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THE WASHINGTON HERALD. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913.
THE WASHINGTON HERALD
statesman will- display in practice a
fine quality of statesmanship. He knows
this country from a political as well as
a social point of view, having served
here twice before as attache and as
secretary. Unless speedily recalled, Sir
Cecil will represent Great Britain here
when the two nations will commemo
rate the completion of -an entire cen
tury of peace. It will be extremely
pleasant for both countries to have the
British and the American Ambassador
ships filled during that propitious time
with envoi's who have conducted the
transactions of their governments in
the direction of peace and friendship.
Mr. O'Hara's Grouch.
Lieut. Gov. O'Hara of Illinois, chair
man of the vice commission, has caused
a bill to be introduced in the Legisla
ture of that State to license all persons
employed in an editorial or rcportorial
capacity. The publisher who permits
an unlicensed person to serve on his
staff is liable to heavy fine, and the
writer himself is mulcted in a goodly
amount for each day in which he works
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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 30, 1913.
Mr. Bryan in California.
The Secretary of State lias delivered
his message to Gov. Johnson and the
legislators of California, but it is too
early to forecast results. The Japa
nese issue hangs in the balance. We
fully subscribe to Mr. Bryan's request
that immediate final decision be delayed
pending cither action by the Federal
State Department for the abrogation
of the old and negotiation of a new
treaty with Japan, or by a State com
mission, conferring with the President
to effect relief.
No fair-minded citizen can find fault
with these suggestions. The entire
matter hinges upon a State's right to
legislate except in so far as the nation,
meaning the federated States, has ex
ercised its power to make treaties with
foreign nation Co-operation is what
is needed in this case to bring the con
troversy to a happy conclusion.
W'c road that Mr. Bryan, in his in
itiatory remark, was tactful enough to
abstain from any positive definition of
?rm He laid aidc the dignity of
ie exalted office he represented and
ist pleaded He did not say that "the
'-can of a nation, of course, is su
rcnie," &c. On the contrary, he dis
ncth avoided any assertion of Kcd
ral power.
Mr Bnan is on a delicate diplomatic
lesion. All should carefully refrain
-nm cmbarraMng his progress by pre
laturc criticism.
American Opera.
nfireps Dippcl has resigned the di
ctorhip of the Chicago opera com
m because of the change in the
nerhip of that organization. This
an event in the musical world which
onld not pass unnoticed. Mr. Dippcl
entitled to high commendation, be
v he has steadfastly endeavored to
Ip merican singers. He demon
rated his devotion to his adopted
. "itr by becoming a naturalized citi
n He has also undertaken to prove
at it i not necessary to go abroad
i secure great artists. He has dc
rcl in most emphatic terms that the
itnr" of grand opera in the United
.atcs i; the future of American grand
era opera in English, sung by
nurican voice. In the effort to reach
i- consummation he has encouraged
morican singers by associating them
s th his organization, and the result
i been most satisfactory.
I ndcr present conditions, the en
'iircnt of good operatic .music is a
l"ur Foreign artists, who arc con
tent with reasonable salaries abroad,
are paid enormous sums in this coun
tr The expense of transporting
operant, trotips and scenery from
tin to city is cry great. This means
high prices of admission : nor can we
hope for better things until there arc
formed m each large city local organ
isations which will insure standard
operatic productions at a reasonable
iost to the public. This is the case
toda in Xew York. Cleveland, Chi
cago. Bn-ion. and San Francisco. Mr.
Dippcl ha- long believed that such a
scheme a this is practical, and it is to
be hoped that he will now find time to
devoti himself to its successful ex
ecution. There ought to be an abundance of
good music. It is a great educational
and uplifting force, andSf we, as a na
tion, were a little less utilitarian in
spending our millions we could afford
to give the people a more intimate
knowledge of the works of the great
composers. The response to a move
ment along these lines would be univer
sal and enthusiastic. The benefit to
the people, if they -could hear good
music at reasonable prices, would be
be'ond measure. If we could achieve
this result and K we could get rid of
the absurd idea that good singers must
necessarily be born and trained abroad,
we could have American opera which
would realize Mr. Dippel's fondest
dream.
The New British Ambassador.
