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The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
VICTIMS OF ASSESSMENT
MAY URGE REDUCTION
Taxpayer Appeals viii Be Received
Daily Until June-HotePs In
crease Biggest.

Citizens OF the District OF Columbia.
who feel that they have been assessed
too much by the trienniaI assessment
which was completed yesterday, and
which carries an increase In property
values estimated at s40.00o.ooO will get an
opportunity to appear personally before
the board o. equalization an6 review. or
ganized yesterday, and urge reduction
of the figures. Appeals may be recorded
from 10 o'clock this morning until )
o'clock of the first Monday in June.
The board is composed Of Assessor
William p. Richards. chairman; Alexan-
der Mckenzie. vice chairman, and the
three assistan. assessors. The board will
be in session from 10 a. m. until 3 p. m.
daily and until noon on Saturdays. APP
peal blanks ma be obtained upon re-
quest The assessment report Is open
for inspection.
The highest increase OF any property
under the new assessment Is borne by
the New Willard Hotel. the increase
being reported to be from sl7 to 81 a
foot. The valuation placed upon the build
ing Is So. 200. as against $4,000 at the
last assessment.
Commissioner Newman yesterday after
noon commended the board for complet-
ing the assessment within the time al
lowed by the law.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
MACKAY THREATENS TO FIGHT
WAKE. wroth at Joint BeIl-westeru
Union Offices.

New York. Jan. 5.-Clarence II. Maekay,
president OF the Postal Telegraph Caole
Company, today was shown a published
telegram which Belvidere Brooks, gen.
eral manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, sent to all Western
Union offices a few days ago in reference
To future relations between that company
and the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company. The telegram read:
There is no reason that We can see
why such plant and traffic relations as
have proved beneficial should not be con-
tinued."
Mr.. Mackay was asked whether his at
tention had been called TO it He said:
IF that means joint Bell Telephone
Western Union Offices We shall open up
the fight again. Joint offices are worse
than joint stock, and yet they now admit
that Joint stock is Illegal We Thought
that the action of the Attorney General
would put stop to this, but If joint Bell
Western Union offices are TO be continued
and extended we will fight"
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
Firemen Rescue Trio.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 5.-Two women.
Mrs. Emma Pitney and her daughter.
Margaret. were rescued from the fourth
fioor OF a building in Chapel street early
today by firemen. Edward Parrill. who
was found hanging from a tnIru-story
windowsill. also was rescued. Guests in
the Ten Eyck and the New Kenmore
hotels in the vicinity of the fire were
awakened.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
EMPLOYEES get TOGETHER. -
Officers of Potomac Electric Power
Company Attend Meeting.

The first "get-together' meeting under
the auspices OF the commercial depart
ment Of the Potomac Electric Power
Company was held last night in the d.
rectors' room in the company's building.
Fourteenth and c streets northwest. with
E 5. NARROW, manager. presiding. Sew
eral officials of the company. including
President Clarence p. King and Vice
President Ham were present
A paper bearing upon cooperation was
read by Paul Coulon, in which was point
ed out many of the methods of corpora
ton as applied to employees and the pub
lie served by the corporation.
The principal address was made by
Frank Jewell Raymond, of st. Louis. This
afternoon and tomorrow afternoon. he will
again address the employees upon differ
ent subjects. showing what to do. and
what not to do in many matters per
tanning to the relation OF the company
with the general public.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
DANCES TO AID SUFFRAGE.
New York Women Start New Cam
paign for Votes.

New York, Jan. 5.-Daneing as a means
Of advancing the cause of votes for
women is one Of the campaign plans an
nounced by the New York City woman
suffrage party. According to Mrs James
Lees Laidlaw, city chairman. halls will
be leased in all sections of the city,
where an appeal will be made to parents
through dancing schools for the children.
The slogan of the city suffragists for
1914, Mrs. Laidlaw said, would be Con
centration for twenty months and victory
in 1915.' The schedule for the early part
of the year provides for seven-day cam
paigns in a score of places.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
PYrHIAEs INSTALL OFFICERS.


