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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
INCOME TAX NOW
READY FOR CAUCUS

The last work of the majority Of the
Finance Committee was on the income
tax. and shortly before midnight last
night the chairman of the committee,
Senator Simmons, announced that the
income tax law was perfected. and that
he hoped it would be agreeable to the
Democratic caucus.
The committee adopted the sugges-
ton of the subcommittee. which fixed
the minimum exemption at $4,000 and
the maximum at $1,000. This is on the
basis of an exemption of $1,000 for a
dependent husband or wife. as the case
may be, and a further exemption of
$1,000 on account of dependent chill
dren. or at the rate of $500 for each de-
pendent child up to a limit of $1,000.
The provision as the Senate committee
has left ii will tax the separate in
comes of both husband and wife.
The members of the committee ad
mitted last night that they had entire
ly rewritten the income tax, had made
radical changes in SO much of the bill
as relates to municipal bonds, mutual
insurance companies, and one or two
other features. The committee also
made il clear that the tax shall not
apply to chambers of commerce or
commercial organizati ons when incor-
porated.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
DEPARTMENTS CLOSING
WILL BE CONSIDERED
A sSoc tons Meet Tomorrow to
Take Ut Question of Making
Request to President.

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Arrangements have been completed for
the joint meeting of the committees of
the Board of Trade, Chamber of Com
merce, and Retail Merchants Associa-
ticn tomorrow at noon in the Chamber
Of Commerce rooms. when the question
Of requesting President Wilson to close
the government departments from the
evening of July to Monday, July Z,
will be discussed.
Many local merchants have declared
their intention of closing their stores
these two week days. regardless of what
action President Wilson takes in the
matter Others who are willing to close
provided the departments are closed are
awaiting the answer of the President.
Many OF the merchants contend that,
although they are entirely willing to
keep closed the extra days. they will be
forced to open their stores IL President
Wilson refuses their request, as most ali
of their business is with the clerks of
the departments.
The PERSONAL of abe committee which
is to represent the Board of Trade at
the meeting Monday consists of Will
lam F. Brooks, William r. GUIDE, s. w
Woodward. c. E. Berry, NJ. Goldenberg.
T. S--Dulin, H. c. G. Stiles, and Will
lam John Eynon.
The committee appointed by President
ID. J. Callahan OF the Chamber Of Conn
merce consists of Washington Topban.
George Judd. Milton Strasburger. Charles
semmes. B. e. Earnshaw, and John
Hansen.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
For a Red
BIoiehy Skin
The Remarkable Action of
a Famous Remedy and
Some Facts About 1t.

The skin Is but a net work Of fine blood
vessels. And II Is a perfectly natural
consequence that any influence in the
blood that is a condition of Ill health
makes its first appearance in the skin
There are certain medicinal properties
that follow the course of the blood stream
and the influence Of these properties Is
that of an antidote. This is why S. s. s..
the best known blood purifier, has such
a positive action in the skin. There Is
one Ingredient in S. S. S. which peculiarly
stimulates cellular or glandular activity
to select from the blood or from this
fine net work of blood vessels in the skin.
those elements which 1t requires for re-
generation.
Thus pimples, acne, eczema, lupus, or
any other blood condition that attacks the
skin or seeks an outlet through the skin
is met with the antidotal effect Of s. S. s.
The action of S. S. s. in the cellular
tissues of the body serves the active pur-
pose of stimulating each cellular part to
the healthy and judicious selection Of its
own essential nutriment. Not only this,
but il from the presence Of some disturb
ing poison a condition Of disease arises,
S. S. s. SO directs the local cells that this
poison is rejected and eliminated from
their presence
This is why skin troubles vanish SO
readily and why they do not return.
Under the influence OF SIS. s. this fne
net work of blood vessels in the skin Is
constantly taking from the blood the uu-
triton required for healthy tissue and the
cause Of disease is just as constantly be-
ing removed, scattered and rendered
harmless. These facts are more fully
explained in a book on skin troubles sent
BY The Swift Specific Co., 16o Swift
Bldg, Atlanta. Ga You win find s. s. s.
on sale at all drug stores. Get bottle
today and Danish al skin annctiona
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
WIFE OF DIPLOMAT DIES.
Sister of Minister from Costa Rlca
Calvo Paxses Away.

