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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-08
BARS SLAUGHTER
OF YOUNG CALVES
Representative Britten's Plan
to Insure a Supply of
Roast Beef.

Good American red roast beef VIII not
be the luxury which it threatens to be-
come If Congress enacts the bill which
Representative Fred Britten of Chicago
the center of the beef industry, intro
duced today The Britten roast beef
BILL as it has been already dubbed. is
nothing more nor less than a measure
for the conservation of calves. The
author, after having studied the adj
vancing cost of beef has come to the
conclusion that the real reason for the
scarcity of American beef is that Ameri-
can calves are killed at too tender an
age, and his bill prohibits the killing
and shipment of interstate beef cattle
under two years of age.
Few Reach Maturity.
"Out of every thousand beef cattle
born in the United States. said Mr..
Britten today. "a very small number
actually reach maturity. Cattle raisers
and dairymen generally are selling their
calves while they are yet babies, and as
a consequence the beef-producing cattle
of the nation are threatened with eX-
termination. and the beef supply of the
nation is being so alarmingly curtalled
as to become a distinct menace.
Nowadays beef can only be thought
of by many an American as the piece de
resistance of a Sunday dinner. whereas
it was once a daily affair. The emergency
is great, and the American public is
face to face with a condition of meat
famine that is not only producing pro-
hibitive prices. but which threatens a
lack of meat at almost any price.
One Answer to Problem.
THE conservation of calves is one answer
to the problem. When you see little
calf staggering weak. thin legs In the
field you see the possibility OF j, 4OO
pounds of good meat; but the calf Is
killed, and in place of 1,4OO pounds OF
good meat two years from now. you
have a few pounds of poor veal scarcely
fit for any one to eat.
.,e number of calves slaughtered has
increased 100 per cent in the last ten
years. During 1911 there were slaughter
ed 100000 calves. weighing o6O.OOOOOO
pounds If my bill had been a law at
that time and these 100000 calves had
been allowed to live for two years, and
allowing 1,4O0 pounds as an average
weight for a two-year-old COW or steer.
they would have produced 1,2U,OOO,OOO
pounds of beef to supply the scarcity we
now feel.
Addition of $4,000, 900, 900 Pounds.
Just stop and think for a moment
what it will mean to the meat-eating
public to have from ten to twelve billion
additional pounds of beef thrown on the
market each year. l have been unable
to obtain the statistics for 1912. but 1T
is ONLY fair to assume that the year 1912
did not differ very materially in the
number of calves slaughtered from the
year 1911.
I'm the last six years there has been
decline of over 20 per cent in the num-
her of beef cattle in the country, while
the population and the consequent de-
mand for meat has greatly increased.
Statistics furnished by the Department OF
Agriculture show that January l. 1913,
there was a smaller supply of beef cat
tie in this country than at any time
since 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-08
FIGHT FOR CONTROL
PARTY CONVENTION
Warm Democratic Primary in
Baltimore Between Regu-
lars and Progressives.
MINOR CITY POSITIONS
PLACED IN THE BALANCE
Republicans Holding Primary Also,
With Few Contests of I'm
opposed Candidates.

BALTIMORE Md, September S.-There
is warm democratic primary fight on in
this city today. the lines being pretty
closely drawn between the organization
and progressive forces. The stakes at
issue are the control of the state conven-
ton and of the party organization
through the state central committee, be-
sides some minor city offices. There is
also a fight in the third congressional
district. due to the vacancy caused by
the recent death of Representative George
KONG. The present party leaders are
Sanguine of success for their whole ticket
The republicans are also holding prima-
ries. but fewer contests and less inter
est attach to their fight
In the primary elections held by re-
publicans and democrats in Baltimore
and in the several counties of the stat
| today. candidates will be named for the
Offices falling vacant to be voted for at
the general election in November.
Two Exceptions to Rule.
To this general rule there are two ex-
ceptions. Members of the state centra
committees and delegates TO the state
conventions of the two parties will be
elected, not nominated
The republican state convention vii
meet in Baltimore September Is.
The democratic state convention viii
meet also i'm Baltimore September Ii.
| These conventions will nominate candi
dates for state controller, for clerk of tn,
court of appeals and for short term in the
United States Senate, and will adopt plat
forms
| The republican state central comm:tte,
has the power to elect its own chairman
! The chairman of the democratic state
convention will name the chairman of tn.
state central committee.
All candidates. with the exception 81
those for controller. for clerk of the cour
| of appeals and for short term in the Sen
ate will be nominated today by the tw,
parties except in Howard. Washington
and Worcester counties. in which countio!
delegates from each district will be chosei
!, by direct vote to county conventions
which in turn will nominate candidates il
| those counties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-08
ILL. SHE KILLS HERSELF.
Mrs. Emma HANNA Commits Suicide
by Drinking Carbolic Acid.

