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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
MURDERERS ELUDE
PURSUING POSSES
Train Robbers, Who Killed Three
Passengers. Leave No Trail for
Officers to Follow.
MAN HUNTERS ScOUR COUNTRY

Bellingham, Wash. Feb I.-Deputy
sheriffs and railroad detectives searched
the country about here today for three
men who held up a train last night and
killed three persons who resisted. but
admitted that they had small chance of
capturing the bandits.
The three men boarded Great Northern
passenger train No. SIS, bound for Van
couver. B. c.. at Burlington, few miles
south of here. The train was running at
full speed when they came out Of the
smoking car, stopped in the vestibule TO
adjust handkerchiefs over their faces and
entered the day cOa,'. One of the rob-
bers went to the farther end OF the car
and started to lock it r. E. Lee. a pas
senger from BremertOn. Wash. leaped at
the bandit and was shot dead. Thomas
b. Wordsworth. : Canadian Pacific con-
ductor. of Vancouver. who was a pas
senger, and NJ B. McEIhoes. a travelling
salesman. of Vancouver, started toward
the robber and two shots killed both.
The conductor OF the train, hearing the
shooting. signalled the engineer to stop.
AS the brakes were applied the bandits
emptied their revolver into the car and
the one who had -mmitted the three
murders started forward, where his COM
panions were guardir the other door.
As he passed down the aisle, half dozen
women with several men passed up their
purses. He grabbed a double handful
and he and his companions jumped from
the train and ran int the darkness.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
MONUMENT PLANNED
To english SCHOLAR
Britishers Will Celebrate Seven Hun
dredth Anniversary of Birth of
Roger Bacon.
PREDICTED AEROPLANE In 1910

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
Oxford. Feb T.-Next June will be tn.
IoOth anniversary Of the birth of Roger
Bacon. the English scholar. who may be
said to have been the first man of science,
IT. the modern sense of the word.
On the seventeenth of that month a
statue will be unveiled in this city IN
memory Of the great scholar. Lord Cur
ION is to be president of the commem-
Grafton committee. and a Roger Bacon
Society is to be the outcome of the day :
proceedings.
For seven centuries after his death
bacon's works remained neglected and
unknown. 1t was only in the last CEN
fury, through the influence Of French
scholars. that his writings and opinions
Were brought To light.
Among other things he was the pioneer
II experimental science. and in 1910 he
had forseen the possibility of many Of
the machines and appliances now in daily
use. One of the most famous passage.
from Bacon's works, which won atten-
tton even in his day, was discovered in
a pamphlet entitled DE Secrets Ma
turae-" This was afterward translated
INTO English.
Here he predicted instruments of navi-
CATION without men TO rowe in them;
chariots shall move with unsueakabI.
force without any animals to draw them:
there may also he instruments for flyiue
so made that a man may sit in the mid
ole. and turn a device by which artificial
wings shall beat ayre after the manner of
a lying bird. By art also an instrument
may be made wherewith a man NAV
Wake IN the bottome of the sea or rivers
without bodily danger"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
GIRL ACCUSES YOUTH
OF GIVING HER POISON
Also Says He Tried to Kill Self, but
Later, in Hospital. Re-
tracts Story.

Philadelphia. Feb. 2l.-Details fit to take
rank alongside of the most tragic love
story were told here today by Miss Alice
wickersham. a beautiful twenty-five
year-old girl. who declared that a re-
jected sutton had tried to poison her by
placing bichloride Of mercury in her cof-
fee while at lunch in a hotel and then
take his own life.
When the girl first was taken to the
German Hospital she charged Claude G.
Merker. twenty years old. with trying TO
kill her but when her condition improved
she retracted her story and declared she
had taken poison by mistake.
Merker invited, the girl to the hotel for
lunch Wednesday. according to desec-
tiyes. During the meal the girl mott red
her coffee had a peculiar taste. she said.
MY suspicious were aroused" added
Miss wiSkersham, land / asked Claude
what he had done"
at have given you poison, he replied
in a hoarse. choked voice.
s.Then he quickly took two tablets from
his pocket and swallowed them"
The couple arrived at the Pennsylvania
hospital in a taxicab. but Miss Wicker
sham did not take treatment. Instead
she begged the officials to save the life
of her companion and then left. Merker
recovered and left, showing trepidation
when he found Miss wickersham had
departed. He found her in the German
Hospital.
The police began searching for Merker
tn arrest him. but when Miss Wicker
sham withdrew her story. saying she
would not appear against the youth. the
search was abandoned.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
SOCIETY Meets
BRITISH ENVOY
Officials, Diplomats, and Lo-
cal Smart Set at Brilliant
Reception.
MARSHALLS ARE PRESENT
Vice President and Wife Are Among
Throng of Notable that Enjoys
Hospitality at Embassy.

