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The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
j. S. MAY PURCHASE
OKLAHOMA OIL FIELDS
Commission to Begin Inquiry Toward
that End Here on Sat
urdsy.
We ARE FAR BEHIND EUROPE

In view Of the worldwide scramble for
oil lands the government has begun an
investigation looking to the purchase Of
rich OIL fields in Oklahoma. the construc-
ton of pipe lines to the Gulf Of Mexico
and the erection of a great refining plant
wholly for the use OF the United States
navy.
Saturday by q commission consisting Of
caso Seile, Indian commissioner. and
Lieut.. Commander David +. Boyd, repre-
senting the Interior and the Navy de-
partments. They are directed under a
resolution OF Senator Gore. of Okla
homa, to investigate and report '.as to
the feasibility. expense and desirability
Of the government constructing and
operating Q pipe line for the transporte-
tion Of OIL from the mid-continent fields
to some port on the gulf together with
the storage and other necessary facili-
ties"
Senator Gore said he had In mind the
grave need Of the navy for fuel oil. the
effect Of . government plant on the pro-
ducers Of oil and the interest of the In
ment that while England is striving t.
extend its holdings OF oil land in South
America. a. evidenced by late dispatches
from Colombia and Peru. the United
States had hitherfore taken no steps In
this direction.
The Secretary of the Navy Is heartily
In favor Of Senator Cores scheme. Re-
Gently he said that the navy now need
ed SooOo.ooo gallons of oil a year and
that but a portion of the feet is
equipped to burn this fuel He esti-
mates that within two or three years
1t will need 125.0oo.o0 gallons annually.
He favors legislation which will enable
the navy "to RENE Its own oil from its
own oil wells and thus relieve itself of
the necessity Of purchasing what seems
fair to become the principal fuel of
the navy in the future at exorbitant
and ever-increasing prices from the pri-
vate companies that now completely
control the supply"
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
WOMEN HLAY PRESENT
/ | DAY COURT METHODS
Congress of Mothers Plans Change in
System of Dealing with
Juveniles.
WOULD SAVE MANY FROM JAIL

Courts make criminals.'
With this startling assertion as the
keynote Of addresses more than 800 "big
brothers'' and big sisters" at a mass
tneeting under the auspices Of the Dis
trict Congress Of Mothers at the Raleigh
Hotel yesterday outlined a campaign for
the saving from tribunal and prison OF
thousands Of boys and girls who by once
Esrarting from the ''straight-and-narrow
path are followed throughout life by
tra cruel, uncompromising words police
tscord"
lien and women prominently Identified
Fsttb The leading civic movements OF the
District made speeches in which they
Nhsrnly criticised the courts-especially
The o esent Juvenile Court system-and
plcaGsi for a "safer and saner" method
OF holding the children Of washington
into & better and nobler class OF citi-
KsDs
=; ID the children out Of prison. II you
s,assfi,Iy v can; keep watchful eye upon the
seufhs who either by nature. environ
rasnt of or ignorance, have committed
an act that sent them to prison and iaid
ira corner stone to a criminal career.
nzs the slogan Of all speeches Judge =.
Wilmer Latimer, Of the Juvenile Court
sl5ade q short but emphatic address IN
~hfsb he pledged his support 70 tns
naEkEineII Ol lnt uothciS
Two resolutions unanimously adopted
bS the congress are predicted to result
IN : sweeping change in the present
method of Juvenile Court methods.
Pleas for the use of the public schools
Isr social centers on the ground that the
soeial center movement would practically
mean the solution of the whole problem
were made by Rabbi Simon. Judge Lat
liner and others
Mrs. Fred T. Dubois, prime mover In
the campaign. told of the work done In
New York.
Mrs. willard, of the Twentieth Century
Club, made a plea for vocational
guidance, declaring that the boys and
girls are not only kept out Of mischief
by such plan, but are at the same time
prepared for a career in which they can
utilize TO the best advantage whatever
gifts and talents they have.
Walter Ufford, of the Associated Chari-
ties, and hrs Perth Byrne, also made
s9se-tes
Tras cGuun'ssion AZ pointed for the in
rsstiEati0n Of C.e court system consists
OF Mssaarnss Henry T. Rainy, F. T.
IsBa1ls. Bertha ByTEe. w. F. Thacer. A.
p I,-isc,iL Cites Rzs r, Philander Clax-
teu Ellis Logan, F. y. Lane, and Miss
= Burke.
sErs. sarah x. EzEma was highly lauded
by the spss l-ces for Ter excellent work
Is sccrsisry OF the Others Congress.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
FUNERAL OF REV. M'CEE
TAKES PLACE FRIDAY
Pastors Of All Faiths VIII Attend
Services At Church Of the
Sacred Heart.

