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The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
MAY DODGE ALTAR
ATLAST Minute
Man Relieved of Promise if
Financee Cannot Become a
Mother, Rules Judge.
LOOKS TO RACES FUTURE
Jury Denies Breach of Promise Yer
dict to Woman Who Had Been Ad-
vised to Remain Single" -

New York, Dec. 17.-That a man is
entitled, even TO the very steps of the
altar, to be relieved of a promise to
marry II he learns that his prospective
bride is incapable or unwilling to bear
children" was the opinion expressed
today by Justice Benton. charging a
jury in a breach of promise suit in the
Supreme Court today. ..r
The question of matrlmony Is not
one that concerns merely the man and
the woman who wed, but one that con-
Germs the entire human race" said
Justice Benton. Civilization itself de-
mands not only that children be born,
but that they be born to a proper heri-
tage. mentally and physically. A man
or a woman is justified in Withdrawing
from a marriage contract IL he or she
finds that his or her life partner has a
sufficiently serious physical or mental
defect, even though he or she does not
become aware thereof until the eve of
the ceremony"
The case was an action brought by
Miss Bertha Schechtel, daughter of
Bernard Schechtel, a wealthy clothing
manufacturer, against David Arthur
Greenhouse, of West Hoboken. y. ]. A
few minutes after the justice delivered
his charge the jury brought In a verdict
in favor of the defendant.
Advised to "RemaIn Single"
In defending his failure to wed. Mr..
Greenhouse produced two letters which
he said were written to him by Miss
Schechtel, in which the writer told of
having been advised by q physician to
remain single" and told by a fortune
teller that the possibilities were against
her becoming a mother.
A paragraph in the same letter which
was addressed to My Dearest Arthur"
and signed Birdie" contained this
adjuration:
BE sure and come tonight I will
have a nice, juicy kiss ready for you.
dearie." In the other letter the wriIr
confided in her correspondent that she
was a very simple kid" but indicated
that she was striving to improve her
fund of knowledge.
In his address to the jury, Julius
Miller. counsel for Greenhouse, de-
clared that ninety nine out OF every
100 men who marry do so with the ex-
pectation of having offsprings and
leaving behind them children to in
herit that for which their parents had
toiled."
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
FIRES OF YESTERDAY.

The ten-mOnth-Old infant of Daisy
Turner, l72S l-2 Seaton street northwest,
was seriously burned on the body yester-
day in a fire OF unknown origin at her
home. The baby was removed to the
Children's Hospital
The Van stables, in School street. were
damaged to the extent Of s.. caused fr5m
pile OF rubbish catching fire.
A blaze OF unknown origin did s. 30
damage at ~ Hobart street northwest
Fire of unknown origin did 500 damage
at 1873 X street northwest
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
Herald Predicted Action.

The above dispatch comes as oficial
confirmation of an exclusive dispatch
from Paris printed in The Washington
Herald on the morning of December
IL, predicting on the authority OF an
official high in the councils of the
foreign office that Great Britain shortly
would announce the annexation of
Egypt.
While the official action taken does
not provide specifically for the annex
alton of Egypt. the establishment of
the protectorate with a British high
commissioner in absolute control of the
protective measures and the continu-
ance OF the administrative control by
the British is tantamount to annex
alton. The present edict terminates
Turkeys nominal political control vest
ing this in the hands OF England.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
IN THE DISTRICT COURTS.

According to a ruling of Justice Walter
Mccoy. the District Commissioners have
a right to remove the hay scales at
Eleventh and B streets northwest. Hy-
men A. Stearman, successful bidder for
the scales for the fiscal year. brought
action to prevent the Commissioners
from moving the scales to another loca-
ton. Justice Mccoy discharged the rule
and decided that the Commissioners
have the authority to change the loca-
ton Of any scale in the District when
ever they may deem such change TO be
in public interest"
The grand jury yesterday returned the
following indictments: Henry DAVIS,
felonious assault; Elias Carpenter, and
William Taylor, felonious assault; John
Henson, depreciation on private property
and Jerald McCrystal William jackson,
William H. Jackson, Joseph Easton,
Cleveland Brown, William BTanson, and
Peter Young for hOusebreaking-
A jury in Circuit Court No. =. yester-
day decided that Mrs. Maud \. Faunce
is the child Of George w. Kreamer, who
committed suicide in the Government
Hospital for the Insane, and entitled to
a share of her fathers estate. valued at
5000. Mrs. FaunCe filed caveat TO the
will. Testimony at the trial showed that
church records indicated she was christ
ened Maud 4 KreameT and that the
father had acknowledged her as his
child. After the divorce of her parents,
when she was three years old, She was
reared by her aunt, Mrs. Williams. and
came to be known as Maud X. Williams,
under which name she was married. At
torneys George c. Gertman and Wilton
J. Lambert appeared for Mrs. Faunce.
Lille Kiser brought suit for limited
divorce from her husband, Harry kiser.
There are no children. and she asks that
he be ordered to pay reasonable
alimOny.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18

