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The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
Raai.n Tre.tneat Fsils.

McAlester, Okla, Feb. 11.-After an
operation two months ago In which the
child's left eye was removed because of
q tumor. treatment by radium failed to
save James @. Brewer. infant son of
Robert Brewer. cashier Of the First Ma
tional Bank of NcAlester. A month ago
the child was brought here apparently
on the road to recovery. but several days
ago there was . relapse. the child dying
today. The radium treatment was given
at Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore.
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NAVAL Tue rcrollAc sA1B.
Vessel Il. :. Ice Five ,aiies frsn'
Rocky Ifarhsr.

The naval tug Potoms IL safe IN IN
Ice on Rocky Harbor, Newfoundiand. &c
eordihg to vircless received at thu
Navy Department yesterday. The Do
spatches. signed by Boatswain Wilktn
son. commanding the tug. read:
Potomac safe in ice five miles from
Rocky Hsrbor. No immediate danger
& The wireless was reiayed to Washing
ton with the aid Of the rcvcnue cutter
Androscogsin. sent from Portland, Ne.
TO the aid of the naval tug. Il q moi
expected that the Potomac will flnd II
dimcult to get out Of the ice, aided b.
the revenue cutter.
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HAS WALKED $4,000 NILES.
Gless-rrsttsr At white Hesse, Get'
Prssias,t's Autesraph.

Joseph Frank Nikulec. an Austro-
American, who Is walking around the
world for the second time. called at the
White House yesterday and requested
President Wilson, to sign his name in a
huge volume containing. the signatures
of many noted personages- President
Wilson did SO and in scanning the pages
OF the book noted the names OF former
Presidents Roosevelt and Taft. Mr..
Mikuiec said he had walked nearly 5000
miles In his time.
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10 ATTEND ATLANTA HEARmas.
Ce.ptrolier Williams Goes 10 Jsis
McAdoo and Houstsn.

Comptroller of the Currency Williams
left Washington last night for Atlanta.
Ga. where he win Join Secretaries Nc
Adoo and Houston. Of the organisation
committee Of the new currency system.
They viii hold hearings there on Friday
and Saturday of this week on the claims
OF Atlanta as a reserve city.
The organization committee now IL in
New Orleans on the last leg Of Its trip
around the United States. This is the
f1rst time Mr.. Williams viii sit with the
committee. he having been appointed
Comptroller and confirmed about two
weeks ago.
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sllEz s1zs opp lEeussr.
.A,as1ssa wsssss C.nnsres.s ssere'
~ Asksss Data sn Beers.

~ Asksss Data sn pesrs.
~ infermatisn regarding recent cap
turss Of beaxs n the District should b
forwarded Immediately 70 Tom Grant.
secretary Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
Mr.. Grant IN his oGlctaa caoacity re-
ceived yesterday . letter vrttten on good
stationery. and according to Hr. Grant.
s7mteiligent. from man In Tcnskee.
Alaska, asking for data on bearA The
writer specifcs that b wants infcrma-
tion on the largest specimens only. In
cluding weight-actual or approximate
kind. and whore taken.
Mr.. Grant thinks the writer must have
bet 20 settle" However. Mr.. Grant
IL by nature obiiging and has written
to the Zoo. the smithsonian Institution.
the National Museum. and several "oid-
est Inhabitants" for the required data
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railway co~p..y I.aieseA.

Word was received by the interstate
Commerce Commission yesterday OF an
indictment returned against the Lehigh
and Hudson Railway Company BY the
Federal Grand jury for the district Of
New jersey. The irdictment. which also
includes Morris Rutherford, vice presi-
dent and genera manager Of the COM
pany. aiieges the soliciting. accepting ana
receiving Of concessions aud dipcrinaina.
ttono ju' fnoighk Aeslipss.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
Echo Of .sD.nb.ry H.tter,n c.,..

An echo of the 'Dsnbury Hatters"
case was heard in the Supreme Court
yesterday when Judge Alton B. Parker,
attorney for the Hatters' Union. filed an
appeal to that court in the clerks office,
appealing from a judgment OF the United
States Court of Appeals, which awarded
$4,000 damages to the firm of LoSwe
z Co. Of Danbury. Conn.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12

London's attempt to limit the speed Of
motor omnibuses to twelve miles an hour
has proved Impractical. as when they are
geared for this rate they lack reserve
power for hill-climbing and frequently
cause blockades
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There's No Corn That
"eETS-IT" Went Cot
No More Fussing, Plasters, Salves.
and Corn Pains. Try the New Way.

