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The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
TUESDAY, AUGUST S. 1913.
A Tariff Paradox.

1t may seem paradoxical to say 1t,
but it seems nevertheless to be true
that manufacturers have less informa-
ton about their business valuable to
legislators than any one else. They
are either so nopelessly immersed in
detail or so warped in their concep-
ton of the essential that their infor-
nation amuses rather than lnstructs.
While this fact has been for years pat
ent to those who have the leisure and
courage to consult the voluminouS tar
if committee hearings of Congress, II
was strikingly shown in the answers 10
questions Cor the failure to answer
tlem) sent out by the Finance Com
mittee to various manufacturers. These
questions asked for specific informa-
ton, and any manufacturer ought to be
able to answer practically all of them
in so far as they apply to his business.
1t came out in the Senate debate last
Friday, however, that out of approx
imately $500 lists of questions sent
out, only Go lists of answers upon 81
subjects were returned. Either the
great majority of manufacturers who
received the questions did not care to
disclose the specific information asked
for or they were not able to answer
the questions.
The lists of questions that were an
swered and that are now available Ill
printed form do not show very pro-
found knowledge of the relation of in
dustry to the tariff. The questions are
frequently followed by No answer"
Cannot answer" &c. Too often in the
past manufacturers have blamed, with
out knowing why, all their ills on the
condition OF the tariff and have turned
to Washington for relief. They are
now facing a demand for specific in
formation. The public is placing on
them the burden of proving their case.
The presumption is no longer in their
favor. If the answers to questions
sent to the Finance Committee is any
indication of the knowledge of manu-
facturers OF the tariff situation. they
are voices CRYING i'll the wilderness
without any reason for their cry.
There are manufacturers. of course,
who do understand from their point of
view the effect OF tariff. They are,
however, comparatively few in num-
Der. Any impartial student of the tariff
will discount their conclusions, because
they are colored with prejudice. While
their information is perhaps better than
none. it is a weak foundation for a
permanent tariff structure.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05

The scent piece Is the day laborer
of our coinage. 1t is the hardest working
and most successful bit Of money In use
in these United States.
The so gold piece Is very popular ana
is madly sought after in the best society |;
the s. bill has millions of friends, ana
the hard silver dollar can be found nes-
Ting in the pocket Of almost every free-
born citizen. But none OF these works
like the scent piece.
The humble nickel runs the street cars
of the nation. provides it with cigars and
soda water, buys most of Its magazines
operates its slot machines. and has made
the moving picture more powerful than
the political orator.
The nickel has built 1oo-acre breweries
and $500 OO0, 900 subway systems where
the 81 bill has given up In despair the
humble nickel has stepped in and operat-
ed vast theaters. The quarter ran ths
magazine business for many years. ana
made a mess Of It. But when the nickel
went into the game II put the MAGAZINE
on every newsstand and filed the Amer
lean home SO full Of Sunday newspapers
that father has to clear II out with
pitchfork on Monday morning.
Place a dollar bill in the pocket and IL
has to be removed with forceps and an
anaesthetic. But put nickel IN tne
pocket and within ten minutes II mas
ieaped nimbly into the till of the nearest
cigar store. soda fountain. or moving PIC
ture emporium.
II the nickers work were to be turned
lover to the dime. most Of our moving
picture theaters would close, the cigar
business would disappear, street cars
would travel empty. and our most prom
linent brewers would be moving lawns
for q living. Many Of our newest and
freshest miIlionaifes are men who found
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
Stupendous Automobile Figures.

The figures submitted to the recent
session of the International Good
Roads Congress at London regarding
the worlds automobiles and motor
driven vehicles are amazing. There are
at present in use in all countries a
total of I,I6I,oII motor vehicles. OF
these 1,o24oI3 were automobiles and
I36,ooS motorcycles.
This country leads with 62S,Is5 mo-
tor vehicles. Great Britain comes next
with 1873. France is third with
so,1S5, and Germany fourth with
7ooo6. An interesting item in this
census is the one showing the growth
of the commercial auto-truck. The
total in use now approximates 6o,556
(American list not completely. Ger
many uses three times as many motor
trucks as pleasure cars (49I26).
The automobile has conquered the
world. Egypt has I,I6o. The Straits
Settlements, 1,o41. There are $50 in
Burma, India; $500 in the Trans
wal; and even Morocco sports 3I5 OF
them. And yet this census is incom-
plete. for there were no figures OBJ
tainable from Spain. Portugal, Russia,
Hungary, Bulgaria, Western Australia,
Natal, Algeria, and Ceylon. But tbs
figures are stupendous as it is.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
GOMEZ LEADS TROOPS
AGAINST REVOLUTION
Martial Law Preelained Throughout
Venezaela-Gen. Teaeria Con-
mands Rebels.
U. S. CRUISER NOW ON WAY