Funeral services for Rev. Joseph r.
MCGEE. rector Of the Church Of the
Sacred Heart. who died Tuesday. viii be
conducted Friday morning. 1T 10 O'Clock.
In the church. Right Rev. o. B. Corri-
gan. auxiliary bishop Of the diocese. will
oficlate. an{ burial win be in Mt oliyet
Cemetery. NNt
II was annoukced last night that nearly
all the pastors of the city. and many Of
the curates. will be present at the serv-
ices. Father McGee's friends among
Protestants Of the city were as numerous
al his Catholic friends.
1t was learned last night that . story
OF touching human interest IL associated
with the death OF Father MCGEE. The
priests failing health. IL Is said. dated
from the death of his mother, about Q
year ago. Members Of his parish say
that In heart-to-heart talks with the con-
gregation he repeatedly made touching
ailusions to the memory Of his mother.
The congregation OF Sacred Heart
parish. out Of regard for Father MCGEE,
had been accustomed during the past
year. in the public services and novenas
Of the church. to make special remem-
brance OF his mother In their prayers.
The present church of the Sacred
Heart. erected by Father MCGEE in 1900.
was intended as q temporary structure
II was Father McGee's object to erect at
the corner Of Fourteenth street and Park
road a magnificent structure. to be
known as the National Shrine Of the
Sacred Heart" on the plan Of the na-
tional shrines which now exist In Euro
pean countries. It was said last night
that this object doubtless win be carried
forward by his successor. who will be ap-
pointed within a week or two by Cardinal
Gibbons.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
BOY CRUSHED TO Death
under Big AUTO TRUCK
Two-ton Load of Coal Passes Over
Limbs of Seven-year-old Joseph
]. Minson. Jr.
AGED MAN ALSO IS STRUCK

Crushed by a heavy automobile coal
truck which passed over his lower limbs,
Joseph ]. Minson. jr.. seven years old. Of
20e3 1 street northwest. was instantly
killed yesterday afternoon at Twenty
fifth and NJ streets northwest.
The boy was riding a tricycle. in the
street when the accident occurred The
truck, owned by the Allegheny Coal Com
pany, contained two tons of coal. and was
driven by Edward Smith, coIored. Smith
was arrested and detained at the Third
police precinct. He will be held until
further orders from Coroner ]. Ramsey
hewitt.
1t Is said the boy was riding his tri-
cycle in the rear of another automobile
going west on NJ street. At Twenty-fifth
he attempted to turn, but ran into the
coal truck, which was going north on
that street. His skull was fractured
from the force of striking the pavement.
The rear right wheel Of the heavy truck
passed over the boys legs. crushing
them into a pulp. A call was sent to
Emergency Hospital for an ambulance.
DIR: Paul Zinkham responded. but pro-
nounced him dead. -...... b.
Coroner Nevitt will conduct an inquest
today. The jury will be sworn in at the
undertaking parlors Of J. r. Wright, 1887
Tenth street northwest, and then go to
the District morgue. where the hearing
will be conducted.
]. J. Minson. the boys father Is
travelling salesman, but was in the city
at the time of the accident He and
his wife are prostrated over the death
of their child. .
Suffering from a concussion of the brain
and severe bruises to his legs, William
T. Levi, sixty-four years old. OF $40
Indiana avenue. president OF the Brick
layers Union, is at Emergency Hospital
in a serious condition as a result of being
struck early yesterday morning in
Judiciary Square by an automobile of
the Fleischmann Compressed Yeast Com
pany, driven-by A. ID. Bennett
When the accident occurred he was
on his way to Fifth and G streets north
west, where he was to get a car for
College Park, Md.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
WAGNERIAN PROGRAM
PROVES Big SUCCESS
Philadelphia Orchestra Gives Second
Concert Of Season at New
National Theater.
FLORENCE HNKLE, SOPRANO