Despondent because she feared she
would never regain her health. Mrs.,
Emma HANNA, forty-siN years old. last
night committed suicide by swallowing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-08
Promoted Only on Record.

Gen Funston then ordered that any
member of the second or third classes
who desired promotion to the next class
must be able to prove Il clear record in
conduct and dress for the previous two
months. He then added that careless
ness i'm saiuting or in wearing the uni
form meant instant demOtion to the next
lower class while drunkenness or dis
orderly conduct of any kind would in
yolve demotion to the third class, with
the forfeiture of the good-conduct card
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-08

him to be without restraint he was sent
to the hospital.
Murphy suffering from senile melan-
cholia, got better and was permitted to
return home. He became worse soon
afterward. however. and the middle Of
July he was returned to the hospital.
Coroner hewitt made an investigation and
gave the necessary certificate OF death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-08
State Senator Charles A. Wells, who i:
making determined fight for Bowie.
For House of Delegates.

1t looks like r. Van Clagett and Joseph
Addison. anti-organization candidates for
the house of delegates. will be nominated,
while r. Lee Van Horn of Chillum dis
trict is running well for the organiza-
ton people The fight for the nomina-
ton for sheriff is between Theodore b.
Middleton of Spauldings district and
George w. Hardy of Surratts district.
Middleton will run we'll in Evansville.
Chillum and Spauldings district, while
Hardy appears to be receiving the soma
support of the anti-organiZation Ben
iamin Ogle, backed by Sheriff Arthur b.
Suit, is polling a good vote in all the
districts, and he will divide the organl-
zation vote with Middleton. Thomas H.
Garrison of Hyattsville will poll fiat
terins vote in his home district and In
several of the upper county territories
The indications are that Hardy will be
nominated
The present state central committee, all
organization men. ]. Enos Ray. jr.. Dr.
Charles A. Fox. j. ;. 3riscoe. NJ. Hamp-
ton Magruder and Osle Marbury. will
probably be elected. Ray, the leader of
the organization forces, is making a
special fight for Holmead.
Stay Away From Polls.
Hundreds of voters will remain away
from the primaries because they are un
willing to affiliate with either the repub-
lican or democratic parties. and there are
members of either party for whom they
would like to vote. The law specifies that
a voter must declare his party utilization
before entering the primaries. A voter
who affiliated as a progressive" last year
will not be allowed to participate in the
prima ries today, there being no progress
Sive candidates in the field.
n the repuh1icap nrip,ariaS Francis
Carmody has no opposition as candidate
for the state senate, and the same is true
of the members of the house of delegates,
but four having filed. J. Archie Nc
Farland of Hyattsvlle will probably be
nominated for sheriff, and w. Tilden
Davis of Upper Marlboro will be nomi-
mated for register Of wills Horace Gro
sier of Spauldins's district and Edward
Daniels of Evansville district appear to be
nominated for county commissioners.
For these offices on the democratic
ticket Charles b. Ager and George a.
GUIDE. both of Chillum district, stand a
fine chance of being nominated. GUIDE is
the organization and AGer the anti-or-
ganization candidate for county commits
Sloner.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-02
NEW YEAR SERVICES
ARE HELD BY HEBREWS
Rabbi Stern Conducts Ritual at Eighth
Street Temple, With Sermon by
Rabbi Simon.

