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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15
DEMOCRATS SELL
PARTY IN LOBBY
Wick Charges 1t Has Been Sold
in Tariff and Treaty
Legislation.
PRINTS AN OPEN LETTER
MIR. Phelan Returns from San Domin.
go. Where He Made Inquiry Into
Charges Against Minister Sullivan.

pernicious lobby that has been
selling the Democratic party in tariff
and treaty Legislation has been ex-
posed in the investigation of charges
against James Mark Sullivan, Amer
lean Minister to Santo Domingo, ac-
cordinC to Walker W. Wick, and ought
to be made the subject of an inquiry
with as little delay as possible
Wick makes these statements in an
omen letter to leaders of the Demo-
cratic party" in which he also out
lines his position in the Dominican
scandal IL was Wick who made the
charges of social ana moral unfitncss
against Minister sullivan and accused
sullivan of attempting to exploit San
to domingo through the Banco
NaciOnal. an American bank.
Impose Z pom Bryan.
In his letter Wick saws:
because Of my connection with Hrcsi-
dent Wilson's campaigns and inaugural.
my position as assistant secretary Of tn.
democratic National Committee and my
having held Ofiic" under the administ IA .
ton. have been criticised in certain
quarters Tor my Investigation Of James
Mark sullivan. Minister to- SantO Do
mingO. This criticism is based upon a
miscOnccption of the facts by some and
misrepresentation of the facts by others
The record of the investigation shows
COnvinCingly that Mr.. Bryan has been
imposed upon by men intent upon selling
him and the Democratic party for their
own selfish ends.
1T is Il further duty of the Democratic
party to clean up the perncious lobby
whose activities in tariff. treaty and
other legislation have been only partly
brought to light in the record of the
Sullivan investigation"
"You Demands Too Raw
Commissioner James D. TheIan. who
began investigation of Nick's charges in
New York on January -. has just re-
turned from Samto Domingo. where he
held daily hearinSS>iur two weeks and
completed the taking of verbal testimony.
Mr.. Phclan expects to file his report with
the State Department soon as h"
receives a written answer 10 the charges
from Sullivan.
Among those who testified in SantO
Domingo was J. H. Edwards formerly
deputy general receiver of customs who
told how Minister Sullivan tried to have
his cousin. Timothy J. sullivan. APP
pointed director general Of public works.
Edwards said Dominican officials would
them as SAYING 10 Minister sullivan:
we believe in little graft, but your
demand is even too raw for us"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15

Instead of standing erect in a perfectly
scientific and hygiene attitude. 1t per-
sisted in sprawlinE about and even lying
down in its dish. almost spelling the
second annual luncheon of the American
Posture League.
There Were about s"vcnty-five devotees
of the erect head and squared shoulders
at the table. Tn" correctness of carriage
so impressed the walters that several
of them salUted and clicked their heels
as they served the pOUlet roti
The American Posture League is an
organization formed To war on the debu-
tante SLOUGH and its relatives. The pres
dent is Miss Jessie IL Bancroft, OF
BrOpkIyn
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15
ROOT BOOM LAUNCHED
in WHITMAN BAILIWICK
He Will Win Over Wilson" Is Pre-.
diction in Albany-To Be Kept
in the Limelight.

Albany. n. Y, March H-"Elihu Root
will be nominated and elected president
Of the United States in 1916. He NAV
protest i'll health and age, but he will
be Republican nominee and win over
Wilson or any other possible rival"
This prediction was thrown into the
Whitman Presidential boomers camp
shortly after the arrival here tonight of
William Barnes, jr.
Root Is due tomorrow for consultation
with Senator Brown, Speaker Sweet and
others ostensibly to frame a program for
the constitutional convention. which be-
gins here April 6. Root is to preside over
that contention. He Is to be kept in the
limelight as a Presidential probability
during the four months it IL expected to
be in session.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15
END DISPUTE WITH ICELAND.
Danes and Island Leaders to Hold
Conference in Copenhagen.