President Gomez of Venezuela will
lead the government troops In person I'm
the campaign against the revolution
started by Cipriano Castro, according to
State Department dispatches yesterday.
state Of revolution has been declared
to exist in Venezuela, and martial law
has been proclaimed throughout the re-
public.
It is reported that Gen. Telleria is lead
ing the revolutionists in the Falcon Dis
trict, and q body Of rebels Is said to
have been landed on Goajira Peninsula.
The cruiser Des Moines yesterday after
noon sailed from Brunswick. Ga. for
La Guayra, on the coast of Venezuela.
Henry F.. Tenant. of the State Depart
ment. is on board. and he will take
charge OF the legation at Caracas upon
his arrival.
Secretary Bryan yesterday afternoon
declined to indicate the policy Of this
government toward the revolution and
its leader.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
Express Companies
Threaten to Appeal
On Rate Decision

New York, Aug. 4-Express companies
will appeal to the courts IL the cut in
express rates ordered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission is as drastic as
reported from Washington. Officers of
these public carriers stated today that
it would be impossible for the rate clerks
to compile the new rates by October Is,
the date set by the commission for the
placing in operation of the new tariffs.
Attorneys for the different companies
are therefore expected to appear shortly
and ask for an extension of time.
Announcement that the commission had
finished its report ordering q sweeping
reduction in rates resulted in q drop
of L 81 points in the stock of the Ameri-
dan Express Company, the shares de-
Ginning to 100, the lowest prices recorded
since 1905. Compared with the high price
of so recorded in 1910. the quotation at
which 100 shares changed hands today
shows a loss of 100 points. United States
Express declined ! point, and Wells
Fargo was unchanged
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
POLICEMAN IS KILLED
ON NEW YORK STREET
Running Up to Group to Stop Fight,
O&esr b Shot, Dying
instantly.

New York, Aug. 4-Probationary Pa
trolman Patrick Cotter was shot to death
tonight in Hughes Avenue. near 18th
Street while in pursuit of a young man
who. a few minutes previously. had en-
gagged In an alteration with another
man and a woman.
Charles De MARITIME. twenty-three years
of age. a barber. is under arrest charged
with the murder.
While patrolling his beat this evening
Cotter heard two shots fired at the cor.
ner Of Belmont Avenue and Eighteenth
Street. As he ran up one man OF party
Of two men and q woman, who were In
violent argument, Ned.
Cotter pursued him and had almost
overtaken him when the man jumped
behind a tree. swung himself around and
fired two shots. Both bullets struck the
policeman in the breast. killing him in
stantly. The alleged slayer was caught
after hard chase. He drew q razor and
tried to slash the patrolman who stopped
him In his flight.
The man and woman with whom De
MARITIME 10 said to have quarreled dis
appeared. The prisoner denied firing al
Cotter. Witnesses to the tragedy identi.
fed him as the slayer. He had no re-
volver on him when arrested
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
TO MY DOG BLANCO.

CBy Josiah Gilbert Hollandl
Ny dear dumb friend. low lying there.
A willing vassel at my feet,
Glad partner Of my home and fare,
My shadow in the street.
look into your great brown eyes,
Where love and loyal homage shine.
And wonder where the difference lies
Between your soul and mine.
Full all Of good that I have found.
Within myself or human kind.
Hath royalty informed and crowned
Your gentle heart and mind.
scan the whole broad earth around,
For that one heart, which, ! laeand true.
Bears friendship without end or bound,
And find the prize in you'll
trust you as I trust the stars:
Nor cruel loss. nor SCOT. nor pride.
Nor beegary, nor dungeon bar,
Can move you from my side.
As patient under injury
As any Christian saint OF old,
As gentle rs . lamb with me.
But with your brothers bold.
More playful than . frolic boy.
More watchful than Q sentinel.
By day and night your constant Joy.
To guard and please me well.
clasp your head upon my breast.
The while you whine and lick my hand,
And thus our friendship Is confessed
And thus We understand
All, Blanco! did I worship God
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
Castro Once More.

