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The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
HE WASHINGTON HERALD SATURDAY DECEMBER 27
COMMISSION TO URGE
NEW SEWERAGE PLAN
Rearrangement Along District Border
to Be Recommended to Mary
land Assembly.

A thorough rdistricting Of the terri
tory in Maryland, bordering on the Dis
trict of Columbia, into different sewerage
areas and a complete rearrangements OF
the sewerage situation in those localities
is to be recommended to the Maryland
legislature by the commission appointed
by the governor of that State in 1910,
for the purpose Of investigating the
sewerage conditions with a view Of max
ing proposals toward its amelioration.
The commission is ready to file itE re-
mort with the Maryland assembly and
this report. il approved and acted upon
by the State, will be of considerable
benefit to the District at large and to
washington in particular, as it will pro-
vide for separate sewerage systems for
every town in the vicinity Of the Dis
trfct line. At present, only one OF these
towns, Hyattsville, has a system Of its
own, and the bulk of the sewage from
that territory flows either through or
alongside the territory of the District
A commission of five members with a
salary of $500 each, is proposed in the
report The question as to whether a
sewerage system is to be built, and
whether bonds shall be issued for this
nurnose. will be put to a vote.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
Three TROOPS Reach
FORT MYER TODAY
Arrival of Men Of Fifth Cavalry viii
Bring Forces at Post Up to
Usual Strength.
CO... WILDER TO COMMAND

The forces at Fort Myer will be raised
today to the usual strength Of the post
by the arrival at noon of Troops !, K and
NJ, OF the Fifth Cavalry, now on their
way from Fort HuachUca, AriZ.. to take
the place of the men OF the Fifteenth
Cavalry who left some time ago for duty
on the Mexican border.
The commander of the post will be Col.
w. E. Wilder, commanding the Fifth
Cavalry. Col. Garrard is now in command
of Fort Bliss, Tex. On the arrival Of the
new troops, Maj. Charles P. Summerall,
of the Third Field Artillery, will be re-
lieved of the command of Fort Myer.
which he has held since the departure of
the Fifteenth Cavalry.
A large crowd attended the drill given
at the riding hall yesterday afternoon by
the Third Field Artillery. Since the de-
parture of the cavalrymen the artillery
men have been practicing cavalry"
maneuvers and yesterday went through
the difficult drill without a slip. One Of
the features was an officers polo match.
The Reds" consisting of Lieuts. r. c.
Burleson and Z. st. John Greble, jr.. and
Capt. Locke. of Battery D. defeated the
Whites consisting of Lieuts. B. w.
Simpson and B. Olmstead. of Battery F.,
and Lieut. A. r. Wallace, of Battery E..
The score was eight to six and half.
The three troops of the Fifth Cavalry
will detrain at Rosslyn, Va, and i'm
mediately will be taken to Fort Myer.
With Troop L, of the same regiment,
which came from Arizona about two
weeks ago, the forces at Fort Myer will
be raised to 45O enlisted men and twenty
two officers, including those at headquar-
teTS.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27

Nicholasville. KY, Dec. 26-William
Watts. county attorney of Jessamine
County. and one of the best-known pol
iticians in the State, died at a hospital
in Lexington today of injuries caused by
the premature explosion of a firecracker
at his home in Nicholasville last night.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
BARRING OF SALOON
DELIGHTS ANACOSTIA
Citizens Propose Holding Public
Meeting Commencing Decision
of Excise Board.

It has been proposed that public
meeting be held in the near future by
citizens of Anacostia to commemorate
the decision of the excise board In re-
fusing the application Of Maurice keane
for a transfer of his liquor license there
from the city. Civic bodies, churches,
and business men banded together in
voicing opposition to the granting OF this
transfer. The board made ruling when
the public hearing was held IN the case
Of Keane, that decision rendered IN That
case would apply 10 others VINO re-
quested a transfer. John AppiCh has al
ready applied for transfer from his
place in Eleventh street southeast to
Nichols avenue and Good Hope road, and
It is understood that another proprietor
was ready to make application for To-
eating in Good Hope road. The decision
of the board will make these applications
useless.
The annual Christmas entertainment Of
the Sunday school children OF the Con-
gress Heights Methodist Episcopal
church was held last evening in the town
hall, in Alabama avenue. NJ the close
of the program Santa Claus put IN an
appearance and each child present was
given q DON OF CdHuy anu SoiiiS A'N'N-
John A. Logan Women's Relief Corps,
No. Z, has named the following officers
to serve for the ensuing year: Mrs.
Margaret Quinn, president: Mrs. Sarah
Smith. senior vice president; Mrs. A.
B. Frisbie. junior vice president: Mrs.
Ida Ferguson, treasurer; Mrs. J. II.
Simpson, secretary; Mrs. Jane McLea n,
chaplain, and Mrs. Carrie King, con-
ductor. Arrangements are now beng
made for the installation of these on
GERS at the meeting next month.
Mineola Tribe, No. II. Improved Or
der of Red Men. OF Anacostia, with Ed
ward Blaine, sachem. presiding, met
last evening in the local Masonic Hall
and admitted candidates to member
ship. A report of the actual work ac-
complished during the last twelve
months will be submitted at the next
meeting of the tribe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Arnold, former
" of Anacostia. have permanently
located in this suburb again, and will
take up their residence in Valley
street.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
DENIES PARTNERSHIP
EXISTED WITH BROTHER
W. nj. Tobin Answers Suit for Re-
ceivership for Arcade
Dance Hall.