Just look at the way that corn comes
on" That's what you'll say when you Try
wonderful "GETS-IT'' on that corn you've
tried 20 long to pry OF Of your toe. It's
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
STREET IMPROVEMENTS
TOPIC OF DISCUSSION
Charles r. Burr Is Reelected Presi-
dent of the Anacostia Ci6-
zens' Association.

The Anacostia Citizens Association met
last night.
The contemplated improvement to Mich
OILS avenue through the suburb and also
to the approach to the bridge was dis
cussed at q meeting OF the Anacostia
Citizens Association last night. 1t was
stated that when the new improvements
are made that the system OF street Light
ing along Nichols avenue will be changed
from the present incandescent electric
lights to arc lights
The committee on Anacostia hats pre-
sented an interesting report. Greater
progress Ii being made now on the project
than for several months. and in the early
spring more dredges will be placed In
operation and the work rushed to COM
pleticn.
Charles R. Burr was reelected presi-
dent. Other officers elected were DR..
James A. Watson, vice president; Maurice
otterback, treasurer. and w. J. Latimer,
secretary.
Numerous Valentine Day events are be-
ing arranged by Anacostia residents to
take place Friday and Saturday evenings.
Mrs. william Scantlebury. jr., will en-
tertain at her home In Minnesota avenue
Saturday evening. Miss Dorothea Lutz
will entertain Friday evening at her home
In Valley street
Miss Annie Hingley entertained q large
company of young people at her home In
Maple View avenue last evening In honor
Of her house guest, Miss Gladys La Frae.
OF Boston The game Of 500 was played
until q late hour. Musical selections were
contributed and refreshments served at
the close.
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denies JUSTICE
HADGUN|NDEsk
Louis ]. Carmody. Secretary
to Judge Wright, Refutes
Charge.
WAS STANDING NEARBY
Cave Tk> W. n:-s-l n-~-
Says There Was Pistol in Drawer
When Compers Case cane Up.
Owing to Thrssts.


Loui. J. Carmody. private secretary
10 Justice Dan Thew Wright last night
refuted the statements made yester-
day by President Wade H. Cooper. OF
|She United States Savings Bank. and
Corporation Counsel Conrad ii. Syme
that they had seen a revolver In the
drawer of Justice wright's desk.
yCarmody. who has been i'll seven
weeks. at his homo. 1884 thirteenth
street northwest. and now is In criti-
cal condition rs q result OF an opera
tion. was 30 weak he barely could
speak above whisper. II was neces-
s:ry for his doctor 10 give him . stim-
ulant before he could talk. Carmody
said he would defend Justice Wright
against an untruth II he had to do IL
with his last gasp.
There was no pistol in that drawer"
said Carmody. II was standing De
side Justice Wright. and when the
drawer was opened saw the holster
OF . pistol OF my own. had put the
holster In tho drawer myself. had
access to the drawer. / know there
was no pistol in there.
Ne llarshaI Presnt.
TT IN not true that Justice Wright
was thanked by . deputy marshal and
private secretary. was present to DO
my work as secretary. There was no
deputy marshal in the room. The court
crier was there to answer the door and
get papers needed. The erier was w.
c. Carroll.
sJustiee wright sever kept Q pistol,
eHeept at the time sf the Geopers'
Mssyissn, and NaiteAeil contempt case.
At that time the justice was gettfng
Ave and six letters Q aay threstenfng
his life. He osly kept . pistol thea
st the earnest ssiie1tstisn Of Mrs.
Wright and ayself. ! kept the pistol
beeause I tksuGht so0e efank Was So
Ing % take shot st the jsstSee.
"I carried two cranks to police head
quarters myself. / wasn't afraid OF my
own life, because there was no enmity
toward me. But I thought ! needed q
gun handy in case had to use II to de-
fend the justice. I saw Justice Wright
take that paper out Of his desk At the
time II was said the pistol was seen In
the drawer. ] can swear there was no
pistol In the drawer"
Statement Made at Trial.
The statement that pistol was seen
in the Justices drawer was made before
Justice Stafford in Equity Court, No. 2,
In the case OF James n. Baker against
Wade II. Cooper. and Thomas Z. Cooper.
The United States Savings Bank has no
interest whatever In the litigation which
In simply over the ownership OF stock in
the bank.
Wade Cooper and Conrad syme testi-
fed they say the pistol one day In May
last when Justice Wright was testifying
before an examiner In his private cham
Der. The litigation involves the control
of the bank. and after the hearing yes
terday Justice Stafford took the case un-
der advisement.
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.BURLESON TO
face CHARGES
CONTINUED rnoAr PAGE ONE
a few days that will make Mr.. Burieson
and possibly some others SIT up and do 4
lot of explaining"
Result Of Old osarrel.

