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The Washington times., 1913-01-05
Musicale Is Planned
For Capital Blind

The entertainment for the blind this
week at the Library of Congress COM
prises a reading at 80 O'Clock Tuesday
afternoon by Mrs. Tilden and a musicale
at s o'clock Friday evening in which
Miss Marguerite Howard, Louis A. Brad
ford, and Mrs. Paul Blyden will take
part.
John Gregg Paine, of the copyright
bureau Of the Library OF Congress, gave
reading for the blind last night al the
headquarters, l729 III street northwest.
He read selections from Wadsworth,
James Whitcomb Riley, and Kiplng.
This is the first of series OF enter
tainments for tho blind, TO be given
three tines q week. ---.-. -.-. ------ -,
The Washington times., 1913-01-05
Sees Big Trade Opening
For u. S. in Argentina

Great opportunities for developing
American trade with Argentina are
seen by Charles NJ. Pepper. one of the
State Departments foreign trade ad-
visers, who is well acquainted with
South American conditions.
He points to Argentina's great agri-
cultural interests as q tremendous fac
tor in her buying power and believes
the consumption per capita exceeds that
OF any country.
Mr.. Pepper favors getting closer to
Argentina by means of steamship facili-
ties. the establishment OF American
banks and increased trade between both
countTiea
The Washington times., 1913-01-05
Fuller in New York
After World Chase

Hector Fuller. picturesque war cor
respondent and globe trotter. who Is
well known in Washington. has arrived
in New York on his return from a wild
journey around the world in pursuit of
Jordan Lawrence Mott, I'd, and Mrs.
Walter Bovine, both of New York, re-
turned without his quarry, having failed
10 separate Mr.. Mott from the woman
who eioped across the seas with him.
Mr.. Fuller plans to go to London next
week. but It Is not known whether he
intends TO resume newspaper work.
The Washington times., 1913-01-05
FEDERATED CIVIC
BODIES DISCUSS
new TRAFFIC LAW
Regulations Declared More
Stringent Than Desired.
Report Adopted.

Numerous changes in the new traffic
regulations for the District will be pro-
posed to the Commissioners IL the MEM
bers Of the Federation of Citizens As
sociations carry to the authorities the
ideas presented at the meeting Of the
federation last night. The matter was
brought before the association by the
report of the committee on legislation
on the resolution referred to it at the
last meeting of the association asking
for more rigid regulation of'automobiles.
The committee reported that the Com
missioners had already enacted into law
regulations even more strenuous than
were asked for in the resolution, and
asked that the action of the Commis-
sioners be approved with thanks.
Finally Adopted Report.
Some of the members opposed the
committees recommendation on the
ground that the report did not carry
with II the text OF the new recommen-
dations; others suggested changes in
the regulations as they had seen them
in the daily press and others favored
the adoption of the report. Some ad-
mitted they knew nothing about the
new regulations. The motion to adopt
the committees report finally carried
by vote of nine to four
A resolution asking for "Jim Crow
law for the District was referred back
to the various associations for them to
express their attitude. A resolution ask
ing the Commissioners to grant the
use of public school buildings for other
than strictly school purposes was adopt
ed with the restriction that such meet
ings are to be non-political, non-relig-
lous and made up Of people who reside
in the section in which the school is
located.
Favor Indeterminate Sentence.
The legislation committee recommend
ed that the resolution opposing a quail
fled verdict for the District be opposed
by the associations. be not adopted. The
association adopted the resolution. thus
binding itself to neither side of the
question. The same committee reported
favorably on the advisability OF having
an indeterminate sentence in the Dis
trict. and the report was received.
1t was urged by William Nick. Clay
ton that the proper committee use its
utmost influence in behalf of securing
from Congress increased appropriations
for streets and police protection in the
suburban section. A resolution favoring
an inheritance tax for the District was
carried over until ths<next meeting, the
Legislation committee having reported
adversely on this resolution.
w. ii. Richardson was appointed to
serve with representatives from other
civic bodies on a subcommittee from the
clean city committee in an effort to
regulate and bring into better working
order the garbage question in the Dis
trict.
The Washington times., 1913-01-05
Seek Direct Election.
Of Bay State Senator

BOSTON. Jan. "a conference will
be held tomorrow by Governor Foss,
the Progressives IN the legislature, and
the Democratic leaders to decide on a
plan OF action In regard to the enact
ment OF a bill 10 leave the choice of
a Snator to the people. An alliance
may follow which shall call on every
member of the legislature opposed to
The Repubi' can organization to fight the
caucus plan, and push the passage Of
the Senatorial bill
The Washington times., 1913-01-05
Imagination Topic
OfLecture at w. C. T. u,

1.-The Imagination in Relation to
Health and Disease" will be the sub
ject of i lecture by DR.. Charles +.
Winbigler. director of the Washington
Psycho-Therapeutfc Society, at the
Woman Christian Temperance Union
building. 522 Sixth street northwest.
next Monday night.
The Washington times., 1913-01-05
DEMOCRATS WORRY,
|. FEARING WILSON
MAY HOLD UP JOBS
Withholding of Patronage to
Force Tariff Bill, Is Ru-
mored Plan.