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, who comes to
us as the successor of the scholarly,
popular, and eminently able Mr. James
Bryce as the Ambassador of the King
of England, &c, brings with him an
official record which he himself has
characterized as being "a diplomat and
not a statesman.' Mr. Brycc has, had
a distinguished career in statesmanship
and scholarship, but he came to us as
a "oicc in direct diploinac-, while Sir
Cecil has a long and greatly diversified
record in t purely diplomatic work.
Nevertheless v.c have reason to ex
pect that this diplomat .who is no1
or must go to jail in default. The bill
provides for the establishment of a
State examining and supervising board,
the members of which arc to receive
the fat little salary of ?4,500 a year
each and $5,000 for the chairman.
The men of the press evidently arc
looked upon by Mr. O'Hara as dan
gerous persons, to be kept under super
vision after first undergoing a strict
examination as to their intellectual and
moral fitness. Of course, this would
create some fine sinecures for profes
sional politician; out of a. job, all of
whom presumably arc highly competent
to decide, whether a man can write
good editorials, indite readable news
stories, handle "cop" skillfully, criti
cise a play, review books, write about
a piece of art with sound judgment,
report the markets reliably, or manage
a staff of workers with energy, dis
patch and capability. J
But as the matter would turn out
finally, we pity those poor fellows, for
soon they would become a sure enough
laughing stock. For the newspaper
sense of humor could not be suppress
ed. A way would be found to vent it.
We all know that there are many who
are convinced that they could make
better newspapers than the trained men
of the profession, but we know also
what this amounts to in a show down.
Poor Mr. O'Hara Evidently he has
been battered by the Illinois press and
carries a grouch on each shoulder. He
seems very much in earnest, which is
a dreary thing to contemplate, espe
cially in Irishmen who proverbially arc
full of fun and humor. Mr. O'Hara,
no doubt, is animated by the best of
motives in his vice crusade, but he
makes the mistake of assuming, be
cause a few papers are sensational and,
give undue importance to criminal do
ings, that all newspapers must be rep
robated as their allies. He forgets that
but for the enthusiastic support of the
anti-vice crusade by the press that im
portant reform movement would have
limped along to very little purpose.
British vs. American Bank Laws.
British banking, which has been so
successful, owes its security and de
velopment to the rigid observance of
the following fundamental rules:
1. To hold sufficient money at all
times to meet sudden demands.
2. To employ large sums in the short
loan market as a secondary source of
reserve for emergencies.
3. To hold securities of strictly high
grade.
Adhering to this code British bank
ers do not employ the funds in their
custody in financing industrial under
takings as in the case of other coun
tries which, accordingly, at times fin
their resources limited or tied up. That
their profits arc not diminished there
by appears from the fact that last
car the dividends paid by British
banks were much higher than those of
national banks in the United States.
The net receipts of the British banks
in iqi.2 totaled $1,000,000 approximate
ly, thoc of our national banks $148,
000,000. The former paid almost 19
per cent on their capital, the latter only
11.66 per cent. On capital and surplus
combined the former returned more
than 12 per cent; the latter not quite
7 per cent. British banks maintain
about half of their floating balances
in hand or on deposit at the Bank of
England. About 40 per cent of their
funds are out in advances to customers ;
iS per cent in investments ; 12 1-2 per
cent in discounts, and 11 per cent in
call loans.
If we add the amounts loaned to
customers and employed in discounts
the result shows 53 per cent of British
banking 'funds devoted to strictly com
mercial uses the safest and most profit
able way to invest bank assets. Of
ficial reports in this country show that
only 29 per cent of our banking funds
are loaned commercially.
England's showing in this respect is
better, for there the bulk of the funds
of a bank seek commercial channels,
not speculative. The wisdom of this
practice is obvious. Commercial loans
are based upon the productive wealth
of a country in process of exchange on
goods bound to be consumed in the
process of living, and which thus liqui
date themselves. Loans on real es
tate or securities practically tie up cap
ital. The latter, through our system
of call loans are the only available
channels for investment possessing any
certainty of quick turning to cash for
a bank. The absence of a great cen
tral institution ready to rediscount 'for
our banks commercial paper held by
it upon demand is a stumbling block
to a change in our policy.
