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The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
Men Who Have Been in the
Service of United States a
Number Of Years Forced
to "Walk the Plank" !"

1t is evidently the purpose of the Will
son administration to make a clean sweep
in the upper grades of the diplomatic
service of the United States, and 1t
is believed that within two or three
months there will not be more han one
or two of the old ministers or ambassa
doris remaining. The lower grades-sec-
retaries-are TO be left alone. it is stated.
President Wilson has already gone far
toward clearing out the leftover diplo-
mats, and would doubtless speedily finish
his task if he could find Democrats will
ing to serve who come up to his ideas of
what American representatives abroad
should be.
Many of the diplomats appointed by
President Taft or his predecessors have
expected that they would be retained.
This is particularly true of several who
have been in the service many years
and who have made it a life career, rising
gradually from lower grades to the rank
of minister. These men, however, will
have to walk the plank, just like the
purely political appointees.
There are soon TO be several changes
in the service These will include the
retirement of W. W. ROckhill, Ameri-
can Ambassador to Turkey. Mr.. Rock
hill, who is in this country on leave, will
return to Constantinople to present his
letters Of recall, and will then come
back to the United States for good.
So far as can be learned, the govern
ment will find no further use for this
experienced diplomat
The case of w. w. Russell, Minister
to Santo Domingo, is another example.
He was appointed by President Cleve-
land and weathered several Republican
administrations.
Veteran of the Corps.
John Is. jackson, Minister to Bulgaria,
Roumania and Servia, is another veteran
who will soon be retired. Mr.. Jackson
has been in the diplomatic corps since
1890, and. in point of continuous service,
is the veteran of the corps.
Fred w. Carpenter, Minister to Siam,
is also slated for early retirement. Mr..
Carpenter was President Taft's secre-
tary during the first half of his admins
tratiOn. He was made Minister to Mo-
rocco in June, 1910, and in September,
1872. transferred to Siam.
There are forty-two ministers and am
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25

the Governor to appoint all State Off
GERS. While the Senate has held that a
United States Senator is not civil Off
Ger of the United States within the
meaning of the clause providing for inn
parchment, il also is clear that the au-
thority of a United States Senator is
derived from the Federal Constitution,
and lie po 'er to appoint or elect him
comes from the same source.
Ser Itor Johnston having been chosen
for his term of six years, that term did
not expire with his death, but continues
until the end of the six years. and since
this term is not affected by the new
amendment, it would seem that Gov.
O'Neai had authority under the Federal
Constitution to appoint a successor to
Senator Johnston who is entitled to serve
until the meeting of the next session of
the Alaba. Legislature
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
ERROR MAY COST .. S. 100000.
CannI Contractor Clnims All Prop
erty Left by French Builders.

Panama. Aug. 24-The use of the word
"and" instead OF "or' in a contract is
the basis of a claim that the Chicago
Housewrecklng Company has made
against the government for an amount
of machinery that may exceed 100000
in value. This is the company to which
the government awarded a contract for
machinery and metal left by the French
canal builders at Panama.
The material sold was frankly junk and
claimed to be nothing else, otherwise
the price accepted for 1t, a little over
10000, would not have been considered.
But the contract stipulated that all
French machinery and metals not al
ready taken up on the property rolls of
the Isthmian Canal Commission and
credited to the French scrap account
was included in the sale. Much Of the
machinery now in use by the canal
builders has been taken up on the rolls,
but not credited to the French scrap
account" Therefore under the technical
twist that the contractor gives to the
contract he is entitled to an Immense
amount of material that neither he nor
the commission believed was included in
the sale made in tho fall of 1911. It IL
probable that the case viii he taken
to the Court NJ CIaiTns.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
SENATOR Plans
FORNEW MONEY
Shafroth Has Proposed Bill to
Partially Supplant Glass-
Owen Measure.
CLAIMS 1T ECONOMICAL
Says Would Save the United States
$l4,S3O,956 Now Paid Out by
Government.
CLAIMS 1T ECONOMICAL

