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The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
PLEA FOR FAITH
CLOSES Meeting
Bible Teachers End Washing
ton Gathering Spirit Ex-
hibited Pleases Them.
ESSENTIALLY Is FAITH"
Dr.. Ross Comments Upon Fact that
Most Public Men Know Almost
Nothing of Gods Book.

With an address by Rev. DR.. ]. H.
Jowett,. pastor of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church. New York City,
IN which he made a plea for faith,
that in the end man may come into
possession of the title deeds Of
heavenly estates" the Worlds Bible
Conference, which has been in session
all week at the First Congregational
Church closed its meetings last night
Its work in this city completed by
awakening a new interest in the Bible
In hundreds OF homes, the conference
leaders next will carry their message
TO the Middle West and South.
Spirit Inspires Leaders.
Rev. Sol C. Dickey, manager of the
Winona Lake conference. who has
been conducting the revival, in clos
ing the sessions last night, declared
that the unusual spirit with which
Washingtonians had entered the con-
ference was source OF Inspiration
TO its leaders.
Judge Charles Bowen Howry, of the
Court OF Claims of the United States,
presided last night and introduced Rev.
DR.. Jowett, who took as the text of
his sermon, Faith"
The first essentially of faith" he
said, 'is mental conviction: second,
action Of the will, and third, silent
communion"
Services yesterday afternoon were large
ly attended. The speakers were Rev. DIR.
c. r. Erdman. Rev. DR.. Camden NJ. CO.
bern, and Rev. DIR. Frank n. Palmer.
Bible teaching and the, Bible as the
greatest factor in building up home ties.
was the keynote Of the addresses as II
Is the keynote OF the conference.
Politicians Don't Know Bible.
Nine. Lydia Mountford. OF this city,
also addressed the conference On"The
Syrian Shepherd"
Rev. DR.. G. A. johnson Ross OF Union
Theological Seminary. New York. made
the principal address at the morning
session, urging the study OF the Bible not
only in the public schools OF the nation
but by every public man.
we should be appalled, at the igno-
rance which public men show OF the
Bible" declared DR.. Ross. No man can
consider himself an educated man, a man
fitted to be a leader in America, il he
is ignorant of the lessons OF the past
| demand that public men do more than
make cheap quotations from the Bible
and laugh over Jonah and the whale
Those who would handle men Alright
must study the motives of men and the
different types. There is no such gallery
Of types as is to be found in the Bible"
Liberia is seeking more extended busl-
uazs ralatIppG Nt-ftb he I-nftad
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
BRITISH FLEET
IS INCREASING
Fifteen New Wasships to Be
Ready by End Of
1915.
SEA SUPREMACY IS SAFE
Could Lose Dreadnousht Month for
a Year and Still Be Superior to
Germany. Says Churchill.

London. Nov. Z.-In an extraordinary
speech in the House OF Commons this
afternoon. Winston Churchill. First
Lord Of the Admiralty, made q supreme
effort to aIlay the growing terror OF the
British people created by the continued
activity OF German submarines and the
destruction of British war and merchant
ships by German mines He reviewed the
operations Of the British fleet in the
war. lie contrasted the present and pros
pective strength of the British fleet
with that Of the German fleet, declsr-
ing new warshipS were being finished 20
rapidly in England now that Great Brit
ain could lose one Dreadnought every
month for a year and at the end of
that time she would still have her pres
ent superiority over the Germans.
Three ships is the maximum REIN
to the end Of 49, said Mr.. Churchill
The British fleet in that period will be
increased by fifteen.
New Cruisers Added.
AT the beginning OF the war we had
thirty-one Dreadnoughts and Germany
had twenty-one. We have lost six Of our
older armed cruisers; Germany has lost
two. At the beginning OF the war Great
Britain had thirty-sIx modern light
cruisers; Germany had twenty-five. We
have lost two; Germany has lost or in
termed six; We have added six
Our enormous delivery Of new cruisers
is rapidly approaching completion. Great
Britain's strength today in armed light
cruisers is SO vastly superior to Ger
many's that we could lose a super-Dread-
nouEht every month for twelve months
without a single loss to the enemy, and
hR in ag inn nf QuTr
iOrity as at the outbreak OF the war"
Referring to criticisms that had been
directed against the admiralty for its
failure TO utilize its submarines as effec-
lively as the Germans had done, Mr..
Churchill said that the fact that British
submarines had been unable TO produce
results on a large scale was due TO the
seldom offered opportunity to attack"
No DestrOyers Lost.
Germany has lost eight or ten tor
pedO- boat destroyers; we have lost none
Our tOrpedO-bOat destroyers have shown
superiority in gun power. The conduct of
our men has been perfect The whole
personnel of the navy is both skilled and
Intelligent
THE French navy completely com
mands the Mediterranean and the Japa-
nose commands the Pacific.
The losses to the British merchant
marine have not been as great as was
anticipated at the opening OF the war
The admiralty estimated that loss at 5
per cent during the early part of the
war but the loss has only been L9 per
cent.
Our overseas commerce IS proceeding
unimpedCd. There Is absolutely no rea-
son for nervousness or anxiety"
The House of Commons adjourned to-
night until February .. The House OF
Lords adjourned to January 6
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
War News.

