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The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
AERIAL COMMITTEE
MAY STUDY ABROAD
Proposal Made for Congressional Jun
ket-U. S. Behind Other
Countries.
MAY SEE THEIR OWN ERROR

The proposal has been made that a
Congressional commission be appointed
to go to Europe and see what other gov
ernments are doing to develop military
aviation as a practical adjunct to the
operations Of the army and navy. This
proposal is supported heartily by those
spending a total Of only $685. 900 in I'VE
years on aviation. while other govern
ments are spending millions of dollars
annually for the same purpose.
Germany has already expended $2S,-
10000 in aviation development in the
army and navy. France is a close Sec
ond, with a total expenditure Of $2a,-
100000, with Russia, Italy, Austria, Eng
land, Belgium and Japan following in
the order named. Even such nations as
Chile, Bulgaria. Greece, Spain, and Brazil
have spent more money on military
aviation than the United States, which is
classed with such nations as Denmark,
Sweden, and China Public subscriptions,
to millions, have been made
up in several European countries for the
support of aviation construction programs.
. The United States has no dirigibles,
and only seventeen aeroplanes, to be
operated by nineteen military pilots and
nineteen officers detailed for aviation
duty. France has twenty-five -dirigibles
and GIL aeroplanes operated by an avia-
ton corps consisting Of 232 officers, go
military pilots, and LIZA officers and en-
listed men detailed for aviation service.
Other European governments have avia-
ton corps developed in proportion.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
NO CHRISTMAS BONUSES.
announcement sadden EmpIoye. OF
walI street Firms.

New York. Dec. 15-sadness was spread
among thousands in the fine IA district
today when many large br0 rage firms,
who have annually presented large sums
to their employees. sent out notices that
no Christmassgifts or bonuses would be
given this year.
The notices upset expectations Of en-
ployes of houses that have followed the
christmas-gift custom for many years.
A Wall Street man who was asked to
explain this action OF the employers said:
This has been a bad year. There was
first the uncertainty over the tariff bill
Now there is uncertainty over the cur
rency measure. No one knows what Will
come next.
The public is not investing. Specula-
ton is dead. Firms which In former
years have at times had TO make large
increases In their stsffs this year have
had 10 reduce the number of their en-
ployes and thoss retained have not had
enough work to keep them busy.
There is nothing the matter with
legitimate business, but the public Is
keeping out of the speculative market"
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
TWO TEST VOTES
INDICATE SAFETY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

who have denounced the banks with the
greatest fierceness and the most extreme
language are willing to turn this system
over to the control Of bankers"
Threatened with Bankruptcy.
Senator Hitchcock admitted there was
some truth In Senator Stones charges,
because bankers in Omaha In 1886 had
summoned him Qditchcock. into their
offices and told him to change his news
paper attitude on public questions under
pain Of bankruptcy.
And that was not done because Of
personal animosity," said Senator Hitch
cock; Those men were my friends, but
they thought the success OF Mr.. Bryan
meant the ruin Of the country"
81 believe most bankers, very large
majority, are honest men," said Senator
Stone, "who desire to discharge the duties
of good citizenship. There Is not much
danger of Hepburn, Vanderlip, or Allies
becoming potential: the Federal reserve
board has power to appoint the directors,
AMI to supervise, with power OF re-
moval"
In a speech last week Senator Stone
assailed a. Barton Hepburn. of New
York; Frank A. Vanderlip. Of New York,
and Milton Allies, Of Washington, and
bankers generally.
Senator La r'ollette's friends denied that
the Senator from Wisconsin was planning
a long or dramatic speech. They said he
had assured them that he would require
very little time to say what he desired
to on the bill.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
ELECTION CONTEST HEARINGS.
Mayor Grace, of Charleston, ADege,
Representative Bought Votes.

Mayor John R. Grace. of Charleston, 8.
C., appeared again yesterday before the
House Elections Committee No. ], to re-.
new his charges that Representative
Whaley, of the First South Carolina dis
trict, spent money lavishly to be elected
TO Congress. Grace accused Chairman
Post of breaking his promises to keep
him advised about the progress Of the
investigation, and he criticised the COM
mittee so he had to be called to order
several times.
The committee reached no decision.
Grace alleges Whaley spent $4,000. This
is denied by Whaley.
Arguments in the contested election
case involving the seat OF Representative
Dyer. Republican, OF Missouri, were be-
gun before the House Elections Commit
tee No. 5. Dyer's election is contested
by Michael ]. Gill. a Democrat, who al
leges that 9s7 fraudulent ballots were
counted for Dyer. These ballots, it is
claimed, showed that ellis name had
been stricken out and Dyer's substituted.
John Bledins. attorney for Gill. began his
argument before the committee.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
VICTIM OF WIRE TAPPERs.
Drug Store Owner Says He Wa
SwindIed Out of $4,000.