Msre rhaa 100 Persons Attend
Ceremonies of Equal Lodge. No. n.
More than 100 persons witnessed the
public installation OF the officers of
Equal Lodge. No. II, Knights of Pythias,
in the Pythian Temple last night Mark
Sherman, assisted by Hamlin 81. Wander
wort. Charles U. Henderson,. Henry J.
Gasson. Frank B. Crown. William A.
Kimmel Richard s. Sebastian, and John
B. Dicknan. conducted the ceremonies.
The new officers are c. +. Stanowski.
Horace Lowe. James NJ. McCauley, Will
lam MINIS. Edward ]. Newcomb. Frank
J. Henning. Charles Peckham, Denny
f. Brown. Clarence Arrick, and John
MINIS.
An address eulogizing the late Robert
Sroufe. former grand chancellor Of the
order. portrait of whom was unveiled,
was delivered by Maj. Richard Sylvester.
Several musical numbers were given by
Miss Emily Peckham. and addresses
were delivered by r. N. Wood and o. A.
Booth The benediction was pronounced
by Rev. George A. Miller.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
LIQUOR SURVEY WANTED.
Excise Board Starts Work of Reduc'
Ing Number of Saloons.

Requests for a survey of the imme-
date neighborhood OF the building where
in liquor is sold under license, were sent
out to all liquor dispensers yesterday
by the Excise Board.
In regulating these surveys, the board
aims to obtain in the quickest possible
way information respecting the number
OF licensed places now in prohibited
zones and other particulars. As soon
as these surveys are in the possession of
the board, it will begin giving considera-
ton to the question of eliminating all
barroom licenses in excess of 800, for the
license year beginning November !, 1914
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
OFFICIALS HELD AS SPIES.
Arrests Create Sensation i'm German
Cfty-Aided Russia, Is Charge.

Koenigsberg. Germany, Jan. 5.-A ire
mendous sensation has been caused here
by the arrest of several military and
consular officials in connection with an
espionage system established in the IN
terest of RussiA
The ramifcations of the system are al
legged to have extended not only to the
all important Baltic anG North Sea ports
and frontier points, but to other sections
of the empire.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
u. 5. IS PLEDGED
TO SHARE Debt
CONTINUED FROM PAGE SNE.


or the Treasury to pay the amount car
ried TOR interest ana SINKING rund IN the
bill entirely out OF the revenues OF the
District. johnson CLAIMED tnat MS oniy
reason for demanding mis- was that Il
was In compliance with the law OF
1874 and 1878 When his BLUM was called,
by the suggestion that the Secretary OF
the Treasury merely be instructed to pay
the money in compliance with existing
law" johnson had to accept the COM
PROMISE, and this called FOR an inter-
probation by. the Comptroller as TO the
intent of the existing law.
The conclusions reached by Comptroller
Downey follow. in part:
1T remains for us, upon the premises
thus. as believe, satisfactorily estab-
lished, to predicate proper conclusions.
81. The indebtedness represented by
the SIS bonds was Indebtedness Of the
District of Columbia and not In any part
the Indebtedness of the United States.
and the bonds are the bonds Of the Dis
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
STOCKHOLDERS SAVE BANK.
Make Good 100000 Dehcit O.
schnumburg (IlD Institution.

Chicago. Jan. 1.-THE Farmers Bank of
schaumburg, Ill. opened for business, as
usual. this morning after the twenty-five
stockholders had made up the deficit of
$4,000 said to have been caused by spec
ulation of Frank Henning, assistant CASH
Ter. who disappeared lew Years Eve
The stockholders voted to double the
capital stock.
According to John FEM. president Of
the bank. it is not certain that warrants
will be sought for Henning. The missing
assistant cashier is said to have left an
explanation of the shortage and an agree
ment to make IT good.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
"HIKERS" NEAR ALBANY.
TWENTY-FIVE Miles Covered by tn,
Women During Day.

Catskill, n. Y. Jan. Gen. Rosalie
Jones and her little army of suffragists
newspaper men, and camp followers ar
rived here this evening after a twenty
five-miIe hike from Kingston over heavy
reads and in the face of head winds
Gen" Jones was so fatigued that She
was unable to make the scheduled ad-
dress in the local theater, but Capt
Rose Livingston delivered an address in
the theater and another from the court
house steps.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
A. IL. Grimke to Lecture,

Archibald ii. Grimke. president Of the
local branch National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. will
lecture on 1.-The Sex Question and Race
Segregation" in the Andrew Rankin Me-
mortal Chapel. Howard University, to-
morrow night
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
THE WASHINGTON HERALD TUESDAY JANUARY 8. lsl4.

