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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
RAILWAY MEN WILL DISCUSS
"SAFETY FIRST" PLANS
Mnss-NIeetinR OF Senbonrd Air Line
Workers to lie Held mt
O'clock To-day.

Employees OF the Seaboard Air Line
Railway. Including officials. trackmen,
section foremen. conductors. brake
men, station agents. representing all
branches OF railroad work, will assem-
BILE in the Railroad Y. NJ. c. a. in this
city to-day at 1 o'clock in mammoth
safety First" meeting. It Is expected
Evening star., 1914-01-27
METHODS OF PUBLICITY
CRITICISED IN REPORT
Medical Society Of New York County
Thinks Members Figure Too
Much in the Lay Press.

NEW YORK. January 21.-That many
members of the medical society of the
county of New York are figuring too fire.
quently in articles in the lay press was
declared in report read at a meeting of
the organization and unanimously accept
ed last night 1t has been found. the re-
port stated. that some of the articles are
written by physicians themselves, others
by hay authors. and the majority have
the physicians pictures. showing them at
work in their offices. laboratories. clinics
or hospitals. Although some are de-
signed for the publicity of an institution.
or deal with modes of treatment, they
all have a tendency to exploit individ-
uals.
While such publicity" the report went
on, ''may be considered a suitable recog-
milton of arduous labor we'll performed.
there is usually something in the article
which reduces it from a testimonial to a
solicitation"
In conclusion the report recommends
that the society request its members
when giving information to the lay press
to 90 so in an impersonal manner and
that the society expects its members to
conform strictly with the well known
principles of medical ethics.
Evening star., 1914-01-27

may not be able to get a new decision,
but can get new controller"
In addition to the duties thus eX-
planned, the controller. under the direc-
ton of the Secretary of the Treasury,
prescribes the forms of keeping and rem
dering all public accounts, except those
relating to the postal revenues and ex-
penditures therefrom. He passes upon
the suff1ciency of authorities to issue
warrants and receive and receipt Tor
money from the government upon the
evidence presented in applications Tor
duplicates of lost or destroyed United
States bonds, drafts or checks. etc I'm
der the direction of the controller the
auditors superintend the recovery OF all
debts finally certified by them finally TO
be due to the United States.
Although seldom exercised. the con
trolier possesses the authority to direct
the proper auditor forthwith to audit ana
settle any particular account whenever
he may consider this to the interest OF
the government.
Evening star., 1914-01-27
PROTEST LEGISLATION
STRIKING At DISTRICT
West End Citizens Voice Opposition
to Several Measures Before
Congress
Appropriations to Beautify Their
Section of City Also Strongly
Advocated

Protests against legislation now pend
ing in Congress which is considered
detrimental to the welfare of the Dis
trict were made in resolutions adopted
last night at meeting of the West End
Citizens Association. held in Kidder'
Hail. So I'D street northwest Resolu-
tons urging the appropriation of money
for the Identification of 'he West End
section also were approved by the asso-
citation. All OF the resolutions were
passed without debate. The meeting was
brief one. adjournment being taken
carly to permit the dinner committee to
perfect its plans for its annual dinner to
be given at the Powhatan Hotel next
Monday night
George w Evans offered the resolution
protesting the paragraph in the District
bill whereby the total cost of work for
laying new pavernentS on the roadway of
any street. avenue or road In the Dis
trict of Columbia including all expenses
of assessment. shall be charged against
and become a lien upon abutting prop
srty
Evening star., 1914-01-27
M'DEWIT IS ONCE MORE
MILLIONAIRE FOR DAY
Coming to Washington in State to
Offer Statue to the Gov
ernment.

WILk ES- BARRE, Pa. January d.
Coin once more jingles in the pockets or
John Jay McDevitt. who spent $500 in
playing "millionaire-for-a day" on the
Great White Way" in New York.
John Jay, who also answers to tie
name of Butch" now has $1,000. and
will journey to the National Capital On
special train to offer Congress and the
nation statue of himself. McDevitt
has engaged for February 3 a special
train. consisting of an observation car,
diner, a Pullman parlor car and a bag
gage car in which will rest the statue.
Marine Band as Escort.
In order that the people of Washington
and the nation may know that McDevft
has reached the chief city of the nation
Butch has hired the United States Ma
rine Band to act as his escort to hotel
where he will make his quarters. A squad
of four paid detectives will stand guard
over the statue.
He believes that if he is able to get a
committee that he will be able to con-
vince them that his statue should be ac-
cepted.
After McDevitt had spent his last dollar
in playing millionaire for a day it was
long time before he was again the
owner of any money. He wrote book
prise he was offered $1,000 in cash.
No sooner was the offer made than
John Jay sought a sculptor and ordered
his statue.
Evening star., 1914-01-27
THREE DIE IN AVALANCHE.
Mass of Snow and Ice Sweeps Down
Utah Mountainside.