Word was received yesterday by Senor
Don Joaquin B. Calvo. Minister from
Costa Rica. of the death in San Jose,
the capital of that country, of the Min
ister's favorite sister. Sonora Dona VI
centa Calvo de Perez Zeledon. the wife Of
Senior Don Pedro Perez Zeledcn. at pres
ent in the United States as Costa Rica's
representative in the Costa Rica-Panama
boundary arbitration. Senior Perez Zele-
don is now in Bluemont, Va The
news of his wife's death came as a great
shock to him and to Senior Calvo. as
Sonora Perez Zeledon was i'll but a short
time, death being due TO heart failure.
Senior Perez Zeledon was the Minister
from Costa Rica to the United States
Immediately preceding Senior Calvo, and
during the time that Sonora Perez pre-
sided over the legation. she made a host
of friends. Her last visit to Washington
was made two years ago, when her hus-
band came here for the boundary arbi-
tration. She remained with her family
for one year. She is the mother Of three
boys, Alonzo. Humberto and Claudia, and
of four girls, all of whom are in San
Jose.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
STATEMENT
PERPLEXES OFFICIALS
Department of Justice at a Loss to
Comprehend Why Magnate Should
Be Criminally Indicted.
lis A DARE" OFFERED!

At, the Department of Justice the Of
ficials of the office OF the assistant to
the Attorney General are at a loss to in
terpret the remarks made in the course
Of the examination Friday by George
W. Perkins. to Edwin G. Grosvenor:
IT probably will be criminally indicted
for having given you this information"
So far as the department Is concerned.
criminal proceedings against the origina-
tors of the Harvester trust have not
been projected. Nor Is II necessary or
obligatory in any sense of the word that
criminal prosecution should be in order.
A review of the more recent important
cases developed by the Department of
Justice In its activity to seek out Offend
ers against the Sherman antitrust law
have sho-E a great variety. so far as
method and the sequence of litigation.
1t is pointed out that in the case of the
American Naval Stores Company an in
dictment was brought in 1905, and pre-
ceded the civil action for dissolution of
the corporation by nearly four years. In
the instance of the bathtub trust, So
called. the civil action preceded the in
dictment under criminal charges. The
civil action for the dissolution of the
bathtub trust was begun in July. 1910.
The Indictment followed in December OF
that year.
A civil action against the National
Cash Register Company was begun in
December. 1911. Indictments against the
officials of the National Cash Register
Company were handed down in Febru-
airy, 1872, and in the Shoe Machinery
Company case, on the other hand. the
civil action preceded the Indictment.
Therefore. the Department of Justice
officials feel that Mr.. Perkins statement
that he anticipated criminal indict-
ment is confusing. They do not know
whether to attribute 1t to conviction on
Mr.. Perkins part that he really has
told enough to justify indictment, or
that 1t is in plain English, a dare" to
the department.
The Attorney General was absent from
Washington yesterday, in attendance at
the wedding of Francis II. McAdoo, son
of the Secretary of the Treasury, at
Brookland Wood. Md. He will be at
his desk tomorrow, and opportunity
then will be given him to comment on
Mr.. Perkins remarks.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
DETECTIVES Swallowed
new jersey SENATOR
FeIts-BaIdwin thugs" Said to Have
Annoyed Mr.. MARITIME During
Strike Investigation.
AGENTS WOULD ovERHEAR
by Buck.

That he constantly had been Swallowed
by detectives during his stay in Charles
ton, ". Va, as member Of the Senate
committee investigating the coal fields
troubles, was asserted by Senator Mar
tine of New Jersey yesterday.
while cannot say that my life was
definitely in danger" he said. II know
that was followed everywhere about
the streets by thugs who were said to
belong to the Felts-Baldwin Detective
Agency. When stopped to speak to a
miner or to discuss anything with a
citizen. many OF whom came to talk with
me and TO express their approval Of my
attitude. these secret agents would come
about and take notes.
.'One in particular / found making
notes on his cuff while standing close
behind me in a group. When was talk
ing to Mother" Jones. she called my
attention to another fellow less than
FIVE feet away taking notes on our con-
versation. He was well known there as
a Baldwin man.
81 prepared a brief statement of this
espionage, which / proposed to read to
the committee before We left Charleston.
but my colleagues thought II best that
wait"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
LONGEST DAY IN YEAR
IS WITHOUT INCIDENT
Summer Is Here ut Last, in Fact.
Spring Goes Out on Wave
of Heat.

