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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
BUSINESS INTERESTS
FOR COMMERCE BODY
Caucus of House Democrats Will Dis.
cuss Broussard Bill to Con-
tinue the Court. -

The business interests of the country.
mainly those interests that are shippers
in interstate commerce, are giving
strong support to the Broussard bill to
continue the existence of the Commerce
Court. extend its Jurisdiction to give
the shippers more rights and to relieve
the congested condition of the Supreme
Court docket by clothing the Commerce
Court with authority to handle all dis
puted cases from the Philippines ard
insular possessions, and those that
arise through the operations of the
bankruptcy law that now go to the
higher court.
The caucus of the Democratic mem
bers of the House. called for today,
will take up the question OF ordering
immediate consideration for the Brous-
sard measure. The caucus will also de-
eide upon the request of Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo for an emer-
gency fund to carry the Commerce
Court until the next regular supply bill
is enacted in the winter months.
AS the matter now stands there will
be no funds for the operation of this
court after July l. A fight has been
waged on the court by Representative
Sims of Tennessee. who was successful
in having the appropriation for the
coming fiscal year killed. The admin
istration, by asking for an emergency
fund. goes on record in behalf of the
court.
The Broussard bill is now being con-
sidered by the House Committee on the
Judiciary. The bill itself is of the utmost
importance in the judicial machinery of
the government The hearings now be-
ing held by the Committee on the Judi
ciary show that the bill has the indorse-
ment of practically all shippers who go
to the Interstate Commerce Commission
for redress against railroad rates on
freight and there is not one discordant
voice raised to date against the measure.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
COMMERCE COURT ATTACKED.
Sim Declares Caucus should Sot'
Against Tribunal.

In advance of the Democratic caucus
today Representative Sims Of Tennessee
yesterday issued a statement demanding
the abolition of the Commerce Court and
asserting that no caucus is needed to de-
termine the Democratic attitude on that
question.
Democratic votes in the House and SEN
ate, on several occasions. he said. showed
the party to be almost unanimously
against the court.
Discussing the alleged uselessness OF
the court, Sims said: only twelve cases
on appeal from the Commerce Court
have been decided by the Supreme Court
of the United States and the Commerce
Court has been reversed in all but two.
Some persons in favor Of continuing the
court have been clamoring for uni
formity Of decisions. They have uni
formity of decisions. but it is also uni
formity of error and It takes too much
time Of the Supreme Court to correct
these erroneous decisions"
The fate of the Commerce Court. the
for which expire July ].
will be decided by the caucus tonight.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
ADMIRAL POTTS dies
after BRIEF ILLNESS
Feeling Badly, He Goes to Hospital
and Passes Away in a
Few Hours.
HAD BEEN RETIRED SINCE 1897

After an illness OF only a few hours.
Rear Admiral Robert Potts, U. S. N.
retired, living at the Army and Navy
Club. died at s:i5 O'Clock Monday night
at the Naval Hospital The death did
not become generally known until last
night. when funeral arrangements were
announced by officials Of the club.
Rear Admiral POTTS had been in Ill
health for some time, and had been
making visits 10 the Naval Hospital at
frequent intervals for treatment. but 1t
was not thought by friends and physi-
clans that his condition was critical
Feeling badly. he went to the hospital
from the club Monday afternoon about
40 o'clock. Upon reaching the institu-
ton he was taken seriously i'll. dying
several hours later.
Funeral services with military honors
will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing from st. Matthew'S Church. Inter
ment will be in Arlington Cemetery. The
rear admiral is survived by a son, Louis
]. Potts. a member of the local bar. who
is now residing in New York City, and
three daughters, all of whom are in re-
,ligious work.
Rear Admiral Potts was seventy-eight
Years of age, having been born in Dub
lin. Ireland, May s. 1885. He was the
son of Robert and Mary Thompson Potts
He received his early education in the
public schools of New York, where he
spent most of his youth. On January %
1876. he married Fannie Griffiss. of Balti-
more. who died August ., 1909. He en-
tered the service of the navy in 1850 as
third assistant engineer. He served con-
tinuously throughout the civil war. In
1862 he was promoted to second assistant
engineer. and in 1854 was advanced to
the position of first assistant engineer.
He served aboard the frigate Niagara a,
the second battle of Fort Fisher. and
later was aboard the Moptauk and other
vessels that took part in the blockade in
the James River.
He was a member OF the BARREN Ex-
NOTED to the office of chief engineer. al
though for many years he had acted in
that capacity. In 1855 he was detailed as
inspector of machinery at Cramps ship
yards at Philadelphia, where he remained
several years. He was aboard the cruiser
Baltimore during the Chilean disturbance
In 1892. Later he was chief engineer al
the Boston Navy Yard.
Rear Admiral Potts was retired from
active service May S, 1897, and on June
g 1906. prior to the passage of the navy
personnel bill, was, together with several
other officers, advanced by special act
of Congress to the rank of rear admiral
retired, in view of meritorious service
during the civil war. For some time
following his retirement he lived in Bal.
timore
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25

