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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-26
RAILROAD LOSSES HEAVY.
Lines Lose $3,81O,OO(
on Account Of Flood.

Pennsylvania Lines Lose $3,81O,OO
on Account Of Flood.
Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, has issued the
following statement:
1T is now possible to state the extent
and to estimate the cost of the damage to
the Pennsylvania Lines West of Pitts
burg, caused by the recent foods in the
Middle West.
'Twenty-four bridges were destroyed
and fifty. were damaged. covering a total
of about a mile and a half of single
track. The cost Of replacing and re-
pairing these bridges will be about
1,145,00O.
'In order that the movement of trains
should not have to await the permanent
replacement of bridges II was necessary
to construct Immediately an amount Of
temporary trestle work equivalent to 4.2S
miles of single track at a cost of about
$3.50, 200.
Including the cost of damage to rails.
bedding, stations. equipment, telegraph
lines, and other property, the total loss
on all Pennsylvania lines amounts to
$3,6l0.OOO. divided among the various COM
panies as follows:
Pennsylvania Company. ...................N6i $40 coo
Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago and st. LOUIS
Vandalia Railroad Company. 3i2. 600
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway. ......... y 900
S36loOO
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-26
DEMOCRATS MAY
EXIENDFREELISI
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

tionary Democrats in the Senate. Ger
tain of those who have been showing
signs of rebellion in behalf of home in
dustries have had . this fact called to
their attention and have changed their
tactics and returned to the Wilson fold
with loud protestations of their allegiance
to- the progressive faction of the party.
The President will avoid an open break
as long as possible. He does not believe
in rushing into a breach prematurely
created. But he does not intend to let
a few reactionary Democrats. fighting
solely in the interests of home indus
tries. jeopardize the integrity of the en-
tire Democratic party and get away with
it under cover of party harmony
plea. He will appeal to the country and
name the men who are opposing the
Underwood bill in tones that all may
hear whenever he decides that further
attempts at Cancellation are futile.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-26
POSTMASTERS MUST. WORK.
BurlesOn- Requires Pledges of Ac
tunl Service fyom Candidates,

Postmaster General Burleson has
thrown a bomb into the ranks of Con-
gressmen. He has notified them that
they must submit the histories of the
lives of applicants for postmasterships
with applications of constituents.
These papers should indicate the
character, occupation, qualifications, and
age of each person recommended and
furnish over the signature of the appli-
cant assurance that, if appointed, he will
give the service his personal attention.
says Burleson's letter.
The purpose of the reform, Mr.. Burle-
son explains. is to prevent postmasters
from farming out their jobs while they
engage in political activities.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-26
PHYSICIANS IN ACCIDENT.
DIR. John Madigan and DR.. Joseph
Leonard Thrown from Auto.

The sudden blowing out of two tires
on the automobile of DR.. John Madigan,
of Nichols Avenue Southeast, caused the
machine to upset, throwing DR.. Madigan
and DR.. Joseph Leonard, passenger in
the car, out.
Both men received slight injuries about
the body. The accident occurred in Bow
en- Place, near Branch Road Southeast,
about o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-26
Capital Punishment Debate Tonight

The Trinity Club will hold a debate to-
night at 7:3O on the subject: Resolved.
That capital punishment should be abol-
ished." The affirmative speakers are Ber-
nard r. Cross. Callol " Daley, and
Louis Depre. The supporters of the neg
alive are William w. Barron, John J..
King, and Arthur Farquhar. The judges
for the debate are Hon. Frank Farqu-
har, Hon. Edward Jackson. and Hon.
John Joseph O'Brien. Joseph ]. McFad-
den will preside
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-26

Mrs. Sophie Lichtenfels, known IN
church and missionary circles in. New
York as Sophie the Scrubwoman," will
hold series of revival services at the
Gospel Mission, 216 John Marshall Place.
commencing tonight. Her talks are orig
inal. her delivery Of speech peculiar. but
effective.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14

