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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
Kaiser'S Heir Hailed as Most
Dangerous Man in the World

as pleasant additions to our lot which OF
themselves have no independent standing,
as something superfluous which we can
laughingly throw into the corner when
our Kaiser calls upon us and when We
must have our hands free for the sword"
And the destinies of mankind may lie
in the hollow of the hand OF this warlike
young man.
There was a time when Europe feared
the present Kaiser His naughty, mill
tary spirit was undoubted. Yet even his
most adverse critics had to admit his
excellencies. He is well versed in the arts
of peace. He can not only discuss the
teChnicalitics of battleship steel, but he
can take his full share in a conversation
with Il head of one of the great German
silk or lace mills and listen to lecture
by a Nobel prize winner with out being
bored OF mystified. His son is not so.
Pert, Impudent Young Man.
4 pert. impudent young man-such is
the first impression on seeing him. The
ten years OF his maturity have altered
him little. He is 4 rank extremist, and
his age has only served to turn his radi-
cal tendencies in more perilous directions.
When he was younger certain interests
tried TO make him out to be a drunkard.
That is untrue and always was. The
prince isn't drunkard lie doesn't care
much for alcohol. He'd much rather
hunt or shoot But the Kaiser encour-
ages young officers and college students
to drink. Beer is what the Kaiser rec
ommends. His eldest son. as has been
said, is an extremist. So il came about
that Friedrich Wilhelm, in a savage
mood, one night drank nine quarts of
champagne and was brought home in an
ambulace. Another night. in another
savage mood. he didn't drink at all. In
stead. he entered an inn and demanded a
piano. There was none. A harmonium
stood in the hall. but no one could find
the key. With his gloved fists the prince
smashed the case and then pounded out
a wild tumble of sounds. II was charac-
teristic OF him. He would have cut the
Gordian knot without first trying to I'M
tie it, or crossed the Rubicon without a
pause on the northern bank
When he congratulated the petty Ger
man military dictator of Zabern on his
firm stand" in advising his officers to
use their saber edges on the populace,
it was not the first time the crown prince
had shown his colOrs.
The prince has an ambitious wife, a
magnetic, forceful woman, who even
twists the Kaiser about her fingers. Usu-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
Everything from Pickles to
Cured Meats Found in Big
Stores, Writes u. S. Con-
sui George E. Anderson.

American prepared foods are becoming
increasingly popular in China particular
w that section dominated by Hongkong.
writes United -states Consul George L.
Anderson, stationed at Hongkong.
The Chinese department stores, Mr..
Anderson SAYS, have developed con-
siderable trade in cheaper canned fruits
and various similar products, and the
higher-class foreign establishments have
talen I'D the sale of various lines OF
timed meats soups, vegetables and deli
cacies OF the finer grades. and are MAX
in strong specialties of them In their
business.
From Pickles to Meat.
Two of the leading foreign establish
ments." observed Mr.. Anderson, "habitu-
allv make American food products the
features of their extensive window dis
plays The change is significant in that
the goods now being introduced in such
establishments are the highest grade, ex-
pensiye goods. Heretofore, American
trade in such lines in this trade field has
been almost altogether In the cheapest
grade of goods. The goods which now
are being especially offered include the
products of nearly every large American
manufacturer, including especially the
m e advertised lines of soups and meat;
complete lines Of vegetables of several
manufacturers; complete lines OF pickles
AMI relishes of several manufacturers;
fruits from the leading Pacific Coast can
neries and from several OF the high-grade
Eastern establishments, including lines OF
preserves, jams and similar goods, such
as honey sirups and nut products.
Nearly all of the better-grade estab-
lishments also now carry stocks Of Amer
lean crackers and some of the finer cakes
and biscuits in tins. Fair quantities Of
American breakfast foods are being car
ried, but the difficulty in handling them,
except for a very limited trade, is great.
The total volume Of this business Is not
very large, but II Is increasing, and Is
commencing to reach the outports where
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
Busiest Persons in World,
Says Erie Official - Go
Away to Toll in Peace.
Reasons for Inspections.