the cords and Hgaments resulting from
muscular expansion. Beneath the sur
face is a network of fine nerve threads
and the gentle, soothing embrocation.
Mothers Friend" is designed to so
Iubricate the Muscular hbres as to avoid
the unnecessary and continuous naggtng
upon this myriad Of nerves Applied to
The breasts II affords the proper massage
10 prevent caking.
There is scarcely well-stocked drug
store anywhere but what you can easily
obtain a bottle Of Mothers Friend" and
In nearly every town and village is q
grandma who herself used It in earlier
years. Expectant mothers are urged to
try this splendid assistant.
Mothers Friend has been prepared
BY Bradheld Regulator Co., 80 Lamar
Bldg, Atlanta, Ca, for nearly half q
century. Send for valuable little book to
expectant mothers.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
YESTERDAYS ROBBERIES.

Twenty-Five dollars from the cash reg
lister at 42l Tenth street northwest.
Forty dollars in bills from Vincent
Chrome, 2O24 E street northwest, a lamp
lighter, knocked down by two highway
men at Twenty-second and E streets
northwest.
Lost or stolen from the person Of P. S.
Wallace, 1Oo4 Euclid street northwest, SIS
in bills.
A silver purse containing $ from Miss
A. Z. Fowler, $40 Fourteenth street,
while at Fifteenth and F streets north
west.
George B. Owens. employed at Flf-
teenth and F streets, in the Jardine de
Danse. reported an overcoat stolen from
the basement of the place.
Forty dollars in bills from the bed
room of James G. Norton, 1734 Oregon
avenue northwest.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
"HUTCHINs MENTALLY WEAK. !"
Dante Gives This as His OPInIon
and Reasons for Idea.

William ]. Dante, collector for the
Hutchins estate. testified in the contest
of the will OF Stilson Hutchins in the
District Supreme Court yesterday that, in
his opinion. Stilson Hutchins was men
tally weak when he made out the will in
question.
Dante testified that Hutchins urged
that A. S. Worthington be made CO.
trustee Of his money, ana that he aSo led
where his money was, and demanded It
Checks signed by the aged millionaire
were introduced to show that he had
practically lost his power to write.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
STORM SWEEPS WEST COAST.
Heavy Damage Along Pacific by
Violent Winds and Rain.

San Francisco. Cal, Dec. IA violent
wind and rain storm that has been sweep
ing the coast for more than twenty-four
hours has done much damage to property,
but as far as known there has been no
loss of life.
In San Francisco the rain fell in tor
rents, turning all streets into rivers.
Three inches Of snow fell on Mount
Tamalpais, the precipitation continuing
today. In the vicinity of Long Beach,
Northport and Balboa, near Los Angeles
many houses were undermined by high
tides, and families were forced to fee to
places OF safety.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
WHENCE CAME 1NFoRMAT1oN9
Charges Preferred Against Men in
Auto Accident Causes Query.

How police obtained information where
by they preferred charges against T.
Fred Conner, who was injured when his
automobile collided with a street car at
Fourteenth street and Massachusetts av-
enue, was questioned yesterday by
friends of Conner and of Martin Dryden,
who was with Mr.. Conner and is at
George Washington Hospital seriously in
jured.
1t was said that both were uncon-
sciOus when they were picked up after
the accident, and have had no chance
TO tell how the accident occurred. Mr.
Conner was taken from Emergency Hos
pital to his home yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
PLAN TO AID WoRKLEsS.
Committee VIII Ask Congress for
Employment Bureau Here.

