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The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
ON THE FIRING LINE
What it means to most men.

There are many true heroes that have
persisted in the European war who
never smeIled powder" but who sue
crmbed to sickness after hard campaign
ing-coupled with bad water and lack OF
food. The sick and debIlitated man is
as much out of place in hissstruggle for
life and existence as he would be on
the firing line. On the other hand the
strong, vigorous man, his veins filled with
rich, red blood has an enormous ad-
vantage in whatever position he may
be fated to occupy, in war or business.
The prompt and certain action OF DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery n
driving all harmful germs and impuri-
ties from the blood, sets in motion the
repair process which works actively on
the diseased membrane where Catarrh
fiourishes unchecked or where the skin
gives warning of the bad blood beneath
by showing pimples and boils, also the
skin clears up and becomes wholesome
and ruddy.
Thus by building up a new and perfect
covering and carrying out of the sys-
TEN the Catarrh infested matter by way
OF lne DlOou' HNST, anu hluheSs' SaLaiah
is overcome and permanently conquered.
There is not a drop of alcohol or any
narcotic in DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, but in this safe vegetable
remedy there is a mighty Alternative
power which by replacing the blood i'm
purities with pure, rich blood, not Cnly
ends Catarrhal conditions whatever To-
Gated, but vitalizes the kidneys, stomach,
liver. bowels and every organ of the
body. People who suffer humiliation
and mental misery because of Pimples,
Skin rash, Blotches, Eruptions, Boils.
carbuncles. are especially benefited. 1t
Is not a secret remedy for its ingredl-
ents are printed on wrapper.
Send for free book on the blood to DR..
Pierce. Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. T.
Adv.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

said he could not discuss the matter, ac-
cording TO the affidavit. Fulton, Blacki-
stone said, insisted, and said that he
wanted 10 introduce testimony before the
jury. Blackstone refused to talk about
the matter. whereupon the conversation
closed, as Fulton agreed. you are per-
fectly right"
In the affidavits accompanying the pc
tition in Sullivan's case, it was said that
the attorney approached two jurors
Samuel G. Eberly and Edmund X. Fox.
Mr.. Eberly was foreman OF the grand
jury. Sullivan visited him at his apart
ment in the Burlington. it was said, and
told Mr.. Eberly he had learned through
the office of United States Attorney
Laskey that he had been presented to
the grand jury for embezZlement
Sullivan Declared Innocence.
Il am innocent" Sullivan is claimed
to have said. He continued according to
the petition, to say that he had not had
fair show in court-presumably the Po-
lice Court.
Eberly asked why he had waived a pre-
liminary examination. Sullivan replied
that he had said he had nothing to waive.
If you are guilty, you ought TO suffer
the penalty. and IL you are innocent you
will be acquitted and have nothing to
fear" Eberly is said TO have replied To
this Sullivan is claimed to have an
swered:
why, yes, l do; il the grand jury
returns an indictment I am ruined. A
lawyer must do one of two things: be
honest or get put out of business"
Sullivan is said also to have visited
the real estate Office of Fox at 1871 II
street. Fox said, according to the petit
ton, that he had voted his convictions
on the case.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
pENrAL vuIcANIzER BuRsTs.
DR.. AdoIph AXE Painfully wounded
by Unusual Explosion.

A vulcaniEer exploded In the dental Of
Gee Of DR.. Benjamin X. Leon. go Penn
sylvanla avenue northwest, yesterday
afternoon, painfully wounding DR.. Adolph
AXE, an assistant to DIR. Leon. Two other
assistant dentists in the room escaped
injury. DR.. AXE was struck by several
pieces Of metal.
His face was cut from the middle OF
the left cheek to point above the left
eyebrow. the left side of his neck was
gsshed and his left wrist badly Iacerated.
Bits Of metal inflicted a number OF less
serious wounds. He was removed 10
Emergency Hospital Physicians say he
may be SCARED for life.
DR.. Leon said he could not explain the
cause of the explosion. The vulcaniEer,
valued at about $50, was demolished. The
machine was used in the preparation of
Al tificiRl teeth. 1t was in the operating
and treatment rooms OF the establish
ment
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
WOMAN In TAXI GETS
CHRISTMAS SEAL FUNDS
Stranger Enters Store. Asks for Money,
Gets $50 in Change. Disappears.
Police on Job.