The British Anbasa5or and a5,. r,ac;,
p;o. -, -. t., -. =.
-
brilliant reception at the embassy In
Connecticut avenue. The occasion
brought toxetber one of the INNS, ron
resentatiye and interesting companies in
WashinRton's social history. Diplomatic
of3cIaI ConpressionaI and the fashion.
able resident set of the nations Capital
greeted the British Amba sador and Lady
Spring Rice. They received their many
distinguished guests in the middle draw.
ing room, assisted by Mrs Colville Bar
CLAW, wife of the counselor of the Brit
ish Embassy: Mrs. Heathcoat Grant. wife
of the naval attache of the British EN-
bassy: Mrs. Moreton Gage, wife OF the
military atache of the embassy.
The guests strolied through the large
ballroom. one of the handsornest in
washington and from there into the din
inr-room. where an elaborate sumner wa
served at a handsomely appointed table
Tn the ballroom a section ~ the Ma
rine Rand brilliant In scarlet coats ana
bIac,, braid nlaved tbrouobout the ever
inc
Tho British A,bass.dor wbo ho, -
,;reI,, recovered froy, r.o.n+ iII,o..
had cordial ro-iI ana h..rtv h.ndnIas,
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
MEMORIES OF WAR
REVIVED BY "VETS''
Warriors Society. at Banquet. Ex-
change "reminiscences of
Battles.

Memories of the old Corcoran Cadets,
now CompanysE, First Infantry, District
National Guard. land the last Of the old
independent military organizations to lose
its identity. were revived last night at
the Hotel Sterling at a banquet of the
Veterans Association. recently formed by
the older members of the company.
About forty charter members Of the
association were at the dinner, and Col.
Charles II. Ourand. commanding the
First Infantry. District National Guard
Maj. c. Fred Cook, assistant adjutant
general of the District Militia, and Will
lam F. GUIDE, president OF the Chamber
of Commerce. were guests of honor.
Col. ourand told the veterans" that
there was always a place waiting for
them in the District National Guard. He
said that they would always be welcomed
at the target practice and encampments
of the organized militia and that they
would be called on in time of war.
He suggested that the veterans. al.
though they had withdrawn from the
National Guard. could render material aid
to that organization in sending the young
men into the service as recruits. Mai
Cook and AFR. GUIDE also spoke.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22

child, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Campbell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Barker. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gist Blair the Misses Patten, Mr.. aud
Mrs. George Mayre. DIR. Tom Williams,
DIR and Mrs. w. Sinclair Bowen, DIR.
and Airs. r. Buckner Randolph. Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh Rowland, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace mcfarland. DR.. and Mrs. Fran
els Nash, Miss Nash, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Robert Peary. Miss Marie Peary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lansing. Mrs.
Fessenden Meserve. Miss McClusky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke waggamsn.
Mrs. Sherman McCallum, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe, Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
mold Hague. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip S.
Henry. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Willert.
Miss Lizzie Stevens. Miss Agnes Hart
Wilson. Miss Flora Wilson, Mrs. William
son, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitchell. the
Counselor of the State Department and
Mrs. John Bassett Moore. the Assistant
Secretary OF State and Mrs. John Z. Os-
borne, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Chaplin,
Maj. and Mrs. Dickinson, Mr.. and Mrs.
William W. Matthewson, the Assistant
Secretary OF Var and Mrs. Henry Breck-
inridge. Miss Margaret Breckenridge,
Mrs. /. T. Mann, Miss Julia Wood. Miss
Edith Beneham, Miss Sophy Siebert, Mr..
and Mrs. Per Heath, Mai. Gen. and
Greedy, Adjt Gen and Mrs. An
drews, Miss Katherine Andrews, Miss
Ruth Hitchcock. Miss Margaret Nc
Chord. Mr.. and Mrs. William F.
Dennis, Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson.
Lady Spring-Rice wore a handsome
gown of white satin with a crystal over
dress. and 4 coronet of diamond stars.
Mrs. Colville Barclay wore white satin
trimmed in black fur.
Mrs. Heathcoat Grant was gowned in
black chiffon velvet with top of white
lace.
Mrs Moreton Gage wore green velvet
and lace.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
Official Message Of the Ants in Contrast
with the Registration Of Women Vot-
ers In Chicago Newly Enfranchised
Citizens Showed that Privilege Had
Met the Crucial Test Chivaly Vic
torious in Windy City-Women Study
CHics.
By IDA Hustled HARPER.