Railroad presidents are the hardest
men in the world to find in their offices"
remarked a New York Tribune reporter
to ]. H. Maddy, special representative Of
the Erie, who has spent most of his life
in the railroad business
What do you mean-their public Of
fices?'
do they have others?''
do they? Well, il they did not they
never would get their work done. In
their public offices, the places where
they are nominally supposed to do all
their work. they find great difficulty in
doing business, owing to the constant in
terruptions. People to whom they can
not be out will come around, heads of
departments will run in for a conference
on this or that, and before any one knows
1t the day is gone and the presidents
desk is piled high with work.
so when things pile up too high your
president just goes to some place where
he is sure he will not be disturbed and
does his. work with the aid of a secretary
or two. I've known railroad presidents
to 20 to the offices of another company
TO transact business they could not dis
pose of in their own. Then, of course,
the club often offers safe refuge for
the man who can get no peace nor a
chance to dispose of the thousand and
one routine things he must pass upon
THE desire to get away for chance
to do some real work is as often as not
the underlying reason for many so-called
tours Of inspection railroad chief will
gather his assistants-his cabinet If you
please-and start of on the road. There
nobody can get at them; they can confer
uninterruptedly and get any amount Of
work out of the way.
DIGS Into Mass of STUFF.
Like as not the private car or train
will be sidctracked at some quiet place
for a day or so, Will, Mr.. President
wades through the mass Of stun he has
brought along with hiI-.. Then you will
hear the typewriter rattle well into the
night, and when the trip is over decks
are at leas. partially cleared
Frederick D. Underwood. Mr.. Maddy's
chief, believes In doing work that way.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
Chinese Fancy AMERICAN FOODS

heretofore only the cheaper grades OF
American canned fruits and a few vege-
tables have been carried.
Grape Juice Very Popular.
"one OF the most popular drinks in
this part OF the world at present is
american prepared grape juice and other
fruit juices. There is an increasing use
OF American fruit sirups for soda water
and similar purposes. After considerable
experimenting and halfway service on
the part OF number of concerns about
the colony, an American soda water
fountain with all accessories. including a
considerable ice cream plant and a full
outfit according to American STYLES. has
been installed by a Chinese capitalist.
Like good many other new enter
prises In the East. this concern comes
to Hongkoug by way of Manila, where
the owner has had considerable sue
cessful experience in this line of trade
American confectionery is growing IN
favorNat rate which promises consider
able permanent trade II prices can be
held down. American confectioners COM
ing into this market at present as a
rule are packing their products wrapped
In foil and in tins of size and shape 10
suit the market. sizes to which the pub
lie here has become accustomed by
years Of trading with the manufacturers
Of other nations"
Mr.. Anderson says the American con-
fectionery. grade for grade. is superior
to most, il not all, other such imports.
but means OF introduction and distribu-
ton at present are not so we'll deveI-
oped.
Demand for Cured Hams.
American hams and similar goods are
finding their way into China now, Mr..
Anderson says, and are finding ready
sale. The market for such products is
good. since residents Of Hongkong seem
particularly fond of ham and cured
meats, and besides there is a large trade
in supplying ships with such goods.
THE crews alone on ships entering
and clearing from Hongkong in 1872" ex-
plains Mr.. Anderson. numbered nearly
100000 souls, and since this is the
terminus or supply depot for nearly all
ships sailing from Europe and the United
States and Australia to this part Of the
world. a considerable portion of the sup
plies for such crews and the passengers
carried BY these ships is purchased here"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
when RAILROAD PRESIDENTS WORK

