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The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
YESTERDAYS RoBBERES.

sixteen pounds OF chewing tobacco. 500
packages OF cigarettes. and a quantity OF
smoking tobacco from 14Os Ninth street
northwest
Five dollars in money. two hams. q
pound cake. a quantity OF fruit, a coat.
a Jacket. and pair OF gloves from the
store OF J. T. d. Pyies, 92S Pennsylvania
avenue northwest
Twenty dollars from the cash drower
at 12i0 First street southwest.
A lap robe from the automobile of o.
c. MaTbury, 10i5 Sixteenth street north
west. while the machine was I'm front Of
his home.
Two pairs OF shoes from a show case
at 1917 Wisconsin avenue northwest
Four one dollar bills, property Of Miss
Ethel NJ. Butterfly, SCI Second street
northwest. dropped from her pocket
book at Seventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, and were taken by a
negro, who ran.
Buffalo robe valued at so. property Of
Joseph Torrilo, 4l3 Fifth street north
west, stolen from his automobile at First
and | streets southeast
Gold watch. chain and cuff buttons,
from r. ]. Williams. United States Ma
rine Barracks.
John NJ. Carpenter, 7H Park Road, re-
ports the loss on the street Of a 500 bill.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
HOMES OF WOMEN
WRECKED BY THE
INVADERS
Women Deserve a Better Fate.

American women are better or than
their European sisters in most respects.
Our American girls, however, are OF
highly nervous organization and usually
suffer from troubles peculiar to their sex.
When a girl becomes q woman, when
woman becomes a mother. when women
pass through the changes of middle life,
are the three periods of life when
health and strength are most needed to
withstand the pain and distress often
caused by severe organic disturbances.
At these critical times women are best
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The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
OBITUARY.

FunerIl services will be held today FIR
Brig. Gen. Charles Morton, L. S. A. re-
tired, veteran of the Civil and Spanish
American wars. who died Sunday at
Walter Reed Hospital. Interment will
be at Arlington Cemetery.
Gen. Morton leaves a widow. Mrs
Sabina p. Morton: two sons. Capt
Charles Morton. Eighth Infantry. and
Capt. Emmett Morton. of the Quarter
master Corps: and two daughters, Mrs
John B. Spring, wife Of Lieut. Spring,
Seventh Cavalry, and Miss Adele Nor
ton. .
Services for Capt. Samuel s. Burdett
were held yesterday afternoon at An
Souls Unitarian Church. followed by
burial at Arlington. Capt Burdett died
Pierce officiated at the funeral. Dele
cations from the G. a. r. and the Loyal
Legion attended.
The funeral OF Mrs. NJ L. s Davis
was held at her residence. III Q street
northwest. yesterday morning. Mrs.
Davis died at the home of her sister
December 16 She was treasurer OF the
District Federation OF Women's Clubs.
Internent was in hax Hill Cemetery.
George T. Bruffey. who died at his
residence. 14OS First street northeast. Dc
cember 19. was buried yesterday after
noon in Glenwood Cemetery. following
services at Wrights undertaking estab-
Iishment. Tenth and o streets north
west.
The funeral Of Nathan Allan took
place at the residence, g Third street
northwest yesterday afternoon. Mr..
Allen died December 1S Interment was
at Arlington Cemetery.
Funeral services for Brig. Gen. Charles
Morton, L. S. A. retired. will be con-
Quoted at st. Johns Church, Sixteenth
and H streets northwest, this afternoon
at o'clock. with full military honoTs.
Gen. Morton died Sunday afternoon at
Walter Reed Hospital. Interment will
be at Arlington.
James E. Fitch was buried at Oak lIill
Cemetery yesterday afternoon, following
services at the Church of the Covenant.
He died at Harverford, Pa, December
h
Services for Miss Lois W. Flory were
held yesterday afternoon at her late
residence, 4l5 Randolph street northwest.
She died December 10. Miss F1ory was
the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry ].
Flory.
Benjamin NJ Elliott was buried at
Arlington Cemetery yesterday afternoon
following private services at the resi-
dence 173 Lamont street northwest. He
died December 10, aged Y.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
BILL GIVES $2,5OO,OOO
TO STOP HOOF DISEASE
Urgent Deficiency Measure. Reported
to House. Contains $500
for District. 4