London. March H.-An Exchange tele-
gram from Copenhagen says that for
many years the relations between Den
mark and Iceland have been anything
but the best. After the war broke out
the feeling of antipathy was intensified
and everything pointed to a grave CON
stitutional crisis.
That this has passed is evidenced by
the fact that the King OF Denmark has
invited all the Icelandian party leaders
to Copenhagen for an official confer
encc and the invitation has been as-
cepted.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15
Schisn1 Defeated Plans of
Better Defense of u. s.
Congress Closed Session Without Doing Anything Toward
Preparing Country in Martial Emergency Opposition in
Military Force Partly Clogged Wheels of Legislation.

better than what the Secretary pro-
posed.
The essence of the situation is this:
Secretary Garrison proposes to add more
men to the army without any increase
in the number of organizations in the
army: the group in opposition to him
desires that more organizations be added.
The Secretary believes in rounding out
the organizations already in existence:
the army seems to believe in adding or
CARNATIONS to make a complete skeleton.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15
Purdue Athletics Under Director

Lafayette. Ind, March 14-Arrange-
ments are being made to transfer tn.
control OF athletics at Purdue University
from the Purdue Athletic Association t.
Oliver Cults. who was recently appointed
Observation-Disclosures Of the university. Mr.
Cults will hold the title Of athlete di.
rector. The transfer will be completed In
short time. according to members OF
the Purdue faculty.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15
CELERY'S POSES MAR DINNER
Vulgar Food LOlls Around While
Posture LeaEuers Square shoulders.

New York. March H-Having only a
common garden education, the celery got
into disgrace at the IBSteI Aston today.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15
CHURCHMEN VOW
never TO drink
Members of Mount Vernon
M. E. Church Become Rev.
Mr.. Patterson S Pals"
TELLS WHY HE SUCCEEDS
Minister Says that but for Catch
Phrase He Would Still Be
Village Preacher.

Rev. Robert Patterson. the Billy
Sunday. of ireland. made a whirlwind
temperance campaign in Washington
yesterday. delivering four sermons be-
tween o'clock in the morning and .
at night and started in this city the
Catch My Far movement which has
made him famous.
Rev. Nj. Patterson ended the day
with a sermon at Mount Vernon NJ. +.
Church. where nearly every person in
the audience, composed mostly of
church members. arose. raised hands
to signify Willingness to fight saloons
in the Catch My Pal" movement. and
took temperance pledge. repeating
the pledge in unison.
Among those who took the pledge
was Albert l.. Shoemaker. attorney for
the District Anti-Saloon League. Mr..
Shoemaker has taken the pledge many
times before.
Mr.. Patterson told how he started
the Catch My Par movement in Ire
land six years ago when he got six
drunkards to sign a pledge. Each of
the six got their pals to sign a
pledge. and this catching pals" wen,
on until more than 10000 men in
year.
lis TomfooIcry, He Says.
You sit in church and sing On
ward. Christian Soldiers. Marching as
TO War Soldiers over in Europe are
marching to war. not as TO war. Don't
YOU march as to war against the
liquor evil and continue to sit in
church. That is unmItigated. eccle-
f.,.I 8. l.,
tions of Europe are busy fighting
each other. the people of the United
States should go to war against the
saloons that are killing nearly loo. 600
OF your men every year.
The Catch My PAL movement has
been criticised because some believe
the word pal is slang. 1t is not
rar comes from the Sanskrit and is
as old and honorable as any Greek
or Latin word. PAL means not only
friend. but one who will stoop down
to aid another. If | hadn't coined
that little phrase Catch My Pal my
movement would not have spread over
the world, but would have been con-
fined to a little place in Northern
Ireland.
Il resigned my pastorate to fight for
III" Catch Ny Pal movement and now
"" got the whole world for my parish
~" been nGhtlng to catch pals for six
years. and in that time I've seen more
gratitude in women's eyes than in all
the seventeen years l devoted myself 10
my rastorate in Ireland
"innocent-lOOkins Bunch"
You Are as innOCent-Iooking bunch
here Tonight as I ever have seen. but lots
Of You are not as innocent as you look
and there are moderate drinkers among
you. The moderate drinker is the curse
of the nation. for if A man did not drink
moderately lie never could become
drunkard.
e o out and save your pal. Go into
the GTaWng-roOmS of the wealthy, for
there You will find dirt and filth as We'll
AS in the tenements. Go into the homes
of the fashionable il Your pal is there
and maybe some of you had better begin
in your own homes. Don't let your reli-
gion he only a Sunday performance"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15

To Cure . Cold In Oae Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets
Drrsyisfs refund neney II ID. fails 10 cure z w,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15

\ giraffe Immediately after its birth
measures six feet from its h"ofs to the
top of its head.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15
It's just the Same in London.

