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The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
DIR. KELLY SUDDENLY
SAILS FOR EUROPE
Gives No Inthmation of Plans and
Leaves Several Patients in Bal
timore Hospital.

New York, Jan. a.-Dr. Howard A.
Kelly. the Baltimore surgeon who has
attracted wide attention through his re-
markable cures by radium treatment. to-
day sailed suddenly on the steamship
Minnewaska for Europe
A wireless received here tonight from
DIR. Kelly says that his trip has moth
ing to do with radum. In this message
he strongly urged the carrying out Of
Secretary Lanes proposal to obtain q
large amount of radium at a minimum
cost for the treatment OF patients in
the United States.
Physicians at DIR. Kelly's sanatorium
at Baltimore expressed considerable sur
prise when they learned that none knew
the exact reason, but all expressed the
opinion that IT was taken for greater
reasons than simply to place his son in
an English college.
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side. and oyerpowering them. to clear thu
way to escape.
Several nights were spent in visits Il
the center cellar. A rope that had CONT
around a bale of blankets sent from thu
North had been secured by a prisoner
and on that a man could quickly drop int
| the cellar.
About seventy men were taken dowr
| and drilled in the part each was expected
| to perform.
On the night set for the rush upor
| the guards the men were in the celia
| when a prisoner who had been postet
| in the kitchen gave a signal OF alarm
| The guards were coming.
!. The men returned swiftly and silently
| through the hole. AS the last Of then
| went up the stairway to the sleepint
quarters. Col. Rose saw a squad Of th'
guards opening the Carey street door. III,
| dropped beside a table and sat immov
] able. with his pipe in his mouth. The
1 guards, carrying a lantern. passed hin
with a glance. and went to the uppei
floors. All was quiet there.
The plot had not been detected; bu
suspicion had been aroused, and thence
| forth extra vigilance was exercised by
| the guards.
Passage I'm n Chimney.
thiS pAoh VI
escape, Col. Rose and Col. Hamilton
formulated another. They again turned
their attention to the east cellar.
How to get into IT was the great ques-
tion.
After studying the wall. the two mer
decided that they could make a passage
into a chimney fiue from a fireplace in
the prison kitchen. and to carry 1t out
through the wall beneath the floor. into
the east cellar. No one visited the
kitchen after lights out"
With infinite patience they worked
night after night at removing bricks from
the back of the fireplace. They were
careful not to disturb the back layer OF
bricks. for that would have betrayed
them in the hospital, on the other side
of the wall.
After fifteen nights Of careful and noise
less work-with a sentry pacing past the
Carey street door not twenty-five feet
from them-they perfected the passage. II
was in the form of letter s. coming out
some distance above the floor in the east
cellar. 1t was barely large enough to
admit the passage of a mans body, and
in attempting to go through II Col. Rose
became caught, with his arms before him
and his legs jammed In the lower part OF
the hole. He was unable to extricate him.
self and was fast losing consciousness
when Col Hamilton, rushing among the
sleepers on the floor above, brought down
Lieut.. r. F. Bennett, of the Eighteenth
Regulars. to aid in drawing Rose from
the hole. He was rescued. bruised and
faint.
More labor was necessary to make the
hole larger. Each night when the work.
ers were warned by the sentry's call of
-Four o'clock and all is well' they re-
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
TO TANGO IN STATE HOUSE.
Experts Hired by Assemblyman te
Aid His Bill.

