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The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
Suicides at St. Elizabeth,s.

Suffering from the hallucination that
men were hiding under her bed, and
prosecuting her. Miss Catherine Trun.
nell, forty-three years old. a patient al
the Government Hospital for the Insane
at one time employed in the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing. committed sui.
eide yesterday afternoon in her room
at the Institution by hanging. herself
with dope made from a muslin under
skirt.
A short time after her suicide, a young.
er sister called by appointment to take
her on a tour of the city.
Very Foolish.
You are charged with going through
the pockets Of a man who hired your
taxicab."
Guilty, your honor"
"a very foolish robbery. Why weren't
you content 10 get the money in the
usual mannerT'-Courier Journal
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BAN ON THE WATER BUCKET.
Individual Cups Now the Order fol
Harvard Footbau Men.

Canbridse. MasH. Oct. 2-Hsrvard has lost I'D
elns and now Enother landmark is threatened
The manager Of the football team has fallen into
belief in neW-fAnslsd ideas Of sanitation. and ha,
deereed that the old tin bucket Of Pooch Donovan,
trainer Of the eleven. shall be abolished
The buckst was a Institution aIlemhracina IN
its functions Players IN the midst Of battle wer.
spCnged from the water Of the blcket and With I
tne democracy drank from Il as well. The men re-
joiced TO So the bucket coming from the sdelines
even as kiphngs TousniaS reioieed at the advent
Of Gungz Din.
But now the bucket has been demolshed This
season when time is called Daaasnn vin advance "a
the ptdtron barring tfaS. md On he trsy uul b
individual drinking glasses.
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Argue for Rate Advance.

Whether the railroads east Of the
Mississippi and north Of the Ohio and
Potomac Rivers viii be permitted to ad-
vance their freight rates per cent will
be settled as the result OF arguments
which will be begun before the inter-
st.ta Commerce. Commission this morn
ing and which will be continued to-
morrow. The argument Is on the re-
opened advanced rate case, and the opin-
ion is expressed that the present pro
ceeding is even more important than the
original case, the decision In which was
handed down on August l.
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Will Probe Frat Question

Need of more definite information in re-
gard to the sororities and fraternities
Of WashingtOn's high schools caused the
Home and School Association OF Western
High School at its meeting last night in
Franklin High School building to vote
that a committee be appointed to inves-
tigate the question and place information
collected at the disposal of the parents
and teachers Of the citv.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
WILL .. S. TIP "JAMES9"
Cabinet Heads Must Decide in Ap-
proving Tpense Accounts.

Heads Of government departments must
decide whether or not the giving of tips
to servants by agents Of the government
is a legitimate expense to be borne by the
government Charles z. Molster, acting
disbursing clerk Of the Department Of
Commerce, asked Comptroller OF the
Treasury Downey II the government
should honor items on agents expense
accounts Of fees given to steamship stew
ards, walters, musicians and other en-
ployes. Comptroller Downey held that
heads Of departments are authorized to
prescribe regulations governing travelling
expenses Of agents, there being no gen.
eral law covering this point.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
NEGRO CLERGY
MUST SAVE RACE
Colored Minister Addresses
Methodist Church Confer
ence in This City.
LACK WHITES CHANCES
We Negroes Are Dealing with
Haughty Race" He Tells
White Colleagues.
LACK WHITES CHANCES