Rosh Hashana services were held
by the members of the Washington He
brew Congregation at the Eighth
Street Temple last night. The holiday
which is the Hebrew new year, COM
menCed at sundown last night and,
with the reform element, ends at sun
down tonight. With the orthodox ele-
ment, the festival ends with sundown
tomorrow night. This festival is the
Hebrew celebration of the beginning
of the year 5674.
The ritual service in observance OF
the cay was conducted by Rabbi Louis
stern at the Temple last night. The
Rev. DR.. Abram Simon preached the
sermon, AN Invitation" An especial
feature of the services was the musi-
cal program. The Hebrews endeavOr
to make their tabernacle music as in
terpretative Of the character of their
festivals Al possible.
Besides the regular quartet Of the Tenn
pie. a second quartet assisted. The men,
bers of the regular quartet are Mrs. Mel
lie Wilson Shir Cliff. soprano: Mrs. Irma
Stern Kalisher. alto: y. Harry Stevens,
tenor. and John H. Nolan, bass. Mrs.
Ethel H. Gawler. sporano; Miss Pauline
Whitaker. alto: J. Bowie. tenor. and Mr..
Waters, bass. made up the second quar-
tet
On October 10 Washington Hebrews will
observe their second holy day of this
season This is the Day of Atonement
On October 10 the Feast of the. Taber-
nacles will be observed, and on October
- the Feast of Conclusion.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-02
CHURCH CLUB FORMED.
| Organization Plans to Lift Debt on
81. Martins Fdihce.

Men Of the congregation of St Mar
tins Church met at st. Martins Hall,
North Capitol and T Streets last night
and organized a so iety, the principal OBJ
ject of which will he the lifting OF the
debt upon the new church. There are
$50 charter members. 4 membership II
more than 800 is expected. Father Eu-
gene Hannah, pastor OF St. Martins. is
the spiritual adviser of the new Organiza-
ton.
officers Of the Mems Association OF St.
Martins Church. the name of the new
society. elected last night are Eugene
Edwards, president: Richard Muller. vice
president t. S. Beall, recording secre-
tary: J. T NOonan. financial secretary;
W. J. Plant, treasurer. and V. Costello,
seTgeant-at-arms. These officers. with
one other member. Harry Essex, consti-
tUte the executive committee
committee on membership was ap-
pointed. consisting of L. J. Raul, chair
man: J. F Brady. b Costello, D. Cleary,
John Shehan, jr., r. L. Donders, and
Mark Dunn. Those appointed upon the
financial committee were John Broseman.
chairman, and Messrs. O'Dea, Heaney.
Monohan, Collins, McGivern, and Flock
her.
The organization expects to hold meet
ings on the third Monday of each month
in the parish hall of St. Martins.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-02
BRYAN and DISTRICT
HEADS join Y. NJ. c. A.
Teams Do Good Work on First Day Of
Two Weeks Membership
Campaign.
ADDRESSES AT DINNER RALLY

Secretary of State Bryan, Commits
sioner Newman, Commissioner Siddons,
and D. F. Houston. jr., were among
those who Joined the I. NJ. c. A. yes
terday as a result of the first day.
work in the two weeks whirlwind cam
paign for 1000 new members.
Announcement OF this was made yes
terday evening at the close Of a dinner
rally held at the Hotel Powhatan, at
tended by the members of the teams in
charge Of the campaign.
Charles B. Richardson, OF Richmond,
treasurer of the Virginia State YOUNG
Mems Christian Association, made the
principal address OF the evening, giving
practical suggestions to those present
about ways to get new members. He
said in part:
The dividends of your work are men;
the best dividends on earth. Don't talk
too long. tell IL of the bat and get out
Stick to your man till you get him, II
you don't succeed the first time. Don I
slap a man in the face with your story
at first, but get at something he is in
terested in and work around to it. but
don't go at il in a wishy-washy way.
Every man needs to be approached in a
different way. II is for you to judge
what that way is"
Short talks also were made by William
Knowles Cooper. general secretary;
George Otis Smith. president. and c. L.
johnson. membership secretary of the
association.
Ten teams Of ten men each have been
organized to carry on the campaign.
The captains Of the teams are: Business
mems, William A Rawlins; clerks. Ken
meth c. Vipond; leaders corps. W. a.
Browne: bowling. r. X. Whitford:
Capitol Hill. Harvey Jacobs; tennis, A.
G. Grinnell: second floor dormitory. f.
]. Dolby; fourth floor. p. c. Jones: NTH
floor. II. c. BiCkel; sixth floor. II. NJ.
McLarin.
Each OF the 500 government employees
who have come to Washington recently
will be seen by one of the members OF
these teams and told about the equip
mNnt Of the Washington Y. NJ. c. A.
and what il has to offer TO a young man
away from home The captains of the
teams will meet Friday evening at the
Y. NJ. c. A. building TO discuss plans for
carrying on the campaign.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-02
OCTOGENARIAN RECEIVES
BIRTHDAY FLUCTUATIONS
Past Commander Mundheim Given
Reception by La Toilette Post,
G.. A. r