Senator Shafroth of Colorado has pre-
pared a bill which he says if enacted
will remove that feature of the Glass
owen bill, which provides for the issu-
ance of per cent bonds with which to
retire the per cent bonds securing the
national bank circulation.
His measure provides that as the gold
certificates are received into the Treas
ury they shall be cancelled and the gold
represented thereby transferred to the
REDEMPTION fund Of the Treasury and
that full legai-tender United States notes,
redeemab BILE in gold, shall be issued in
their place; that at the same time a
like amount Of such United States notes
for substitution for. national bank notes
and for the cancellation of the bonds
securing the same, may. upon the re-
quest of the national banks, be issued
and put in circulation in lieu of the ma
tionaI bank notes as received in the
Treasury.
The bill further provides that geld
reserve Of 80 per cent shall be maintained
by the Secretary of the Treasury by pur-
chase of gold or issuance of bonds, as he
may determine. Senator Safroth said:
This bill. if enacted. would save $l4.-
SS0.9J6 per annum. which is now paid by
the government in the way of interest
10 maintain the bank currency. 1t would
save 81, ,2i6 iSS per annum from what it
would cost the government, after the
substitution of the per cent bonds for
the > per cent bonds, to maintain the
national bank notes.
Would Strengthen Currency.
1T would take the control of the cur
rency out of the hands of the banks and
place it in the government. 1t would
satisfy the bankers, because it would
cash their > per cent bonds without loss.
1t would not initiate the currency, but
would strengthen the same by the sub
Stitution for the national bank notes Of
a full legal tender currency redeemable
in gold.
The right to pay all dues and taxes to
the nation, States. counties, and cities
of the Union and the billions of dollars
Of debts to individuals in this country by
these United States notes would make
constant demand for this currency.
When all the gold certificates shall
have been received into the Treasury,
there will be gold redemption fund of
70 per cent for the outstanding currency
and Sis, 7l7.1S4 in gold besides.
No national bank maintains a reserve
of more than 25 per cent. and country
banks only 13 per cent reserve. Surely
the United States notes, backed by such
a gold redemption fund, and by the pledge
OF the richest country in the world to
maintain that fund, could never go to a
discount
There is no danger in the passage of
this bill because il is optional with the
national banks whether the United States
notes shall be issued in lieu of their
bank currency"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
SAY PILE OF ASHES IS
TOMB OF MANY INFANTS
Philadelphia Police Believe They Have
Uncovered Anti-Birth Trust 0per-
atins in Three States.

Philadelphia, Aug. 2+Out of the tangled
maze of confessions, charges and counter
charges on the part of three persons, two
men and a woman, who the police be-
lieve are responsible for the death of
Miss Myrtle Duke, of Selbyville, Nd, in
an Arch Street boarding house, Monday,
as the result of an operation. city au-
thorities declared today that they had
unearthed evidence of vice trust adver-
tising in three States and operating no
less than three houses in Philadelphia,
where illegal operations might be per-
formed.
In addition to this the police believe
that in a pile of ashes Weighing per-
haps two tons, in the basement of a
house in Arch Street, west of Fifteenth,
one of the house referred to, they have
discovered burying ground for infants.
May Simons, alias May Hughes, now
under arrest charged with having per-
formed the operation which caused Miss
Dukes death. is charged by the police
with having carried babies into the eel
lar of the Arch Street house, wrapped
them in packages of quicklime, and
buried them in the pile OF furnace refuse
which has lain on the floor there undis-
turbed for more than a year.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
Clean Sweep of the Diplomatic Corps
NOT RETAINING MANY OLD ENJOYS
Some Already Have Been Displaced
Appointed to Diplomatic
Corps Since March 4

Frederic Courtland Penfield.
Austria Hungary, vice Richard
c. Kerens.
James w. Gerard. Germany,
vice John G. A. Leishman.
Walter Hines Page, Great Bri-
tain. vice whitelaw Reid.
Thomas Nelson Page, Italy,
vice John J. O'Brien.
George W. Guthrie, Japan, vice
Larz Anderson.
John d. o'Rear. Bolivia, vice
Horace G. Knowles.
Paul S. Reinsch. China, vice
William J. Calhoun.
Thaddeus A. Thomson, Colom-
bia. vice James T. Du Bois.
Edward J. Hale, Costa Rica,
vice Lewis Einstein.
William E. Gonzales, Cuba, vice
Arthur NJ. Beaupre.
James. NJ. Sullivan, Santo Do
mingo, vice w. W. Russell.
Charles, S. Hartman, Ecuador,
vice Montgomery Schuyler, jr.
Madison r. Smith, Haiti, vice
Henry W. Furniss.
Albert G. Schmedemann, Nor
way. vice Laurits S. Swenson.
Henry van Dyke, Netherlands,
vice Lloyd Bryce.
Benjamin L Jefferson, Mica
ragua, vice George T. WeitZel.
Benton McMillin, Peru, vice
Clay Howard.
Joseph E. willard. Spain, vice
Henry Clay Ide.
Pleasant A. Stovall. Switzer-
land, vice Henry S. Boutell.
Preston McGoodwin, Venezuela,
vice Elliott Northcutt.
William J. Price, Panama, vice
H. Percival Dodge.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25