! The Methodist Church will profit bet.
| ter by furnishing proper support to Its
ministers 80 that they may be able to
| purchase what things are necessary tc
keep abroeast Of the times than by COM
| pelling ''niggardly" saving, Rev. DR..
4 Joseph W. Van Cleve, vice president OF
| the board of conference claimants OF the
! Methodist Episcopal Church, said last
night at a meeting Of the conference.
| Yesterday was the second day Of the
| three-day convention called to form plans
for raising a 10000 fund for the sup
| port OF superannuated ministers.
Rev. DR.. w. II. Dean, pastor OF Eben-
| ezer Methodist Episcopal Church, q col
| ored congregation in an obscure part OF
the Southeast. compelled the applause
| Of the conference at the afternoon ses-
sion when he made a stirring address In
which he asked help without interfer-
ence.
I'VE negroes" he said. "are dealing
with a naughty race-a race that, though
its people comprise but one-fifteenth Of
the inhabitants Of the earth, controls
one-third OF its surface and one-fOurth
Of its people.
THE emancipation Of the heart and
mind must be worked out by the colored
men themselves. Every race Is depend
ent on its leaders. and no race more than
ours
Negroes Lack Libraries.
For the masses Of negroes there are
no Libraries, no highly developed press.
no superior schools, and no large learned
class. We must depend on our preachers.
and our preachers can lead best, just as
preachers Of other races can lead their
people best"
Bishop William Burr presided at the
evening meeting. Devotions were con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. G. W. Repler. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Rev. DR.. L.
]. Birney. dean of the Boston University
School of Theology. who spoke on The
Retiring Competence as Related to the
Call TO Preach and by Bishop r. ].
Cook, Of Portland. Greg. who spoke on
the conference work.
Addresses at afternoon and morning
meetings were made by the following:
Rev. Dr. James Hamilton. Rev. DR.. s.
J. Greenfield, Rev. DR.. $. A Morse, Rev.
Dr. c. W. Miller, Rev. DIR. NJ. E. Evans.
Rev. DR.. E. c. E. Dorion. Rev. DR.. W.
d. Slease, Rev. DR.. Frank P Parkin,
Rev DR.. Joseph B. Hingeley. Bishop
William Burt, Rev. DR.. Herman Young.
Rev DIR. Stedman Applegate, Rev. DR..
f. L. Watson. Rev. Dr. ]. Wesley John
ston, and Rev. DIR. J. s. Hughes.
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on in seconds, and away they go,
shrivel, vanish. No more cotton-rings
10 make the corn sharper and more
bulgy, no more bandages to stop cir
culation and stick to the stocking, no
more salves to turn the flesh raw and
make the corn pull" no more knives
or razors with danger Of bleeding and
blood poisoning.
"GETS-IT'' is sold at druggists at 3
cents a bottle or sent on receipt of
price to Z. Lawrence & Co.. Chicago.
''GETS-IT' is sold in Washington by
O'DonneIl's Drug Stores, Peoples Drug
Stores P. G. Affieck.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
Firemen Save Block.

Heroic work on the part Of fremen last
night checked a blaze discovered in the
shipping room OF the Havenner Baking
Company, 40 c street northwest, and
perhaps saved the entire block from de-
struction. Had the flames spread to the
National Hotel, which adjoins the bak-
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cry. hundreds Of lives would have been
endangered. The origin Of the fire is not
known. AS II originated in the shipping
room, where there was no stove or heat
ing apparatus, il is believed spontaneous
combustion caused It
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
Paulding Still Aground.

The tOrpedoboat destroyer Paulding Is
still aground on a shoal at Lynn Haven
Roads, according to the latest report re-
ceived at the Navy Department yester-
day, but naval officers are confident that
she will eventually be hoated without
great difficulty.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
Ford Auto Stolen.

The fve-passenger Ford automobile Of
Charles r. Kengla. jr., ol2 street
northwest. was stolen last night from in
front OF his home.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

An unloading crane at one of the ore
ports of the Great Lakes takes a twelve
ton bite every time it dives into the hold
Of the vessel
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29

Standpat G. o. P.'s in Congress are
looking askance on the Penrose-Vare
controversy in Pennsylvania, which
threatens to split the party in that
State and lead to a Democratic victory
at the coming election. Representative
Ware, who is a strong political factor
in Philadelphia and wields a strong
influence at the polls. is opposed to the
candidacy OF Senator Penrose for re-
election to the Senate.
The trouble between Fenrose and
Ware is of long standing, dating back
to 1911, but has been opened afresh by
editorial articles in tho Philadelphia
North American attacking Mr.. Ware.
Ware insists that the article originated
with Senator Penrose, who told the
editors of the North American that he
CVare) in 1911, when he was seeking
the nomination for mayor of Philadel-
phia, conveyed large sums of money to
John f. Reyburn. then mayor of the
city. Senator Penrose promptly re-
pudiated the statement but in spite OF
this Ware felt called upon to make the
matter a question OF personal privilege
in the House and called upon the SEN
ator to make a denial.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-29
ALLIES HALT GERMANS
In BATTLE OF FLANDERS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22