SToRRS, Utah, January 27.-An ava
lanche sweeping down the mountainside
here yesterday snuffed out three lives
and seriously injured three other persons
-Four houses were ground to splinters.
Every tree in the path of the icy mass
was snapped off at the roots.
The bodies of Mrs. Ann Packovitch and
two Greek miners We're recovered shortly
after they met their deaths, trapped in
their homes.
An hour after the slide W. T. Thorne
was rescued six feet below the surface
Of the snow. He suffered internal injuries
and a broken leg. Two Greek laborers
were uncovered badly bruised and nearly
suffocated.
The avalanche descended a distance of
half mile from near the head of the
canyon and stopped at the edge of this
coal mining camp. 1t measured 300 feet
in width.
Evening star., 1914-01-27
HELD LEGALLY LIABLE.
Two Baltimore Companies Face
$500, 900 Damages for Explosion.

BALTIMORE. January .1.-For loss of
life. injuries to persons and damage TO
property caused by the explosion OF dyn
amite on the British steamer Alum Chine
last March, the General Stevedoring Com
pany and the Joseph r. Foard Co.
which owns ali the other company's cap:-
raj stock. were held TO be legally liable
by Judge Rose in the United States dis
trict court yesterday. About 100000
damages were claimed in seventeen suits
that were tried together before Judge
Rose. II is understood an appeal will
be taken.
Judge Rose found that the preponder-
ance of evidence showed that William ].
Bomhardt assistant foreman of the steve
dores, caused the explosion by striking
a box of dynamite with a bale hook.
Evening star., 1914-01-27
Grant Letter Sold for 1910.

NEW YORK. January 27.-The letter
written by Gen. Z. s. Grant to his father,
in which he announced his determination
10 enlist, was sold here yesterday. during
the auction Of the rare autograph letters
in the Remsen Lane collection, for s9l0
the highest price Of the day. J. Ewing
was the purchaser.
Evening star., 1914-01-27

ganizations include reputable oreaniza-
tions devoted to charitable objects in this
city. The directory also shows that there
are now COCO persons interested in social
work in New York and that 1.a organi-|
cations whose scope is national also are
in this city. The oldest organization
Evening star., 1914-01-27
J. R. Blair Dies in North Carolina

TROY. n. c., January 27.-J. Reese
Blair, attorney died at his home here last
night from paralysis. with which he was
affected Saturday. For years he had been
one of the leaders Of the democratic party
in the state serving in both houses of the
general assembly and on the state execu-
tive committee.
Evening star., 1914-01-27
1900 Charity Bodies in New York.

NEW YORK. January 27.-According to
the New York Charities Directory for
1914, just issued, there are nearly 3.IOo
charitable and religious organizations.
one-half of them churches These or
Evening star., 1914-01-27
listed in the book is the Society of ~.
New York Hospital. founded in 1871

William T. pay Of Glenwood. Md. for
mer judge. of the orphans court of How
ard county. is dead AT his home FROM
hardening Of the spine
Evening star., 1914-01-27
DR.. CLAYTON REVIEWS
IMMIGRANT EDUCATION
Declares Nation Can Neglect It Only
to Their Hurt and Its
Own Peril.

The United States can neglect the edu-
cation OF its immigrant population only to
their hurt and its own peril. in the
opinion of DIR. p. p. Claxton. federal COM
missioner Of education. In an official
statement issued today he asserts that
the proper education of these people is a
duty which the nation owes to itself and
to them.
DR.. Claxton reviews the whole problem
of education for immigrants. and says
that the least illiterate of the nations
population are the native-born children
of foreign parents. The illiteracy among
the children of native-born parents, he
declares, is three times as great as that
among native-born children of foreign
parents.
Attention is directed by the commits
sioner to the fact that immigrants are
keenly interested in schooling for their
children, or at least conspicuously obe-
dent to school attendance laws ITO the
people of no other country. says DIR.
Claxton. lis the problem of so much i'm
portance as to the people of the United
States. No other country has SO many
men. women and children coming to its
shores every year from all parts of the
world. Many of those who have come to
US in recent years are from countries
having very meager provisions for public
education"
Needs for Citizenship.
DR.. Claxton points out that most of the
immigrants who have come to this coun-
try in recent years know little of its
political and civic life, are unused to its
social ideas and that their environment
is wholly different from that to which
they have been accustomed. With little
attention to their specific needs" he de-
clares, they are crowded into factories,
mines and dirty tenement quarters too
often the prey of the exploiter in busi-
ness and the demagogue in politics"
Immigrant education is not alone a
question of the school education of chill
dren, DR.. Claxton says. The millions OF
adult men and women and of children
beyond the compulsory school attend
ance age must be prepared for American
citizenship and adjusted to their new
opportunities and responsibilities.
Evening star., 1914-01-27
Is Constantly Adding
to Body of the Law.