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
CALLED KAItLV.
The Queen of May, she hits the hay
And leaves an early call.
"When roosters crow she hears below
A clamor in the hall.
'Tis mother's yell; the drowsy belle
Gives idle ear, mayhap.
But soon once more she starts to snore
And takes another nap.
She snoozes then awa past ten
In spite of mother's bawls.
Which goes to prove the nonsense of
These early Maytime calls.
Moro Mean Philosophy.
Mutual liking is all very well but there
is nothing like mutual distrust to hold
a woman s club together.
Snch In 1,1 fc.
"He used to come back two or three
times for a kis-s."
"And now in the mornings?"
"Never unless ho forgets his overshoes
or umbrella."
They Soldom Do.
"Wombat made a big hit at the ban
quet last night."
"How's that?"
"Three-minute speeches were billed
and he finished within the time limit."
Be Prcpnreil.
The first of May is often gray;
The ground is often ooze.
So every queen Who seeks the green
Should wear her overshoes.
Or DnrWnean.
"What has become of the Balkan war?"
"I think it was called on account of
rain."
Volnntecm to tho Front.
"Women are not heroic alter all."
"How now, Diavolo, how now?"
"Vou frequently hear of a man refus
ing to have his hair cut until a certain
party comes into power."
"Well?"
"Has any suffragette vowed not to
powder her nose until .the cause is vic
torious?" Let the Other Tin It.
"Master this sreret early in life, son,"
said old Mr. Polonlus.
"What is it, dad?"
"You needn't chase your hat when it
blows off.. If you puff up and look
pompous, other people will chase it for
you. And jthls applies to a great many
other things as well "
DOYLE RETIRES FROM
STATE DEPARTMENT
Chief of the Latin American Division
to Enter Employ of Petroleum
Company.
His resignation as chief of the Latin
American division of the State Depart
ment, to take effect tonight, was an
nounced by William T. S. Doyle yester
day. Mr. Doyle, on May 1, will enter
the employ of the Caribbean Petroleum
Company, a Philadelphia corporation,
which has large interests in South
America.
Mr. Doyle's resignation takes from the
State Department probably the best
authority on Latin American affairs in
Washington. Mr. Doyle had visited every
country of Latin America at least once,
and most of them several times. He
knows well the public men of all the
South and Central American republics,
has a most Intimate knowledge of the
progress of public affairs of the last
decade. Following the death of Thomas
P. Dawson, Mr. Doyle became the recog
nized expert and authority on Latin
American affairs and Latin American
relations at the State Department.
Mr. Doyle first entered the service of
the United States as cne of the legal
representatives of th Unltd States in
the Venezuela arbitration cases In 1903.
tt ovnmnnnipr! 'KHhu Root, then Secre
tary of State, on his trip to South
America, in vm, and nuewise accom
panied Philander C.Knox on a similar
mission to Central America and the
Caribbean a year ago. He has repre
sented the United States as a member or
several missions, and as delegate to a
mimhnr of international conferences.
Last fall he served as special com
missioner to the Dominican Republic,
and assisted in bringing an end of tho
revolution, by means of. a compromise
presidency.
- -R
JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS,
United States Senator from Illinois.
STATESMEN REAL AND NEAR
By FRED C.
Victor Murdock was strolling down
the main street in Wichita. Kans.. feel
ing cheerful over the fact that he nad
Just been rc-olcctcd to Congress. He was
at peace with all his neighbors. But not
for long. Even as he strolled down the
street, a man approached him with a
grievance and a look of determination.
Tho man said his horse had been
frightened at the band that was parad
ing for one of Victor': campaign meet
ings a day or two previous, and had
tried to climb a telegraph pole. In doing
so, the horse had smashed a side-bar
buggy and thrown lthelt into a nervous
state that was something sad to behold.
"I Just wish you could tec the horse,"
said the owner. "It's a nervous wreck.
Yes. sir, I'd just like to have you see it."
"I can imagine just how nervous it
must be," said Victor, "but I haven't
the heart- to go and see It. I'm no hand
at iiil to visit the sick."
