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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14

Secretary McAdoo has aimed . blow
at the pork barrel" He issued an Or
der yesterday which. II enforced. will
put an end to the practice Of erecting
costly Federal buildings in little towns
where Representatives hope to garner
few votes
This form Of pork barrel has been
described as the most pernicious of all.
and millions Of dollars have been Dump
ed each year into big buildings in little
towns to satisfy local pride and the po-
litical ambitions of the Representatives
who represent the districts.
Other Secretaries Of the Treasury have
tried to curb expenditures in this direc-
ton and have failed. Legislation has
been passed. but ignored. Mr.. McAdoo's
effort will. therefore. be watched here
with a good deal Of interest. His order
will stir up plenty of resentment in Con-
gress.
Onicials Claim Discretion.
Treasury officials contend that when
Congress passes a bill appropriating
money for public buildings, it remains
discretionary, under the customary form
Of the legislation. with the executive Of
flcers as to the amount of the total ap-
preparation that shall be expended
The usual form of the legislation is
that Congress appropriates a certain
amount. say 10000. to be used In the
erection Of public building. the cost
mot to exceed the figures named. The
Treasury officials construe the reference
to cost as giving them discretion as to
the amount.
Some Representatives are likely to dis
pute this, but advocacy Of a pork barrel
is not likely to be popular at the next
session with a Treasury deficit staring
them in the face. Assistant Secretary
Newton made this announcement:
Under the old system buildings were
constructed to fit whatever appropria-
ton Representatives were able to get for
their towns, practically regardless of
whether or not the building was adapted
to the actual conditions and require
ments of the locality and the government
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14
ALLIES AEROS DROP III
BOMBS ON BIG ARSENAL
Plans Made for Construction of 10000 Aircraft to Deluge
German Ammunition Plants and Destroy Bridges
Over Rhine and Meuse

London, July 13.-The greatest single
air attack made against the Germans in
this war was organized today. when
thirty-five aeroplanes of the allies bonn
barded the railway station at Vigneulles-
les-Hattonchatel.
According to the official report of the
French war Office. IL bombs of 19S
pounds each were dropped upon the sta
ton. a big storehouse for ammunition
and supplies of all kinds for use of the
men in the trenches. The station has
taken a prominent part in the recent sue
cesses of the Germans along the western
front. having supplied the army in the
forest of Apremont
The French official report states the
bombs dropped by the aviators started a
number of fires and explosions with
much resultant damage.
The aeroplanes were greeted with vio-
lent cannonading from the Germans. but
all of them escaped with little or no
damage.
Plan Ministry of Aviation.
Coincident with the attack came the
announcement today of L movement au-
hope to overwhelm the Germans. 1t
calls for the construction of 1000 aero
planes to deluge German ammunition
plants, supply stations, and routes with
bombs; for the destruction by aircraft
of the fifteen railroad bridges across the
Rhine and the nine across the Meuse by
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14

which the German front is supplied with
munitions; and for the creation Of a
new cabinet portfolio, to be known as
the ministry of aviation. which shall
have full control of the war by air
men.
England at last has awakened to the
fact that she must fight Germany scien-
tifcally. matching invention for inven-
ton, novelty for novelty. and strategy
for strategy. For many months H. G.
Wells has declared that this was alb
solutely necessary if the allies hoped to
achieve success.
In an article published here June 2.
Mr.. Wells declared:
The present deficiency Of England In
aeroplanes and aviators is due to our
absurd system which throws all the
power into the hands of lawyer poll
ticians whose instinct is for precedent
and waiting and seeing.
Now We have waited and seen count
less air attacks upon the eastern coast
and now Zeppelins have actually reached
London 1t may be that the forensic
mind is now satisfied and that we shall
be pc rmitted to develop an aerial counter
offensive.
Two thousand aeroplanes could smash
Essen to bits and if we lost 1000 mon
in the raid it would still be cheaper in
money and lives than to take 1000 yards
of trenches at Neuve Chapelle."
BY September first Great Britain will
have started her daily air raids on Ger
many.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14
POLICEMEN WITH LASSOES
ROUNDUP OF IS GOATS
Led by Former Cowboy, Crying 'Kiya" Six Mounted
Cops Corral Invading Army to Save Precious
Gardens at Gravesend