About l o'clock last Saturday. a big
limousine rolled up to a china store in
the shopping district where Red Cross
Christmas seals are for sale. A beauti-
fully-gowned woman stepped out
Approaching the Christmas-seals coun-
ter. she said to the two young women in
charge:
Well girls, what sort OF a day have
you had? Good? That's fine. will take
your money and turn It In to the general
office of the society"
Fifty dollars in change were given her
Nothing has been seen OF the $50 by thS
society. and the police are looking for
the collector"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Ignore. Mann's Challenge.
Pooh-Poohs Literacy Test.

The immigration bill was before the
Senate again yesterday but was not dis
posed Of There was a brisk debate IN
the course of which Senator Ellison ID.
Smith, of South Carolina, chairman OF
the immigration Committee, said ne
could not think it possible that man
who had devoted the best years of his
life in teaching young men the value OF
education would hesitate to approve an
educational test for immigrants who are
to enter the citizenship of the United
States
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Sandles Against Quarantine.

The first of the series of hearings to be
held by the Senate Agricultural Commit
tee on the Federal administration Of the
hOOf-and-mouth disease was held yes
terday. The witnesses were Ohio men
who have been loudest in their complaints
against the Federal quarantine. A. p.
Sandles, head Of the department of agri-
culture Of Ohio, declared there had been
too much science and not enough sense
In the quarantine and that while IL
might haye been all right to impose such
strict regulation for few days until the
disease was under arrest that 1t had
been prolonged until the commerce Of the
State was seriously impaired and stock
men had suffered great losses.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
CONDEMNS JOHNSON RIDER.
BroOIzIand Citizens Urge Fight for
HaIf-and-haIf Plan.

Resolutions condemning the action of
the House In jeopardizing the future OF
the National Capital by its attempted alb
rogatiOn of the organic act of 1875, and
urging upon the Senate the continuance
of the half-and-half financial plan for
the maintenance Of the District were
adopted last night by the BrooklRnd Citi-
zens' Association at a meeting in the
Masonic Hall at Brookland.
The resolutions were introduced by
William V. Lewis, who spoke of the alb
solute justice of the half-and-half prin-
Ciple and condemned the shortsighted-
ness of the johnson amendment.
Resolutions upon the death of James
F. McHugh, labor leader, Treasury De-
partment clerk, and longtime resident
of Brooklyn, who died recently, were
adopted, being introduced by Charles F.
TaRsill.
Arizonas 1913 mineral production is
VaIued at S7I 42g 7I5
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Polluting Lakes Is Menace.

Pollution of the Great Lakes and
tributary rivers is becoming a serious
menace to the health OF passengers of
steamships plying on these waters as
well as to persons whose water sup
piles are drawn from them, according
to the annual report of the Public
Health Service made public at the
Treasury Department yesterday. These
waters are used by about 1900 steam
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Readjusting Examining Plans

4 REIMBURSEMENT OF the districts as
signed to national bank examiners has
been ordered by the Comptroller of the
Currency SO as to create twelve ex-
amintng districts to correspond with
the reserve districts. Each district is
TO be placed in charge of a chief ex-
aminer, TO have headquarters at the
reserve city Of that district.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
PENNsY STUDENTS SING.
L URIversIty Musical Clubs Score Mt
Foundry VI. Z. Church.

The combined musical clubs of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania gave concert
last night under the auspices Of the
Foundry M. Z. Church in the parish hall,
Sixteenth and p streets northwest. Mem
bers of the church and alumni Of the
university gave the club an enthusiastic
reception and vigorously applauded the
performers. A skit called Scene at the
Movies" terminated 1he concert.
Walter Antrim, Is. is leader OF the
GIee Club, and c. Thomas Evans, IL,
director Of the Mandolin Club.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Mexicans Hold Two Americans.