is the extension of paragraph Of section
4, which had denied entry to ports of the
United States Of foreign-made goods
which were the products of convict Ia
Dor, so that II will exclude also the prod
ucts of the labor of children under the
age of fourteen.
Another important addition to. the
Underwood administrative features made
by the Senate Committee is a proviso
to paragraph A. section 4. page 200. OF
a proviso which authorizes the President
to impose retaliatory duties on certain
specified articles at certain specific rates,
whenever he shall ascertain as fact
that any country, dependency. colony,
province, or other political subdivision OF
government imposes any restriction.
either in the way of tariff, rates or pro-
visions. trade or other regulations,
charges or exactions. or IN any other
manner directly or indirectly. upon the
importation into or sale in such foreign
country. of any agricultural. manufac-
tured, or other product of the United
States which unduly or unfairly dis
eliminates against the United States or
the products thereof" or where such
foreign country or subdivision does not
accord to the products of the United
States reciprocal and equivalent treat
ment."
Circuit Courts Recognized.
In new paragraph added by the
Senate Committee, Circuit Courts of
Appeal of the United States shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the court OF
customs appeals in all matters within
the jurisdiction of the last named
court" where the amount in controversy
exceeds 800 This is construed by many
to be a survival of the opposition that
was manifested in the Senate against
the Customs Court at the time 1t was
created by the Payne-Aldrich law. II
will undoubtedly have tendency to
diminish the business of that court, and
may ultimately create a demand for its
abolition.
A suggestion made to the Senate Com
mittee by Assistant Attorney General
w. T. Denison, who has charge of Gus
toms matters for the government before
the Supreme Court, that was intended
to limit the activities of customs at
torneys was adopted by the committee
in the following form:
mo agreement for a contingent fee
in respect to recovery or refund under
protest shall be lawful. Compliance with
this provision shall be a condition pre-
cedent to the validity of the protest, and
to any refund Hereunder. and the viola
ton of this provision shall be punishable
by a fine not exceeding $500 or by i'm
prisonment for not more than one year,
or both
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
ANOTHER PRECEDENT TO GO.
Wilson May Attend Hearing Be-
fore House Committee.

President Wilson may smash another
precedent when the Lincoln Memorial
Commission meets the latter part of the
week to give consideration to the project
of spanning the Potomac from the Lin
coin Memorial in Potomac Park to Ar
lingtcn, as authorized in the public build
ings' bill of the previous session Of the
House.
which probably will be held in the office
of Representative Clark of Florida.
chairman of the Public Buildings and
Grounds Committee OF the House, II will
be the first time that a Chief Executive
has sat as a member of a committee in
the House Office Building.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Bulletin
* Bulletin
WY new ENGLAND SUMMER RESORTS

New England is famous for its resorts.
The White Mountains in New Hampshire; the Green
Mountains the lower Laurenans in Maine, and
the Berkshire and Lchhed Hills Massachusetts, and Con-
nectcut are dotted with attractive mountain
The picturesque lakes of Maine and New Hampshire,
and great expane of virgin wilderness up the Cana
border allure the lover of outdoor sports and camp life
The rock-ribbed New England Shore with its hundreds
of beautiful BAYS and islands from Long Island Sound the
Bay of Fundy, presents delights to those who in
seek the for and recreation.
Summer Excursion tickets TO all these sold at
attractive rates of fare and with liberal limits
The Pennsylvania Railroad operates through train
between Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and Boston
the favote Federal Express running at night arai by
the Poughkeepsie Bridge Route.
Trains to New York make connection with all the New
York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad trains by transfer
from PENNSYLVANIA Station Grand Central Terminal New
York. Baggage checked through.
Consult the nearest Ticket Agent.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25