Stories that President-eiect Wilson IL
going to hold back the distribution Of
jobs until he gets the sort Of tart6 bin
he wants within sight Of the statute
books are recurring In Washington with
altogether too much frequency to give
comfort to cold and hungry Democrats
Who have been out Of office for the
better part Of two decades and who are
lining up to rush to the public trough
sometime the afternoon Of March &
These stories literally chill the blood OF
the office hunters and the members OF
Congress who are giving their friends
assurance they win be taken care Of.
The fact that there Is substantial rea-
son to believe this Is the policy the
President-elect viii follow makes the
outlook for the opening Of the new Ad-
ministration doubly interesting. When
Mr.. Wilson gets into the White House.
he VIII have an enormous lot OF patron
age at his disposal much more than
Win 90 around the crowd seeking the
places.
No Hurry to Fin Jobs.
He can follow the policy of giving all
his stock in trade away or he can keep
lot of It In his pockefs- Some Of his
friends last November declared the new
President would be in no great hurry
to mn all the offices and now they feel
they have better reason than ever for
that prediction.
President Taft tried the policy Of
Furnishing the insurgents In Congress
by Withholding patronage He made
complete failure Of It. One reason was
that public sentiment in their iocalities
was with the insursents and the other
Wa. that when President TAFT be.sn
patronage club there was little In the
way Of offices to distribute.
But the situation of Mr. Wilson will
be entirely different from that Of Mr..
dent there viii be complete shifting OF
the control Of the Government from the
hands Of the Republicans over to the
Democrat Under the c.rcumssances.
vast amount OF patronage to bestow.
but the constituents Of Democratic
members Of Congress VIII be unusually
vehement in demanding office Already.
ate are having their lives made miser-
able by applicants for Office
Predict . Victory.
II 1t should eventuate that early In
the session, the recommendations OF
Democratic Senator or House member,
were systematically turned down by the
White House and other persons ap-
pointed. the embarrassment to the
member 80 ignored would be great He
woul be weakened with his constituents
Therefore, when II comes to putting
through the tarf nlegislation, Mr.. VIII
son, Il he holds back a large share OF
his appointments. and plays the game
slkilfu!iy. Is salng 70 save tie FAip
The real aaestien is. how much 3 ne
going to use IL?
On this. opinion DIFFER Blu tthe Inn
preston IL growing about the Capitol
that the White House Is going to have
q lot to say about the tarf and that
generally speaking 1t win get its way.
The Washington times., 1913-01-05
Announces Census
Of House CuSpidors

The latest census is that of cuspldors
in the offices Of the House and was
taken by the doorkeeper. who an
nounced the result yesterday. In, all
there were 233. of which twenty-nins
are kept In case Of an emergency. Some
Individual counts follow: Former Sneak
er Cannon has four; Speaker Clark.
three; the pages Of the House, i've; and
Minority Leader Mann. one At the
head Of the list, however. comes the
Naval Affairs COMMITTEES, with seven.
The Washington times., 1913-01-05
SHOREHAh HOTEL,
REM0DELED, OPENS
FOR PUBLIC VIEW
New Kitchen Is Chief Pride
of Architect and
Manager.