Whatever is done in opposition to woman suffrage
always seems to act boomerang. One argument
used by Democratic members of Congress persuade
their hesitating colleagues to vote against special
Committee on Woman Suffrage that il would call
for clerk and perhaps secretary for the chairman,
involving expense of possibly 100 $4,000, and
they were trying to establish record for economy.
The fact that women's taxes helped to pay the ex-
penses of nearly hundred clerks and assistants to
other committees to say nothing of secretaries, did
not, of course, enter into the calculations.
But jus: as the Lower House had proudly called
the attention of the country to this saving of 81
a year to the dear people the headined and
uncontradicted announcement in the press that this
same House of Representatives is annually expanding
hundreds of thousands of dollars in Prerequisites" long
considered legitimate graft" Among these are
extra mileage" above what is actually paid in railroad
fares extra clerk hire" above what is really expended
for clerks, SIPS cash year to every member, sup
posedly for Stationery" and the telegraph frank,
which in the first four months of the present admin
stration cost the government S64oI These merely
statistics easily obtained and occasional exposes ndi-
cate many other thousands of this Legitimate graft"
But the country should be very appreciative because
these guardians of the public Treasury did impose
an expense of SIoo month for Woman Suffrage
Committed
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
MARIE LLOYD WEEDS JOCKEY.
British Consul at Portland Is wit
ness to Ceremony.

Portland, Greg, Feb. e1.-Marie Lloyd
actress. is married again. Four weeks
after the death her first husband. she
today took unto herself Bernard Uockey)
Dillon, also OF London, who gave his
age as twenty-six, while Marie gave her
age as thirty-two. The wedding took
place at the British Consulate and Brit
ish Consul Thomas Erskin was one of
the witnesses. Rev. Father Thompson
officiated. The bride was attended by
Miss Collins, and Mr.. BInn acted as best
man.
Matilda Hurley was the name given by
Miss Lloyd when the marriage license
was issued, and London was named as
the home of 10th the contracting parties.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
COMPLETES MCDOWELL HEARINGS
Naval Investigating Board to Re-
port on Shooting.

Annapolis. Nd, Feb. A.-The naval
board Of investigation. which has been
inquiring into the circumstances Of the
shooting ARRAY on Spa Creek last Sum
day. when Assistant Surgeon Ralph w.
Mcdowell. of the navy, shot Frank Green,
jr., when the latter persisted in break
ing the ice near where the surgeon and
party of friends were skating, practi-
cally completed its work today. The
board has not yet framed its report.
Surgeon Mcdowell appeared before
Police Justice James d. Feldmeyer to-
day, and at the solicitation of counsel,
and with the consent of States Attorney
Nicholas II. Green, the Officer waived the
preliminary hearing scheduled for Mon
day, and was held under 1900 bail for
the action Of the Anne Arundel County
grand jury, which convenes April 1s.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
The Party Platform Boomerang.