w. NJ. Tobin yesterday filed his an
swer to the suit of his brother, John
Tobin, for an accounting and receiver
to wind up the dance business in the
Arcade. The defendant admits that
while his brother was managing the
business he, the defendant, did open
a bank account in their joint names
but AYERS that this was only TO enable
the brother to pay bills by check while
he was absent from the city.
The defendant denies any partner
ship agreement with his brother, and
says he had the bank account put IN
his name alone after his brother had
drawn a check for $3.50 against this ac-
count about the time he quit the bust
ness.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
SUITS TOTAL $25, 900.
Martha e. Adkins and Jared Nun.
dell Each Seek Damages.

Martha f. Adkins yesterday filed suit
against the Chesapeake Beach Railway
Company for $4,000 damages, alleging
that August 5, last, she was tripped up
by a nail protruding from the platform
Of the company at its station at Chesa-
peake Beach and thrown to the ground,
sustaining serious and permanent in
juries.
The Capital Traction Company and
Christian Heurich Brewing Company
were named defendants in a suit filed
yesterday by Jared Mundell for $1,000
damages. Plaintiff alleges that July 25,
last a car of the street car company and
wagon of the brewery collided with
him at Eighth and NJ streets northwest.
injuring him seriously and permanently.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
FORT MYER SOLDIER WEDS.
Private J. c. KIee and Miss Heller
Thvaites Surprise Friends.

Yesterday held a surprise for Fort
Myer in the announcement OF a Chrlst-
mas Eve marriage. The bridegroom is
Private john c. Klee, Battery L, Third
Field Artillery, and his bride formerly
was Miss Helen Thwaites, twenty years
old, of New York City. Private Klee is
popular at the fort, and the news of the
wedding caused a stir in the barracks
yesterday.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
G. w. Van Fossen, pastor Of Trinity
Church, with only a few friends of the
couple as witnesses.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
INSANITY RULING THE ISSUE.
Question Whether Federal Judge
Can Direct Verdict s Raised.

The question of whether a Federal
Judge, on the agreement of counsel, can
direct a verdict of insanity confronts the
District Supreme Court for settlement. 1t
came up yesterday in the hearing OF Mrs.
Helen D. Carter, widow of a United
States army officer, who has been in an
asylum for year. and brought habeas
corpus proceedings, claiming she now is
capable of managing her 100000 estate.
After argument it was agreed by Rich
ard P. Evans, Mrs Carter's counsel, and
United States Attorneys Wilson and
Hawker, that the testimony showed in
sanity, and Justice Anderson ordered a
verdict accordingly. Now Mrs. Carter
wants a new trial. declaring that the
question should have been left with the
Jury, and that she is not bound by the
consent of her counsel to the verdict.
Attorney Evans appears for Mrs. Carter
in this new phase of the case too.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
FRISCO IS MEAT CENTER.
Golden Gate City Ranks First on the
Pacific slope.

Just as Chicago is the meat center of
the Middle West and East, so is San
Francisco rapidly becoming the meat
center of the Pacific slope.
During the past ten years, the value
of meat-packing products in the metro
politan district of San Francisco, which
includes Oakland, Alameda, and Berke-
ley, has increased s11, ,2S1, or 1904 per
cent, according to a bulletin on statis-
tics relating to the metropolitan dis
tricts of thirteen of the largest cities in
the United States, soon to be issued by
Director W. ]. Harris, of the Bureau
of Census.
In 1909 the combined metropolitan dis
tricts had 7S,437 manufacturing estab-
lishments, which gave employment to an
average Of 2,7s9,O34 persons during the
yea- and paid out 81, ,76s, ,942, 349 in salaries
and wages.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27

st. Louis, Dec 26-Chivalrous Freddie
Randall. aged fourteen. was being held
today to await the outcome Of George
Droege's injuries. Freddie stabbed
Droege. according to the policeman, be-
cause DroeEe refused to stop beating his
wife at a Christmas dinner.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
News Nuggets from
Telegraph and Cable

Chicago, Dec. 26.-Walter Tuccio. a
fourteen-month-old baby, died today
from blood poisoning caused by being
bitten on the toe by a rat
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
AMERICAN SAILORS LAUDED.
omciaIs of European Cities Praise
Men of Battleships.