in the history of Brooklyn. But to get
down to the action in the tale we must
80 back to James Murdoch, of West
fHth street and Avenue L.
James Murdoch has been for a long
time addicted to the habit of rearing
goats. Time and again his neighbors
complained of the near-fragrance and
plaintive sounds emanating from a barn
on Murdock's place and time and again
he was fined a small sum in Coney Island
police court. But he persisted until yes
terday. when he was fined 800 In Coney
Island police court. with the alternative
of spending forty days in Jail.
Murdoch elected to go to Jail and he
went. leaving sixty-fve goats Of indis-
criminate ages locked up in his barn.
practically without any guardianship
whatsoever. He had lived alone and none
of his neighbors thought 1t necessary
to investigate the pleadings Of the goats
which resounded throughout Gravesend
the whole night long.
With the coming Of daylight the goats,
having devoured all the interior fittings
OF the barn. walked right out through
the wall on one side and permeated the
entire neighborhood.
With ba-a-a-s and bleats Of Joy the
coats proceeded on their work of
devastation. The Rodents were power
less. Many who sought to prevent the
invasion of their premises were butted
all over the place. Finally. in answer
to numerous appeals. Lieut.. Mccarthy
sent out six mounted policemen under
the leadership Of former Cowboy Doody
to round up the invaders.
At noon there were forty-two goats In
the barn Of the 6heepshead Bay station.
and Doody. with his 'Ki-ya'. and his no
less valorous but less vocal assistants,
were scattering out toward Sheepshead
Bay. Flatbush. Bensonhurst and Bay
Ridge in search Of the most nimble and
adventurous Of the flock.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14
HANAN DUCHESS TO
take HUBBY BACK
The~De Ourazzos Will Have Cottage
at Narragansett Pier for
Summer.

New York. July 13.-The Duca da Ar
turo de Majo DurazZo and the duchess,
who was Miss Elizabeth Frances Hanan,
have been reconciled at Narragansett
Pier, dispatches announce today. There
had been constant reports the coupe
will be reunited since the duchess gave
notice on June of discontinuance of
her action for an annulment of her mar
riage.
The duchess arrived at Narragansett
Pier several days ago and has been
stopping at Shore Acres with her broth
er, John Henry Hanan. and Mrs. Hanan.
Sunday she was Joined there by the
duke, and 1t is said they have taken a
cottage at the Pier for the summer
They were married at st. Thomas.
February H. 1914. Several months later
1t was reported they had separated. and
last October the duchess filed suit for
annulment on the ground her husband
was a fugitive from justice. accused of
taking $500 from Paris hotel proprietor
The duke explained he had borrowed the
money for a sick friend. repaid it and
had told the Hanan family about it prior
to the wedding.
When the duchess sought annulment
she told about the arrest in France and
also alleged she had been the victim
Of terrible imposition
When the suit was discontinued her
lawyer. A. F. Tuozo. of Brooklyn, said
the Hanan family had not made a set
Element upon the duke.
The suit has been discontinued for
legal reasons he said. He was asked
whether the suit was discontinued for
the reason that there had been difficulty
in getting proof OF the charges against
the duke.
There was no dificulty at all in that
respect he said. Il won't go any fur
Their than TO say that the suit was dis
continued for legal reasons"
The Duchess Durazzo Is "a years old
and the duke Is 40.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14
New York, July I3.-"Ki-ya."

New York, July 13.-"Ki-ya."
This was the battle cry of Mounted
Policeman James Doody. former cowboy.
as he rode his fiery steed up and down
and across the placid confines of
Gravesend today. twirling his lasso
above his head and ever and anon las
soing a goat Other mounted policemen
assisted him in Iassoing and otherwise
overcoming goats, but none of them
could zip out "ki-ya" with the pene-
traing efficiency OF James Doody. he
having acquired said efficiency on the
plains in the southwestern part of our
country.
1t fell to the lot today of James Doody
and his associate centaurs of the
Sheepshead Bay police precinct to
mingle in the greatest roundup of goats
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14