came up on the run to Investigate.
Runyon. the patrolmen say. toi.
them that the chickens were stolen
and that 1t WAS the second trip for
them during the night. He said he
and his companions had also stolen
the horse and wagon, but refused to
tell where they got them.
I'VE had another horse and wagon.
the patrolmen say Runyon told them
but the horse was balky and one OF
the wheels of the. wagon came of. We
then left them and got this one"
Runyon took the police to an ad
dress in Madison avenue, where they
found Stage and Marquette. Mar
Quette said he was the man who
jumped from the wagon when they
were accosted by Huck
Another surprise awaited the patrol
men at the house. In the back yard
was coop filled with chickens. There
were chickens everywhere, and the
police say the men admitted to them
every one was stolen.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
Refuses to Continue as Undertaken for FeIines

rHICAGO.-"Herea police Off
- GERS will not bury dead cats. un-
less found upon public highways"
Edward Sieber. chief Of police at
Wilmette. suburb of Chicago. nailed
this sign on the wall OF the police sta
ton the other day. Then he sank
wearily into a chair.
"Thatrl hold them for while, |
guess" he said with a sigh. II have
been the official undertaken for the
last pet cat. and hereafter Wilmette
people will have to bury their own
pets"
Nine lives apparently Is not enough
for the felines of Wilmette. as during
tbs last two weeks twenty-five or
thirty furry pets have succumbed.
Chief OF Police Sieber told OF the
woes of being an undertaken to cats.
During the last couple OF weeks"
he said, Il have been called upon at
all hours of the day and night to bury
dead cats.
AT first | would leave the work of
the office and comply with the request
of some woman who informed me
with a lachrymose voice that her pet
cat had died. But when they started
calling me from my slumbers. and
asking me to come and bury poor
'.Ncm right away. hung up this sign"
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14

NEW YoRK-The lights had been
~ turned on In West Side court the
other day to dispel the gloom of the
weather, when a short, thick-set man
stepped up to the attorneys table and
from four battered leather belts let
loose shower of glittering gold coins
that made the incandescents wink
and Magistrate Corrigan shade his
eyes. AS the gold ran out. like yellow
wheat from the mouth of hopper.
the pleasant clinking OF the cleaning
metal resounded through the place.
few pieces dropped to the floor and
rolled away. unregarded for the mo
ment. The sight OF the stack OF coins
piled on the table hypnotized every
one within view into action.
What is all this?" demanded Magis-
trate Corrigan of Detective Phelan
of the central office. who had turned
on the stream of gold
IT'S $2.s00 ! took from those four
men there" rejoined Phelan, indicat-
ing with jerk of his thumb four
swarthy men with sombreros. flaming
red handkerchiefs and other symp-
toms of the wild west as depicted on
the screen"
Il guess 1t belongs to them. all
right" continued Phelan. for no.
body's put in claim for it,
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
Wagon Load Of Chickens at the Police Station

I INDIANAPOLIS. lnd.-A spring wa
! gon load Of more than a hundred
squaking chickens was unloaded at
central police station the other day.
following the arrest of three men on
the south side just before dawn by
Patrolmen Huck. Davis and Gribble.
The police believe they have solved
the mystery of stolen chickens, com,
plants of which have come almost
daily to headquarters from house
wives in the southern part OF the city
The three men arrested gave the
names OF Edgar w. Stage. fifty-seven
years old: William Runyon, nineteen,
and Joseph Marquette. thirty-four.
They were held charged with loiter-
Ing. pending AN investigation.
Patrolman Huck was standing at
Meridian and Morris streets about
o'clock when he noticed small wag
on loaded with crates of chickens and
driven by two men. He thought he
had seen the same wagon empty earl
Ter in the evening going south in Mer
idian street.
Hey. there, stop a minute" he
called. The wagon stopped. but one
of the men jumped and started to run
down the street. Huck fired his re
volver in the air. but the figure sped
on and disappeared in the darkness.
The man who remained in the wag
on was Runyon. and there were two
dozen chickens with him. Hearing
the shot. Patrolmen Davis and Gribble
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
COPPER pIMp VALLEY

