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Prospects for fruitstill remains good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19
Banks Fight for the Office.

In the Thirty fourth Congress. which
chose Banks Speaker, there were so
many different kinds of political thought
that the printers did not have enough
styles of type TO indicate the parties 10
which the members belonged There was
large type and small type and italics in
the Office where the Congressional Globe
was printed. but there were about twenty
different kinds of politics There were
northern democrats and southern demo-
Gratis. northern wings and southern wings.
free soilers. know-nothings and repub-
ncans. and many subdivisions of these.
The general characteristic of all members
was thorough and uncompromislng hard
headedness. The big issue before the
country was whether Kansas should be a
slave state or free state. About this
question members of Congress gathered
with various sets of ideas and principles,
each man unwilling TO yield a point for
the sake of the general good.
There were five candidates for the
epeakership on the first day and William
A. Richardson, democrat OF Illinois. had
eeventy-four votes on the first ballot.
Nathaniel L. Banks of Massachusetts was
far down the list with only twenty-one
votes. The democrats seemed to be solid
ly organized for voting purposes, at least.
but the rest of the House was hopeless
An agreement on anything seemed to be
absolutely out Of the question The op-
position to the democrats wanted no
slavery, but there were other political is
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nine men, seventeen women and two
children. On his way home he touched
at Ireland. where he gave the populace
some potatoes. the first of that kind
ever seen in Europe. He started back
with two ships laden with the needed
supplies. but after he had gotten out
into the open sea his greed for gain
caused him to neglect his Roanoke
colony. so sorely in need of food He
diverted his course to pursue some
Spanish ships in search of plumber, but
they so badly battered his little fleet
that he had to return to England,
where the Spanish blockade of British
waters bottled him up for nearly three
years.
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Smith. penetrating into the mainland,
came upon an Indian village. where he
saw half-breed boy, with yellow hair,
and he believed the child to be that OF
one of his colonists intermarried with
a red man. Certain biue-eyed Indians
found near Cape Hatteras. along the
Cape Fear river. are alleged to be
descendants of those lost whites.
The fate of Virginia Dare. our FIRST
colonial dame, remains a mystery quite
as dark ii was three centuries ago.
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Those $50 men, women and children
he had sent to Virginia to found an agri-
cultural state in 1887. In three ships
they had sailed gayly out of Plymouth on
balmy morning of April but they did
not touch their restless feet to the sands
of Roanoke Island until the sun of late
July had scorched it. Their governor,
John White. brought with him his daugh-
ter, Eleanor, and her husband. Ananias
Dare. The colonists had hardly hewn
their ca bins out of the woods when they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19
Regularity Personified.

From the Chicago Herald.
The doctor had listened TO his patients
heart. taken his blood PRESSURE in short,
made thorough examination of his
physical condition. Then he announced
his verdict.
What you want is to get more exer-
else walk more regularly"
We'll, doctor. | don't see how I can
do that. answered the man. Tn q
postman."
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Landing upon Roanoke Island upon a
hot day late in the summer of 1890. he
was appalled, to find an absolute desc
lation. His heart sank. The entire
colony had disappeared and even their
houses had all been removed Carved
upon a birch tree, however. he found
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19
Warning Taken by Southerners.

1.-THE warning sounded by these dis
ciples of slavery we're not lost upon the
southern members. and although they
created no wild panic. yet they did
much toward securing the final or
ganization of the House by serving
notice that there was limit to south
ern endurance. We have the word or
Stephens that such financial conSidera-
lions as unpaid board bills and tmpor-
tuning creditors helped much to bring
the battle-mad members to saner
state of mind. Except on credit. no
money was available until the organi-
xation of the House, and the money
lenders Of Washington did brisk bust
ness
The oratory In the House was red hot
rs well can be imagined There was no
order, and fsticufs between members
were averted only by the closest vigilance
On the 22d Of December the House found
It impossible to organize under the rules
that is. to elect q Speaker by a majority
1t was determined that three ballots
should be taken and that il no major
fly candidate could be elected. then, on
the fourth ballot whoever received the
greatest number OF votes should be
Speaker.
Cobb received 102 votes. Winthrop re-
ceived 100. and there were twenty scat
tering ballots.
Historians say that Cobb was most par
fial when II came TO the organization Of
the committees. He favored the south
and the slave interests. However he was
an able Speaker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19
Look of Awe on His Face.