American bark Normandy. and the Rus
sian steamship Leo was received.
The State Department received very
brief report from Consul Washington at
Liverpool stating that the Normany had
been stopped by German submarine.
her papers examined and allowed to pro-
coed unframed. though carrying a cargo
of lumber to England. He also reported
that three Americans were on board the
Russian steamer Leo torpedoed by the
s,,hroarine without any warning, just
after the Nornany was held up.
Three Americans Saved.
II is stated that the three Americans
were among the saved, but it is realized
that only good fortune prevented one OF
more of them being among the eie.en
persons drowned So long as suCh Ger
man operations continue. 1t Is telt mere
is grave danger OF another case INV ot''''e
American loss of life.
On the other hand. the procedure In
reference to the American vessel was re-
garded as distinctly encouraging Inc
submarine halted the Normandy. sent lot
the captain to come aboard with the
ships papers. examined them. ana per
mitted the captain I" return 10 MS snip.
No attack was made on the NORMANDY
Some officials felt that this procedure III
dictated that henceforth the Germans
would certainly visit and search neutral
vessels, before attacking. just as Presl-
dent Wilson has demanded. The treat
nlent accorded to the Leo. however. was
taken to indicate that no warning what
ever is to he given belliSerent vessels by
the German submarines, which is, OF
course. prccisely what the President is
Directing to.
Full reports have not yet been received
bv the State Department in regard TO
the Leo and the Normandy. The dls-
patches received SO far make no mention
Of the unofficial reports that the Nor
mandy was compelled to serve as a shield
to the submarine while it was waiting
for the Leo TO come within torpedo
range Undoubtedly if the NormandyS
captain formally reports to the consul
that this was the fact it will be made
the basis Of representations by the United
States government.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14
SA YES $500, 900
BY HITTING PORK BARREL
Secretary Of Treasury Has Worked New Economy Policy
Successfully in Purchasing 1856 Public Building Sites
Says Assistant Secretary Newton.

service. AS a result of this system,
small villages often got costly and elab-
crate stone structures where they were
not needed, and other localities less fort
innate, and where increased facilities
were greatly needed. were given made
quate buildings or none at all.
Under this system Congress authorized
by the score postofflce buildings costing
from $4,000 to 500. 900 in towns where the
total receipts of the postoffice would not
pay for the maintenance of the building
when erected
Secretary McAdoo proposes hereafter
to construct in locality such a building
as local conditions and the present and
future needs of the service demand. and
not to be governed entirely by the size
of the appropriation. BY application Of
this method 1t Is believed that hundreds
of thousands of dollars will be saved in
the construction of buildings already au-
thorized by Congress but not yet reached
by the architects Office.
Purchase Sites Slowly.
For the past two years the Treasury
Department has been following the same
general business policy in the purchase
of postoffice sites. The public buildings
act Of March 4. 1918, authorized the pur-
chase of 303 public building sites in va
rious parts of the country.
ITO date only 1856 Of that number have
been acquired, and in the purchase of
these sites the departments invariable
policy has been to acquire only 10 towns
where a postofflce Is actually needed and
not to pay one dollar more for the prop
erty than it is actually worth As a re-
suit of this policy. the government has
acquired 1876 parcels for S1.775. less than
the amount Congress authorized to be
paid"
Secretary McAdoo in the order issued
yesterday established classifications for
public buildings. including four classes.
based upon population and extent Of
government business to be transacted
therein. Into one Of these classes all
public buildings will fall. accordingly
as they meet the test he prescribes for
them
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14
LOVER SOCIAL INFERIOR,
HELRESS KILLS HERSELF
Medical Student Not on Same Plane and Girl Grows De-
spondent-Fies Bullet in Heart After
Reading Love Notes.

not far from the body. was Bacon'a essay
on Love" and other books treating Of
matrimony and sentimental subjects.
One OF the letters said:
Dearest Girl: I am working day and
night. Why? For your sake. You
you are the only one I love. Prove
your love for me by not constantly
worrying.
1t was said by those who knew Miss
Baker that her sweetheart. who is 4
medical student, did not consider him.
self on the same social plane with her,
and that his love for her was 20 great
that he thought ne would injure her DO.
sition by marrying her.
Miss Bakers mother died when she
was a young girl and Ioft her q large
sum Of money. She had been living with
grandmother for the past few years, be-
cause OF Mrs. Beckley's I'll health
Another letter In the heap read, In
part, a. follows:
my dearest and beloved one-It II q
wonderful struggle that am facing. I
am doing my best to achieve success
a. well - fame. but the goal Of Sue
cess seems 10 BE- far. far away I nrmly
believe that NE still has Q great deal
in store for both Of ua and. therefore,
] an struggling very hard"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14
INFANT IS DOPE FIEND.
EiR ht-months'-o Has All Symp-
toms of Addict.