The urgent deficiency appropriation bill
reported TO the House yesterday. carries
a total of st,37O,sOs. and appropristes
s, 10000 for eradication Of the foot-and-
mouth disease.
An appropriation of $500 is the only
District item. This sum is for COM
pletlon OF the connection between sections
No. and Of the Rock Creek main in
terccptor. The sum OF $5i,5n is appro-
priated TO reimburse the War Depart
ment for expenses incurred In transport
ing troops TO Vera Cruz.
Principal items and totals are as fol-
lows:
Payment n anrual rental to Republic Of Panama,
SO Do; cnllerfinn Of internal revenue. $500: Pub
lie Health Service for pIeTention Of epidcmics
S.Doo; to eradicats citrus canker citrus fruits
So 90: construction Of lighthouse tender. Burau
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
ITALY WELCOMES Won BUELow.
German Envoy Cordially Greeted.
War Preparations Go On.

Rome. Dec 2L-Prince Won Buelow,
Germany's new ambassador to Italy,
called at the foreign Office today and
was given a cordial greeting. The new
envoy is a favorite among italian Off
Gals. and il is felt here that he can do
more than any one man the Kaiser could
send to keep Italy from casting her lot
with the allies.
Though it is asserted that Italy in
tends to maintain neutrality, Italy had
made all preparations for war. Finan-
ciers declare that the action Of the gov
ernment in extending the banking mora
torium until March 81 is highly signifi-
cant, taken in connection with the fact
that the soldiers of the 1892 class have
been dismissed last week, and that all
men Of the class now on leave have been
called up.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
GERMAN LOSSES SET AT 100000.
Lists Cover Only Part of November.
Supplies Getting Low.

The Hague. Dec. 21.-Latest casualty
lists issued in Berlin increase the German
losses in killed, wounded and missing to
10000 men in both eastern and western
theaters of war. These lists cover only
part of November and give no casualties
for December
The people of Germany are anxiously
awaiting details of the victory reported
to have been won by Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg in Poland.
Travellers who reached here today de-
clared that the supplies with which the
German armies were equipped for the
war are becoming exhausted. This is par
ticularly true as to petrol They said
that the commander of the Ninth Ger
man Army Corps at Hamburg had is
sued decree limiting the use OF petrol
and advising the use of alcohol instead.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
Thanks Germans for Relief Aid.

The state Department has notified
Count Won Bernstorn; German Ambas-
sador. that a letter has been received
from Lindon W. Bates. vice chairman
of the American commission for relief in
Belgium. requesting that an expression
of the commissions appreciation OF the
prompt and thorough arrangements
which have been effected with reference
to obtaining safe conduct for unneutraI
ships sailing for Belgium and Holland
loaded with supplies for the relief of
Belgium be transmitted to the German
Embassy here.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
WOUNDED DIE IN SNOW DRIFTS
Fierce Battle Raging I'm Pass in
the Carpathians.
BY STEVEN BURNETT.

Vienna. Dec. q (via Berlin and Am
sterdam).-The fiercest battle that has
developed in the Carpathlan Mountains
is raging near Lupkow Pass, south
southeast of Sanok. Austrian forces ad-
vancing to the relief OF, Przemysl were
met at the Gaiician end of the pass by
two Russian corps and the fighting has
been In pppgress for three days.
The valleys are filled with snow, and
the wounded perish from cold. as 1t is
impossible for the opposing forces to
md them after they are buried beneath
the drifts.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
REPORT AGAINST sIDDoNs.
Senate subcommittee Turns Down
His Name for JudgeshIp.

The subcommittee which has been in
vestigating the nomination Of District
Commissioner Frederick L. SiddOns as
associate justice of the Supreme Court
of the District yesterday reported un-
favOrably to the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee.
Those who voted against the cOnfirma-
tiOn of Commissioner Siddons were Sena-
tors Culberson. Walsh, Clark, and Mel
son. Senator Chiffon, OF West Virginia,
held out for the Commissioner. The
committee will act upon the case in a
few days. II is expected the report of
the committee will be indorsed by the
whole committee. II it is indorsed, Sena-
tor Chiffon will take the fight to the
floor of the Senate in executive sessions.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
EXPECT BIGGER RIVER BILL.
senate May Bring Total of Meas
ure Up to S4O,OOO,OOO.