In hospital at Cape Town during the
South African war the keenncss Of GER
tain amateur members OF the nursing
STAFF tended to aggravate. rather than
alleviate. the sufIerings of some OF the
wounded
At last the British soldiers native wit
came to the rescue. Ono morning sick
soldiers bedclothes displayed a slip Of
paper inscribed:
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28

ing next door had threatened prosecu-
tion OH the charge OF cruelty after
watching the Kelly woman whip one
of her charges.
In his statement to the police, Row
land said he had lived with the woman
for years as a lodger in various parts
of the city. Rowland said Miss Kelly
had no relatives in Washington. A half
brother, James O'Conner. left her about
ten years ago. he said. and has never
been heard from.
Words with Rowland.
Rowland told the police he had had
words with Miss Kelly about six weeks
ago after one of the women living near
had offered him food, and that he had
been turned from the house. He had
only seen Miss Kelly twice since, and
that was TO talk with her through the
crack of the door. he said.
On Friday of last week s. W. Cock
rell called to collect rent. Miss Kelly
told him she had driven Rowland away
on two occasions. once six weeks be-
fore. The difficulty had been arranged,
she said, and the man had come back.
but sometime afterward she had driven
him out again.
Miss KeIly's reputation as a miser
started among her neighbors who say
that although she dressed in rags and
tatters, she received many good clothes
from people affected by her apparent
poverty. These clothes were always sold
as soon as she got them.
The coroner viewed the body last night
but made no attempt at an investigation.
There will be an inquest this morning
and the police will search the house for
evidence to clear up the mystery.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
States to bring about peace in that cOun-

States to bring about peace in that coun-
try.
''Watchful waiting" VI. Taft said. was
the term applied to the United States
status. But We have neither watched
nor waited. but have. in fact, most has
tiiy interviewed and thus find the presen-
anarchy charged as the logical Conse-
qUenCe of our policy"
Mr. Taft expressed the hope that the
Monroe doctrine will not be abandoned.
1t has made for peace for ninety
years" he said. Why will it not make
for peace in the next 100 years.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
HER TITLE WINS $21, 500.

Testifies Former Husband Called Her
''My Dear Little StOckhoIder."
New York. Nov. GA verdict for
81 500 was returned in the Supreme
,ourt today in favor of Lillian Augusta
inderhill in her suit against her form
husband, Washington Burton, for
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28

Why is the man called bridegroom"
at his wedding?
Because in primitive days, the newly
welded man had to wait upon the bride
and serve at her table upon his wedding
day, and thus was groom" on this
occasion.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28

CAPT. SIR E. A sIEwARTRIcEARDsoN AND LADY CONSTANCE
SIEWARTRCfARDSON Lady Constance Stewart ehardson the
celebrated dancer nursing her wounded husband Capt Sir
Of the Black Watch Regiment Capt
arson hit the of the fighting the Belgian border He
is reported to have displayed great salanhy.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
Hangs Himself on Flagpole.

