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The Washington herald., 1916-01-15

the complaints are well founded. action
will be taken TO remedy the evils conn
planned OF.
nended, IN a resolution, for their CO.
advertising, and The Washington Herald
was especially commended for the spirit
shown In guaranteeing to its readers the
fun moneys worth Of their purchase of
articles quoted by local merchants In the
display advertising columns Of The
Herald
As mentioned In its new rate card. The
Herald reserves
The right to reject any advertise
ment"
This Is for the protection Of the readers
of The Washington Herald and the ner-
chants who advertise In its columns
The Herald will not accept advertise
ments on which this guarantee cannot
safely apply:
"As nrst announced January !. 1915. The
Herald guarantees fun moneys worth
to the purchasers Of articles advertised
in the display columns Of this paper by
any Washington merchant"
Charles J. Columbus, secretary of
the Retail Merchants Association. told
of a conference his committee had
with Chairman Ben Johnson. of the
House District Committee. on Thurs
day, at which time the committee was
assured of Representative Johnson's
support OF legislation against fake"
Advertising.
Joseph Berberich spoke enthusiast
caRy of the progress already made to-
ward correcting the evil of improper
ads. and lauded Representative John
son for the interest he has shown in
the project.
Mr.. johnson received US very cor
daily" said Mr.. Berberich, and prom
ised us his strong support of legisla-
tion to remedy false advertising. with
the support of the chairman of the
House District Committee, we can look
forward to early action on the bill We
are trying to have enacted into q Law.
Mr.. Johnson has proven, by his inter
est in this manner. that he has the
welfare of the citizens Of the District
at hearts
He made several valuable suEres-
tions and urged that the law be made
stronger than we had planned. We
have been informed that he has al
ready completed draft of the bill we
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
TO TEST CITIZENSHIP"

Court to Decide II Foreign Hnlist-
IA : nent BxpatrAasss . MAJ.
To secure a court ruling on the question
as TO whether an American citizen sx.
patriates himself by enlisttng in . foreign
army, the Department Of Labor yester-
day issued q warrant for the arrest al
Detroit of Frank Cssweli. sn American,
discharged recently from the Canadian
forces The technical charge against
Caswell is violation of the contract labor
law, in entering the United States to take
employment at Detroit
The decision Of the court Is expected
70 Ak definitely the status Of hundreds
of Americans returning from army ser
vice abroad.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
Honors Paid Sultan
For Success n War

specAi Cable Q rss w.shins.on Herald.
Amsterdam, Jan. l4.-En-
peror William has presented
the Sultan of Turkey with a
sword in recognition of the
achievement of the Turkish
troops at the Dardanelles.
The gift was accompanied
by "a warm congratulatoy
message which gave high
praise to the Turkish soldiers.
The insignia of the Pour
LIE Merites has been con-
ferred upon Enver Pasha.
the Turkish minister of'war.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15

New York. Jan. N-Three months ago
four Brooklyn girls declared their pref
erence for the Western type Of men
They were In Denver at that time, on a
Western tour, And they resolved to wed
Westerners.
The girls were Miss Theresa FsrTelL
daughter Of James A Farrell. PRESIDENT
Of the United States Steel Corporation.
and the Misses Anna Katherine and
Julia Murray. daughterx Of Thomas z.
Murray. vice president Of the New York
Edison Company.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15

After long agitation the motion pio-
ture people have won q victory over
the conservatism Of the British mill
tary authorities. Now the United
States is to see on the screen British
soldiers by thousands reviewed by
King George, and msneuvers Of Ad-
mira Jellicoe's great fleet. The same
patient work that has brought about
this change Is also breaking down
the rigid exclusion Of newspaper cor
respondents from the British front
Credit for the liberalizinR changes
msntioned belongs mainly to Mr.. Bal
four
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
They Were Resolved to Wed Westerners,
But Eastern Men Smashed Resolutions

To-day al the home Of Mrs- Farrell
reception was given In honor OF Miss
Anna Murrsys ens.renent TO James
p. Mcdonnell. a New Yorker. The
guests had scarcely assembled when Mrs.
Farreu announced the engagement Of
her daughter, Theresa 70 Joseph Aur-
ray, brother OF the three girl chumS
and also New Yorker.
No date has been set for Miss Far
reIrs veddfns. although thsrs are predic-
tont Of a double wedding.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15