The Senate committee is expected to
add about S5,OOO.OOO to the rivers and har-
bOrs bill. which will bring the total up
to above $4,000 600.
The subcommittee of seven Senators
from the Commerce committee of the
Senate will meet this morning to take
up its work on the EiIl. The President
has intimatcd to Congress leaders that
he does net want am new projects in
troduced I'm the mcasrra. This is ac-
ceptcd rs word frJm the White House
that the bill Will not 10 NerlcI If the
Presidents instructions are adhered to.
The subcommittee are S\ators FIetch.
er, Simmons, Raaslcn.' and Chamberlin,
Democrats, and Nelson, Smith. and Bur-
ton. Republicans
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
WOMAN CoNFESSEs TO MURDER
Police Say Prisoner Admits Beat
ing Benefactress to Death

Detroit. Mich. Dec. I.-Mrs Caroline
Becker. fifty-eight years old. today con-
fessed. the police say, that she killed
Miss Frances Bomholt. the aged woman
who was beaten to death in her home
last Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Becker sold bread and pastry to
Miss Bomholt. and often had been be
friended by the dead woman.
Miss Bombolt was beaten to death with
a piece of coal, Mrs. Becker confessed.
while she was kneeling at her bedside
praying forgiveness for her assailant,
who had attacked her first in the coal
shed in the rear of her home. Robbery
was the motive. A so and a s. bill which
Mrs. Becker said she took from "a
drawer" in the pantry in the aged wom-
ans home after the killing. was found in
the toe of a shoe in Mrs. Becker's home
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
SANTA MUST ABANDON SLEIGH.
It's n Case of Wheels south of
Ohio, Weather Man Says.

Santa Claus will have to make his
rounds in a wheeled vehicle In the United
States south of the Ohio River. accord
ing to the Weather Bureau yesterday.
From New England west to the Rocky
Mountains north of the Ohio. a white
Christmas will prevail. however. De-
cember 25 will be free from storms. but
snow will lay over the New England
States. New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana. Illinois and States in the North
ern Mississippi Valley.
II was predicted the rain clouds that
hung over the South Atlantic States
yesterday would clear away during the
night and fair weather will be accom-
panied by slightly lower temperatures for
the remainder Of the week
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
XMAS BREAKFAST AT Y. N. C. A.
Women to Bowl with Men at New
Years Reception.

Two hundred r1en who live at the Y.
NJ. c. A. dormitlties will ioIn in a
Christmas breakfast. Relatives have
been Informed Of this plan and all gifts
are being neId for distribution 1t that
time. They will be piled around the
association Christmas tree and the dis
tribution will taxa place after the
breakfast. There also win be a short
devotional service.
Plans are now being made for the an
nual New Ysars reception In addi: ,.'n
20 the recs3t, m in the lobby. there will
be swim n nS and gymnasi:':I exhibI-
iIons. and ti.a girls bo gtI.lS team Of
Ingram IIarl~-.al ChUS=h will play the
Y. E. c. a team. IN New Year evcn-
'lg there vii: tie cOnssrt and an tx
hibI Of =. T.. {. A. work.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
CzARINA A PRUSS1AN COLONEL.
She and KaIserIn Fail to Give Up
Honorary Titles.

Paris. Dec. 1.-THE 1915 edition of the
Almanac de Gotha, reveals the curious
fact that while King George, King Albert.
and Emperor Francis Josef have re-
nounced all honorary titles and commits
siOns in the armies and navies OF their
foes, the Empress of Russia retains the
rank OF colonel in the Second Regiment
of the Prussian Guards and the German
Empress that Of colonel of the Gordon
Hussars.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
WILL ENLARGE AERIAL CORPS.
Hoa.e ssbcopmittee Decides on
$1,000, zoo for Air Craft.

Authority TO enlarge the aerial corps
OF the navy will be conferred upon the
secretary OF the Navy in the naval bud
get soon 10 be reported to the House.
Testimony given by naval officers that
the American navy has the smallest air
fotilla OF any nation In the world. being
surpassed In this regard by the most
insignificant countries. has prompted the
House Naval subcommittee to adopt a
provision authorizing an appropriation
OF 81. .oO0O0O for air craft and Tor expert
ments with air craft.
when Secretary OF the Navy Daniels
appeared before the committee he argued
asaInst a large appropriation for air
craft until experiments now under way
were concluded. Capt Bristol, In charge
OF navy aerial matters. told the commit
tee that he could expend with profit to
the service about 81 100000.
There Is sentiment In the subcommittee
favorable to the construction OF a larger
number OF submarines than are usually
appropriated for in the budget
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
PLANS QUIET CHRISTMAS.
President Will Go TO Church in
Morning and Walk in Afternoon.