only he cannot get stenographer fast
enough to take him.
I'D give a man who could take me
accurately S,000-yes, 5000 year" said
Mr.. Underwood, 'but i do not know
where he is to be found. I have tried
hundreds OF them, and 1 only found one
man who could do the work. But he
wouldn't stay.
That fellow was a tramp whom /
picked up III Iowa when 1 was working
in the West He had his machine with
him, and he sure was a good one. 1 Just
got through mountain OF stur-letters
were half foot high on my desk for me
to sign, and the work was well done, too.
but at the end of three DAYS he came
to me and said he would like to have his
money.
Too Much Like Work.
This is too much like work. he said
I'd rather ge- less money and take things
a bit easier
I got ar Englishma-I after that who
was sure he could do anything, He had
been parliamentary reporter, I believe
and for two days. on Il trip to Montreal
he just mace pot hooks and dots most
of his time. When We got back and a
couple OF lays had passed 1 sent for him
and asked where the transcript of nv
dictation was. Then he confessed.
He couldn't make head nor tail NJ
his notes. And had my two DAYS work
for nothing
Howard Elliott, the new president NJ
the New Haven, does a very large mart
OF his work while on the road. He i,ses
a private car We seldom preferrinp I,
compartment in an ordinary Pullman
where he wades through the papers thar
may have accumulated during the day.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
LITTLE GIRL SENT BY POST.
En- Route from Bavaria, 1000
Miles, to an Ohio Town.


London. Jan. 1.-THE case Of the little
girl sent by post from a town in Bavaria
to New Lexington. Ohio. U. s. A. a dis
lance Of 1000 miles is exciting much in
terest here. as II has no parallel in this
country. There is. however. a system OF
transit Of living letters which Is mainly
In the hands OF the British postoffice and
the District Messenger Service. The
correspondence" Is conveyed for the
most part through the medium of an ex-
press messenger. Animals are also ac-
cepted for express delivery, such as dogs
and cats. inclosed in some sort of cage,
or provided with collar and chain.
Messengers meet children coming home
for the holidays at the station. show
them round the town and then deliver
them to their belongings. The messen-
gers have also taken an elephant and at
another time a donkey across London.
The company has delivered a collie dog
to the Sultan of Turkey in CONSTANT
nople. and boys are often sent with
urgent messages across the Atlantic and
to some Of the most distant parts of the
world. Messengers have been sent to
Paris to pay an American millionaire's
bills, to buy penny toys for a foreign
potentate and to take charge OF a luna
tic for a night
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
MANY QUEENS ARE GIFTED.
Sovereigns Could Earn Good Livings
If Forced to Do So.

Paris, Jan. lift 1 weren't sitting on
the Italian throne" said Queen Helena
recently, II could earn 500 weekly as a
champion woman swimmer or as a trick
shooter in the New York music halls
Inquiry shows that nearly every Euro
pean Queen is capable of earning her
own living by some accomplishment or
other if forced To it Queen Mary of
England is quite an adept at painting
water colors and at dressmaking. the
kaiserin is an expert art photographer.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is well
known as a miniature painter and fancy
cook. Queen Maud OF Norway, who writes
under the pen name of Graham Irving"
has gained success as a playwright and
also has considerable skill as a painter
ard bookbinder. while every one is IA
miliar with the poetry written by Car
men Sylvia, Queen OF Roumania.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
oBJECT-LESsONS IN ROADS.
Government Experts Build Minia-
ture Highways During Year.

More than $4,000 square yards of diff
ferent types of roads for experimental
and object lesson purposes were con-
structed during the fiscal year 1912-1913
under the supervision of the Office of
Public Roads. Department of Agriculture,
according to a bulletin just issued. This
makes a total of over 100000 square
yards constructed since 1906.
The object lesson and experimental
work during the past year was done at
cost to the local communities of s159,-
Sil-S9. This does not include the salaries
and expenses of the department Cngi-
neers. The work was done in Arkansas.
Florida, Georgia, kentucky, Maryland.
Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina,
South Dakota. Tennessee, Texas, Virginia,
Wisconsin, and the District.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
LEFT $500 IN OLD CLOTHES.
Peasant Family Richer ~ Result of
Strangers Visit.

