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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-31
Wind Cot Narrow Paths, Telling Hundreds
Of Trees, Unroofing and Demol-
ishing Houses.
DUE TO RECENT INTENSE HEAT.
Is VIEW OF WEATHER BUREAU
Death Rate of Two May Be Increased as Result of
Injuries Suffered Many Remarka-
bic Escapes Recorded.

Thousands of Washngtonians today up
the capital cyclonc yesterday afternoon which
the death of and the injury of
whom may die.
The Storm according the weather bureau the
intense heat of the few days. and
tendency"
CUTS PATH THROUGH CITY.
certain sections of Washington failed localities of
the District Woodey and Cleveland Parks instance escaping
with comparatively slight damage The result
9th 18th streets and from K far demoshng
concerned makes that particular locality look like Jungle
Estimates of the property damage all the 100000
No counting that
for time and the tale will probably be told eventually
by applications the District building permission to rebuild
and repair.
POLICE REPORTS OF DAMAGES
In the meanwhile the police reporting the damage
know OF to private by precincts Maj Sylvester
ntenden of police The estimates they have made far
follows:
$4,000
second precinct $4,000
Third precinct. 1850
Fourth precinct. 5000
Filth precinct
Sixth precinct. 5000
Seventh precinct.
E1gnth precinct
Ninth precinct. 2,205
Tenth precinct $4,000
Eleventh precinct 3,IOO
HarbOr precinct.
lOtal SI52,I65
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ROW At INQUIRY
OVER MULHALL
Manufacturers Attorney De-
MED Right to Quiz Wit
ness Direct.
PUBLICATION OF LETTERS
STEP IN WAR UPON N. A. M.
Colonel" Tells of Severing His
Connection With Organization
Which Hired Him.

Martin NJ. Mulhall's cross-examination
by attorneys for the National Associa-
tion of Manufacturers before the Sem
ate lobby committee today opened up
with lively row between Senator Reed
and Attorney Robert McCarter. Nc
Carter insisted on asking questions him
self: Senator Reed insisted that all ques-
tions should go through the committee
Chairman Overman ruled with Senator
Reed
McCarter precipitated the outbreak by
asking Mulhall If he hadn't been dis
charged from the Cleveland police force
ten years ago for violation of a state
law. Mulhall replied he was dismissed
for political reasons and demanded coun-
sell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-31
Worked for Hearing.

He denied he had ever attempted to
be reinstated as field agent Of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers.
but said he had asked Representatives
Gardner and Fairchild to solicit a hear
ing before the National Association of
Manufacturers executive board.
In one letter previously read Mulhall
said he was fighting the worst combine
in the world
When did YOU begin?" he was asked.
When some OF the rash promises they
made about making me representative
and senator and placing me in other high
Offices were broken.' said the witness.
The inquiry led to the Mulhall corre-
spondence Els 1t true that you have
been gathering these documents ever
since your employment he was asked.
Yes. SIR"
rs it not true that for the past year
you and Samuel III. Springer, who resides
at your house, have been engaged in
culling out these documents?'
mo. sir
Ibid not Springer try to dispose of
these letters to the Philadelphia Press
and the Philadelphia Record?''
ITS a vicious lie,'' shouted Mulhall.
Chairman Overman ruled that answer
out and witness made 1t mo. sir"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-31
Demands Counsel.

'I was advised by friends to refuse
to answer" he exclaimed. Il want
counsel, insist on it and refuse to go
on until have it. I'll go to Jail before
I'll answer questions about my per-
sonal affairs thirty or forty years ago."
Instead of being designed to throw
light on this case, many of these ques-
tions are designed to throw mud at the
Witness" declared Senator Reed This
is an investigation; not a trial. I in
sist you have no right to say a word
here" he concluded. addressing McCar-
ter.
Mulhall withdrew his demand for
counsel and the hearing proceeded with
the attorneys submitting their Ques-
tions to Chairman Overman.
Was the publication in the New
York World a step in your fight on
the National Association of Manufac-
turers?" asked Senator Overman.
Yes. SIR" answered the witness.
The question led up to his separa-
ton from the service of the National
Association of Manufacturers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-31
Pay to House Employees.