Drafting a bill to be presented to
Congress, which will provide for a Dis
triCt employment bureau, was decided
upon as the best plan to relieve dis
tressed and idle workingmen of the Dis
trict by the employment committee of
the Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
The committee also accepted figures
presented, showing that work should he
under way on $4,000 worth of bids in
public buildings. 1t requested the execu-
tive committee of the chamber to appear
before the District Commissioners and
ascertain why the work had not been
begun. The executive committee will meet
today.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
SOCIETY MAN KILLS HIMSELF.
G. $. Nicholas, Visiting Friends,
Shot Self, Says Report.

Information received in Washington
yesterday said George S. Nicholas, who
was found dead in bed at the country
Tuesday night, shot himself.
Mr.. Nicholas was a wealthy Baltimo-
rean, representative of a New York
liquor firm, society man and gentleman
jockey. Mrs. A. B. Dulin, Of 1875 K
street. northwest, whose daughter was a
member OF the house party, yesterday
refused to discuss the case.
Nicholas, according to unconfirmed re-
ports, had said he was to be married.
He had been at the Dulin home since
last Friday.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
Women Plead for Suffrage.

Delegates from the Federal Suffrage
Association appeared yesterday before
the House Committee on Election of
President, Vice President and Represent
atives in Congress to urge the adoption
OF the French bill which provides that
woman may vote for Senators and Repre-
sentatives without the submission of a
general suffrage amendment to the
States. Rev. Olympia Brown, president
OF the association; Mrs. Clara B. Colby.
and Representative French spoke in ia
vor Of the bill. Representative sherley
objected on constitutional grounds
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
Interior Playground Ready,

Washington now has its first interior
playground-in Willow Tree alley. which
is in the center of the square bounded
by Third. FOur-and-a-half. B and C
streets southwest. The District Play
ground Association has installed Eymna-
sium apparatus, swings, seesaws. and
other paraphernalia. A backstop for the
baseball grounds will be erected before
the opening OF the season.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
INDIANS SEEK HOLIDAY.

"Red Fox" Rides to white House
with Messages of Request.
Red Fox James, a Crow half-breed
Indian, of Montana, rode into the White
House grounds on white broncho yes
terday morning with an escort of Boy
Scouts and met the President. Senator
Walsh, of Montana, introduced James to
the President.
James delivered messages to President
Wilson from Gov. Stewart, of Montana;
the Society of American Indians, and the
Carlisle Indian School, urging that Oc-
tober Il be designated American Indian
Day. The President promised to give
the messages consideration.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
CHARGED with Embezzlement.

Charged with embezzling $50 OF the
funds of his employer, James B. Nor
feet, twenty-siX years. old, giving his
address as 1904 Fourteenth street nortn
west, was arrested yesterday by Detec-
liver Guy Burlingame and James Spring
man. James F. Oyster, 500 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, is the complainant
1t is alleged that Norfieet failed TO turn
in $50 which he had collected.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
sUFFRAGIsTs MoBnH1EG.
Aliss whittimore Comes to Ala ii
work Before Congress.

work Before Congress.
Suffragists are mobilizing for the fight
for the Bristow- Mondell suffrage resolu-
ton reported out by the House Rules
Committee recently. Re-enforcements ar
rived yesterday in the person OF Miss
Margaret Whittimore, OF Detroit, who
was in charge of the Congressional
Unions recent campaign in Washington
State against the Democratic candi-
dates
Miss Whittimore and Miss Anne Mar
tin, president OF the Nevada State Suf-
1rage Association, viii be the speakers
at the suffrage tea to be held Sunday at
Congressional Union headquarters, 1910
F street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
District Aera Is 4.aoo Anrs.

Sixty square miles OF land and ten of
water-that's the size of the District OF
Columbia, according to the annual re-
port Of Clay Tallman, commissioner of
the General Land Ofice. The Districts
area is 1850 acres. The total land sur
face of continental United States is q
97S,S90 square miles, the water surface
81 .sss square miles. The total area in
cluding the land and water surface In our
insular possessions is 37<s,SOS square
miles.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18

A@OoI u CA9lGCualL
mothers, these wo-
men, experienced in
this most happy
period, advise the
use Of Mothers
Friend"
Applied externally
to the abdominal
muscles its purpose
is to relieve the
1,ndna fonSiOu rnOp
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18

Hostilities once broke out between
Sweden and Poland because, in an oficial
dispatch, the King of Sweden's name was
followed by only two etceteras as
against the King OF Poland's three.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
Experienced Women
Advise Mothers Friend

Because it is so perfectly safe to use
and has been Of such great help To a
hrst ~ y.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18