q few days that will make Mr.. Burieson
| and possibly some others SIT up and do 4
lot of explaining"
Result Of Old osarrel.
Mr.. Kindel and Postmaster General
Burieson have been at swords points ever
since the latter first came to Congress-
The nrst clash was over patronage, Mr..
Kindel desiring to retain the then In
cumbent at a small postofice In his dis
trict and Mr.. Burleson insisting upon the
appointment Of . Democrat. Mr.. Kindei
declared that the Republican was COM
petent and that the people of his district
desired his retention. He offered to CUB
NIT the question to the patrons Of the
postofiice through q referendum and
abide by their decision Mr.. Burieson
refused to yield and finally appointed q
Democrat, on the Endorsement Of former
Representative Rucker. Democrat. whom
Mr.. Kindel had defeated for reelection
Mr.. Kindel carried the case to the
White House. but the President supported
the Postmaster General Representative
Kindel did not shed his customary blunt
ness when he went to the white House,
and aired his grievances fully and frank
ly. At that time he criticized Mr.. Burle-
son sharply on his administration Of the
parcel post system, pointed out numer-
Gus determinations against various sec
tons In the country. and placed his
finger upon the fundamental faults in the
system. Since that time the Colorado
member has not popular at the
White House.
Mr. Kindel unquestionably knows as
much or more than any other man in
public life about freight rates and parcel
post problems. He was elected to Con-
gress on a platform containing these two
planks. involving subjects which he has
fought for. in the courts and out. be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Comm.s-
sion and before the public. for more than
twenty years. He has spent virtually all
his time In the last eight months work
ing on and improving q scientific par
Gel post system. Of which he has had
charts made OF all descriptions He has
appealed frequently to the Postmaster
General for consideration and to the
Interstate Commerce Commission. which
under the law must approve changes in
parcel post rates When the recent
change. raising the limit from eleven to
twenty pounds. was placed In effect. Mr..
have the obvious inconsistencies elimi-
mated. His attempts were futile. ss have
been all his attempts
Has Record for Biuntness.
Representative Kindel Is the bluntest.
most "rambunctious'' member OF the
House when he starts out for anything.
As a result he is in bad odor with the
House organization and with the entire
Democratic administration. He demand
ed assignment to the Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee when he
first came on, because that committee
would handle any freight rate legislation.
This was denied him, largely because he
already had quarreled with his organiza-
ton at home. Instead of accepting his
rebuff quietly. Kindel jumped the traces
and started to fight for what he wanted
and for what he had promised his con-
stituents. He has been fighting ever
since
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inch r..z- Ihsy VII have SiL Gras .
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two-gn. turrzts. az - soaitiSa -aa-
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guns.
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DIED.

80 yyrI TTl1S ASis
loved husband OF Mary ]. Downey
(nee Herlihy).
Funeral from his late residence. I0l3
Seventeenth street northwest. Services
at St Matthew'S Church. THURSDAY.
February II at g. m Relatives and
friends invited.
VAN sYCKEL-Suddenly, Tuesday, Feb
ruary 10. 1914, az n:so p m, at the
residence Of her son-in-law, Bsnfanin
W. Reiss. 1So6 Belmont road north
west. HANNAH s. VAN SYCKEI,
widow Of Charles B. Van Syckel' in
the seventy-eishth year Of her axe.
Funeral services at her late ressdencs
Thursday. February L, at . D. m. In
tsrment at Trenton. N. J., Friday.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12

