of the inhabitants of
Haiti were brought there in slave ships
from Africa to serve Spanish and
French masters who misgoverned the
island as they did all the rest of the
discovered or captured Caribbean isles.
When Toussaint rOuvarturc liberated
the country he gave self-government to
a people whose character had been
formed b. three centuries of contact
with cruelty ard violence.
That Part of the island now known
as the Dominican Republic had a
history similar to that of Haiti. but of
late there has been a marked divergence
between the two countries. In Haiti
the last three Presidents. Nord Alexis,
Simon. and Leconte, have been lifted
into power by revolutions In Santo
Domingo there has been continued
peace and even progress since an
American receiver is teaching them an
enforced lesson in financial manage
ment by looking after the customs rev.
enuc.
For the first time since the present
race of Dominicans emerged from an
amalgamation of Spandiards, negroes.
ard Indians the republic is learning tie
advantages OF peace and honest admin
is:ration. Perhaps it is destined to be-
come a permanent improvement
The Haitian, nearly a pure negro, is
apt at learning. Possibly the time will
arrive when the United States will un-
dertake little school teaching in Haiti
also. The outcome may be very graft
fyiig and perhaps We owe it to those
half-civilized people TO do something
for them when we stop to consider
all that they have learned-and suf-
fered-from the white man in the past
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
FLETCHER MAKES PLEA.
Southern Commercial Congress- sub
ject of Debate in senate.

1ect OF Dcbntc In senate.
Senator Fletcher of Florida. Presiden
of the Southern Commercial Congress
addressed the Senate yesterday on tn.
joint resolution recently introduced BY
Senator Newlands of Nevada. which
provided for the official Endorsement o.
Congress for the foreign commission OF
the Southern Commercial Congress,
which will go abroad next May to study
European methods of agricultural ii.
nance
Senator Fletcher said in part:
The Southern Commercial Congress
was organized fo- the purpose. primari.
y, of advancing the material interes,
of the sixteen Southern States, and as
Indicative of its broad spirit and extend
ed lines OF endeavor adopted as its slo-
gan A greater Nation through a great
er South Realizing that unique condl-
tons existed in the South. where Sc
rious interruption had for a time check
ed continuous development. and where
peculiar problems had to be met, it was
conceived that some aggressive and
constructive effort to make known the
possibilities and opportunities to be
found there. and to push forward and
emphasize the agricultural. Industrial.
commercial. climatic, and educational ad-
vsntases in that region, was a work
which was called for and should be
followed by r:cn results.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
LIVING COST WILL RISE.
Consumers In south HIT Hard b,
Interstate Commerce Commis.ion.

Consumers living in the South in all
probability will have to pay a larger
increase for the necessities Of life. he
ginning next year Fifty per cent Of in
crca ees asked for by agents OF railroads
operating in Southeastern freight asso-
cintion territory will be allowed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission, it was
announced yesterday.
Nearly 1900 rates were increased by
the railroads on different kinds of freight
handled from points outside of an area
bounded on the west by the Mississippi
and on the north by the Potomac and
Ohio Rivers, and on freight from this
territory to points North and West. The
increases asked for ranged from ! per
cent TO 81 IL per cent over rates now in
force.
On application to the commission ad
vances were suspended pending inquiry
as to their reasonableness until October
!. A partial checking up already has
been made. and II the ratio OF allow
ances he maintained. fully so per cent Of
the increases asked for by the railroads
will be granted.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
The Real Army Trouble.

Though the attempt by Chairman
Hay. OF the House Military Commit
tee, to legislate Gen. Wood out of of.
fee was fittingly rebuked by the Presi,
dent criticisms of our army continue
An officer stationed in this CITY, in a
letter to a New York paper. sums up
the trouble in one word. politics" He
insists that there is favoritism in the
army. The Senate has gathered a col
lection of views on the subject and
had them printed under the title, What
Is the Matter with Our Army" The
Secretary of War and six prominent
officers contributed These are some
OF she causes given:
Lack of concentration. prodieality,
discrgarIzation. piecemcal legislation
and divided control and a failure on
the part Of the nation to recognize the
armys purpose"
Mr.. Stimson believes that the reason
is lack of intelligent policy in di-
rectieg.
None Of the official replies appear to
be correct. The officers whose opin-
ions are quoted. excepting two, who
are subordinates of the other four. owe
their present positions TO that condi-
tion which is at the root of army
troubles. politics. Promotions in the
navy come in sequence and seldom is
one officer Jumped" far over the
heads Of others who may be superior
in training and ability. This is how
the officer above quoted concludes his
homily:
FOR the whole wretched state of af-
fairs there IS but one remedy-legisla-
ton putting all officers on one list in
order of length of commissioned serv-
ice. each permanent staff officer to have
running mate of the line; also pre-
scribing promotion in time of peace BY
seniority from bottom to top, contin-
uing the already adequate means of
elimination; and finally equalizing de-
tached details. Until the curse of
favortism is lifted we shall continue TO
have harassed, Inundated service,
saved from Generalization only by tho
devotion of stanch followers of its bzst
traditions"
1t is difficult to believe that favorit-
ism is as prevalent in the army Today
as it was in some former administra-
nons. Out of justice to those who are
striving toward publication it must be
said that the trend of opinion is toward
merit in all lines of government en-
ployHent. 1t is easier to reach the en-
listed men with such reforms than the
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
OUTING AT BEACH.