There, summer at last
Now, when a man has TO WELD a big
palm leaf fan and fight the different
members of the bug family that have
blown into town for their annual back
home" celebration. he will at least have
the satisfaction that it is meet and
proper-in a word, that il Is being done
in the name of sure-enough summer and
not in gentle spring.
For spring took her departure last
night. AS the sun sank after overseeing
the. activities of the longest day of
1918, spring left and summer came in with
a whoop. and settled right down to bust
ness. But she found little to do in the
way of warming things up, for spring
had done that pretty effectually as 1000
wilted collars in as many laundry bags
bore witness.
There was little in yesterday. the long
est day in the year, to mark II from the
other longest day of years past. The
authorities admitted that
Prof. Eichelberger, of the Naval OBJ
servatory, was called to decide whether
the day had been remarkable in any
respect.
practically the same length as the other
longest days.
Very little difference-except that the
Nationals won" he supplemented.
But in the last particular Prof. Eichel-
berger was wrong. for on the longest
day. of 1912 the Nationals conquered the
Philadelphia Athletics to the tune of
to ..
The longest day of last year was nota-
bic in another respect. On that day the
Republicans sweltered in the Coliseum in
Chicago to nominate the Presidential
candidate, who was destined to break the
sixteen years rule Of G. o. p.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22

income tax, and administrative features
would lead to the most discussion. Chair
man Simmons has been anxious to con-
clude his work by next Thursday.
A large number of kilograms and let
tiers protesting against the removal OF
the preferential rate given brandies used
In terrifying wines were received by Sem
ators yesterday, and will be offered in
the Democratic caucus as soon as that
section of the bin is reached. The
restoration OF the s1.l0 rate would bring
in additional revenue to the amount OF
about 81, 1000. and IL this clause were
wiped out the bill would produce s2.ooo,o0c
less revenue than that passed by the
House.
Califoruians Make Complaint.
Californians in Congress yesterday
were bewailing the fate OF their State
at the hands Of the tariff makers. Rep
resentative Kahn OF California said that
the provision inserted in the tarif bill
by the Senate compelling wine manufac-
turers to pay a high rate OF tax on
brandy used for terrifying sweet wines
would paralyze the wine industry Of his
State.
Lemon growers from that State are
complaining of the reductions on citrus
fruit and the beet sugar interests are
complaining.
Tariff rates on dates. figs. raisins, and
nearly all Pacific Coast agricultural
products have been greatly reduced.
Senator Cummins of Iowa yesterday
introduced an amendment to the -tarin
BILL providing that common carriers
shall not charge more for the trans
portation of commodities between points
in the United States than Is charged on
imported from abroad and
shipped in part over the same lines.
Senator Clarke of Arkansas introduced
an amendment placing a tax of one
tenth of 1 cent per pound on all cotton
sales, with the provision that II the cot
ton actually is delivered the tax shall be
refunded. The amendment is designed
to kill cotton speculation on exchange.
Senator Bradley of Kentucky introduced
three amendments, to increase the rates
onA fiourspar. hemp. and jute butts.
Members of the House Ways and
Means Committee said yesterday that in
all probability the House will refuse to
accept the Senate tariff amendment plac-
ing a duty of cents a bunch on ba-
nanas.
This proposal was discussed In the
Ways and Means Committee when the
Underwood bill was under consideration.
House leaders declare such a duty would
give the United Fruit Company a SUI
preme monopoly of the banana business
of the United States. This was a suf-
ficient reason, they declare, why they
would fight the plan.
1t is predicted that the amendment
will be eliminated in conference, il the
Senate itself does not decide to do SO.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
JOHN D. STILL ECoNoMIzING.
Buys sheep tn save Price of CUT
ting GrnsS.

Tarrytown. N. Y, June H--John d.
Rockefeller is still economizing. While
playing golf with some friends in the
early spring, one said: Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter. why don't you buy about 100 sheep
and let them feed on your lawn, and in
that way you would save the cost OF
cutting the grass and. besides. the sheep
would keep II in condition always"
How much would they cost? he
asked. The friend replied about IS
apiece. making an expenditure Of about
81. i00
..oh, that's too much" answered Mr..
Rockefeller. and the matter dropped.
The idea did not drop with Mr.. Rookie
Teller. however. and he went back to the
house and started figuring the cost of his
big motor lawn mowers and the cost
of the sheep, and found out that his
friends suggestion was an economical
one. SO he placed an order for 400 South
down sheep. Today the last load of
sheep arrived at his place, and they are
eating their I'll Of grass on Mr.. Rookie
fcller's estate and. at the same time,
saving him money.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
AUTOMOBILE WRITER'S
TO ENTERTAIN ORPHANS
Owners Are Donating Use of Cars
to Give Chifdren y Days Out
fnx MT Glen Echo.

