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The Washington herald., 1914-07-12
JAPANESE HERO VISITS
WASHINGTON'S TOMB
Mai. Gen. Tanaka. Famous Army
Leader. Places Wreath on Historic
Grave at Mount Vernon.

Mai Gen. Tanaka. the japanese mill
,.ry expert. who is visiting the United
St,-es on a tour OF the world. was the
est of Rear Admiral Fiske. L. 5. NJ
on a trip to Mount Vernon YESTERDAY
y here he wes shown the tomb Of George
Washington. =
The Navy Department placed the u ;
: Sylph at the disposal Of Admiral Flske,
and IN the party were Amoassauof
rhinda, of Japan; DR.. Minakawa, capt
Taueuchi, Col. VI. Itami, Maj. Okamoto
and Mr.. Saito, of the japanese Emoassy
and Capt. Oliver. L. s. N; Cone Johnson
solicitor Of the State department. hau'
60, IyvyeI. private secretary to the SEC
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NAY SEND COINS BY MAIL.
M'Adoo Is Investigating scheme to
Use Parcel Post.

The Treasury Department Is inves-
tiEatinE the practicability of using the
parcel post for transporting govern
ment coins and certificates to the
banks of the country. The idea orig
mated with Secretary McAdoo that IL
might be possible for the Postoffice De-
partment to assume responsibility for
transporting the coins and certificates,
even though such a step involved prac-
ticaIly the entrance Of the govern
ment into the insurance feld.
The department yesterday opened
bids from the 1--WE principal express
companies for the transportation OF
the coins and certificates.
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retary OF State. and ]. ". Belt, Of the
PAn-American Union.
The Sylph. at its departure, was saluted
BY nineteen guns The party got back
to the navy yard at ? o'clock in the
afternoon.
Gen. Tanaka and Ambassador Chinda
placed wreaths on WashinEtOn's tomb.
Both men stood with barred heads before
the tomb for several minutes.
Col Dodge. who is in charge Of Mount
Vernon and the Mount Vernon grounds.
showed the party about on a tour OF in
Spection.
Gen Tanaka was the dinner guest -
Ambassador ChInda last night He leaves
for Niagara Falls today
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BASEBALL PLAYED THOUSAND YEARS AGO
IN WILDS OF YUCATAN; COCOANUT STRUCK
BY HIP, NOT THROWN WITH HAND, SAYS BOOK

and daily. at o'clock, the men return
ing from the days fishing or hunting.
indulge in the sport. one calling for a
high degree Of skill, as two balls are
used by the players. who drive them
with the hands toward their opponents.
Yellow tail feathers OF the Yapoo bird
are affixed to the rubber balls for ac-
curacy.
Tn Araucanian Indians OF Southern
Chile play an ancient game with wooden
balls driven by wooden clubs. In q
clearing. 800 by 20 yards. inclosed, by
cut branches of trees these Indians play
chueca. which greatly resembles la crosse
or field hockey.
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story about the execution Of prisoners
by the American forces during the TAX
ing of Vera Cruz. The court has con.
vened on the battIeship Texas.
II was said on behalf Of Secretary
Daniels yesterday that he is determ-
ined that the charges growing out OF
Boalts case shall be thoroughly inves-
tigated. Mr.. Daniels instructed that
Boslt be given further opportunity to
present his side Of the case in support
OF the published article which got him
into dificulties.
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COURT INQUIRY ORDERED IN
ENSIGN RICHARDSON'S CASE