Boston. Jan. 2L-The bunny hug. the
grizzly, the chicken flop. the Argentine.
and. Of course, the tango, are going to be
danced in the state house by expert young
men and womenv-in masks-for the infor-
nation Of the committee on social well
fare.
Representative Lewis r. 8. Sullivan
made the announcement tonight. He
would not give the names Of the dancers.
They call my bill the 'anti-tango' biz" /"
said the Representative. but this is only
partly correct II Is aimed at the pro.
hibition of all immodest dances. II a
dance is not immodest this bill will not
interfere with it."
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most persistent in seeking means of es-
cape.
Col Rose, who was captured at Chicka-
maugar September 90, 1865, had devoted
himself, from the moment Of his recep-
tion in Libby Prison. to plans for escape.
His first few days as a prisoner there
were spent in studying tae prison and its
surroundings. the latter SO far as he was
able to do in brief views from its win
dows, for the guards had a way of shoot
ing without notice at a prisoner seen TAR
rying beside window.
The construction of the building, and
its nearness to the James River, seemed
to give promise of success to a plan for
tunneling, and in a few days Col. Rose
was busy selecting point at which to
begin work. 1t chanced that at the same
time another brain was active OF the
same theme-that of Mai. A. G. Hamilton,
of the Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry.
The two men began their plans sepl-
rately; in short time their plotting was
to bring them together, and they we're TO
devise, after many days of labor and
much encouragement, with two district
failures a means by which the greatest
escape Of prisoners in the war would be
effected, with the departure of 100 mcn
from Libby.
Exploring a Dark Cellar.
The construction Of Libby Prison lent
itself to the bold plans of the would-be
tunnelers. The prison was not. in fact.
one building, but three under one roof.
1t was about l35 feet long by los feet
wide Two heavy walls Of brick divid-
ed its interior thwart- wise, forming three
distinct sections of uniform size. or A by
125 feet approximately. Each section had
three floors and a cellar.
The building stood on SlODing ground,
its ncrth side facing Carey street. Along
its west end ran twentieth street On its
east end was a vacant lot. open from Carey
street to Canal street. and slopinS toward
the latter, which lay between the south
face of the prison and the James River.
The floors of the three cellars were level
with Canal street, and wide door
opened from each upon that street. Sen
tinels paced their beats CLOSE to the
building on all sides DAY and night.
The hope of the plotters for liberty
lay i'm the cellars. Each was distinct
apartment, with no passage in the brick
walls between them
In the west cellar was a kitchen. The
center cellar was a carpenter shop. with
a row of cells at the back used for
special punishments. The east cellar was
used chiefly for the storage Of loose
straw employed for beds for the hospital,
which was on the floor above it.
For time a part of the east cellar,
partitioned OF with boards, had been
used as an extra kitchen, and the prison
being much crowded, owing to the ar
rival of the prisoners from Chickamauga,
some of the prisoners were allowed to
visit this kitchen to cook their rations
Col. Rose early seized an opportunity,
while In the cook room, to slip out into
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
RAID GUNMEN's "HANG-oUTs. !"
New York Police Descend Upon I'm
suspecting Outlaws.

New York, Jan. 2.-In one of the most
sweeping raids made in this city in a
long time, Police Commissioner McKay's
own stan invaded the East Side tonight
in further effort to rid the city of gun
men. Numerous cafes and dance halls,
where the gangsters and their women
companions congregate, were visited.
Scores of suspected gunmen were
searched for revolvers and as a result
Of the first half hour s work the police
arrested six men on the charge of vio-
lating the Sullivan snti-gun law.
The detectives said they expected to
arrest about sixty before their night
work was over.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
PROGRAM FOB THE BLIND.

The entertainment for the blind will
be given at the Library Of Congress
Tuesday night at Sis o'clock In pavilion
No. q The program follows:
ms Booeman Orchestrz ttwenty-four membefsl,
Mr.. Fird Boorman. assistant cooductor. Mis- yioia
schi,per. soioist: Ma. Winnie Tmn6. pianist.
March. The Directr." selection. sTannhsussr;' =
trumboee solos. ta) "Esening Star" fb) .'shphorn
Stun. MI. 2. z clart. Of the Marine hand; eic-
ta) 'Duris." o. -. Mhs Viola sehippeFt; vslfz,
Esfhdianfina: ss3eefin, Thucfed
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
NO TANGO FOR vAsSAR GIRLS.
They Can't Even Attend Teas Where
Dancing Is Allowed.

Poughkeepsie. n. Y. Jan. 4-Miss
Mary s. Wagner, who conducts the
Wagner Inn, a resort for Vassar girls,
has introduced tango teas as a special
feature of the establishment, but an
nounces that Vassar students will be
excluded from the teas because the new
dances are not permitted at the college.
The announcement that the Vassar girls
are not to be permitted to attend the teas
has caused a sensation.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
UNIVERSITY CLUB DINNER.
Vice President and Secretary o
state will BE Guests.

The tenth annual dinner of the Uni
versity Club viii be held at the New Will
lard on Wednesday evening, February Is.
Among those who will speak will be the
Vice President and the Secretary Of State.
The board OF governors OF the club has
appointed Walter s. Penfeld as chairman
of the dinner committee. and he has made
the following appointments: Vice chair
man, John W. Clifton: secretary. Charles
Ray Dean; treasurer. Arthur ID. Call,
and auditor. Frederick A. Fenning. The
following are the members Of the CON-
mittee: Messrs. Charles Arthur Barnard,
DR.. Scott ID. Breckenridge, Evans Browne,
Barry Buckley. A. Cont. Orville b.
Drown. Frederick Eichelberger. Hugh j.
Fegan, Newton X. Fox. Max Kaufman.
Edwin Kimball, DIR. James G. Mckay,
Myron NJ. Parker. jr.. Francisco ]. Pey-
nado, William ID. Searie, and A. Coulter
Wells.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
JOSEPH H. CHOATE Is SO.
Former Ambassador to ENGLAND
Suffering from Slight Cold.