Then there is President Wilson's virtuous declara-
ton: Il only speak for the things that my party
has declared for in its platform; at liberty
to speak as an II lual" That boomerang came
hurting back from all the newspapers in the country
they voiced their unholy glee his demand for
Presidential primaries which had not a splinter of
support in the platform. Now comes another in his
demand for the repeal of the exempting American
coastwise ships from paying tolls for using the Pam
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
Opposition to cause" Classed as a
Boomerang Against the House Woman
Suffrage Committee = Economy as
Preached and Practiced by a Demo
cratic Caucus = President Wilson's
"Vntuous Declaration" and the Party
Platform.

in every way to exercise the suffrage the women
on whom it has been conferred in those ten Western
States
For months the Chicago women have been preparing
for this spring election They have appointed COM
mittees to study the business of the city council and
to examine the qualifications of candidates and they
have summoned these candidates before their clubs
for questioning They have formed mothers and
teachers classes in citizenship; lectures, have been
given Chicago University and in drawing-rooms and
schoolhouses on naturalization, registration, pri-
mares, political parties, township, county and mt
nicipal issues Presidential electors and all subjects
which their partial vote To the foreign born
women they have issued instructions in eight Ian
guages. They sent notices to all the ministers in the
city to urge the of their congregations to reg
ister and even the children of the public schools
asked to remind their mothers of registration day.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
MILITANTs SHOUT AT KING.
husky fishers Throw Them Out of
Theater.

London. Feb. 2l.-During the perform
ance of The Darling OF the Gods" at His
Majesty's Theater. tonight. at which the
king and queen were present. five suf-
fragettes started TO shout Votes for
Women"
The disturbers were elected by ushers.
while the audience stood I'D and cheetcd
the king and queen.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
FALLING WALLS TRAP FIREMEN,
Several Injured In Blaze which
Destroys Railroad station.

Hartford. Conn, Feb. 2l.-Fire broke
out this afternoon in the office of the
Adams Express Company in the Union
Depot. The roof of the building fell. y
juring :everal firemen. The station 9rac-
tically was destroyed.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
IDA Hustled HARPER ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE

equals were proved false Instead me men VINO
served as election officials and party workers and who
registered as voters yesterday showed that the polling
place has more chyarous atmosphere than the street
car"
Describing how the stopped smoking and raised
their hats when the women entered, the paper said
"The rule of courtesy was almost universal-in the
First and Eighteenth wards, long branded as the
strongholds of the most depraved of men; in the
aristocratic Sixth. Seventh and Twentyhfth; in the
bsliwicks where English is heard less frequently than
other tongues" 1t made difference where the polls
were located, according to this account, all the men
who served in any capacity seemed eager to prove
that the voters were welcome participate the
settlement of public questions and the of
public affairs"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
Women Don't Fear Men at Polls.

Such has been the unvarying testimony in Denver,
Seattle, San Francisco. Los Angeles Women who
want the franchise have never been afraid to meet
men at the polls; is only the anti-suffrage women
who have depicted the dangers to be feared from men
there whom it was perfectly safe to meet every other
day in the year. Chicago papers also said: The
chvary was less of a surprise than the matter-of-
fact way in which the women performed their new
duties; the majority seemed to know what was ex-
pected of them as well the more experienced male
voters and took time getting their names on
the books" An objection often made to general ex-
tension of suffrage to women is the danger of adding
mass of inexperienced voters to the electorate.
In Iowa women may vote on bond issues, and last
week in Ottumwa over 1000 voted on municipal own
ership of lights. Nearly twice as many men as
women voted but many more of them spoiled their
ballots that their vote counted was only one-hird
more than the women's. At the first election in Los
Angeles, where women voted, their intelligence and
accuracy seemed marvellous to the election officials
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22