Next came to the receiver the oldest
scientist in the group, the venerable
Joseph Henry. whose announcement
to Bell had been SO timely. He stopped
to listen, and. as one of the bystand-
ers afterward said, no one could for
get the look of awe that came into his
face as he heard the iron disks talking
with a human voice. This said he,
comes nearer to overthrowing the doc
trine of the conservation of energy
than anything l ever saw.
After this spectacular demonstration
at the centennial in 1876. there fol-
lowed ten years of experiment with the
telephone. The entire history Of the
telephone may be divided into: l. Elk
pertinent, 1S76-1Ss6: 2. Development,
ISS6-1S96; 3, Expansion, 1s96-1906; 4.
Organization, 1906. or pushing ahead
along two roads Of Standardization and
efficiency.
Monday, January 25. 1915. was an
other momentous date in the annals of
science. r 1t marked the opening of the
transcontinental line when distin-
conversed freely with others in San
inventor. talked to Watson across the
continent. The most blase business
men felt something akin to uncanni-
ness at the thought that his voice had
gone across thirteen states. shot over
Drairies and through forests. hurtled
through cities. climbed the Rockies,
SKINNED across the desert and reached
the Pacific coast and the answer had
back in eyeWiuk,
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Banks Is Elected Finally.

After considerable fencing, lasting
most of the month of January. the
democrats thought they had a promis-
ing candidate in Representative Aiken
OF South Carolina, father of the pres
en- representative from the same state.
They came near to electing Aiken, but
hacked three votes. On the 1921 bal
lot no majority had been found and
II was decided to elect by a plurality.
Another terrific storm ensued with
members standing on the seats. yelling
and bowling. John W. Forney clerk
OF the former House. was presiding He
announced on the 1880 vote that Banks
had 1G3. Aiken, 100; Fuller. 6: Camp-
bell 4. and Wells, l. Mr.. Forney de-
clared that Banks was elected. amid
tumult. Banks was the first republican
speaker. The names of the whig party
and the knownothings began to fade
away and the clear lineup for the
future was seen to lie between the
democrats and the republicans The
election of Banks meant much to the
young republican party, then but a few
months old.
William Pennington, a business man,
who had been elected Governor of New
Jersey by political accident, was in
his hrst term in the House, when elect
ed Speaker in 1860. The present Speak
er, Champ Clark. in discussing Pen
nlngton the other day said he was
probably elected because none of the
thing about him; in other words, he
seemed to be the only man with a
clean record politically He was the
hrst Speaker in the present hall of the
House and was the dark horse who
beat out John Sherman, because Sher-
man was attacked by member named
Clark of Missouri, who was no relation
to the present Speaker
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low colonists, upon whom the forest
primeval had so mysteriously closed some
twenty years before. But only the pines
and the hemlocks in the depths Of that
leafy wilderness could tell whittier these
lost ones had so strangely vanished. and,
until Raleigh's head fell upon the block
of the executioner. it was troubled with
wonder as to the fate of his lost Roam
oke colony"
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the one word "Croatan." Apparently
the Christianized Manteo. Lord of
Roanoke. had taken pity upon the
starving colonists and brought them
to his island stronghold. there TO live
with his people. The governor pre-
pared to visit that home of his friend,
the Indian baron. but the superstitious
crews of his ships. terror stricken by
the sight of deserted wastes around
them. refused to embark in that direc-
ton. They forced him to return to
England with them. and it was his
bitter fate to die in ignorance of what
had happened to his daughter and
grandchild.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19
EP0CRS IN HISTORY
OF THE TELEPHONE
Prof. Bells First Success and
His Recent Talk Across
the Continent.
LONG PATIENCE REWARDED