ground haven OF safety. The victims
ale taken Ia the surface, where they
"ir iancn III charge by the doctors
ana lirsi-aid corps attached IT, tue
bureau oi Mines. who apply tine pul-
MOTOR, IL necessary, 10 revive the
victim.
hen the volunteer rescuers rush
Dack to the spot where the canary
remains stationed and haul out, one
by one. the miners brought to them
by tho oxygen helmeted rescucrs
This work is continued until the res.
cue crew Is satisfied that all OF the
miners have been taken out.
If at any time in the course OF the
rescue work tho canary again gives
evidence OF being affected by the at.
IoSpherc III the mine, lie is moved
back 10 point where he revives
When the Job" Is finished, the bird
goes back to the mine car to he
petied and kept in good physical
condition until another catastrophe
brings i'll an emergency call for his
services.
Canarics were chosen for this work
after otncr animals were found 10 be
incapable for il. At first the bureau
tried mice IL was found. however,
after several experiments that the
TITLE creatures were TOO unreliable.
They are inclined t. be sulky ut
times, even when in good physical
condition Sometimes the life savers
found their little mouse kceled over
in his cage when they had penetrated
LuyyrI.-ht 1914
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22
When Ancient Greece Had the Cabaret Craze

HERE is nothing ancient
Greek time Homer
thousand years T. c. the Greeks
in the
the
singing and " ' - '-
especially the
of
the gods goddesses Aphde
The dinner was spread in the home
women and six for the When all the
bride brought heavily yelled
father OF the Divide and the lncnc
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man lives a year They are
the chief reliance OF the
United States Bureau of Mines in the
rescue of entombcd coal miners
whenever mine disaster occurs
During the few years they have been
used in this work more than 5000
lives have been saved through their
use.
All coal mines are full of coal dust
Dust OF any character that contains
carbon in certain forms will e1.
plode. Flour dust frequently causes
explosions in -four mills. but the eX.
plcsions caused By coal dust are per.
haps the most common examples OF
this disastrous phenomenon.
For long time miners refused 10
be convinced that coal dust would
explode. The mine disasters which
were costing several thousand lives
every year were attributed to other
causes. Since the real menace OF
the mines has been ascertained. how.
ever il has been less diff cult TO
train miners how TO proceed to pre
vent explosions and how to act when
they occur.
Only anthracite coal dust eyplode..
Such explosions are caused by what
miners call "blowouts." A miner
drills hole in vein OF coal and
lamps in I'll" charge. The explosion
which follows is expected to break
up the coal but somet'm instead
Of the coal breaking, ii holds firm
Then disaster follows. Tho n,uc
flies out OF the boring and is followed
by long tongue of flame thar licks
into the coal dust and causes the cy.
posion
If the explosion were confined to
the immediate vicinity in which Il,
occurs the damage done might IVA
inconsiderable. but such. unfortu.
nately Is seldom the case The az.
piosion usually develops great wavs
OF air which stirs up the coal dus,
throughout the mine and starts =
series OF explosions which NAV
travel through the underground mas
sages for four or five miles. carrv,nc
ocath I" hundreds of workers ana
destruction 10 thousands Of dollars
worth Of property
After an EXPLOSIVES comes ,bs
deadly coal damp" Or black damn /"
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this country. Over 100000 tons
Of coal are produced annually. In
1907, before the Bureau Of Mines
took up the rescue work in mining
catastrophcs, some 3,l97 miners we're
killed, and that was about the an
nual average. Now the annual toll
seldom exceeds 1000.
In the bituminous mines most OF
the disasters arc caused by cave.ins
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only a few feet into the mine, al
though by actual experiment it was
found that the atmosphere was pure.
The mouse was just sulky. and its
sulkiness made it useless for the
purpose of the rescue party.
The canary, on the other hand.
remains cheerful and active as long
as his physical condition is sound
All that he requires is pure air.
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When that IS denied him, he quickly
T.. ,aesc leasons nc was
selected as the very best subject for
TINS kind OF work, and the success
with which he has been used re.
suited in his being made pcrma.
nent and most valuable addition TO
the rescue staff.
There are some 100, 900 coal miners
engaged in the mining industry in
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How the Little Birds Save
Hundreds of Lives Each Year by
Acting as Gas-Alarms in the
Poisoned Underground