ing the question of whether an official
shall be reimbursed for 81 paid for press
ing suit OF clothes dampened while
crossing the street on official business in
a rainstorm, the controller is constantly
adding to the body of law that will gov
ern the public expenditures. since each
decision is precedent to be examined
by the disbursing officers and auditors
whenever they feel doubt
The independence of controllers is ira
ditional. 1t is said that President Grant
once desired a certain expenditure which
was disallowed by the controller and en-
deavored to induce that official to r.
verse himself. The controller declined
that even the chief executive had nc
authority to overrule a controller. Very
well'' Grant is said to have replied, Il
Evening star., 1914-01-27
Makes Further Protest.

Another protest was made BIZ Mr..
Evans, in resolution. against the provi-
sion which turns into the miscellaneous
receipts of the United States Treasury
all revenues collected in the District
above that sum needed to run the Dis
trict.
The resolutions will he sent Immediate
ly TO the Senate committee appropria-
tons for its consideration.
Other resolutions introduced by Mr.. Ey
ans and passed by the association We're:
Urging an appropriation of S13',eO1 Tor
the completion of the Pennsylvania Ave
nue. bridge across Rock creek: recon-
rnendation to secure proper legislation
from Congress for a suitable memorial
bridge connecting the present public
parking system with the national cerne
terry at Arlington. Va; favoring the
opening of the little parks triangular
reservations at the intersection of streets
in the west end of the city, believing
that the same are beneficial to the poor
people as necessary breathing spots in
the outdoor season; urging upon Con-
greSs the appropriation of Sl,3n.OUO. nee
essary to commence the purchase of the
lands both sides of Rock creek and
to connect Potomac Park with the Zoo
logical and Rock Creek parks; giving its
Endorsement to the action of the board
of education of the District in appointing
Ernest l.. Thurston and Stephen Z. kra-
fner superintendent ana assistant super
intendent, respectively, of public schools
of the city. and urging a more careful
medical and sanitary inspection of the
District school children for the purpose
OF avoiding as much as possible exposure
to deadly diseases.
Favors Race Segregation.
resolution offered by the Law and leg
islation committee dealing with race seq
regation was passed. The resolution de-
clared that while race segregation Is the
only remedy for the present condition of
things existing in this city, no decided
action would be recommended at the
present time. "deeming such inadviSable
and not calculated to bring any beneficial
results, but We suggest an interchange of
views and careful consideration of the
subject. so that when the time does come
for action we can act with intelligence
and thorough understanding of the sub
ject''
The association recommended the adop-
OF Winconsin for the appointment of a
commission to invetigate and report on
the projer relations between the United
States and the District of Columbia.
The following were elected to member
ship: A. E. Bietzel. W. Morgan Weaver,
L s. Galloway. Maurice Hess, william /.
Deming W. H. Walker. S. Clifford Cox.
H. W Zea NJ. E. Buckley. Carl c. Sparr-
wardt E. A. Harris. Robert Z. Nc
Namara Christian Heuricn, Clinton H.
Sedgwick. Justice Andrew B. Hagner.
DR.. George NJ. kober. William Pearson.
James Baggett and L. c. Potteiger.
Evening star., 1914-01-27

If, under an appropriation headed car
riages and harness" the head of a depart
Evening star., 1914-01-27
Auto Is a Vehicle,
But Not a Carriage

officer feels doubt as to the legality of the
transaction, he is required to seek a deci-
sion from the controller. In just such
case the controller held that the reference
to harness indicated that Congress de-
signed the appropriation for horse-drawn
vehicles. But in another department s
appropriation bill, certain sum had been
voted for vehicles which. the controller
Evening star., 1914-01-27

From the purchase of battery of 100
type-setting machines or fifty steam
Evening star., 1914-01-27

For instance. a government laborer en-
ployed in an icehouse renders bill for
The Washington times., 1914-01-28
AMERICAN PEERESS y
WILL GO ON STAGE
Lady Dufferin, Former Miss
Flora Davis, of New York. to
Make Debut in March.