The Philadelphia Orchestra gave the
second of their seasons concerts in WASH
ington yesterday afternoon at the New
National Theater. Miss Florence Hinkle.
soprano. was the soioist.
The program was devoted wholly to
Wagner. Opening with the Lohengrin
Vorspiel. the orchestral numbers were:
The Tannhauser Overture and venusberg
music, and from the Trilogy. ''Wotsn's
Farewell the Fire Music from THE
Walkure," the "Waldweben" from Sieg-
fried, and the Funeral March," 'Sieg-
fried's Death" and the finale from the
"Gotterdammerung"
In the Vorspiel from Lohengrin the
diminuendo after the climax and the
close were artistically very fine, but the
orchestra did not begin with the degree
OF pianissimo to give dynamic room for
the long and gradual working to the cli-
max. nor for the due expression of the
mysterious, ethereal atmosphere which
pervades the beginning Of that work.
With the exception OF this single criti-
cism the afternoons performance through
out was I'm the highest degree mastery.
The Tannhauser overture was superbly
played. Especially was the motive of
temptation and struggle worked up to a
ttHlcuuOuS anu tndknLCtnt the
motive of exaltation and remuneration.
with occurrences of the struggle motive
in the background, was also exquisite
work. So, again, in the Walkure music
the weaving OF the wotan strands with
the threads of the Fire Music. each full
of mythic suggestion, was rendered with
great power. But most beautiful of all.
richest in lustrous Oriental coloring. pic
torially perfect. was the playing of the
marvellous "Waldweben" scene from
Siegfried. The Funeral March was
given a deeply tragic rendering. The
finale of the ''Gotterdammerung"- stu
rendered with clarity and justice to the
significance OF each thematic thread.
Miss Hinkle has a soprano voice OF
great purity and sweetness. and capable
of an unusual range of emotional and
dramatic expression. "Elsa's Traum,''
the first aria on the program, she sang
with some constraint, but in the two arias
from Tannhauser-"EliZabet Gebet"
and "Dich Theure HalIe"-her voice came
out gloriously and with full dramatic
force. The audience was delighted and
manifested its pleasure in renewed sp-
plause.
Miss Hinkle was originally from Phila-
deiphia. but is now living in. New York.
She studied first with Oscar Saenger. and
later with witherspoon. She has an ex-
perience of six years of song recital work
to her credit, and judging from her work
of yesterday has a promising career be-
fore her.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
w. H. BABCOCK SPEAKS
, ON ISLANDS OF BRAZIL
Lends Color to Tradition that America
Was Discovered by the
Irish.

The Anthropolosical Society OF WASH
iIgton met in the National Museum yes
terday afternoon to listen to a lecture by
William II. Babcock on THE North At
lantic Islands Of 3razil." The speaker ex-
hibited numerous old maps by means OF
lantern slides which show such an island
opposite Southern Ireland. He suggested
that this island may be in reality the
northeastern corner of America and
lends color to the tradition that Ameri-
ca was reached by Irish navigators be-
fore the discovery of Columbus.
In Ireland "Breasail' Is a very ancient
word. having been borne by a prehistoric
celebrity and a sixth century saint.
Outside of Ireland the word Is first
found in the expression "grana de Bre-
sile':-grain Of Brazil-in a list Of COM
modities embodied in a commercial
treaty. dated 1873. between Ferrara and
one OF her Italian neighbors.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
WIRELESS TOWERS DESCRIBED.
MAI. Edgar Russell Speaks Before
Society of Engineers.