Christmas will be quiet at the White
House. No arrangements have been
made for a tree. and there will be no
festivities. There will be an inter-
change of presents. however. for the
President already has been shopping.
Express wagons are carrying to the
White House scores OF presents for
President Wilson. Miss Margaret Will
son. Miss Helen Woodrow Bones. and
Secretary Tumulty. Mrs. Francis B.
Sayre, daughter OF the President, will
spend Christmas at the White House.
The President intends to go to
church Christmas morning. and in the
afternoon will take a walk or an auto
mobile ride.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
BELGIUM TO MEETEWAR LEVY.
Treasury Bills for $0O,OOO,OOO Il
BE Issued, Berlin Hears.

Berlin, Dec. 81 Oby wireless via London).
The following statement was given out
today by the imperial press bureau:
"Advices from Brussels state that the
authorities Of nine Belgium provinces
have decided that the war levy for the
year, amounting TO ss6, 10000 shall be met
by treasury bills. II prompt payment is
made goods requfsitioned will he paid
for in cash
''The Neue Zuericher Nachtrlchten
states that the papal circle is dissatisfied
with the exce ssive zeal shown on the part
OF France. Great Britain and Russia to
curry favor with the Vatican"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
TO INCREASE BELGIAN FUNDS.
s.AIiIe of PennieS'' Campaign "a
Last Week Longer.

In an effort TO raise the mile of
pennies fund for relief of the Bel
CLANS from the present mark Of 500
to S5O0, Mrs Ellis Logan, who has been
in charge of the campaign, has decided
10 continue the work week longer.
Consequently the check viii be despatch
ed to Belgium January ! instead Of
Christmas Day.
The last day OF the campaign, accord
ing TO Mrs. Logan's announcement, will
bea "selfssacrifice'' day. She is making
an appeal 10 every Washingtonian to
make some small self-denial on that day
and contribute. the pennies thus saved
to the Belgians-
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
INSURANCE FIRM TO DISSOLVE.
Fire Asks w. F. Tyson
and Easby-smIth Receivers.

The Commercial Fire Insurance Com
pany, after a fight for existence as q
national corporation, yesterday filed suit
in the District Supreme Court for dis
solution. The petition asked that VIII
liam Frank Tyson, secretary Of the
company, and James S. Easby-Smith be
appointed receivers.
The assets of the company were given
at $4,000 their liabilities. $40, ,s5l.Ss, and
the total value of the capital stock OF
$457, 1856.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
Reported Uprising in Doubt.

War Department officials yesterday
were inclined to doubt the truth Of the
report Of the revolt among the natives
Of the Philippines Reports. from gov
'ernment oficials on the islands give no
hint Of any such condition.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
Lumbermen Protest Panama Toll.

Lumber shippers of the Pacific Coast
have raised the question as to whether
the government is entitled to charge tolls
on deck cargoes passing through the
Panama Canal. They maintain the law
does not permit the government to charge
tolls on any cargo except such as is
carried in a vessels hold. As II Is Gus
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
Flames Menace Illinois Prison.

Joliet, ILL.,, Dec. 2.-Fire. which broke
out in the Rattan shop, No. l, at the
pententiary this afternoon, for a time
threatened every building in the prison
yards. Both rattan shops were wrecked.
The volunteer convict fire department
fought desperately to check the confia-
grafton
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
q. c. Hall Nav Be Reappointed.

Henry c. Hail. OF Colorado Springs,
Colo, Is likely to be reappointed a mem
Der of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission when his term expires on Decem-
ber d. II Is expected that President VIII
son will send in his nomination shortly.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
Wilson to Name Trade Body Soon.

President Wilson probably Will send
nominations for the Interstate trade COM
mission to the Senate before New Years.
This was learned at the White House
yesterday. Considerable progress has
been made as TO the personnel of the
commission and the names probably will
be announced soon
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22
Ever Hear of Such Things?