Mulhall swore that payment of monthly
sums to J. H. McMichael, one time chief
page of the House: Harry Parker, mes
senger to the ways and means commit
tee. and the Speakers doorkeeper were
made with the knowledge and consent of
J. H. Emery, counsel for the manufac-
turers.
He testified that the payments began In
1909 and ran through most OF 1910 and
1911.
Questions were designed to show that
Emery was on the Pacific coast and In
MulhaI contended that when emery was
away the three were not paid and the
sums were made up later
Brings in Presidents Name.
The lawyers put in the record a let
ter from Mulhall to Bird dated Sep
tember q. 1912. in which he said that
samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and
Frank Morrison. officials OF the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor had exacted
promise from President Wilson. then
governor OF New Jersey, to support
William Hughes for senator.
Where did you get that information
| asked Senator Walsh.
Prom John G. Shreve. secretary to
representative Gardner of New Jersey
Questioned closely, he admitted that
Shreve was really his only source or In
formation on the subject
Senator Nelson asked the witness II he
mad not withheld this letter from the
committee and he denied it He said In
the same letter that II Hughes came to
Washington he would be the paid at
torney" for the labor people
He agreed that he didn't know any
| thing to support such statement.
Gompers After Papers.
Mulhall. on cross-examinadon. swore
that Samuel Gompers and jackson II.
| Ralston had tried to secure the docu-
| ments he laid before the Senate lobby
| committee more than a year ago. The
committee read a letter from Mulhall to
John Kirby. jr, president OF the Manu-
facturers' Association, dated July Y. 1917
This letter spoke of an interview
with Gompers in washington ana a
telephone conversation with RaIston
| In Baltimore. He wrote Kirby that he
would never sell out" to enemies OF
the association. Ralston. ne swore,
tried hard to get the papers, but he re-
| FUSED to give them up.
Yesterday Mulhall swore that ne Of
] fered the papers to Gompers, but the
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Asked About Bribery.

contradiction in his testimony was not
cleared up.
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WEATHER.

Unsettled, probably occasional
showers tonight or Friday; little
change in temperature.
FULL REPORT ON PAGE FIFTEEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-31
Advertisers

Advertising left at The
Star office Friday evening
will be included in the noon
edition Saturday, and ad-
vertising left Saturday
morning will be in the reg
ular edition only.
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Makes General Denial.

Mulhall denied that he ever offered the
correspondence to two magazines or to
the New York Times. He denied having
made a statement to Richard Barry. who
was representing him. that the Manu-
facturers' Association would pay s15OOO0
for the documents If they could not be
disposed of to papers or magazines.
Mulhall denied that he agreed Barry
should sell ia letters to the New York
World for $4,000 and that he would be
content with s5.OOO but later he testified
that at Barry's suggestion he did agree.
He never paid Barry.
Have you produced all letters between
you and the association" asked Senator
Cummins.
Il believe / have not"
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Continued on Fourth PaXe.l
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National Council Represented.

The National Council Of Woman Voters
was represented at the reception by DR..
Cora Smith King. who had charge Of the
arrangements, and the Federal Woman's
Equality League was represented by Mrs.
Charles Morton. Mrs. c. w. MacNaugh-
ton. Mrs. Miles Poindexter and Mrs. Mon
dell. wife OF Representative Mondell Of
Wyoming.
As the line of automobiles entered the
ball park they were announced by Col.
II. Martin Williams. reading clerk of the
House. All were lined up in front of the
grandstsnd. and then Mayor Shepherd,
Miss Paul and others delivered brief ad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-31
Those Taken to Hospitals.

The injured employees Of the real estate
firm who were removed to Casualty or
Emergency hospitals were:
Mis- Katherine Mcmahon. twsuty-thrss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21
The Barber Gets New Supply of
Microbes from the Strop
Every Few Minutes.

