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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
SPANISH ATHENEUM
ENDS ITS first Year
Officers Are Elected and Reports
Heard on Accomplishment
of Organization.
KING OF SPAIN HONORARY HEAD

The Spanish-American Atheneum.
disseminating the knowledge of Spanish
and Spanish-American literature and
history in the United States, last night
held its second annual meeting. at which
the following officers were elected:
Honorary president, his majesty the
King of Spain; president. +. ]. Yanes;
DR.. James Brown Scott, vice president
and chairman of the executive commit
tee: Luis Muno Rivera, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Charles F. Humphrey, second
vice president; Julian Moreno-Lacalle.
secretary general; ]. Selwin TAFT, treas
urer; Jose NJ. Coronado, assistant secre-
tary; Henry c. Finkel, assistant treas
urer; Mrs. Sara L. Beckwith, clerk of
the executive committee.
The following were elected members IF
the executive committee: Gen. James 4.
Drain, Walter S. Penfield, Frazier ID.
Head. Charles L. Chandler, J. Moreno
Lacalle, II. w. Van Dyke, Charles B.
Hart, william p. Borland, Robert L.
Buckley.
The secretary read the report of the
executive committee for 1913 outlining the
results achieved by the Atheneum during
its first year. Two public lectures were
held each month on Spanish and Spanish
American literary and historical topics.
Three free courses of instruction in
Spanish were maintained and a more
prominent place for the study Of Spanish
in several universities and colleges in
the New England, Middle Western and
Southern States, was obtained.
1t was announced that the first num-
Der of the official organ Of the Atheneum
will be launched during the latter part
of January, under the name of The
etheneum Review" 1t Is to be a
published in Spanish and Eng
lish.
Senior Yanes delivered a lecture on "a
Glance at Latin-American Civilization"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
LOCAL CHESS CLUBS
TO CLASH TONIGHT
Interior Team to Meet Newly Or.
gained Agriculture Outfit at
CAPITAL Club.

What probably will be one of the mos
interesting chess matches ever played
in this city is scheduled this evening at
the Capital City Chess and Checker Club,
corner of Thirteenth street and New
York avenue and will consist in a con-
test Of from fifteen to twenty boards
between players from the Agricultural
and Interior departments. The Agricul-
tural Department has recently completed
a bureau tournament. and has been en-
abled to get a line on several formerly
unknown players.
That department will select its team
from Messrs. Adams, Brown. Cross. FL
wood. Evans, Giesy. Hitchcock. Hunting
ton, Knapp, May. Murray, Parks. Pew.
Roberts, Savage. Smith. Stephenson,
Straughn, Thysell. and Napoleon. John
Roberts will act as captain.
Capt. +. B. Walker. of the Interior De-
partment, has located a large number Of
players in the Interior Department, and
an effort will be made to get out a team
Of sufficient strength to retain the title
of chess champions which the Interior De-
partment has held for years. Among the
Interior Department players are the fol-
lowing: Lowell, Pratt, Whitaker, Byler,
Tharp, Walker. Boykin. Beadle, Sieverts,
Whitehorn. Sibbett. Spencer. Beatty,
Rafter, Hoffman, GlasscOck, Dimmick,
Long. Berger, Burke, Binley. Grover.
Lounsberry, Writ, Webster, King, and
Written.
1t will be seen that these names rep
resent some of the best players in the
city. The. public is invited to witness
this match, which will start at O'Clock.
In the handicap chess tournament Of
the Capital City Club just completed. Mr..
Ernest NJ Knapp came out ahead, closely
followed by Messrs. Napoleon and Byler.
The players in classes b, C, and d
are now engaged In tournaments to de-
termine who shall be captains in the re-
spective classes, and who shall hold a
class cup. In Glass B, Knapp, Roberts,
and Pasch are leading; in Class c, Woot-
ton. Molkow, and Hitchcock are at the
top. and in Class E, Conner. Mcclure.
and Rogers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
MORGAN NOT IN FAVOR
OF EIGHT DISTRICTS
CAPITAL SHOULD HAVE ONE