"But the horse may never be any
more good. And the buggy is all brok
en. I've Inquired around and find that
you are liable for damages."
"Damages, nothin'," asserted Victor.
"It wasn't my band. I didn't even hire
it."
"Yes, but it was hired for your meet
ing." went on the horse owner, "and
my lawyer has told me I can collect
damages from you."
"How much are the damages alto
gether?" inquired Victor, wondering
where he could buy the man a new
bourse and buggy cheap.
"Well," said the man. "it seems to me
in view of the pitiable condition of the
horse I wish you could see the poor
thing standing there in it's stall all
n-tremble it seems to me. I say, that
I'm entitled to a couple of dollars."
And ho got the two.
When Senator Harry Lane of Oregon
first hcian the nractice of medicine, he
was assistant to an old physician in
California, and one of his first menicai
chores was to accinate Foxhall Keenc.
the sportsman.
Alfred Mitchell Inne.s. counselor of the
British Embassy, is a humanitarian on
the side. Ecry time he picks up a
newspaper and reads whTfe somebody
is going to he hanged oi electrocuted,
he worries about it almost as much
as If the man were an ol.l friend. Inncs
made two different trips down to see the
Governor of Virginia and Intercede for
the Aliens after they were sen
tenced. He did this not as a representa
tive of the British Embassy, but simply
as a human being, and at his own ex
pense. Senator Kern took a friend to the
office of the Secretary of State the other
day and Introduced him to Mr. Bryan.
AMERICAN LOAN MAY
ASSIST GUATEMALA
Arrangement for a $30,000,000 Ad-
vancement Calculated to Clear
the Situation.
That Guatemala has got herself in
a hole from which there is no escape ex
cept by means of an honorable adjust
ment of her financial obligations was the
opinion In Latin American diplomatic
circles here yesterday, following the dis
closure in The Washincton Herald that
Guatemala had appealed to the United
States to protect her against British
pressure.
It is the conviction here that President
Estrada Cabrera will he informed that it
will be best for him, his country, and his
relations with both the United States and
Great Britain for him to settle with
Gerat Britain, and that promptly.
Great Britain will be satisfied by the
mere restoration of payments of the in
terest, which is in arrears for nearly
twenty years. It Is charged that Presi
dent Estrada Cabrera finds it convenient
to use the funds of-the coffee export tax,
pledged for the service of the British
bonds, for other purposes in his admin
istration of the government. Even
should he be persuaded to apply these
funds to the purpose for which tho tax
was first levied, there are .a large num-
, A ... .. . a.1 .latmuni. n'hnea fin.
mands Vould not be provided for, and
the financial system or tne rcpumic
would remain as rotten as before.
TVi aHnrnntivA nrnnnsa-1. and the one
which Estrada Cabrera seems likely to
accept as tho only way out of the present
KELL Y
"1 believe you two were running mates
once." remarked the friend, by way of
small talk.
"So we were." said Kern in a remi
niscent tone, as if he had forgot all
about his Vice Presidential nomination.
"Yes." put in Bryan, thoughtfully.
"Let's see which time was it, any
how?" Postmaster General Burleson has two
hobbles. One is fine pictures. He can
walk into an art gallery, look at a pic
ture and tell who painted it, without
oonsultii.K a catalogue or the Janitor.
He knows the names of various painters,
to hay nothing of many other facts about
art. His other hobby is dabbling at
science. He spends what time ho can
spare at the Cosmos Club, the leading
scientific club of the country, talking on
subjects with men who possess intimate
.scientific knowledge. One of the things
he learned one day, or one of the be
liefs he acquired, was that if there were
no horses there would be no Hies. With
out fiies there would be much less dis
ease. So it seemed to Burleson that the
logical thing to do was dispense with
horses. The automobile Is going to
crowd out the horses before long any
how. Why not do it all at once, by
statute? Have a bill, say, that would
prohibit the use of horses in all cities
and towns above a certain size.
Still, Burleson realized that it would
be a radical move and he preferred that
somebody else take the credit for it.
Ho looked over his fellow members of
Congress the next day and picked "Ham
py" Moore, of Philadelphia, for his
victim. "Hampy" almost fell for it, but
on refiection, recalled that an old friend
and influential constituent of his owns a
horse named "Old Prince" that has been
in the family for years. The man would
have been angered if "Hampy" fathered
an anti-horse bill.