The girl at the exchange. after you
have waited fully ten minutes:
They don't answer. What number
was it YOU wanted?'-St. James
Gazette.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-15

CONFINED FROM FACE ONE.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
St, Louis Gets Big Convention.

Washington. Dec. %. The
Democratic National Convention
of 1916 will be held at st. Louis,
beginning Wednesday June IA.
at noon. The Democratic Ma.
tional Committee tonight named
the convention city and adopted
resolution calling for the renom.
ination and reelection of Wood
row Wilson as the trusted lead
er Of national Democracy"
Chicago and Dallas contested
with st. Louis for the honor Of
the convention, but st. Louis
easily led from the start and
won on the second ballot. When
the trend of the voting was seen
Texas moved that the choice of
St. Louis be made unanimous.
Dallas held second place on the
first ballot, but was displaced by
Chicago on the second roll call.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
GOOD NEWS
MANY MARION READERS HAVE
HEARD IT AND PROFITED
THEREBY.

Good news travels fast" and the
many bad back sufferers in this vicini.
~ are glad to learn where relief may
be found. Many a lame, weak and
aching back is bad no more. thanks to
Doan's Kidney Pills. Thousands upon
thousands Of people are telling the
good news Of their experience with
this tested remedy Here is an exam.
pie worth reading:
Mrs. j. +. O'Daniel. 603 O'Neal st.
HopkinsviIle. KY. says: IL suffered
for some time from pains in my back
and sides and other troubles arising
from weak kidneys, seeing Doan's
Kidney Pills highly recommended in
the papers, got box. They quickly
cured me- and know that they are the
oes. kidney medicine TO be had. |
always advise friends ard acqnain.
tances to give them a trial.
Price 80 cents at all dealers Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney P,lls-th same that
Mrs. O'Daniel had Foster-Milburr
Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
Notice To Fun Makers.

Christmas holidays are almost
here. Now we want every child
and grown person to enjoy them
selves, but we can not have any,
one shooting fireworks on the
streets. 1t is very dangerous to
people on the streets and also to
people coming in from the coun-
try with teams. The streets are
for the people to travel without
being disturbed. We want our
neighbors and friends from the
country to come to town and feel
free. don't believe anyone in
Marion would Intentionally scare
a team, but perhaps would do so
thoughtlessly. So please keep
off Of the streets with your fire.
works. Go to your homes and
have your fun. Any drunkenness
or misbehavior is a violation of
law and the law will be enforced.
So with best wishes to everybody
and a merry Christmas and hap
py New Year, | remain,
Geo. w. Stone, Mayor.
1916 2t
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
Shark Pulls Mans Tooth

The shark commonly known as
the hog shark" in native wat.
ers is now fully qualified as a
dentist; or, in other words. the
big fish recently pulled a molar
in real approved style. A local
bank official was the man who
underwent the experience Of hay
ing his tooth whisked out of his
face. Here's the way it happen
ed:
He is p. F. Gleason, Of the
Germania bank force. He was
in a launch in Warsaw Sound.
While fishing he placed the line
in his mouth, holding il between
his teeth. There was a sudden
terrific tug rs a shark grasped
the bait, and the tooth. exactly
in the front upper gum, was
torn out. New York World.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
To Whom Ii May Coucern.

| went to DR.. j. r. Gilchrist
July 9th for a pair of glasses,
and he proposed to relieve me OF
my graduated sore eyes for q
specified SUN of money, if I'd
follow instructions and make a
statement of the facts after.
ward. The facts are as follows:
! sUffered,from granulated sore
eyes for twenty eight years. |
was nervous and in poor health.
| had been to specialists in Louis
vile, Evansville, Henderson and
other places with no relief. After
following his treatment | am
free from granulation; my nerves
and general health are greatly
improved and the eye the Others
told me | would never use again.
is as good as any other one.
lean heartily recommend his
treatment to like sufferers and
will never be able to express my
for what he has
done for me.
Mrs. Frank |. Travis,
ADV. Marion, Ky.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
SIX TINES NINE.

