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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-29
S42 IS BASIS OF
MARTINS ARREST
CONFINED FROM FACE ONE.

| The warrant was sworn out by Daniel
j. donovan deputy auditor. who is con-
Quoting the Investigation into the &C
/ counts of Mr.. Martins office and VINO
has temporary charge Of District play
grounds Mr.. Donovan is continuing his
! investigation
John F.. I.askey. United States District
attorney. and BoIitha J. Laws. assistant
prosecutor. likewise are conducting an In
Vestgation.
The warrant was issued by Mr.. I.askey
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. De-
tectivcs Frank NJ. Helan and Clifford l..
Grant. assigned to duty in the District
attorneys office. went in an automobile
to the residence of MIR. Martin. 2S15
Thirteenth street northwest. and placed
him under arrest. He was taken into
custody at 30 o'clock.
When arrested Mr.. Martin wore an
old blue serge suit and a light cap.
At the City Hall and Police Court he
appeared nervous. pacing up and down
and then drumming for a while with
a blotter on n desk. His voice was
shaky and he seemed on the verge of
crying. He declined to discuss the
case His attorney. Paul Sleman. said:
This arrest comes as complete
surprise and shock to Mr. Martin and
all his numerous friends"
W -hSAeus
1t is possible the case will be called
in Police Court this morning. Both
the prosecution and defense will re-
quest a continuance pending the out
come of the Investigations by the dis
trict attorney and deputy auditor.
Commissioner oliver P. Newman
yesterday afternoon explained: The
Commissioners several days ago dis
covered the Irregularities to be of SO
serious a nature as to make ii incum-
bent upon them to turn matters over
to the district attorney We had no
discretion in the matter. 1t was our
duty to call in Mr.. Laskey."
MIR. Martin temporarily was suspend
ed week ago yesterday. following
the discovery of alleged irregularities
in accounts.
Mr.. Moses said last night that the
Boy Scouts have not deemed it neces-
sary to suspend MIR. Martin pending
the outcome of the case. He said that
meeting of the executive council
Will be held tomorrow night. It 10
likely the matter will be considered
then.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-29
MISS GATES SINGS SWEETLY.
Appears with Rubinstein Club n,
Last Appeara nee Of the Season.

The Rubinstein Club. Mrs. A. NJ. Blair
conductor. had as guest last night a,
the Raleigh Hotel Miss Lucy Gates
soprano, of New York. Miss Gates has
a well-trained voice of lovely quality. Her
songs were: The Bell Song" of Deli.
hes: Come NV Beloved (HandeD
Spring HenscheD. In the Woods
,MacDowells, Echo Song" (Echert. and
an air from Mozart. Mozart's Hymn to
the Sun was sung by Miss Gates in
company with the chorus. The Echo
Song" bringing forward a high degree
of technical skill received warm ova-
ton
The charm and interest of the program
was further enhanced by the violin choir
in ensemble with the Rubinstein Club in
EIgar's Star OF the Summer Night
The violinists participating were Mrs
William II. Noble. Mrs. Horace Dulin.
Miss Ruby Stanford. Miss Margery Sny-
der. Miss Ruth Bronson, and Miss Edna
Snyder.
Anotehr feature of interest was Harry
Patterson Hopkins Indian Summer. :"
dedicated to Mrs. Blair and the club,
which work the club presented last night,
Mr.. Hopkins playing the accompaniment
Charles Gilbert Spross' Clubs Greet
ing appeared as the opening number on
the program, the poem having been writ
ten by Mrs G. G. Lippett
The program was diversified by choruses
from Rubinstein. Gilchrist. Campana,
Woodman. Nevin. and by the Song of
the Rhine Maidens'' and Dreams Of
Wagner, to the latter of which Mrs. No
BILE played violin obligato This, the
last program of the season for this pop
ular club. closed with Salter's Good
Night" G. S. w.
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CoNFEssEs $4,000 THEFT.
Manager OF Firm Tells Court How
He Led Bandit Gang.

New York, April 2s.-Phil T. White.
$4,000 a year manager for John w.
Mausary q Sons. paint manufacturers.
today confessed that he led the gang
Of auto bandits which seized $3032
from a messenger of the Masury con-
Germ on June 5, last.
Just before the confession. made to
Judge Aspinwall. White leaned over to
his young wife and told her the story.
She tainted. All along he had protest
ed his innocence and she had helped
him to fight his case.
Sentence for second degree robbery,
to which the prisoner confessed. was
deferred until Judge Aspinwall inves-
tigates Whites past life.
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GUARD LIFE OF EMPEROR.
Austria Fears Assassins May At
tack Monarch.