New York, Jan. 24.-Joseph II. Cho-
ate, former Ambassador to Englan nd.
celebrated his eighty-second birth
day today.
A report that he was seriously i'll
caused friends to send messages of
inquiry, but it was later learned that
Mr.. Choate was merely suffering from
slight cold. He intended taking an
automobile ride during the day, but
the heavy rain caused him to remain
indoors.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
HELD GUILTY OF UsURY.
Cousin of Mrs. wilson Appeal. from
Verdict.

Rome. Ga. Jan. A.-Nat c. Hoyt, a
money lender, first cousin of Mrs. Wood
row Wilson. wife of the President OF
the United States. has been found guilty
of usury in the criminal division of the
Superior Court here.
Hoyt Is prominent in social and busi-
ness circles The case was contested
bitterly and the verdict was appealed.
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p,.ced the hricks In the back Of the nre-
n,sce, smenrod their joints with the soot
nom the chi1nney. which had been care
fully saved IN arubbsr BLANKET, and went
back to their places among the recum-
bent forms on the noor above.
First Tunnel FIesAea.
The hole being made large enough for
safety, the rope was hxed to an iron
bar in the fireplace. and the two men
descended to the abandoned cellar.
They began their tunnel behind the
cookroom. They Intended to carry II
under the east wsll. and turning II to-
ward the canal. drive II until IL reached
q large sewer through Canal street. from
which at various times they had seen
workmen emerge by. manhole.
After q few nights work they had
driven . shaft several feet deep.
Only one man could work In the tun-
mel, while the other famed air TO him
with his hat. and drew up the eartn IN
q wooden spittoon that had been pur-
loined from the prison.
The labor proved 20 great. particularly
to the man Obliged to fan the air. that It
was decided to take others into the
secret. Thirteen men were chosen the
work was now divided into squads OF
five men. each five working one night and
resting two.
The work had not progressed far on this
basis when q giant obstacle was en-
ceuntered-a row Of heavy oak timbers.
IA which the foundation wall rested.
The diggers took turns In hacking At
them with jackknives and saving with
saws made Of caseknivea 1t was awful
work, for the air in the tunnel was 30
foul q candle would not burn In It. and
in the damp and chill the men were
sickening.
The leaders in the enterprise would not
admit defeat, and after many nights OF
,ncredita BILE toll the barrier Of wet and
hardened timber was pierced.
New trouble now came upon the dig
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
..TaII<s, with HONOLULU

At a recent hearing, before the House
Naval Committee. Rear Admiral r. :.
Griffin made the announcement that the
Arlington radio station had been in COM
munication with Honolulu, a distance OF
!. 80 miles.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
Fire wrecks Machine Plant.

Dayton. Ohio, Jan. 2a.-Fire. resulting
from spontaneous combustion In the
paint shop of the Gem City Machine Com
pany's plant. early today caused loss
: Of Si30Oo0
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
IRISH TROOPS HELD READY.

rious Precautions.
London. Jan. Alt is reported here to-
night that the government has ordered
officers with Irish commands to hold
themselves In readiness to mobilize their
troops within twenty-four hours.
The orders were forwarded yesterday
and are marked secret
II IL asserted that secret agents of
the government have obtained informa-
tion which made a precautionary measure
necessary.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
PICKING POOR FOR BELL HOPS.
Miss Anne Morsan's Tips Amounted
tn Inst Sexenty.Aye Cents.

Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. Abel hops,
po-ters, and other employees of the hotel
that served Miss Anne Morgan, daughter
Of the late ]. Pierpont Morgan. checked
UP today and found that during her SIX
hours stay she distributed 75 cents in
tips.
Miss Morgan is one of the leading mem
bers of the society for the prevention Of
useless giving.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25

John T. Baylies. ninety-one. Of Boston.
boasts that he has smoked . pipe since
he was twenty-one.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
AGED TWIN Is Ill.

