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The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
ANCIENT ROMANS LIVED
in APARTMENT HOUSES
Excavations at Ostia Reveal Block Of
Buildings Not Unlike Modern
American Ones.
KING VICTOR VISITS THE SITE

Rome, July 90.-Bing Victor Emmanuel
Of Italy has paid several visits to Ostia
recently in the company of DR.. Calza,
the inspector of excavations, and has
expressed himself as we'll pleased with
the progress of the work of the last few
months. Taking advantage OF the eX-
perience of Commentators Roni in the
Roman Forum, DR.. .Calza has laid out
their work with scientific completeness
and with a view of bringing about the
most valuable results with the least ex-
penditure of time, money, and labor.
The field of excavation lies between
the theater and the Temple of Vulcan.
This territory is being worked over by
four separate parties-one in the Decu-
mano Republican,. or Broad street Of
ancient Ostia; another completing prom
Using sites laid bare by the first, the third
in the Forum, and the fourth in the
street approaching the Temple Of Vul-
can.
1t was found that the Decumano Re-
publicano lay exactly two feet beneath
the street of imperial Rome unearthed
two years ago, and probably dates from
the second century B c., or the last days
OF the republic.
But possibly the most interesting find
is that in a street approaching the Tenn
pie of Vulcan, which runs parallel with
the Decumano. This street is nearly six
teen and one-half feet wide, and on il are
several houses with their second stories
still intact, showing that Romans of the
republic at Ostia evidently lived in fats.
The entrances to these houses are three
feet above the level of the street and
were reached by a flight of steps. Those
nearests the temple have their steps in
perfect preservation Five similar en-
frances have been found to one house or
block of houses, and the larger doorway
in the center measures 10 1-2 feet by over
S feet high
On each landing there are three apart
ments with a balcony over the street
and all connected so as to form an out
side corridor.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
DEFENDS HIS UITRA-RED RAY.
UIivi Says It's Bona Eide and Adds
He'll Wed AdmIraI'S Daughter.

Venice. July 2O.-'My invention is bona
fidC and I challenge any one to prove
otherwise" declared Guilio Ulivi, inventor
Of the ultra-red rays who was discover d
here today following his disappearance
from Milan. He was accompanied by
Maria Luisa Fornari daughter of Admiral
FOTnari who also disappeared at he
same time.
We are going to Trieste to be mar
ri ID" said Ulivi. The reason fled was
because Of the opposition of Admiral
Fornari to my marriage with his daugh-
ter. We love each other and intend TO
be married as soon as possible. There is
no truth in the report that 1 fled be-
cause my invention was found to be a
f;aud. 1t is genuine and I will prove It"
Uiivi recently claimed to have ex-
ploded a bomb at a distance of ten mics
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
GUATEMALA COPIES
AMERICAN SCHOOLS
Mr.. Beteta, Editor, Sees Herald Plant
and Tells of Benefits Received
from United States.

Guatemala. patterning her educational
institutions after the commercial schools
of the United States, is rapidly forging
to the front among Central American
countries, and is anxiously awaiting the
opening of the Panama Canal, which will
double the facilities for the interchange
OF products between her Pacific zone of
Guatemala and the Atlantic region of
the United States. according the Virgilio
Rodriguez Beteta, editor OF the Diario,
OF Central America. Although only
tWenty-eight years old. Mr.. Beteta has
been the head Of the oldest newspaper
in Central America for four years. He Is
a member Of the Chamber Of Represent
atives Of his country. a graduate Of the
Guatemala Law School, and founder Of
the Associated Press Of Central America.
Mr. Beteta. after inspecting the Herald
plant told OF the great aid Guatemala
has received from the United States in
the method Of educating her children in
the mechanical arts.
Until several years ago." he said. "the
tendency was for the youth to dedicate
themselves to literary careers, any
thing. The commercial professions, such.
as engineering, agriculture and forestry.
were sadly neglected.
y Under the present administration Pres
ident Estrada Cabrera has made a special
study OF. the practical schools Of the
United SNtes in an effort to install a
similar system in Guatemala. In sta
tistical paper recently published by an
Argentine Consul in Europe. Guatemala
ranks second among Latin-American
countries in giving instruction to the
greatest number Of children in proportion
to her population. After graduating from
the new practical schools the student
finds himself fitted for the struggle to
live. Besides having academic training.
he possesses the knowledge Of some use
full art.
with the coming OF the new schools
there has been an increased tendency
toward sports, something which four or
five years ago had never been thought
of by the youth of Guatemala. In all
copied from those in the United
States.
In Guatemala City several athletic
clubs have been formed by persons who
have completed their education and who
can no longer take advantage of the
school gymnastics. The young men and
women take hikes through the surround
ing country, to the craters of some OF
the volcanoes. They swim and play
and even play football. Through
out the other Latin-American countries
the system OF education Is devoid Of
anything bordering on physical develop
ment"
Mr.. Beteta will go from here to Lon
don, Paris, and Berlin, where he intends
to study European educational condi-
tions
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
SON BORN WITH MURDER MANIA
Mother Asserts She Transmitted
Homicide Tendency.