The principal use for seleniun OF which
the annual prcdootion 10 about n-cc
pounds is In the manufacture Of red glass
and red ensmeled ware Selenfum or
compounds of selenium are used 20 pro
duce various shades Of red The sdvsn-
taSes Of this material are that glass AZ
ticles colored with II do not have 20 be
rehested after they are made, and II Is
considerably less expensive than gold
chloride or other chemicals used for the
same puspose
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
WOULD PROBE UsURY CHARGES.
House Asked to Name Committee for
Inquiry of Southern Danks.

Bsury charges aginst various national
banks, made by Comptroller of the Cur
rency Williams win be laid before the
Rules Committee Of the House next
Monday by Representative Howard, Of
Georgia, who will press his resolution
authorizing q House committee to in
vestigate the charges-
Many banks, particularly IN the South,
Representative Howard said. have been
charging anywhere from II to 50 per
cent per annum on loans.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
Street Was Milk River.

The intersection of Ninth and West
minister streets northwest, was turned
into q milky river yesterday afternoon
when . street car collided with a milk
wagon. Homer Bohinson, the driver Of
the wagon, was hurt about the back and
arms, the wagon was smashed, the
horse slightly hurt.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
INDUSTRY ASKS PROTECTION.
Dyestua Makers Gould Aid Defense
Plans, TAey Assert.

Protection for tho new American dye
stun industry as a means Of providins
raw materials for the manufacture of
explosives for national defense. was urged
before the House Ways and Means Com
mfttse yesterday By witnesses represent
ing all branches of the dyestuf and tex
tile industries.
They declared the dyestun industry
must be protected from a food Of Ger
man competition at the close of the war
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15

Metallic magnesium, the Highest metal
known, Is said to have qualities superior
to aluminium. A factory has been estab-
hshed at Niagara Falls for making II, and
the product of this plant has been con-
tracted for by the French government for
the manufacture Of aeroplane parts. AT
the close Of the war, when II Is no longer
in demand for this purpose, the company
proposes to use the material for the
manufacture Of household utensils.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
etore u Hohhed.

One ham, several shoulders. two boxes
Of tobacco, and 1.5o in pennies, was the
loot secured by thieves, who early yes
terdsy morning, broke into the store Of
AIRY spund. Sol Seventh street south
west.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15

A most remarkable engineering accom-
plishment Is q well in western China,
bored to = depth OF $500 feet with a rat
tan cable. The worlds deepest well. sunA
7.i5o feet. Is In one Of the German coal
fields.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
Coop Of Chickens Gone.

coop OF chickens. valued at IS was
stolen from the yard Of Joseph Hais
si Seventh street northeast. yesterday
afternoon. according to q report made
to the police.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15

want and that it will be introduced
shortly"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
HERALD MONEYS WORTH
GUARANTEE NDORSED

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
BREACH OVER MEXICAN
POLICY BECOMES WIDER

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
New Cure of Toothache.

A jumping toothache is no excuse
for smoking in factory in New
York, as two sufferers found when ar
raigned in court today, charged with
smoking in a loft building in violation
of the law. "It's true, your honor"
admitted the first sufferer. 1T was
like this. I had an awful toothache.
/ had to have relief: couldn't work and
all that sort of thing. So I smoked
cigarette and the ache disappeared,
presto, like that" Thirty dollars or
three days in JAIL" was the only SYM
pathy the sufferer received from the
magistrate. The second sufferer Yves
soaked $40 or two days. "And, by
the way" the magistrate added as the
two men were led away, you fellows
might call in the Tombs dentist while
you are serving out your sentences.
It might save you a return engage
ment."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
Quaint Economies.

The most curious example of war
economy, as practiced in London, is
that two of the greatest London stores
have now dropped apostrophes in
their announcements and catalogues.
A large teashop firm issue advice for
economists by way of notice on
their tea tables. One suggestion is
that if people who formerly took two
Jumps of sugar would now take only
one there would be g. considerable
saving to the nation and assistance
in carrying on the war. Some Of the
customers have acted on the advice,
but, fearful that they might embarrass
the firm by making their economy a
matter of profit to them, make habit
Of unblushingly pocketing the second
lump to be used at home. Empty tin
cans have now value, and one firm
has exchanged pound of their coffee
for one and half dozen coffee tins.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
Long Time in Transit.