Lille Kiser brought suit for limited
divorce from her husband. Harry Kiser.
There are no children. and she asks that
he be ordered to pay a reasonable
alimOnV
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-01
Leader Of Dllz Faction I ID
Capital kis1nleWlslato Z! Z.
fllsans 4
Several Sc 4 tst N|l|IIi,,,p!ls.
covered i : dlkdel IL Chan
ber J ell|Oepul|es q, ! u \ $
Nj Dspl,ll I !! !nent Believes
Revolt lI!''.|l Is Planned 4 hi
tol To-day
General VIM | Makes axes Final
Plans +! fgi y Assault on
glIeon

Mexico City, Jan. 3l.-Jose Luis Re-
quina, leader Of the national demo-
cratic party, and candidate for the
vice presidency With General Diaz in
the recent elections, was arrested and
incarcerated ina military prison
here Saturday No charge has been
formulated against him, though it is
understood that his detention is due
to suspicion that he Is implicated
in some seditious movement j..
Is With the arrest apf two Or three
Others Also sprQnai aiFss.tt and the dis.
covefy of several hundred rifles
stored In the capital the war depart.
ment believes 1t has well in hand the
new plot which it is alleged had as
its object an attempt to overthrow
the government, Sunday.
The case was handled entirely by
the agents of minister Of war and the
chief OF police ;Colonel Lhavez, many
of whose men are alleged to be i'm,
plicated in the reasonable plan, is
inclined to doubt the, accuracy Of the
war departments information.
Juarez- Federal reinforcement
were ardered to Torreon where the
rebels are to make their next attack
General IIildag0, with fonr thous-
and soldiers, left Saltill to join Gen
eralVelasco, while Gustavo Mas,
with three thousand men, was sent
out to maintain the railroad between
TerreOn and Saltillo, which, it is
feared, the rebels might destroy. :.
AS a precauti0n against the rebel
advance from Durango state, General
.Argumedo marched westward. In all,
the federal garrison at TOrreon will
be ten thousand men, slightly less
than the attacking rebels.
The federals appeared to be taking
safeguards against the expected rebel
advance. General Nilla is still here,
but is later to assume personal COM
mand Of the campaign against Tor
reon, and plans to place the bulk Of
his army in easy marching distance
of the citys}before opening an assault.
Bandits are again becoming active
in rebel territory and are gaining re-
cruits. After holding up and robbine
train at Gczman. but permitting the
passengers, including twenty-five
Americans to proceed unharmed, the
free-booters continued on a campaigns
Of looting in western Chihuahua,
where the rebels have been unable to
capture them.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-01
Writ Also Returned Against
Swift Company by
Grand Jury =.
Federal Authorities Strike
Blow Against Forbidden
Practice
Object Is More to Punish
Roads Than Corporations
That Benfit !.

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 31.-Indiotments
against three railroads and the Swift
E. Co. packing firm, were returned by
the federal grand jury on charges of
rebating brought by special agents of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The railroads indicted are: the Pen
nsylvania, its subsidiaries, the, Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati Chicago & st.
Louis, known as the Panhandle, cor
porations named in indie ctment, were;
The Ann Arbor Railroad Company,
Michigan, charged with rebating to
NJ
Company, Chicago, charged with re-
ceiving rebates from the Pennsylvania
lines; the 3. A. Eckhart Milling Com
pany, Chicago, charged with receiv-
ing rebates from the Panhandle; and
the David Rutter. Coal Company,
Evanston, ILL.,, charged with receiving
rebates from the Northwestern. The
Swift company was the only firm al
legged to have received rebates which
was indicted. Government attorneys
stating that they sought to punish
the railroads for giving the alleged
rebates. and not the shippers for
prOfiting.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-01
HORSE POS|0NER HELD
BY Aberdeen Police;
DESP0|u|NG STABLES
NNO~ A<tSvAVN 0HAASAO

for many months before their cases
came to trial.
Among his victims were John
Walker, proprietor of the dray line
who left his team at the city dump
while he went about on some other
business. Kemler confessed to feed.
ing the animal with ground feed in
which he had placed arsenic and then
commfserating with, Walker when the
animal dropped dead.
One of the beautiful, gray, draft
animals belonging to Armour & Co.
was slated for death last night, but
the door to the Darn was found lock
ed and Kemler did not attempt to
act. "
E He broke down utterly when con-
fronted with the full evidence. The
mystery has baffied the authorities
for many months, but Kemler claims
he did not use his dastardly meth.
DDS until last july, when business be.
came SO duh that he determined
something must be done to brush up
trade.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-01
COPPER Mine owner
ATTACKS sec. WILSON