Naco. AriE., Dec. &c. C. Lockhart
and Michael Sutton, two Americans ar
rested at Fronteras charged with carry
ing dynamite and a machine gun to Car
ranzista troops in automobiles, have been
brought to Naco and turned over to Gen.
Acosta, Yillaista leader on Gen, May
torena's stan. They probably will be
tried by court-mRrtial
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

crease granted the railroads yesterday By
the Interstate Commerce Commission. In
the opinion of the most prominent bust
ness leaders of the country,
Here are the opinions OF some OF Amer
ica's leading business men with respect
to the rate increase and Its probable ef-
fecta:
A. N. schoyer, vice president Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad in Chicago:
As 20 per cent Of the business of the
Pennsylvania road Is coal, ore, and coke,
we are disappointed that these commodi-
ties were not allowed higher rates. But
we are duly grateful for the advances
conceded on the other lines of traifie.
We feel that these increased charges to
which we have proved we are entitled
will help the communities through which
We operate, as well as our company
When the railroads are prosperous, Il
means prosperity in nearly all other lines.
When business increases, the increased
rates will be particularly beneficial where
they have been allowed"
VIII Not PrOat Much.
Howard Elliott, president OF the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company:
Il have not seen the full text OF the
decision, but understand an advance OF
per cent has been granted upon certain
rates and commodities.
THE 9 per cent does not apply to all
OF the freight business OF the company,
and this clearly should be Understood In
considering the effect Of the decision.
Freight earnings of the company for
the year ended June 80. 1914. were SS2
76,6S9.3 Five per cent of that sum
would be u.623 SSI.sS.
Careful calculations, however. Indicate
that the increase in the gross freight
earnings Of the New Haven road because
OF the decision Of the commission will be
less than S250.O00 a year. and probably
will not be much in excess OF $4,000 a
year on the present volume OF business,
Freight Earnings Low.
so far this fiscal year the freight earn
ings of the company have decreased
s., ,399 900.
I'VE are gratified to have the commits
sion recognize the necessity OF increasing
freight rates, and we are glad TO have
even this modest increase. The aggregate
sum, however. is not very large compared
with the total decrease in freight earn
ings already sustained since July L."
New York. Dec. 1S.-A. Barton Hepburn.
chairman OF the Chase National Bank:
II think the commission ought to have
lhll HOAl1OlANaA ptl NNhN
increase so that everybody would have
understood Just what IL meant to the
railroads. II would have had a bet
ter sentimental effect throughout the
country.
VIII Boost Securities.
THE decision should have a good in
fuence on securities, but II will take
long while before II will have any
practical effect on the earnings OF the
railroads. II will go a long way toward
restoring the credit of the railroads,
which has been very much in doubt"
New York, Dec. ia. II. Smith. presl-
dent of the New York Central, said that
as nearly as he could ascertain from
preliminary reports the commission had
granted an increase on perhaps a little
more than one-half the tonnage and TO
that extent it would help the railroad
situation. He added:
The decision should promote general
public confidence for the future"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

ships. which carry more than 5000. 900
passengers annually. The report ex-
presses the opinion that these inland
vessels play an important part in the
maintenance of the high typhoid fever
rate in the United States.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

high-angle guns that this menace soon
was removed. One unofficial report was
that the allies had succeeded in advanc-
ing along this coast past Middlekerke,
five miles east OF Nieuport. This claim
is not made by the French war office.
The British warships violently bonn
barded the Germans who attempted to
counteract the British attack from the
sea by advancing along the Leffinghe-
Nieuport Canal and executing a counter
movement in the direction OF the Is
land formed by two branches of the
canal west of st. Georges. They at
tackled the allies line in the enyirons
OF st. Georges toward Mannikens. but
while they succeeded in getting out OF
range of the naval guns their attack
was unsuccessful and they lost heavily.
The action. with the allies on the Of
fensiye continues general between
HolIebeke and Wytscheate. This is a
part of the turning movement directed
against the German left center to the
north OF the road from Ypres to Menin.
where the Germans today attempted in
two desperate counter-attaCks to
break the front of the British and
French forces. but without success.
Gain on MenIn Road.
In the hghting along the Ypres-
Menin road the allies gained more than
100 yards at one point after repeIling
the counter-attacks OF the Germans
and captured. besides. a number of am
munition cases.
A delayed report from the region Of
BlXschoote states that the allies, by wad-
ing through the floods across ground
We'll known to the Belgians, drew close
to the German trenches in the night and
went over the front of the pits, bayonet'
ing the Germans and digging them out.
This advance gave the allies gain of
800 yards. They captured eighty Ger
mans and three quick-firing guns. besides
intlicting heavy losses in killed and
wounded.
To the south of Ypres the British today
made a notable advance in front Of Ar
mentieres, where the Germans were
pushed back by the English. who left
their trenches and charged across the
open. attacking with rifle and quick-fir-
ing guns.
About Arras the French made remark
able gains yesterday, according to the
statement issued by the war office this
afternoon. Several German trenches be-
fore Cchy. La Bassee, LOos. and St
Laurent were taken, and in the region
OF Blagny the invaders were routed from
all their frst-line trenches for a distance
Of half a mile.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Church Folk Hold Meeting.