On October 3, 1883, clerk in the
employ of New York steamship bro
ker mailed letter to the master of
the Swedish bark Superior at Mar
settles.
The letter was never delivered. But
in the autumn Of 1913 it was returned
to the steamship brokers' Office,
stamped all over its face. The best
explanation offered for it's 30 years in
transit was that it had lain in the
Swedish consulate at Marseilles all
those years, and that during a house
cleaning was found and remailed.
In the post office department Off
Gals tell Of letter that was mailed
from there in 1852, addressed to Rob
ert S. Mckay at New Orleans. The
letter followed Mr.. Mckay to Russia,
where he was consulate attache. But
he had died there and had left in his
will provision that all his papers
should be locked up until his five-year-
old son and namesake attained his ma
jority.
When 1868 arrived the son was trav-
cling and exploring in Africa. A law
clerk, not knowing the provisions of
the 1852 will, supposed the letter was
for the present Mr.. Mckay and start
ed it forth again. 1t rested in Cape
Town through error until the year
1871.
When it was started back to New
Orleans Mr.. Mckay had left for ex-
ploration in Chile. Letter and adj
dressee finally got together in Louisi-
ana in 1874. And strange to say, mat
ters of business Importance to the
father were still Of business interest
to the son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
Salary Saving Effected.


Further evidence of the effort OF
Governor Philips administration so
to correlate the business of the state
as TO reduce expenses and improve
the service is shown in the announce
ment that the force Of inspectors of
Illuminating oil is to be reduced from
SO to 81
The districts which will be abol-
isbed, with the territory added to ad-
joining districts, follow: Nos. 5, 8,
IL, II, 10, 10, 20, 25, 27, 30, 80, 4S, 45.
At, 40, So, 81, So, IS and 81. The sal
aries paid inspectors in the last fiscal
year aggregated $49,s77.55. Under the
new arrangement the salaries will be
not above $4,000. Because the terri
tories will be larger, however, the ex-
penses will be increased from $4,000
to $1,000, so that the net saving will
be between $4,000 and $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
Man Ridden Out of Town.

Milwaukee-Surrounded by mob of
200 East Troy citizens, Barney Ward
who married Miss Grace Carneth on
her deathbed at a Milwaukee mater
nifty hospital. was ridden out of town
on a rail with instructions never to
return. The ceremony" attendant to
Wards farewell to East Troy, follow
ed the funeral Of his wife and babe.
Ward did not attend the funeral. The
crowd which took part in the rail rid
ing party was composed largely of
church folk, who, angered because of
Wards wronging one of East Troys
reputable young women, determined to
teach him a lesson.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
DESERVES WELL OF FARMER
Phoebe's Voice Is Faint and She Ger
tainIy Is Not Pretty, but She
Hates All Beetles.

After you're well acquainted with
the phoebe and catch some OF her spir-
it Of friendIiness and companionship,
you won't care a snap of the finger
that she can't sing very well, nor that
she isn't good looking. You'll wei
come her in spring just as if she were
Venus for looks and Melba for voice.
You'll listen for her first notes and
say: There's Phoebe back again"
She's the earliest arrival among the
fycatchers, reaching here about March
Fl, even before the flies. She seeks
out her last years home under the
bridge, or beneath the rafters of the
barn, and starts renovating her nest.
Often when an INSCRIPTIONS cowbird
usurps the nest to lay eggs of her
own, the phoebe will build another
nest atop the old one and start house
keeping over again as if nothing had
interrupted.
We've remarked that she couldn't
sing, yet her little "phe-bee" note is
one of the cheeriest of springtime.
We've said she wasn't beautiful, yet
her dull olive-brown coat, with a vel
lowish-white breast are far more at
tractive than some birds of gay plu-
mage. The phoebe is beautiful be-
cause she is useful.
From the time of her arrival until
she leaves late in the fall she's busy
warning on the farmers enemies.
She'll sit on a mullen stalk and watch
for a beetle. Suddenly she will dart
into the air and her bills go shut with
a snap-good-by beetle. She is a for
est conservationist, because she eats
the elm leaf beetle. She is the farm
er's friend, because she eats the May
beetles and click beetles, which in
jure crops. She is the gardeners
friend because she eats the squash
beetle.
In fact, she is the friend of everyone
except the beetles.-Philadelpq
North American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
Totem Pole Must Don Some Clothes.