New York, Nov. 27.-Edward Grobel.
respondent over lack of work, impro-
vised a gallows out of the hagpole and
halyards on the roof Of a one-story frame
building adjoining his home. at 66 Dia-
mond street, Brooklyn, today. A passer
by saw Grobels body swaying in the
breeze. DR.. Heath, ambulance surgeon
of St. Catharine's Hospital, said that he
had been dead for hours.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28

Why do we wear heels on our shoes?
Because the sandal-like footgear of
olden times was not adapted to riding,
and when the high boots were intro
duced heels were put on for the purpose
OF giving the foot q good hold on the
stirrup.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28

New York. Nov. 27.-Financial inter-
ests in New York City have expressed
satisfaction over the selection of ]. p:
Morgan to act as the representative or
the local Federal reserve bank on the
Federal advisory council, the body
which is to advise periodically at
Washington with the Federal Reserve
Board. His term will be one year as
prescribed by law.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28

Lahore. India, is to have a pencil fac
tory.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28

Liberia is seeking more extended busl-
ness relations with the United States.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
POLICE FIND WOMAN'S
BODY TORN BY DAGS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
You Will Find

"Cleek of Scotland Yard is
here-the most interesting de-
tective of modern fiction. Rich
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28

There is a host of good things
for the fair sex. Frances Mar
shall's authoritative fashion
I'LL ..-A:.I =..L
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
LIVE SPORTS

Heralds famous pink section. Live. up-to-the-fninute
news about football soccer, bowling, races and all cur
rent sports to say nothing of stove league baseball and
The Herald's Al-Amerca football team Edited by
Bill" Peet
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
OF FEMININE
INTEREST
HUMOR

and The Heralds four-page colored
Just something to laugh at.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
FICTION

ard Harding Davis at his best. The inimitabe Ruper
Hughes the confessions of famous international spy
these and many others contribute to the finest fiction
ton issued by any newspaper.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-28
WAR
PICTURES
.COPPERPLATE
ART SECTION

and their costumes The most beautiful newspaper sup
plement issued by any paper south of New York.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-01
OF PLUCK, VALOR
IN THE WAR NEWS +:
Touches of Humor Relieve
Grim Picture of Europe's
Awful Conflict.

fort on the Main tell how Prince Fred
erick Charles of Hesse, the einperor's
brother-in-law, while leading his regi-
ment during Il recent battle, seized
flag from the hands of the wounded
flag bearer and carried it on to victory
Joke on Eve of Battle.
A refugee who saw some of the fight
ing on the Belgian frontier said the
British soldiers were extraordinary be-
imgs.
They went into battle smoking their
pipes" he said.
The GOODNESS and nerve of the British
soldier on the firing line are the subject
of a cable message to the Central n, VS.
of London:
The British troops went to their po-
sitions silently but happily. There was
no singing because it was forbidden,
but as the men deployed to the trench
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-01
Fought In Bare Feet.

lie Matin of Paris relates that on the
arrival of train bringing wounded
Senegalese riflemen nearly all were
found smoking furiously from long
porcelain pipes taken from the enemy
and indifferent to their wounds.
Though their arms and bodies are
hacked by sabers. the Senegalese com
plain of nothing but the obligation to
fight with shoes on. Before going into
battle at Charleroi they slyly rid them
selves of these impediments and came
back shod in German footwear to
avoid punishment for losing equipment.
A colonial trooper among the wound
ed brought to Paris from the front de-
clared that he felt nothing when his
arm was shot off by a shell until he
saw it lying on the ground. Not being
able to bear the thought of leaving 1t,
as he expressed it, as meat for the
Prussian dogs" he picked it up and
ran several yards with it before he was
overcome.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-01
Oddities In the News.

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Eng
lands actor manager. is serving as com
mander of special squad of forty vol
unteer policemen recruited from among
London Thespians. They are on duty
from midnight to 4 a. N.
To end hostile demonstrations a Ger
man woman shopkeeper of IslingtOn
married an Englishman, and jenkins"
has replaced "Hoggesbatt'' above the
shop.
After being on terms of warmest
friendship for years, twenty-five out
of thirty men employed by an export
firm in London have left to fight in
the different armies. Six are fighting
for Germany, eight for France, four
for Russia, three for Austria and one
for England.
Bandsman Blake, the English boxer
American sporting writer's to the con-
trary-was arrested in London for
speeding his motorcycle. Il was in a
hurry to enlist" he told the court. He
was discharged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-01

