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The Washington times., 1914-11-28
MENDS BROKEN BONE
By! NEW, QUICK PLAN
New York Surgeon Iniects Bone
Dust and Petrolatum Into
Fracture.

NEW YORK, Nov. S.-Dr. II. j.
rSauffer, a dentist and consulting oral
surgeon to Harlem Hospital. announces
in the New York Medical Journal the
discovery of q new method for hasten
'nc repair after fracture Of bones. The
method consists OF injecting with q
lypoderInic syringe a mixture Of homo
'eneously granulated bone and petro-
latum into and between the fractured
ends Of bone. This, he says, encour-
ages repair. especially in cases Of de-
layed union.
A fresh piece Of bone was dried and
ground TO powder, mixed with petro-
iatum to the consistency Of paste, and
sterilized
he needle IS introduced through the
skin 10 the seat Of the break, then
pushed between the broken ends Of the
zone, and the contents Of the syringe
injected as the needle Is slowly with
Lrawn.
The injection may be introduced into
he fracture at several angles. II deemed
desirable, thus infiltrating the entire
mass about the fractured ends with
petrolatum and bone cells, which act
re focus for the formation OF new
bone.
DR.. Eauffer describes an experiment
N which holes were drilled into the
bone on the sides of a dogs Jaw. On
he right side the MUCOUS membrane
Was sewed together over the mole, but
on the left side petrolGtum and bone
Dowder We're used on the drill and then
the hole was filled with the mixture
before the membrane was closed over IL.
Both wounds in the mucous membrane
healed in five days. The animal was
Nilled on the twent-eiRhth day. There
WAS no repair on the right side, but "on
he left, whore powdered bone was used.
he hole was entirely filed with new
one. So that one cannot see where IL
vas made
one Of the advantages Dr; kaufef
leims for his method Is that bone
-rafts are thus introduced without Con-
verting the fracture into a compound
one by cutting. He recommends the
powdered bone and petrolatum whcr-
ever bone Is required. The powdered
cone invites calcareous deposits and en-
nourages the transformation of adjacent
fisSues into bone.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
JuStifable Homicide
In Case of Policeman

Justifable homicide was the verdic,
of a coroner's Jury at the inquest to-
day over the body Of Arthur Brannan
CO ored, who died In Emergency Hos
pital last night from blood poisoning
as the result of being shot in the foot
on the morning Of November 3, by po-
liceman jeremiah Sullivan, Of the Third
precinct.
Sullivan testified that he returned to
his home. near Twenty-second and S
streets northwest, early on the morn
ing of November 3. and caught Bran
nan attempting to get in his chicken
house. AS the policeman walked to-
ward him. Brannan ran, and Sullivan
drew his revolver and fired at the
mans feet, the bullet striking him in
the right foot Just above the ankle.
The police learned that Brannan was
employed as laborer by a coal dealer,
but they have been unable to find out
where he lived or to locate his rela-
ttves.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
RUSS FOOLED FOE
BY PAINTING SHIPS
One of Kasier's Cruisers Re-
ported Sunk. While Another
Is Badly Damaged.

LONDON, Nov. 2S.-A dispatch to the
Morning Post from ePtrograd says:
Your correspondent is in a position
to tell such part Of the story as is ad-
visable OF O clever piece of naval work
by Admiral Won Essen. 1t will be re-
ner1hcrcd that n number of German
war vessels put into the Kiel canal
with injuries, in some cases 80 serious
that the vessels sank in the canal.
Nothing official was ever allowed to be
known OF this Russian exploit, nor can
all the details be told even now.
The German vessel had acquired a
habit OF cruising about the Baltic up
to the limit which the Russian neet
had decided to hold, and were doubt-
less putting severe pressure upon
Sweden.
Receiving certain information. Ad-
Yniral Won Essen painted several cruis-
crs and destroyers with the German
colors. and contrived in foggy weather
to Join the German ships without be-
ing suspected until too late.
AT q suitab e moment the Russians
opene fire, sank one German cruiser and
badly damaged another. The Destroy
ers put in hard blows on the smaller
German craft After this the Russian
vessels went home again untouched
The Germans naturally kept q dead
silence about the whole affair, which
was not only rather discreditable to
them from a purely naval point Of view,
but involved other considerations still
more discreditabie.
The Russians kept quiet about 1t
for other reasons. but simply as Q.
piece of naval work it was a highly
creditable affair. A number of st.
George Crosses were issued for this
achievement and Admiral Won Essen
can count now on getting every ounce
of energy out of the men under his
command"
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
WILL EMPLOY MORE
CROSSING POLICE
Commissioners Decide That
From Two to Five More Are
Needed for the District.