Grow old with me: the best is yet to
I've the last OF life, for which the first
was made" was the manner in which
Lewis Mundheim. past commander OF
lar ayette Post. Department of the PO-
tomac q. \. R, epitomized his health
and virility on the arrival at his eighty
first milestone, which he celebrated with
The members of Lafayette Post last
night.
Looking years younger than his birth
day anniversary denoted. the veteran
me,riiy accepted the felicitations eX-
tended him by his comrades, and in a
clear voice recounted. much to the de-
light of those about him. the trying days
Of the civil war.
All present voted that he, hale and
hearty, eNemplifed every iota of that
theory. The survival of the fttest'
Commander Samuel BriCker, OF LaFay-
cite presided at the ceIebra tion. which
was attended by the majority of the
members of the post.
The celebration was somewhat late, as
Past Commando Mundheim was born in
Germany. September y. 1S32. He came
To- America when a young man.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-02
|OELRICHS TAKEN
ON GIRL'SCHARGE
Nephew of Mrs. Vanderbilt
Arrested for Alleged As
sault In Auto.
TRIED FOR SETTLEMENT
Detectives Find Columbia Student and
Friend Seeking to Buy
Girl of.

New York, Oct. Herman Oelrichs,
millionaire nephew of Mrs. William II.
Vanderbilt. was arrested tonight on
the charge OF felOniously assauIting
Miss Lucille Singleton. nineteen years
o'1. Miss Singleton was found injured
in Oelrich's automobile late last night
after the machine had crashed into a
tree at l2Oth Street and Broadway.
Oelrichs. whom the girl says she
knew only as Billy Claghorn." was
seized while he and a friend were dick
ering with her for settlement. Ac-
cording TO the detectives who made the
arrest, Miss Singleton, who says her
father is a mUlti-millionaire mine own
er, with extensive holdings in Mexico,
demanded $1,000 as her price for drop
ping the case against Oelrichs.
The young man was begging her for
more reasonable terms when two de-
tectives entered the young woman's
room. II is said that he wished to
reach a settlement in order that he
might not lose the favor of Mrs. Van
dcrbilt. -
oelrichs is a member of the Delta Psi
Fraternity at Columbia. Another mem
Der of the fraternity is D. Montgomery
CIaghorn. a junior in the mining engi-
neerinE department.
When Oelrichs was arrested he was
accompanied by A third member of the
fraternity As soon as the arrest was
reported to Deputy Police Commissioner
Dougherty he suspended Detective Thec-
dore Trayer. who had reported that the
affair of Tuesday night was an accident.
The two detectives put on the case after
Trayer reported at once scented black
mail plot and ran down the clews until
they found the conference going on.
Says He stabbed Her.
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty said
after the arrest:
THE detectives interviewed Miss Sin
gleton and she told them she had gone
riding with Claghorn Tuesday night after
dining with him. She said that when she
protested against going farther and
placed her hand on the steering wheel.
Claghorn. whom We know to be Oelrichs,
began to stab her on the arms and chest
with some sharp instrument.
Then the machine swerved, and all
she remembered was a crash After she
woke up at the hospital. the girl says.
a man called and advised her to settle
the case upon terms offered by Claghorn.
saving she would get S4Oo She declared
she would take s5.O0O or make a terrible
row"
Herman Oelrichs is generally regs rded
as on Of the richest bachelors in
America His mother was Miss Theresa
Fair. daughter Of James G. Fair. She
refused the eighth Duke Of Marlborough
to marry Hermann OelriChs, compare
lively poor steamship man.
The elder Oelrichs died at sea in 1875
His will cut of the wife's son without
a cent but the widow inherited a vast
fortune from her father and young
OeIrichs was allowed to draw upon this
and keep pace with other PTInCely
spenders.
The young man reached his majority
last October and received half a million
dollars from his aunt. Mrs. Vanderbilt.
for abstaining from liquor and tobacco
until that time
Vincent Astor is his close friend and
they are rivals in automobiling and
motorboating
The Washington herald., 1913-10-02
M0THER-N-LAW SAYS
HE THREATENED HER
James W. Sampson Also Accused of
Trying to Throw Acid on His
Wife.