"Mr. watson, come here, want you."
an epoch making invention. They were
the first words ever spoken over a tele-
phone Prof. Bell. the earnest young
inventor, had worked on a curious con-
trivance for some weeks. Mr.. Watson
was his assistant at week. For
forty long weeks the curious sound toy
had gasped and gurgled, made strange
noises: but now it spoke. Mr.. Watson
rushed up the stairs with blazing eyes:
Il heard what you said. l heard the
words. Here l ann.
The young inventor was, wild with
JOY At last telegra phing actual vocal
sounds was no longer a dream. 1t
was a reality. on his twenty -ninth
birthday Bell received his patent No.
174,465 the most valuable single pat
ent ever issued in any country
Attracts Eminent Scientists.
During the centennial celebration the
telephone first came to the notice of
eminent scientists. Mr.. Bell had been
given small table on which was
placed his model Some one had prom
ised to induce the judges to look at
it Four O'Clock came but no judges
and then when they did arrive they
were hot, tired and Indifferent TO the
fact that there was a new invention on
small table which no one had ever
heard about Then something happen
ed that reads like a page from story
book 1t is related by Mr.. Casson: The
Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro. accom-
panied by the Empress Theresa and by
bevy of courtiers, walked into the
room, advanced with both hands out
stretched to the bewildered Bell and
exclaimed:
Prof. Bell. 1 am delighted to see
you again.
The judges at once forgot the heat
and their fatigue and hunger. Who
was this young inventor with the pale
complexion and black eyes that he
should be the friend of emperors? They
did not know, and for the moment Bell
himself had forgotten that Dom Pedro
had once visited Bells class of deaf
mutes at Boston University; and so,
with the tall, blond bearded Dom Pedro
in the center. the assembled judges and
scientists, there were fully fifty in all,
entered with unusual zest into the pro-
ceedings of this first telephone exhibit
ton. A wire had been strung from one
end of the room to the other, and while
Bell went to the transmitter Dom
Pedro took up the receiver and placed
1t to his ear. 1t was a moment of tense
expectancy. No one knew clearly what
was about to happen, when the en-
peror, with a dramatic gesture. raised
his head from the receiver and eX-
claimed with look of utter amaze
ment: My God, it talks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19
Great Struggle of 1859.

The Thirty sixth Congress convened
on December ). 1859 The John Brown
incident was then the talk of the coun-
try The south had about lined UP
against the north. There were I09
republicans in the House. IS admins
known as Americans" These latter
were all from the south, except four.
The republicans were loosely organ
lied. There was no majority and a
serious situation confronted the repub-
lcans II they wished to place their
Speaker in the chair. There were six
teen candidates on the first ballot. John
Sherman of Ohio received 66 of the re-
publican votes and Gllusha A. Grow of
Pennsylvania received 40, while Repre-
led with Sc. Representative Grow with
drew his nams~and John Sherman took
the lead. However, the irrepressible
Clark of Missouri Jumped up and de-
nounced Sherman for having Endorsed
or recommended an abolItionists book,
The Impending Crisis Of the South
How to Meet It" The author was Hinton
r Helper. Clark simply set the House
on fire. Helper was a non-slave holding
white from North Carolina and his ar
gument was that slavery was ruinous
to his kind of southerner. The style of
the book was hysterical and rather
cheap, but IT enjoyed wide circula-
ton and many members of Congress
had Endorsed it-notably John Sher-
man and Galusha A. Grow. The repub-
licans tried to pour oil on the waters.
but it was of no use. Clark dashed out
on all sides and JOHN Sherman had his
back to the wall. SO did the republican
section of the House in general, as
Clark read out a list of republi ca rs
who had recommended the book in
writing.
No majority could be found, because
Helpers cheap book fell upon John
Sherman and all the other members of
Congress indorsing it 1t seems trivial
today. but IL was a gigantic issue then.
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had occasion to celebrate the birth of a
daughter to Eleanor and Ananias. and
the governor christened his little grand
daughter-the first child of English par
ents born in the new world-Virginia
Dare. in honor of the new province and of
Britain's virgin queen.
Having upon his arrival found skele-
tons of an English colony that had pre-
coded him. Gov. White wisely determined
to cultivate the friendship of the Indians
So. Chief Manteo, who lived some dis
lance away upon Croatan Island was
given the title of baron and lord of Roam
oke. thus receiving the first and last
peerage ever created on our soil At the
same time Manteo accepted the rites
of the Christian baptism. and both his
friendship and spiritual redemption ap-
peared to be assured
1t soon became necessary for the
ships that had brought the colony to
return to England for supplies, and
GOV. White went along to hasten their
return. He left behind him eighty
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sues at the time which seemed more i'm
portant to some of the members of the
House.
In this election balloting proceeded
Tor days without change. Lewis D..
Campbell OF Ohio became conspicuous
during the ballotins. and might have
been Speaker had he compromised with
split the field. After Campbell left the
race Banks began to gather votes. The
old hall of the House. now Statuary
Hall. became the scene of combina-
lions. deals. whisperings There were
all kinds of bargains offered and re-
Jected. The most dramatic moment in
recent years. the climax of the Cannon
fight. must have been a mere amateur
performance to the long drawn and
bitter battle of the Thirty fourth House
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One tradition has it that Chief
Manteo massacred all of the colony ex-
cept four men. two boys and Virginia
Dare. who became the bride of one
of his braves. According to another
story. the entireN colony was taken up
the Cape Fear river where the whites
later intermarried with the Indians Of
central North Carolina Capt John
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19
Few More Dramatic Moments.