falo, and many workmen in other fac
tories nearby were hurt. Besides the nre
apparatus and the score of ambulances
there was a great rush Of automobiles
and pedestrians to the scene.
Women Rush to Wounded.
Women threw themselves into the mob
and tried to reach the ambulances to
identity the injured. Forty OF the in
jured were carried first to St Stephens
Church and then taken away In ambu-
lances Three of the injured in the Emer-
gency Hospital died during the evening.
Henry Werner was blown fifty feet by
the force of the explosion. his body be-
ing found under a box car. Rev. Father
Barrett and Rev. Father Kane, of ST.
Stephens Church were early on the scene
and in a short time they had admins
tered the last rites to twenty-five men
who were supposed to be mortally in
jured.
The Heusted Milling Company plant &C.
cupied a large concrete structure. Ed
win w. Heusted is president of the COM
pany.
81 heard the explosion and for minute
was stunned, but went to the kitchen
door and looked out" said Mrs. Jesse
Parks
"Our house Is in the rear Of the mill.
II seemed almost like night. there was
so much dust in the air. As looked to-
ward the bill saw pieces of timber that
looked like bricks flying up, and then
saw what must have been a man flying
through the air far up and then the
booy disappeared in the dust. 1t was ter
rible."
In ST. Stephens Place the shock of the
explosion broke many windows and all
the gas nantes in the houses for three
or four blocks from the mill. In ABBOTT
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
River Improvement Asked.

The expenditure of s60.0Oo,OOe annually
for ten years for the improvement of
navigable rivers and the prevention of
floods is proposed in a bill introduced
yesterday by Representative Bartholdt.
Missouri Democrat. The bill. which is
similar to Senator Newlands' measure.
also authorizes the creation of board
of river regulation to supervise the i'm
provement of the streams of the United
States
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
INQUIRY INTO JOLO ATTACK.
Secretary Garrison Wants to Know
Reason for Moro Slaughter.

Indications that Secretary of War
Garrison does not approve of the recent
campaign against the Moros, led by Brig.
Gen. J. J. Pershing, were in evidence
yesterday when the Secretary announced
that he had teiegraphed to Manila for
full details both as to the cause of the
attack on Jolo and the conditions of the
conflict.
Mr.. Garrison said he was not yet con-
WINGED that the advance on the Moros
was necessary, and proposed to ascer-
tain by a private inquiry whether the
slaughter of the natives was justified by
conditions existing in Jolo
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
Mann Opposes Armor Plant.

Although the House Naval Affairs
Committee yesterday favorably reported
a resolution by Representative Barton of
Nebraska calling upon the Secretary of
the Navy 70 inform the House as to the
cost of establishing a government armor
plate plant, its consideration was blocked
in the House by Representative Mann of
Illinois. Mann raised a point of order
against it and Chairman Padgett, of the
Naval Committee withdrew the resolu-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25

The House yesterday passed the Harri-
son bill placing a prohibitive tax of SEQ
a pound on smoking opium, imposing a
100000 bond on manufacturers of such
opium and placing heavy criminal PEN
alties for violation of the act.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
Lo., of Tent. Requesteti.

The House Military Affairs Committee
favorably reported yesterday resolution
by Representative Roddenbery of Georgia
authorizing the War Department to lend
tents and other equipment for a reunion
of Confederate Veterans at Brunswick,
Ca, to be held this summer.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25

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Careful Attention Sought.
..rh.r..f,.r r.c.u Mr. PrineIe. a
San Francisco lawyer. representing either
7 tnrnsd hin, ovsr 10 Assistant ATTORNEY
c.n.raI uarr Itch ,n.truc,ions 10 give
the matter nartic,,lar and careful atten-
rio, A,tar con.iderin1 ali the facts. Mr..
Harr enal,v copch,ded that the tust So
lut,on ~ ~. si,uation was first 10 prose-
cute .ba three who were both directors
ana ofHc.r. ~ the company. and that the
case AGAINST the other two should be de-
ferred until he could examine the evil
demo, presented and determine the pro-
priety of further proceedings. He re-
ported this conclusion to me: 1 thought IL
right. and in pursuance of our under
standing he sent the District Attorney the
fo ,oypin- telegram.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
one-cent Postage Proposed.