New York, Dec. 15.-Dr. L C. Wharton
who owns a chain Of drug stores in the
West Indies, caused the arrest today OF
four men who he says fieeced him out
of $500 on December 4, by a wire tapping
scheme.
Dr.. Wharton had Just reached New
York when he met a man who had '.just
come from Charleston with a $4,000
cleanup on the races. They were Joined
by a stranger and the doctor won 500
on small wagers. Then was revealed the
big scheme to tap the wires for immense
profits. Dr.. Wharton put 1880 in cash
into a pool which was ostensibly y2l,50O
in ALL The horse lost. One man ac-
cused the doctor and the other of treach-
cry. and there was a fight. The doctor
separated his two friends so effectively
that he lost sight Of both OF them, but
he remembered them at police head
quarters today. Both have police records.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
EFFORT TO BRING CONVENTION
TO WASHINGTON TO BE MADE

An effort will be made today to induce
the subcommittee OF the Republican Ma
tional Committee to recommend WASH
ington as the meeting place of the next
convention, according to a decision
reached at a joint meeting Of the con-
ventions committee Of the Chamber of
Commerce, Board of Trade, and Retail
Merchants Association.
The inducements which this city has to
offer against those Of other cities will
be presented to the subcommittee Of the
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
HOUSE PASSES OMNIBUS BILL.
Measure Carrying Appropriation {
s1.7ss,OI2.11 Goes Through.

The omnibus war claim, carrying am
ann-onriation OF 81 IL, o1211, was passed
by the House under unanimous consent
rules.
The claims, for which the appropriation
eyerv STATE In the Union They are
siivided into three classes: Claims Of Of
a, err and soldiers for arrears in back
nav: Of social or business organizations
for OCCUPANCY of buildings, and for stores
and supplies used during the war. A
similar Bill has been passed during the
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
Limit on for Postal Savings.

The House yesterday passed bill re-.
moving limitations as to the amount an
Individual depositor may keep TO his credit
In the postal savings banks Heretofure
deposits have been limited 90 $500 per de-
positor. Under the terms OF the bin, inter
est will be paid upon amounts up to l.ooe
only.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16

national organization which meets today
at the Willard. Although this city Is not
able at present TO offer fund. the local
conventions committee viii make efforts
TO secure fund to pay the expenses of
the convention, should Il decide to meet
here.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
SAME PACE FOR MULES
AND COTTON NECESSARY

That the price of cotton must
follow the price of mules, was
the economic law propounded to
the House yesterday by Repre-
sentative Helm. of Alabama.
You in the West" he de-
clared, have educated us in the
South to pay $3.50 to $500 for a
mule. We in return are COM ;
PEELED to educate you to 15-
cent cotton. A few years ago we
got our mules for $50: the change
is not our fault"
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16

Leaf tobacco imported into France dur
ing the first eight months of this year
weighed 6o0O0.OO9 pounds, an increase of
100000 pounds over the corresponding
months in 1872.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16

A sand box for automobiles. like the
familiar devices on locomotives. 10 dis
tribute sand under their tires to prevent
sachusetts inventor
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
LOANS = go. s':s..'''
Ho RNING i si. g e ..s 5 So,

last three Congresses. but the House and
Senate were unable TO decide upon a
compromise measure
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16

have to be effected rs a means Of re-
storing the confidence Of the rank and
file In the party leadership.
the state of mind of the gathering as
a whole was strikingiy demonstrated In
the arrangements made for last nights
dinner. Former Gov. Hadley, Of
Missouri. who was the floor leader for
the anti-Taft forces In Chicago a year
ago. came TO Washington with the proxy
Of National Committeeman Loisei. Of Mis-
souri,. This was shock to officers
OF the committee. Now, Gov. Hadley took
part In the Progressive conference held
in Chicago. where the report was drawn
up requesting the national committee to
cali a special convention to reduce South
ern representation. Some OF the old regu-
lars, obsessed by a fear that Mr.. Had
ley Intended 70 lecture them on their duty
to the party. groomed former Represent
alive Watson. OF Indiana, TO oppose Had
ley. 1t viii be recalled that Watson led
the Taft forces on the floor Of the Chit
cago meeting last year. In other words,
although the leaders assembled here In
the hope of adopting a program Of
harmony they were inspired by the gem
eral feeling of suspicion that Prevailed
to make an preparations for possible
fight.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
McHaig Predicts Row.