Paris, April 2s.-Fears are felt in Off
will be made to assassinate Emperor
Francis Joseph. A dispatch to the Echo
de Paris says that a close guard is be-
ing maintained over Schoenbrunn Palace
and that the public may no longer enter
the grounds. Peace demonstration are
now daily occurrences in Vienna More
than 600 Austrian workmen, whose age
is above 80 thus making them too old for
active military service. have been sent
to the Italian frontier to help erect
barbed wire defences.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-29
CAPITAL MEN ELECTED
HALL OF FAME JUDGES
|Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. COL
GoethaIs, and Others to Oflclate
as Electors.

New York. April 2&.-A strenuous cam
pui..n is being conducted by musicians
and lovers of orchestral music to have
the name Of Theodore Thomas. famed
leader of the Chicago orchestra. placed
in the hall OF fame on University
Heights. the election to which takes
place in July.
Or Henry Mitchell MaCCraCkin. presi-
dent Of the New York University senate.
today announced tine names o. twenty
six new electors to fill the places of that
number who have died or discontinued
their connection with the body during
the last I'VE years. The following are
the new electors. all of whom have &C
ccptcd office:
Dr, IIibben. Of Princeton University;
DR. Alexander Graham Bell. Col. George
GoothaIs. George W. Gable. Winston
Churchill. James Whitcomb Riley. Miss
Ida Tarhell Mrs. Helen Ekin Starrett, OF
chicago; Associate Justice Charles T..
Hughes. OF tn" United states supreme
Court; Justice Day, of Ohio; former
President W. H. Taft. Walter Page. Am
lmssador to Great Britain; Henry Van
dyke. Minister to Holland: Oscar ;.
StrauS. senator John sharp Williams, of
Mississippi: senator Morris Sheppard. of
Texas: Senator Joseph l.. Ransdcll, OF
| .ouisiana: champ Clark. Speaker of the
House Of Representatives: John Wanna
maker. John r. Mott. of New Jersey;
Mvrnn T Herrick. of Cleveland: James
Douglas. Ebert n. Gary. Arthur J.
Brown Robert s BroOkings, of st.
| .ouis. and Henry Watterson, of Louis
Vile.
Gifts Of more than 10000 have been
made to the hall of fame endowment
during tn" last year. Persons who gave
&. O"o or more include Mrs. John 5. Ken
nrdy. Andrew carnegie and John Wanna
maker Gifts also were received from
Mrs Whitclaw Reid Seth Low. James
TaIcott james Douglas and \. ID. JUL
lard The list of candidates sent TO the
electors this wear contains about l55
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>Ii"!dS Andrews, the former Mrs. Alma
y. Hayne. who sometimes calls herself
Princess Alma Netsera. of Austria. told
OF the midnight elopement by which
her new husband. a Yale senior. eluded
his father. mother. and detectives last
Saturday night and married her at
Mamaroneck.
Young Mrs. Andrews. fasCira ting. vi
Nacious. and pretty. IN her studio. at
No. "a West Fifty-ninth street. made ~
perfectly plain that she did not steal
Young Andrews from her dearest chum.
Miss Betty Strong of Cleveland, to
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DENIES DEATH DECREE.
McCIeary brands as False Reports
of Carranra Order

Galveston. Tex, April S-Phil. z. Nc
Cleary, the American newspaper man
who was reported imprisoned and SEN
fenced to be shot by Csrranza at Vera
Cruz arrived in Galveston today on the
steamship City of Tampico from Vera
Cruz.
McCleary declares that he was never
in any trouble at Vera Cruz
He says he is employed by the official
press bureau of the CarranZistas and 10
en- route to California for the bureau.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-29
JUSTICE VIM. H. TAF- DIES.
But This One Was Never on Su.
preme Court Bench.