Mysteries of the giant radio towers at
Arlington and related facts in the science
of wireless telegraphy were revealed by
Mai. Edgar Russell. Signal Corps. u. s.
A.. last night at a meeting of the Wash
ington Society of Engineers at the Cos
mos Club.
Mai. Russell said no man knows why
the towers may send aerial dots 2,0oo at
night and only l,Oo0 miles in the day. but
that there are innUmerable theories to ex-
plain the fact. The apparati. he said,
normally sends 2oo but has reached
Paris at times. a distance of 5000 miles.
The value OF the wireless in Alaska,
where in some places the radio Is the
only means OF quick communication, and
the use Ct aerial outfits that can be car
ried in wagons or put in mule packs by
the Signal Corps also were described by
Mai. Russell.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
Historical Society Elects omcers.

The establishment of a national park
in connection with the water works at
Great Falls was urged at the twentieth
annual meeting of the Columbia Histori-
cal Society. held last night in the ban
quet hall Of the Shoreham. Amos B.
Casselman was the principal speaker,
Others who spoke were: Justice Job
Barnard, Judge Charles s. Bundy. James
d. Morgan. NJ. l. Weller, Miss Alice
James, A. C. Clark. and Mrs. Bacon
Foster. The following officers were
elected: President, James d. Morgan;
first vice president. Justice Job Barnard;
second vice president, Allen C. Clark;
recording secretary, Mrs Mary Stevens
BeaIl; corresponding secretary, Michael
]. Weller; treasurer. William Henry Dem
mis-; curator, James F. Hood, and chronic
ler. Mrs. William Kesrney Carr. The
board of managers: John B. Larner,
Hugh T. Taggart. Wilhelmus B. Ryan,
william Van Zant Cox, Louis P. Shoe
maker, John Joy Edison. Mrs. Charles W.
Richardson, and Corcorau Tham
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21

At meeting of the Washington Read
ers' Club held last night in the Public
Library the following recitations were
made: "A Mustard Plaster and "A
Sisterly Scheme" Miss Emma L. Os-
trander; "A Kentucky Cinderella" w.
Alfred Fslconer; scene from act of
Mona" Mrs. Maud Howell Smith;
Buck Fanshawe's Funeral and The
Other One Was Booth" Maurice II. JAR
Wis. and ''The Conqueror," "The Hen."
"The Little Match Girl" and Suburban
ites," Miss Grace Ross.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21

10 expand without painful strain upon the
igamenta Thus there Is avoided nervous
spells; the tendency to nausea or morning
sickness Is counteracted, and q bright, hap
py disposition is preserved that reflects
wonderfully upon the charcter and tenn
perament Of the little one soon to come.
You can obtain q bottle of Mothers
Friend" at any drug store at $1.00. It
preserves the mothers health, enables her
to mske complete recovery, and thus with
renewed strength she will eagerly devote
herself to the care and attention which
mean % much to the welfare of the child.
Write to the Bradfeld Regulator Co., 90
Lamar Bldg, Atlanta. Ga, for their valu-
able and instructive book Of guidance for
expectant mother4
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
MORRISON SUBMITS REPORT.
shows Membership in A. r. OF L..
Is GROWING.

The report of Secretary Frank Nor
rison. of the American Federation OF
Labor, for the months of October. No
vember and December. 1913. was SUBJ
mitted to the executive council of the
Federation yesterday. The report shows
an average gain in membership fer the
three months in organizations affiliated
with the Federation over the correspond
ing three months OF 1912, of 174.1So.
In 1912 the per capita tax. which is the
Federation's basis for calculation of men,
bersHip, indicated that there were 1880. =
231 individuals comprising the Federation
The figures for December, 1918. indicate
a membership OF 2,114,ssl.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
SHOULD FORM PRIMARY LAWS.
Individual States Ought Not Wait
for CONGREGATIONAL Action.