Washington, Jan. 31.-In state
ment issued here today, Quincy A.
Shaw, president of the Calument &
Hecla Mining company, accuses Sec
retary Wilson, Of the Department Of
Labor, of misrepresenting conditions
in the Michigan copper country, and
says that the one tangible result Of
the investigation ordered by the
House of Representatives is to pro-
long the ''semblance of a strike" !"
Mr.. Shaw says the Secretary of Labo
"gave out what uprported to be di-
gest" of the report made by Special
Investigator Palmer. He then COM
pares paragraphs to "show the wids
divergence between the assumptions
OF Secretary Wilson andthe state
ments of his own special investiga-
tor. "The paragraphs not given out
by the secretary describes acts cH
violence committed by the strikers.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-01
PATENT Land
BILL PASSES
Settlers Gan Get Absolute
Title TO N0n-CoaI Public
Tracts ;.'7

Washington, D. c., Jan. 9l.-Sen.
ator Gronna had passed by the senate
today a bill authorizing the issuance
of absolute and unqualified patents
to public land.
This means that entrymen who have
received limited patents are due to
Certain classifcations, where the lana
contains coal.
: In instances where the lands so
patented have subsequently been
classified as non-coal incharacter
they will receive an absolute patent
1t affects Norts Dakota as we'll as
many other states because the limita-
tion would always be cloud on the
patent, there are hundreds Of thous-
ands of such limited patents.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-01
Postmaster General q Z Ill|e|s|l|fll
Federal Non y y y
Commute
Urges Congress to Buy TEL
ephone, Telegraph and
Wireless
Data Cited Vas Compiled By
Special Investigating
Committee
Advocates boud Issue t0.pay
PfOprietOrs Of Varlea5
. Companies

Washington, D. c., Jan. 31.-Gov-
ernment monopolization Of telegraph,
telephone and wireless communica.
tion and such other measures for the
transmission of intelligence as uay
hereafter develop was recommended
in report submitted to hte senate
BY Postmaster General Burleson Sat
r, Immediate governmeAt ownera6fp
Of telephone lines was recommended,
with a system of license for other
agencies Of communication estab-
fishing government monopoly even
where there was not actual owner
ship. ss
The report was made to Burlesoh
by a special committee appointed by
him and transmitted to the senate.
The response was a resolution asking
that he make an investigation Of the
subject as an extension Of the postal
service.
The government ownership OF tel
ephone rather than telegraph lines
was recommended because the tele-
graph service is more readily super
imposed on telephone lines than is
the telephone on telegraph lines.
The cost Of acquiring the telegraph
facilities was estimated at 1925, ,000,-
900 as against 10000, 900 for long
distance and toll telephone lines.
As there are more than three thov-
sand proprietors Of telephone lines,
the payments would extend over a
period allowing ample time to mar
ket bonds, the report adds.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-01
JUDGE SPfER A Gar,
DECLARES ATTORNEY

Savannah, Ca, Jan. 31.-At the con-
gressional inquiry into the conduct OF
Federal Judge Emory Speer today,
w. w. Osborne, Savannah attorney
declared Judge Speer was "Czar as
a Judge"
"He is unfair and is possessed OF
colossal conceit which makes him
crave the spotlight" he added. "His
court is one in which there is little
justice.
III regard him as great egotist
and devoid of personal courage. He
has duse his judgeship to satisfy his
conceit by administering punishment
to those who will not truckle to him.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-01

j Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 31.-Mike
Kemler, proprietor of the rending
works west of the city, Saturday ev.
ening made full confession to pois.
oning Is or 16 horses in the city with
arsenic, for the purpose of obtaining
their carcasses for rendering at his
plant. i, f,a.G-
Kemier procured his arsenic at q
drug store at Sioux Falls. where he
made his first. purchase from a clerk
without signing for the poison, but
the second time he was not 50 for
tunate and was compelled to sign up.
He was in the habit of driving
about the city in a rig, picking out
the latest animals and locating the
whereabouts of their stables, and then
sneaking up in the dead of the night
to apply his deadly potion.
He was called up the next day to
haul of the dead carcass.
In one instance he was detected III
the act, but succeeded in frightening
OF the witness with a story of how
witnesses were kept locked up in jail