Admiral Badger advised the Navy De-
partment yesterday that he had ordered
a court of inquiry to sit in the case Of
Ensign William Richardson. L. S. N,
who is alleged to have furnished the in
formation upon which Fred L Boalt.
newspaper man at Vera Cruz, based Q
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CONTINUED fhDM fAbE tNE-
former cabinet ministers. at Vera Cruz
Friday.
Members Of the constitutionslist junta
here decla red that Carbajal the newly
appointed minister Of foreign affairs,
who will succeed Huerta IN the pro-
posed provisional government. will not
be accept BILE to the Constitutionalists.
They added that all talk Of a compro-
mise is cIt Of the question now that
GUadalaja a has fallen.
Election Is Void.
The Mexican congress will meet next
week and declare void the recent cleo
ton in which Huerta was elected Presi-
dnt and Minister of War Blanquet was
chosen Vice President. This will pave
the way or the succession OF Carbajal
to the presidency.
The National Bank of Mexico yester-
day orde ed that all its branches in
Mexico be closed. No explanation was
given. but il is understood the financiers
took this action in expectation of grave
disorder following the retirement Of
Huerta-
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STOLEN AUTO AUToED FAR.

Stolen on June u. the automobile of
r. S. Bowie. of the Sheridan apart
ments, was recovered in Boston last
night. along with the arrest there Of
George ". Lynch. Detective Harry War
rem leaves for Boston today to bring
Lynch back 70 Washington
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Tasmanian authorities will raise the
age at which children may be employed
in factories from fourteen TO sixteen
yearA, -. =.
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.HUERTA PLANS
TO FLEE MEXICO

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
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is worth many times its YOU, will gladly take it
back without penny of expense you You take abso-
lutely risk at all.
Relief is here for vou-wil you suffer longer?
The Washington times., 1914-05-15

lines. The car lines are worth as
much to the public as they are /"
anybody else. Thlv AN be run bet
ter by the public, because the pub
he will have no purpose OF exact
.ng private profits from them.
They will give mlversa! transfers
and the best possible service, because
service. not profits. will be the first
object of their management under
public ownership.
1t is too late now to fall back on
the public supervision idea. The
sentiment and purposes Of the com
murity and Of Congress have passed
beyond that idea. The District will
have public ownership within very
brief period Of years. and will have
it hccause the very interests that
Low plead for supervision have al
ways heretofore opposed it.
The Washington times., 1914-05-15
CROOKED POLITICS IN
NEW HAVEN.

Former President Mellen's fasci-
mating story about the !ooting of the
New Haven seems likely TO bring a
repetition Of one experience that has
al too often been noted in the past
he responsibility for New IIaven's
froubles is evidently going 20 be
tracked right down to the door of
rhe private office of a distinguished
fnancier-now dead and left there.
II Is a marvel that in SUCH cases
This can he accomplished so often;
hut il is done. and done so EFFECTIVELY
az 70 give new point % the old saw
thst dead men ell no tales. In
this case 1t will be especially worth
while to observe the derelopmen- Of
the plan to make J. Pierpoat Nor
gan appear solely responsible for
The long years Of Inismanagemert of
New Haven, when he was only one
# its beard of directors, and when,
= he was responsible for the wrong
doing then. his associates on the
board were responsible for their own
neglect OF their duty.
Down at the bottom Of the New
Haven troubles, as Mr.. Mellen is
telling the story, lies the old spec
tacle Of crooked politics looting
crooked business. The New Haven
wanted to perfect a monopoly of
New England transportation, and
crooked politicians knew it. They
got themselves into position of want
age, from which they could hold up
the railroad company and extort
their own terms; otherwise, they
could block its monopoly plans. On
neither side was there any serious
consideration for the fact that the
spirit and letter Of the laws opposed
tho monopoly scheme. Neither the
crooks Of finance nor the crooks Of
railroad management nor the crooks
Of politics care about that. They
were all working to get their slice
Of the good thing, and the New
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Haven paid TIE bills; paid them IN
tthe amazing form Of due bills given
by the president Of the railroad, for
vast sums Of money, to men who
lie swears he did not even know.
1t is a fine illustration of the price
that too often is paid for monopoly;
paid in debauchery. in blackmail, in
bribery, in hold-ups, in ruin of mems
regulations and in the wreck of
great properties. I At the end. the
monopoly is failure; it doesn't even
hold together, and the bills Incurred
by its ovcrreaching builders are be-
Qpeathed to their successors to be
paid. with the public, Of course. or
The innocent investor. OF both, TO
hold the sack.
The combination of crooked busi-
ness Hld crooked politics, in one Of
its most vicious manifestations, is
evidently going to be exposed in de-
tail before the lid is put back on
the New Haven. 1t has taken a
long time to sc; that lid off, but it
Is off now, and lost. Mr.. Mellen
makes clear that he wants to give
states evidence, and whether the
evidence was bought at an excessive
price or not, it is certainly going to
be interesting and illuminating.
The Washington times., 1914-05-15
By ]. R. HILDEBRAND.