Individual States should continue their
efforts to form Presidential primary
laws. without waiting for Congressional
action, is the opinion of former Senator
Jonathan Bourne, OF Oregon.
"Of course 1 advocate enactment of a
national law for a direct vote on aspir-
ants for party nomination. said Sena-
tor Bourne. but do not believe that in
anticipation of Congressional action the
people of the several States should aban-
don efforts for a popular vote on Presi-
dentiaf candidates in the primaries"
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
HALF OF ESTATE TO FIANCEE.
Will of Richard ID. Lankford Il
Filed for Probate.

New York, Jan. 2o.-Half Of the estate
of Richard d. Lankford, vice-president
of the Southern Railway, who was found
dead in his Brooklyn home from gas
asphyxiation last Thursday, is be-
queathed to his fiancee. Miss Nellie Pat
terson. in the will filed for probate today.
The other half is given to his mother.
Although Mr.. Lankford was reputed to
be a millionaire, the will merely said his
estate was worth more than 5000" The
executor Of the will is James Hugh Den
mis-, of Baltimore.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
Oner to Distribute Speech.

The doors of the Washington Foreign
Missions Seminary. Takoma Park, d. C,
were closed and the student body volun-
teered to cover the city in a business
and residence section canvass for the
February issue Of the Protestant Maga-
zine. containing DIR. Randolph ii. Nc
Kim's speech recently delivered at the
mass meeting held in the National Thea
ter. AS the result OF the one days ef-
fort it is claimed more than two thou
sand copies were sold.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
WILLIAMS TO AWAIT M'AD0o.
Takes Oath .. Comptroller February
19-woolley May Succeed Him.

Pending the return OF Secretary Nc
Adoo to this city, John Skelton WILL
Jams. Acting Secretary OF the Treasury
will not take the oath of ONCE as
Comptroller OF the Currency until Feb
ruary I9.
Among those mentioned as liable to
succeed Mr.. Williams as Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury is Robert woolley.
now auditor OF the Interior Department.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
Chamber Meeting Friday.

The meeting OF the Chamber OF Com
merce which was TO have been held last
night for the purpose OF electing a secre-
tary. treasurer and general counsel has
been postponed until Friday night. The
proposed historical pageant to be given
by the local trade officers will also be
discussed.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21

motherh0Od. The suf-
fenng incident to
child bearing can be
easily avoided by hav-
ing at hand q bottle
Of Mothers Friend.
This Is q penetrat-
ing, external applica-
ton that relieves all
tension upon the mus
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
URELL CAMP TO MEET.
Col. John l.. Glenn VIII be Guest
Tonight of Veterans.

Gen. NJ Emmett Crell Camp. No. 9. U.
s. W. ", Department of the District.
will meet at the hall. Eleventh and Z
streets northwest. tonight.
Capt. J. Brainard Clarke. commander.
expects that Col John l.. Glen. U. s. A,
the only officer on the active list OF the
army today who served during the civil
war, will be present.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
Mrs. L. G. Hiae III at Battle Creek.

Word was received here last night that
Mrs l.. G. Hine, seventy-ive years old.
wife of former Commissioner Hine, who
died In Battle Greek, Mich. Monday. had
been taken i'll and was unable to travel
Mrs. Edward P. Mertz, OF sc31 Newark
street, Cleveland Park. a daughter Of Mr..
Hine, left Washington today for Battle
Crack
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
DUKE GEls DIVORCE.
Eranesse seS ZaragIsa % Wed wealthy
Italian Sf ~ Orleans.

ItaltaH 81 ~ Orleans.
New Orleans, Jan francesca Zarag-
la, nuFs q Mas oday was granted
3 divorce sni %aa cred by the court
70 pzv si..3E a E alimony to the
duchess VINO l. Row n Italy. The duke
gave mortgage ~ 81 ooooo to guarantee
The Payment. Frupsl worth sioo.000 has
already besa given the duke to his
tFs!vs-yssT old IL L. hter, Maria The
Fess-
The luke Of Ne will shortly wed
9 svefltEg Italian a. here. He has al
rEaoy 1ysSd NJ : --- ion on st. Charles
avenue. presided over by twenty-one
servants.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
$4,000 Theft Reported.