New York. April 2S.-Willism II.
Taft. a justice of the peace. died at
his home in Riverhead, l.. l.. Monday
night. aged 81. He was born at Fresh
Pond, near Batting Hollow. the son
of Henry and Hulda Horton Taft. For
many years he was a member and lay
preacher in the local Methodist church.
He was stalwart Republican. Five
children survive him.
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whom. until two weeks ago, he was en-
gagged.
Betty was my dearest chum'' she
said. Donald is dear hoy. They
were engaged. | never had met him
until last Sunday night one week ago.
but | knew all about their affair. He
came to see me with "A letter of intro
duction from BETTY. He fell in love
with me and | with him. In fact. We
are both very much in luve-are mar
ried.
Il got word over the telephone on
Friday" she asserted, that Eetty and
Donald were no longer engaged. Mean
while | could not stir without being
followed by detectives. | could not un-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-29

! derstand all the mystery, but on Sat
urday we decided To slip out of town
and he married
We waited until evening and drove
out of the city in Mr.. Andrews auto
mobile. The detectives followed us but
We gave them the slip and went 10
MamarOneCk \ justice Of the peace
Mooney. I believe il was-married us.
iere-want to see the CertifICate?'
The certificate showed the ceremony
was witnessed by otto and Eva
SchleintZ. Of West Fifty-seventh street.
New York City. Justice Mooney said
he was called out of bed at II o'clock
] at night. and. in his bathrobe. married
;he couple.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-29
MASKED MOB LYNCHED NEGRO
suspect in Double Murder Target
for Infatuated Crowd.

Somerville. Tenn. April 2s.-A
masked mob stormed the Fayetts
County Jail early today. got Tom
Brooks. a negro charged with killing
Pleasant Hawkins and r. l.. Day. prom
inent farmers. and hanged him. His
body was riddled with bullets. The
negro had been confined in Jail at
Memphis. but was brought here yes
terday for trial.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-29
JAPS WOULD INVADE CHINA.
Nnr Party Urging Armed Inter-
yentiOn to Force Demands

Tokyo. April 2s.-The war party is
trying to bring about armed interven-
ton by Japan in China to enforce the
demands of the japanese government.
1t was learned today that the chiefs
of the army and navy recently held a
conference at which Gen. AkaSsi. the
chief of staff. expressed the belief that
Japan would not have to use force to
induce China to give in. .apan has
already landed a big army in Man
Churia.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-29
ALL BRITISH PORTS CLOSED.
Consul Says Right of Entry Is De
MED Eoreiun SHIN

Berlin tby wireless), April 2S.-The
Overseas News Agency today gave out
a dispatch from Amsterdam stating the
British Consul there had given notice
that all English ports had been closed
to foreign vessels.
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Seven Nominated for Council.

WestminStcr, Md, April N.-At the
town meeting seven names were nOmi-
mated for tn" common council: Walter II.
Davis. Frank T. Shaeffcr. Charles Hes
son. Charles T.. YinGIing. William Math-
cr. john II sullivan. and William Eek
ard Three ~" to he. chosen at the mu-
i,ipaI election next Monday.
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TO TELL OF RUM DECISION.
British Cabinet Debate. Prob ibitton
Question.

London. April 2s.-Prohibition was
tho leading business discussed at a full
meeting of the cabinet today. An an
nouncement relative to the govern
ments policy on the drinking question
is expected in Parliament before the
House oETommons adjourns tomorrow.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-29
ITALIAN PARTY
SCORES ALLIES
Noninterventionists Gain Re-
cruits Through Britons
Sarcasm.
KING DROPS ENGAGEMENT
Will Not Allow Function to Take
Time from Study of Inter-
national Question.
BY BRIXTON d. ALLAIRE.

Rome. April 2s.-King Victor Emanue
his time solely to the International stu.
| alton. He has withdrawn his acceptance
Of an invitation to attend the Garibald
| celebra ton at Quarto on May and will
remain in Rome.
Owing to the uncertain political stu
| ation,' said a note issued today, 1.-The
King has appointed the Duke Of Geneva
to represent him at the Quarto celebra
ton"
This is regarded as significant here. as
the Italian interventionists have planned
to make the celebration an occasion for
great patriotic demonstration. urging
Italy's participation in the war on the
side of the allies
Sarcastic comment i'm the newspapers
of France and England on Italy's failure
to enter the war is having an irritating
effect on italian public opinion notwith-
standing the activities OF the interven-
tionists. The camp of the noninterven-
tionists is gaining in recruits daily as a
result.
Blame Put on Allies.
Supporters of the neutrality policy.
headed by members of the former cabl-
net. in which Signor Giolitti was pre-
rnier. are doing everything possible to
foster this irritation. The nonihterven-
ton press publishes daily articles point
ing out that the colonial policies of
France and England have been aimed to
embarrass Italy.
prominent advocate of continued
neutrality said today:
ITO say that England is Italy's tradi-
tionsl friend is to repeat a stereotypeo
phrase which time and events have de-
priyed of any meaning. The fact is that
England is Italy's friend as long as Italy
will resign herself TO a subordinate posi-
ton as regards the mistress of the
oceans and abide by her decision in every
controversy.
Frontier Question Nexacious.
Controversies are likely to arise be-
tween them any day. This is due to the
fact that Italy's colonial possessions are
surrounded on every side by England's
Questions may develop over the delimita-
ton of the eastern border of Cyrenaica.
which has never been fixed.
The same is true as regards Italy's
relations with her Latin sister. IL was
Frances utter disregard of Italy's as
piratiOns in Tunis that led Italy to seek
support and protection in the triple al
lance. That alliance still holds. 1t
should never be disrupted.
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Famous. Hostelry Called BANKRUPT.