New York. July l2-An s-months- old
baby with the morphine and heroin habit
clearly developed was the astounding find
reported this afternoon 10 the justices of
the Special Sessions by Dr. Perry Lich-
tenstein, the Tonlhs physician.
The baby is the daughter of Mrs Sadie
Shapiro. arrested yesterday at q East
Second street. with her husband, charged
with violating the Boyiun drug law.
DR.. Perry says the hahv shows all the
symptoms of a drug patient-cxtreme
pallor. contracted pupils. cramps con-
slant sleepiness and a wild desire to
nurse. He is sure that it caught the drug
habit through its mother
Justices Russell. Herman. and Herbert
committed the mother and baby to the
Metropolitan Hospital The man. Ed
ward hapiro. is awaiting trial
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Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Blackwood, N. j.. July l3.-Miss Irene
Baker, % years old, a former Philadel-
phian. now prominent socially In Black
wood. N. j.. committed suicide at. the
home of her grandmother. Mrs. Pauline
BeckIey. Blackwood. by shooting herself
through the heart with q revolver. Worry
over tho social inferiority Of her sweet
heart was the motive for her act
It Is said the girl had been downcast
because, although her wedding had been
set for August. her nance. believing him
self to Re beneath her socially. was re-
luctant to have her marry him. She met
her grandmother In the garden and the
latter. noting her melancholy, commented
On It. Miss Baker burst into tears and
went to her room.
few minutes later q shot rang out.
and Mrs. Beekley, accompanied by ser
want. ran to the girls room. They found
the door open and the girl, attired In
one Of her best dresses-a blue silk
lying face down on the floor.
She was lying In heap Of love letters
from her nance and also soma dupn.
Gates Of those which she had sent him.
Nearby vas . copy Of Hawthorne's
Twice Told Tales" book given her BY
hsr ievse. Alss lying epsa q ths aeor.,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14
TO DISCUSS WARS EFFECT.
Influence Upon Human Race VIII
BE Topic mt Conference

San Francisco. Cal, July 13-The effect
Of the European war upon the progress
stature and longevity OF the race will
be considered and discussed at the Ma
tiOnal Conference on Race Bctterment to
be held here August e. DR.. David Starr
Jordan is at the head of the executive
committee, having in charge the pro-
gram for the meeting. Associated with
him dS speakers will be Luther Bur
bank. Prof. Irving Fisher. of Yale; Edgar
l.. Hewett. director of the United States
Bureau of EthnolOgy; DR.. J. II. kellogg,
superintendent of the Battle Creek SAM
tarIum, and other well-known men and
women. The program contemplates the
discussion of: First. Evidences of Need
of Race Betterment;" second. Possible
ties of Race Betterment:" third
Methods of Bringing About Race Bet
terment
One method to be considered is the in
stitution of a eugeniCs register by which
il is hoped to build UP race of human
thoroughbreds.
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BRITISH WANT 10000 AERoEs.

London, July 13-With the slogan.
win the war from the air." English
aeronautical men today launched
movement for the creation of Min
tstry Of Aviation and the building of
o fleet Of 10000 aeroplanes to deluge
German ammunition works and supply
routes with bombs.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14
q. s. Can't Afford Diamonds.

New York. July 13.-Diamond i'm
ports of the United States fell off over
70 per cent during the fiscal year end
ing June 30. compared with normal
years. Diamond importers here at
tribute this partly to the war and
partly to domestic economic conditions.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14
Break in Pantsmskery' Strike.

New York. July 1a-The first break In
the pantsmakers' strike, which began
Yesterday. came today, when one large
firm. H. Lissner 4 Co.. Of rs Lafayette
street. aecsdsd 70 the demands Of the
union and took hack 30 usu ct N in.
Grease In pAy q p Q WSak
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-14

BRITISH FORCES IN FRANCE NOW NUMBER ONLY 44o,o 0o
London july 13-Lord Lansdowne House Of Lords today
said:
"The of the British army that went out the
outset followed by others and Others and unless
this in the European heater
approximately 1000 men,"
April Il David the House Of Comnons said the
British had been increased about 7000
men.
March IL the London Daily Chronicle said:
The under S John French has steadily expanded until to-
day strength be far short of the entire force put into the
Germany the eventful month Of August 1870 about
1l00, 900 men,"
The battle line the front 400 miles long, OF this the
British forces defending forty miles,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
ECUADOR INDIAN GIRL
STJRS UP ELLIS ISLAND
Nearlv SENDS Professors Whole
Family 10 Detention Pen.