Women Of the South have sud-
denly awakened. as if over night
to their civic duties"
And to prove that statement Mrs.
W. III. Wigs. Of Atlanta, Ga.
enumerated a few activities Of the
women of her city.
They are planning farmers wives
Institutes in connection with the
farmers institutes this fall.
They are urging upon the State
Legislature half a dozen bills for
the betterment of children.
They have established industrial
homes for the women taken from
the segregated district of Alta nta
when 1t was abolished.
They are making - night for pure
milk in Atlanta.
They are organizing numerous
mothers circles to discuss problems
of child welfare.
Anyone who pictured the Southern
woman of today still in the shelter
ed background she occupied before
the war will have a shock after he
talks for few minutes with Mrs.
Wigs. Coming to Washington as
the delegate at large from Georgia
TO the Mothers Congress. she out
lined before that body the work be-
ing done by the branch of that Or
ganization in her State, but she out
lined for Times readers the wide
scope of work undertaken by other
clubs in Atlanta as well.
Has Active Interest.
AS chairman of the extension de-
partment of the Georgia congress,
Mrs. Wigs is taking an active in
terest in the farmers wives insd-
tutes.
We plan to provide a special
car for women on the farmers train
that will tour the State this fall.
For Tears We have done much for
the men in the rural districts, car
rying the latest agricultural meth
DDS to them, demonstrating to them
ways in which they could improve
their farms.
During all this time women have
been neglected. Nothing has been
done to help them improve the
women's work on a farm, or to in
troduce new methods in their house
holds. In this special car we are
going to carry material for child
welfare exhibits, as we'll as for cx-
habits from our departments of
health, hygiene, home economics,
and labor saving devices. Wherever
the train stops these exhibits will
tend the agricultural gatherings.
Experts will be in charge to give
Lectures and to demonstrate the ex-
hibits.
Everything from the efficient
care of a household to the prepara-
ton of foods and the care of babies,
will be touched upon. The Georgia
Mothers Congress hopes yearly,
henceforth, to carry It's message to
thousands OF the women"
Will Be Organized
So that this work may not Be
sporadic, Mrs. Wigs explained. the
mothers will be organized either
through the rural schools into par
ent-teachers' clubs or into mothers
circles for the betterment of chill
dren.
Broad as is the work of the
Georgia Mothers Congress. it is only
single factor in the scope OF work
being done bJ Georgia women.
Following the closing Of the houses
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In the segregated district of At
lanta, that city found itself face TO
face with Il problem similar to that
OF Washington when the Kenyon bill
became a law.
Women established the Martha
Home, where we provided instruc-
ion for scores Of girls as they came
TO u.s.. Mrs. Wigs said. Though
We had no means of enforcing their
stay we made the home so attractive,
and offered them so many opportuni-
ties for learning to earn an honest
living that most of the girls who
came to us remained until they were
put into positions where they came
under good influences.
The Kramer of the founding Of
this home is highly interesting. The
woman who conducted one of the