New York, Jan. 6-J. p Morgan told
the reserve bank organization committee
today that one at least of the banks to
be organized under the new currency law
should have so large an amount OF
assets and capital that IL will command
the respect of European national banks,
SO they can work with a full under
standing OF what this bank stands ror.'
II haven't given this subject as much
study as / should had ! known / was
coming here" he began. when he had
been asked for his opinion regarding the
number Of districts into which the coun-
try should be divided and how large the
territory of the New York district should
be.
Il haven't looked at the matter SO
closely as to say what territory should
be made tributary to the New York
bank" he continued. II have been try
ing to see how the whole of the United
States is going to handle this matter.
That's all I'm good for. talking about
that"
He then expressed the opinion quoted
above.
SHOULD this bank be in New York;"
asked Secretary McAdoo.
II suppose there should be one in New
York and one in Washington. where must
be the headquarters Of your central
board"
'.And where else?'
Il should say there ought to be three on
the Atlantic seaboard. counting Atlanta,
Ga, as being on the seaboard.''
would you include Boston,?
You might put your headquarters bank
at Boston. and let New York have a
branch. should say there ought to be
three in the midcontinental region. one at
Denver. perhaps There should be one
on the othe.' side, and that is about all
I have thought of. I can't find your
eight districts; I can't see where they're
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
INDUSTRIAL UPHEAvAL COMING.
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman Tells of
Result of Investigations.

New York. Jan. 6.-Mrs. ]. Borden
Hartman told fashionable audience to-
day at the home of Mrs. Reginald De
Koven that in her investigation Of con-
ditions OF the toilers she had discovered
an industrial revolution.
Mrs. Hartman is the resident member
to Washington of the new Federal In
dustrial Relations Commission. Her re-
cent work, which required visits to dingy
tenements and squalid surroundings, was
in connection with strike of garment
workers in Philadelphia. The meeting
was under the auspices Of the National
Civic Federation.
There is an industrial revolution going
on in this country" she said. THE COM
mission hopes to learn through its in
designations the reasons for this unrest
and offer some remedy for II 10 Con-
gress. The unorganized floating labor is
a terrible problem-thero is not enough
return to the lGborer 10, the investment
OF his forces There are In this country
at this moment 100000 hopeless, rowing
men,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
PURE FOOD LAW DISCUSSED.
DR.. Carl AIsberE Urges Need of Adj
ditlonal LEGISLATION.

At a meeting which the women's de-
partment of the National Civic FEEDER
alton held at Rauscher's yesterday to
start a campaign to obtain stringent en-
forcement of the pure food and drugs
law, DIR. Carl Alsberg, Chief of the Bureau
of Chemistry of the Department of Agri-
culture, pleaded urgent necessity as the
reason for additions to existing legisla
ton on the subject. A law is needed, he
said, to provide for Federal inspection
of diaries, abattoirs. and all factories
in which food is prepared or manufac-
tured.
DR.. Alsberg said that the administration
of such a law would necessitate the CO.
operation of the Public Health Service,
which. in a measure, would prevent the
spread of disease by the distribution of
unclean food and milk.
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins presided and
Rev. Roland Cotton Smith spoke briefly
On insanitary conditions in Washing
ton.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
Protection for Property in
Mexico Of Great Powers
Demanded, 1t Is Reported

A report was circulated last night that
five of the great European powers had
made representations to the United
States to the effect that they would look
TO the government here to see that prop
erty interests of the nations involved
should be protected in Mexico.
At 1915 o'clock Acting Secretary of
State John Bassett Moore issued a de-
NAL that the European powers had made
recent demands on this government for
protection against property losses in
Mexico.
1t is known. however, that just before
President Wilson left for Pass Christian
he was visited by Ambassadors Jusserand.
of France; Count Won Bernstorf1, Of
Germany, and Sir Cecil Springfield. The
assurance given the President that Eng
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
Former Envoy Wilson
Scores Mexican Policy
Of President Wilson