and woe betide him who SCOTS at It
Even among the chosen ones and
hardy pioneers OF today terrible In
deed are the signs written on many OF
their bodies. Scared and rugged vet,
Grams show, with smiling face
places where once fingers or toes
adorned their hands or feet. but which
have now gone for ever, a token oi
mans struggle against Natures
cruelty. Let those who sit in a com
Portable chair by the fireside at home
in twenty degrees of frost. think what
life is like In a tent with tho ther
mometer reading 80 degrees or GO de
grees below zero. Only those who
have seen and felt 1t can realize what
this means.
Many PrIvations.
Probably no country on earth has
lured 30 many people to ruin and de
struction, in proportion to the mum
bers visiting 1t, as Alaska has done
In many of the great gold rushes
which have taken place in recent
years. The writer. during three sea
sons spent in that country. and In
trips extending from its southernmost
portions to the Arctic shores. has per
sonaliy been an eyewitness Of many
pitiful scenes there. The time has
already arrived when fast steamers
mako pleasure trips during summer
and convey tourists in comfort along
the southern coasts of Alaska. though
some of the finest fjords and scenery
on earth. But probably none Of these
luxurious travellers has any idea OF
the privations suffered by many o,
the old-time pioneers who followed
this route on their way to the new
Eldorado. Nor can they hope to real
ize what winter is like within the
Arctic circle. Mr.. r. w. Service has
more accurately described this thar
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
Human Wedge Between wo Houses Is Chopped Out

Foley wiggled for quite a time in
silence He did not care to discom-
mode persons in the neighborhood
Finally he yelled. Sergeant Hewlett
and Patrolman Smith of the West
Twenty-ninth street station, were
strolling on West Twenty-fifth stree,
when they heard the screams
TITS a murder" Smith said. start
ing to run.
IF he were killed he couldn't make
that much noise" Hewlett gaspcd as
he ran alongside.
They were sure something was
wrong when they saw a pair OF ath
letic legs waving over the banister
Smith took one leg and Hewlett the
ether They tugged The houses
would not give an inch and Foley told
the neighborhood the police were kill.
ing him Hewlett sent for the hook
and ladder company that is stationed
ut Church avenue and West Twenty.
ninth street
The firemen were about to put a
mechanical Jack under Fo,eys crown
and try to force him upward when
he begged them to desist Finally
they cut a neat hole out OF each of tho
houses and Foley. with a groan OF
relief, turned right side Up. Sergeant
Hewlett took him up to the police
station and at daylight he was per-
mitted to so home.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14

CLEVELAND. O.-Nine fremen. 4
- police sergeant and patrolman
worked an hour to pull the head Of
John Foley. Worcester. Mass. from
between two houses at 2430 and 2436
Franklin avenue early the other morn
ing. They had to chop holes in the
sides Of the houses finally. before
they could get him out. He was
wedged upside down. most uncomfort-
ably, for an hour because he tried to
get into the house at 2430 Franklin
avenue without awakening other
bcarders.
Foley. returning from downtown at
a. m. walked stealthily up the long
fight OF outside steps He had
reached the top when his balance
gave way Appetite over head he
dropped down the siderail He only
fell little way when his head and
shoulders stuck because the houses
slope to foot apart.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
CURED OF SCALP TROUBLE

stratford, Cal.-"My daughters
scalp trouble began as pimples and
,estered. then formed scales. Her
scalp itched and she had dandruff.
Her hair came out in punches, falling
entirely in spots as large as a silver
dollar A kind Of scab would form in
little white crusts on the spots. These
spots would be sore. Knowing the
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
were good for the skin and scalp, we
washed her scalp each morning with
Cuticura Soap and then applied the
Cuticura Ointment. rubbing 1t in we'll
with the hand 1t helped from the
start. used one box Of Cuticura
Ointment and one cake Of Cuticura
Soap then her scalp was cured and
her hair grew again. 1t has been more
than year since and her scalp is
clear and healthy" (Signed) Hiram
Crabtree, Jan. 25, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston" ."
Adv.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14

AR up on the northwest coast
L. of America, In the land OF the
midnight sun. is country
which still defies the hardest
traveller; a land where huge
mountains rise sheer out from the wa
ter's edge on an ice-bound. storm
swept coast; the home of vast gla
ciers. unknown lakes and rivers, 81
lent valleys and unpeopled wastes
Ponder moment on these lines from
the able pen of one who has lived the
life and tramped the trails across the
great unknown:
No! There's the land. dInve you seen
It's the cussedest land that I know,
From the big. dizzy mountains that screen
To the deep. deathlike valleys below.
Some say God was tired when He made
It:
Some say It's a find land to shun:
Maybe; but there's some as would trade
For no land on earth-and I'm one
So. indeed. does the wanderer feel
once he has fought Nature in her
sternest moods. or reveled in the
short but glorious summers of Alaska
The rapid changes of climatic condi
dons in the Arctic are constant
sources of wonderment to the man
who has never previously experienced
them. Today he may roam over count
less miles of desolate. barren wastes
where snow and frost still hold the
earth beneath their iron grip. II per
chance he passes there again within
few weeks time, when once the
suns warm rays have played theil
part, the face of Nature seems tc
have entirely changed.
Marvellous Changes.
Here, In this valley, where short
time since nothing but snow lay deep
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
oisenchantment Bay.