Owners Are Donating Use of Cars
to Give Chirdren y Days Ont
ing mt Glen Echo.
Monday. June 30. has been selected as
the date on which the automobile writ
ers of the various daily papers and auto
mobile journals published in the city
temporarily will lay aside their duties
and devote the day to the entertainment
of the orphan children of the city.
Automobile owners are coming nobiy
to the front in, donating the use of their
cars on that date. Already twenty ma
chimes have been promised. and a con-
siderable sum OF money has been pledged
with which to buy good things to eat
for the children
The management of Glen Echo Park
has granted the use of the park. All Of
the amusements will be placed at the
disposal of the orphans. It has been
planned to make Orphans Day this year
the greatest celebration of the kind ever
held In this city.
Owing to the large number of institu-
tons to be visited. a number Of cars will
be necessary. The automobile writer's
hope that the motorists will be generous
in donating the use Of their cars.
Those who have offered their cars in
clude H. NJ. Crandall. Caleb s. Miller,
w. s. Macdonald, Edward Tarring,
Louis Simon. John L. Weaver. B. W.
Woodruff. Potomac Motor Car Company,
R. U. Gieb. Cook & Stoddard Co., two
cars: C. II. Warrington. Frank Stanton.
John Donohoe C Sons. Luttrell Company,
Foss-Hughes Company, Buick Motor
Car Company. two cars: Capital Traction
Company. and Edgar Orme.
Motorists desiring to contribute the
use of their cars on the afternoon of
June 30 are requested to notify the auto
mobile editor of any of the local papers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
FOOD PRICES
ARE SOARING
Bureau Of Labor Gives Sta
tistics on High Cost Of
Living.
.2.3 PER CENT ADVANCE
Figures Computed on Fifteen Articles
in General Use Among
Workingmen.

The Bureau of Labor has compiled a
new set of statistics showing how the
cost Of living continued to climb. Not
many people need 20 be reminded OF this
fact, but the Bureau of Labor's report
is interesting because II tells Just how
hard the average mans pocketbook has
been hit.
In the last year, for instance, the ad-
vance has amounted to 30 per cent
These figures are computed on fifteen
articles of food which represent just
about two-thirds OF the expenses Of the
average workingman's dining txole. They
are based on reports of prices obtained
from thirty-nine important industrial
cities, which contain together one-fifth
OF the total population OF the United
States.
Tables Are Compared.
The prices OF the principal articles Of
food at retail. the government report
shows. was slightly higher on February ID
last, than on the 18th of the preceding
month. The decline on few articles how
ever. was so marked that prices Of food
as a whole were slightly lower than on
January Is.
For the year ending February Is. 1913,
potatoes declined 1873 per cent: sugar. 16.s:
eggs, I57, and -four. 25. Eleven other
articles in the governments list showed
advances ranging from Is for corn meal
to CO., on pork chops. Seven of the fifteen
articles were 10 per cent higher on Feb
ruary Is OF this year than they were
year ago.
The governments report shows that
the average prices on February Is. 1913.
as compared with the average prices for
the ten-year period from 1880 to 1889. in
elusive, showed the increases varying
from 23.6 per cent for potatoes to ILLS
per cent for bacon. Sugar was the only
item on the list of fifteen which are
lower on February Is than the average
price for the ten-year period. 1t show
ed a decline OF 40 per cent. Eleven Of
the fifteen articles on the list were more
than 50 per cent higher than the aver
age for the ten-year period up to 1899.
A definite idea OF how much more 1t
costs to live today than II did ten or
fifteen years ago is shown impressiveiy
from this statement Of the percentage
of increases for February Is over the
average prices for the period from 1880
to 1899.
Sirloin steak is COS per cent higher:
round steak. SIS per cent higher; rib
roast. ST. per cent: pork chops, ss.4 per
cent; smoked ham, sci per cent: pure
lard. 62.3 per cent; hens, SIS per cent:
wheat -four. IA per cent: corn meal, SCI
per cent: strictly fresh eggs. IS per cent;
creamery butter. SIS per cent: Irish po-
tatoes. 23.6 per cent, and fresh milk, 401
per cent
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
FINDS s1o.ooo,ooo IN GOLD.
California Nam Unearths vaiu-
able Meteor ON His Farm.