VIII then give your head a rub. and.
If possible, shampoo In case the
shampoo washes ont a great many of
the germs, he never omits 10 rc-infect
YOU all ever again with ais comb and
brush before he lets YOU 20.
Drs. Jackson and McMurtry. in
their standard book, Diseases of the
Hail." say:
IF the laity only realized that
dandruff, alopscia, favus, riugworm.
impetigo. sycosis and CONTAGIOUS
blood diseases are frequently spread
by the barber ii would see 10 It..
for its own protection, that certain
commonsense rules of hygiene were
enforced. II the barber himself real.
lied his sponslbility ne. for his
own interest, would enforce the
same rules OF hygiene
"Sycosis, disease chiefly affect
ing the bearded portions of the face.
is characterized by an eruption of pa
pules, pustules and nodules various
kinds of pimplesl by patches and
crustineS. 1t causes n sensation Of
pricking or burning. This disease is
caused by the staphylococcuS aureus,
Il micro-organism. This micro-orcan-
ism is often found on tic normal skin
and when hot towels and clcsc shay
ing take place. these micro.organ-
i>ms find their way under the skin.
Hot towels diminish the skins re.
sistance. which gives these germs a
chance to get TO work. The dis
ease is often spread by the shaving
brush, towel and any other insrru.
ment found in barber shops. In Ger
many several small cpidenics were
traced 10 one barber shop"
The eminent skin authorities BcS-
nicr and Doyon believe that nlope.
cia areata i contagious disease
that is spread by barber shops. es.
pecially by the hair clipper. In this
disease there is a constant falling
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

finds an able and resourceful alIy.
The disease organisms are applied
in various ways. If one mode OF in
lection falls, there are others.
In the first place. the face is
rubbed with soap, which removes all
the natural oils of the skin This in
itself lays the customer open 10
microbian invasion Most shaving
soaps ere strongly alkaline, because
alkali removes the oil from the beard
and makes the BARRIERS work quicker
and easier. The fact that alkali is
an intense skin irritant is neither
known nor OF interest to the barber
Then comes the razor, adding a
second Irritation. The razor has. OF
course. been used on all sorts OF
faces. and is All excellent vehicle for
disease infection. Every few
minutes the barber gives the blade a
few rubs on the strop which is never
disinfected, and consequently swarms
with all The flora and fauna of dis
ease
TO make infection doubly sure HE
barber from time to time rubs the
place across the palm OF his hand.
When this process OF irritation and
sowing OF microbes on the face is
done the tonsoral artist follows il
up with final clincher in the way of
putting the customer al the mercy OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

and laughs at them. II you try to
enlighten him he brings You a bottle
OF perfumed liquid and doses some
OH your face and head. He usually
thinks hot towel is a sterlant.
To Offset the ravages OF the dand-
ruff germ with which he infects you,
he offers some such remedy as SINCE
ing the hair. Regarding the BARRIERS
simple faith in this proceeding, Jack
son and McMurtry say:
"Of all the foolish proceedings
this Is one Of the most foolish. II is
an old method recently revived, and
it Is good only for the barber, as it
puts few extra cents in his pocket.
Tho theory for its use is that tie
hairs are tubes and that by singing
their ends the escape Of the nutri-
tious fluid is prevented. just as ar
teries were singed to close their ends
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uous form az manual exercise in which the aver
age woman indulgcd
Today women young women at any rate
indulge i'll outdoor sports almost 10 the same ex
tent, if rot with the same skill as men, Golf and
ennis particularly are growing more popular with
women every day. In the colleges and schools
the number OF female deyotees to these games
is not very far behind that of the males propor.
tonately.
flowing and fishing have their female follow.
ers, too, and while bicycling no longer enjoys the
popularity it did either with men or women when
the craze was Mt its height. ten or fifteen years
ago the number of women riders was enormous.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