There have been few more dramatic
moments than when Prof Bell lifted
the receiver from it's hook and called to
Watson. the friend and fellow work.
man of his youth, in distant San Fran
CISCO On March 10 1876 Prof Bell
working away at the simple telephone
he had Invented, called to his comrade
Mr. watson come here want Won
and Watson heard that first message
over the wire
In New York on January 25 1919 the
same voice was talking and in san
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19
House Rebuked the Senate,

During this period the Senate. which
seems to have looked upon the House
performance with disgust, framed, re-
ported and passed an appropriation bill
and sent il over to the House Later.
after the House had organized and rid
itself of its political headache. this mar
tlcuiar appropriation bill was sent
back TO the Senate with solemn me $
sage, which, being interpreted meant
Mind your own business. Appropria-
ton bills must originate in the House :"
president Pierce sent message to
Congress. Since the House had not
organized there was no Congress- How
ever. the receipt of the message
stopped the ballotns and so provoked
bitter debate as to whether it should
be read. What is probably a correct
principle was upheld and the MESA ge
was not read until the House had or
ganized in February. two months after
assembling.
Night sessions were held and the
writings of men who were present
bring down to the present dav a pic
ture of disorder and inebrietv
one of the members suggested that
the views of the various candidates for
the speakership should be EXPRESSED to
the House This was followed, and is
even to this day accepted as a prece-
dent An open declaration of princi-
pies was asked for and given by the
reading candidates. who We're Repre-
sentatives Richardson. Fuller ard
Banks. These three men stood NJ and
were quizzed to finish 1t was a
political spelling bee Banks decla~a-
tion favored congressional prohfbi-
ton of slavery in territories where leg
islatlon was needed to keep it out He
dld not. however. say anything on
the subject of slaver.- in the District
OF columbia. although he was peppered
with questions
AFTER this cross examination it was
seen that Banks faithful 1O7 members
would remain with him Therefore
the democrats endeavored to pursue a
course OF action to attract the know
nothings and the scattering vote
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-19
Personal Encounters Averted.