Despite opposition en- the part Of
the street railway companies. the
Com - ssioners, are planning to add
from two to i've more street cross
ing policemen.
Under a recent decision Of the
Comptroller Of the Treasury the board
may not employ substitute special
policemen, but may employ as many
regular street crossing policemen rs
are needed.
The salaries OF the crossing force
ranging from SIS to 500 q month
has been paid by the street railway com.
panies, under protest since the pas
sage Of the act Of February Is, 1912
granting these men thirty days sick
and twenty days annual leave. such
as Is given the members Of the Met.
ropolitan force.
The Commissioners object to nakins
the street crossing policemen members
Of the Metropolitan police force, and
their salaries included In the regular
District appropriation bill. because they
have not been subjected to as severe
phys cal tests as are required for ap-
pointment on the regular force, have
not contributed to the police pension
fund. nor are they required to per.
form the exacting duties required Of
the regular organization.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
MEN TO Be ENLISTED
IN AIDING SCHOOLS
Parent Teacher Association to
Remind Fathers of Duty to
Their Children.
SIR HENRY HOWARD,

Fathers are excused from sharing the
duty of raising children altogether too
much. said Miss Gertrude Young. pres
ident of the Principals Association,
who spoke before an audience Of women
at the weekly meeting of the District
Federation of Women's Clubs today at
the Public Library.
A greater number of parcnt-teachcrS
associations. with evening meetings 50
that the fathers can attend. was the
remedy advocated bv Miss Young for
what she termed the growing indiffer-
ence of men as to the way their chill
dren are being educated
She also said that it was so much
easier to raise schoolhouses than to
raise school children that many parent
teachers associations neglected the
problems of the children VIII lie discuss
ing the color the schoolhouse should
be painted or how the grounds should
be improved.
Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter. president Of
the Mothers Congress. presided. The
speakers other than Miss Young were
Miss Sadie Leigh Lewis. chief attend
ance officer; Miss Ellen Lombard. in
charge of the home educat on division
of the Eureau of Education. and Mrs.
G. A. Waring, who organized the first
parent tea chers' association in Los An
geles, Cal.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
England Has Monopoly
Of Charts Needed by Navy

Great Britain has monopoly of
charts needed for successful naviga-
ton OF many world ports, said the
chief photographer OF the United States
navy IN his annual report, submitted
today. Until Congress grants facfIi-
ties to the Navy Department, he said.
to reproduce the British admiralty
charts in the United States, It will
be necessary for the United States to
purchase 40 per cent OF It's charts
abroad.
The 1,752 charts which It was neces-
sary to purchase abroad" stated the
report, embrace such waters as to
stop practically any strategic move of
the fleet to waters other than those
about the American continent" This,
ne added, is a possible menace to the
mobility of the fleet"
The photographer reported also that
his bureau made a new survey of the
port Of Vera Cruz while II was occupied
by the American troops. He recon-
mended the establishment OF branch
offices at Los Angeles and Panama.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Miss Marriott Rice
Has Purse SnatChed

Miss harriet G. r lee, 3125 Highland
place, Cleveland park, was robbed of
her nocketbook by colorcd man while
walking in Newark street. near Twcn-
ty-nlnth street. today.
Miss Rice. accompanied by her sister
and another young woman, were on
their way to Connecticut avenue when
the cOlOrpd man Snatch"d her purse.
The man was coming toward her and
she had no imiimntiou that he had
any Intention Of rObhiny her until he
rrabhod her purs" and ran into the
woods. Tho purse continued ST.
The police We're given good de-
ScriptiOn OF the thicf
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Aviator Beech Is Sued by
Wife for Maintenance

Alexander c. Beech, the aviator, who
has recently thrilled Washingtonians
by his aerial feats was sued for main
tenance by his wife, Mrs. Lee A. Beach,
in the District Supreme Court today.
Justice Mccoy, presiding in Equity
Court No. l, put the aviator under $. .O0C
bond to prevent him leaving the turis-
diction Of the court. A rule was issued
requiring Beech to show cause next
Saturday why he should not pay his
wife alimony during the pendency of
the suit.
The claim is made by Mrs. Beech
that her husband earns between s1OO and
$500 a week. but refused to provide for
her. Attorney Harry ]. Quinn repre-
sents Mrs. Beech
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
14-YEAR-OLD GIRL
COMMITS SUICIDE

NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.-Sui-
eide by inhaling gas was tho
means used by Agnes Catherine
Clark, a fourteen-year-old
schoolgirl, to expiate a lie told
her foster parents. She was
found dead in her room early
today with the following note on
her dresser:
Dear Mrs. Graham: am
sorry l told you lie. am 60
ing to end it all. Please for
give me. AGNES"
She was adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. H. S. Graham about six
months ago. Yesterday she was
caught in a white lie" and re-
proved.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
SIKH IS SLAIN AS HE
TRIES TO SAVE GOAT
Indian Soldier Falls Amid Rain
of Projecti'es in Dash to
Rescue Animal.