One-cent postage on drop letters for city
delivery or for transportation exclusively
on rural mail route is provided in a
bill introduced yesterday by Represent
alive .Roddenbery. Georgia Democrat.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25

Representative Carter. Oklahoma
Democrat, yesterday introduced a bill to
increase the salary of the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs from 5000 to $500 per
annum.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
SEVEN ARE dead
INEXPLOSION

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25
.M'NAB 0UT;.TWO
men FACE TRIAL
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

of San Francisco, on graft charges sew
eral years ago. Sullivan assisted Heney
in the Ruef case.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25

falo, and many workmen In other fac
tories nearby were hurt Besides the fire
apparatus and the score Of ambulances
there was a great rush Of automobiles
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-25

Consult the nearest Ticket Agent.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
Take Notice.
Woodstock, April

Woodstock, April 2, 1913.
To the members of Shenandoah
Camp. C. ", and all other comrades,
Shandoah Chapter U. D. c., Wood
stock Graded and High School, and
all our patriotic citizens.
Rev. James Power Smith, d. D..
President of the Stonewall Jackson
Monument Association, and the only
surviving member of Jackson's staff,
desires to address our citizens on the
evening of April 10, 1918 relative to
the proposed equestrian statue to
commemorate the character and career
and to do enduring honor to the
military genius Ct the great leader.
No contributions will be solicited
and no Offering requested, but any
one desiring to aid in the memorial
may send a contribution to E. D.
Hotchkiss, Treasurer, Richmond,
Va. This may be our last oppor-
tunity to hear one so closely associ-
ated with Jackson. and we beg to
besueak q large audience, at the
Woodstock Graded and High School
building. GEO. W. MILEY,
Adiutant.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
Massanuttan Academy.

The students of the Academy will
give an entertainment on Friday eve.
ming, April 18th, in Lantz Hall, for
the benefit of the athletic association
baseball in particular.
The program will be good one,
consisting of three parts. The frs,
part will be playlet entitled
'Spooks,' followed by comedy dia.
logue, and ending with . famous 4o
minute act drama entitled The Orator
of Zapata City, by Richard Harding
DAVIS. The program will last about
one hour and half and will be very
pleasing. All tickets will be sold at
% cents-reserved chart can be found
at Schmitt's Drug Store.
A large chorus of singers has been
at work for several months rehears-
ing the cantata Ruth, The Moabitess'
for presentation ia Lantz Hall. The
date has not been set but it is assured
that the cantata will be given during
the latter part of this month.
The Academy baseball team defeat.
ed Edinburg on last Saturday to the
score IL to in q rather one-sided
game The M. A. boys will play the
Old Dominion Academy nine al
Woodstock on Monday afternoon,
April 7th.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
so CLAIMS
PAID IN THREE MONTHS BY

ALL ANN 411RCE AONIf1o DI
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO
through our Office to
(JANUARY)
D. W. P. Copenhaver, VIM. E.
Bradfeld, W. C. BURNER, G. B. Rey'
nard, Frank D. Fadely, Geo. M. Pol
lard, L. T. Stoneburner, Jos. W.
McCIanahan, Lester c. BLY,, Bruce C
Shell, J, Elmer Miller, VIM. A.
Wine, John R. Mauck, Chas. B.
Compton, Wade B. Snyder.
(FEBRUARY)
Tbos. B. Shell, E. D. Newman, M.
M. Bowman, s. L. Barr, D. D. Foltz,
S. Walter Beeler, H. M. Boyer. Sam
F. Walker, Floyd T.. Baker, Watson
Orudorff, WA. M. Hotel, Lee Rhine
hart, Geo P. Grady, Frank Nessel.
rodt, l. F. Kohne, John W. Hawkins,
Amos II. Habron.
MARCH)
Jos. W. McClanahan, John R. Orn-
dorff, j. c. Haun, Joseph c. Miller,
Geo. B. Reynard, John W. Smoot,
Sam'l E. Saum, I. M. Brill, Geo. P.
Miller, Benz. F. Stultz, Chas. S.
Hickman, Gilbert E. Russell, Jacob
Windle, Alpha J. Miller. John Cave,
Jas. r. Burner. Israel M. Miller,
VIM. Clarence Kibler is our answer
as to the quantity, the character, and
the necessity of the business we are
doing.
NEWMAN, JOBE & GEARY,
General Agents,
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
Mrs. Mamie B. Armstead Dead.