New York, Jan. e.-Henry Lane VIII
son. former Ambassador to Mexico, ar
raigned President Wilson tonight at the
dinner of the Rubber Club in the Wal
dorf-Astoria, for the policy of his ad-
ministration toward Mexico. He declared
the United States had actually inter
vened
IF the government of Gen. Huerta had
been recognized at its threshold. 1t
would have made peace throughout Mex
ico," he said.
We have now actually interviewed in
Mexico. Not by arms, but we have never
theless actually interviewed in Mexico.
And we have sent down there private,
special unofficial representatives Of the
President for the purpose of telling the
Mexican people how they should govern
their country, whom they should put into
office and whom they should put nut of
Office
Mr.. Wilson questioned any precedent fer
the action of President Wilson, asserting
that 1900. 600 Mexicans wanted Huerta to
be sustained, not because they loved him,
but because they believed 1t was the only
way to bring about peace.
'Interests Dictate Policy"
THE President of this republic, and 1
have the greatest respect for him, is a
master Of the English language and Of
eloquent and persuasive diction. He can
smite the harp of idealism and from
every idealistic mind in this republic will
come a response; from every mind wan
dering in the boys of esthetic dreams.
But these good people must know,
ought to know, that at the judgment bar
of history they will be responsible for
all the destruction of property, for all
the loss of life. Cor all the hatred and
rancor in Latin America and suspicion in
Europe"
Mr.. Wilson stated earlier in his ad-
dress. that the revolution of Madero
against Diaz was financed very largely
from the city Of New York that the State
Department contained reports of secret
service agents to prove that "a great oil
company gave assistance to Madero. The
revolution against Huerta, he said, was
due to the same companies.
1T would be shock in certain circles"
he continued, IF they knew that secret
u and unknown to them their policy has
been suggested during the last six months
or year by representatives of these inter-
national corporations and trusts"
Madero, said Mr.. Wilson. met his death
at the hands of the guard that was con-
veying him to the penitentiary in Mexico
City. He corroborated the reports of
atrocities committed against Americans |
ind other foreigners in Mexico. OF 5000
10 1900 Americans in the country. 5000 |
eft it, losing approximately $780, Co., |
homes and businesses which |
hey had labored to develop.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
FIRST TO COMPLY WITH LAW.
Com nj ssioner Osborne Claims Mar
ried Mans Exemption,

William III. Osborne. Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue, was the first person
yesterday to make a return under the
new income tax law. which prescrihes
that returns must be made before March
l. He took one of the very first blank
forms from the press, filled it out. stat
ing his liability and claiming the 5000
exemption as a married man. and mailed
his declaration to the collector at
Greensboro, n. c., his home.
John T. Fisher, deputy collector of
internal revenue, at whose Office at e.
F. street northwest returns must be made
by residents Of the District, said that
he had not yet received the forms for
individual returns, but that probably he
would be supplied today.
The Treasury Department has served
notice that fines ranging from $1,000 to
$500, o0c. with Imprisonment up to a year.
will be imposed on persons who attempt
to evade the law.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
MORE BLEASE COMPUTATIONS.
south ,Caroltna Governor Brings
Record Up to DIS.

Columbia, s. C., Jan. 6.-Goy. Cole
Blease today committed the sentences
of eight convicts. Six of them had
been convicted of murder and sem
fenced to life Imprisonment. The sew
enth had been convicted of man.
slaughter and sentenced to twelve
years Imprisonment, and the eighth
had been convicted of criminal assault
and sentenced to be hung. but was
saved from the ga1lows by the Glenn
ency of a previous governor.
Gov. Blease changed the sentence of
the eight to terms varying from ten
to thirty years, and directed that they
should be served on the public high
ways instead of in the penitentiary.
This makes s1S cases in which Blease
has exercised clemency In three years.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
1000, OO0-SHARE SALE.
Stocks of Bankrupt Broker Arc sold
Under Hammer

New York, JAN 6.-WaII Street expe-
rienced million-share session today
that is, about 100000 shares, largely
those of crippled mining companies were
sold under the hammer in front of the
curb.
The stocks at one time belonger to ]
Thomas Reinhardt, the former c-,rt
broker, who after an unsuccessful effori
to boom the Porcupine gold mining dis.
trict, left for Europe. about three years
ago bankrupt
The shares were sold for the account
Of Reinhardt's creditors and brought slo,-
al.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
PRESIDENT SETS RECORD.
Has Only Seen Two Men Outside
stan since Vacation Started.

Pass Christian, Miss, Jan. 6.-As a
President absolutely clustered and Sc
questrated from all visitors for a period
now approaching three weeks, President
Wilson has undoubtedly established a
record. Outside of his personal stan.
the President has seen only two men on
either political or social business since
coming to Pass Christian-John Lind and
Representative Harrison, Of Mississippi.
He has been introduced to the mayor
of the village and the postmistress. but
no one else has met him. No other Pres
ident, since the beginning of the line,
has been so entirely isolated from his
own or by them for such long period.
His wishes regarding q quiet and Sc
cluded vacation has been observed to the
letter by his political associates.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
POLICE SUSPECT sTEPFATHER.
Held on Charge of Poisoning Nine
year-old Girl.