rs. Serco, a fourteen-year-old In
a.. r.-i from Ecuador, caused all sorts
A. complications yesterday, when immi-
.,s,;,r officers decided that she had to
% from the United Fruit Line pier,
vssrs shs had arrived on the Pastores,
:, gl:s Island Il WAS not that she OBJ
;,,.ed herself, but Mrs. Alice Hidalgo,
d,rhtsr or Commander Francis O.
wife. Z. s. N.. who had the girl in
,,aree was told that she would have
70 70 with her Mrs. HidalgO was very
..rs that Ellis Island was the last place
SIC wanted TO visit
Mrs. Hidalgo is the wife Of Dr. julius
Hidalgo. a professoriin international
law at Quay aquil, Ecuador. After pro-
testing in vain against the ruling Of
the inspectors, Mrs. Hidalgo took a
taxicab and rushed Rosa TO the Ellis
Island ferry. while her brother-in-law
made arrangements by telephone for a
special meeting of the board of inquiry.
The board allowed the girl 20 enter.
Rod0lfo Estripeaut, Chief OF Police
OF the Republic OF Panama, arrived on
the Pastores for three weeks visit in
New York. lie plans to confer with
Police Commissioner Woods and study
the methods of New York police.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30

dered man, was supported by his chill
dren and relatives as he tottered by
the caskets. Men took of their hats as
the funeral passed.
No prayers were said for the dead.
Rabbi Marcus implored the relatives
to permit the bodies to be brought into
the synagogue that he might oter d
supplication for their eternal rest, pu'
ne was refused After a long wait the
bodies were put on car bound Tor
New York. They were buried to-day.
81 am still dazed," said Rabbi Marcus
tonight. "Weitzman was liked by all
his neighbors. ! knew him well, ana
considered him a fine man. lie IN
pressed me as a jew Of Jews.
81 do not and will not belie'9 90
was murdered by the Pole. The farm
hand couldn't have worked quickly
enough, and surely the others would
have heard him as soon as he fired the
first shot. Not one man, but two or
more committed the crime. May, It
please the Lord God that the murder
ers be brought 20 vengeance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-30
,uest. the contestants being otherwise

quest, the contestants being otherwise
taken care of in the will.
The contestants and the amounts Of
their legacies are William ?. Emo,
brother, S250,000; Mrs. Antoinette L.
Wood. sister, $4,000; Amos K. Z. and
Clifford Pinchot, each $250,000; Flor
ence c. Graves, niece, S25O,OOO; Mary
p. Emo. niece, $3.50 900, and Henry Lane
Emo. nephew, $4,000.
After the formal allegation of tesla
mentary incapacity, the contestants as
sert that the proponents OF the VIII, or
one of them or some other unknown
person. exercised an improper and IN
due influence in obtaining the VIII IN
behalf and in favor of Columbia Uni
versity. The notice Of contest ADDED:
THAT said university Is the residuary
legatee. TO the exclusion OF the nat
ural objects Of the decedents bounty
the heirs and next Of kin.
The executors of the will are Lucius
H. Beers and william Mitchell, each
of whom receives $4,000 IN lieu OF
commissions. c,:
Besides the requests to Columbia
and the Society OF Mechanics ana
Tradesmen. Mr.. Emo gave sZ5O,OO0 each
to the Metropolitan Museum OF All,
American Museum OF NhtuIaI s'Oi',
New York Association for Improving
the Condition Of the Poor and New
York University. The New York Pub
lie Library receives $4,000 and Mr..
Eno's valuable collection of engrayings,
prints and books relating to New lorh.
There Is still another provision Tor
Columbia University in the contested
will. This is the remainder interest
in a trust fund of $4,000 which Mr..
Emo established to maintain his estate
at Simsbury, Conn, until his grand
nephew, Amos r. Emo, reaches the age
of thirty. At that age the grand
nephew will receive the property and
Columbia University will receive the
trust fund.
In making provision for descendants
of deceased sister and of two de-
ceased brothers, the testator stipulated
that they were 70 lose their interest IN
trust funds created for them If they
ceased 10 be residents of the United
States. An exception was made in the
case of son Of Lady Alan tombstone,
niece. whose home is in Europe. Lady
tombstone. sister Of Amos r. +. and
Clifford Pinchot. receives S250,OOO by
the will. she has not joined in the
contest.