gave $500 as nucleus for the
Martha Home. She now Is engaged
in legitimate business in another
city, and has taken the greatest in
terest in the progress we are making
with our girls.
Were Feeble Minded.
of course. more than half ths
girls taken from the red-light dis
trict were feeble-minded. These were
taken care Of in State institutions,
But we believe among the other half
We have succeeded IN doing some
genuine and lasting reformatory
work
Ore enlightening fact growing out
of the study OF vice conditions IN At
lanta was that a large proportion OF
the girls came from rural districts
For that reason We are trying
to formulate some more effective
plan for caring for girls from the
country when they come to Atlanta.
These girls start out to find employ
ment with not enough funds to tide
them over the period they must hunt
work. and they fall an easy prey to
vicious persons They should not be
allowed to start from home In the
first place"
Another work started by club
women of Atlanta is the censorship
of moving pictures. and the proyid-
ing of free musical entertainment
for working men and women.
They have succeeded in raising the
tone of the movies" shows, accord
ing to Mrs. Wigs. and the SUNDAY
afternoon concerts OF the Atlanta
Musical Association are largely at
women.
Back of Legislation.
But among the most interesting
activities of the women are the leg
islative measures they are trying
to enforce. The federated clubs OF
the city are back of these reforms.
Many of them are patterned after
laws already effective in the West,
but such measures mark great
stride in the progress OF the South.
Among the reform measures bear
ing on women and children are tn.
health bill. creating a health board
in every county: a vital statistics
bill, a compulsory education bill. a
child labor bill, a bill raising the
age OF consent. and a kindergarten
permissory bill.
IL was explained that the kinder
garten idea has found many op-
ponents in the rural districts, which
look upon such schools as needless
fads- But the ''permissory'' bill Il
designed to put the matter up 10
each county which may vote for
kindergartens as soon as public
sentiment demands them.
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he process of taxing the land
b Is of the land and the people on
i' goes ahead in Australia. One
n Snifcent estate of $4,000 acres in
\ W South Wales, owned by 4 cor
= ration, is to be broken up and sold
i small tracts. 1t has been used
:, grazing purposes, and the laws
Q the province provide for heavier
taA upon favcrably located lands
I is used than would be imposed if
t ey were under cultivation. The
Z vners find that they cannot afford
{ pay the tax and get the small
! turns that grazing permits.
That same thing is going on in old
Wales, as we'll as in new; it has
,lade great progress in Ireland; it
i handsomely under way II Eng
l. I'd, and to a less extent only in
s otland, as a result of the workings
o. the land taxation laws which
l. L.oyd-George has written into his
/ dgets. lie is now proposing fur
tier to increase these duties on un-
: !tivated lands, and thus to add to
incentive for great holders to
{ ye the people d chance.
The doctrine of the two Georges,
that the land must belong to the
aople because the people must live
r. it, gains ground steadily all over
he world.
The Washington times., 1914-05-15
BASE ATTACK AGAINST
OUTDOOR SLEEPING.