Bedside. p
New York, Jan. l-Samuel Muncey.
one of the ninety-hve-year-old twins OF
Babylon. Long Island. is seriously i'll.
His brother William is a daily visitor
at his bedside. They have been almost
inseparable throughout their lives.
a heart attack last Wednesday COM
PEELED Samuel TO take to his bed. On
Thursday he assembled his family around
him and conducted an old-fashionei
prayer meeting. He led in the singing
and In prayer. -.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25
NO TANGO AT T0RL0NIA BALL

Princess, Former New York Girl,
Follows King Sictor's Lead.
Rome, Jan. A-Princess Marino Tor
lonia. formerly Miss Elsie Moore. daugh-
ter of Charles A. Moore. Of New York.
Is the first of the Roman society host
esses to announce compliance with King
Victor Emmanuel's disapproval Of the
tango. She announced publicly that the
tango would be barred at a ball which
she In giving tonight.
The Washington herald., 1914-01-25

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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-10-17
nelson SjP[|:A|Kl||S|'I !. on
RANGES |! THIS / 4 WEEK X
Democratic Candidate for, Con-
gress to Address Meeting
# in City Monday. !:

# Andrew Nelson, Democratic candi-
date for congress, is up in the north
country this week, on speaking tour
which covers the district. Mr.. Nelson
held meeting at International Falls
last night. Dates arranged for the
week are: xg.5"< rs 4.s>
Nashwauk, Thursday, Oct. Is. ~
Grand Rapids, Friday, Oct. 16.>
Bovey, Saturday, Oct. II. - :s@a
Deer River, Monday, Oct. 10. ~
C. NJ. King of Deer River is accom-
panying Mr.. Nelson on his. trip
through Koochiching and Itasca coun-
ties. 80" =. .f>@ p :.
The itinerary for the trip through
northern Minnesota of Congressman
Hammond and the other Democratic
state nominees has been arranged.
Saturday, Oct. a., will be-, passed on
the Mesaba range, with an afternoon
meeting in Hibbing and an evening
Injecting in Virginia. = Sunday will be
passed at Virginia ana Monday night
will be given to the Duluth meeting.
Tomorrow night there will be a
meeting of Hammond boosters at
Democratic headquarters in the st.
Louis hotel, when talks, on local
phases of the campaign will be given
by Frank Crassweller, w. E. McEwen,
W.. B.. Getchell and John Jens-
void jr. : ...
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-10-17

If any one opposes very evident
truths it is not easy to find arguments
which may induce him to alter his
opinion.-Epictetus.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-10-17
MEXICO CITY CAR
MEN CO on STRIKE
Government Threatens to Exc.
cute Strikers If They: Use
Violence.

. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 16.-Forcible
measures were adopted by the 1900
street car men who went out on
strike yesterday. Hundreds" of cabs
were stopped. the passengers COM
PEELED to get out and the cabmen to
join in sympathetic strike.
The government has threatened to
take vigorous action and. to impose
the death penalty on the strikers.
The street car, lines Of the capital
are tied us as a result of the strike.
The men had given the management
four hours in which to grant their de-
mands. When the time limit had ex-
.pired and no reply had been received
they struck.
The streetcar workers asked an in
crease of 100 per cent, an eight-hour
day and recognition of the union.
The street car system is owned by
a Canadian corporation, the head
quarters of which are in Toronto.
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|SEES Immigration
FLOOD AF TER WAR.
Economist Says People of Europe
Will Seek to Escape
Militarism.

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.-Prof. Jere-
miah w. jerks, lecturing at New
York university on the European war,
declared that this conflict will force
the United States to make such
changes in its immigration laws as
will prevent this country from being
flooded with Europeans after peace
has come.
He said he had been informed that
since the European war started men
on every side are declaring they will
have no more Of governments which
at any time may: plunge them into
war. when this war is over I will
go to America is the statement Of
thousands of middle class and labor
ing men.
Prof. jerks said this did not imply
that in each of the countries now at
war the people are not loyal. They
are willing, now that war has come.
to give up all they have, even their
lives, that their countries may pre-
vail over the enemy, but they are not
| willing again to risk such turmoil and
devastation.
They propose to go to America and,
in the opinion Of those who. are al
ready lsrecipitating the event, this
means a problem for this country
to which the wisest may well turn
their attention.
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BOMBS EXPLODEIN
NEW YORK. CHURCHES
unaccounted for Explosions
startle Worshippers In Catho-
lie Churches.