that ''some Of those mem have Jump
ed to that league.
At Columbus yesterday Direct,m paced
one mile in IS and the second in > MN
lues fiat, giving this horse the record of
winning the fastest race ever paced with
out a windshield either in competition or
exhibition. William gave him a stiff al
-gument in both heats
Tv Cobb is likely to finish the sc.-
sen as the leading batsman Of the
American League with record or
only one home run. This, it is claim
ed, Will be record. Daubert, who
leads the National league batsmen. has
made seven home runs this season.
The Giants and Yankees are to get
in ahead of the Braves and Athletics
and start Il post season series On Oct.
5, Il day ahead of the world ; series
first game. The Yankees ana Giants
met once before in 1910 and the Chants
won four of the seven games played.
Fisher, WARRIOR and Cree are the only
members of the Yankees who played in
that series.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-01
SPITBALL SEEMS FATAL
TO ARMS OF PITCHERS,
Fewer TwirIers Are Using the Moist
Delivery Each Year.

The spitball is falling into disuse.
Very few Of the twirlers in the big
leagues are using it today, and those
who do are using it sparingly. The
wise pitchers have cast it aside, know
ing that even though the use of the
moist fling may add to their string of
victories it will mean the shortening of
their careers.
Jack Chesbro used it back in 1904
when he almost pitched the Yankees
into the leadership of the league. But
the use of the spitball practically ruin
ed Chesbro as a star performer. Ed
Walsh used the Spitball for several
years, and his success was phenomenal.
But the price was high, for Walsh's
arm today is in such condition that he
never knows whether it will serve him
the full route or whether a kink will
appear and force him to surrender the
hurting job to a relief pitcher.
Jeff Tesreau used the spitball to a
great extent when he first landed on
major league soil. But he isn't doing
it with sgch reckless abandon as of
yore. Jeff soon learned that the spit
ball "kinked'' the arm If used freely,
and now he throws it only in emergen-
| cieS.
| There are several other pitchers in
the big leagues who still throw the spit
| ball, but they are throwing it just
| about a half dozen times during the
game. Some Of the fans believe they
/ throw it oftener because of the deep
| ton practiced by the pitcher-of put
| ting the ball up near the mouth and
| seeming to lubricate it. BatterS aren' t
| fond of spitballs. They hate to see
them coming. So the pitchers who
have discarded the use of the dampen.
ed twister very often bluff at pitching
| one.
/ The passing of the spitball comes as
| good news to the infielders. In the
years when the spitball was generally
used errors were frequent on account
of the spitball. A pitcher would gloss
the ball freely with saliva and slip
perry elm or tobacco juice; n batter
would hammer it to the infield; the in
fielder would grab it and start to throw
only to find that the slippery ball had
| glided from his fingers. Quite offer
| when the infielder was able to get the
ball away In the direction of the base
the ball would take a wild slant anC
result in horrible error.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-01
Sporting Notes.

Mack put in a lot of subs yesterday and
even they beat Walter johnson IN the
10th inning.
Among the football teams whose players
viii be numbered this fall are Princeton
and Syracuse.
Alexander's winning streak was broken
yesterday when young Pfeffer of Brook
lyn beat him. to l.
Joe Connolly hit for only seven with a
total of II in the games against Tesreau
Mathewson \ Co, yesterday.
Doak continues to swing along in tho
lead of the pitchers of the National league
He allowed the Pirates only three hits
yesterday,
Because the West Point and Annap,
oils authorities are fussing over the
place for the annual football game
Secretary Garrison i threatening tc
discontinue it.
Wonder how McGraw liked to sec
Rudolph man he discarded because
he was too light ., for heavy work
deal out defeat to the beaten anc
disheartened Giants.
! Walter $. Ward, secretary and treas
urer of the Brooklyn Federal league
club, has partially confirmed the ru
NOR that Walter Johnson, Charles
| DOOM, Hans Lobert and Sherwood
Magee have signed Federal league con
tracts for next season; by admitting
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-01
STIRRING STORIES
AND TRAGEDY
Thrilling Episodes of the Bat
tIefield and Unusual
Incidents.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TACH days dispatches from Eu-
rope bring stories of bravery
~ on the battlefield and calm
courage in the face of death.
There are also stories of unusual Incl
dents and here and there bits of humor.
Some of the best of these stories are
here given:
In his account of the fighting about
Charleroi the Paris correspondent of
the London Chronicle tells of an inter
esting incident Referring to the cap
ture of band of uhlans at the gates
Of COurtrai by a detachment of French
chasseurs, he says:
Their chief officer was found to be
Lieutenant Count Won Schwerin, i
nephew of the kaiser. The commander
is only twenty-five years old and has
been married only seven months. The
officer commanding the French detaCh-
mcnt found that the counts sword was
a present from the emperor himself
and bore an inscription to that effect
on the blade. The counts saber, belt
and helmet were taken to st. Ouen and
presented to the wife of the officer who
made the capture. The sword was
blood stained and its point twisted"
The correspondent of the London
Times sends the following under a
Paris date:
Near Charleroi l heard some stories
Of the bravery of the French soldiers
The Germans were bOmbarding the
city. The French troops made what
amounted to medieval sortie, but
finding the enemy in much greater
force than was expected. were com,
PEELED to withdraw. The lombard
mcut continued relentlessly. where
upon the French ,Turcos, picked troops
from Algeria, debouched from the town
and, with a galantry which must sure
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-01
Dr.. Jordan S View of the War.