ormsby McHarg. Of New York. who
has had stormy career in politics, was
one of the business men around the VIII
lard. He sought conferences with leaders
of both factions, urging upon all OF them
his opinion that harmony would nave 10
be effected through the various state
organizations. He insisted that whatever
precautions might be taken by the COM
mittee or the leaders grand row would
be staged in a special convention thar
would play hob with the plans OF the
leaders to bring the factions together.
incidentally Mr. McHarg told many OF
the regulafs that in 1916 the Republicans
would have to right the wrong committed
in 1879, when, according TO Mr.. McHarg,
Col. Roosevelt was deprived OF the nomi-
nation that was justly due him.
The Southern leaders, directed by Ma
tional Committeeman Martin. of Virginia,
and Sanders, of Tennessee, argued against
the convention idea, and urged that II
the plan was adopted the gathering
should not be held until 1915. By that
time; they hoped, the necessity for con-
vention would have passed. BY delay
they hoped to put OF at least the day
when reduction of their representation
in conventions would be enforced.
But the impression seemed TO be general
that IL a convention was to be held, the
earlier the better.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-16
Those Of Old Guard Present.

Among the old guardsmen seen In the
lobby Of the Willard yesterday were I'm
Gle joe Cannon, who was as clipper as
ever; Jim Watson, Jim Hemenway, and
Joe Healing, of Indiana; National Com
mitteeman Estabrook, of New Hamp-
shire; Senator Penrose, and others Very
few of the Progressives were in evidence.
The most prominent was Gov. Hadley.
Yho/had hopes at Chicago last year, and
who is an avowed candidate for the first
honor to be awarded by the convention of
1916. Senator Cummins remained in his
Office at the Capitol, and there received
such of the visitors as cared to call on
him. Chairman Hilles remained in his
room most Of the day in conference with
leaders of the two factions. James b.
Reynolds, secretary of the committee,
who is understood to be opposed to the
special convention plan. was busy man.
Those who opposed the special conven-
ton suggested an alternative. They adj
vocated the drafting of a declaration of
principles, to be strongly Progressive in
tone, including an expression favorable
to the reduction of Southern representa-
ton. They also suggested the assembly
ing of a conference instead Of a con-
ence plans for harmony might be drafted,
asserting that an informal gathering of
the kind would be productive of more
good than would be possible in a con-
vention conducted under the restraints
imposed by the hard and fast rules that
govern such bodies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11
SHE SEEKS MATE
Missouri Woman Asks Kansas
Preacher to Find Her One.
He Must Have Wealth and
Ability, She Says.

| Ledvenworth, Kan, Jan. 11.-MrS
lola Chapman, SO years old, widow
living at Warrensburg, Mo-, who
wishes to marry man of her own
age, writes local minister to seek
a man from his flock who, he thinks,
would look favorably at such VEN
ture. Mrs. Chapman wants a man of
wealth for the sake of the good she
might do, but she will not take wealth
| alone. Wealth, character and ability
must be the prime essentials of her
second husband.
And Mrs. Chapman is not of the
common herd herself If the descrip-
ton of her education, temperament
and past life may be counted as au-
thentic. For Verification of personal
ter, she refers the Leavenworth min
lister to Brother Moore of the First
Christian church at Warrensburg.'
Her Son Leaves Soon.
MY Dear Brother" writes Mrs.
Chapman in her letter, II am not per-
mutual workers for the Masters cause
1 feel I can ask a favor and advice
of you. l am educated and taught
school before marriage. I have son
21 years old, and he leaves for South
America before long.
so you can see I am alone-home-
less and lonely. I can speak with
ease before the largest audience. but
I do not like publicity or notoriety.
I prefer the quiet of the home and
its loving associations.
''To be, as it were, the little, quiet,
silent power behind the throne-to
aid and keep the other half to per-
form this duty nobly.
II believe l have plenty of secret
power and influence. My husband
was an infidel and within only a few
years I had him converted and an
elder in the Christian church.
Il am not for sale, but if you know
of anyone situated like myself please
let me know. Enclosed please find
postage for any one who wishes to
correspond with me to mail his first
letter."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11