NEW YORK. Oct. 1e.-Bombs
were exploded In two Of the best
known Roman Catholic churches in
New York city, the fist one late Tues
day afternoon in st. Patrick's cathe-
dral on Fifth avenue, and the second
TUESDAY night in. st. Alphonsus church
on West Broadway.
A stick of dynamite encased in
metal, was exploded under a pew in
the famous cathedral. A hole was
blown in the, floor. another smaller
one in a Windows three pews were de-
stroyed and pieces cwere Clipped from
a. granite pillar and: from a temporary
altar. Two of the few persons who
were in the cathedral were slightly in
jured by flying fragments Of metal
and wood.
Whether the explosion, the sound
Of which was heard blocks away was
caused by a bomb, was a matter Of
doubt. for some hours. Reports that
such an instrument had been en-
ployed were declared erroneous by the
police who announced that either 4
hot air box or recently installed
heating apparatus had burst. In
SpecCor owen Eaean or the bureau OF
combustibles decided however that
bomb had caused the damage.
In the dust and fragments gathered
up were discovered a. two-inch length
Of a pipe, a bit of tin resembling a
box cover. and small pieces Of iron.
The bomb which exploded in St.
AlphonsuS church was the second
within seven hours.
There was no apparent motive for
what occurred in. st. Patrick's, tho
priests Of the Fifth avenue church
suggesting that the bomb was placed
by demented person with a fancied
grievance against the church or the
clergy.
In the rectory office of st. Alphon-
sus church detectives found four
slugs which were parts of the bomb.
The church building, adjoining the
rectory was not damaged except for
broken windows. There were 10
priests in the rectory at the time Of
the explosion.
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for 25c.
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!
: UNKNOWN \ IN JAPAN
Strikes Regarded As Conspir'
acies and Punished by Heavy
Penalties.

TOXIC, Sept. 49, (By, MaiD-No
trade unions exist in Japan, in the
European sense Of the word, since the
government has stood in the way Of
the establishing of same or has bru-
tally crushed such organizations as
might have sprung up here and there.
Strikes are regarded as conspira-
cies, and all those inviting the work.
ers to strike are punished by heavy
penalties or by deprivation of civil
rights. :. .:
The same course is pursued in the
treatment of the lower classes as was
common in England during the reign
of George III-doubtless with the
same result. "
In spite of this, fresh strikes are
continually breaking out, which are,
however, quickly crushed.
All wages are exceptionally low.
The young girls in the silk factories
have to work thirteen to fourteen
hours daily, while in the weaving
sheds the working time is no less than
fourteen to sixteen hours. - r r
The Parliament passed factory act
two years ago. it Is true. presumably
as another step in their process of
civilization" but the precaution was
taken to make the law first valid in
1915.
It is questionable whether, having
regard to our backward conditions,
the law will actually come into force
upon the stipulated date, although the
rapidly increasing industry urgently
demands that regulations for the pro-
lection Of the workers be put into op-
Grafton.
This lies not entirely beyond the
interests of the employers themselves.
A whole crowd Of press regulations
have been issued since the time of the
last political plots.
When, recently, a high official Of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was
assassinated, the Governor prohibited
the publication Of any accounts in
connection with the matter. g.: Ii.
At the same time the courts Of
justice were authorized, through a
new law, to inflict penalties under the
Press Act. In a few days 10 news
papers were fined. .*..s :,
The management of the newspapers
concerned held meeting, at which
protest was raised against the whole
Of the proceedings of the authorities
and those present pledged themselves
to strike toward a reform of the Press
Act.
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$4,000. .UNEMP||[
p 7|l|s B MINERS
Pressed Steel Car Company Is
Shut Down, Affecting !
:~.... Nearly 1000 |> ~. 8 !.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct 16.-The
Pittsburgh Gazette Times announces
that advices received from the exc
cutive officials Of the United Mine
Workers of America in this district
show that, at least $4,000 Of the 5O,-
900 miners normally employed in. the
Pittsburgh district are idle at the pre-
sent time. Ii .ssz .F
Steel rails, structural and bridge
material, plates and steel bars are
running from 40 to so per cent ca
pacity. ~ ss5s=. =5.. >,sssz.=. ~
The Pressed Steel Car company is
shut down with the exception OF q
small repair department and the pas
senger coach shops, in which few
hundred men are employed. Nearly
1000 men are effected "A contract
for 1000 cars for the Southern Pa
cific railroad and one or 1000 cars
for the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Day
ton road were Withdrawn because the
railroads could not finance the zpur-
schases. 5ss 81 nj. 81 5zs
Failure TO finance deals resulted Ia
loss Of orders for $4,000 tons OF steel
plates and shapes, s. 800 car wheels
and several thousand sets Of air
brakes.