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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

the stairs from pile to cord at my bed
room. They are all as good today as
they were then"
| said | thought she had chosen
most wisely, both in husband and fur
niture.-Youth's Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
SYNOPSIS.

John Valiant. rich society favorfte,
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
poration, which his father founded and
which was the principal source of his
wealth. has failed. He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist OF an old motor car.
white bull dog and Damory court, neg
iected estate In Virginia On the way 70
Damory court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge, an authenticated beauty, and di-
cides that he is going to like Virginia I'M
uaanNefy
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
Condolences.

managers are complaining that 1t
is so hard to get good chorus to-
gether."
well, didn't you read about the I'M
pending lobster famine?"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

Some men are so constituted that
they will yield to nothing exceps
temptation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16

are financially pressed when any,
thing goes wrong with their plans
were making all the calamity noise :;
were shouting to men warting to
buy cotton that all planters were il
such desperate need Of money that if
they couldn't get 10 cents they'd
take 8, and if they couldn't get 8 they
must take 6. and if they couldn't
get s they must take 4, and if they
couldn't get 4 they'd give away the
cotton to get rid Of it.
Unless, up here in he North, the
fool friends Of the cotton growers in
the South continue he cotton calam-
ity bowling after the most urgent,
needs cf the growers themselves
have been taken care of, cotton will
now go TO a market where there are
buyers; for there is a real need of
cotton not only in this country, but
abroad; it is a growing need.
The mills and factories will take
cotton as fast as they can get it
when they believe that it is as cheap
as they can get it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
FIRST THREE-GUN
TURRET FOR NEVADA
New BattIeship Due To Be the
last Word' in Naval Con-
struction, Experts Say.

BOSTON. Oct 1s-within a few days
there will be installed on the new battle
ship Nevada. at the Fore River ship
yards. the first three-gun turret ever
placed on an American battleship. They
will be the best protected Of any in the
world. and will be the heaviest ever set
up. weighing on the average about
eighty tons. or some eleven tons heavier
than the turrets on the Argentine bat
ueship Rivadavia. which was considered
the last word in naval construction.
Each Of Nevadas turrets will have
three 4-inch guns, the most powerful
on any United States battleship and
rivaled only by a few in the British
and German fleets. They will weigh
about 1850 pounds each. will be So feet
long, and will throw a projectile weigh
ing 400 pounds. The latter will carry
a much larger amount Of high ex-
plosives than the s75-pound projectiles
of the Finch pieces.
Two of these three-gun turrets will be
installed. one on the forecastle deck and
one on the quarterback. with a two-gun
turret behind and slightly above each
other. so there will be five I4-inch guns
pointing ahead and a similar number
facing astern. Thus the fire Of all ten
guns may be concentrated at either
side or almost directly ahead or astern.
The advantage OF such an arrangement
has deeply impressed naval authorities
the world over. The New York and
Texas, the only American ships now In
commission with 14-inch guns, carry
them mounted in five two-gun turrets in
stead OF four, as on the Nevada and
hnr ci-fn hi HIrIo
1t is estimated that about three more
months will be needed in which to
complete the work Of laying on the
Nevada's side armor. Because of the
fact that she will use only oil for fuel,
there will be but one smokestack, and
the boilers can be concentrated in the
middle of the ship. The boilers can thus
be given heretofore unknown security
in the form of the heaviest armor ever
employed for this purpose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
THE ALL-STAR TEAM.