The highest point in Nevada is
Wheeler Peak, which. according to a
chart published by the United States
Geological Survey. is 13.O5S feet above
sea level
: Fuel oil consumption by the United
States navy last year Is estimated at
so.0oo,oo0 gallons.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22

anna Canal Not only has he spoken for something not
in his partys platform but he has called for the re-
pudiation of plank in that platform, and the only
excuse offered is that change of circumstances Jus-
hes change in the attitude of the government
There has been no greater change in circumstances
relating to this canal tolls matter since the Democratic
platform was made in the summer of 1912 than there
has been in the status of the movement for woman
suffrage since that time. Its adoption by Oregon, Ar
iona, Kansas and Illinois has caused vast increase
of favorable public sentiment and uprising of women
in other States amply sufficient to justify President
Wilson's release from the bondage of his partys plat
on this point if he wished release. ExSpeaker
Cannon, in his Lincoln Day address, fifty termed him
the great smasher of precedents; and did he favor
the enfranchsement of the fact that Mr. Bryan
did not put it in the platform would not stand in
the way.
The economy plea of Congressman and the not-in-
the-patform excuse of the President simply BOOM
erangs that whrl around in the air for brief spell
and end their devious where they started.
Official Message Of the "Antis."
Women do not want to vote Thank you, kind
gentlemen of the Democratic caucus, in the name OF
90 per cent Of the of the eptire country whom
we represent, for not allowing Woman Suffrage
Committee"
Such in effect was the oficai message OF the Anti
Suffrage Assocation-so thankful for small tavors,
so little TO be thankful for in these piping days OF the
suffrage advance! This is the cry OF that organi-
cation the legend their banners I'VE represent 90
per cent of the women! Help, help, the ballot will
be thrust upon Isl" As if measly little per cent
could force on the 90 per anything they didn't
want
But it sounds funny, doesn't it. in the face OF what
happened in Chicago last week, when 5000 women
went to the polls and registered for the municipal
primary election the very first time they had ever had
chance and there is yet second day for registra-
ton? OF course the "ants" always guard themselves
against what they know will surely happen and smooth
the way for their certain rush to the polls by
saying: But if the ballot is forced upon duty will
compel us to it." 1t is, however, asking too much
of creduity believe that $4,000 of all classes
and conditions unwillngly impeled solely by
sense of duty exercise their right, especially
when they had been carefully taught by the "antis"
that woman suffrage would mean Socialism Mormon
ISM anarchy destruction of the home and the loss of
all the feminine qualities!
Seriously speaking, that first registration in Chicago
was the most critical in the whole history of
woman suffrage Its most optimistic advocates do not
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
GIVES as Popular Reading.

The public libraries say that the novel is being sup
planted by books dealing with civcs. At meet
ing held just before registration 1900 women
stormed the Auditorium for admssion--al Directing
strenuousy having the ballot thrust upon them but
moved by stern sense of duty! After the splendid
object lesson already given by the women, the Illinois
branch of the anti-suffragiss has issued official
statement saying: 1T behooves all Of to get to-
gether and every honorable to stamp out
this evil which now our homes and our
tom
Women have already voted in many towns in the
State for officials and public measures, in almost
every instance casting about half of the total vote.
Hopeless confusion would result should the Supreme
Court decide that the law giving this partial franchise
is unconstitutional The liquor interests have brought
have dozen suits have local option elections de-
cIared illegal on this ground and have lost in every
instance. They have carried ? case to the ST.
preme Court but there seems prospect of a de-
cision before the primary election in Chicago when
the women will vote
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
Use Of franchise Studied.

The reason is that III every State soon as women
are put into possession of the suffrage they begin in
all their many organizations study how to it.
and they even form practice classes and go among
the immigrant and uneducated with instruc-
tons The United States government has repeatedly
sent agents among the newly enfranchsed Indians
at the expense OF thousands of dollars to train them
to the extent of marking the head of ticket, and
before every election the ward bosses take male
voters who cannot read into the back rooms OF sa-
looms and show them with sample ballots where to
put the cross. But no class of voters except women
ever has by itself made careful systematic study OF
the modus operandi OF an election, and class OF
citizens was ever at the beginning wel-equipped
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-02-22
CONVICT KILLS ANOTHER.
Murderer Victim of Burglar II
Pennsylvania Prison.

Philadelphia, Feb. 21.-A fight between
a murderer and a burglar in Eastern
Penitentiary resulted in the death of the
murderer today.
He was John Ballon, twenty-eIght
years old. and was serving life SEN
tence. The man who killed him is
Joseph Roe, twenty-five years old.