LONDON. Nov. 70 (By Mail to New
Ork).-How one Of Britain's Indian SOL
diers sacrificed his life for a goat, Is
described by q private in the Black
Watch HighIanders, in letter home.
''One of tn" goats kept to provide
milk for the Ind ans" the Highlander
wrote, ''strayed into the line OF fire. It
became terrified when shells began to
burst around it. Its cries were pitiful
suddenly tho dark tgurc OF n sikh
rose above the trenches. The Indian
dashed out at lightning speed int 9th"
dcath-dcal.ng shower. he was seen 10y
the Germans as he reached the goat
and was leading it back when they
fairly rain"d lead on him. TIL" BRAY
cry went for naught tor when the
Indian was within NIFTY yards OF our
trenches a bursting shell killed him and
the animal
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
SEARCH FOR WEALTH
OF DEAD RECLUSE
Police Direct Investigation of
Home Of Miss Mary Kelly for
Reputed vaIuabIes.

Search for diamonds, money or other
evidences Of wealth. reputed to have
been boarded by Miss Mary Kelly.
whose body was discovered late yester-
day after it had been mutilated By
dogs, is being made by the police today
at s17 X street northwest. where the
aged and eccentric recluse lived.
Under direction Of Capt. W. n. Har-
are peering into dark corners and clos
cts, and sounding the blood-stained
floors where three OF the starving dogs
were shot. The woman had been heard
by several persons to say that she
had several large diamonds" and
have heen persistent. A hasty survey
Of her four small rooms revealed moth
ing to bear this out, but q most thor
ough search will be made.
A close examination of tho body at
the morgue today convinced the police
ural death, and that her body lay IN
tho house at least two or three days.
No Food In House.
None of the residents in the vicinity
Of the K street house could be found
who had seen their queer neighbor
since last Sunday. and 1t Is believed
that she died Monday or Tuesday.
No food was found In the house, with
the exception Of a dozen small apples
and q clean-picked ham bone in the
cupboard.
A notice was found notifying Miss
Kelly that she would have to vacate
the premises on November IL, and the
police believe that this accounts for
the way the doors were barricaded
and the windows nailed down. she
having taken these precautions to re-
sist being dispossessed.
Further questioning today of John
G. Rowland. who has boarded inter-
mittently with Miss Kelly for several
years, failed to throw any additional
light on the manner OF the woman's
death or Of where her relatives might
be found. He said the only relative
he had ever heard Of was a half
brother of hers named James OCon-
nor. from whom she had had no word
In ten years. Rowland was detained
for a short time by the police last
night, but was later allowed to go.
Had Few Acquaintance.
The strange and sometimes violent
habits of Miss Kelly prevented
even her nearest neighbors from be-
coming closely acquainted with her. On
several occasions she threatened to pour
hot water on boys in her yard.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Several German Corps
Destroyed Near Lodz