Simsboro, La. Jan. 6.-Pending the re-
suit Of chemical analysis OF the body
of Mary Long. nine years old, Caspar
Howell. the child's stepfather. Is held
here on a charge of murder. The child
was struck by train several days ago.
but she did not seem to be seriously hurt
and when she was apparently near the
point OF recovery an attack Of convul-
sions proved fatal
The girl was buried. but today the dis
trict judge order the body exhumed
and the arrest of Howell.
Howelrs wife, to whom he had been
married only four months, returned to
the home of a kinsman. Rev. W. T.
Smith, after the child was buried.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
NEW METHOD Is FAVORED.
Reletting of Contracts for Federal
Buildings Discussed.

j. A. Wetmore, OF the supervising
architects Office, yesterday read a pa
per before the Society of Constructors
of Federal Buildings, in which 1t was
pointed out that the government, in
the event of a contractors bankruptcy.
permits the receiver to go on with the
work. thus exchanging a poor contrac-
tor for an incompetent receiver. At
members discussed the feasibility of a
law TO permit the government to relet
the contract instead of following the
present method
II. G. Richey, of New Orleans, pre-
sided. and the papers were read by NJ.
T. Moomaw, G. o. Van inertia, Alfred
Brooks Fry, B. r. Newton, and Sher-
man Allen.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
WIRELESS SEARCHING SEAS.
Five Men of Foundered ,TanI
Steamer Are Rescued.

New York. Jan. IA wireless search of
the seas for twenty-one men of the found
cred oil tank Oklahoma, who may be
alive In a small boat, was begun this
afternoon. following the arrival here of
five more Of the crew of the Oklahoma
The five men were rescued by the Booth
line freighter Gregory.
All vessels within several hundred miles
Of where the Oklahoma sank. fifty-seven
miles southeast of Sandy Hook. have been
appealed to in an effort to sight a miss
ing life boat, which put OF in the terrific
storm Sunday night with Capt. Loring E
Gates, who was a passenger on the oil
ship; Chief Engineer John J. Fogh. and
nineteen Of the crew.
The United States derelict DESTROYER
Seneca reported on her arrival tonight
that she had on board the bodies of Johan
Carlson. deckhand; John Sullivan. cook,
and w. r. Dodd, first engineer These
are three of the men who died from ex-
posture in the boat that was picked up
by the Gregory.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
SINGLE TAX IS URGED.
Herbert J. Browne Would Substi-
tute II for HaIf-and-HaIf Plan.

Herbert ]. Browne, chairman of the
advisory committee of the Tax Reform
Association. last night before a large
audience in Ingram Memorial Church.
said he was in favor Of the abolition of
the half-and-half plan, but only provid-
ing that it be supplanted by the SINGLE
tax system. He said the half-and-half
plan had made land values in Washing
ton rise to a higher point than in any
other city in the United States and
pointed to Baltimore. where. he said.
though the population is 10000, living
is Is per cent cheaper than here.
UNFOLDING the single-tax theory. Mr..
Browne said that, placing the ground
value of the District at not less than
$50, 900 900 on a basis of per cent there
would be an annual income of SIS. 10000
Exactly one-half of this sum, namely.
81. 500 900, would be all that would be re-
quired for municipal expenditures, in
GLIDING the governments share. under
the single tax" he said.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
BORDER GUARD WARNED TO
WATCH FOR GEN. CARRANZA

Deming, N. Mex, Jan. 6-The War De-
partment at Washington early this morn
ing wired Lieut.. ]. A. Robinson. of the
Ninth Cavalry. stationed here on border
duty, to be on the lookout fer Gen. Car
rama, constitutionalist president of Mex
lea, reported en- route to Juarez from
Nogales Sonora, through United States
territory.
Each eastbound train, today has been
searched. The border from Columbus to
Hachita is being closely watched by
Unite-i States troops.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
. ono1"S SHVnf-OHhNuED.
Natty Young Man Works Timeworn
Trick at Theaters.