The new Shoreham Hotel, entirely re-
modelled within, and with seventy-hve
additional rooms, threw open its doors
Yesterday afternoon at o'clock for the
reception of guests. The first names
on the register. were those of a party
of hotel men from New York who came
to washington especially to look the
new hotel over and gain what ideas in
hotel management could be obtained.
chief attraction. An old fashioned mir
Wood, architect, an aspect OF spaci-
BUSINESS with long vistas has been at
tanned which is a great improvement.
The color schemes are designed to give
a restful appearance to the various
rooms and the idea has been carried
out wonderfully WE'LL
Kitchen New Feature.
One of the CHEZ features, which is
matter of pride to the management, is
the new kitchen. Before the kitchen.
was hidden away in a sub-cellar, where
it could not be. inspected. The new
kitchen is on the same floor. with the
grill with large windows on every side,
and the management invites inspection
at any time. 1t has been enlarged and
entirely rebuilt of concrete.
The grill of the Shoreham has been
done over in colonial design The room
is decorated very simply in white and
green with old prints on the walls.
and the very simplicity of it is its
chief attraction. An old-fashioned mir
ror at one end and a colonial side
board at the other are the features or
the room.
Three Orchestras Play.
Three orchestras played for the guests
who inspected the hotel yesterday af-
ternoon, the Marine Band under Santel-
mann, and two Hungarian orchestras,
were situated in the grill. dining room,
and lounging room. The hotel was
crowded from 4 o'clock, when the for
NAL opening took place, until !.
j. Maury Dove, head OF the owning
company, is proud of the fact that not
a single thing. except for few neces-
stiles, In the hotel. was bought outside
of washington.
The Washington times., 1913-01-05
Concerts Tomorrow
By U. S. Marine Band Orchestra. at
Barracks, O'clock.
WILLIAM NJ. SANTELMANN,
Leader.
PROGRAM.

PROGRAM.
March, Sons of the Brave" .Bidgood
Overture, La Dame Blanche,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21

way & I viii show the littel trout to
yure mother & YOU show her the big
ones & tell her that you caught them
That viii be a good joak on her, Pa
sed-
Just them a man cain up to Pa s.
sed Any luck2
Indifferent sed Pa & he KEEP walk
ing.
Let me look in that basket, he sed to
Pa q he looked & saw the lIttel three
inch trout q he Sed That VIII cost you
SO dollars No angler is allowed 10
keep a trout under six inches in length
Why dident you throw him back in the
Streem2
I wanted him to. toa1d the man, but
he SEQ he Wuddent Look at all the
nice big ones I caught I sed TO the
man, he was game warden I threw
all my httel ones back. Pa looked at
me like spanking sounds & feels. But
he didn't have the S25 with him 50
he had to be arrested tin i cud so TO
the hotel to git it.
Ma made lots OF fun OF Pa She sed
she wud maik him a striped fishing
suit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
RESINOL CURED
ITCHING ECZEMA
Too Terrible to Describe. Tortured by
IL Since Childhood.

Washington, ID. c., Feb. -, 1873
Since early childhood have suffered
untold misery with that terrible tor
rure eczema on the backs Of my hands
and fingers. I have spent hundreds OF
dollars on treatments and cOnsulta-
ti0ns and bought every known remedy
but could not be cured. Ny hands
would crack open. oft times showing
the Hgameuts, and the skin would stick
20 the inside Of my gloves
THE itching was too terrible to
describe and sleep was possible only
when in an exhausted condition This
winter I had given up all hope OF ever
finding cure, when I heard of ResinOl
and purchased some. The results were
perfectly marvellous used three Jars
Of ResinOI Ointment, with Resinol
Soap. and my hands are perfectly
cured. cannot find words strong
enough to praise ResinOl and what II
has done for me. wish everyone
needing relief from that stubborn and
tOrturing afflicti0n would give Resinol
a trial. I shall be pleased to answer
any Inquiries (SiEned) Mrs. Harry
O. JarbOe, 621 = St. N w.
You can try ResinOl free, Tor skin
eruptiOns. pimples, dandruff, stubborn
sores, bOIs or piles. Sold by practical
" every druggist, but for trial write
TO Dept 24-S ResinOl, Baltimore Nd
Advertisement.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21

than you are have tried to catch fish
with me, & in the end I have forced all
of them to bow thare beds in shaim &
walk slowly away. Few men indeed can
hope to vie with me in Turing the
finny tribe from thare lair Pa sed, &
then he keC on Dragging & catching
mOar fish.
After a long while I got a crate big
trout on my line & I was Citing him
out all rite by myself, but Pa had 10
butt in with his landin net 90 help ne
wen I dident need any help, & he
knocked the fish off my line. / was
so mad cud almost sware but I dident
say anything The fish was gone &
that was all thare was TO it
He Gets One.
Jest befoar we quit fishin I caTSht
Ittel three inch trout was going TO
put il back in the water, tut Ia std
Wait a minnit. Bobbie, I nave a plan
Put the nttel fish in yure lit-cl BASKET
I viii explain the plan wen we sit neer
hOam.
We we got neer hoam Pa gaiv me
his big basket to carry with all his big
trOuts, & ne took my littei basket
with the one littel trout in it, We viii
walk into the village & to the hotel this
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
C. RANCH Is
SOLD FOR S2,OOO,OOO