Paris. Jan. IA peasant family at
Villefranche is about SEQ richer as the
result Of visit by mysterious traveller
The man, who was well dressed, had
leaped from a compartment on the Cette
train shortly before its arrival at Vile
franche, and, in a pelting rain. started
running across the fields with such speed
that two railway porters. who were dis
patched in pursuit Of him, were unable
TO overtake him.
Subsequently. the mysterious individual
wet to the skin, knocked at the door
of the peasants home. and. offering a
bill. demanded to be supplied with dry
clothing These were given him. and,
having donned them. he took his depar-
ture.
In the pockets of his own clothing
which he left behind, were found a gold
watch worth 500. a massive gold chain, a
bank note to the value of slO0 and sew
sral gold trinkets, worth in all about $500
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
LIVED YEAR WITHOUT BRAIN.
Remarkable Medical Phenomenon
IL Reported from Paris.


Paris. Jan. IA remarkable medical
phenomenon has been reported to the
Academy Of Science by DR.. Robinson,
who recorded the case of a man. eighty
two years OF age. who lived for a year
without a brain. The man injured him
self slightly in the occipital region, but.
although his eyesight was affected. his
four other senses remained normal. At
the end of a year he did of an epileptic
seizure DIR. Robinson performed a post
norton examination and found the brain
had become simply a pulpy liquid mass
This case" says Or. Robinson. "en-
tirely upsets the old medical theory of
localization. whereby the motive force Of
the different senses is supposed to be
supplied by distinct portions of the
BRAIN
At the same meeting at the academy.
Prof. Perrier uttered a warning against
allowing the slightest scratch on the
scalp TO go untreated. as It might lead
TO an abscess on the brain.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18

The town Of Independence, No, has
twenty grocery stores. which formerly
maintained thirty-seven wagons for de-
livering goods TO customers. A cooper
alive plan was adopted and now nine
wagons do the work that formerly re-
auired nearly forty.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-18
THE WASHINGTON HERALD. SUNDAY. JANUARY 49, 1914

In Friedrich Wilhelm
officer mHsedusone heIskn o war machine
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-23
ADVERTISING MAN BELIEVES EMPLOYERS
WILL ORGANIZE TO PAY LIVING WAGE

rive employers ana professor VI
economics sat in the clubroom of the |
Harper building yesterday discussing
the ACCESSIBILITY of the adoption of a |
uniform wage before they are forced |
to do so by the compulsion of legis-
lation.
They assembled in response to a |
modest advertisement in the Tribune, |
unaided by any news feature, placed |
there by Norbert Hackett, an adver-
Using man, which advertisement |
read:
Manufacturers and others inter |
ested in the minimum wage question |
are invited to attend an informal dis |
cussion of a self-supporting plan |
founded on business principles and |
backed by business men to obtain for |
every worker under Fl years of age a
living wage.
''This plan is not intended to be i,
radical, but will enable those manu-,
facturers who do pay a living wage,
and those in favor of it, to success
fully compete with other manu-
facturers and competitors who are |
not so inclined"
Hackett says his plan was not in |
spired by any sentiment, but is cold |
business proposition. AS he is not an |
employer but an advertising man. his
interest must be that of advertising, |
but the scheme is sufficiently novel to
merit attention.
Hackett declares that larger per-
centage of men than any one knows
already pay their employees what is
conceded to be living wage. He
claims that these men suffer through |
competition with employers who will
not recognize the right of workers to
a living wage in return for their serv-
ices.
Hackett's plan includes only what
he terms "unskilled" labor, labor
which is unorganized, as organized
IL
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-23

is with the employer who does pay 4
living minimum wage, and that this
sentiment can be used in such man
ner as to compel all employers of
minors and workers under q years
Of age to pay the same minimum.
Hackett's plan is to form an Or
ganization of the employers who have
adopted this minimum wage and then
have the organization adopt a label
or insignia which shall tell the public,
on the goods of their manufacture,
that they do pay unskilled labor liv-
ing wage.
1t is also part of his plan that half
million dollars shall be spent in
advertising goods manufactured by
these employers and he believes that
public sentiment will cause people to
buy goods bearing this label or in
sigma, and by this indirect boycott
employers who refuse to pay living
wage will be forced into the associa-
ton.
In response to a question of wheth-
er this would not necessarily increase
the cost of production, Hackett said:
81 do not believe it will. The one or
two dollars extra that an employer
pays may mean the difference be-
tween a starved worker and we'll
fed worker, and every man knows
that the well-fed worker will do con-
siderably more work than the half
fed one, so that production should in
crease with wages"
Hackett is not adverse to admitting
that he believes this plan is merely
anticipating a condition that is in
evitable. He believes that a recog-
milton of this, and not sentiment, has
caused such men as Ford and the
Deering Harvester people to inaugu-
rate the living wage scale.
He believes that by this method
employers will get the cream of I'M
skilled labor and the employers who
The Washington times., 1914-03-12
AMATEURS IN WAIT
FOR GOOD WEATHER
President Young to Call Meeting
When Leagues Are Ready to
Come Together.