Men of Battleships.
Public officials in France and Italy, who
had occasion to observe the conduct of
the officers and men Of the United States
Atlantic Fleet, which recently visited
Mediterranean waters, have praised the
personnel Of the American naval service,
according ~ -c2orts received at the Navy
Department. Commander Henry NJ.
Hough, naval attache at the embassy at
Paris, has written the department as fol-
lows:
"As far as the behavior of the men of
the fleet was concerned, personal obser-
vations in Nice, Villefranche, and Mar
seiIles, showed II to be exemplary, re-
fiecting great credit upon the navy. This
has been confirmed to me personally by
such officials as the maritime projects at
Nj and Marseilles. as well as by the
mayors of those cities"
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
Uruguay Borrow. s2,Ooo,ooo.

A bond issue of 100000 will be placed
with the EtheIburga syndicate, of Lon
don, by the government Of Uruguay, &C
cording to State Department advices yes
terday. The loan has been authorized by
the Uruguayan assembly for the purpost
of reorganizing government banking ant
financial systems.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27

Omaha. Nebr., Dec. 2S.-w. A. Frazer.
of Dallas. Tex, sovereign adviser OF the
order. will automatically succeed J. Gull
len Root, sovereign commander of the
Woodmen OF the World. who died We'd
nesday at Hendersonville, n. c.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27

Johnstown. Pa, Dec. 26.-Having de-
clared against the animal dances as 'in-
decent and organized a Bible class, the
faculty and several hundred students of
Cambria Business College today were
busily planning schools, charity bazaars,
and 9her forms Of entertainment TO take
the place of the dance.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27

London. Dec. S.-Mrs. Rebecca Clarke,
1O9 years old. said she felt none the worse
today for presiding at the wedding feast
of her baby" son, Harry Clarke, sixty
seven. Two bachelor sons, seventy and
seventy three, were at the wedding.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27

Steubenville, Ohio. Dec. eS.-As the re
suit of a mass meeting of citizens held
Christmas afternoon. efforts were being
made today to settle the strike of 200
workmen at the plant of the Phillips
Sheet and Tinplate Company here and
in Wierton. W. Va. The strike has been
on since last July.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27

Chicago, Dec. 26-waIter Tuccio. a
fourteen baby, died today
from blood poisoning caused by being
bitten on the toe by a rat.
st. Louis, Dec. 26.-Chivalrous Freddie
Randall. aged fourteen. was being held
today to await the outcome Of George
Droege's injuries. Freddie stabbed
Droege. according to the policeman, be-
cause DroeKe refused to stop beating his
wife at a Christmas dinner.
Nicholasville. KY. Dec. 26-wilIian
Watts. county attorney of Jessamine
County, and one of the best-known pol
iticians in the State. died at a hospital
in Lexington today of injuries caused by
the premature explosion of a firecracker
at his home in Nicholasville last night
Omaha, Nebr., Dec. 2S.-W. A. Frazer.
Of Dallas. Tex, sovereign adviser Of the
order. will automatically succeed J. Gull
len Root, sovereign commander of the
Woodmen OF the World. who died We'd
nesday at Hendersonville, N. c.
SteubenviIle, Ohio. Dec. e6-As the re-
suit of a mass meeting of citizens held
Christmas afternoon, efforts were being
workmen at the plant of the Phillips
Sheet and Tinplate Company here and
in Wierton. W. Va. The strike has been
on since last July.
London, Dec 8.-The Sofa corre-
spondent of the Times makes an appeal
in behalf of 100000 refugees scattered
throughout Bulgaria, the majority OF
whom are totally destitute and suffering
terrible privations. In one district alone.
where they are 5000 fugitives, it is Of
fcially reported that from thirty to forty
are dying every week
Berne. Switzerland, Dec. 26.-AI musical
instruments are to be subjected to an
annual tax in the Swiss canton of
Ticino, according to a decision reached
today by the cantonal authorities, who
have been seeking for new sources Of
revenue.
Chicago. Dec. 2s-Miss Clara Pause.
a sixteen-year-old girl, celebrated Christ
mas by taking a long swim in the icy
waters of Lake Michigan. The young
girl is good swimmer, and nearly every
day since summer has swan to a water
works in Lake Crib, four miles out in the
lake.
Paris, Dec. 9S.-Avistor GuilIaux, sus-
pended for ten years by the Aero Club
fer breach of rules. looped the loop many
times over Paris, and the police were
asked to arrest him.
London, Dec. 6.-Mrs. Rebecca Clarke,
1O9 years old. said she felt none the worse
today for presiding at the wedding feast
of her baby" son, Harry Clarke, sixty
seven. Two bachelor sons, seventy and
seventy-three, were at the wedding.
Johnstown, Pa, Dec. 26.-Having de-
clared against the animal dances as 'in-
decent and organized Bible class. the
faculty and several hundred students Of
Cambria Business College today were
busily planning schools, charity bazaars,
and 9her forms OF entertainment TO take
the place of the dance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
YUAN Shin kAi
IsrEclAL pisrArcu.J