LONDON. Nov. 2S.--The central News
Las received a dispatch from its cor
respondent in Rome which says:
Tho Russian embassy here states
hat the battle OF LODI VA. resumed
,odav with new forces in tn" lighting
front.
Several German divisions uav" been
destroyed and many generals ar" re
ported dead. "a German division ay-
eragcs 1900 men,
The German front is broken in 4
number Of places.
A decision in the great battle is i'm
mineut.'
The Petrograd correspondent Of the
Morning Post says:
I am in position TO say that when
he story OF the battle in Russian Po-
,Rnd is allowed to be told we shall have
X deed 10 recount that will astonish the
inflicted on Germany's finest troops
what the world has never seen since
he days of Napoleon.
Something very terrible, indeed. but
10 less grand, is happening as / write.
Possibly | may be allowed to tell il on
Monday but in the meantime l must
ubservc silence"
4 dispatch TO the Daily News from Pc
trograd says:
The Russians are pressing onward
With the object OF inclosing q great
pfrt of the German army, which is now
matted within a crooked triangle, the
mex of which Is west Of the koluki
laiIway junction, the base bending
trough the country below LowicZ and
: odZ. The Russians have part of their
sircngth turned, inward on this posi-
tcn as 4 kind Of siege operation, but
,1e main army is thrown outward over
"a wide area in order to resist a deter
Lined effort now being made again
from Thorn to reach the isolated Ger
man advance column.
1T is evident that immense numbers
y al shortly be engaged. The Ger
mans are bringing reserves from
l'Tussia- From Danzig these troops are
.raklng train Journeys Of from one to
four days TO the frontier. Thence II
takes five or six days marching to
grounds.
All the weight Of this force comes
from the north. The effort from the
west. through Wielun, has been COM
pletely smashed and the defeats which
he German and Austrian forces be-
tween Cracow and Czenstochowa are
suffering make II hopeless for the be-
caguercd army looking southwark
trough Piotrokow for help.
The situation has n most vital i'm
l0rtance for the entire campaign. The
German column whose existence is at
stake lost a great part of its transport
With artillery and ammunition before ft
felt the pressure of the inclosur~ oper-
alton, its rife ammunition is weaken
ing and the next step must be a bay
nLCt fight or surrender"
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Receives Preliminary
Hearing in Opium Case

Arrested in q raid on an allegsl
opium den at 31s Pennsylvania avenus
northwest last night, Moy You. China.
man, was given preliminary hearing
lefore United States Commissioners
Hit today On charge Of having snok.
ing opium In his possession.
The raid was conducted by Pharmacy
Inspector Sanders, Special Agent
Thomas Stone. Of the Treasury: Police
Captain Flather. OF the Sixth precinct,
ano Detective Harry Evans. Three
pipes and about six ounces Of opium
were found In You's rooms. on the third
floor Of the building. and were taken as
evidence You claimed that he had the
opium for his personal use, the police
say.
You was arrested nv Inspector Saun-
ders more tsan year ago. and is un-
der indictment at the present time for
having smoking opium In his possession
He is still under bond on the old
charge.
The officers who arrested You to-
doy denied a statement that the base
ricnt of the Pennsylvania avenue place
vas fitted up as an opium den.''
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
City's Housing Problems
To Be Topic of Lecture

Washington's Housing Problems Will
be the subject Of a lecture at the new
Masonic Temple this afternoon by
Thomas Adams. adviser to the Cana
dian government On house and town
planning.
The lecture will be under the auspices
OF the Washington branch of the As
sociation OF Collegiate Alunnae and
other organizations interested in the
reclamation of Washington's alleys.
The net receipts will be donated to the
Belgian relief fund committee
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Potomac's Realignment
Plan Gets Approval

Secretary Of War Garrison today ap-
proved a plan submitted by the Treas
ury Department for the realignment of
the oPtomac river harbor line at the
foot Of Fourteenth street for the pur-
pose Of giving more room for the pro-
posed central heating and lighting plant
to be constructed there.
The expense OF moving the harbor
line farther out stream at a point ex-
tending about block east from Four
teenth and Water streets, will come
out Of the Treasury Department appro-
priation for the new plant which is to
furnish light and heat to all Govern
ment departments in Washington.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Power Company Protests
Utilities Boards Order

Intirnating that an appeal will be
snnde 70 the Supreme Court Of the Dis
,rict through proceedings in equity. the
I'otOmac Electric Power Company to-
day filed with the Public Utilities Com
mission letter Of protest against the
ymmissiomo order declaring null and
nd contracts made with certain of its
ubscribers On the ground that they are
G.scriminaIury.
Pending III" final result Of any pro-
..eeding that may b" instituted, the COM
my states that il will comply with
ne order 'uId"r the duress Of n crimi-
Ea proceeding and ruinous and de-
strUctivr penalty 10 which il might
Otherwise b,. exposed"
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Aged Man Knocked Down
By Wheel, Fatally Hurt

Charles j. Eittershofer, aged sixty
five, S21 Fourth street northeast was
Knocked down by bicycle at New
Jersey avenue and j. street northW est
shortly before noon today and 50
badly injured that he died a few
minutes after being operated upon at
Homeopathic Hospital The aged man
sustained a fractured skull and died
without rcgaininG consciousness.
The bicycle that struck Rittersho hofer
was r'ddcn by John F. Collins. tr.,
Of Seat Pleasant. Md. 4 special de-
livery messenger at the city post
office
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
photographic Office
Asks for Increases

Need OF an Increase in the number
Of employees and of wage advances OF
present employees in the photographic Of
flee is set forth in the annual report cf
Capt Thomas Washington. photographer,
to Secretary Of the Navy Daniels today.
Captain Washington recommended that
use Of the Southern steamship lanes
accepted after the Titanic disaster should
be made obligatory upon all tranS-A tlan-
1 ic NnSSelS
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
To Observe Tomorrow
As Tuberculosis Day.

