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The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
.ORGANIC ACT
IS DEFENDED
Senate Committee Stands by
Principle in Reporting
District Bill.
THROW OUT AMENDMENTS
Measure Carries $SS3, ,3S5 More Than
When 1t Passed House-Cones
Up for Action Monday.

Standing squarely upon the half-and-
half division OF the expenses Of the Dis
trict government, Senator Curtis. for the
Appropriation Committee. yesterday re-
ported'out the District appropriation bill.
The bill will be called up in the Senate
Monday.
The report accompanying the bill goes
out of its way to instruct the members
of the Senate fully as to the injustice
which a hasty. ill-considered alteration
Of the present system would work The
report quotes a clause from the organic
act and cites Supreme Court decisions
uphoIding the permanency of the half
and-hslf principle.
As was expected. the Johnson-Burleson
compromise. amendment placed in the bill
by the House, and which passed up to
the Comptroller of the Treasury the
settlement OF the dispute arising over
the payment of interest and sinking fund
on the funded debt Of the District, is
knocked out entirely by the Senate COM
mittee. The Borland amendment. re-
auiring that owners of abutting property
pay one-third of the cost of all street
improvements. also is ignored. The ap-
preparations for the new Central and col
ored high schools, knocked out In the
House. are reinstated in the Senate bill.
The municipal fish wharf goes back but
the garbage disposal and asphalt plant
items are left out of the bill.
In all the measure carries s11 ,sn3,sS. an
increase of ssS3.Sl'.
In support of the half-and-half prin-
ciple. the report says:
Your committee has recognized the
half-and-haIf plan in the District of
Columbia. and has restored the item
providing for the payment of the inter
est and sinking fund on the funded debt
to its usual place in the appropriation
bill, and in the same language used in
former bills for many years. 1t seems
to your committee that this question was
settled years ago. and has been recog-
nized each year since.
1T has been respectfully declared by
those in authority that the District is a
creation of the Union for its own puT-
poses the City of Washington is not a
mere city of the District. but it is the
Capital of the greatest nation on earth.
and the people OF the United States are
interested in it as such. II is recognized
as the seat of the national government.
1t is not necessary to state the benefits
which are enjoyed by the government in
the City Of Washington. 1t is enough to
say that IT participates in all the benefits
which result from the eXpenditure.of the
money collected as taxes in the District.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15

his A NJ at Columbia and Yale. and
afterward received the degree OF LII D.
from Trinity College, and the degree of
Il &. L. from Syracuse. He served
through the civil war with great distinc-
tion. rising to chief of staff. During his
entire life he took great interest in all
civic affairs and occupied many positions
of trust and honor.
He was Lieutenant Governor of New
York IN 1866, and afterward defeated in
campaign for Governor on the Repub-
lican ticket.
He was married to Julia Evelyn Capen
in this city October Is. 1857, and follow
ing her death he was again married to
Isabel Hanson on September Is. 1900.
He was messenger for the New York
Electoral College in 1850. delivering the
vote of New York for Abraham Lin
coin to Vice President BreclSinridGe. He
served as Assistant United States At
torney at New York in 1864 and enlisted
York Volunteers. August n. 1867
In 1897 Gen. Woodford was appointed
Minister to Spain at the outbreak of the
SpaniSh-American war. He was made
president of the Hudson Fulton celebra-
ton commission and also appointed to
many other positions of honor and
trust. He WAS associated with the law
firm of WoOdford. Bovee & Butcher.
Some of his connections with financial
concerns follow: Director and counsel
for the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company. trustee of the City Savings
Bank, and trustee of Cornell Univer-
sity.
He was a member of the Association
of the Ear Of the City of New York,
of the Columbia Alumni. Delta Psi
Century Association. Army of the Poto-
mac, Loyal Legion. and was also a MEM
Der of the following clubs: The Repub-
lican, University, Lotos, Century, and
was recognized as an able and eloquent
speaker.
Up to within a few weeks of his death
he took part in many civic affairs. Death
was due to heart trouble.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
Cuban minister. have been driven from