LONDON. Jan. 2S.-Ihe marchioness
of Dufferin's announcement to her inti-
nate friends that henceforth she will
follow a musical career has aroused re-
markable interest in london drawing
rooms.
This American peeress has" long been
interested in voice culture and is said
to have a trained soprano Of rare quail
ity and enormous power. but in spite of
these artistic Ieanings her. most init
mate friends never expected so drastic
a step as Lady DuffeIin's professed am
bition to achieve fame by her appear
ance at Covent Garden.
In March next Lady Dufferin, who
was Miss Flora Davis. of New York.
before her marriage to the Earl OF
Avon. will sing first in public, and she
has chosen such dramatic passages as
''Tosca's Prayer" to prove her right to
serious consideration.
To a friend Lady Dufferin recently
explained her reason for q professional
adoption OF singing bv saying that her
earlier life had been sacrificed by rear
ing three daughters. and now that the
children, whom she dearly loves. had
passed the nursery stage. her life be-
longed to herself and that singing was
of greater interest to fer than the So
ciaI position attached TO the wife Of a
peer.
.'If my voice is really good there is
no reason why 7 should reject fees for
singing in opera which has always
been my life's ambiticr." she declared.
The Washington times., 1914-01-28
RELIEF IN SENATE
REALTY MEMS HOPE
Brokers to Discuss Plan for 0p-
posing "True Consideration
Bill" Recently Passed.

Real estate men will gather at tie
Shoreham Hotel Friday afternoon Al
~ 80 o'clock as guests of the Washing
ion Real Estate Brokers Association 70
discuss the true consideration" bill re-
Gently passed the House and now in
the Senate.
At a meeting of the executive COM
mittce of the association last night A
committee composed OF George Y. Wor-
thinSton, James +. Shea and Ii. l..
Rust was appointed to report on the
bill as passed by the House, and TO DC
Jermfne the effect the measure would
nave on realty business.
The realty men will oppose the meas
IRE il is believed Its effect on proceed
ngs will tend to inflict hardShips on the
interests involved. 1t is said the meas
re would work evil in cases OF forced
sales. when 4 party selling docs SO un-
der pressure. Such a sale would tend
10 set q value on adjacent properties
which would not be the true value. ana
which would tend to depreciate values in
The vicinity. To mention the true con-
sideration in such cases would work IN
Jury 10 owners of nearby properties, II
is held.
II is contended tina. q certain privacy
implied with realty dealings should not
be Overstepped. and there is no reason
why a purchaser should of necessity
he Obliged to reveal the true considera-
ton on a purchased property.
The findings of the committee reached
at Fridays meeting will go on record
and committee probably will be Sc
lected to represent the real estate men
before the Senate CCmmitte.
The Washington times., 1914-01-28
Says Rates on Bricks
Only Hurt the Makers

Increased freight rates on paving
bricks and blocks only serve to injure
the manufacturer of such products
without benefiting the railroads, ac-
,cording to testimony by J. G. Barbour
at the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion rate hearing today.
Barbour, who is secretary Of the
Metropolitan Brick Company. of Can
ton. Ohio, said asphalt and macadam
would supplant bricks for paving pur-
poses if the proposed increases were
made. c. II. Lambie. of the Finley
Clay Products Company. of Washing
ton. said that at present the freight
rate on glass Shell" or waste from
glass furnaces was higher than that
on the finished product and that a
readjustment should be made.
The Washington times., 1914-01-28
May Exhume the Body of
Widow Who Left Million

BRIDGEPORT. Conn, Jan. 2S.-Pos-
sibility of the body of Mrs. Hannah
4. Cross. widow, who died November
e5, being exhumed and an investiga-
ton being made into the cause of her
death as well as the drawing of will
which made Frank NJ Garland eXecu-
tor of her estate, estimated at LOCO,
900, was seen here today. Prosecuting
Attorney Delaney and Thomas L. Gull
linan, named as executor by the
courts when Garland failed to fur
nish a bond, are investigating the dis
position made of the estate Garland
has left the city with his family
'T have not been able to determine
At present what has become of about
$500, 600 left by Mrs. Cross" said Gull
lnan TODAY
The Washington times., 1914-01-28
.GAFFNEY'S BANKERS
CALLED BY WHITMAN
Bank Accounts in Albany, New.
York, and Buffalo Sought on
Road Graft Probe.