can procure 4 large supply of money.
They rely much upon the statement that
Huerta's confidence has been shaken by
his failure to float a loan in Paris last
week. In these quarters ii is pointed
out that Huerta is a military leader and
that by virtue of this leadership he came
into the provisional Presidency. He, bet
ter than any one else. then. is aware
of the gravity of the situation brought
on by his lack of funds to pay his SOL
diers.
May Heed Voice of Nations.
There is added to this reason for. ex-
pecting Huerta to yield, the belief that
the Mexican President will give heed to
emphatic representations which have
been made in favor of the American
proposals by France, England, and Japan
within the last two days.
There is a growing belief that Huerta
will continue to refuse to forgo all his
ambitions for the, sake Of procuring the
friendIiness Of the United States for his
country. Realizing that he has little to
lose by defying the United States now
in the face of the fat demand that he
have decided to abide by the cast of the
die which he made in his reply last Mon
day and to accept whatever eventualities
fate may have IN store for him on the
grounds that they can be no worse than
the voluntary yielding of the power he
row has his hands upon.
Secretary of State Bryan had a con-
ference with the President on the situa-
ton yesterday afternoon, and announced
afterward tnat there mad been no change
ia it.
The report from Berlin yesterday morn
ing that the German government is i'm
patient at the failure of the United States
to bring peace in Mexico and was de-
termned to take a more active interest
in the situation there was received with
interest.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
FARMER HOLDS RAT KILLING.

Dodge City, Kans., Aug. A-Fred Saw
age had a rat killing at his farm, and
when he says he had a rat killing he
doesn't mean two or three dozen Of the
varmints.
Rats are numerous in the county this
year because the crops were good last
year and the winter mild, so they lived
in thenelds.
Mr.. Savage decided too heavy a toll
was being taken on his corn crib and
young chickens, so the whole family and
the hounds were called out.
Runs were dug under the barn, the
sheds, and along the fences. Seventy
four were dug from one hole, and they
kept digging until the score showed 4S5
of the big, little, old, and young.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
EMPLOYEES ASK U. S. TO END
SUIT AGAINST STEEL COMBINE
100000 Sign Petition to he For
warded to McRcynolds-Fear
Loss of Work.

Philadelphia, Aug. 2.-Private advices
received here state that 10000 of tht
200, 900 men in the employ of the United
States Steel Corporation have signed
petitions to be forwarded to the Attorney
General requesting that all proceedings
looking toward the dissolution of the cor
poration be brought to an end.
In the petition 1t is set forth that the
employees have found the corporation
splendid to employees and that the sign
ers feared, should the dissolution become
a fact, they would suffer both financially
and as to working conditions.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25

bassadors in the American diplomatic
corps. Twenty OF these are already out
of the service. their successors having
been appointed and practically all of
them confirmed by the Senate. Among
those in this list are men of long dip
lomatic experience.
Dozen for Early Retirement.
There are a dozen men now in the
service who are slated for early retire
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
Plans Conference Tonight.


1t is the Presidents intention now TO hold
a conference at the White House this
evening with the Senate and House Com
mittees on Foreign Affairs. At this confer
ence his address will be discussed IN de-
tail, and suggestions from members of
! the committee as to the proper policy to
be adopted will be considered. Arrange
mentS for the conference have not been
completed however, and it is possible
that the President may decide to let the
members of the committees, like their
colleagues in Congress, hear of his plans
for the first time when he addresses
them tomorrow.
Official Washington was in a somewhat
anxious mood last night as a result of
the realization that climax at last has
come TO the spectacular string of events
that have followed the summoning of
AMBASSADOR Henry Lane Wilson from
Mexico City. Much of the confidence
which prevailed Saturday that HUerta
would give in in time to forestalI the
delivery of the Presidents address to
congress was dissipated by the failure
of the Mexican President to take any
step indicative of yielding attitude yes
terday, Still, there would be no surprise
among a large section OF administration
officials should news be received here
from Special Envoy Lind at any hour
that he had been notified of the accept
ance of the proposals which he bore to
Mexico City.
These officials maintain the belief that
Huerta cannot hope to continue long in
power at the Mexican capital unless' he
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
Owns Giant Cypress.