The error OF judgment made by this
government was not to ultimately ad-
init Cipriano Castro into this country
via Ellis Island, but to let the arch
conspirator depart after he had been
admitted. There it is where all the
present trouble was bred. OF course,
there would have been but one ground
for retaining him: conspiracy against
a friendly power and the buying OF
ammunition. &c, in this country. But
as this is the thing he actually did,
why was not the man Swallowed and
his real aim discovered by our Secret
Service men?
There is no use crying over spilled
milk The dark deed is DONE" and
We fear that Our government will have
its hands full for some time to come,
for Castro is slippery fellow, and.
once entrenched in the wilds of the
Venezuela hinterland off an almost
inapproachable coast line, what are we
going 10 do about it? What did we
send cruiser there for anyway. in
such double-quick time, when nothing
can be done by the United States to
assist the regular government? Ameri-
can interests were not threatened. Cas-
tro is no fool, and knows a great deal
better than to challenge our interfer-
ence.
What is of far more import for us
to know is. whether any of the great
rival interests are backing Castro in
this unexpected, though evidently long
planned, move. We should say off
handed that this is not at all unlikely.
The resources of Venezuela are vast,
indeed, and the question of concessions
play very important part in the pol
itics of that republic. If there are men
who believe that President Gomez has
Disseminated against them in favor of
some rival, they might be more than
glad to stir up a revolution under the
leadership of just such an INSCRIPTIONS
man like Castro. Our government was
taken entirely unawares. We know
absolutely nothing of what Castro has
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
DISTRICT BOY ON CRUISE.
Chester 4. Becklcy One of Six
Revenue Cutter Cadets.

Chester Arthur Beckley, Of this city.
Is one of six newly appointed revenue
cutter cadets who today start a course
CT instruction under Capt. w. v. Z.
Jacobs, OF the cutter Itasca- who Is
superintendent of the school at New Lon
don. Conn. and who will undertake to
teach the Young men how 10 become Of
ficers in the service.
The teacher and his pupils leave New
London today for the summer practice
cruise. which will terminate in drills and
maneuvers In GARDENERS Bay and Long
Island Sound on September q The
cadets then will land at New London,
and on October / will begin the yearly
academic term.
The other cadets are William Webb
Carney, of Bedford. Ind: George Kicker
Crosby, Of New York City; Aaron
Natheis, of Newport News, Va: Paul
Revere Smith. of Concord. Mass. and
Isaac John Van Hammer, Of Grand Rap
ids. Mich.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
DROWNED BY LINERS WASH.
Suction from Big Vessel Imperlls
Scores of Lives.

Hamburg. Aug. 1.-TWO were drowned
and more than twenty pitched headlong
in the water today by the wash thrown
up by the HamburgAmerican liner
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria when passing
into the River Elbe at Wittenberg in
ward-bound from New York.
Rowboats and river craft were over
turned and life savers were busy for
considerable time. The big liner
slowed down and lowered her boats as
soon as those on deck became aware
Of what had happened. The suction
from the wash of the big vessel was so
great that many of those in the water
were drawn beneath the surface.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05


in mind and who is with him, or who
is against him.
Castro is a born agitator and h:
has many friends, especially among the
masses, because, when President he SO
strenuously opposed a liberal policy to-
ward the foreigners. notably the people
of this country. The man poses as a
martyr in his home country. Gomez is
wrong when he says that it will be
easy to catch and annihilate him. There
is plenty of trouble brewing down there,
and likely enough another fine chance
to show how this administration stands
on the Monroe doctrine question!
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
What Is Lord Murray Doing in South
America?