Grantland Rice has stealed him
self agaiost the sings and arrows.
and doped cut his ;,ll-star baseball
team for the two big leagues, on the
performance Of 1914. Not on long
distance records and 5howings, but
on the doings of the year just closed;
determinedly closing his eye and his
mind to everything else save this
one little segment CT baseball his
tory, and putting his glass down on
that alone.
Wherefore he makes up an all-star
team that doesn't include either
Christi Mathewson or Walter John
son. He apoloei"es for it, but the
need for apologies is not very OBJ
vious Mr.. Rice has some other
things for which to make explana-
ton; and chief Of these is the effort
to pick his star team before the
woJ Ids series. His article was writ
ten before the series had been play
cd; and so, on the showing to that
time, he names as his star pitchers,
James of the Boston Nationals, Alex
ander of TIE Philadelphia Nationals,
Tesreau of the New York Nation
ais, and Bender Of the Philadelphia
Americans. Surely it is to smile. to
See Bender in and Rudolph out: yet
that's merely because Mr.. Rice wrote
before Bender had failed and Ru-
Golph Rad proved himself the star
Of the year.
Picking an all-star team is like
picking a sure winner in the world
series. Almost all the experts
ANEW" that the Athletics we're the
class and the conquerors Ebeforc the
playing began. At that same stage,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
Grip-Packing Day
For SOLOnS

This is grip-packing day about the
Capitol. When the House back
pedalled Yesterday afternoon and re-
pealed the Underwood docking"
resolution. which kept its members
here under penalty of being locked
In their pay for absenteeism. there
was a rush Of dozens of members to
nearby telephones. The impatient
legislator. with a going-away impa-
tience about him, called up a wife or
daughter and said something about
like this:
Mary. get out that old suit case of
mine and get my laundry in from
that laundryman. Is my suit press
ed? They're not going to dock me,
Get ready
Time tables were then consulted,
kilograms were forwarded to constit-
uents. and the office was cleaned UP.
Mr.. Congressman was about to shake
the dust of Washington for a few
days at least. and there was a great
cornmotion everywhere.
1t is estimated that at least 100
members have left Washington since
yesterday afternoon and they're
still going Majority Leader Under
wood served notice that a quorum
to adopt the conference report on the
war revenue bill-but that's next
week. and meanwhile the campaign
is suffering and the average member
intends to do a hurried job of fence
repairing while there is yet time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16

Mr.. Rice "knew" that Bender was
enc of the four great pitchers and
that Rudolph wasn't. What's the
use?
Likewise, Rice names as his two
crack catchers. on general perform
ance of the season, Schang of the
Athletics, and Bresnahan of the
Cubs. Gowoy was not even consid-
cred a possible candidate. Six stars
were picked out as the cream OF
catching talent; then by elimination
Bresnahan and Schang we're picked
from the cream as the creme de Ia
creme. But Gowdy wasn't one CT the
six, or ore Of the two! Gowdy, who
caught all the games Of the worlds
series. and whose batting was TIE
sensation Of the series.
The Rice team of stars containG
Just two men from the Boston
Nationals, Meanwhile and Pitcher
James. Yet the Boston Nationals
have been from July s to the emf
of the season a star team; perhaps
not team of stars, fo- there's a de-
cided difference, and it's all in favor
Of the constellation rather than the
individual ldminant Of first magni-
tude.
We guess that Mr.. Stallings' team
as it stands today, would go ont on
a lot and lick the shine all off the
star aggregation that Mr.. Rice pick
ed before he had any of the seasons
real dope.
And the fact that we dare record
such guess shows that our discre-
ton is no better. than Rice's.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
THE RESERVE SYSTEM.

There will be general satisfaction
over the announcement that the Fec
eral reserve board is calling for the
first installment on the assessment
that national banks are 20 pay to
provide capital for the Federal re-
serve system, and that the new sys-
TEN may be placed in general opera
ton by November Is. Some time
ego it was stated that despite the
pressing needs of The country for
financial stability, the rev system
would probably not be ready for op-
Cration before the early weeks of the
new year.
The passing of the years turning
point will be a time of business dis
comfort all over the world, and there
is every reason why the new Ameri-
can money system should he got
ready for work before that period of
stress shall be upon us. There is
I.CSu 1Oi LfIc DiooI Lili'bdIc anu ShSN-
tive cooperation of American bank
ing interests with those of other
countries, and with the business con-
Germs of this country. The one way
&c make hat cooperation most effec-
tive is through the solidarity that
has been the aim of the men who
formulated the new systen. In fact,
if ever there was time when the
system was needed, it is now There
will be no exigency of The future, so
far as can now be conceived, that will
demand this steadying and strength
ching influence more than these
present and coming months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
NEEDS ARE PRESSING
President NeWman's Report to
Secretary Lane Asks More
Buildings.