Personal encounters were narrowly
averted. Branch of North Carolina
challenged Grow of Pennsylvania
There were threats of killings and as
saults. There were arrests of mem
bers who became too obstreperous and
noisy y member named Haskin.
democrat from New York. made so
speech that he dislodged revolver
from his own pocket. the weapon fell
upon the floor with a thump. Many
members believed he had drawn the
gun TO shoot. and Haskin was carried
TO the floor beneath the rush Of wild
der that there We're no shootings. in
view Of the fact that in those days
many carried weapons.
An attempt was made, in secret, to
prevent a plurality election This was
called a plot and was exposed. In the
sage was received by the House and
laid upon the table waiting John
Sherman, denounced by every name the
southerners could think Of and sup
ported by every encouragement the
northerners could give made good
peared that he had lost all of his
speed Horace Greeley insisted upon
the plurality rule, and thus break the
deadlock republican caucus was
held and Sherman withdrew his name.
and the great dark horse. Pennington
Of New Jersey. was produced. No one
had heard of him in national sense
In all of the mud scattering he had re-
NAMED clean. and this won for him the
Speakers chair. With him the repub-
licans won the House. Pennington and
Clay are the only two men who have
been elected Speaker in their first
terms. except. of course. Muhlenberg,
the Speaker Of the first House.
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
EARLY ASKS SENATE
FOR LEPERS' HOME
Letter to Public Health Com
mittee Dislnfected Before
Being Read BY Members.

After having beon disinfected. letter
from John Early. the District ieper pa
tient was put before the Senate Public
Health Committee yesterday.
Senators handled the letter cautiously.
but were told by Chairman Ransdeii
there was no danger. The letter was In
response 20 an inquiry from Senator
Ransdell asking for Early's views on
establishment OF national home for
lepers.
In his letter Early said:
"There are about 500 known cases in
tho United States that have developed
mostly within the last ten or fifteen
years. Three Of these. have knowledge
OF personally. were soldiers in the Phil
ippines. And as far as the facts show.
the disease was contracted there.
Therefore. you can readily zee that
the disease IL spreading rapidly In the
country to an extent that calls for
sharp local attention. and certainly
should call forth national attention. To
segregate q leprous person is wise
and humane thing to do. But to let
matters drift on In the present rut Is
fsprosy is truly dread disease mot
only In name. but in fact-gnawing
away the yitals OF the system in time.
helplessness. Truly he is aAhard suf-
ferer when all, conditions are plussed un.
Then we ought as a Christian nation
make provision for him. Remember We
are outcaats OF society. yet with human
tastes and feelings"
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
GRANDMA USED SAGE
TEA TO DARKEN HAIR
She Mixed Sulphur with it to
Restore Color, Gloss,
Thickness.

Common garden sage brewed into q
heavy tea with sulphur and alcohol add
ed. will turn gray. streaked. and faded
hair beautifully dark and luxuriant. re-
move every bit OF dandruff. stop scalp
itching and falling hair. Just few ap-
piications win prove a revelation II your
hair is fading. gray or dry. scraEgly and
thin. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur
recipe at home, though. IL troublesome.
An easier way is to get the ready-to; use
tonic, costing about 80 cents a large bot
tie at drug stores, known as "Wyeths
Sage and Sulphur, Compound" thus
avoiding lot OF muss.
While wispy, gray, faded hair is not
sinful, we all desire to retain our youth.
ful appearance and attractiveness. BY
darkening your hair with Wyeth's Sage
and sulphur. no one can tell, because u
does so naturally. so evenly. You just
aampen a sponge or. soft brush with II
and draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at time; by morning
all gray hairs have disappeared. and.
after another application or two. your
hair becomes beautifully dark. glossy.
soft, and Observation-Disclosures, t t
The Washington times., 1916-02-17
KEEP UP FILIBUSTER
ON WATERPOWER BILL
Conservationists Plan to Back
Husting Substitute.

Opponents today continued a success
full flibuster against the Shields water
power bill, denounced by Clifford Pinchot
as a "grabbers'" measure. The ftli-
buster VIII be kept up until Senator
Husting Of Wisconsin can complete the
drafting Of a substitute, which Is at
radical conflict with the Shields measure,
1t provides for Government leasing OF
power sites on navigable streams. with
regulation of rates which the lessees
may charge. The sites are to be re-
turned to the Government at the end of
fifty years with no expense for fran
chise value. the unearned increase in
the, value Of the site. or other abstract
valtles.
Behind this measure. conservationists
of both parties are planning to rally.
Senator Shields gave notice late yes
terday that he may not support the Ad-
ministration conservation measures,
still pending In the Senate, unless his
bill should be successful. He said as
yet he had been unable to make UP his
mind as to their merit.