.t2s STAT. 47o). and 50 per centuni
thereof charged to the revenues Of the
District OF Columbia and 80 per centum
thereof charged to the amount ep-
propriated for the expenses OF the DIS
trict from the moneys OF the United
States, and the money SO paid snouid
be accounted for accordingly
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
DIRECTS RESCUE BY PHONE.
Woman Aid of l.. ID. Brandeis Trap
ped in Blazing Building.

Boston, Jan strapped alone on the
top floor of the eleven-story Compton
building, a. To- Devonshire street, Miss
Alice Grady, secretary TO Louis d.
Brandeis, AID said to be the highest SAL
aired woman in Boston, directed her res
cue by telephone while firemen fought a
blaze on the fourth floor.
Miss Grady, who was at work alone,
was almost overcome by smoke before
she thought of the telephone. Scaling
ladders were put up, but she was taken
down the stairs wrapped in a fireman s
coat.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
FUEL TRIAL RESUMED
Coal Company Accused Of Conspir'
aey to Defrnud Government.

San Francisco. Jan. 1.-THE Western
Fuel Company conspiracy trial. IN Wnlcn
eight oficers ana employees OF the coal
concern are accused of .connivins to
defraud the government out Of customs
duties and drawbacks ON duties paid. was
resumed today before Judge Maurice +.
Dooling In the United States district
court Before Christmas court adjourned
until after the holidays.
The evidence introduced by the govern
nent as far as the tria! has gone has
been In the nature OF groundwork Tor
the testimony of David G. Powers, fer
mer empIoye of the coal company now
aligned with the prosecution.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
Much .veri-veri,' in Jersey Jail.

Surgeon General Blue OF the PUBIC
Health Service made public today a re-
port showing tina. in tn last three years
there have been twenty-five cases OF
.veri-verr' in the county jail at Eliza
beth, n. ]. Investigation was made by
DR.. Herman s. Parker. who reported
that at the time the inmates Of the Eliz-
abeth Jail were under his observation all
prisoners vino were serving sentences OF
more than sixty days had contracted the
disease.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
Christina. Tree Bl..e.; Los. $500.

A candle on Christmas tree burned
too low last night. resulting in a 500
fire in the home of John II. Crosson. 15il
Wisconsin avenue northwest. The fire.
men confined the blaze to the room in
which the tree stood.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
whisky Kills Tot.

Buffalo. n. Y, Jan. 5.-Half a pint of
whisky today killed Katherine Nc
Gowan. three years old. The child got
hold of the bottle, which had been
bought for medicinal purposes. and drank
its contents.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06

Arrivals of Ocean Steamships.
New York. Jan. 5.-Arrived today: Surf
name. Belize. ssr--l -
The Washington herald., 1914-01-06
Lace Curtains Cut.

Real Scotch Lace Curtains; full
length and width; white and ecru-
They are real good values at
81. Special, per pair. ....-... sass
Real Irish Point Lace Curtains:
the very latest effects, both colo
NAL and floral designs; white and
Arabian
$1,000 Values. .s..15
sI5 % yalues so.:5
Special sale Sill-length French
Lace Curtains. white and Arabian
Marked to sell for $500. Spe-
cial. this sale, per pair. -x1.Ss
odd lots Marie Antoinette Laces.
for the sill or long curtains; white
and Arabian. These are the very
latest effects in laCes.
<=oo yaIues S4.I5
$500 Values. $3.50
$1,000 Values. ..-.--.--... .S-2o
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-11
CHICAGO BRIEFS

William M. Marshall, SO, to rewed
Mrs. Marshall, %, to give their 4
year-old son a name.
Hans Nelson, 1892 w. Chicago av.,
went joy riding on Lincoln pkwy.
Crashed into tea-room full of wo-
men. Arrested for speeding.
Goods of Chicago University have
started anti-fat sorority. Fasting and
self-reducing exercises form ritual.
Woman's Central Prohibition Club
will meet this afternoon at room AZ,
log N. LaSalle st.
DR.. Herbert Lampkin arrested in
connection with Mrs. Mary q. Bart
let's $150,000 suit against DIR. Pratt,
face specialist. Women claims beauty
operation disfgured face.
Viscera of Delaney n. Louderback,
millionaire real estate operator, to be
examined. Friends deny suicide.
Stephen Week, Gary, wandered in
to home of George W. Curry, ISL E.
18th ST. Curry used chair on unlimited
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-11