Washington Courthouse. Ohio. July %.
Mrs. NJ. Robinson mother of Lawrence
Robinson. who killed Police Inspector
Norton in Boston, asserts her son in
herited a desire TO take human life and
carry deadly weapons. Mrs Robinson,
will go on the stand and tell of tho;
mental anguish she has suffered for
thirty-five years because before her son
was born. and when she knew he was to-
come into the world. she planned to
kill her betrayer. For months before his,
birth she carried a pistol to shoot tha,
man who had ruined her life.
She says those desires of hers to kiIh
the man who deserted her were trans.
mitted to her child and developed as hei
grew older.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
NEWMAN IS INDORsED.

The Commissionership of oliver P
Newman was strongly Endorsed and thu
efforts of the home rule committee" Il
oust him were as strongly condemned
in resolutions adopted by the executive
Of the Park View Citizens
Association and presented to Commits.
sioner Newman yesterday.
The resolutions were presented BY
John G. McGrath. president Of the as.
ISOLATION. The executive board is au-
thorized to act for the association dur
ing the summer.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21

sure the outside world that Butte vas
tranquil. He said:
What has been designated as a little
conservative dynamiting' has hardly
stirred ripple on the surface and had
no effect in halting the usual business
Of the town"
Conservative and quiet dynamiting is a
nice mild way of putting it and the state
Inent inspired Charlie Edison, the Ar
kansas humOrist, to recall the story OF
the anxious fellow after life insurance
He was asked: What did your mother
ana father die Off"
Il don't just exactly remember he re-
piled but il wasn't anything serious
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
FuIt. Unfair, Says Hermann.

Cincinnati. July 20.-Garry Hermann,
president OF the Cincinnati Club. called
the players of his team to his office i'm
mediately after the Giant-Reds game to-
day to talk things over regarding the
threatened strike. He said:
Mr.. Fultz has not been fair with me
or with the National Commission. He
had led me to believe, as will show by
the correspondence between US, that the
Kraft case would not be taken up until
after the close OF the season, and only
three days ago 1 had a letter from him
to this effect"
The players were then left to talk the
matter over. They will report to Mr..
Hermann tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
NAVAL MILITIA COMES
BACK THIS MORNING
Citizen-Soldiers Take in the Sights al
Old Point-Conclude An
nual Cruise

Fort Monroe, Va, July 20.-The Dis
trict Naval Battalion, which has been
on a practice cruise to Bermuda aboard
the battleship Rhode Island. left here
tonight on a Norfolk and Washington
steamer for home. They win reach the
Seventh street wharf about o'clock
tomorrow morning.
The members of the battalion had a
hard day coaling ship yesterday. but
this morning they were allowed shore
liberty and a great many Of them scat
tered to Norfolk, Portsmouth and
through Old Point Comfort As the
big landing cutters pulled away from
the Rhode Island the tackles" gave
the Rhode Island three cheers.
guard was established around the
baggage on the dock at Old Point and
the guardsmen began to take in the
sights IRWIN BARBOUR
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
WAITING FOR SIGNATURE.
Juvenile Court Needs Additional
HeIp Provided by Bill.

Chief Probation Officer B. H. Clark, of
the Juvenile Court. has gathered data
of the last years work of the court, but
cannot put il in shape at present be-
cause of an insufficient clerical force
When President Wilson signs the Dis
trict appropriation bill the work will be
completed.
The Juvenile Court shortly will have
two new probation officers, the District
appropriation bill providing for this. 1t
is reported Judge Latimer intends giving
the places to women. The court shortly
will have a new home.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
TO CARE FOR OLD EMPLOYEES.
Crane Valve Company VIII Build
81 100000 Home Near Chicago.