pEKl&G. November 20
y the mind of the imaginative spectator
the 1.-the and graceful dragons carved on
the stately marble balistrading and
stairways in the mysterious Forbidden
City squrmed painfully when Yuan Shih-
kai, the elect of the people. was inaugu-
rated President or the Republic Of China
amid human setting grotcsquely uu-
familiar and sartorially repugnant To any
self respecting dragon carved in the pct
urcsque days OF The semi barbaric Turtars
or the more artistic AinSs.
The Forbidden city, with its Imposing
courts. its massive carved marble settings.
its stately and artistic roofs. its Impressive
silence and majestic vstas, was designed
and built 10y men CARRIED in flowing silken
robes embroidered with sold. and of sirik
ing splcndor for the use Of men Just as
imprcssively bcgowned. 1t was not dcs-
tined by its makers for the sombrc, unin-
spring counterfeit OF frock coat and
silk hat into which tho Chinese havo 50
fooishiy and unnecessarily plunged thom-
selves In their wild search for a veneer Of
modernism as interpreted by the foreigner
in his clothes.
But this is republic-and republican
ism SCOTS at the betasseiled peacock
feathcred mandarin. the man OF the old
time whose beads and silks and beautiful
brocadcs OF soft or stridcnt hue delighted
the heart of the artist in search OF tho
bizarre or stirred even the casual citizen
o cil NJ
mystery generated by what was described
as the barbarity OF tho collective Chinese
costume.
Tailor an Important Figure.
The Forbidden city OF l'ckin Was built
for rampant color. On inauguration day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
'SBilly Oulet' Is
Rival OF "Teddy"

[spEclAL nlsrArcli.

Lo%DoN, NOV. -.
The TEDDY Rear" that wonderful toy
which FOR many years has reigncd supreme
in the nurseries Of the world, is threatened
with a rival at last. "Billy Owie," is the
newcomers name. and he has staggered
into the toyshops of England bearing the
hallmark of royal approval. for Queen
Mary has already bought him.
The author of billy" is Airs. L. NJ.
Sanderson. the youns widow of Il Dorset
shire clergyman who. with her little
daughter. dives at West Moors. W!mborne.
My idea" said Mrs. Sandcrson. came
to me when stopping with some friends
near oxford. The owls used to fit pas,
my window at night and as l watched
them the thought came into my mind that
Il toy likely to become popular could be
invented. I write childrcn's stories and
have penncd narrative in which Billy
Is invented.
'Of course | feel very sratlfied that the
Queen has made Il special purchase OF
one"
Billy" is a dappcr little chap. dressed
in pale blue swallow tailed coat, red
waistcoat, white trousers aud a green tie
There is Il cocksure look in his wise eyes
and devil-may- care RESPONSIVENESS i'll his
yellow hooked nose. the NEST prominent
feature of his face. and. generally speak
ing. he has the appearance OF a man who
means to get there somehow.
Beside the jovial Billy" poor Teddy
now wears very mournlu look, but OK
pcrts whose business it is to anticipate the
taste OF children arc not sure abou,
Billy" ousting his American predecessor
though they have evidently been I'M
pressed by his asscrtivc manner and have
ordered him in large numbers.
"Of course said one OF the manage
at AIcssrs. Gamages. the largest toy en-
porium In London, I'VE shall have to wait
for the chldren's verdict whether Billy
will supplant Teddy We shall know be-
fore Christmas"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
THE TAI NO -TiEN HALL IN
THE FORBIDDEN CITY