and began the treatment which has
restored my spine.
Through my own past suffering
know what Cora's ordeal is. | have
received bids already from two ply
sicians in Philadelphia but my spine
will go to the highest bidder, no mat
ter where he IiVesI"
BIDS FOR THIS WOMAN'S SPINE
So far Mrs. Kenner has received
eight offers for her spine, which she
will sell to the highest bidder in or
der to pay the bills for restoring her
half-sisters to health.
The highest of these offers is $3.50
and comes from medical college
The lowest is for $50 and is made by
a surgeon. Between these two there
ranges several offers.
There is one big Offer" says Mrs.
Kenner, but l cannot take it, as it
is for my entire body and not for my
spine only"
Offers for Mrs. Kenner's remark
able spinal cord are to be addressed
to Mrs. Alberta B. Kenner, Meadow
brook, Pa.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-11

guest. Week. arrested after being
treated at hospital. =-
Charles Ashley of San Francisco
will speak on the Tramp" at the l.
w. W. open forum, II N. Halsted ST.,
Sunday April II, at 8 p. M.
Attorney Lester L. Bauer refused
to answer subpoenaes. Judge lands
brought him into court on writ of at
tachment.
Missing Prof. JacWson B. McKin-
ney i'll in New York. Will go to home
of parents to recuperate.,
Mrs. Ida Whitehead, 80, Cincinnati,
held at s.. Chicago police station on
charge of kidnapping daughter, Jessie
Lloyd, 8. Child was adopted by
Whitehead 8 years ago.
Richard Kane and James Cum
mings held in connection with fight
in Continental and Commercial Bank
building. Men deny charges.
Discrepancy found in returns of
5Oth precinct OF. 18th ward. 169 votes
more than cast credited to alderman.
Election commissioners to investi-
gate.
Hearing of contempt charges
against school trustees continued I'M
til Monday.
Frederick C. Maston, wealthy con-
crete man, fined $50 for disorderly
conduct. Miss Mavis Simmons, who
preferred abduction charge, failed to
prosecute.
Arguments started before Judge
Carpenter in effort to collect $112,O00
back rent from Inter-Ocean.
AdoIph Jones, 81, 1904 Fulton ST.,
stumbled over board on platform of
Logan Square 81" Station. Fell to
street. Slightly injured.
Friends have come to rescue of
doomed parrot. Anti-CFuelty So
ciety besieged in effort to save late
DR.. Celia Haynes pet,
Fred S. DeCoIa wants $4,000 from
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-15

making butter from his own cream
and is able to dispose of it at the
usual creamery butter market price,
but there is SO much butter, ranch
butter, if you please. placed on the
market in the summer through the
grocery store, and sold by these
stores TO some renovating plant at
price considerably less than that paid
to the maker of the butter. This ex-
ira price is really fictitious and of no
benefit to the farmer since it must
be returned to the groceryman in ex-
ira price for groceries to that farmer.
This prac tice should be discouraged
rather than encouraged. The average
person on the farm cannot make a
high grade butter since he is not able
to have and control the correct tenn
peratures found necessary in the
manufacture of butter of extra quail
ity. Not long ago a farmer patron
stated that he found creamery butter
rather expensive as his children ate
much more of it than they did of the
home made butter. Another dairy
man sent in some butter to be judged
and criticised; and while this had a
fairly good flavor, it was faulty in
most every particular. 1t had a
greasy appearance and flavor, and
every indication of being overwork-
ed. 1t was also low in color and salt,
and had very notified appearance.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-15
The Dissatisfied Creamery Patron

Several things which have lately
occurred have caused me to say some
thing in regard to the patron who is
not entirely satisfied with the cream
cry, it's manner of doing business,
and dairying in general; and they are
not all dissatisfied for the same rea-
son. One may have fault to find be-
cause there is no money in the cream
business; another thinks his test is
too low or the creamery does not pay
enough for the cream; while still
others say they can make more butter
from the cream at home than they
receive in butterfat at the creamery.
The farmer who thinks there is no
money in the cream business is one
who generally makes dairying entirely
a side issue and ottentimes leaves
the milking, caring for the COWS and
the delivery of cream to the boys or
to the ''good wife" While I will not
90 so far as to say that this work
should be required of the housewife,
one will find, as rule, that she is
willing enough to continue in the
cream business it she could receive
more encouragement from the other
side of the house. Then | would
suggest that the farmer spend more
time In studying his dairy cattle and
their production as we'll as amount
and cost of feed given to the cattle.
One or two worthless COWS in a herd
of ten may increase the cost of pro-
duction and reduce the profits to
such an extent that little or no profit
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-15