Dermott. Ark, Aug. 24.-One OF the
trees in the Mississippi bottoms owned
by the Fee-Crayton Lumber Company is
cypress which has 14.OOO feet in the
first twelve feet of the butt cut The
whole tree has 5000 feet in it. The COM
pany has offered to pay $50 to any per-
son who will fell this tree and put it
in the Mississippi River.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
NICK CARTER" ARRESTED.
Author of Boys stories Accused o
ImpersonntIng Detective.

Denver, Aug. 24-Frederic Van Rens
selaer Dey, who says he is the author
of the Nick Carter detective stories, i:
under arrest here charged with imper-
sonating a secret service officer. He was
starting to get applicants for the secret
service by promising a salary of 2,O0
for the first year and a $1.OOO raise al
the end OF twelve months. He had not
enlisted anybody when he was arrested.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
Maurice F. Egan and John W.
Garrett, 1t Is Believed, May
Hold Their Places Under
the Wilson Administration.

ment They are Myron T. Herrick. Am
baSsador to France; r. s. Hit. Minister
Ito Guatemala; Charles ID. White, Minis
ter to Honduras; Henry Lane Wilson,
Ambassador to Mexico; Charles W. Rus
sell, Minister to Persia; Curtis Guild. jr,
Ambassador to Russia; Fred W. Carpen-
| ter, Minister to Siam; William Heinke,
Minister to Salvador: w. W. RockhiI,
Ambassador to Turkey: Jacob G. Schur-
man, Minister to Greece and Montenegro;
John B. Jackson. Minister to Roumania,
Servia, and Bulgaria, and Cyrus Z.
Woods, Minister to Portugal.
| There are only seven men, according
! to information acquired, who can be put
into what might be called a doubtful
column" and it Is not considered that
more than two of these have more than
a slight chance Of being retained. They
are John w. Garrett, Minister to Ar
gentina; Theodore Marburg, Minister to
Belgium; Henry B. Fletcher. Minister to
Chill; Maurice Francis Egan, Minister
to Denmark: Nicolay A. Grevstad, Min
lister to Uruguay and Paraguay; Charles
II. Graves, Minister to Sweden, and Ed,
win v. Morgan, Ambassador to Brazil.
Two Who May Survive.
OF these it is believed there is a chance
] that Maurice Francis Egan and John W.
Garrett will be retained. The fact that
Mr.. Egan was offered the Ambassador
ship to Austria Hungary is taken to in
dicate that he stands we'll with this ad-
ministration. and il is consequently con-
sidered possible he will remain in the
service. Mr.. Garrett is a Princeton man
and his family has been prominent in
Princeton affairs.
The foregoing lists account for all ex-
cept two of the diplomatic missions
Morocco and Liberia. Since the transfer
of Mr.. Carpenter from Morocco. in 1912,
there has been no Minister there. and it
is understood that the mission is to be
abolished. The French have taken
charge of things in Morocco, and there
is no need for nations to send dipIo-
matte representatives to Tangier. The
American consul general will look after
American interests. The Liberian post
has been vacant since the resignation of
William H. Crum, and Oswald Willard
is the only man who has been mentioned
for the post.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
DOUBLE GUARD
PUTOVER THAW
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