Learning definitely from Mr.. Winston
Churchill's speech in the House Of
Commons that oil is to be used SC
largely in the British navy that the
government proposes to set up for it
self in the oil business, the question
may be in order what Lord Murray
the former Liberal whip, but now one
of the owners of the Mexican Eagle
Oil Company, is doing in South Amer
lea!
The change from coal to oil will moi
be immediate, but it is in progress. II
seems to be a matter of necessity, as
Welsh anthracite, upon which the Brit
ish navy is depending chiefly, is dimin.
ishing fast. The successful expert.
ments in the United States Navy will
lead to a more extensive use of oil
and all British battleships now under
construction are being fitted for oil
use. Mr.. Churchill's policy is to con-
tract for oil five years ahead. One con-
tract for a substantial quantity is being
placed with the Mexican Eagle CON-
pany. But his ultimate object is that
the British admiralty should become
the independent owner and producer OF
its own supplies of the liquid fuel; to
be above price fluctuations in times of
peace and to build up an oil reserve to
keep the navy fully supplied in war
time.
But where does the British govern
ment mean to purchase oil properties !?
Our stores of oil here seem practically
inexhaustible, but do we intend to sell
any of them, or would the British gov
eminent think of coming here to buy?
Contracts for supplying oil is one
matter, but transfer of ownership 10
another nation is quite another thing.
England may rely upon Baku for a
large supply, but ownership by Great
Britain is barred from Russian ter
ritory. Where, then, is the British
government TO become the independent
owner and producer of its own liquid
fuel? 1t could look to Canada and TO
Burma, but we doubt whether Can
ada, despite its loyalty, would care to
let the ownership of its oil lands go
to the mother country. In Burma,
we are told. there are about 500 oil
wells in the Irawaddi district and $50
in Avakan, but there is not a spouting
we'll among them and their total pro-
duction would not suffice for the ad-
miralty's needs.
Hence, we repeat that we are Gu
rious to know what Lord Murray is
doing in South America? He has in
spected the partially developed oil prop
critics in Colombia (Which little re-
public nourishes an especial grievance
toward u.s.. In Venezuela he has seen
the rich petroleum springs fringing
Lake Maracaibo. Lord Murray now
is at the head of the Mexican Eagle
Company, which is to furnish large
quantities of oil for the British navy.
But the Mexican Eagle Company is an
English concern, and in view of all
the above said and of the fact that
Lord Murray is one of the most trust
ed men of the dominant political party
in England, it should interest the
American government to learn whether
and to what extent-if any-hsis act
ing as a (secret) emissary of the first
lord of the British admiralty?
is there another-a still more serious
Monroe doctrine problem in store for
us?
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
CHARGED WITH KILLING.
Miss Emma f.. Kill Held For s.
Z. Irons Death.

Utica. n. Y, Aug. 4.-Facing charge
Of murder in the first degree. Miss Emma
Z. Krill. of Cornwall-on-the-Hu Is
held in Jail here tonight. Miss Krill was
arrested at her sisters home last night
by Utica officers and arraigned In the
city court today, charged with completely
in the death of DR.. Stanley F. Iron, who
was found dead in his rooms here, June Y.
At the time Of the physicians death.
he was alone with the woman who posed
as his wife. Following his death an in
vestigation Of the stomach showed evil
dence of an overdose OF morphine. The
arrest of Miss Krill was then ordered.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
SCENE OF |. W. W. BATTLE
QUIET; TROOPS RULING
Wheatiald, Where SheriRs Posse En-.
gagged Hop Piekers, Thought
to Be Subdued.

Wheatland, Cal. Aug. 4-wheatland
which was yesterday the scene of Bloody
rioting between striking hop pickers, led
by members Of the Industrial Workers
OF the World and a sheriff's posse. Is to-
night quiet and orderly. Six companies
Of the national guard. under the COM
mand OF Gen. Forbes. arrived here to-
night and took control of the situation.
II is not believed now there will be any
further trouble.
Four suspects. giving the names Of ].
Quinn. Henry Bagen, Charles Bodd, and
John Mcconnell. have been placed under
arrest, charged with melting the riot.
in which four men We're killed and half
dozen wounded. 1t Is expected the
militia will be withdraw tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
Asparagus Dutch style.

Asparagus Is the only cooked Wand
We still eat with our fingers after the
fashion Of the Homeric heroes and the
modern Turks. But there Is also 'the
Dutch way Of eating asparagus" which
Dean Swift told Stella that King WILL
lam III had taught him. What this
Dutch way was George Faulkner, the
Dublin publisher, discovered when he
dined with Swift and asparagus was
served. The guest asked for second
helping, but Swift said:
"Sir. first finish what Ii before you. -
What. exclaimed Faulkner. EAT
my stalks-'
AYE, SIR said the terrible dean In
his most imperious manner. ''eat your
stalks, or you will have no more. King
William always ate his stalks"
Asked afterward whether he really did
eat the stalks, Faulkener replied:
Yes. certainly; and II you had dined
with Dean Swift you would have been
obliged to eat your stalks. tool"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
GAIT AND CHORUS GIRL
WIFE ARE RECONCILED
Young Husband Said to Have Ae.
cepted Her Point Of View-She
Won't Quit Stage,

New York, Aug. 4-Miss "Zeunie'
Maury, of the Winter Garden chorus, is
being congratulated on the fact that she
and her husband, Walter Allen Gait, OF
Washington. have made up.
Mr.. Gait supposed that his bride was
going to quit the stage. but she said. mo,
not for all the Calf money" Then they
parted. Now they are reconciled. The
young husband has accepted her point
of view.
Mrs. Gait says she proposes to stay In
the business until her name is on an
electric sign in front of the theater
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
PROBE RICH MANS DEATH.
End of Singleton Van SchnicI< Said
TO BE ..Suspicfous."