Bridgeport. Conn, July 2O.-Addressing
the employees of the Crane Valve Com
pany, Of this city, Charles R Crane. of
Chicago, disclosed a scheme for the erec-
ton OF a $1.o0O.O0O institution in the
suburbs of Chicago for the care of en-
feebled employees and their dependents.
Mr.. Crane told Of his fathers plan, that
means be provided whereby no employe
of the company should fear old age or
disability.
To carry out his wishes. Mr.. Crane said,
a large plot OF land had been secured
near Chicago and sl.OOO,OOO set aside for
the buildings and their maintenance. A
provision is also made for its upkeep
from the profits of the concern.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
CARRIED SECRET TO GRAVE.
Shaft Now Identities Man as earl
of CaIthness."

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald
Los Angeles, July 2O.-JOhn Sutherland
Sinclair, who was buried in Hollywood
Cemetery a short time ago, now lies
under a marble shaft. which establishes
his identity. The shaft reads: John
Sutherland Sinclair, Earl of Caithness." "
For three years a resident Of Los An
geles. there were but two persons here
who knew that the quiet John Suther-
land Sinclair was Of a line that held
sway in Scotland and the northern isles
before the days Of Robert Bruce.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
]. AUBREY SYKES DEAD.
WeIl-knOwn Plumber and Mason
Victim of Appendicitis.

The funeral Of J. Aubrey Sykes, who
died yesterday at Sibley Hospital from
appendicitis, will take place at IL O'Clock
tomorrow morning in his residence 2435
Ontario road Interment will be in Con-
gressional Cemetery.
Mr.. Sykes, who was a resident OF
Washington for sixteen years, was a
member Of the firm OF Z. L Stock & Co.,
plumbers, and belonged to Federal
Lodge, No. !, F. A. A. N. He leaves a
wife. daughter, and two brothers in
this city. His mother and one sister live
in Richmond, his native city.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
Braves and Pirates to Go Out.

Pittsburgh. July 2O-The Boston and
Pittsburgh baseball players were much
interested in the account Of the proposed
strike of ball players today. Max Carr,
on being asked what the Pirates intended
to do, said there was not man on the
team that would play on Wednesday
unless the agreement was lived Up to by
the National Commission. Several men
on the Boston team said that not only
would the Boston team strike, but every
other team in the two big leagues would
go out.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
PREPARATION FOR
PRIESTS Death
CONTINUED PROM PAGE ONE.

government committed after October 10,
the day on which President Huerta i'm
prisoned the Maderista members Of Con-
gress and assumed TO himself dictatorial
powers. Consequently. il will not raise
any objections to the constitutionalists
repudiating such of Huerta's acts as were
committed after October 10.
Europe wntchfuI, However.
1t is understood. however. that this will
hardly affect the general situation re-
garding foreign interests, as Huerta had
practically no dealings with Europeans
after last autumn. The foreign loans
and other obligations undertaken by the
Huerta government were all concluded
before October 10, according to records
here,
After last fall Huerta raised most Of
his funds among Mexican bankers. To
what extent. II any. Europeans were in
terested in these loans and in the sale of
certain concessions is not yet known
here. 1t is pointed out. however. in we'll
informed diplomatic circles that though
the European powers have been inclined
to let the United States have its way
in Mexico, they will not stand idly by
and see any OF their interests suffer be-
cause President Wilson chooses to re-
gard certain acts of the Huerta govern
ment illegal.
CarbaJaI Recognized.
The European governments not only
recognized Huerta, but also have eN
tended virtual recognition to President
Carbajal. the entire diplomatic corps
having called on him formally last week.
The call was made the occasion Of an
exchange of addresses. something usually
done only in the case Of a government
which is to be recognized as the legiti-
mate successor Of the previous consti-
tuted authority.
The occupation Of Guaymas by Gov.
Maytorena, of Sonora, and Gen. Alvara-
do, commanding the constitutionalist
forces, was reported to the Navy De-
partment today by Admiral Howard. who
also confirmed reports of the execution
of three federal officers taken in the at
tack on La Paz last Saturday. Other
federal officers are in jail
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
BILL CHANGES "WAGE BOARD"

A board composed of the Secretaries
Of the Navy, War and Labor depart
ments is substituted for the wage
board" as q wage-fxing body for navy
yard and arsenal mechanics, under the
provisions Of the Maher bill. reported
to the House yesterday. The wage
board" which now fixes wages, suppos-
edly taking into consideration local living
conditions in navy yards and arsenals,
is composed OF officers resident in the
reservations concerned.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
AN AMERICAN HUNGER STRIKER

New York, July D-Rebecca Edelsen,
the 1. W. W. agitator, sentenced to pay
fine Of $500 or serve three months in
Jail for assailing John d. Rockefeller in
a speech here, surrendered today, re-
fused to pay her fine and was sent to
the Tombs. Emulating the British suf-
fragettes, she declared a hunger strike,
refusing to eat or drink.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
ROPE SAVES 26 FROM FIRE.