New York. April 2S.-The Broadway
Central Hotel. one of Manhattan's ia
NOUS old downtown hostelries. was made
defendant in bankruptcy today. Poor
business during the last eighteen months
was blamed by Daniel q. Webb. the
manager. He said he did not believe the
hotel would have to be closed.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-29
Three Killed by Bombs from Plane

Paris, April ga dispatch from Nancy
to the Temps says that a German aero
plane flying at great height dropped
three bombs on the central quarters of
the town. Three persons were killed and
six dangerously wounded.
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Lou l'aXn. he looked at one of the
members earnestly and asked Did |
not
The several jurors nodded their
heads in emphatic cOnfrma ton, but
frcze when the court frowned and
ldmouishcd the witness against con-
versationS with the men who are sit
ting IN Judgment on him.
purinu lull in the proceedings
When WINS stood close to the witness
chair. Mr.. Roosevelt observed that he
Was very much put out by the publi-
cation OF the letters about Beckett
candidate for surrogate. whom the
Colonel had severely scored in one of
the letters TO Ilatt.
''War is HE'LL said WINS grimy
The Colonel ground his teeth
You have no business TO make war on
n"n-""mbatauts. h" said. You cant
make mo finch"
'"'>
Col. Roosevelt told in much detail his
dealings with Flat about the Vic" PrcSi-
dcncy. how Platt insisted and he resisted
and how Plat finally at Philadelphia
turned III" d"lc2ati"n over to Woodruff.
Then il was that tn" Colonel. whose ear
had been I" the ground. found that the
demand for him came from the entire ma
lI'ti' anu N".r'h 10 ms ldle-
Practically all the letters in the Platt-
R""SeNeit correspondence the witness eN-
planned deliberately. in each case insist
ing that his motives were always high
and that only h"caus" l." did not desire
t" disrupt tn" party did he break with
the boss.
With his "Id-tlnte stump NehemcnCe he
heat his hands together. slammed the
judges bench and III" arm of his chair.
shook his fists or rointed his accusing
fingers AT the mon who were seeking to
eNtort damasin% admissions from him. So
energetic was his manner that WINS
once insisted that tn" court make him
cease his Eesuculation.
IF nc stors eesti"ula ting he can't
talk. said Bowers. and the witness con-
tinued to sesticulate.
Mr.. Roosevelt got firmly seated in the |
saddle early IN tine game. When many
Of his speeches against Barnes and Muir
ply were being read at the conclusion of
the cross-examination. Bowers began to
object to the colonies verifying them.
Why do you object. Mr.. Bowers" said !
the colonel testify. II want to answer
that question.
And thereafter few objections came +,
from Rowers. i
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Put Ont" by Letters,

Again. after telling the jury what he
had said about his refusal TO appoint
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
TWO MINOR LEAGUES.
Ono Will Be Formed By FederaIs in
 This Section

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Surplus ball players of the Federal league will be taken care of in two minor leagues, it was announced by President Gil mere. One will be organized, it is planned, at a meeting in New Haven next Saturday, which Gilmore will att tend, and the other is an organiza- tion already operating under organ ized ball. The name of the latter Gilmore would not give, but said it had proposed coming under jurisdic tion of the Federals.
 New competition for the Intern1- tional league is likely, according to the plans for the makeup of the new circuit. It will include Providence, Hartford, New Haven, and possibly Trenton, N. J., among it's eight cities.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
TO-DAY IN PUGILISTIC ANNALS.