N/OI have dandruff? Your
barber or your hair dresser
probably bestowed this mis-
fortune OH yen.
Your hair is getting thin? You,
in all likelihood, have the barber to
thank for this, toe.
Ycu have your hair slnged TO
help save your hair? A perfect
waste OF time and money. ignorantly
based upon theory that is all
wrong
You have your head shampooed
and face massagcd? Then that prob
ably accounts for some misfortune
considerable worse than your dan
druff and bald spots
Now NIL these things are easy TO
say-and easy for your barber 20
sheer at and deny. But the eye OF
science has at last turned IT'S search
ing gaze on the barber and the hair
dresser. The microscope. the Dac
THEOLOGICAL culture and the needle OF
experimental incubation have sud
den!y lighted up the dark corners and
vicious practices Of the BARRIERS.
But who says you probably got
your dandruif and badness and all
the rest from your hair dresser?
Dr.. David Walsh. IN his recent
authoritative treatise ON the hair
and It's disease, states:
The fact that diseases OF the skin
and hair are contracted in barber
shops mas long been known. Ring
worm was the first disease known
20 have been thus communicated,
but 1t is certain that the list can
be extended as follows: Alcpecia
areata (patchy badness; sebor-
rhoea (dandrunl. with consequent
thinning OF the hair and badness;
various forms OF acne (pimples on
the face. and eczema and other Skin
diseases.
~"lnstances or anthrax. tricborrexis
nodoso and contagious blood diseases
have been conveyed In this way. In
barber shops the same brushes.
powder puffs. napkins etc. are used
unfortunately: the hands OF the
barber may convey disease.
Sycosis or ringworm Of the beard
is in most cases due TO an infected
razor used az the barber shop. This
disease is lingering, painful and
difficult 10 cure; It may las, a few
months or few years.
Two forms OF dandrun known as
seborrhoca dermat!tis and pityriasis
hieatooes are very contagious and
prevalent, and the wonder is that
more people do not lose their hair
through these diseases. The eypla.
nation is the resistance most people
orcr to the destructive action of the
parasites OF these diseases.
The barber shop and hair dress.
Ing csta Adjustments are largely re
sponsibe for spreading these diseases
"Ringworm Of the scalp is a con.
tagious disease, due TO infection bv
'he microsporon fungus. II is char
acterized BY partial bald spot. usu-
ally scaly. more or less circular. in
which stumps of broken off hair
VIII be found. This disease is
peculiar to children and runs a
chronic course. 1t is very contagious.
Children acquire the disease from
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the microbe. 1t is the hot towel.
The hot towel. an invention o, a
barber in Boston hotel many years
ago, has never been approved by
doctors and is almost universally con
demncd. Nature never meant man
to stick MS face into 4 mess of hot
water and steam. The result is a
sudden Inflammation or the face. The
capillaries, the tiny blood vessels OF
the skin, become engorgcd with blood.
1t becomes a microbes paradise
Persistent use of the hot towel is
certain 10 ruin the circulation OF the
healthicst complexion. Many of the
ford faces attributed 10 drinking
have nothing to do with alcohol. but
are really acquired in the barber
shop under the steaming towel.
After this stage perverse human
ingenuity could hardly go further
than TO suggest massage. The bar
bcr's fingers then rub tho germs into
the irritatcd. inhamcd and helpless
skin.
When The barber has done his
worst to the face he straightens You
UP in the chair and applies the comb
and brush. These two implements
are simply arsenals Of microbes. The
sharp-toothed comb. scratching the
scalp, gives entrance even through
the healthiest of scalps. The barber
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before the ligature was invented.
The theory is all wrong, as the hair
contains no fluid whatever.
LAS the hair sympathizes with the
general health OF the body the latter
should be maintained in good condi-
ton by a wise conformity to the
Laws of health. by the proper COM
bination OF the hygiene OF the body
with that Of the hair. it is possible
for even ono who is predisposed 10
premature badness 10 ward of, the
evil day for years. And one WHO
comes OF strong-haired family
should. as a rule. not become bald
or have any essential diseases of the
hair
Next Sunday this paper will print
another article telling some discover
les about hair-drcSsers and explain
ing how BARRIERS and hair-drcsscrs
can stop injecting their customers
with hair skin and other diseases.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

hair brushes and combs, and the
BARRIERS hair clipper.
Ring worm OF the beard is a con-
tag!ous disease which disintegrates
the hair Of the face and neck. with
inflammation Of the skin. 1t runs q
chronic course. is hard to treat, and
may result in permanent badness.
This is commonly known as BARRIERS
itch. II presents different appear
ance in different people, according to
The depth 10 which the parasite has
penetrated 1t takes fourteen DAVIS
for this microbe to penetrate the
deeper parts Of the skin. The damn
towels ard the fingers Of tho barbers
are the most active agents in spread
Ing this disease
The barber shop, quite naturally.
becomes microbe exchange. II Is
the one place where every mans
mead appears at frequent intervals
II man has a clean face and sc,ln
without any disease, he is fine
virgin-field for score OF different
kinds OF germs. most OF which are
given an opportunity 10 get at him.
II, however, he already has dand-
run acne or some other form Of dis
ease ne leaves some OF his surplus
microbes as recruits 10 the standing
army which awaits all customers.
In the barber the disease parasite
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