| studied my tables oyer and over.
backward and forward, too;
But | couldn'trcmember six times nine
..6nd ! didn't know what to do.
So sister told me to play with my doll
and not to bother my head,
IF you call her ifty-tour for while.
you'll learn It by heart, " she said.
So | took my favorite, Mary Ann;
though thought it dreadful sham c
To give such a perfectly lovely doll
such perfectly horrible e,
And called her my dear little fifty-four
q hundred times. till knew
The answer Of six time nine as well as
the answer to two times two.
Next day, Elizabeth Wigals worth, wi o
always acts so proud,
said six times nine is fifty-two, and
nearly laughed out loud;
But | wished hadn't, when teacher
said, "Now, Dorothy, tell il 70 u can"
| thought of my doll, and. sakes alive!
| answered MARY Ami"
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
Three Brothers Earn
100000 In One Year

Madison, Wis, Dec. %. -
Three young men after one
years work have earned $780,
900. They received their pay
in one check.
Back of this story is the work
ing out of a valuable invention
as harvester appliance, which
will mean an immence saving
of labor to farmers of the ma
ton.
The men who will receive the
check are Andrew Kurth. of
Madison. and his brothers, VIM.
and Mathew of Waunakee, Wis,
who closed the deal for the
sale of their invention last week
to the International Harvester
Company.
The machine which the Kurth
brothers invented is a grain bind
err combined with a shocker and
combined with a corn binder.
A test in the fields of Wisconsin
has demonstrated the practical
bility Of the device.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
FEELS NO need
OF Dieting NOW
J. W. Doughterty Says He Eats
All He Wants Since He Be.
gan Taking Taulac.

Louisville, KY. Dec. 22nd. -
Among those who have tested
the value of Tanlac, the premier
preparation, and who are loud
in its praise, is j. W. Doughter-
ty, of Pill West Market street.
this city. He is widely known
in Louisville. Recently he said:
For a long time | had been a
sufferer from catarrh and stom-
ach trouble. had no appetite
to speak of. Every morning !
got up, it seemed to me, feeling
worse than | had the day before.
| was all choked up. and what
sleep got seemed to do me no
good. tried dieting, but that
did not help. My condition got
worse instead Of better.
Friends urged me to give
Tanlac a trial, and finally | did.
1t was remarkable how quickly
it helped me. My appetite i'm
proved. 1t wasn't a question of
dieting any longer-l ate all |
wanted and | wanted a lot. |
began sleeping soundly. | have
gained strength and weight"
Many others suffering from
catarrh have found relief in Tan.
lac. just as Mr.. Doughterty did.
They have made public state
ments like his in praise of this
peerless remedy.
Tanlac is now being sold in
Marion at Jas. II. 0rme's drug
store; and in Blackford by A.
t. Brown. Advertisement.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
Robbers Flee With $1,000
After Binding Two Girls

Chicago, Ills, Dec. 20. Prep.
aratory to opening the branch
Office Of the Prudential Life In
surance company for the day,
Miss Ema Schlinski, cashier, this
morning took $1,000 from a safe
ty deposit vault and entered the
office.
Five minutes later three rob-
bers took the $1,000 and left
Miss Schlinski seated on the floor
bound, back to back, with Miss
Minnie Hahn, the bookkeeper,
while Lars Void, a janitor,
bound and gagged, struggled on
the floor near them.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
Flying Across Atlantic Now Easy.

In the January American Mag
azine Merle Crowell quotes Hen
ny Woodhouse as saying that
transatlantic flight in an aero
plane is now an easy matter. Mr.
Woodhouse is governor of the
Aero Club of America and men,
Der of the Conference Committee
on National Preparedness.
1.-THE 100000, 600 spent, and
t h e 5000, 100000 appropriated
for military aircraft in the last
three years by the nations of the
world will be one of the best
investments for peace (said Mr..
Woodhouse.) AS an indication
of the stimulus that flying has
received, | may mention the fact
that any of the super Ameri-
cas-" Mr.. Curtiss is building
could easily fly across the Allan
tic Ocean. 80
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
Notice To Debtors.

A personal letter to all who
are indebted to the firm of j. E.
Phillips & Co. The year 1915 is
almost gone. The goods you got
are not here, neither is the mon
ey. You have the benefit. We
have to meet our obligations and
only want you to do the same.
If you want to do the square
thing you will let us hear from
you. You don't know, you may
want help again. We don't want
to put you to any extra trouble
or expense so let US hear from
you. We need the money and
mean business. Yours,
IL l62tp J. E. Phillips & Co.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
City Falls Before Rabbits.