The need OF more and larger build
ing for Howard University is urged in
the annual report of DR.. Stephen NJ.
Newman, president Of the institution,
to Secretary Of the Interior Lane
The service which Howard Uni
versity Is rendering the country is
growing in Importance every year.
DR.. Newman's report said. Our col
legate and professional graduates are
taking important places among the
people. But the increased RESPONSE
hilities thrown upon the university by
the growth of numbers and the de-
velopment OF educational methods
presses us with need for more and
larger buildings and added teachers.
For the first time in the history Of
the university, the total enrolment has
gone ABOVE 800 1t is probable that the
number will stay above that figure.
This makes our needs critical
I'VE try to train our students not
only in class room work, but in patriot
ism and morals. Civic duties are en-
phasized by many lectures. A spirit of
service is cultivated. We commend this
university as one Of the great whole
some and beneficial institutions OF the
The colleges of arts and sciences is
given credit by DR.. Newman for a
larger growth than any other depart
ment OF the university in ten years.
"Forty-nine students were graduated
from the college of arts and sciences in
1914" DR.. Newman's report said. This
the largest number of col
pred youth to receive the baccalaureate
degree in purely academic subjects, hot
onlv in the history of Howard Univer-
sIty. but. so far as is known. In the
history of the world"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
CONFIDENCE GROWS
IN AMERICAN GOODS
Practically Every Line of Bust
ness Shows Increased Or.
ders, New York Reports.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1s.-Added conf
dencc in the opening of American mar
kets for the consumption of goods made
in america in preference to imports be
came apparent today in practically ev-
cry line of business.
TO an apprccaole degree the de-
pcDdencc on Ameri IAN made drugs and
chemicals is being felt by A. .<lipstein
6: Co. 65t Greenwich street, a corror-
alton which has been a large factor in
the chemical trade.
1t was said there Yesterday that since
the beginning of the war demands for
their gOols have increased 100 per cent.
So tremendous is the demand, the Kip
stein Company finds itself rushed TO
the limit to I'll them
AS The chemical and drug ingredients
in the raw have been supplied largely
from Europe, the KlipstcIn company
has been hard pressed to make DIP its
&C mmodities. Therefore, in turn, II has
domestic producers. Already they have
placed orders with the Penman II Little
hale Chemical Company, Of Syracuse.
r. Dstrander & Co., dealers in cleo
trical supplies, - Dey street. have in
creased their manufacturing output
SIS 900 since the outbreak of the war.
The firm has installed machinery for
the manufacture of push buttons, cleo
trio light shades. and arc light carbons.
In addition to those branches of manu-
facturc. 1t has placed large orders in
the domestic field for salammoniaC
The approaching Christmas season
has caused much activity, too. In the
toy industry. In years gone by the
United States supplied only 20 per cent
OF the dolls sold In this country. This
H.
stockings will hold dolls at least 30 per
cent of which are being manufactured
in America
At the Star Toy and Novelty Manu-
featuring Company, II Wooster street.
the increase In orders has compelled tie
flll worlyipp IF eVarv machine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
By 7. R. HILDEBRAND.