The time worn "short-change' trick
was played successfully yesterday on two
young women cashiers OF down town
theaters. Miss Jessie Loving, cashier of
the Cosmos Theater, told the police she
had been ...fiim-fiammed" for $40, while
Miss Maud Dean. of the Pickwick, re-
ported she had lost S.
A well dressed young man appeared at
their windows, presented $50 bill in pay
ment for ticket After receiving change
he discovered he had 81 bill and asked
for the return Of the $50 bill, got it and
sauntered off.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
PRESIDENT BACKS M'AD0O.
Mr.. Wilson Opposes Creation of Big
Bank in Gotham.

Pass Christian, Miss, Jan. 6.-That
President Wilson will support Secre-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo in his
opposition to the creation of a huge
regional bank in New York is taken
for granted by those who know his
currency policy. The concentration Of
40 or so per cent of the nations bank
ing reserves in New York, will, it is
safe to say. be promptly opposed by
the President as soon as the PROPOSE
tion is preached by the organization
committee. ..'
So far as can be ascertained, no
banking officials or politicians of New
Orleans have approached President
Wilson on the question of locating one
of the regional reserve banks in that
city, but he is close enough to the
Southern metropolis to feel the pres
sure from that source. 50 -...
The President golfed' and motored.
despite the cold weather.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
Go Armed Against
Stomach Trouble
A Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet Carried
in Your Purse or Vest Pocket
Will Enable You to Al
ways Keep Your Stom-
ach in Line.

Don't let all sorts of stomach trou-
bles, dyspepsia, gastritis. mal-nutri-
ton, dysentery, and vertigo make life
a constant torture and an ultimate
failure. The man who is going to sue
coed today must have his body. as well
as his mind, in perfect working order.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are a neces-
sity to the man who would always have
his body in subsection to his will.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07

Red Bank, N. J., Jan. 6.-George D.
Walters, a well-known theatrical man is
dead at his home here aged forty-five
years His career includes connection
with the Barnum & Bailey circus, the
Wallace Shows, Al Martins Uncle Toms
Cabin Company, II. c. Blaney and
Mutt and Jefr'' Company.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
BOARDWALK WASHED AWAY.
Repairs Necessary Mt Colonial Beach
ms Result of storm.

Extensive repairs to the water front at
Colonial Beach will have to be made as
a consequence or the storm OF Saturday,
when a section OF the boardwalk was
carried away by the heavy seas that
swept 1t. Part of the clay bank below
the freight pier also was washed away
Mucn damage wis done to freight IN the
warehouses along the wharves which
were flooded.
THE bugeye Sallie White. owned In
Lower Machodoc Creek. Va, broke from
her moorings, smashed a length of board
walk, and was wrecked on the beach.
The crews Of other vessels saved them
by dropping extra anchors to windward.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
Honor. to vivisectionist Resented.

New York, Jan. 6.-The awarding OF
the Nobel prize for medicine to Prof.
Charles Richet. professor of physiology
at the University of Paris. has aroused
the indignation Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in
this city. Prof. Richet has gained con-
siderable publicity through his dog,
baking" experiments.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
say. He Was Bound ON Shin.

New York, Jan. 6-Alexander Halle
ton. of Boston, appeared in United States
Shields ONCE today ana re-
ported he had been tied to a stanchion
on a steamship between Providence ana
New York Monday night A Waterman
bound him. he said. and kept him prison.
er until O'Clock yesterday morning.
after a feliow-passenger falsely accused
him of stealing an overcoat. The pas.
senger later found the coat
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07

French automobile builders are car
rying the stream-line idea in designing
to such an extent that one Of the newer
cars has q body that initiates boat in
shape.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
81 Eat when VIII, What I Want, Be-
cause After Each Meal I Take q
Little Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet,

Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets furnish
just those elements-pepsin and other
fngredients-that the normal stomach
secrets for the digestion of food One
or two of these tablets will Completely
digest the heartiest meal without any
aid from the stomach. At the same
time they tone up and invigorate the
enfeebled stomach so that II is soon in
a healthy condition again.
Prudent men always have box of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets on hand
They make digestion certain, no mar
ter what or how much is eaten Don't
think because Your stomach is usually
all right that you don't need them. THE
policeman carries a revolver not be-
cause he needs 1t all the time, but be-
cause when ne does need ii. he needs it
from indigestion, you want relief ar
once. Be armed against stomach trou-
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Successful men everywhere indorse
them and rely upon them.