Dr. David Starr Jordan Of Stanford
university in California has returned
from more than years stay an Eu
rope, with definite views of the war,
one OF which is that the German army
can never be driven from France.
- England went into the war most un-
willingly, he said, ''aud her entrance
into the conflict was due to the Bel
gian matter. jealousy was nowhere an
element in bringing about the present
situation. Crises cannot be lodged in
advance, and as sthings We're the par
ticipation of England could not be
helped. ! know as q matter of fact
and under pledge Of silence he i'm
parted to the interviewer the source Of
his information that when war as
between France and Germany was first
discussed, only four of the Asquith
ministry wanted to declare war upon
the Kaiser empire They felt that
France unless something more happen
ed than war between the republic. that
had issued out of the last war between
France and Prussia and the empire thar
/ had been created by the. conflict. of
1870. But when Germany invaded Bel
GUM there were only three members
of the cabinet who opposed war. Those
three-John Burns. Lord Morley aud
Trevaly from office, not
because they saw any other way out,
but because they did not wish TO be
members of 4 war ministry, and did
not care to see British army fighting
on. the continent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-01

RED, with silk French, Belgian and
Swiss flags, rushed about the pier,
cheering for the allied armies.
Near the gangway a handsome young
French reserve officer was supporting
his wife in his arms.
81 don't ask you to stay she cried
in English, "but-oh, oh. Jean, come
back to mer'
He kissed her with set face, saying
nothing, and when the insistent bugles
summoned all passengers ashore he re
leased her arms gently and then, turn
ing from her, plunged into the crowd
ON the gangplank and was lost. The
woman stood where she had been.
Presently the man appeared on the
first cabin deck. She moved to the
pier rail, and so the two stood until the
steamship took him away
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-01
A Human Stable.

The Cirque de Paris, where the
crowd of Belgian refugees has grown
to $500, has taken on the aspect Of
human stable. The floors of the wide
foyers are all covered with straw
One of the refugees. Nine. Agnes
Bourssault of Walkenraedt. in telling
her story of the flight from Belgium
said:
Il have lost my husband and brother
who died in the noble cause. and now
you see me alone with my five chill
dren. The greatest suffering | under
went was from hunger. We could get
hardly anything to eat for three days
Except little stale bread
Georges Just, restaurant keeper, of
Chenee told this story: when we
heard the Germans approach my wife
and | fled across the river into Iiege.
Just before they entered there we left
'Neyer shall | forget the sights we
saw along the roadside. where multi
lated corpses and wounded and dying
strcwed our pathway
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-10-01
VARDON USES SMALL KIT.
Great English Golfer Carries Only a
Few Clubs.

Harry Vardon, the great English
golf expert In describing his equip
meat, says: ''In addition to my mid
iron l carry a driver and two brassies.
OF the latter one is straight faced,
while the other is iofted so as to help
in cuppy lies. l haye cleek and a
driving iron. The former makes the
greater distance, but the driving iron
is useful when the shot is of length
which does not demand the use of a
cleek.
There are the two mashies which
ghave already recommended the golfer
to use, the one for ordinary approaches
and the other for odd jobs. especially
in long grass or against the wind, and
niblick and putter complete the
armament
Il think it is just about sufficient for
anybody. An undue profusion of im-
plements leads to hesitation in the Sc
lection of a club for a particular shot
and a general state of confusion"