1S93-Tommy Tracey knocked out Billy Gallagher in the nineteenth round at San Francisco. Tracey had just arrived in America from Austral- ia, his native land, and his bout with Gallagher, a clever fighter and a sort of trial horse for the California A. C, was his first on this side. Tn Australia Tommy had whipped Dummy Mace and other good men, and was consiC- cred conner. He was welterWeight and a foster brother of Dan Creedoa, the Australian middleweight, who aI- so came to America. In 1894 Tommy was knocked out by Joe Walcott and later lost to Tommy Ryan and George Green. He afterward fought two draws with Joe Walcott. Tracey's last important bout was with Kid La vigne, who defeated him in twenty rounds at San Francisco in 1898. Af- ter retiring from the ring Tracey be- came a boxing instructor in Portland, Ore.
 1S96-Dan Creedon stopped Jeul Smith in second round at London.
 19O2-Jim Williams defeated Ped- lar Palmer in two rounds at London
 19O5-Sandy Ferguson defeated Jim Mccormick in five rounds at Hot Springs, Ark.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
Sp0rt0graphy
 BY "GRAVY."

Frank Gotch, the worlds champion wrestler, who was recently reported to be thinking
 Yes, yes. Algeron, of course a wrest- Ter can think
 To be thinking of defending his honors, has held the American title at the grappling game for just eleven years. for it was on Jan. 27, 1901, that he grabbed the laurels from the manly brow of Tom Jenkins.
 Subsequently the Hawkeye State agriculturalist defeated the best grap piers of effete Europe and annexed such glory and increment as attache es to the worlds leadership in the old sport invented by the ancient Greeks.
 Despite the paucity of popular in terest in the grapling game, Gotch is supposed to have made fortune in the practice of his peculiar profession and, moreover he is a successful farmer.
 The bout between Gotch and Jenk- ins eleven years ago today, by which Frank attained stellar honors, was pulled off in Bellingham, Wash, and was one of the most ferocious con- tests ever staged. The hippodrome 0 performances which so often pass for wrestling matches, and which havc disgusted the sports, and put the Xii bosh on graphing entertainments, bear no relation to that Bellingham rookus.
 The fans who had gathered from all over the Pacific coast. and had paid as high as twenty-five beans to see the trouble, were not disappointed Jenkins had held the title five or six annums, and he had no desire to part with so lucrative a possession: He had defeated Gotch in Cleveland the year before, and he was out to repeat as speedily as possible. He outweigh ed the Iowa farmer by twenty five pounds. and he had all the advantage of experience and prestige.
 Jenkins made noise like a pugna- cious bull who had lamped red rag when Tom Davis gave the word. Such wild and furious mix-up has not
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
CRIMINAL TO KEEP
 PLAYER FROM WORK
That's Dave fu'lz'S Opinion Of
 'Gent|eultA'S Agreement.''

New York, Jan. 27.-"If ball sufficient ability to help a major league club yet Is not offered em- ployment by clubs in Organized Base ball because of a gentlemans agree ment between the various clubs not to do business with a player because of an alleged claim to that player by one of it's clubs, it is criminal con- spiracy, punishable under the laws of the land" was the pointed statement
 of David Fultz, president of the Base ball Players fraternity yesterday Dave Fultz, the former star Yankee outf1elder, desired to discuss an in terview with John B. Foster printed last Sunday, in which the secretary of the Giants said the reserve clause
 was in reality a gentlemans agree ment between the various clubs ;n Organized Baseball not to touch 2 player to which another club had any
 claim, even though that player was
 to legal sense a free agent.
 Fosters definition of a free agent Is a player who is no longer bound by
 reserve to a club, but whose club still
 a player" said Foster, lis free to sign with any semi professional, or in dependent league team, but no club in Organized Baseball could hire him
 unless the club which had employed him gave it permission
 ''Not Opinion of O. B.
 q cannot believe that this is the opinion held by the high officials of Organized Baseball on the reserve clause and the status of a free agent when he no longer is legally held by that club continued Fultz.
 T believe that Attorney Pepper, who represented Organized Baseball at the recent Fed antitrust suit stat ed the case correctly, and in my opin- ion he made an important admission He argued that if a player under an option agreement does not come to terms at the end of a year with his club, that contract runs on for another year, and at the end of that time that player is a free agent.
 II agree win Pepper, but he is a free agent in every sense of the word. I understand MT. Foster said such a player would be a free agent, mere ly to deal with any club outside of the Jurisdiction of Organized Baseball. If such is the case, and such a player could not find employment in the major league, I would call it a clear case of conspiracy, which is one of the worst offenses before the law.
 Do you know that under the pres ent remodelled reserve contract, any player can become an absolute free agent in two years time, no matter how valuable he is to his club?
 "The latest reserve clause is a mis- take, and I do not like it because it has no legal hold on a ball player for more than two years. I believe limited reserve is necessary to the success of baseball-I should say for four or five years, which would be fair to both players and club owners.