Midland. Tex. May 21.-OfficiaI an
nouncement has been made of the sale
of the &C. ranch, at Midland, the
famous Nelson Morris property. to the
o. w. Kerr company, of Minneapolis,
Mimi. This is the largest land deal
that has been made in the entire
state for a long time
The CO. ranch comprises over. 223. 900
acres and lies in four counties, Mid
land. Andrews, Martin and Ector. The
exact consideration paid is not stated.
but il is reliably given at over $4,000,
600. 1t is planned TO cut this property
Up into small tracts, irrigation wells
viii be sunk on the land and every
thing done TO convert it into ideal irri-
cation farms
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21

AIso Y mas a tongue, winch It shoots
OFF with great rapidly and vOlubility
upon occasions.
Apparently the eyesight of the hook
worm is very poor, as it is unable
10 see button unless it is the size Of
a silver dollar, and it cannot distin-
gulsh an invisible loop from a chance
TO tear hole with a hook in the back
OF an imported dinner gown.
Likewise the hook worm IS very
awkward and clumsy in the way in
which it manipulates its antennae. il
having been estimated that it makes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
MICHIGAN OFFICERS COME
no TAkE ERANE NEERLNG RACE

Sheriff Leo. J. RimmeIe, Of Saginaw,
Mich, accompanied by George S.
Schultz, former sheriff Of that place,
arrived in FL PasO Tuesday night The
officers are here to take Frank Neer-
ing, alias Frank Smiley, back to Sagi-
nav. where he is charged with theft
Of cattle and breaking Jail Neering
it is claimed, escaped from the Sagi-
nav Jail last October, after assaulting
the turnkey with a piece of gas pipe
lie was arrested here two weeks ago
by the detecJsyes- The Michigan Of
Ulcers with their prisoner, viii leave
for Saginaw Wednesday night
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
Little BObbie and His Pa
Pa Gets Arrested by the Game War
den While He is out in the
Country Illustrating.
William f.

DOOR Pa, he got pinched yesterday
~ by a gain warden 1t is the first
time that Pa ever got arrested
6, he felt very bad about it. He was
hanging his ned all the morning at
brekfust today & wen he started for
the litteI pOstoffice to see if-thare was
any mail for him or ma or me.
The way Pa happened to get Dinched
was kind of funny after all 1t was a
good joak on him, & after ne had paid
his fine Ma toald him that It served
him rite for trying to be a boy comic.
1t was like this.
How II Was.
Pa & me started out early in the
morning to catch sum mOar trOuts
We went to a liJtel stream called Horse
Brook, neer Bob Hardle's farm. This
IS a crate morning, BObbie, SEE Pa,
the wind is from the southwest & thare
is sort of haze in the air, almost as
if it was IniUn summer. The condi-
shuns are ideel for trouts to bite, sed
Pa ! anticipate sum rare sport
We started to fish. & all the fore
noon Pa had all the luck. I fished in
sum Of the saim places that he did.
but the trOuts dident seem to care for
the worms which was on my hook. or
else thay was afrade they wud drag
Ittel boy like me into the water.
Any how. they dideut bite for me at all
& then Pa wud cum along d throw intg
the saim place q catch three or four
nice big ones.
DOant be down harted. lttel boy. sed
Pa Much mOar experienced anglers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
KIDNAPPING CAUSES
FATHERS DEATH

Allentown, Pa Nay 2l-RelallFgSS
and friends of the late Reuben
Steckels, a wealthy resident Of TINS
city. declare that his death was az
rectly due to the shock experiences
when his daughter, Miss anna T.
Steckel, a Vassar college graduate
was kidnapped in the presence OF heI
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
FIFTEEN STRIVE FOR A
PRIZE: STEAPVS WINS IT

'NOw is the time for all good men,
was written for Is minutes by the type
writing class of the high school Tuesday
afternoon for a silver cup offered for
the student of the class who got the
greatest number OF words right in his
copy There were 10 contestants and
DaY Verne Stearns. son OF the late Prof.
Stearns Of the Juarez Agricultural col
lege, won the cup. which was offered bv
Silberberg Bros The test was made in
Miss Marv StantOn's commercial class at
the high school.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
BEES FIGHT FIREMEN
WV ERolL RuRNLNG RL-IL.nINa