New York. July 2O-Twenty-six children
were rescued from death today by rapid
work With rope in the hands OF police
men and firemen after they were driven
by flames to the roof Of a Brooklyn
tenement. The last Of the children had
just been lowered when flames burst
through the roof.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
ASKS LAY-OFF LIST.

Detailed information as to dismissal
and dcmotions in the Pension Bureau
since March 4, 1873 is required OF the
Secretary of the Interior in a resolution
introduced yesterday by Senator Con.
OF West Virginia. The resolution went
over until today.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
mitchell TO SEE PRESIDENT.

Mayor Mitchell OF New York City will
hold brief conference with President
Wilson today. He will be in Washington
en- route from New York to Charleston,
s. C., where a family reunion is being
held.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
PLAYERSTOBEGIN
WAR ON LEAGUES
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

baseball players fraternity. Ira Thomas,
captain of the Athletics and vice presi-
dent and director of the fraternity, does
not think much OF the strike talk II a
strike is called, the Athletics will not
follow the dictates Of President Fultz,
II is said
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
BOY SPEAKS TEN LANGUAGES.

New York. July 20.-Alexander ]. To-
catli. who is Western Union messenger.
No. 1924, has his eye on a job as in
terpreter in one of the East Side banks.
Alexander came to America last Feb
ruary and can already speak ten Ian
guages and write FIVE.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
FILLS DR.. PRETTYMANs PULPIT.

The Rev. DR.. ]. .. hlbIer, retired pas
tor, is filling the pulpit of the Mount
Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church
during the absence of the regular pastor.
Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman. who is tour
ing Europe. The Rev. Mr.. Kibler will al
so officiate as Senate Chaplain during DR..
Prettyman's absence.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
No Reason, Says Tener.

Harrisburg, July a.-President Tener,
Of the National League, tonight said:
There is no occasion for strike or dis
sension and no question has arisen that
would justify such a course"
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
'LoCKsMITH" GETS BANK JOB.
r.. TOwne Elected N New
York Reserve Director.

Henry R. Towne, of New York. presi.
dent of the Yale and Towne Manufac'
turing Company, manufacturers of locks
has been elected a director of the re-
serve bank of New York. it was an.
nounced by the organization committee
of the Federal reserve system yesterday
Mr.. Towne is a class "B" director,
which class Is chosen from the CONNER
cial and Industrial interests of the dis
tricts represented, and he is chosen by
the banks Of the first group of the New
York district. meaning the largest banks
in the district.
Jack pine trees planted ten years ago in
the sand hills Of Nebraska, are now large
enough to produce fence posts.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
CHINA NEEDS THE MONEY.

London. July 2o.-It is predicted here
that unless the Chinese loan has been
arranged by November or earlier, there
Will be a financial crisis OF the first mag
nitude throughout China
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
BRITISH AVIATOR KILLED.

London, July 3o.-Lieut. Horden, of the
aviation corps OF the British army. died
this evening from injuries received in
the collapse of his biplane.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY.
By o. o. M'INTYRE.