Cuban ministers have been driven from
their residences
That the people of the city will soon be
confronted by dangers even greater than
that from the firing was intimated by
the Ambassador. The markets Of the
city are all closed, and the suburbs are
the only source OF food supplies. Prices
are sky high. and already there Is suf-
fering from the scarcity Of food. Traffic
on all railroad lines to the south OF
Mexico City has ceased. and no freight
whatsoever is being handled.
The post-office Is closed, no meils hav-
ing been received since Sunday. The
transmission OF kilograms is accompanied
with great danger, owing to the fact
that the telegraph Office Is within the
range OF firing. The streets are strewn
with the bodies Of dead horses. and
often even the bodies of soldiers are
allowed to lie On the paveInents for many
hours before being removed.
Reports received yesterday, both from
Ambassador Wilson and United States
consula. as to conditions in ether parts
Of Mexico were not at ali reassuring. II
was reported. though without official con-
firmation, that Oaxaca, Guadalajarn.
Puebla, and other cities have declared
for Gen. Diaz. The consul at Nuedo
Laredo reported that revolutionary dis
turhances were occurring in Central Ia
maulipas. and that a battle Is now in
progress in the city OF Victoria, the cap
ital OF the state.
The United States cruiser Denver has
returned to Acapulco. the town on the
west coast of Mexico where two Of her
officers were assaulted two days ago
just before the Denver sailed. She was
intercepted by wireless a few hours after
her departure and ordered to remain there
until the arrival Of the armored cruiser
South Dakota. due at Acapulco to-mor-
row or Monday.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15

had taken refuge in the neighborhooo OF
In the building ITSELF It would, oi
course, have drawn the fire of the Diaz
troops.
Madero's Residence Fired.
Madero's residence was set on fire by
shell, and was practically DESTROYED
during the afternoon fighting.
Blanauet at last got into the city with
700 men. Rivera, from Oaxana. was re-
ported on the way with large force to
support Madero.
The city Of Puebla, capital Of the prov
ince of Puebla, Is reported captured and
in complete control OF Diaz's friends.
This is the most beautiful city OF Mexico
and one OF the largest. De Ia Lave
and Aguilar are holding 1t in the name
OF the rebel chieftain.
The Belgian and Cuban Ministers were
driven from their official residences by
the firing to-day.
The Union Jack flying over the British
Legation was ripped to shreds by shot
directed toward the palace.
Commercial conditions continue In a
state of paralysis. The post-ofhce closed
to-day and there is no mail delivery.
The telegraph continues only through the
heroic, sleepless and self-sacrificing work
Of the operators at the cable office.
The city Ia in darkness throughout
the nights owing to cutting of wires by
the shells of the combatants. The banks
and most of the stores are closed.
The board of missions of the Episcopal
Church, in New York City. are sending
urgent requests for information con-
cerning the situation of the churches.
San Jose Episcopal Church has been
struck by a shell. but is only slightly
damaged. Christ Church Ii still in the
zone of fire and it is impossible for your
correspondent to get to 1t safely. II
has probably been damaged. No one
connected with the churches has been
injured. The House Of Deaconesses IS
probably demolished as 1t IL close to the
arsenal
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
LOOKING FOR FAKER.
Police Seek Man Who Is Getting
Easy Money.

The police are looking for a white man
about thirty years old. weighing lis
pounds. who goes under the name of
Snodgrass and purports to be the agent
Of the Board OF Education, authorized to
sell buttons bearing the words School
Progress and certain pamphlets on
school matters.
The order for his arrest was given by
DIR. W. NJ. Davidson, superintendent of
schools, who stamps the agent as a
fraud He is said to have been operating
in Langdon and BrookIand.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
Fails and Is Killed.

As the result of fall from n new
building at 725 Massachusetts Avenue
Northeast, John Sothergill. of Pittsburg,
Pa, was killed yesterday afternoon. His
foot slipped and he fell TO the ground.
three stories below. He died on the way
TO Casualty Hospital. His skull was
crushed and his neck broken. The burial
will be conducted under the charge of
the local union.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
FAVOR FIRE ESCAPE BILL.
Commissioners Report On Gallinger
Measure for Protection.

The bill introduced by Senator Gal
linger to amend the act requiring the
erection of fire escapes on certain build
ings in the District was returned TO the
Senate BY the Commissioners yesterday
with a favorable report. In their report
the District heads stated that the pres
ent Law Is ambiguous.
Several important particulars of the
present law are changed by the bill. 1t
provides for window protection in fire
proof buildings used for warehouses.
storage. mercantile manufacturing
purposes. Wire glass in fire-proof sash
and frames is substituted in place of
automatic iron shutters as protection
against fre. Provision is made that this
equipment shall not be required on build
ings erected prior to the passage Of the
bill Several minor changes are pro-
vided for in the bill.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
struck by Car; Dies.