The first bank In America was organized
by Robert Morris in Philadelphia in 11so
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12

ols3sA. R~ ~nksss csns fkae nlaks Yes Junp
oe& Ys1 Shsss. TU Wsassful "cETSlT."
easy to apply "GETs-IT'-one, two. three.
and it's done! Tho corn begins to shrivel.
away she goes, surely, absolutely. \ few
drops will DO II. ''GETS-IT' never makes
toes red and raw. Corn pains 30! II means
the end OF cutting and gouging Of corns,
anyhow. the end Of saives that eat up
your toes, no more harness or fussing.
Try "GErs-IT," the new. sure way. for
corns and callouses.
-0ETS-ITs is sold at sc bottle by an
druggists, or sent direct IL you wish. from
e. Lawrence & Co. Chicago.
"GETS-1T' - sold In Washingfon by
4S,1Snnieia S,assa y a o5Sf Ta.df SsoFea Feep'e 1
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ouly One sBR0MO oUININEo
r., "a the renuiue call for tln name. LAXATIVE 2
BR6NO OGININE. L1ok for signature OF Z W..
GROVE Curs q Cod 10 One Das g
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Cleveland firm and it took twelve freight
cars to bring them here. They are ranged
in the form of a semicircle, exactly like
the open-air theaters of ancient Athens,
and every one of them will command an
excellent view of the performance Inc
lower tier is made up of boxes. and most
of these will be sold at auction this week.
Around the entire block will be can
vas wall ten feet high. and special ponce
men, inside and out. will patrol THIS par
rier to keep the omnlpreSent small boy
from crawling under. Nobody expects al
Of them to be kept out. for Doubtless they
found some way 70 set past ene oo '.aars
at the theater of Dionysus $50 years
ago, but the management here VIII dls-
courage them as far as possible
A large shell" will be put up near the
facsimile of the temple this week to act
as a sounding board for the orchestra or
forty musicians who will play every
night The instrumental score of the pa
geant is not especially difficult and three
rehearsals with the orchestra are ex-
pected to be enough to insure the pro-
gram being carried through without a
hitch.
Every want has been provided for and a
way has been found to supply every need.
The only uncertainty is the weather. Yet
even this is not SO uncertain as 1t seems.
Before the date for the pageant was set
was learned that during the last twenty
years the total rainfall in May has been
less than 3 inches Of course only a
quarter of an inch of rainfall can spoil
an evenings performance. but rain the
middle week in May is not to be expected.
if the history of past years in Washing
ton can be taken as guide
The pageant joint committee realized
that 1t had to take a chance" on the
weather. but not wishing to take larger
l CT ant {.
sary it authorized contract with
Lloyds of London. whereby that famous
insurance company has insured It
against rain to substantial extent and
if the weather is bad the burden will not
fall too heavily on the merchants and
business men who are back of the project.
So when you sit in the big amphitheater
this week or next and are transported
back into the mist ages when the world
was in its swaddling clothes, It may pc
we'll to remember that the best business,
histronic and artistic talent obtainable
has combined to make the stupendous
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younger and slender girls were gwen the
parts of wood nymphs. Capricious light
footed and as restless as dragon flies,
they will form one of the prettiest group
ings in the big spectacle.
The vestal virgins are mostly of the
sweet sixteen" type. agile. emotional
and reverent when the occasion de-
mandS The entire plot hinges upon one
of them who is supposed to have let the
sacred fire die out. and the grief oil her
sisters at her apparently inevitable doom
is the tragic note of the performance.
The goddesses. of whom there Will be
more than fifty. are the statliest young
women of the entire cast. A reserve ana
dignity betting the immortals VINO
dwell on the heights of Olympus are
theirs Without marked exception they
have the high forehead and straight nose
that distinguished the Greclans' ana
they will be prominent in all OF the more
impressive tableaux.
There will not be more than 300 men IN
the play but there will be a great deai
for them to do Some will be runners
from the underworld, against which the
shepherd mounted on the winged Pegasus
will have to race in going to aid the &C,
cused vestal Others will be priests ano
acolvtes. and there will be several husky
attendants at the temple. who VIII nave
charge of the three bulls that are to be
used in one of the ordeals. Fifty boys
will appear as satyrs. each playing on a
syrnx, and Mr.. Hirsh himself has taught
them some of the weird dances these
peculiar creatures We're supposed to per
form.
The syrinx is one of the oldest of mu-
steal instruments. and the Greeks con-
nected very characteristic legend with
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1.500 costumes. For this purpose fully
10000 square yards of material have been
cut up. Most of the robes are sleeveless
and full in the skirt, with a gold border
of Grecian design stenciled just above the
hem. The material is soft, both in tex
ture and shade. and falls gracefully,
There has been no skimpins of material,
for the Greeks lived long before the days
of the directoire or hobble skirt.
That period was also several centuries
before the days of heeled shoes. and