Thus It happens that we are still per
mitted to drive horses about the streets.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels once
spent a day or two in jail for contempt
of coutt on account of an editorial in
hi? paper. When he got out Mrs. Dan
iels came around with a horse and
phaeton to take him to the country for
an airing, hoping to drive away the
pris-on pallor from his face. One of tho
first people they saw was n colored man
who had worked for Daniels and who
had been in the habit of getting ar
rested two or three times a month.
Usually Daniels had taken pity on him
and paid his fine. This man rushed up
to offer congratulations on Daniels' re
lease. "Marse Josephus," says he sympa
thetically, "I know just how you must
ha' felt."
(Copyright, 1913, by Fred C. Kelly. All riehta re-
SCTTtd.)
fix, is the completion of the loan nego
tiations between Guatemala and Ameri
can bankers. All arangements have been
made for a $30,000,000 loan, which would
not only refund the British debt, but
would wipe out the rotten depreciated
curency of Guatemala, put the country
on a gold basis, provide for proper ad
ministration of the customs service, to
gether with the abolition of favoritism In
the matter of free Importations, and also
refund the internal debt. This procedure
probably will be recommended to Guate
mala. DELTA PROTECTION ASKED.
MlKKisNlppl River Anioclntlon Wnnti
Government to Slinre Expcnae.
A. S. Caldwell, president of the Missis
sippi River Levee Association, of Mem
phis, Tenn., yesterday urged the President
to Interest himself in a comprehensive
plan for the reclamation and protection
of the alluvial lands of the Mississippi
Rtver Delta.
He insisted that it was the duty of the,
national government to undertake the di
rection and bear the larger part of tho
expense of this work. Mn Caldwell as
sured the President that the extent nf th.
damage done by recurring floods in the al
luvial areas had been realized hv fw rM.
pie who were not directly affected.
President Wilson expressed his interest
in the general purpose outlined by Mr.
Caldwell. He pointed out. however, that
his approval of any specific plan would
depend in large degree on the reports laid
before him by the engineers of the War
Department. The President declared that
whenever a comprehensive plan embody
ing the purposes favored by his visitor'
should be Dlaccd before him it wmiM hiv
his interested consideration.
Sixth Street and
WASHINGTON, D. C.
HOMES OF ENGLISH
AUTHORS DESCRIBED
Edward P. Seeds Makes Address to
Members of American
Pen Women.
At a meeting of the League of Amer
ican Pen Women at the Raleigh last
night, Mrs. Edith Kingman Kern pre
siding, Edward P. Seeds, formerly
judge of the Supreme Court of New
Mexico, made an address on "Homes of
English Authors I Have Visited."
Judge Seeds spoke interestingly of
the homes of Shakespeare, Robert
Burns, Dean Swift, Sir Walter Scott,
and other English authors and poets,
and in discussing Stratford-on-Avon
said that during his visit there he
never heard about Bacon being tho
author of Shakespeare's "works. He
said he did not believe in the slogan of
"seeing your own country first," but
advised the audience to first" visit Eu
rope and afterward look around in
this country in order to show how
much greater and more beautiful this
country la than Europe or any other
foreign country.
Edward T. Peters" recited an original
poem, entitled "The Song of the Bell
Tower." and Mrs. Hucy, of St. Louis,
who is attending the kindergarten con
vpntfon, spoke on work among chil
dren. The annual election of officers will
tak place Monday evening at the Pub
lic Library. The officers of the league
arc Mrs. Edith Kingman Kern, presi
dent; Mrs. Annie H. Wilder, vice presi
dent; Miss Jessie Griswold, treasurer;
Mrs. J. O. Estabrook, recording secre
tary; Mrs. Blanche Tyler Beaton, cor
responding secretary; Miss Louise
White, historian, and Mrs. Bertha
Frances Wolfe, reporter.
TO START NEWS SERVICE
TO BOOST OWN FAMILY
Waldorf AstorDisgnsted at Way For
bears Have Been Used, Will
Remedy Fault.