an artist say to his wife Your hand is a
woman i'll itself And You feel it's femininity.
The change which has been brought in
Woman's hands as result OF changing cond-
lions has in no way lessened their beauty Only
now We are apt TO find suggestions Of strength
"hich before we looked for only in the hands
OF men.
women nave become more Independent in
their views and their enlarged opportunities
nave been reflected in the shaping OF their
hands. The difference will be even more marked
IN future generations than it is to-day for
woman's struggle for independence has become
acute only within the past fifty years or so, and
us iuII effect on her physical characteristic.
Will be more apparent later on
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

Laniei Chester French, the sculptor. who be-
"e'cs mat Miss lawtons hands are ideal in con
tour' expression and dramatic power, and has
frequently used her as model in his work has
great deal or admiration for the woman who
KNOWS the dramatic value of the hand
Inc boauti vi hand he explained does not
necessarily mean tho hand that conforms abso
lutely with the measurements usually regarded
ms standard, any more than tho beautiful face
means the face that is correct according to classic
ideals
me beautiful hand is the hand which is OK
prcss!ve. Browning. in Of his poems. has
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ITO say that man has hand like a LADY,.
no longer has the significance it once had
Womans hands are becoming more mas
sul!nc every day. The soft, delicate well.tapered
hand so long characteristic Of femininity is be-
coming scarcer
The disappearance of the feminine TYNE 81
hand is not difficult TO account for Woman's
hands are changing because her habits have
changed. Our hands modelled by the uses
TO which they are put.
Fifty years ago the woman who used her
hands for anything other than the simplest and
hGAtest kind of task was the great exception
Then piano playing was perhaps the most siren
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-21

The Commonwealth Hairbrusb.
Which Has Recently Been Exam,
ined Under the Nlicroscopc Inv
Scientists, with Very Disquietine
Results.
out OF the hair and the production
OF perfectly bald spot, smooth.
usually circumscribed, and circular
patches.
or course the barber does not mean
TO be clearinghouse for skin and
scalp diseases, and doesn't even know
that he is. He will even, in somo
barber shops, point to little steri-
lizer for Instruments and brushes.
But just watch the implements he
uses on YOU. The brush ana combs
are just az they came from the last
mans head II may be that the razor
Is dipped into some dislnfectinC solu-
lion. but watch where it goes next
straight to the strop-whose greasy.
Eerm-infected surface has never been
disturbed by any germicide.
VI. Langlais, French scientist. oh
tanned 1000 bacteria from a razor
after it had been rinsed in cold
water and $4,000 after it had been
stropped. a drop or two OF water
taken from BARRIERS shaving brush
supplied the investigator with 100 600
bacteria,
When the barber causes your face
10 bleed he quickly touches the wound
with bit Of alum or other styptic
substance 10 stop the bleeding. This
same alum has, OF course, touched
every other bleeding spot the barber
has ever caused.
But the barber will tell Won that
alum is germ-killer. AS a matter
OF fact it is nothing OF the kind. DR.
Remlinger has obtained $1,000 bac.
terra from the point OF barber's
styptic pencil,
The BARRIERS trouble is that he has
never made a study OF his business
The barber. not so many generations
ago was also the dentist and surgeon
OF Inc community. In those DAVIS
he took his business more seriously
and studied the profession as we'll as
one could study in those days.
Now the surgeon has made all his
progress by learning to keen his
operating room, his instruments and
himself absolutely clean. surgicallv
clean, sterile. Tie dentists business
has also become a more or less
learned profession People OF sense
nowadays will not have anything to
do with dentist who does NOT wash
MS hands and steriize his instru.
mchtS before treating any patient. A
reputable dentists Office is immacu.
iatc' and everywhere one sees bat
CRY Of devices for antiscpsis and gen
cral cleanliness.
The surgeon and the dentist are
perpetually studying about germs
ana the way to thwart them. The
oaroer is i'll the same frame of mind
ne was III hundred years ago The
oar0er knows nothing about germs