any other writer in the following
splendid lines:
The winter! the brightness that blind.
you.
The white land locked tight a drum.
The cold fear that follows and finds you
Tho silence that bludgeons you dumb.
The SHOWS that are older than history.
The woods where the weird shadow.
slant.
terry.
I've bade 'em bood- -bye-but I can't
No more awe.inspiring scene ca,
be witnessed than that of the ics
breaking up on some big river. suct
as the Yukon, or many others in Alas
ka. when the pent-up waters burs,
their way in spring through many
miles of icy fetters with an accompa
niment of appalling noises which be
wilder the onlooker. Or again. let the
traveller gaze a while at some spot
where one of the huge glaciers ends
abruptly in the sea, towering alofi
above the waters Here vast masses
of ice constantly fall of. drift aim
lessly about. and form continual
source of menace to unwary mariners
The photographs which accompany
this article were taken recently by 5
friend who travelled part of the way
along the coast of Alaska with the
writer. and owing to their excellence
they convey a good idea of prevailing
conditions and scenery in the darA
and silent north
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
The Reign of Woman.

Women will serve as public porters
and dining car walters on the special
train which is to carry the Illinois
sufrragists to the Washington parade
and except for the train crew and sol
itary man to shine shoes it will be an
example of feminized railway trans
portation. The male shoeblack
prompts masculine reflections on the
new dispensation. But mere mar
may take heart. The time is still re
mote when there will be women at 10
comotive throttles or in the more re
sponsible posts in railroad operation
New York World.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14

far as the eye could reach. what sight
ia It that meets the gaze? Luxuriant
grasses waving in the wind and count
less flowers all bursting into bloom.
The tender green of spring shows
forth on every bush. while birds. and
even butterflies. besport themselves
where formerly no living thing was
seen. Down through the smiling val.
ley runs babbling stream. and in
its crystal waters numerous trout are
busy feeding. What marvel too. has
brought to life myriads Of mosquitoes
and other insect life from beneath
those great stretches Of snow and ice
which lay for months upon the
ground? No man can tell nor any
pen describe these manifold myste-
ries Of the frozen north. Here. in
these brief. sweet summer months,
the nomad may linger. gazing by day
or night on never-setting sun.
breathing an air the purest and most
inv1gorating that ever was waited on
the breeze, coming from snow-tipped
peaks and down their slopes which
are densely clad with hardy mountain
pines. But let the wanderer in quest
of sunshine beware lest he overstays
his welcome. since once that great
magician. King Frost. asserts his
sway. this Is no land for the weak
lings:
Send me the best of your breeding, lend
your chosen ones.
Them will take to my bosom. them will
call my sons.
For this is the stern law Of Alaska.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
"Hgh Grade" Men Had Discovered New Rich Vein

And so the pile was swept back
again into the four worn belts and
the gloom OF the gray day shut down
once more.
All this occurred during the ar.
raignment of Romaine Molzire. Eu.
gent Bortilapo. John Perrizini and
John Zader, all accused Of being high
grade" men, which is not as paradox
cal as 1t sounds. for In Leadville. Col.
where the prisoners worked as min.
ers. high grader" is chap who
steals gold right out Of the vein.
The alleged high graders were ar
rested at the Pennsylvania railroad
station by Detectives Phelan and a
squad of picked men. The arrests
followed telegram from Sheriff
Schrader of Leadville that they had
got away with $4,000 worth of stolen
gold, the same being contained In
their trunks, which were declared to
weigh almost half ton. The four
were held till Deputy Sheriff William
Angus and Assistant District Attor
ney Quentin B. Bonner arrived from
Leadville with requisition papers.
The four bad men" had nothing &c
say, but grinned when they heard the
magistrate order their money return
ed. The deputy sheriff land the as
sistant district attorney left theil
prisoners in the West Side prison, al
Magistrate Corrigan's direction. while
they went to Albany to get Governor
Sulzer to sign the acquisitions. Thit
J.U
taken back to the mines.
MIR. Bonner said that the men hat
been robbIng the Monarch for months
They discovered new vein. OF which
their bosses knew nothing.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14