A medical iconoclast who writes in
the Medical Journal takes vicious
~hack at ore of the most cherished
theories of the modern hygienic up
fter and forward-lookcr. Accord
ing to him, outdoor sleeping is not
ESSENTIALLY either good or bad for
those that practice it; but, like the
cold plunge, is good OF bad according
to results.
The author of this biting attack
upon outdoor sleeping comes from
Seattle, and his Far Western habitat,
in land of shift and change in mat
ters political and economic, may ac-
count for his heresy. His thought is
that most sleeping porches are in
sufficiently protected against severe
leather and dampness, and that the
hill and the shock to the nervous
system which they sometimes pro-
7uce may have an unhappy effect on
ne body's capacity to resist disease.
Most of US. reaching our conclu-
SION through the enthusiasm of those
Of our friends that have joined the
ranks of the outdoor sleepers, had
DoJt made up our minds that the
ordinary bedroom was doomed as a
death trap. Now, perhaps, backed
ny the Seattle Doctors eiict, we may
continue to sleep indoors, urhar-
rowed by the uncomfortable suspi-
cion that, if not committing suicide,
We are sacrificing manhood on the
altar of effeminate luxury and in
glorious ease.
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n n II.

n r. AND MRS. JOHN { DAVID
NN son have sent out invitations
VI for the marriage of their
daughter Ellen Chlchcst"r. to
Sidney Taylor Thomas on the evrnlng
Of lane :. Il, -. Thomas Church,
Tn" ceremony will be followed Ivy \
reception At the brides home l9ot 7
s'ro"l TO whirh the bridal party. reIa-
tircs and d f"w intimate friends VIII
bo invited
Mrs. Wrlm"t Nau castle. Of Eorhcs-
ter. \. Y. and Mrs. Joseph \. Weth-
erc.. Il rIarksbuIg. W. Va. viii he
marr"us "f honor for Miss Davidson.
Nj. MaIE Muu1alNI,. "f Washington.
VIII h.. hcr uraui OF honor. and the
bridesmaids viii lee. her cousin, Miss
Lazy M:rkalI oI NIr=inl.': Mis- halh-
clIrr p.,ur. "l Echmoud. and Miss
EIoI-" prm". Of Washington.
Miss DalIdsol. who made her d"nut
two years ago. Was ono of the beauties
Of the season. and j., d very charming
and popular ,mung woman. Mr..
Thomas. wh" Is with the Chcsa pcake
and Potomac Telephone company, has
sIwals lived in WASHINGTON, and has
many friends here
Srmar"r ami Ms. lun' mn |. Fletcher
uf Flurtdu viii Dc hosts At a buffet sup
per. foI"wcd b. dan, mg, this clcnIn. at
RauSrh.r's Then guests will he the
members "f tHc "anmcr and the con-
gressional u.h. invited to meet the
Secretary Of stat" amd Mrs. Bryan.
=
Mrr Bertha T.. Irwin has scui out
cards announcing the marriage o, her
daughter. Craze. 10 kilhourn Gordon.
on Nav :
Mrs Edward X. E"wiand. Uho Is
passing the sprnS season At Radnor.
Pa, will entertain i InrG" house party
over the week end and tOm"rro" even
ing viii give diuner tu honor If ncr
guests. Countess Gizycka and the Ger
man amha ssador. 'ount Bernst"rf. will
he among Mrs Rowlands guests
Mr. and Mrs. r. : Franklin. of
New York. have arrived iu Washington
and are stopping A. the Shor"h9r'.
=
Mr.. and Mrs II. + PEN and family.
Of Minneapolis. have HrrI'..l hnrc from
ba,trna Eta. aud are at ~. IiotrI
I nNhathn for - short sta
-
The Mexican consul. AlhcrIn T.. Godov.
row the only remaining r~rrcsruIaii, .
OF the HucrJa government In this roua-
try, viii lecture on SUNDAY evening. at
The Washington times., 1914-05-15
Southern Women
.Sh0W AWakeni1Q
Impractical Type Gives Way to Busy, Aggressive
Workers, Declares Mrs. Wigs, of Atlanta,
Mothers Congress Delegate.

The Southern you read abou-a wiuSome extremely
feminine impractical sentimental person. cherishng ideals
bygone paave wishing good old of
and plantations
The Southern she according Of the numbe
actpe busy aggressive the feminine keen
matters working the advanced reforms ague
legislation patterned after that of the Western States.
This is pictured ppdy BY Mrs. W. H. Wigs of At
iauta tells of activities of city
State
The Washington times., 1914-05-15
The News of Society
By JEAN ELIOT.