| New York, Jan. 11.-Jeff Tesreau, of
the Giants is going out after the ''iron
man" championship in 1913, and Ed
Walsh of the Chicago White Sox, who
has held the title for years, will have
to work harder than ever or be con-
tent with second place.
Season after season the Big Reel of
| the White Sox encourage has toiled
through a greater number of rounds
than any other pitcher in the game. But
| beating Walsh's record next year are
good.
Tcsreau Can Go Some.
st don't believe that Walsh or any
man that ever pitched can handle more
games in a season than Tesreau cam
states McGraw, land still remain eff
fective. He was a recruit last season
good part Of the schedule had been
finished. When I called on him in a
tight part of the race he was good
for every other day, and the more
worked him the better he went. I be-
lieve this next year that 1 could push
him into sixty games or more and find
him better than if I only used him in
his turn-every fourth day. Barring
accidents, Tesreau will pitch more
games than any man in his league and
will be close to Walsh in this respect,
if not beyond him. And unless I cut
in with a bad guess, better than two
thirds of the crop will be on the win
ming side of the count
Has Responded Before.
This listens like reasonable dope. Last
fall, after a busy month through Au-
gust, where he was worked to a fin
ish, Tesreau started early in Septem-
Der. when the Cubs were pressing
closely, and startled the natives by
working five games in nine days, win
ming all five and winding up with a
shutout. He was better as he went
along and only lost his stride again
when given a rest.
Tesreau, with his vast expaQse of
system. belongs to the type which must
work beyond the average to keep at
top speed and to retain his control.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11
LEFTY FLYNN IS BARRED
Yale Athlete Cannot Go Back to Yale
on Account of Bride.

New Haven, Conn.,, Jan. 11.-Maurice
B. CLefty') Flynn, the Yale athletic
star, who was married in New York
Monday to Irene Leary, a chorus girl,
was barred from the Sheffield Scientific
school, Yale. because of the notoriety
connected with his wedding
There is no rule whereby a stud
ent marrying under usual circumstan-
ces should be prevented from return
ing to college" explained Director
Chittenden, but a marriage that took
place under such conditions as that of
Flynn will not result in continuance
OF membership. Flynn stood we'll in
his studies, although he was ill last
year and for that reason did not keep
up in some of his work"
Flynn is one of the most valuable
all-around athletes at Yale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11
IS JACK JOHNSON BRoKEe
Black Champion Loses Auto and Safe
to Pay Bill.

Chicago, Jan. 11.-Jack Johnson's au-
tomobile, safe and the fixtures of the
saloon here of which he was until re-
Gently the proprietor, were seized by
the sheriff to satisfy a judgment of
So, SO obtained against the negro
pugilist by a brewing company. The
seizure was made at the handsome resi-
dence here which Johnson gave his
mother and where he makes his home.
Il haven't got a cent, gentlemen -
was Johnson's reply to the demand of
the deputy sheriff that he pay the
Judgment. He looked on without fur
Their comment while they removed a
tafe from the house and took away his
automobile from the garage in the rear.
Most of the fixtures of JohnsoE's for
mer saloon were stored in the garage
and the sheriffs took these as well.
For some time the pugilist has shown
signs of getting into training to fight
again. He has been boxing at a local
gymnasium. Objection was made to his
using the gymnasium most affected by
the local pugihstic fraternity, however,
and he has been requested to find some
other place to box with his sparring
partners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11

far as fighting is concerned. .+o
AL Kaufman, too, has 1aHen ny -
the pool of oblivion, and it Will De
some time at least before Palzer can
hope to come back. Willard ana NC
Carly, and possibly also Bomparaisr
Wells, are the men who must decloe
between them who will be champ
Certainly Willard looms big on tne
fight horizon. The fight he mad Win
McCarty in New York showed tnat
he can deliver the goods. He was
given the verdict almost unanimous
" by the New York papers, and IL
was said in reports of the contest that
McCarty was hardly able to land one
telling blow on him.
Willard is the young fellow from
the Texas plains uncovered by Char
lev Cutler. of Chicago, about a year
ago. Cutler had him under his eye
for long time and then made the
mistake of taking him to New York
city and leaving him there. Naturally
somebody ''stole' Jess away from Cut
Ter, and now he is lost for good ana
all to the Chicago wrestler.
Packey Mcfarland, the Chicago
stockyards fighter, is soon to take
Willard in hand and teach the Texan
all he knows about the fight game.
Mcfarland says Willard is the most
dangerous white heavyweight now in
the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11