The members Of the AlCantara Cara
van. No. u. Order of Alhambra. are go
ing to Chesapeake Beach on Wednesday.
August 4. A large number Of tickets ar.
being disposed OF. and from the present
outlook Alcantarl will be the host 10
the largest crowd they have ever enter
tanned. An elaborate dinner will be
served at the Belvidere at : o'clock,
which will be followed by an entertain
ment.
The following committee have charge
of all the details: William j. McGee.
vice comma nder: Z. J. Maloy. master of
the oasis, and Redmond Devaney, master
of the wardrobe
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
THE WASHINGTON HERALD WEDNESDAY AUGUST H. 1912
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
SPENDING THE SUMNER.

SPENDING THE SUMNER.
Sis had a good time while away,
As she has since confessed.
Where she was fashion ruled the day
And everybody dressed.
Ma had a good time where she went,
In battle line arrayed,
Long hours each day at bridge they
spent
And everybody played.
And brother. he had quite a time.
He went where ripples swished,
Where wearing good clothes was q crime
And everybody fished.
But poor dad couldn't quit the grind
Or go where minnows lurked.
While others loafed he stayed behind
Where everybody worked.
Uncle Pennywise Says,
The average farmer doesn't work hard
enough to suit the summer boarders.
No Souvenirs.
"Hopelessly parvenu."
You went to their party last night"
Yes; and assure YOU that none Of the
silver was worth carrying away"
August - I'm History.
August H. lss5-Jokesmiths of America
dedicate a monument to Maud Muller.
August IA. 15sl-Bacon. Shakespeare,
and Fletcher play a foursome at golf
Morning in the Country.
love to hear the brook 60 by,
To hear the birds awake;
love to hear the cook apply
The hammer to the steak.
Would lie Fortheomins.
II thought you advertised green peas
fresh from the garden"
II did" admitted the farmer nervously
why have We none on the table,"
BE patient. The peas are here all
right. but ! misplaced the can opener"
1t May Happen.
My father has bought me one of the
Thousand Islands" boasted one spoiled
darling.
MY father has bought me a noun
tain" Dragged another pampered pet.
My father is going to buy me an in
dviduai ocean" declared the daughter Of
untold millions.
And then the hotel clerk decided 1t was
time to ring the dinner bell.
Political styles.
Who's going TO head the local ticket"
The boys want a change
Yes, ! know. We've been having
judge end a colonel. suppose this
years styles call for a professor and a
surgeon, hey?"
The Washington herald., 1912-08-14
FUNERAL OF MISS PARENT.
Bishop Murray VIII Conduct scry.
ices for Prrdccessor's Daughter.

The funeral OF Miss AdeHa vassar
Parent. daughter Of the late Bishop Will
ian. Parent. Of the Diocese of Maryland.
VII BE- held A the family lot in Rock
Creek Cemetery this afternoon at I -
O'Clock
The funeral party will be met at
Union Station at 2 o'clock by the pail
bearers. Rev. Howard ENGLAND. assistant
rector Of Rock Creek parish. MesSrs.
Philip !. Ryan. James II. Tay,or and
William NJ L-wis Bishop John Gard
ncr Murray. of the Diocese of MARYLAND.
Will Condu"t the service n the grave.
Miss Parent was born IN New York.
but since the death Of the hrshoQ. her
father. she spent the greater part ~
her time in this city where she had
apartments st the Cordova \ month
ago Miss Parent went t. New York to
visit relatives. where she became i'll.
Last Tus sday, acting on the advice of
her physician. she returned TO Balti-
more and entered the church Home
there. where she died Saturday morn
ing