Phoenix, Ariz., May 21-Fire believed
TO be of incendiary origin destroyed so
hives Of the 300-hive apiary of Frank
LOveltt seven miles north of Phoenix
Two men with torches were seen about
the place in the early morning.
The angry bees kept a number of
neighbOrs from the apiary. T. Z. Hart
wig. however, wrapped his head in
cloth and succeeded in checking the
fire by throwing on buckets Of water
carried from a nearby ditch.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21

ing ever been found in the country. Sci
entlsts differ concerning its history, but
a consensus Of the best authorities in
dcates that its origin was contem-
poraneous with the coming in Of the
fashion of frocks that button uD the
back, and that the great original hook
worm was discovered by a fat woman
with short arms.
From this small and humble begin
ming sprang the millions of hook
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
NEW RAILROAD Is MOOR
PORATED FOR S4,OOO,OOO
MOufezuma and san Juan Southern
Name Of Proposed Line to Traverse
Northern New Mexico

Aztec, n NJ, May 21-An enterprise
that promises to connect San Juan
county and its magnificent resources
with the balance OF this state was
started at COrteZ, Col, when the Non
tezuma & san Juan Southern Railroad
company was incorporated. The incor-
poratOrs are bankers. business men
and citizens Of COrtez- The company
is incorporated for 100000 and its
plans are to comprise a railroad from
COrtez, Col, to connection with the
main line of the Santa Re east Of Cal
lup.
essary to complete the preIiminaries
has been subscribed. The magnitude
of the undeveIoped resources of the
san Juan basin viii if this road is
built add more than double the pres
ent population and wealth to New
Mexico.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
PAVING OF 10 BLOCKS
AUTHORIZED IN ALBUQUERQUE
Petitions Asking for Texas BituIlfhic
Co. to Do Work, Filed by Property
OWners and Aldermen Act

Albuquerque, \. NJ, May 21-The
street Improvement program for the
summer became known last night.
when petitions were presented to the
council asking for the paving Of West
Copper avenue, from Fourth street ia
Central avenue, South Third street
from Silver to Gold avenue and South
Second street from Coal to Silver ave
nue.
The council authorized the having
after an executive session with +. Y.
Lanham, Of the Texas Bitulithic COM
pany.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21

to tie up with a hook worm
that has been thoroughly trained
BY some deceased woman who was ad-
dicted to lingerie shirt waists. Much
is to be said in favor of each side Of
the question; but, alasi there are many
problems in life. and even the young
hook worm who is CONGREGATIONAL bent
on doing mis- duty sometimes gets in
bad, for in his excess Of zeal he dis
plays a skill that sets the woman who
owns him to guessing.
The hook worm has a very limited
vocabulary, the only two expressions
that it has ever been heard to use
being Helen Blazes' and a word that
IS muffed and indistingUisha but
that sounds as II it started with a big.
big D.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21

lIONG the most in
teresting Of the ma
tive fauna and flora
IS the hook worm.
This valuable crea-
-ure belongs to the
category Of dOmes-
animals genus hem
peckis), a n d {
forms a useful and
indispensable ad-
junct to households
where no maid is
kept
The hook worm
IS indigenous to the
the United States,
and it flourishes
most plentifully in
cities, only a few
rare and scattering
Ma - - -.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
NO ss1IASS MEETING OF, THE
WHY ESQ HELD E-E.nN E-erl 4

Chicago, H.. May 21.-There was no
mass meeting Of witnesses for the
International Harvester company TODAY.
This fact developed as succeeding Wit
nesses were asked by Edwin p. eros
venOr, representing the government in
the anti trust suit if they had at
tended such a meeting
A large number of implement deal
ers from Indiana. Michigan and Illinois
testified as to the percentage Of sales
Of International Harvester company
MACHINES as compared with other
makes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
DISCUSS TRANSFERRING
SCHOOL BUILDING Z

At meeting Of the directors Of the
FL PasO Military Institute Tuesday, the
matter of transferring the buiIdings to
the state for use of the state school
of mines was discussed. No definite
action was taken, but the county is
10 be urged to take some action to pro-
vide a place for the new school
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
NATURAL HISTORY No. 1.-The Hook
LESSONS By Dor UHrr Dix

tasks and fasten up a French confec-
ton before you could say "ScatE'
Little is known of the habits of the
hook worm, as, although it is a dOmes-
tic animal, it abseuts itself from the
house all day, only returning at night
to be fed It's period of greatest ac-
tiVity is lust before dinner and theateF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-21
THE COURTS.
ssTH DISTRICT COURT.
Dan VI. IacL-snn. Presfdin-.

HtlariO Garcia, charged with assault
with intent to murder, not guilty
f. g. Alderete VS.. John Z. McElroy
ct al, Injunction suit; filed
Carmen COurChesne vs. ValmOre
COurchesne, suit for divorce; filed
TeOdOrO Gomez and Jesus GaIindo
charged with burglary; on trial
EldefOnzO Basquez, charged with
criminal assault; given a suspended
sentence Of three years.