Fresno, Cal, June 21.-Fred Williams,
farmer. near Bakersfield, brought to
Fresno today for assaying a chunk from
meteor, which he says he discovered
on his ranch at depth of sixteen feet
while digging we'll The chunk has the
appearance Of solid gold. williams was
unable to find an assayer, but took 1t to
number of local jewellers. who pro-
nounced it crystallized gold. williams
says the mass must weigh at least
twenty tons. 1t is only about an inch
and half thick.
San Francisco. June AN A. Mar
tin. assayer at the United States Mint
here. when asked for an opinion con-
corning the above report, said that gold
is sometimes found in crystal form, es-
pecially in the mines of Australia. Gold
has never been found in meteor, how
ever, So far as he knows. II Williams
discovery is not exaggerated he is worth
about sieooo.0oo mora than he was yes
terday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
PHOTOGRAPHS DROWNING GIRLS
Instructor stopped to Take Picture,
Thinking Boat Upset in Fun.

Battle Creek, Mich, June 1-With
three girls drowning before him. w. w.
Hastings, an instructor in physical edu-
cation. stopped to take photograph OF
the accident. He explained that he
thought the girls tipped their boat in
fun and were in no danger.
All the girls were good swimmers. but
their heavy clothes prevented them from
remaining on the surface. The bodies
were recovered.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
HALF HOLIDAY ALLOWED.
Several Government Department
Have Early Closing Hour.

Have Early Closing Hour.
Coming in advance of the usual sum-
mer half holidays, orders were issued
yesterday that gave not only half day
of to many of the government clerks.
but to the public school workers Of the
District.
The order liberating the majority of
the clerks in the executive officers was
issued because of the heat and also be-
cause of the fact that the President and
many of the Cabinet members were out
of the city.
Public school workers were given the
afternoon Off by the order of Henry p.
Blair, president of the Board of Educa-
ton.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
CHINESE MINISTER LEAVES.
Chang Yin Tong Goe. to HI. Native
Land.

After service of three and one-haif
years as Chinese Minister here. Chang Yin
Tang and his family, including his son,
Henry Chang secretary of tine legation.
left washington yesterday for San Fran
cisco to return to China
Mr.. Chang has served a longer con-
tinuous term than any of his prede-
cessors.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
NORWAY TREATY SUBMITTED.
senate Receives Proposed Pacr
from Department of state.

The Senate yesterday received from the
State Department a proposed arbitration
treaty with Norway to succeed the Root
treaty. which has been in force for the
last 1--WE years. No action was taken
on It.
This treaty is identical with the pend
ing arbitration treaty between this coun-
try and Spain. Germany. and Great
Britain, the last the Senate having re-
fused to ratify because of its bearing
on the Panama Canal tolls question.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
Harvard Degree. for DR.. wnIcott.

DR. Charles d. walcott, secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution. who was pre-
scented with an honorary degree of doc
tor of science, in recognition Of his rec
ord as an administrative officer of SCI
cntific establishments. and for his work
ON the geology and life records Of the
Cambrian rocks of the world. He
planned and began work in this field
when boy of seventeen. and Is still ac-
lively pursuing it, especially in the Ca
madam Rockies. where the finest ex-
posures of the ancient Cambrian rocks
occur.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
Chautnuaua Circuits NothinR Like.

From the Pittsbmg Gazette Times
When eur reports from Washington
closed last night William Jennings Bryan
was still of the opinion that the State De-
pertinent job was no sinecure.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-22
DRASTIC MEASURE PROPOSED.
Senator Works Would Prohibit
Manufacture of Distilled Spirits.

Senator Works of California yesterday
introduced his joint resolution prohibit
ing the sale, manufacture, and importa-
ton of distilled liquors containing alco-
hol, except for medicinal, scientific, and
mechanical purposes. under the proper
regulation OF Congress.
Senator Works accompanied his reso-
luton with a short statement. setting
forth that in his opinion the consump-
ton of strong spirits rapidly drives
Americans to degeneracy.