II WAS "eso'a'c with inconsrnous solem-
my oA ''o'''. nc depression was aceeh-
''''''uO ~ ram i'o o''S 'o"ch Oh native
n.,,u,,S - -. 90 -
robes. Not q chinese appeared CARRIED MS
for the court of few years ago. All
were in foreign stylca uniform evening
dress or rrock clothes The uniforms OF
the Presidential Guard were q hright Blue
with white plumed cans. which .ou,,iucd
with the cltterinr gold ana colored mi.
forms o. the members of TN, forcisu
diplountic corps stroyo against tn, black
dressed hundreds to infusc brightness into
,ho scene Tho task was Amos, forlorp
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30

~ Slad In a sense of superiority over the
thousands OF gowncd spectators of their
own kind through whom tbev n,esod t,.,--
"-''P"''''! mo 'hc Pd'acc' ana pEeeninS
themselves proudly IN the presence of tho
rest OF the select within the exclusive
wills
CoIinis ana ucs proved Il pons asinorum
to most. IN many cases the adoption Of
mo drosa nr I'M, ..oi,t.r ,,,,,i,ori,,,p ,,,,
,,,.,.- ~. ' ''0'
49, ''c" esS1 Gu ga ''"ic hhhda1us
were seen without collar 10 give finish
to their alpaca froclz coats SOM, wore
calico cr, 49,. t -.
eo'"'' some
''"""N'' 9''' '''V0 S"I'dI9 ABOVE 4 ready
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
Raeburn, Reynolds, Gainsborough
and Others in Portrait Exhibit
Notable Collection OF Works by British Artists on Exhibition
in London-Some of The Interesting Art Events
in Brtan's Capital.

'e"" ana Lady Langham' The Rom.
'cS Is extremely simple in style. and has
transparent purity that affords i,nucns,
Measure TO the eve. Most aIlurinr il Tho
iioppner an exquisite work moro nor. !,
sonai in vision and feeling than norhs,-
any other protrlit by the same artist
\ fair survey of contemporary Brit
iSn art Is shown at the Goupil GALLERY
'"toh 'he eighth OF the series Thu,
eNhioiuon Is catholic IN its range IN
ci"dInS some pictures that arc rore
remarkable FOR promise or in,en,,on
man fuliilmcnt Among the four hun
p.ed pictures ana drawings there ia
ono that could have been ex
''uued without the loss OF some inter-
estinS light upon the artistic endeavo,
OF the moment
''Pec's! features are a series of fifteen
cravings or the nude by Mir. F. Derw.,t
wood ~ Il. A., and fifteen oil s,udt.y
oE Nr. Augustus rohn For the roc
the exhibition is one of Individual nict-
urts' inclining TO no particular school
~ tendency. but looking toward tho
future rather than tic past.
me water colors. on tho whole. nro-
N1de inc liycer interest The remark
anie drawings of the nude model by
MI perwcnt are done in pen limo with
an arbitrary wash of color. blue. vel
low or brown. to give solidity and in
dicato the fall of light
Other excellent drawings in the same
room are Venice in Ette" and Venice
IN lain in pen ana scpa, by Mr.. G.
Narcsco Pcarcc, the differences botwee,
ihem proving his capacity to capture
weather by simple means: and The
Legend OF the Nativity" a decorative
study of great originality. by Mr. John
Coploy
The three most important oil paintings
III the large ground floor gallery arc Lis
more sombre and forcbic study OF
mountain and ioch by Mr. D. y. Cameron.
y Il. ~; ION the Rocks" a charming
study of a fair haired. Blue eyed little girl
in a iieecy white coat trimmed with blue
and a black cap with blue flower hy Mr.
! William Orpcn, y. II ~, and THE Black
! Column an extremely successful cxer-
else in tho magic OF space and proportion
and balance Of tone by Nlr james Prydc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30
Lord Sandwich,
at II, a Healer
Aged Peer Asserts That lie Can Curt
my One by Suggestion,
Not Physic.
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ie nv old story
II had about sixty there in all" II,
said. land during the whole time tina,
was at home | never had physician
or nurse in the house. admit that
was greatly surprised at the success.
that | had iii attending upon them, be
cause ! was their nurse as we'll a:
physician
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,c,o ,,ir ot triond ,o;r.. IN nosni.
tai in London who had undergone a very
serious opcration. \ mutual friend came
ana told me that he had left him in such
terrible agony that he could not remain in
the room immediately went to see the
man =, the hosnjtaI lie said. the agoh,