With tho Endorsement of President
Wilson and governors Of many States,
tomorrow will be observed throughout
the United States as tuberculosis
Day" The day was set aside by thu
National Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis as one TO be-
sin a weeks campaign against the
disease.
President Wilson In indorsing the plan
Of arousing public sentiment to the
dangers Of the disease by setting aside
q tuberculosis Day." said:
ct sincerely hope that November e,
the day which you haze designated as
tuberculosis day. win result in awaken
ing the people Of the United States still
further, not only to the necessity. but
to the perfect feasibility of arresting
and preventing the terrible disease"
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Coach Company Would
Cut Length of Route

Pending the decision "f the Public
tilities Commission on its request that
j. be allowed to issue $4,000 in 6 per
cent bonds, to provide additional equip
I8ent, the Metropolitan Coach Com
rany today filed with the commission
. request that it be permitted to dis
continue its service Eighth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, and 10 run its
coaches downtown as far as Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue. The
c,6npany states that with its present
equipment it is not safe or practicable
10 oDerate over the longer route.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Teaching Theories
Are Upset

CHICAGO, Nov. 28-Teachers of
English had ''through-the-lookin
glass" convention today.
All the accepted theories or teach
ing English were turned tOpS.i-
turvey by &. +. Ayres, of the Mis-
souri, State Normal School. who de-
ClarcS that:
o. Henry viii take the place OF
Milton.
Kipling's The Light That Failed"
Will crowd Thackerays "Fanity
Fair" off the boards.
President Wilson's addresses TO
Congress will replace Shakespeare.
Shakespeare will be used sparing-
Iy, mixed with bernard Shaw and
Oscar Wilde.
Ayrcs declares teachers are kill
ing the love Of literature by forcing
upon pupils too mucn Carlyle. scott,
ThHCkeray. ana Dickens.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Mrs. Anna E. Winters
Asks Limited Divorce

Desertion and non-support nre
charged in a petition for a limited
divorce filed in the District Supreme
Court today by Mrs. Anna E. Winters
against Charles A. Winters. The
couple were married August 81, 1918
and. lived together until last April
according to the bill. 1t is alleged by
Mrs. Winters in her petition that her
husband has an "ungovernable temp
or"
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Thrown From Bicycle.

Emory Stansbury. sixteen years old
1920 Thirty-fourth street northwest. was
thrown from his bicycle In collision
with an automobile at Pennsylvania
avenue and Jackson place northwest
last evening. He escaped with minor
hurts
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
$500 Damages Awarded
For Injury to Automobile

\ verdict for $500 was today return
ed by jury before Justice Gould in
Circuit Court No. 1 in favor of Harry
Livingston, who sued the District be-
cause Of damages to his automobile.
1t was testified that while passing
the Fourth precinct police station on
f street southwest on January 81,
. 1911. n loose sewer trap top damag-
ed his automobile
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Programs for Blind.

On next Wednesday evening, at the
National Library for the Blind the en-
tertainment will be furnished by Wiley
o. Ison, in recitations and readings. and
by Miss Virginia Robinson. soloist. ac-
Companied by Miss Margaret Sterne.
On next Friday evening Miss Mary
Lawrence will read selected stories.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
No Decisive Victory in
Galicia, Vienna Reports

BERLIN. via wireless to London.
Nov. 2s.-Off1cial reports from Vien-
ma today state that fighting on the
Polish frontier during yesterday was
comparatively quiet.
"In western Galicia and the Car
pathians, there has been no decisive
victory" the statement asserts.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
The PITY of 1t.

Mr.. Gabb-Freshmen at the Univer-
Eity of Pennsylvania are forbidden to
smoke cigarettes.
Fond, Mother-Oh, dear me! Now Os-
vald won't get a bit of exercise.-Buf-
aa,$ ExprGRk
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Violates Smoke Law.

Patrick P Vance superintendent OF
buil1ing at the George Washington
University Hospital today pleaded
2 ilty TO a violation Of the smoke law
and was fined $40 in each Of three
cases.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
J.B. Hartman Improves.

]. Borden Hartman today was in
slightly improved condition, but still very
weak, according to the report Of his
physicians.