Washington has only partial pro-
lection against unclean and impure
milk. Milk consumers are practical
iy at the mercy of milk producers
and milk dealers.
Absence Of laws establishing bac-
terial count, or making any other
provision to insure shipment under
proper conditions, and an inadequate
force of psychologists and dairy
farm inspectors, are given by Health
Department officials as the causes.
Much of the difficulty in obtaining
pure milk for Washington Is caused
by the unusual condition existing
here by which large proportion Of
milk used In the District is brought
to Washington from territory over
which District health department
officials have no Jurisdiction.
OF the 1.227 dairy farms supplying
milk to Washington consumers but
forty-six are located within the Dis
trict, and the average produce Of
these Is much smaller than the av-
erage of the outside farms. These
other farms are located in Maryland,
Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Vfr-
ginia, and Ohio.
Each of these States has varying
requirements for tuberculin tests and
for inspection of farms. Milk now
being used in the District is furnish
ed by Is, 16S cows, Of which but 547
are within the District, and of which
but % per cent have been tubercultn
tested within the last year.
These figures we're furnished today
by DR.. W. c. woodward from the
latest figures now on Tile In the
Health Department.
The first difficulty now comes with
the inadequate number Of inspectors
for dairy farms. But six such in
farms.
But even when milk is produced
under proper conditions 1t NAV be
contaminated by shipment. The Dis
trict now has no regulations con-
corning the cooling. the time. and
the methods of shipping milk here.
a ns R %oa be caTsEe 10 b P wac Sso
terial count. This count, according
to DR.. woodward. Is the accepted
test under which milk Is now tested
for the consumption Of about half
the population Of the United States.
How Cases Are Based.
The Health Department bases its
cases not only on excessive or high
bacterial count, but on the presence
Of colon baccilli' and streptococci.
While milk containing a high bac-
terial count might possibly be harm
less there Is a strong chance of dan
ger. This chance Is greatly fncreas-
ed by the added presence Of the colon
and streptococci. A large bacterial
count. and the presence Of these
particular bacteria, indicates that
milk either is dirty, warm, old, or
is open to all three of these defects.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
THE HARVARD INCIDENT.

Major Clarence Wiener, of Lon
don. American horn .osmopolite and
soldier Of fortune, has announced
that he is disaffected with the pro-
German uttcrances of Prof. Hugo
Munsterberg, of Harvard. The major
announces that unless Prof. Nuns
terberg sewers his connection with
Harvard, he, the major, is going to
change his will, 50 that Harvard
will lose $1O,O00,OOO that he had in
tended to leave it.
Thereupon comes from Cambridge
the announcement that Prof. Nuns
tcrberg promptly resigned. He didn't
wait for the situation to develop any
possible embarrassments to the fac
ulty; he got out Of the way just as
soon as possible, in order to avoid
bringing to an issue the question Of
academic freedom versus cash en-
dowment.
All honor to Prof. Muusterberg for
his willingness to save the univer-
sity such an uncomfortable situation.
Yet more honor, then, to the univer-
sity, if it shall promptly reject the
resignation-andt the Wiener bequest.
Particularly would It be q fine
thing for Harvard, if it could reject
the Request while it still looks like
real money. From Philadelphia,
where they know most rbout Major
Wiener, come the echoes of highly
audible smiles. The intimation is in
obliged, that Major Wiener, like any
body else with a desire to do it, could
easily write a ten-million dollar be-
Guest into his will; but that the ex-
ecutors of the estate would have a
terrific time finding the money to
pay it. "But that's just like Clar-
ence," laughed cheerful old uncle
when told about the bequest story.
Harvard found Prof. Munsterberg
a highly useful and satisfactory
MEMBER of its faculty. H, has been
writing come pro-Ge man things.
Well, what of that? President Fm-
eritus Eliot has been writing some
pro-British ones; Harvard has been
getting the credit, in fact, of help
ing powerfully toward getting the.
cases of both sides ably presented to
the public. That is a service than
which great university can hardly
perform 4 more important. When
Harvard becomes pro-British insti-
tuition, endowed by pro-British
money, it will cease to be a great
or truly educational es-
Money is highly i'm
portant to the creation and r1ainten-
snce of a university; but The assur-
ance IF academic and scholarly indie
pendence, of absolute freedom of
thought, is even more important.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
Garden Denies Criticism;
Incident Now Is Closed

Denial by Sir Lionel Garden. of any
criticism Of President wilson Mexican
policy, transmitted to the state De-
partment by Sir Edward Grey. through
Ambassador Page. has caused this Gov
eminent to consider the Garden Incl
dent as closed. The British foreign min
lister explained that while Garden ad-
mttcd talking to newspaper men while
in New York on his way to England
he bad said nothing in criticism of tho
President.
The British war minister issued a
public rebuke to Sir Lionel. however, by
declaring that for the British envoy
to t|scuss Mexican affairs in any
manner for publication was a viola
ton OF the rules Of 1ratSA diplomacy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
Purer Milk in DC.
Aim of.Can1paign
Womens Clubs Plan to Work for Reforms That Will
Insure Standard Bacterial Count and In
spectors to Enforce Law.