Union Hill. n. J., Dec. 2L-Ben Tay-
lur. a one-legged man, arrested for tan
going on his, one leg down Main street.
was still intoxicated forty-eight hours
after his arrest. After two attempts
were made to sober up Taylor, the au-
thurities found a flask concealed in the
prisoners wooden limb.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22

Paris, Dec. 21.-Asled TO describe the
battle in which he was wounded, an
Englishman said: First you ears a 'elI
of a noise, and then the nurse says,
try and drink a little of this"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22

Haverstraw. n. Y, Dec. 2I.-The grand
jury hearing charges against Frank De
longwy for stealing a locomotive decided
the engine was too big to get away
with and refused to indict.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22

Russia is the only country IN the world
besides the United States that has moro
than one city OF 100000 population.
There are only ten such cities in the
world.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22

Newton. n. J., Dec. 21.-Charles 4.
Shafer, lO2, hale and hearty. has been
chewing tobacco since boyhood. He says
it prevents disease.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22

tomsry to carry on deck a considerable
portion of the cargo on lumber vessels.
a victory for the lumber shippers Will
mean a considerable saving to them. Sec
retary Of War Garrison has taken the
question up with Attorney General
Gregory.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-22

Dead Sea Is $50 feet below the level OF
the Mediterranean.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-28

poetry and tragedy. Dido being the sole
Latin section. Illustrated with photo
graphs from paintings
Short accounts Of the youth OF many
famous people and some less Cunspicu-
Gus BrItons nave been compiled by Amy
S'tccdman I'm When They We're chill
drcn tfr,dcrick y. Stokes Company
G,otto but much the larger proport on
IS of fairly modern celebrities. tae last
are Gordon Ed son and Il. l.. Stevenson
The stories of fifteen children on the
throne are told Ivy II T.. Marshall in
boy Kings and Giri-QueenS' Erred
erick A. : ,okeS Company OF the four
girls, all We're merely wives, even Mary
stuart for her Scottish career was after
she had grown mp of tho boys two were
German four British and five French.
Again, for somewhat older young poo-
pie, William Henry Hudson has written
tho biography of THE Man Napoleon
tThomas Y. CroWell Company, which Is
a compact history of his career. 1t is
illustrated with colorcd pictures.
4 new RES of historical biographies
suited for young people old enough to
he entering college Is issued by the
Frederick y Stokes Company under
the general title HEROES of All Tine
The volumes vary considerably in the
amount Of thoir contents and in the
authors method of handling their sub
iects, Those at hand are Alexander
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-28

bv Elizabeth Gordon. both from Rand,
McNally and Company, Chicago.
Turn ny now to the very small, doll
house editions we have The Fairy Gold
Library" ERNEST Mister; r. r. Dutton
and Company, which compr SEES 'Puss
in BoQ:s, Little Snow Whit"
Nursery Iingles" and Fairy Gold"
all properly illustrated. 4 less
familiar tale Is Perez the Mouse"
adapted by Lady More on from the
Spanish IT Father Luis Coloma,
with pictures by O. II. Nyse
| (Iohn Lane Company. \ prettily
| illustrated small child story by Mary A..
! Hays Is called The Peggy and Pussy
| Book" (Duhleld and Company. Even
| more infantle are Baby Monkey
and the WHY Wolf and Baby
| Polar Bear and the Warus,' by
C. f. Kilbourne. with good pictures
by Hattie Longstreet tThe Penn
| Publishing Company. A more elabo-
rate nursery tale is Martha Strong
Turner's strange Playmates" with
pictures by Grace Quackenbush Iuf-
field and Company, Verse alone is
| used to float Lawson Woods's amusn.
pictures in "A Basket OF Plums' and
"k Box of Crackers" &c. +, Dutton and
Company, while whole quintet az
art SITS is less successful in Mixed
Pickles" az. J.. Dutton and Company
Little ones always enjoy persona
| flying tho creatures and things
around them and VIII enjoy Caro- Fran
ccs Walkers flower infants in Little
Snlio Sunnower," and her birds and
animals in Little Chick Chickadee'
u david Mckay.
Children little larger viii like tbs
adventures Of a small girl and her dos
on a European tour in Lille Fuller
Mcrrlam's Jenny and Tito" cTho Page
Company). Readers of all ages vii
appreciate Bishop Ethelbert Talhot''
p autobiography OF II dog he loved, Tim
,Harpers) An obserVant infant teI