Totem Pole Must Don Some Clothes.
Clothes make the totem pole, &C
cording to John Oscar Davis, collector
Of the port, at San Francisco.
Mortified at what he saw when a
Burmese specimen consigned to the
Rev. J. H. East of Portland was I'M
covered at the customhouse early in
February, Collector Davis has now
recovered sufficiently from tho shock
to announce that when the proper ha-
Diliments have been placed on the
relic it may be allowed to proceed on
it's way to the indignant consignee.
Painting, the collector said, had
been considered, but clothing would
be better. His alan now is to arrange
for a proper costuming Of the mooted
totem pole at the expense of Doctor
East and that then the curio, decor
ously accoutered for appearance
among the most select circles, might
be allowed admission to the land Of
the free and the home of the brave.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
The Whim of HAPPINESS.

The whim we have of happiness is
somewhat thus: By certain valua-
lions and averages, of our own strik-
ing, we come upon some sort of av-
erage terrestrial lot; this we fancy
belongs to us by nature, and of indie
feasible right. 1t is simple payment
of our wages, of our deserts; requires
neither thanks nor complaint; only
such overplus as there may be do we
account happiness; and deficit again
is misery. Now consider that we
have the valuation of our own de-
serts ourselves, and what a fund Of
self-conceit there is in each of us
do you wonder that the balance should
so often dip the wrong way?-Car.
lyle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD
IN A FEW LINES.
THREE MEET VIOLENT DEATH
TWO Saxon Men Meet Death in Rail
road Accident and Body of
Michigan Man Found With
Skull Fractured.

Ashland-The village of Saxon was
thrown into wild excitement following
a railroad accident in which two men
were killed and the discovery of a
young mans body with his skull frac-
tured Hector McMeZin, 40 years old,
and John Belltrand, 35 years old, were
ground to death under the wheels of
a Chicago and Northwestern train.
The men, who were driving a lumber
wagon, attempted to cross the rail
road tracks near the depot just ahead
of the train. The remains of Vern
Newman, Fl years old, of Tomaston,
Mich, was found in the rear of the
Northwestern depot with his head
battered in and other injuries. An in
vestigation indicates that Newman
was murdered, it is thought for his
money.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
Shoots Son and Wife.

Superior Frank BIllmayer, So,
father of ten children, is in jail for
shooting his wife and son Charles, 10,
at their home here. Members of the
family believe Billmayer is insane
He came home, went upstairs and shot
his son, it is said. When his wife
started to run upstairs to see what
had happened he shot her in the
breast. He struck another child in
the face with the butt of his revolver
as the family ran from the house
Charles condition is serious. Mrs.
Billmayer will recover.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
Declares Law Unconstitutional.

Declares Law Unconstitutional.
Following the Wisconsin supreme
courts decision on the law limit
ing hours of labor for women, the
Wisconsin industrial commission gave
notice to the 80 pea Gamers of Wis
consil that they must operate their
factories without permitting women to
work in excess Of the limits laid down
in the law.
Justice Rosenberry's opinion has
made it impossible for the Gamers to
operate on the extended limitation or
womens hours which they have en-
joyed since the legislature Of 1913,
recognizing their peculiar needs, made
provision for them. This provision
according tc Justice Rosenberg
opinion, is unconstitutional and cannot
be continued.
The commissions letter says that
women may be employed not to ex-
coed So hours in any one week and
not to exceed ten hours in any one
day. This schedule is limited by the
following: Between the hours Of p.
IN. and a. 10. women may be en-
ployed not more than eight hours in
any one night and not more than As
hours In any one week
In succinct terms the commission
gives notice that 1t will enforce the
law strictly as it is now interpreted
III the Rosenberg opinion.
The commission says:
"The industrial commission must en-
force tho law as construed by the
court, and canning companies must
expect to operate their plants strictly
within the hour limits indicated above.
"The decision Of the court is made
in case where the company not only
violated the statutory limit Of wom-
ems hours, but was guilty Of an agra
vaticn of the extended hours allowed
by the commission.
eve are advising you of this situa-
ton in order that you may have an
pie time in which to rearrange acre
age, increase equipment or to make
such other preparations as will enable
you to operate strictly within the pro-
visions of the law.
Appeals to the commission for any
change In the statutory limitations
will, CT course, be futile, for the reason
that the commission is no longer
clothed with such authority"
Besides restricting the operations
of the proprietors, the Rosenberg
opinion does away with the extra pay
formerly earned by woman employees,
who, under the former orders, were
paid time and half for overtime.
Women in the pea capneries are paid
about ten cents Fer hour On the aver
age. The custcnSry scale runs from
seven to fifteen cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
Nav Divide HIGH School.