would have been ended, and it wouldn' I
be a case of fight fight. fight.
But I'll get my liberty. 1 may be an
cid man. but get il 1 will"
The physician prescribed some medi-
cine to quiet the patients nerves. Then
Thaw said:
II may take 1t and may not"
Stepping 20 the door. Thaw demanded
his breakfast impatiently. The guard
tCld him that because it was Sunday the
Magog Hotel had not sent his meal over
as early as usual.
Guard Answers Him.
You're right" he said, Il had for
gotten. 1t is Sunday and the end of
the most unusual week 1 have had for
nearly six years, for I had nearly two
DAYS of actual liberty
The subsequent arrival of his meal
failed to remove the depression, but 1t
was changed to anger when he found that
The turnkey was to stay with him while
he was eating. However, he proceeded
to eat without any outburst against the
guard.
The first signs Of cheerfulness he had
shown appeared on the announcement
at the Magog Hotel and would soon be
over to see him.
Good" he exclaimed.
Thaw's new lawyers Immediately called
conference Of all the attorneys con-
nected with his case. Mr., Mckeon was
the first to arrive, and. as he had beer
placed in charge of his Canadian asso-
ciates, Mr.. Stone Immediately went over
the case with him.
While this conference was on, the re-
port was circulated that a way had
haaO dfSCOyerad NJ oaffipo Eoto
Pennsylvania, and that once there, his
liberty would be assured. According
to this report, the following plan had
been mapped out:
Thaw's mother is to be appointed his
personal guardian, replacing Roger
O'Mara, his business guardian. and a
demand is to be made on the Canadian
authorities, if they hold him insane and
subject to deportation. to turn him
over to Mrs. Thaw and let her take
him out of the country by any route
she might choose. provided her. depar-
ture were immediate.
VIII Dcport Thaw.
Assistant Supt. of immigration Rob-
ertson, after seeing Special Agents
Whillan and Reynolds, who were sent
here. Immediately after Thaw was ar
rested, said:
by Thursday Thaw will be on his
way out of Canada, to the nearest
point in the State of Vermont, a re-
jected applicant for admission into
this dominion"
Thaw today gave an outline of what
he plans to do to stay out Of Mat
teawan: .r -
1. To allow the writ of habeas cor
pus to come up for hearing on Wednes-
day.
9. After he is set free, on the writ to
submit to arrest by immigration OFF,
cials on the double charge OF being an
undesirable allen and having entered
Canada by stealth.
3. To make a fight for his liberty be-
fore an immigration board of inquiry.
4. In. the event of an adverse de-
cision by the board and by the Min
lister OF the Interior, to whom he will
appeal IL possible, to do everything in
his power TO have himself deported to
Vermont. where he will fight extradi-
tion to New York.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25

On the principle of the spring tape
measure is Connecticut inventors
clothesline, which reels itself into . hox
when. the outer end Is released.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-25
MEXICAN CRISIS
IS Due today
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

President could count on the solid SUP
port of Congress for this part of the
tentative program which he may reveal
to the members of the legislative branch
tomorrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-04
The Best Tonic
For Spring Use
(The Home Doctor.l

ITO best cleanse the system and
rid the blood of those impurities
which cause drowsiness, spring fever,
sluggish action of the liver and gen
eral spring sickness, there is nothing
quite so good as homemade kar-
dene-tonic, prepared as follows: Get
from any drug store "a pint alcohol
and one ounce kardene; mix these
with IA cupful sugar then add hot
water to make a quart
mo matter how lacking in strength
and energy or how rundown one may
be. tablespoonful of this splendid
tonic taken before meals will soon
purify the blood fill one with energy
and the feeling OF perfect health, and
remove all pimples or sallowness.
This simple, inexpensive, system-tonic
Is perfect liver-regulator and will
do wonders as a family medicine IN
preventing sickness. ADV.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-04
INSPECTION
RULES AMENDED
Secretary Of Commerce Redfield Has
Approved Certain Changes
in the Rules.

WASHINGTON, d. C., May 3.-eSc-
rotary OF Commerce William c. Red
field has approved certain changes In
the rules and regulations governing
the steamboat inspection service made
by an executive committee of the
board CT supervising inspectors which
met at the direction of the secretary
IN New York city on April is.
8 Probably the most important change
is one relating to the credit to be
given for experience on motor boats
to applicants for licenses as masters
of coastwise steamers. The regula-
ton formerly read as follows:
Practical service on the deck de-
partment OF an ocean going or coast
wise steam yacht shall be accepted,
when offered in documentary evidence
by any person applying for an original
license or raise OF grade on ocean 60
ing or coastwise steam vessels, as be-
Ing equal to the same amount of ser
vice In any ocean going or coastwise
steam passenger vessel"
As amended, the words vessel pro-
PEELED by machinery have been sub
stituted for the words steam yacht,
thereby permitting many men who
have had training and experience on
ocean going and coastwise motor
yachts and who were formerly pre-
vented from obtaining licenses as
masters OF coastwise steamers to Sc
cure admission to the examination CIV
en- to applicants for such licenses.
There were two other changes OF i'm.
portance made. The first was new
rule in regard to lifeboat equipment
on motor boats under fifty tons bur
den subject to inspection, permitting
them to travel with q lifeboat capac-