every girl and young woman in the play
will be shod with sandals. which requires
hearsal has been conducted with the
players wearing shoes. as that is one
thing Miss Baker insisted upon 1t was
no small task for some of them to get
used to running and dancing without the
high heel of fashion. but after much
practice some of them hated to go back
to the modern shoe.
With the human performers and their
costumes attended to, Manager Leon
Mooser had no small task to round up
the "menagerie" for the pageant. The
first scene opens with the shepherd asleep
on the greensward. and for this scene
from seventy-five to one hundred sheer
are needed There will be no make-be-
lieve as to this flock. and they will nibble
grass or flee before the advancing satyrs
and wood nymphs in a most realistic
manner
Another requirement is three broad
backed bulls. which are used in the or
deals by which the accused vestal is tried
They will be of fierce aspect but gentle
mien. One of them in particular must
be of an even disposition, for the accused
vesta1 is tied on its back in one scene and
led before the altar. In Nashville a
dummy was substituted at this june
ture, but several young women of the
cast have volunteered to be actually
bound upon the animal. so the realists
will have nothing to crticise.
A second ordeal is that in which hun
dreds of doves. half of them white AND
the rest of dark shades. are unloosed
The management has had to go as far as
New York for some of the 1000 birds to
be used in this scene as there was not
enough around Washington to supply the
demand. Some will be brought from Phil.
adelphia and others from Baltimore, but
as most of them are of the homing va
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its origin. 1t is made by placing hollow
reeds of varying lengths side by side and
is played blowing in them. something in
the style of harmonica or mouth harp.
Syrinx was supposed to be the name
of a beautiful nymph of which the
wood god, Pan became very much en-
amored He pursued her one day and she
fled toward "A river. Seeing that she was
about to be overtaken, she called on the
river goddess to save her, aud the goddess
heard and changed her into reed. Pan.
not to be deprived of his prize. cut the
reed and made from it the first syrinx.
determined that the nymph should not
escape him entirely.
With most of the cast recruited, the
next big problem was the furnishing of
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riety they will not be lost to their owners
The prettiest dumb actor will be a milk
white horse, with shining hoofs and
spreading wings which will appear as
Pegasus This very fine animal will be
loaned to the management by P. R. Pull
man and comes from fine Arabian stock
Pegasus will need no little rehearsing,
for it will take even the most intelligent
horse some time to get used to pair of
spreading white wings
Eight other horses, four white and four
black will be used In the chariot races
This race, which comes at the climax of
the play. is supposed to decide the guilt
or innocence of the vestal but the forces
of evil enable the black team to win, and
only by seeming miracle is she event
ually saved. 1t was necessary to send to
, New York to get thte two-wheeled char
lots to be used in this race and to insure
a thrilling race and at the same time
avoid accidents the drivers have been
laundering around the course for week
to get in form This feature will be far
more of thriller" than the moving
platform race on the stage or the chariot
race of the circus, where the narrow
track and sharp turns make real speed
an impoSsibility
1t is a two-week task for the crews of
carpenters. painters and laborers to get
the vacant block at street and the
Avenue of the Presidents in shape for the
big production. The background of the
stage is to be formed by a reproduction
of the facade of the Parthenon at Athens
Great white. fiuted columns. capped by
Doric capitals. will support the slopins
roof. and behind them will be the solid
marble wall of the temple proper. Two
immense doors will be placed in this wall,
and through this will issue the vestals.
the priests and the heirophant, or high
priest Before the temple. which will be
sixty feet high. will stand the imposing
altar. where the sacred fire burns. Here
is where most of the action occurs in the
last scene. and in the grand finale, Pallas
Athene stands upon its summit, the
smoke of the incense curling about her
and the red flames reflected from the
brazen Medusa head upon her shield.
The 5000 seats have been erected by a
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IMl[E,S


m the old days Of the drama. when
Athens was the center OF the world. the
sock the buskin and the mask We're
about all the properties" needed for a
play of any nature. But this is an as
of realism and one anachronism or
faulty hit of acting will spoil an entirt
performance And only by months OF
labor and unrcmtting effort can success
he won when such a production as The
Fire Regaincd' is to be staged.
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spectacle possible. For weeks those
sandal-shod dancers have tripped those
dainty measures that they might per-
form before you perfectly; for weeks
those singers have trilled their notes
that none of them might affront your
critical ear and night after night the
principals have Numbered their lines to
empty seats in order that they may
make no error when they appear before
You.