Aaron Van Auken. who was struck by
a street car at Fifteenth Street and New
York Avenue on February Il, died of his
injuries at the home of his son, II. L.
Van Auken, 1880 Ontario Place North
west at II o'clock last night. A coro-
ner's Jury will hold an inquest over his
body at the District Morgue at IL o'clock
this morning.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
GEN. S. [. WOODFORD
DIES IN NEW YORK
Was United States Minister 10 Spain
at Outbreak Of Spanish
American War.

New York, Feb. l4-Gen. Stewart L.
Woodford. who was United States Min
lister to Spain when the Spanish-Ameri-
Can war broke out, died at his home, 13
West Twelfth Street. shortly after
o'clock this morning. He had been iii a
little over two weeks.
Gen. Stewart Lyndon Woodford was
born in this city September 3, 1855. He
was. graduated from Columbia University
with the degree of A. B. in 1854. and took
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
Ford Building Safe.

The old Ford Theater building in
Tenth Street. occupied bv a division of
the Office "f the AdJutant General of thH
Army. has been fully repaired and IS
row in i safe condition. according to the
report of Col Cosby engineer officer
in charge Of buildings and grounds
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
INDOOR TENNIS TOURNEY.
Hall, Pell and TOuchard Wis
Matches in Straixht Sets.

New York. Feb. 14-Theodore Roose-
Welt Pell, the Olympic player: Gustave F.
Touchard. the former champion. and
Walter Merrill Hall won their places in
the fourth round OF the national indoor
lawn tennis championship to-day on the
courts Of the Seventh Regiment Armory.
Each of the famous trio scored In
straight sets. Pell created some surprise
by reeling on his drives against DIR.
William Rosenbaum to the tune OF 6-3.
60
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
New Worlds Pool Marx.

Chicago. Feb. IA new worlds record
at pocket billiards was set here to-day
when Morton Phillips counted a in a
match with Edward Jones in the Chicago
amateur championship tournament. The
best previous record was held BY Cham
pion Aldred de Oro. who ran 50 balls in
his match against Mature. Of Denver.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
PreJudiced source.

FfVhl IIuEr.
Won't YOU marry me. DEAR pleaded
the actor. after his fourth divorce
why. I kind o like you. Billy" said
the actress: but I've heard so much
about You, I fear
My dear" hastily interrupted the
actor you must not believe all those
old wives tales
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15

Charleston. Va. Feb. H.-The West
Virginia Supreme Court to-day refused
to consider a writ OF habeas corpus pre-
scented by attorneys for the United Mine
Workers. demanding the release OF
Mother Jones and other labor lead.
ers. The court claimed the papers were
not properly drawn up.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
West Nirglnfans Indicted.

Charleston. W. Va, Feb. A-Felony
indictments of four counts each We're
returned to-day by the Kanawha County
grand jury against Senator B. A. Smith
and Delegates Ralph Huff. David Hill,
S. L. G. Rhodes. and DIR. II. F. As
bury. in connection with bribery
charges in the United States Senatorial
fight. Misdemeanor indictments of three
counts each were also returned against
the same men.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
Has "Hike" OF Her Own.

Iowa City, Iowa. Feb. i.-Edith Mark
ham. a Jewess. walked through Iowa
City to-day<on her hike from Portland.
Greg, to New York. She bet man in
Portland $1,000 she could do il. and is
now one week head of her schedule. 4
Dane hound accompanied her as sole
protector.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
Mcveixh Defeat. youp. L,bb,

New York. Feb. H.-Pete McVeigh,
Pacific Coast product. who is pro-
teGe Of Ad wolgast. outpointed Young
Libbey in ten rounds at the New Polo
Athletic Association tonight.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
TO.DAY's SELECTIONS.
BY NEW YORK TELEGRAPH
Juarex.