Mrs. Mamie B. Armstead, wife oil
Mr.. L. L Armstead, died at the
Presbyterian Manse, the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. A. McMurray,
Friday morning. after short illness
OF paralysis. She was a faithful
member OF the Presbyterian Church,
of this place.
She is survived by her husband,
one daughter, Mrs. ]. A. McMurray
and one son, DIR. J. D. M. Armstead,
. member of the faculty of Agnes
Scott College, Decatur, Georgia.
Mrs. Armstead was a native of
Lynchburg where funeral services
were conducted in the Floyd Street
Presbyterian Church by Rev. W. T.
Williams. Jr., assisted by Rev. DR..
Palmer on Sunday afternoon, after
which she was laid to rest in the
Presbyterian cemetery.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
Struck By Tree

A large tree falling across the
Southern Railway tracks near Bever-
ly Mills, Is miles west of Manassas,
just as the train No. Ii was passing,
knocked sixteen window glass out
the day coach. One passenger, Mrs.
Arlie Shacklett, of Deleplane, was in
iured. She suffered cash on the the
face and several GU her hands.
The train was stopped aud the crew
removed the tree in order to prevent
1t doing damage to other traffic. The
tree fell just as the train was round
ing a curve out of a cut-too late for
the engineer to stop.
Capt. B. G. Shacklett, of Harrison
burg, was in charge of the train,
which arrived in Harrisonburg on
time las: Monday night, despite the
delay by the accident.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
TRAIN IuMPS TRACK

The arrival of Southern passenger
train No. Is, due here at 10 O'Clock
Wednesday night was delayed about
six hours on account of derailment
Of the engine and ore car near Hay
market, ten miles west Of Manassas,
5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. No
one was injured, but the accident vas
such as to require q wrecking crew,
with derricks and other heavy APP
paratus. in order to place the engine
and coach back upon the rails.
Passenger train No. PIT due here at
1855 was blocked on account OF the
derailment.
The passengers, mail and express
from these two trains we're transferred
to No. % which usually passes Wood
stock at APO, this train being run
back to aarrisonburg and passing
here at two O'Clock Thursday morn
ing. The derailed train is the fastest
and best equipped train on the Ma
nassas Branch of the Southern.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
1t Saves You Money

DR.. Towards Dyspepsia Specific
Regular Price SOC. Schmitt's
Drug Store.
The special half price sale of DR..
Howard's specific for the cure of con-
stipation and dyspepsia by Schmitt's
Drug Store means the saving of a
few dollars on every family's yearly
bill for medicines.
Each so cent .hottle (Nr. Schmitt
sells it for ESQ., contains sixty doses
OF q medicine that is pleasant to take
and which can be depended upon to
cure the worst case of constipation,
dyspepsia or liver trouble.
This remedy is not an ordinary
medicine. 1t is the favorite formula
of we'll known physician, and has
the endorsement of hundreds OF ply
sicians Of eminence in their profession,
who prescribe it in all cases of con-
stipation, dyspepsia or liver trouble
knowing from experience that it will
make q complete and lasting cure.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-04
Boy Confesses To Throwing Rock

George Fox, Is year old boy OF
near Quicksburg, Saturday confessed
- Detective Green, OF the Southern
Railway, that be threw the rock, which
crashed through the window OF the
mail car of train Ii Wednesday night,
grazing the cheek of Mail Clerk Hen
ry Bell. After bearing the boy's
story, the detective told the mother
that he would not arrest the lad on
condition that she give the miscreat a
good whipping. She agreed and
young Fox was given about so lashes
during which he took his medicine
like a man.
1t developed that party of seven
men and boys had been fishing last
Wednesday night. When the train
came in view, young Fox picked up
rock and said he was going to throw
it on the tender. He let fly and it
struck the mail car window, immedi-
ately behind the tender.