Butter of this quality generally has
slow sale on the market. and would
be scored about 85 per cent by COM
petent judge. The maker probably
thought this was fair quality of
butter, at least. If a farmer is located
near a good market and is prepared
for making butter, he may be able to
secure fair price for the butter, but
it oftentlmes costs him a great deal
in work and loss of fat in buttermilk.
All cream should be delivered to
the creamery in sweet or nearly
sweet condition. In other words,
cream should contain less than three
tenths of one per cent Of Tactic acid
and should be free from any old.
stale, bitter or unclean fiavors. Ii
all cream delivered to the creamery
we're of this grade or quality, from
two to four cents more per pound
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-15
will be realized from the herd.


In my experience I have found
number of patrons who are dissatisfied
when their cream tests are low or
irregular. The farmer should not be
blamed because he Is not satisfied
with low test, but he should make
an attempt to discover whether he,
the cream separation or the tester at
the creamery is at fault. l have
found that the one who is testing for
the creamers is generally willing
enough to make careful and accurate
tests, but 1t the butterfat content is
actually low and the cream thin, the
tester cannot give other than a low
test. AS rule the average creamery
patron is not equipped with Babcock
tester and balances, and il dissatisfied
should ask the manager to have the
sample of cream tested in his pres
ence, and most managers will be only
too glad to do this in order to restore
the confidence of the patron.
The tests of cream delivered at
various times are likely to be irreg-
ular for good many reasons which
have been mentioned and explained
in various bulletins from the state
experiment stations. Each patron
should acquaint himself thoroughly
as to these causes, and whenever
variations in tests occur he should
attempt to discover which, if any. of
these conditions is affecting the varia-
tions in his cream tests. The farmer
will be better satisfied as he becomes
more fully informed on these causes
and the different agencies are only
too willing to furnish the anxious
farmer with this information. In
fact, with the knowledge l have on
the subject, l would become quite
suspicious, if the tests from the cream
which | was delivering from time to
time did not vary to some extent.
Such conditions as variation in speed
of separator at different times, varia-
ton in different amount of foreign
matter in milk, cleanliness of sep
arator bowl and parts. variation in
temperature of milk at different
separations, are just the ones which
are apt to cause this so-called "unac-
countable variation" in tests from
week to week. 1t is not always salts
factory for the patron to take sam
pie of cream aud test it at home. He
usually does not possess the necessary
sensitive balance with which to weigh
the sample, and so often does not
realize the Importance of thoroughly
stirring the cream before taking the
sample.
Now and then we may hear of one
individual who is receiving as much
for his butter as the creamery, but
such case is rare, and too often you
find him accepting from two to four
cents lower per pound than would
have been given him by the home
creamery. l do not want to discour-
age the person who IS successful in
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-15

under no obligations to
them. Everything works
smoothly and there is no
friction among the men
picking out the easy mixers
and all those stunts. -
The SHARPLES MIXER
now is being used in diaries
of from Is to 700 COWS.
Built sturdily, it's operation
is absolutely reliable.
Ask the editor of any ma
tional authoritative dairy
ing paper what he thinks of
the SHARPLES MIXER.
Catdlog ON request.
TheSharples Separator
Company
WEST CHESTER, PA.
Chicago, III. San Francisco, Cal.
Dallas, Texas Portland, Ore.
Omaha, Neb. Minneapolis, MINI.
Toronto, Can. Winnipeg. Can.
Kansas City, Mo.
Agencies Everywhere
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-02-15
Easy to Clean
Easy to Keep Clean

"They are easy to take
care Of" writes one
SHARPLES MIXER
user, whose name we
will be glad to furnish
on request. "When
we get through milking
we milk a pail of water
through them, the ma
chine is cleansed in
water about scalding,
then placed in a solution
of lime water.
"The machines do not hurt
the COWS. We have used
them eighteen months. To
anyonein the dairy business
I would recommend them.
We are milking around
seventy COWS daily in an
hour and ten minutes. We
use five units.
Zone man attends to the
mixers and another man
strips the COWS. The COWS
like it better than hand
milking and it does away
with the labor problem. I
had to keep eight and nine
men on my farm, but after
pay day we might have one
or two to do the milking.
1t just made things hum for
the foreman and one or two
men thatwould beregularly
on the job. Now we are