Cincinnati, Jan. -Speed-rapidity
both in getting down to first and
navigating the cushions after the ar
rival; agility in pursuing the soaring
fly and mixing into the hurried. in
field plays; lightning quickness in ev-
cry department of the gan1e-that' t
what Joe Tinker is going to try to in
ject into the Cincinnati Reds during
the season of 1913.
Joe is a victim of the speed mania.
He says it's a lot better to have a
$50 hitter who can skip nimbly around
the diamond and score 80 or more runs
in a season than it is to have a pom
derous hitter who can make rec
ord of $3.50 at bat and come across with
only so runs in a year. Tinker says
swatting is only a part of the game
It's an important part, of course. but
no mora so than ability to steal bases
and skip along like a whirlwind from
sack to sack.
The Reds have plenty of good men,
but somehow they don't deliver. Out
side of Bobby Bescher. they are not
strong for using their legs. If Tinker
can make the gang wake up, circle
the sacks in lively time, and score the
runs that ought to be registered, he
will not make only the speed mania
amount to something. but he will i'm
mediately hoist the Reds way above
their previous percentages.
That Tinker's path is strewn with
anything but roses none will deny.
OF the five managers who were in
charge of Cincinnati while Tinker
played with Chicago, only one is still
at the head of a major league club
Clark Griffith, of Washington. Kelley
and Camel are pilots of class IA
clubs, Hanlon has dropped out of the
game, while O'Day is trying to decide
whether or not to attach himself to
Ban Johnson's American league UNI
pire brigade.
Cincinnati has been called the Yes
uvius of the National League. and Joe
Tinker Will have to be on the alert
to escape the catastropheS which
have befallen his predecessors during
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11
THE FARMERS ARE ANGRY.
With All Sorts of Serums Hog ChoI.
era Still RACES

Fort Scott, Kan, Jan. 1.-THE hog
cholera situation in Bourbon county is
not at all encouraging nor tempering
of the best feeling towards the State
Agricultural college with it's myriad
of press notices as to serums, anti
dotes. and experts who stand ready to
the call of citizens in distress.
Losses from this scourge have been
frequent and common through the
fall and wfnter-even ranging back
into the summer. The disease seems
to manifest itself as an epidemic.
spreading with alarming rapidity and
destructiveness. Not only is this true
of Bourbon county, but others in the
state are afflicted. State authorities
on live stock offer no relief. Serums
are all but exhausted, or their po-
tency questioned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11
DAVID BEAN Is DEAD.
SaIina Pioneer Had Lived in Kansas
Since 1873.

Salina, Kan, Jan 11.-David C.
Bean. well known old settler and a
MEMBER of the C. A. r., died at the
home of his son, William H. Bean, four
miles northwest of Salina- Mr.. Bean
first came to Saline county in 1878 from
Chester, ILL.,, and was well known
among the early settlers of the county.
Later Mr.. Bean went to Leoti, Kan,
where he lived for Is years, but IL
ears ago he returned to this county
where he had since made his home
with his son. He was born near Ok
ford, Ohio. on February 6, 1886, but re-
moved in Illinois when he was quite
young.
Mr.. Bean served in the civil war
as a member Of the Forty-second IL
linois infantry and has been a mem
Der of John A. Logan post No. 127 Of
Salina. He was married on March 8,
1858, to Lydia BilderbacS. Mrs. Bean
died several years ago. Mr.. Bean
leaves six children, two of whom live
here. They are William H. Bean, west
of Salina; Mrs. R. A. Mayo, SIS State
street; James D. Bean of Sherwood,
Ind; Samuel W.. Bean of Spokane,
Wash; Curtis D. Bean of Sprague,
Wash, and Chester A. Bean of Tri-
bune. Kan. There are two children
dead.