NE WYORK. Jan. 2S.-Dtstr3ct Attor-
nev Whitman took another tack in his
Investigation of the bank accounts OF
Charles F. Murphy. 'chier OF Tam
m;.ny Hall today. when hme issued sub
poenas for more than score of stock
brokers. as well as bankers. in Buffalo
and Albany. In addition to subroenas
iss ued fOr stock brokers in New York,
fourteen in Buffalo we're called and two
in Albany. SubPoenas were also issued
for eighteen bankers in Buffalo and
tNc Give in Albany.
1t is understood that most of TheNstb-
poenas issued today are III connection
with the investigation into the accounts
of James T. Gaffney, president Of the
Boston National baseball club, Murphy 5
alleged ''baeman."
Whitman would not comment or the
new development in the highway graft
probe.
The Washington times., 1914-01-28
Capt. and Mrs. HoWland
Observe Golden Wedding

captain William Rowland. lieutenant
II the watch at the Postoffice Depart
ment, and Mrs. Howland. celebrated to-
day their golden wedding jubilee
friends presented the couple with 4
pray of flowers and - purse of $50 in
5old. with a card vOicing the esteem
n which Captain Hcwland is held in
he department
Tonight the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Caledonian Club will hold Il reception
in honor of Captain ard Mrs Howla nd
at the Eagles Club
SIR. HOwland Is dercended from John
Rowland, who scrvei John Carver on
BOARD the Mayfiowcr. Mrs. Rowland
was Agnes MUnrOe. OF Glasgow. and of
pure Caledonian stock Captain How
and had a long milita-Y career.
The Washington times., 1914-01-28
Wilson to Keep Out of
Senatorial Primaries

information brought 10 Washington
today TO the effect that the campaiSn
managers OF Roger Sullivan, the Demo
cratic boss" of Illinois, who is a can
didate for nomination for the United
states Senate, have announced that
President Wilson favors SuIlivan's can
dfdacy, brought forth from the White
House today a statement that the
President is taking no apart in Sena-
torial primary contests. This is under
stood to apply with equal force TO
claims made by the friends OF Thomas
Taggart. the Indiana boss, who has
made known his intention of being a
candidate for the nomination to sue
Ceed Senator Shively. Senator Shively
had a ffteen-minute talk with the
President today.
The Washington times., 1914-01-28
Women Voters Must Give
Exact Ages in Chicago

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S-WOmen who de-
sire to register on February 5 to be
able to vote at the aldermanic pri-
maries must tell their exact ages, ac-
cordiES TO special instructions issued by
the board of election commissioners.
Each woman must state her age in
ears the instructions read. This
vas not necessary in the case Of apply
.nG fer the position of judge or clerk
Of election. There il sufficed to say
legal age but the law is positive, in
the case of registration, that all must
give their exact age.
"A woman's voting age. like a mans,
s twenty-one, not eighteen years, as
some suppose. Eighteen years is the
aommon law marriage age. 1t has moth
'ng to do with the election law
The Washington times., 1914-01-28
Epidemic of Rabies Is
Feared by Health Chiefs

Watch your dog" is they District
Heauth Department warning.
Rabies is prevalent in Washingto ton
according to a report just issued. which
notes sixty-one cases of rabid dogs re-
ported to the department since July 1.
1919
II dog appears abnormal, says the
report, have the animal examined at
once. The fact that sixty-ine rabid
dogs have been found since last July is
regarded as evidence that many dogs
are in the inCubatorv stages of the dis
ease are roaming the streets.
The Washington times., 1914-01-28
House Votes Whaley Is
Entitled to His Seat

After prolonged and spirited debate
last night the House voted. ~ to 9s,
that Congressman Richard : Whalcy,
Of South Carolina, is entitled TO his seat
and dismissed the charges made against
him by Mayor John T. Grace, of
charleston, that he spent SEQ, 600 for
his election.
Political conditions in Charleston anc.
South Carolina were scored and there
we're several indirect slaps at Governor
BieaSe.
The Washington times., 1914-01-28
Geyer Heads Company
To Operate Restaurant

= corporation to maintain big res
taurant business was organized yes
terday in the offices of Attorney Will
ton J. Lambert.
Officers were elected as follows: F.
II. eGyer. president: A. F. Jorss. vice
president. and Frederick W. Pluggie.
secretary and treasurer.
Mr.. Guyer, who has conducted a gem
cral restaurant business for years. will
call for bids next week on an improve
ment estimated at $4,000 to $4,000 for
a new building