Women clubs plan to take campaign purer and clean
er milk supply for Washington
Because of lack standard bacterial count of
inadequate number of inspectors and psychologists
Department handicapped its effort supply
Besides agitatug these reforms the broaden
of their publicity campaign already started by public
informed through monthly bulletins ratings of dealers
The entire milk situation Washington complicated by the fact
that much of milk used shipped from the District
is described in this article.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
Letter Describes a
Tragedy of the War

There was a dear German girl at the
church. married to young Frenchman,
who is at the front, and she has three
brothers fighting for the other side Is
hut one of many sentimental incidents
of the war as described in a letter re-
ceived bv "A Washington girl from Miss
Frances Van Dyne. daughter of the
American consul at Lyons, France.
Miss Van Dyne describes the sudden
ness of the outbreak, the marching
away of countless thousands of the ma
ton $ men. and of the deluse of injured
which since has filled every available
public building in the city,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16
PURE MILK PROBLEMS.

| Dy tic dUIllSolOll VI III. w.
Woodward in his annual report fol
the Health Department Washington
milk consumers are low only partial
ly protected against impure and un
clean milk. This it not the fault oil
the Health Department. That office
is doing all in It's power under the
inadequate legislation on the sub.
ject, and the limited force Of inspec.
tors at its command.
But this fact does not mean that
the intelligent housewife of Wash
ington cannot protect herself against
contaminated milk. The Health De.
partment now issues a bulletin Civ
ing ratings of all milk vendors in
this city. What it cannot accomplish
by legal means it is trying to &C.
complish by publicity. But in this
latter method it. must have the CO.
operation of housewives.
Two women's organizations, the
Twentieth Century Club and the
Eousekeepers' Alliance, already are
circulating the information in 9ues-
ton among a limited number of milk
buyers. But any individual not
reached by them may go down to the
District Building and inspect for
himself the rating the department
gives each Washington dealer.
These ratings ere believed to he
fair. They are based on each deal
er's record for the six months rre-
ceding. the date of each report. Re-
ports afe revised monthly. They take
into account all the factors that COM
hine to make for purity and clean
illness of milk. Cleanliness of the
dairy farms, methods of shipment.
condition of the cattle, cleanliness of
the dispensing dairy, food value of
The milk, and its bacterial count are
considered.
The average person hears much
and understands little about high bac-
terial counts. streptococci and colon
bacilli. The Twentieth Century Club
bulletins contain these bacterial
counts in addition to the percentage
ratings. A high bacterial count may
not mean contaminated milk. But
obviously the higher the number of
tacteria the greater the chance of
the presence of harmful germs. The
Danger element is greatly enhanced
if streptococci or colon bacili or
ganisms are found. For the pres
ence of these indicates focal con-
termination and the probability of
any of the many germs usually
found with such contamination.
Club women are planning to
grouse sentiment for legislation
which will. make prosecution of deal
ers in harmful milk more certain.
But in the meantime any intelligent
may make reasonably SIRE
Of the purity of her milk supply bv
considering the information open to
ner inspection in the Health Depart
ment Offices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-10-16

What the departmental heads righte-
ously object to. are the Government
clerks settling the European war on
Uncle Sans time
Activity along the Bosporus COM
plicates the situation. Through some
oversight. The Hague forgot to classify
the Turkish cigarette with the dunn dunn
bullet.
Washington fans need not worry over
Walter Johnson's loyalty. Walter has
promised Clark Griffith that he will
play baseball in no other country ex-
cept America.
Even II the United States should be
drawn into the maelstrom of universal
strife. it's some consolation to know
that the green velour hat Is thing
of the past
That hum Of industry In the North
emanates from the Eden Musee. where
they are busily putting an European
military costume on the wax figure Of
Jesse Pomeroy.