Sheboygan-A plan to relieve the
overcrowded condition of the high
school, which threatened to swamp
the school officials next fall, has been
submitted to the board of education
by Principal William Urban of the
high school He proposes to divide
the school into sections and to have
half day sessions, the pupils doing
most of their studying at home or
doing their work one section at a
time at the industrial school.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
low Death Rate.

For cities Of the United States
under $4,000 population which re-
ported their 1915 mortality stats
tics, La Crosse, Wis, came through
with the lowest infant mortality rate.
There were "a cities in this list. The
Ia Crosse rate was 3O.6 deaths per
1900 babies. La Crosse is one of the
few cities in Wisconsin employing a
&Wll time health officer. In La Crosse
the credit for this unusual showing is
generally fixed upon the health com
missioner
The infant mortality rates for four
ether Wisconsin cities are also given:
milwaukee, 944; Racine, 1866; Osh-
Rosh, 621; Madison, 55.1.
In comparison with these Wisconsin
figures on infant deaths, many cities
In other states show appalling baby
losses. Montgomery, Ala, had the
highest rate last year, 1851 deaths per
1900 births.
OF 241 large cities throughout the
country reporting to the New York
1ailk committee, which sent out in
auiries to health officers, the city OF
Madison, after Seattle, Wash, had the
20West general death rate. Seattle S
was IA and Madison's 49, The gen
eraI death rate for Milwaukee was
11.72; Oshkosh, 1913; Racine, 1924;
la Crosse, o. The highest was held
by New Orleans, La, and Trenton, N
j., with 20.5 each
mo community" says the New
York committee, with an infant NOR.
1ality of over so per 1000 births can
claim that it's babies are getting a
square deal"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
STATE HAPPENINGS.

Birchwocd.-Forest fires destroyed
the farm home of Joe Rojuk at Stout's
Spur.
Observation-Disclosures A. G. BackuS of
Milwaukee will give the Memorial day
address in this city.
Oshkosh.-William Faber and
Charles w. Ehrgott of Oshkosh have
been named trustees Of the Sunny.
view sanatorium to succeed Charles r..
Smith, Menasfa, and 8. A. Cook, Nee
nah.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
Freshmen Must Attend Chapel.

Beloit-President Edward D. Eaton
Beloit college, announced that next
year there will be no discrimination
made in the freshman class regarding
attending chapel exercises, which
Archbishop Sebastian G. Messmer, OBJ
jected to last fall. The archbishop de-
clared Catholic students would be for
hidden to attend the school if they
were forced to attend chapel. To al
low Catholic students then attending
college to complete their courses, the
faculty compromised with the arch
bishop and made chapel attendance
optional
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25
Kenosha Man Named Cadet.

acknowledgements H. A. Coo.
per of the First Wisconsin district has
notified Arthur Mickelsen of Kenosha
that he had appointed him as a cadet
at West Point Military academy.
Mickelsen has been ordered to report
to Fort Sheridan for examination on
June 6 and if he passes the examina-
ton he will enter the academy on
July Is.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-05-25

Neenah-The will of Mrs. Mary T.
Demerritt, who died here at the age
of SO years, has been admitted to pro-
bate. Mrs. Demerritt left requests of
$500 to the First Methodist and First
Presbyterian churches. The state
board of home missions of the Presby-
terrain church is also given $500.