James W. Sampson, thirty-three years
old. of 1921 u Street Northeast, an or
ganizer of an order known as the
owls" was arrested last might by Cen
trail Office Detectives Grant and Arm
strong on a charge of having threatened
to kill his wife and his mOther-in-Iaw.
Mrs. Matte f. Payne. of SIS North
Carolina Avenue Southeast.
According to the police, Sampson and
his wife have been separated for some
time. the wife living with her mother
Yesterday Sampson called at Mrs.
Payne's home and asked to see his wife
When he was refused. according to the
story Mrs. Payne told the police he dis
played a bottle containing some kind OF
acid, which he threatened to throw on
them.
Sampson recently was arrested here for
the CharlestOwn. W. Va. authorities on
a charge Of obtaining money under false
pretensesr hut was acquitted OF the
charge
The Washington herald., 1913-10-02
YOUTHFUL BANDITS IN zoo.
HoId-UP of OHcIaIs' Sons Get IA
Cents and Lead Pencils.

Charles Loundes. the twelve-year-old
son of DR.. Charles LOundes, L. s. y,
was robbed OF 20 cents and several lead
pencils while in the Zoo Park yesterday
afternoon by two boys about fourteen
years old.
Young Loundes, accompanied by Rob-
ert Lee Henry, son OF Representative
Henry OF Texas. rode on their wheels
out through Zoo Park. They stopped
in the park few minutes for a rest.
While sitting on a bench two larger
boys came along.
One threatened to beat Loundes and
Henry with a stick. while the other one
went through their clothes. The young
robbers got - cents and four pencils.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-02
WOMAN'S shame
LED TO suicide
Dreaded Bringing Child into
World with Stigma At
tached to 1t.
NOT WIFE OF TAYLOR
Latter Placed Under Anest-Both
Left Families in Baltimore, and
Came Here Together.

Unfolding the story of a Yoman's sin
and subsequent shame, which caused her
to end her life Tuesday night, when
about TO become a mother the suicide
of Mrs. Mamie waldrachs, who was
known in the vicinity of 1870 w Street
Northwest. where she lived as the wife
OF Thomas r. Taylor. led to the arrest
Of Taylor yesterday on a serious charge.
Not because she abhored the prospect
OF becoming a mother. as Taylor told
the police. did the woman end her eX-
istenCe. 1t was because she dreaded the
bringing into the world of a little one
through sin-the dread of having her
child go through life with a stigma-that
caused her to thwart its birth by death,
according to subsequent developments
Taylor was not her husband. He Is tho
husband of another woman and the faith
er OF two children living in Baltimore.
With Mrs. Waldrachs he came to this
city several months ago the pair desert
ing their families in Baltimore to take
up life here as man and wife. The dis
cOvery of this breach of the law on the
part of Taylor through the suicide of his
supposed wife led TO his arrest. He will
he tried in the Police Court this morning
on the charge of living with a woman
other than his lawful wife. and probably
will receive light penalty.
Funeral In baltimore.
The way of the transgressOr is hard"
sobbed Mrs. Eva NJ. Frank, mother Of
the unfortunate suicide, when she heard
of her daughters death yesterday.
Probably she is better of. She will be
buried. despite her faults, from her
mothers home
Mrs. Taylor, wife of the man in GUS
tody. who was deserted with her two
little ones and has been in destitute
circumstances ever since her husband
elopement with Mrs. WaldraChs, was
not softened by the suicide.
i am glad she's dead she declared.
She's ruined my boys home and brOk-
en- my husbands heart by making him
become infatuated with her. He saved
her life once before when she threat
ened 10 commit suicide if he did not
come TO her
In the vicinity of the w Street resi-
dence where they had begun life all
over again" Taylor and the woman
were accepted as man and wife, nobody
ever questioning their relations.
WaldI aChs. the wOman's husband,
and her father. William Frank, of Balti-
more, came 10 Washington and took
charge of the body, the police refusing
to allow Taylor TO have an undertaken
assume charge thereof. The body was
taken to Baltimore last night.