First race-Native Son, Mike
Moilettc, Originator.
Second race-Luke Van Zandt,
Hasson, FL Sabio.
Third race-Sleepland, Barney
Oldfield, FL Toro.
Fourth race-Holabird, Russell
McGill, Edmond Adams.
Fifth race-C. W. Kennon, Bal
cliff. Servicencc.
Sixth race-Faneuil Hall, Ro-
senta, Roberta.
Cha rlcston.
First race-Polly Worth, Rock
Bar, Fasces.
Second race-Cheer Up, Tiny
Tim. New Star.
Third rIce-Dipper, Chemulpo.
CoreopsiS.
Fourth race - Ruby Hyams.
Please Welles. Miss Waters.
Fifth race-Gagnant. Naughty
Lad. Clem Beachey.
Sixth -ace-Fiel, Stairs, Ella
Granie-
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15

Production q crude oil in California in 1872 was
81 cO 600 barrels. increase Of 600 0l0 barrels
1911. accOrdins TO the United States Geological
Survey.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15

Gross earnings Of all Canadian railroads report
ing 10 date for frSt three weeks Of November
show increase 3 les per cent in gross. com
Iared with 1911
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
Ts Cure Co,sr,ps1,on,

Don't dose the system with a lot of dan.
gerous habit-forming drugs. Physicians
everywhere are now prescribing Hoffs
Lemon Seidlitz. the good-tasting sejdlltS
reWder. Ali druggists cell It
The Washington herald., 1913-02-15

servette means perfect table service.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-20
REPAIRING SCHEDULES

Little Rock. June 19.-The Arkan-
sas Actuarial Bureau has in course of
preparation the proposed fire isur-
ance schedules under the new law OF
1913. The State Insurance Deprat-
ment has given the Bureau unit! July
l, to file the schedule, and until Jan.
/, 1914. to apply them.
j. s. Speed, manager OF the Bureau
has filed with the Department powers
of attorneys from sixty-seven COM
panies authorizing the Bureau to file
their schedule on rates. Deputy In
surance commissioner Mccain had ad-
dressed the following important rul-
ing to Mr.. Speed:
I'VE have for acknowledgment
your valued favor of even date, en-
closing powers of attorney for the
various companies listed therein au-
thorizing you to file with this depart
ment their schedules of rates, and
schedules of charges and credits at
fecting such rates and supplements to
and changes in said schedules, and
the rates derived therefrom in ac-
cordance with the provisions OF Act
159, of the General Assembly OF 1913.
Pending the filing of these schedu-
les and the individual application
thereof, you will pleased be advised
on behalf of the companies subscrib-
ing to your bureau, that it is the rul-
ing OF this department that the cur
rent rates on individual risks shall
be the rate to be elected by all fire
insurance companies doing business
in this state.
This Department feels that it has
done everything possible to accomo-
date the companies and to assist them
in complying with the provisions OF
Act 1853. with as little burden and in
convenience as possible, and this
being true. any company which de-
murs to the above ruling will be
peremptoriy ordered to file imme-
diately their schedules and applica-
tons thereof, or stand suspended un-
til it may have done So
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CAN'T THROW RICE
AT NEWLYWEDS
Iron Mountain StatiOnmaster Will
Prohibit Medival Manner Of J0l.
LITIGATION Hereafter.

Little Rock, June 19.-That railroad
officials do not appreciate the jollifi-
cation attendants upon wedding
parties, when rice and old shoes are
the toys, is evidenced by an order
issued yesterday by Stationmaster A.
S. Marrs of the Union depot, ordering
station employees not to permit we'd
ding parties, throwing of rice or
otherwise filling the station and plat
forms with such rubbish as usually
is hurled at newly-weds as they de-
part on their honeymoon. The order
is effective at once and Mr.. Mars
says Little Rock is one peg nearer a
metropolitan city, and the charivari
is RELOCATED into mere memory so far
as the Iron Mountain railroad is con-
cerned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-20
DEDIC ATION OF
SEDGWICk MONUMENT

Gettysburg, Pa, June 1.9-In men,
DRY of General John Sedgwick, one of
Connecticut's most famous generals. a
monument erected on Sedgwick ave-
nue.. on the site of the bloody conflict
of the Battle of Gettysburg, was dedi-
Gated this afternoon General Sedg-
wick took part in the famous battle
and fell in action on March g. 1864.
Governor Baldwin, of Connecticut
was present at the ceremonies and
made an address. The committee
which the governor appointed to SUI
permitted the erection of the memorial,
included Gen. Charles H. Pine, Lieut.
D. A. kilbourn, Lieut.. Charles F.
Finally and E. G. Steel, all of Connec-
ticut.
The monument was designed and
executed by II. K. Bush Brown, the
Washington sculptor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-20
$3.50 Hats o-day
39c
FRoUG's
DESHA COUNTY LOSS
BY FLOOD 81, 900, 900
j. l.. Parker Files Report Showing
Destruction by Water In Two
Years.