Just as soon as We get some warm
sunshine and a hint Of baseball in the
air. I shall call a meeting of the ANA
teur association" sad President Robert
H. Young ttday. The rules committee
is ready and a quorum Is necessary to
put through the various changes in the
constitution.
we cannot hope to get any action
before real baseball weather, and until
the boys show a desire to come together
we will mark time continued the
president. From present indication we
are going to have a healthy season. and
] believe the changes will work for the
best
At present there is no way OF deter
mining the number Of leagues in the
association, but reports from the va
rious presidents tend TO show awaken
ing interest in the summer sport here.
The whole organization is primed and
ready according to the various officers.
All OF the members of the assOcia-
ton are looking forward with interest
to welcoming the Potomac League to
the fold. The successful circuit is in no
way considered as an outlaw, and would
add strength to the bigger association II
it finally decided to come In under the
big tent.
The Washington times., 1914-03-12
FAVORED
OVER AD WOLGAST
Big Crowd Expected to Attend
Ten.Round Go For Cham
pionship.

MILWAUKEE. Wis. March with
the battle in which a championship may
change hands only q few hours away,
Will Richie and Ad Wolgast were
equally confident of. winning the ten
round bout at the auditorium here to-
night.
I've whipped him twice before and
can repeat" says Ritchc.
1T will be a case Of an cX-champion
coming back. I've got IL or Rtchie,
smiled the Cadillac bear cat
Surrounded BY fans from all over the
Middle West. Wolgast today did little
light work For the most part he
loafed, keeping as far from the excited
fans As possible. The weighing in was
set for o'clock tonight at the gym
nasium where Wolgast has been training.
Both can make the weight, according
TO their managers
The Bear Cats left hand, which was
injured. has healed so that even VOL
CAST admits he will have no excuse If he
mitt for the past three days, and claims
that II is In good condition.
Harry Stout, a local referee with a
fondness for pink silk snirts. has been
officially named for referee.
IL all seats are sold and il looked to-
day that they would be. the gate re-
ceipts will amount to $4,000, one of the
largest ever paid for ten-round bout.
II was estimated that $4,000 had been
posted to be paid out, according to
ucwspapcr decisions. odds today slight
ly favored Ritciic. q.
The Washington times., 1914-03-12
DIAMOND DOPE

Why do the Browns and Cardinals 20
South 10 do their spring training"
veteran sportsman OF st. Louis de-
clares that the feature of the White Sox
homecoming banquet in Chicago will be
speaking corps. He even goes s.,
far as TO say that al Chicago baseball
affairs require a whole lot OF talking
Gee. why did we ever have &. w NJ
wished on US?
Claude Hendrix. vino was supposed to
receive 5000 advance money from the
Feds. is said to he broke. What did he
do with the money? Anyhow, it's none
OF our business.
Hughcy Jennings says that speed is all
his Detroit team needs. And he doesn't
say word about the p,nnEnt.
Fred Snodgrass- won't join the fly
catching" contest. He has signed with
the Giants.
Nick Maddox, former Pirate heaver,
will manage the Wichita club of the
Western League Shis season.
Three of Detroits Ieft-handed hurIers
come from the Southern League. They
are Cavet, Covsleski, and Williams.
Fielder Jones says he hasn't received
any offer TO manage Federal Lea que
team and IL he was offered a Job with
tths Feds he wouldn't take 1t.