New York. July 2O.-Rose StahI, the
/ actress. came over on the Olympic tie
other day with a lot of other notabies.
Miss Stahl has been playing in The
Chorus Lady for so long that she has
! acquired a slangy way Of talking off
stage While on board one of the stew
ards asked: Wouldn't you like some net
grIddIe cakes?"
lit doesn't listen good to me-" reried
| Miss Stahl. The steward brought her
the cakes steaming hot.
Didn't you understand what I said?'
| Inquired Miss Stahl.
Certainly, marm," said the steward. +"
you sad your hearing was not very per-
feet this morning
Broadway was shocked by the death Of
| Herbert Barnum Seeley, the man who
gave the. dinner at Sherry's at whI h
Little Egypt" danced and which the
pClICE raided. Seeley was a grandson OF
| p. T. Barnum, the Snowman, and in
| heIited a part of the A0O0,OOO BarnUm
fortune. 1t was in 1886 that he gave the
| dinner at Sherry's. Some one tipped IL
off to the police and just as Little
Egypt dressed in a strand of beads and
emile appeared the police broke in On
them Stanford White and a dozen others
&C nspicuous in various professions were
present. Seeley was indicted but never
| tined This experience seemed to have a
quoting influence. He finally lost all II
his money and his last appearance IN
public was as a ticket seller at the Hip
podrOme.
Thomas Van Wicks. of Patterson. n. j.,
hnS had his share OF acting and hence
forth he is through. Some other occupa-
ton for Thomas. He is thirteen years
oId and after gathering a crowd Of neigh
boring children about him he essayed u
travel upward through the areaway be-
tween two tenement houses by pressing
hands and feet against opposing walls.
Halt way up his strength gave out and
he dropped few feet and then stuck fast
FirCmen were called and fighting their
wsy through a rapidly increasing crowd
Uf 5000 finally cut a hole through the
vail and reached the boy. He had been
in the one position an hour and a half
anG was nearly exhausted.
James c. Duff and Clinton Moffat came
into New York with a thin, anaemic
bank roll and 4 good sized wad of nerve
and courage. They had the rights to a
pay called The Dummy" and after all
the managers had given them the rough
tess they begged and borrowed enough
to give the play first night The play.
DC il good or bad, is now celebrating rs
10th performance, Having no big name
in the cast to pocket all the profits, The
Dummy will return more money to the
treasury than any other show in NSw
FORK last season.
Home town pride is a worthy trait but
sometimes it can be carried too far. Out
in Butte Mont. labor war has been
punCtuated with the dynamiting of office
buildings. one of the big business mer.
Of Butte was at the Waldorf and a re-
porter went up to his room to interview
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21
WOMAN SENATOR A SCRAPPER.
Helen Robinson Abandons Trip to
Mix in Denver Fight.

Special TO The Washington Herald
New York, July 2O.-Helen Ring Robin
son. OF Colorado, the only woman State
Senator in America, will not go to Stock
hClEl next month to attend the meeting
OF the Interparliamentary Union.
It's going to be a hot summer. polIti-
caliy, in Denver" said Senator Robinson.
as she took the air on the McAlpin root
garden. Il think l ought to be right on
the spot Denver needs me worse than
Stockholm. although / might have told
them some interesting things"
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21

Home town pride is a worthy trait but
sometimes it can be carried too far. Out
in Butte Mont. a labor war has been
punctuated with the dynamiting of office
buildings. one Of the big business meH
Of Butte was at the Waldorf and a re-
porter went up to his room to interview
him. The Butte man was anxious to mr.
iTaIze the Importance of the war and as
The Washington herald., 1914-07-21

Jerusalem will soon have four stree
railway lines.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-30
WAS VERY MUCH IN EARNEST
woman's Desire for Liberation From
Wrecked Train Accompanied by
Terrible Threat.

A fast limited was bowling owe
the sands OF Arizona. just now II
happened was frequently explained
and never understood, but as the train
sped along the side OF a parched river
II suddenly left the rails. rolled down
the bank and landed in three feet OF
muddy water at the bottom OK the
river bed.
Within the r there was some
natural confusion. Men, womea ano
lunch boxes were thrown into a heap
and not an umbrella OF q parcel Wal
left In the racks.
One by one the occupants OF tn
rear car e~xtricated themselves IRON
the mass and sought for means OF es
cape. while ~stanching various wound'
caused by broken glass. Every ext
was jammed tight. Just then, IN IN
midst Of the doubt and confusion ros
a woman's voice in emphatic demand
Let me out! Let me outl II 20
don't let me out, I'll break q window
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-30
Cottages.

Cottage accommodation" IN tne
sense in which Mr.. Runchimans Dill
deals with 1t, is q phase that wouio
hardly be understood in the united
states. Professors Greenough n
Kittredge of Harvard, in their pook
on the ways of English words poahts
out that cottage" in the strict sehse
OF a laborer's dwelling, has never oeen
adopted into popular American use,
because America has never really d
the thing. The word over there mas
always had literary and sentimental
associations, and finally has come &c
he used for the most magnificent sum
mer residences. This has gone mucn
farther than the use of the word IN
England to mean q villa. In Amer
lea a "~cottager' definitely slgnihes y
person who is above staying az !
boarding house or hotel. and has ni'
own summer home.-London Cnroni
| ala