10 penetrate tho mine in an effort TO
reach the unfortunates buried be-
meath the surface, many OF whom
are probably overcome by the fumes
OF the deadly coal damp
1t would be next To impossible for
the rescuers to go into the mine and
drag indiv .dually 10 its mouth every
,..nt. MO udu ueen caught IN the
..5., ". ,u..i 1as throughout the Tour
fve miles OF passugcways involved
IN the disaster.
$50 .t ...,.,.-. -. .act, there are warn
Gus points i'll the passagcways where
could be darsged To them there
"ut"u ~ no Necessity 10 carry then.
further. The d .fiiculty which rescue
parties invariably encountered be
tore the bureau of Mines used canar
les was i'll locating these purc.alr
spots, their Oxygen helmets which
they themselves wore making it i'm
possible for them to observe the diff.
ference i'll the character of tho AT.
mosphere.
The leader OF the rescue party
however is now equipped with an
ordinary brass bird cage in which
wide-awake canary hops.
This canary is kept in good humor
during the trip to the mine and
every effort is made to keep 1t ac.
tive. The bird is taken INTO the mine
under the ever-watchiul eyes of the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22

During the banquet bations poured out and in
honor Of called
hvies boy whose both be alive circulated
evil; have be
Towards the
first
ended
Of
lIad
II he same
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Canaries to(urb theMenaeedS re Mines

4 Canary Which Has Been Overcome by
the Deadly Fumes in the Course of Rescue
Work. The Bird Is Taken Back Through
the Underground Passages Until Ii Reaches
a Spot Where II Regains Consciousness, and
Thus Denotes the Safotr of That Point
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Taking a Canary
Life-Saver Into
the Depths

thi'aclte mines Goa dust explosions
are responsible for the greatest loss
OF life and property.
In addition To the use OF the ca.
narics, various other precautions
arc now taken TO minimize the loss
resulting from such catastrophes.
There are IL least two methods now
being generally employed in an cf-
fort 10 prevent coal dust explosions.
One oil them involves the use OF
stone dust. This dust l. laid on
shelves. from which il is raised by
the air waves created by the explo.
s!ons. Disturbed in this way l.
forms q SORT %! screen and tn some
degree prevents the further spread
OF the eNplos.o ION.
The use OF the "humidiher" is sim.
fairy relied upon To some extent TO
minimize tho dangers ot the mines
This apparatus consists OF an cloc.
tric fan which converts steam into
vapor. This vapor or fog Il carried
into the mine by air currents and
coats each particle o! coal dust vita
dsmpness. making the dust less
liable 10 explode.
But despite all that can be done in
preventive way, coal dust c1plo-
sions are bound 10 occur from tiino
TO time. and the lives o, the miners
will still be dependent upon the lit
tie canar!es used in the work OF
rescue
Evening star., 1914-12-27
DISGRACE OF THE STARTLING

The call has been sounded for the de-
struction or the banishment of the
starting, a bird which poets have long
delighted to honor.
The startling in his home has been a
model bird. He has earned an honest
living and raised his broods, and her
broods. to be law-abiding birds. They
But in America, the land of opportu-
nifty, they foresake the traits that have
made them loved, and become evil,
lawless birds. English birds seem to
regard American birds as provincfals
and adopt toward them patronizing
and sometimes an arrogant demeanor
They become imbued with desire for
the farmer, the very man they should
help. He is the man who raises the
things for the bugs to eat and the
things that fatten the insects which
the birds should eat. But the starting
seems not to have looked at the matter
in this light; he has wanted to beat the
insects to the crops.
The starting, if given the opportunity
might duplicate the scandal of the
English sparrow. A couple of genera
tions ago-generations of men-the
English sparrow was brought over and
given free quarters and free food in
the public parks of New York, Brook
lyn. Hartford, Philadelphia and Wash
ington. A great deal of good was ex-
pected from him. No harmful insect
would dare to daily in park where a
row has been a disappointment. Ruff
fianly toward gentler and better Amer
ican birds, he has turned panhandler
and CRATER and his general habits
should make any self-respecting bird
blush as red as a scarlet tanager.
Evening star., 1914-12-27
WRITER CALLED FOOT BALL
A AssMURTRIERlNG PRACTICE