Recent rains are partly responsible
for the Increase in the cat death rate,
according to the chief The rains have
filled empty salmon cans with water,
and the cats. though accustomed to
dry" Wilmette. must drink. The wa
ter is often poison, death ensuing
within few hours.
As far as could be learned. no pedi-
freed felines have succumbed. the
mortality" being confined to cats OF
common degree.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
Fair Comparison.

"Do you mean to say that you com
pare yourself to Shakespeare?" why
not?" insquired the manager of the
Clothesline Burlesque company,
Shakespeare had pretty much my ex-
perience. The critics roasted him
and the authorities were always
threatening to close his show
Washington Star.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14

it. Plan it now-before the frost i.
out of the ground-for two reasons
First, that you may go about the mat
ter systematically; and, second. that
you may get your orders for seeds
and plants to the scotsman in ample
time to allow for their proper filling
Suburban Life
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
Have a Garden rhfs Year.

If there were not the incentive of
having garden from the pleasure
one gets from working in the soil,
there is the added inducement. these
modern days, that it is the one cure
way to help to reduce the cost of liv-
ing. Decide to have garden and
grow both vegetables and flowers in
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
PIacina the Blame.

While preparing her three-year-old
daughter ior bed. her mother on the
discovery of hole in her stocking.
exclaimed: why, Betty. there is a
hole in the toe of your stocking"
Betty replied: Yes mother. but don't
blame me, if my big toe rte a piece
out of my stocking
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
ImaojnatIon REQUIRED

Bilkins-Your friend scribbler
seems to be always short of funds. II
his books don't sell. why don't you try
him at office work when you need a
man?
Boomer-No use. A man who can't
succeed as novelist hasn't imagina.
ton enough for the real estate bust
ness
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
Costly Virtue.

Costly Virtue.
Uncle Joe" Cannon. apropos of
washington's birthday. said in Dan.
vile:
Washington was veracious Vera
city, suppose. worked better in those
days It's a virtue now that often
costs its owner dear.
"A Danville man howled downstairs
from his den the other night
"'Who went and broke my new
meerschaum pipe?
Little Willie. mindful of the ap-
proach OF February 22, shouted back
in CHEEKY tones:
"I done 1t. pop. ! cannot ie.'
"'You can't. chr roared the father.
rushing downstairs. strap in hand.
Well, you won't be able to sit, either.
when I'm through with you, b'gosh!'" ="
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
DaiIy Thouoht.

Such are the habitual thoughts.
such also will be the character of thy
mind. for the soul is dying by the
thoughts.-Marcus Aurelius.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
The Wrong Idea.

Some statesmen expect their line to
make success of them instead of
them making SUCCESS of their line
L. c. Ball
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
New Grand Central Terminal
A wonderful city, within city, built for the
comfort and convenience of the travelling public.

The main Grand Central Ter
mnal Building in New York is
now open to the public. This
vast improvement is more than a
great railway 1erminal-it is a
Terminal City, complete in itself,
providing every detail essential
to comfort and convenience.
1t will embrace convention,
amusement and exhibition halls,
hotels, clubs and restaurants; post
Office, express offices, modern
apartment and Office buildings,
and numerous stores and spe-
cialty shops.
Grand Central T criminal is the
Heart of New York. At Forty
second St. and Park Ave. (Fourth
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14

Ave. one block from Fifth Ave.
and convenient to Broadway.
1t is the only Terminal on all
lines of localtraffic- subway, sur
face and elevated. More than
1000 cars pass its doors every
day, affording easy transit facil-
tiles to any part of Greater New
York. Around it, and within
a radius of a few blocks, are
forty nine hotels, fifty eight
clubs and thirty five theatres.
Three new lines of under
ground transportation arc now
building to Grand Central Ter
minal, and soon there will be
six levels for human traffic in
Forty-second Street.
The Springfield herald., 1913-03-14
Comfort When Not Needed.


Credit is like revolver underneath
your pillow-a greater comfort when
you do not need to use it.