New York. Aug. 1.-THE death of
Singleton Van schaick. a millionaire
broker. at his country home, Near
Stongues," Pelham, on July Is. became
the subject of an Investigation by the
authorities of West Chester County to-
day.
A friend of the Van Schaick family
has made affidavit to Coroner Living
ston, in which the circumstances sur
rounding the death are characterized
as suspicious"
The informant asserts that. to the
best of his belief. Singleton Van
schaick died from the effects of choral
poison contained in stimulants to which
the deceased had been addicted.
The cause of death given in the death
certificate was cirrhosis of the liver.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
.KADOO SUMMONS
FINANCIERS HERE
Secretary to Discuss Govennsai
Loans for Crop Movement with
Clearing House Presidents.
POLICY IS NOT ANNOUNCED

BY direction of Secretary McAdoo. the
Treasury Department yesterday sent tele-
grams to the presidents of the clearing
house associations in ffty-nine cities In
the West, South, and on the Pacific
Coast, inviting them to send a represen-
tative or committee to discuss arrange
ments for the deposit Of the So.ooo.ooo OF
government funds which the Secretary
has decided to make In these sections to
facilitate the movement Of the crops.
The representatives from the South
will confer with the Secretary here
August 4; those from the West. August
s, and those from the Pacific Coast.
August II.
1t was learned that no policy has been
fixed upon by Mr.. McAdoo and his ad-
visers for regulating the percentage OF
commercial paper which will be accepted
as security for the new deposits. As
sistant Secretary Williams said each ap-
plication for deposits would be dealt with
on its merits as far as the nature OF the
security rendered was concerned.
These are the cities which have been
invited to be represented at the con-
ference with Mr.. McAdoo:
Birmingham. Mobile. and Montgomery.
Ala: Little Rock. Ark: Los Angeles and
San Francisco. Cal: Denver, Colo: Tam
pa and jacksonville, Fla. Atlanta ana
Savannah, Ga: Chicago, ILL.,: Evansville.
Fort Wayne. and Indianapolis. Ind: Des
Moines and Sioux City. Iowa; Kansas
Citp and Wichita, Kan; Louisville. KY;
New Orleans, La; Baltimore. Nd; Vicks-
burgh and Meridian. Miss; ST. Louis and
Kansas City, Mo-: Minneapolis and 81
Paul, Mimi; Detroit, Mich; Charlotte.
Wilmington, and Raleigh, n. c.; Omaha
Neb.; Oklahoma City and Muskosee'
Okla; Portland. Greg; Cincinnati. Cieve-
land, and Columbus, Ohio; Charleston,
Columbia, Spartansburg. and Greenville.
S. c.; Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis.
and Nashville, Tenn: Dallar. Galveston.
Houston. and San Antonio, Tex: Lynch
burg. Richmond. Norfolk, and Roanoke.
Va: Wheeling, w. Va: Seattle and
Snnkana Wash. and Milwaukee,, Wi1.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05

Eight-year old Joseph Everett Sherry,
of 1872 Eleventh Street Southeast. who
was drowned in the Anacostia River,
was buried in Congressional Cemetery
yesterday afternoon. A brief funeral
service was held at the undertaking es-
tablishment of Thomas r. Nalley & Son,
conducted by the Rev. William o.
Roome, pastor of Emmanuel Episcopal
Church.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05

FIRE N NINE KILLS TWENTY.

Disaster In Scotland May Brine
Death Toll High.
Glasgow, Aug. Twenty miners are
known to be dead. many are fatally In
jured. and a number have been en-
tombed by p fire raging in the Calder
Colliery.
All mine ponies have been suffocated
Desperate attempts to rescue the en-
tombed miners have been frustrated. the
flames and the gases coming from the
cclliery holding back the rescuers.
One miner escaped and gave an &C.
count Of the disaster.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
BULGAR OFFICIAL ARRESTED.
DR.. DnneR Charged with Using
Secret Funda.

London, Aug. 1.-THE Telegraph's Bel
grade correspondent wires that It is re-
ported from Sofa that the Bulgarian
government has ordered the arrest OF
Dr. Danef. former premier. accusing
him of the unlawful use Of secret funds.
This news. II confirmed. is regarded as
the beginning of an international drama
in Bulgaria, Daner being the first VIC
tim offered up TO the national wrath
against the rulers who have plunged
the country into the depths of misery.
The general conviction prevails that
after Daneff many other conspicuous
persons will be asked to give public
account of their political and military
actions.