Dublin, Tex. Yesterday the
population Of Dublin was 2.55l.
Today it is approximately LOOP
SOL.
Jackrabbit and all his relations
for miles around suddenly tired
of rural life. So they moved in
to the city. They occupied back
yards, gardens, the public square
and held overflow meetings in
the streets.
The citizens are powerless.
There is not enough ammunition
in the city to make even an i'm
preston on the horde. The rab-
bits have made friends with all
the cats and the dogs are cowed
through sheer weight of mum.
bers.
If other methods fail, it is
planned to use the Dublin silver
cornet band in a sort of reverse
Pied Piper effect. The band has
been known to drive humans out
of town, and it might have the
same effect on the rabbits.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
The Highest Navigable
Lake In the World.

In the January Woman's Home
Companion a writer says:
Lake Titicaca, between Peru
and Bolivia, is slightly over 49,
600 feet above the level Of the
sea, and is navigated by steam
ers of about 1000 tons, plying
twice weekly between Puno in
Peru, and Guayqui in Bolivia.
The writer of this is an Ameri.
can who is now in South Ameri-
ca, and has crossed Lake Utica
ca frequently"
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
Chopin's Heart in Moscow.

Before the Russians left War
saw they sent away from that
city its most precious relic, the
heart of Chopin, which had been
kept in a casket in the Church
of the Holy Cross there since
1S49. 1t is now in a place of
safety at Moscow. Shelley's
heart was also preserved in a
casket. When the poet was
drowned off Leghorn in 1922,
his body was cremated by Byron,
Leigh Hunt and Trelawney, and
his heart was rescued from the
flames by the last named. When
King Robert Bruce of Scotland
died in 1929, his heart. too. was
preserved in a casket. 1t was
given to friend, Sir James
Douglas, to be buried in Jerusa.
lem. On his way on. to Pales-
tine Sir James Douglas fell,
fighting against the Moors in
Spain, and as he fell he threw
the precious relic before him in
battlefield, crying out, Nov
pass onward as thou art wont,
and Douglas will follow thee or
die" The heart was found next
day BY Sir Simon Leigh, who
brought it back to Scotland,
where it was buried in the mon.
astery of Melrose. London
Chronicle.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
NOT ENOUGH CHILDREN

ever receive the proper balance Of food
to sufficiently nourish both body and
brain during the growing period when
natures demands are greater than in
mature life. This Is shown In so many
pale faces, lean bodies, frequent colds,
and lack of ambition.
For all such children we say with
'unmistakable earnestness: They need
SCOTS Emulsion. and need Il now. II
possesses in concentrated form the very
food elements TO enrich their blood. Ii
changes weakness to strength: Il makes
them sturdy and strong. No alcohol.
Scott & BOwne. Bloomfield. Nj.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23

Ridgway, His, l2-li-'l5.
ssMr. S. NJ. jenkins.
Dear friend Marshall.
In accordance with my promise
| will write YOU a few lines. We
started from our home on Dec.
LIST and reached Ridgway on the
End. about eleven a. m, and we
are now located two miles north
of Ridgway on a farm Of l26
acres. all in cultivation. While
we have moved away from old
Crlttenden our hearts are warm
toward the many friends and
neighbors who showed unto US
so many acts Of kindness. which
we shall never forget. While
we live the Record-Press is a
welcome visitor in our home each
week, and We shall always re-
main well.wishers for the good
old Record-Press and its editor,
also the good people Of Critten-
den county. Respectfully,
Harvey l.. Gass.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-12-23
Incorporating the Farm
As Family Concern

In Minnesota. says Farm and
Fireside, is a Scotch farmer
named McCallum who thought
out new way to increase the
efficiency of his property and
keep his children on the farm.
The result of his scheme is
that eight of his nine children
are farmers and glad to remain
so.
Mr.. McCallum had his farm
Incorporated as a business. Re.
serving a third Of the stock for
himself, he devided the remain
der among his children. At a
directors meeting-the directors
were all his sons and daughters
he was elected president,
while his sons became the differ
ent officers Of the company. The
advantages of the scheme, says
Mr.. McCallum. are that now each
Of his children has a direct per.
sonal interest in the family prop
erty and the different farm de-
partments. such as hogs and
poultry, have become business
departments with the manager
responsible to the corporation
for the departmental stock and
management.