the Columbia Theater, on Mexico by a
Mexican. The address, will be Illus
trated by lantern slides. and Senior
GOdoy hopes to establish the fact that
the Mexican people, IL left to them
selves, will be able to bring about a
permanent peace and set up d stable
government
-
Miss Flora Wilson and 4 number Of
women of official and nonofficial so
ciety will entertain a luncheon party
at Dover House today. The event will
be in the nature of a Dutch treat" a
number of host"Sses taking out groups
of guests. Mrs. Thomas D. Dunn will
have with her Mrs James p Mann and
her house guest. Mrs. Hungerford, Of
New York.
=
The British Ambassador and Lady
Spring-Rice entertained informally at
dinner last night.
-. +
Capt. and Mrs. H. y. C1arN entertainer
at a small dinner last night at the Army
and Navy club in honor of Miss Nancy
O'DonoGhue, of Philadelphia. who is q
guest OF senator and Mrs. Ollie james.
=
pllS ~ sHllAiil anu ~ - ] H''-IldS lluIl
are entertaining for Il week Mrs c. A
lIurecrford. Of New York. 1'h,y gave
small dinner IN her honor last night.
having among their guests CUhgrcssrnan
and Mrs. James S. Parker. Congressman
and Mrs. Charles VI. Hamilton, and
Congressman and Mrs. Fred !. Britton
r
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins
viii give a dinner May % in compl' 'mnnt
to Miss katherine jennings and Chaun-
coy IIackCtt. whose marriage Will take
place May -
y very quiet and beautiful! wedding
took place yesterday at noon a. the resi-
dcnce OF Mrs. Julia Bates Grant n Six
toenth street, Uhen Mrs Grants dIugh-
ter. Edith Louise. and Lewis Painter
Cl phan" were married amid palms and
81 ring flowers. The Rev. Z. Ernest
Smith ohiciated in the presence of only
tn" two immediate families.
After the wedding breakfast NJ. and
Mrs. CI"phane left at once Tor Eoston,
whcnc" the sail tomorrow for Italy.
S"lcrnl months will be spent in travel
abroad.
Mrs White wrfc OF the CHIEF Justice.
entertained At 4 young peoples lunch
con at the Shoreham yesterday. Each
guest received bouquet Of lilies Of the
valley. The guests were Miss Leita
Montgomery. Miss GLADYS Hin"kley.
Miss Wilmer, Miss Whiting Miss de
Pcua. and Miss Draper.
Mrs Edward y. judd Of Greenwich
conn. and Miss l. Louise Knapp, OF
Boston. raye arrived IN " Washington
and arc stopping al tn" Shoreham for
few days
Nj. Jusir,e and Mrs Hughes Will re
,,.,,, in Washington until the end "s
June. when they viii go to Lake Suna-
pee, \. II. where they nave taken
cottage for the summer.
Mrs Charles Hoar. Of Boston. who
has rcen the guest Of the Secretary Of
War and Mrs. Garrison, mas ie'nFn'd
t. her hone.
Mrs charles DAVIS ''ue!e ami 9"r
d,mcb,c,. Misses urath aud olive
,.,aT, are entertaining at hrugc thus
a,,,,,,,,,,n followed hv tea at their
n,,,.. in chevy "hase. The tani" =
d,.o.,,cd in pink carnations. Mrs.
,,.ero,s sister. Miss Kate n"an ovens.
vii pour tea.
,rs Henry y. CLAYTON. wh" 'v'i
,., earl. in June for Mo'dr"m"r,.
w. here Mr. Clayton has htor aI-
,,l,.cd Federal Judge. IS h'In- a''0h
(c,.J ncfo,c her departure.
rr Ma, e" MIe Js'k iiN"il " u 60"
, rnrrheon for her ana on MAY -
(continued on Ninth Pags)
The Washington times., 1914-05-15
The Silver
Lining
Edited by ARTHUR BAER.

Some day We are going to write a real
clever paragraph.
Something you can tango TO.
Napoleon said that an army travelled
on its stomach, but Huertas seems to
be depending on its legs
Unlike Thomas Edison. ne are not
opposed to lads having the cigarette
habit. What We are opposed to II to
them having nothing but the habit. Got
the makings?
The Washington times., 1914-05-15
Lists Only Good Plays.

Tiays which moet With H." approval
or 'Eo Nnshlrurun T,u.a Society are'
listed In the rcuur, ,n.= vear instead
or those criticized. An experiment Is
being tried.