London, April 29. Waldorf Astor, son
of William Waldorf As-tor, member of
Parliament and controller of several Sun
day newspapers here. Is organizing a
news agency to serve American news
papers, with the intention, it Is said,
of placing the English portion of the"
Astor family In a better light in their
native land, and secondly, to secure for
his father the peerage for which he be
came an expatriate and has sought so
long in vain.
Young Astor has declared that he is
disgusted with the manner in which
the- American newspapers and the news
agencies here have treated his family.
The news agency will not confine Itself
to exclusive news of the doings of the
English Astor family, but will handle
the general news for the benefit of
American papers. The conclusion is
readied here that when the Tory party
is returned to power, William Waldorf
Astor, through his eon's aid, will be
able to secure his long hoped-for peer
age. BORDEN GIRL WILL GO
TO WEST WITH MOTHER
Report that Runaway Escapade Will
Reunite Parents Is Denied
by Both.
Xew York, April Li. With perfect self
possession, seventeen-year-old Alexlne
Ramona Borden sat in the unaccustomed
surroundings of a lawyer's office this
afternoon and assisted her mother in
an interview with the newspaper men.
Earlier in the day the girl had given
a detailed account of her flight from
a sanitarium at Pompton, X. J., and had
warmly defended "mj dear, good friend
Mrs. White."
In the afternoon with her mother she
came down to a law ofilce in lower
Broadway, and nodded gravely when the
former declared that despite the events
of the past few days there Is no possi
bility of a reconciliation between herself
and her millionaire husband. Gail
Borden.
"Ramona and I intend remaining here
at the Hotel Bplmcnt for a week or ten
days and then going to Los Angeles.
I do not expect to see Mr. Borden while
I am here. In Los Angeles my daughter
will be with me and with my parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Valk.
"Therfc arrangements have been made
with the consent of Mr. Borden."
At the Manhattan tonight, Mr Borden
said there is a possibility that he will
see his wife some time this week to
make final arrangements for Ramona's
trip west. When the subject of a recon
ciliation was broached he added his
denial to that of his wife.
"It is not in my nature to use a firm
parental hand," he said a trifle sad.
"And so I am giving up the custody of
my daughter. My daughter is exceedingly
thoughtless and capricious, and I feel
that she will be better oft with her
mother."
SMOKER BY MACHINISTS.
Prominent Pernn'to Be finenti To-
nluht of I.oilse No. 174.
An Informal smoker and supper will
be given by Columbia Lodge, No. 174, of
the International Association of Machin
ists at Naval Lodge Hall, Fourth Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, to
night. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt will deliver an
address. The other guests invited are
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, Sen
ator Martine of New Jersey, Representa
tive F. R. Bathrick of Ohio, Representa
tive Edward Keating of Colorado. Rep- (
resentatlve Frank Buchanan of Illinois.
Representative Walter L. Hensley of
Missouri, and Representative J. W. Bryan
of Washington.
Columbia Lodge has about 1.200 mem
bers, all exclusively engaged In the sov- J
ernment service.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements Is as follows: P. V. Hall,
E. R. Nussear, J. F. Watcrbor. J. O.
Montague, J. W. Schwencb, M. Horton.
and Emmttt L. Adams.
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CORONER BEGINS PROBE
OF MINE CATASTROPHE
Thorough Investigation to Be Given
Disaster that Has Resulted in
Death of Ninety-six.
Kinlcyvllle, Pa.. April 19. One mora
victim of the Cincinnati mine disaster,
which occurred last Wednesday after
noon, has been found by the searchers.
The body is that of a foreigner, and
was found beneath some debris in room
21 of entry 1". The searchers first found
the man's dinner bucket, and after clean
ing away a ton of debris found the body,
which was badly burned. This brings the
total dead up to ninety-six.
The official investigation into the causa
of the disaster was begun when Chief
State Mine Inspector James E. Roderick,
accompanied by four other inspectors,
went through the mines. Today Coroner
Haffran. District Attorney Miller, of
Washington County, and Van Bittner,
president of District No. 5 of the United
Mine Workers of America, also visited
the mine and made another investigation.