Showing the flood losses of 1912 in
Desha county to have been $S06,5O0
and the known flood losses of 1913 in
the same county to have been 1892
700, the report of j. l.. Parker of Ar
kansas City was filed yesterday in the
office of Gov J. NJ. Futrell.
This report has been sent to the
Mississippi River Commission at
Memphis and will be used by Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri in his
coming fight in Congress for federal
aid for levee protection. The reports
from Desha county are so complete
that it is said Mr.. Parker may be au-
thorized to go into other Arkansas
counties to compile similar records
The 1912 report follows:
Loss of 5000 bales of cotton and
1000 tons of cottenseed $56O,000;
500 head of cattle at IS each, lost by
drowning or starvation, $4,000; 100
head of horses and mules at 800
each, $4,000; head of hogs at S. each
$4,000; expense of repairing fences,
barns. houses. ETC., $500; extraordi-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-20

nary expenses of closing levee break
$4,000; loss in business, time and
property, 100000; timber losses to
mills, 100000; cost to Desha county
to repair roads and bridges, $4,000.
The 1918 report, partially complet-
ed, follows:
Loss of 800 head of cattle at So
each, by drowning or starvation, g.
200; so head of horses and mules at
so each, $4,000; 500 hogs at s. each,
$4,000; expense of repairing fences,
houses, barns, etc, $18,S000; extraor-
binary expense of fighting flood, $40,-
900; expenses of closing levee breaks,
100000; loss in business, time and
profit, $4,000; timber losses to mills,
100000; cost to Desha county in
building roads and bridges, $4,000;
one plantation completely ruined,
$4,000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-20
any abattoir or slaughter house O
within 125 feet thereto.
JaiIs and Prison Rules.

JaliS anu frlSOH huleSs
The following rules will be enforced
in the prisons and jails throughout
the State:
1. All jails. prisons and lockups
must be properly ventilated and light
ed
,. The floors and walls must be
scrubbed with soap and other clean
ing agents and water at least twice
each week and the iron work painted
with white lead white zinc or asphalt
tum varnish twice a year.
g. Every prisoner must be given a
shower bath at least once week.
H. Each and every prisoner shall
be provided with soap, towel and
drinking cup.
). Privies must be kept clean and
in a sanitary condition and connected
with sewer if within 1000 feet of
same
6. Cells should be SO constructed
that each cell shall be provided with
outside light and vmentilation.
I. In the future all plans for jails,
prisons lockups, penitentiaries, camps
etc, shall be submitted for approval
of the sanitary arrangement to the
State Board of Health.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-20
Most Children Rave worms

Many mothers think their children
are suffering from indigestion, head
ache, nervousness, weakness, cOstive-
ness, when they are victims of that
most common of all children's all
ments-worms. Peeisyh, ill-tempered,
fretful children, who toss and grind
their teeth, with bad breath and col
icky pains, have all the symptoms OF
having worms, and should be given
Kicapoo Worm killer, pleasant can
dy lozenge, which expels worms, re-
gulates the bowels, tones up the sys'
tenn, and makes children we'll and
happy Kickapoo Worm Killer is
guaranteed. All druggists, or by mail.
Price 25c kicapoo Indian Medicine
Co. Philadelphia and st. Louis. For
sale by all druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-20
PELkY'S TRIAL
BEGINS AT CALGARY

Calgary, Alberta, June 19.-The
trial of Arthur Pelky the price figh-
ter, who was boxing in the ring in
this city, with Luther McCarty at the
time Of the latter's death on May "a,
last, on charges growing out OF Nc
Carty's death. began today in the Su-
preme Court. Chief Justice Harvey
presided at the opening of the trial.
Sentiment here has been strong
against prize fightings since the Nc
carty tragedy as evidenced by the
burning of the Burns arena, in which
the fight was held.
The trial of Tommy Burns. promo
ter of the fight and owner of the
arena. has been postponed until Fall.
1t will probably come up the second
week in October in the Fall assizes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-06-20
A TEXAS WONDER

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles. removing gra-
vel, cures diabetes. weak and lame
backs, rheumatism, and all irregu-
larities Of the kidneys and bladder
OF both men and women. Regulates
bladder troubles in children. If not
sold by your druggist, will be sent
by mail on receipt of $1.oO. One
small bottle Is two months treat
ment, and seldom fails to perfect 4
cure. Send for testimonials from
this and other states. E. w. Hall,
1920 Olive street, St. Louis. Mo. Sold
by druggists. 1918 II