a LII the animadversions of strictly
M proper persons have not been
6A hurled against the theater and
the player folk, moving pictures. dam
cling and politics. Two of the cherished
sports of merry England have been as
sailed, and if the record were searched
it would no doubt be found that no
form of physical exercise involving the
element of valry and no form OF
mental recreation which might cause
people to yell with enthusiasm or ex-
plode with laughter has escaped severe
sings at it's immoral and demoralizing
influence.
In times of peace and in the season
dedicated to the game England is foot
ball mad and the man on the street
and elsewhere talks foot ball Just as
all Americans talk base ball 1t Is an
jealous spirits among English Puritans
bitterly assailed 1t, and the record
would no doubt show that when Puri-
tanism was officially ascendant In Eng
land this sport was suppressed fuIi-
tan publicist and pamphleteer of note,
Philip Stubbes, wrote a book. The
Anatomie of Abuses" which was pub,
lished in 1888, in which he addressed
himself to foot ball in the following
strong terms:
II protest unto you that it may rather
be called friendlie kinde of fight than
a play or recreation; a bloodie and MUIR
thering practice than felowly sporte or
pastime. For doth not every one lye
in waite for his Adversaurie. seeking
to overthrowe him and to pfcke him
on his nose. even though IT De upon
hard stones. in ditch or dale. In valley
or hin, or what place soueer it be, he
careth not, SO he have him down? And
he that can serve most in this fashion,
Evening star., 1914-12-27

~OLO has taken a firm hold on the
w civilian as well as the military
q riders in Washington, and to them
in Potomac Park, swaying in the chill
winds that rush and swirl across the
winter -blighted polo fields, are as dis
NAL objects as are the drear and lone
ly stands in American League Park TO
the base ball fans. But the spring will
come, the turf will change from brown
and gray to green, and the 1.-the and
active little horses viii run and
swerve, wheel and make their quick
starts and stops, while bass and VIII
low balls smashed by mallets- flash
over the sod.
Polo is not an old game in Washing
ton, and for that matter it is not an
ancient game in England, whence 1t
found it's way to the United states.
though this thrilling sport of man and
horse has been practiced IN ASIA Tor
Sc many centuries that no record OF Its
begiuning can be found. Tibet may
have been the birthplace OF the game,
and certainly it was the birthplace OF
the name polo for that word is i
corruption or an improvement OF the
Tibetan word pull, which slgnifles
a ball maze from d hho' VI
wood. ;
1t has been resurrected that Flrdusl,
a noet of Persia, and who by some is
called the Persian Homer who lived
in the century preceding that in whlch
lived Omar khayyan, write OIL poio
match nlayed between teams of seven
horsemen. one team being that of the
Iranians under the captaincy OF
prince Seavish, and the other being
made up of Turanian riders. Ihe game
sd tn have been played about 500 years
before the Christian era.
According to the chronicle, the pan
was knocked into the clouds and the
Evening star., 1914-12-27

OMPLAINT arises against the
II English starting in America. HIS
" introduction in the United states
was preceded and accompanied by high
nraise. Much was prophesied for him
bv his friends, and many of these
friends were men profoundly learn
ed in bird lore. They knew the
habits. songs and the history and
could almost read the thoughts OF
birds. They were sure the starting
was the bird for which America had
been looking and yearning. All his
habits were good, and he could cure
most of the ills that crops are heir to.
Colonies were assisted to emigrate
from Great Britain to New York and
states to the eastward. And in num-
bers the startling tribe has fiourished.
But sad note is sounding from the re-
gions which the starting was to protect.
There is a regular farmers lament
over the bird. He is charged with
being a disappointment; he has not
lived up to the advance notices of his
press agents and the other ornitholo-
gists; he is charged with being rob-
Der of orchards, pilferer and a pest
he has formed an alliance with the
gypsy moth and the brown-tailed
moth, creatures which his friends
swore he would slay on sight; he has
declared war against native birds
whose usefulness needs no encomium.