Chief Roderick states that tho investi
gation would be thorough. He added
that, besides the investigation that he
and his four inspectors would make, he
would appoint three engineers of Pitts
burg and the vicinity to make another
investigation.
SEARCH FOR DIAMONDS
AND MISSING IMPORTER
Police Seek Man Who Disappeared
with $100,000 Worth of
Precious Stones.
New York, April 23. The police of two
continents are searching for David Bloch,
a Nassau Street diamond importer, who
has been missing for three weeks with
$100,000 worth of diamonds belonging to
New York diamond brokers.
Bloch was seen last the morning of
March 31 by Mrs. A. E. Barnett. a neigh
bor, as he left his home, 74 Driggs Ave
nue, in Brooklyn. He told her that he
was going to the wedding of a friend in
Chicago. His wife and twelve-year-old
daughter, Esther, he said, had left for
Chicago the night before. They have
not been seen since. .
Among the diamond merchants who
loaned Bloch diamonds on memorandum
and his personal note are Barnett Broth
ers. $20,00; I. Herehberger. $6,000; M. H.
Mann. $4,000; Finkelstein Brothers. $4,000;
Goldsmith Brothers, $4,000, and Naglis Ss
Wolfson. $3,900.
Acting on the advice of their attorneys
Isaac Schmal and Samuel Mathews,
the diamond merchants have formed a
pool which aggregates several thousand
dollars to spend in the search for tho
missing importer. They are now seeking
an indictment against him by the Fed
eral grand jury.
The fact of Bloch's disappearance was
made public today when David Kraus
haar, city marshal of Brooklyn, execut
ed a seizure attachment at the Bloch
home for H. W. Perlman, a piano manu
facturer, who had sold Bloch a piano on
conditional payment.
City Marshal Kraushaar said all the
furniture was in tact, but it was evident
that no one had lived In the house for
some time.
MRS. BELMONT'S ENGLISH
BOYCOTT VERY ENGLISH
American Suffragist Spends First Day
in Shattering Her Threat to
Eschew Britishers.
London, April 29. Mrs. O. H. P. Bel
mont's first day in England can hardly
be called as successful as she might have
wished, when her declaration to boycott
English and everything English is borne
in mind.
After sleeping in an English hotel, in
a room decorated especially for her by
an English hrm of upholsters. Mrs. Bel
mont arose at 10 o'clock, being called
by an English maid. After her toilet
she ate an English breakfast. Follow
ing this, the American suffrage leader
hired an English secretary and attended
to her mall. Mrs. Belmont then took
a drive with her daughter, the Duchess
of Marlborough, in an English motor car.
When Mrs. Belmont returned to the
Ritz Hotel she found a battalion of Eng
lish and American newspaper men
awaiting her. Mrs. Belmont promptly
refused to see all except the reporter
from Lord Northcliff's newspaper, tha
Dally Mall. The boycott was especially
severe against the correspondents of
American papers.
Mrs. Belmont lunched with her duchess
daughter at Sunderland House, and later
called upon Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
In High Bridge, spending half an hour
with the British militant leader.
Returning to the Ritz, Mrs. Belmont
continued htr "boycott" by having reg
ulation English tea in the afternoon.
After partaking of an English dinner
tonight, Mrs. Belmont attended a meet
ing of the English suffragettes in Kings
way Hall, and finished the day by tip
ping an English porter at the Ritz with
an English half-crown, thereby earning
an English thanks.
HEW JOB FOR CARMI THOMPSON.
Former V. S. Treannrer Manager
Hill Ore-Proportion.
Special to The Washington Herald.
St. Paul. Minn., April 29. Louis W.
Hill today officially announced that
Carmi Thompson, former United States
Treasurer, had been appointed general
manager of the Great Northern and
Hill ors properties, with offices in the
Great Northern Building in St. Paul.
The appointment of a man to man
age the mining interests Is 'the ad
vance step Taken by the ore company's
trustees in preparation for the work
contemplated on the expiration of ths
Steel Corporation's lease In 1014.
.Miciiienii Mini Appointed.
Robert II. Clancy, of Detroit. Mich.,
yesterday was appointed as private sec
retary to Assistant Secretary of Com
merce E. F. Sweet.
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