The brotherhood of the Second
PRESBYTERIAN Church held its bimonth-
Iy meeting at the studio of Richard
Norris Brooke, 1714 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. last night. Representative Robert
n. PAGE, OF North Carolina, and DIR.
Henry c. Macatee were the principal
sneakers.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Anneal Saves Alleged Spy.

London, Dec 1S-Nicholas Ahlers, the
British citizen and a former consul for
Germany, who was convicted of high
treason, was saved from death this aft
ernoon when a high court of appeal
qua shed his conviction.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
REVIVAL OF BUSINESS
WILL FOLLOW INCREASE
IN RAILROAD TARIFFS

An immediate revival OF business in
all branches Of trade and industry
throughout the United States win result
from the per cent freight rata Ia
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

Records in the Chinest language fol
use in phonographs have greatly in
creased the ssles in q music store IA
China.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
ALLIES GAIN MOMENTUM
IN DRIVE ON 0STEND

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CITES LAWYERS FOR
CASE OF CONTEMPT

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Williams borrowed from the American
Security and Trust Company, and, as
| collateral for this loan, deposited the
fifty-share block released by Henry in
lieu OF his CWilIiam's) fifty-share block
of Southern Pacific stock.
The American Security and Trust COM
pany, as Is customary in such transac-
tions, had the fifty shares so received
transferred to their name and as Pirkey
claims that ten of these fifty shares be-
long to him the petition names the Amer
lean Security and Trust Company as
defendant.
Tried to Pay Checks.
The suit OF Hutchinson against T.
Blackwell Smith and the Commercial Ma
tiOnal Bank declares that the plaintiff
delivered three certificates for a total of
sixteen shares in the Mergenthaler Limo
type Company for transfer to his name
from that of his wife.
This stock Is said to have been given
to Henry. He, it is claimed, unlawfully
delivered it to the Commercial National
Bank. The delivery was said TO have
been made after the Commercial Ma
tional Bank demanded payment on
s., 1850 in checks 1t held for collection
against Lewis johnson & Co. The checks
were attempted to be paid, it was said,
with a check from Lewis johnson & Co.
on the DlStTiCt National Bank.
The Commercial Bank. 1t is claimed,
found there was not sufficient money IN
the District bank TO pay the check. The
bank demanded payment. The bankrupt
company was unable to make the pay
ment it was claimed, and delivered the
stock of Hutchinson to the Commercial
Bank, to be held until the check was
taken up.
Asks Return of Stock,
The bank. it was said, retained the
check and certificates until November IA.
when Henry gave a promissory note for
$500. This, II is said, was to be secured
by the stock, and Henry was paid the
difference between the check, S2,HT.S0,
and the amount Of the note
Two days later, when the company was
declared bankrupt, it Is said, the Com
merciaI Bank forwarded the certificates.
and a new certificate was issued In the
name of Smith, the codefendant. The
plaintiff asks the return of the stock,
with dividends. c. c. Tucker and W, H
Shaler are the plaintiffs attorneys
Remains in Courts Hands.
At hearings yesterday before Judge
Mccoy on actions brought in the case
by Mrs Archibald Oracle and H c.
Moore. It was decided that the affairs
Of the bankrupt company shall remain IN
the hands Of the bankruptcy court until
after the appointment Of the trustee.
II Is understood the creditors will hold
meeting on January to appoint the
trustees.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Piles Cured /

Piles Cured I'm to II Days.
Druggist refund money il PazO Ointment fails
10 cure Itching, Blind. Bleeding, PrOtrudinE
Piles. First application gives relief. &C.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
RATE DECISION GIVES
$30,000,000 INCREASE

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The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
SAYS BROKERS USED
STOCK TO MEET DEBTS

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The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

Arizonas 1913 mineral production is
valued at 81, ,42g, 7G5.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
CARNEGIE STILL TO
SEEK WORLD PEACE
War in Europe Will Not Cause
Foundation to Cease Its
Work, He Declares,