New York, Jan. 2o.-Frederick c. Young.
proprietor of the Little Gem shop. in
West Thirty-fourth street, reported to the
police today that his store had been en-
tered last night and jewelry worth $4,000
taken
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
ALLEY HEARING ANNOUNCED.
msuissioaers on January 27 VIII
Let Citizens Air Views.

A public hearing on the bill for the
elimination. in ten years, Of the unin-
habited blind alleys will be held by the
Commissioners on January q In the Dis
trict Building.
The principal purpose of the meeting is
to ascertain whether there are any OBJ
jections to the measure. the views thus
far obtained by the Commissioners be-
ing in favor OF it. Several representa-
tive business and civic societies have in
dorsed the bill
Chea. 4 Ohio Ry-MaFdi Gras Tickets
New Orleans and return, s27.75. Feb.
II to %. Consult agents.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
PLEk FOR CONSERVATION.
StEGrs PiRchNt speaks at Foreig1
EfizzInuass- Seminary.

<-oasery ation a greater problem
tran ta-iG O. cy,'' said Clifford
ptnehot n a lacr fore the Washing
900 Foreign 15iss Seminary, at Ia
eonla Esrlg Iss- . After giving a
5omprs1 1sDs.-e .'...-e of the conserva-
tn.n movement E nchot said:
f''CUrssrTa the'real secret OF
gettlng - lrr iE- --- s. On account OF
car cEreiezslsss compelled to pay
a continual Els T. monopoly. Con-
ss-yst.oa is a Tloa oily question, and
raosE OF al FE.Ee estion."
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21

New York, Jan. 2o-Althougn bail had
been furnished Samuel Herman was
forced to remain in the Tombs, because.
it was charged, he wore a pair of
stolen trousers. which the court ruled
must be held as evidence
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
Men WsIeens
Mothers Friend
ADuty that Every Man Owes to Those
who Perpetuate the Race.

1t Is just as important that men should
know of progressive methods in advance of
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21

orangeburg, n. J., Jan. 2o.-The mean
est thief stole false teeth and a glass
rye from Daniel Witners bedroom.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21

Paris, Jan. "a publisher here has
issued a map Of the world which indi-
Gates where the tango is danced. where 1t
is prohibited by the clergy, where it is
frowned upon by offlcialdom and where
It is barred by royalty.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21
Ever Hear of Such Things?

London, Jan. a-That considerable trade
in dogs teeth has sprung up in the Pacific
Islands where they are used for certain
ornaments was revealed in litigation here
concerning a contract for 1000 teeth at
s. a hundred.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21

New Haven. Conn, Jan. 2o-Many Yale
students have signed a pledge to refrain
from drinking, gambling and TO shun
Immoral theatrical performances.
Binghamton, N. Y, Jan. 2o.-In fierce
battle between a pig and bulldog the
pig won out when it broke one of the
dogs legs. The dog was shot.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21

Denver. Colo, Jan. 0.-''Daisy," fox
terrier, is the chief legatee in the will
OF Christina ]. Evans, who left an estate
worth 900.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-21

DIED.
CAUFFMAN-Departed this life on Mon
day. Jan. 1s, 1914. at 9:4S q. m, JAMES
JEREMIAH CAUFFMAN, beloved
husband of Annie Elizabeth Cauffman,
1oeIH street northeast.
Funeral services will be held in the
chapel at Congressional Cemetery.
Wednesday. INST. at 8 .. m Friends
and relatives are cordially invited TO
attend.
Sweet ti0 are cften bgcken
In this our hfe beloW:
Ths parting word l. spoken.
And tAn Of sonow Sow:
But comfort lie Q rainbow
Upon ths cloud VII mils;
know my lovinG Saviour
VII b with u an ths vhila
(By The fsniy.)
I.ACEY-At 1890 O. m, at the Portner.
residence Of her son. anderson B.
Lacey, MARY, ANN BEARDSL.EY,
widow Of Maj. Henry B. Lacey. Of
Cadiz, Ohio.
Funeral services at residence. wednes-
day, Jan. q, 80 p. m. Intermsnt at
Rock Creek Cemetery.