Andrew Carnegie. who oame to
Washington to attend the annual
rneetIng OF the directors OF the Car
negis Institution. returned TO New
York early today. accompanied by
Mrs. Carnegie.
He was the guest OF honor at din
ner given lsst night by the board OF
trustees of the institution at the Will
ard which followed the meeting OF
the directors. Before leaving Wash
ington. Mr.. Carnegie said that the
peace foundation would continue its
efforts. in spite OF the war in Europe,
He also said that the German En-
peror was opposed to the war when
n broke out bat that he was Ill and
unable ." prevent II.
The Pre- sident was out at the gol'
links when Mr.. Carnegie called at the
White House YESTERDAY, but the visit
Tor later called on Secretary of state
Bryan. -
The guests at the dinner last niEhi
Included Mr.. and Mrs. Carnegie. Rob
ert < Broollincs, DT. and Mrs. Henry
& Prltchett. Mr. and Mrs. Martin y.
Eyerson. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew j.
Montague. Dr. and Mrs. Robert =
woodward. Judge William W. Morrow
and Mrs. Morrow, DR.. and Mrs. c. -
Walcott. DIR. and Mrs. Alfred O.
,Nfaver, Mrs. Henry L. HigEius"n. DR.
William II. WEIGH. Henry White. Sen
ator Elihu Root. George WickeTsham
Seth Low. Charles l.. Hutchinson. ano
DR. H. +. WGlcOtt.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
STOCKS ON EXCHANGE.

AS the New York Stock Exchange
opened this morning to share deal
ings there is speculation as to
whether, with the great American
market for such securities in action
again, there will be efforts by Eu-
ropean holders of American stocks
TO sell them. There surely will be;
but, under the restrictions which will
govern the Stock Exchange opera
tions in this trial, it is of no conse-
quence whether Europeans want to
turn their securities into cash or not.
The conditions under which the ex-
change opens will not permit people
in foreign countries or people in
this country to sell the bottom out
of the market. They may want to,
but they won't get the chance. They
would be choked off before they got
started.
AS for the next stage, when some
of the restrictions are relaxed, when
the market is opened wider and
when owners of securities are freer
to do as they please, that may be of
no great consequence either.
We have pretty nearly liquidated
our current indebtedness in Europe.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12

States play in the regulation of in
terstate commerce. 1t is nowadays
pretty universally admitted that in
terState and State commerce cannot
be separated; that both ought to be
considered together. and controlled
by one central authority; and that
that authority ought to be national.
Yet the States, incapable by their
own admission of building country
roads and maintaining them at rea-
sonable costs, want the Government
to help them do this, while they re-
fuse to relax their authority over
the operations of commerce by the
railroads.
The problem of constitutional con-
ventions is a very large one. 1t is
hard to see how State constitutions
can be made what they ought to be,
until there is new distribution OF
powers as, between States and the
nation. But the State constitutional
conventions will discover this, and
they may prove stepping stones to-
ward a national readjustment of
State and Federal relations, such as
is very much needed.
The Washington times., 1914-12-12
Williams Had Record as
Collector of Revenues

The funeral Of Col Robert Williams.
r., deputy commissioner OF Internal
revenue, will be held Monday afternoon
at o'clock. The Rev. Joseph T. Kelly,
OF the Fourth Presbyterian Church. viii
conduct services. Interment Will be at
Arlington Cemetery.
Colonel Williams was born January
a. 1S4l, In Franklin county, Pennsyl-
vania He entered the civil war in lsol
as a private, and was afterward elected
captain OF Company B, Fffty-fourth OHIO
Volunteers. He was promoted later 70
colonel Of the regiment. and was wound
ed at the battle Of Chickasaw bayou
He served with distinction during tna
entire war. and was mustered QUIZ ~
1855. He was a member OF the Loyal
He was appointed collector Of Internal
Revenue BY General Grant, then Presl-
dent in 1859, and was one OF the nrsC
Collectors ever appointed. He retained
This position for about fourteen years;
He was afterward appointed an internal
Reyenue agent. and served almost cor
tinuously in that capacity until ne vas
spnoInted deputy commissioner OF IN
t.rnaI Revenue. He was recognized a.
The hest authority on Internal Revenue
matters IN the United States