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The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

curious articles that seem rather out OF
place in pocketbooks. Bottles of pare
goric, pomade and cough syrup, huge
rolls of false hair. curling irons. screw
drivers, sentimental love letters and hair
pins Of enormous proportions are among
the things found in some of the hand
bags.
1t is not infrequently that suit cases
are left on the cars. Some are costly and
some are worthless. Some are empty and
some are strangely filed. More than once
the suit cases have been found to con-
tain nothing but empty beer bottles.
Timers kits, painters torches. tool
chests, picks and shovels frequently are
found.
Find Much Cheap Gin.
A fine assortment of booze" is left in
the cars from time to time. This amounts
to several quarts a week. large per-
centage of 1t, however. is cheap gin. Not
long ago a strengthening home made
! razor. which seemed to have been con-
structed specially for human carving
was found OIL a Washington Railway and
Electric Company car. Revolvers oc-
casionally arc found. and once in a while
misunderstanding knife is picked up.
Clothing of all kinds is left on the cars
coats. trousers. shirts. hats and gar
tiers. The question which puzzles the lost
and found department official Is: How
did they get there? Baskets Of market
ing frequently are left by thoughtless
passengers.
Baby carriages nearly every month are
among the found things. One of the
strangcst articles ever left on n car was
an immense automobile tire. Officials
still are wondering how in the world the
man forgot it. Shoes, slippers, music
rolls, brief cases and dogs are among
some of the other articles found from
time to time. Not long ago a conductor
turned a bulldog into the lost and found
department of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company. A year or so ago
bag containing three pups was turned
IN.
Several Clerks Handle Articles.
The Washington Railway and Electric
Company has single lost and found
department for all of its fourteen rail-
way lines. 1t is located in the east ca,
barn, Fourteenth and East Capitol streets
northeast. and several clerks are en-
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

ployed steadily to handle the work sys-
tematically. Whenever an article -
found the conductor Immediately turns
1t In at the department. An official gives
the conductor receipt. puts a tag on
the article stating the circumstances un-
Ger which 1t was found. deposits the arti-
Gle In the storeroon, and files a card on
the subject In an index.
II takes large room to hold all tho
articles. They are arranged on shelves
and in compartments according to their
classification. The umbrellas occupy an
immense compartment. The suit cases
run the entire length of one side of the
room. These articles are kept in the
storeroom as rule for about three
months. and if they are not called for
within that time they are returned to
the conductors for their own USE
Pocketbooks containing money and inn
portant papers and articles of consid-,
able value are kept for longer periods,
frequently for several years.
Only about u per cent of the found ar
ticles are called for. This probably is
due to the fact that the general public
is not acquainted with the efficiency of
the lost and found systems operated by
the railway companies. The conductors
are honest with respect to turning in
found articles. for in case the things are
not called for they fall heir to them.
Many People UnsratefuI.
Sometimes passengers who recover
their lost articles through the depart
ment reward the conductors munificent-
ly.' said an official of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company depart
ment yesterday. Il have known persons9
to have given conductors large bills as
rewards for the finding of articles of only
sentimental value-articles Of no in
trinsic worth. Then again, many persons
who recover articles of considerable
value show the most marked ingratitude,
frequently complaining because they have
had to travel all the way out to the east
barn to get the lost article
1T is not often that very large sums
of money are found on the cars We
set SD bills occasionally, but seldom bills
of larger denomination. Several years
ago. however. we found $4,000 worth of
bonds on car, and they promptly were
returned TO their owner. Our conductors
find on the average about $50 articles
each month.
Several months ago two Theoretically
sealed cans Were turned in. We placed
them in the stOreroom. Several days
later an obnoxious odor became notice
able. The storeroom was searched, but
no perishable articles could be found.
The stencil became more offensive, and
finally we suspected the two cans We
took them into an adjoining room held
our noses. got a long iron rod and jabbed
n hole in the top of one of the recep-
tacleS. There was a noise and the con-
tents of the can shot up to the ceiling
like n Seyser. We never did find out
what the stuff was, but it certainly was
strong in odor and chemical power"
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Strap-H hangers Forgeful
|ONE WOMAN LEAVES 4 CORSET
Umbrellas Found Daily

They range all the way from bottles
Of Goose Neck" gin to homemade "a
zors. baby carriages. and automobile tires
the articles LEFT each day by careless
and forgetful strap-hangers on the street
| cars of Washington.
1t Is truly a varied assortment of valu-
ables and junk that is turned in by the
conductors to the lost and found depart
ments of the local railway companies.
! This assortment, in the course oil years.
| embraces thousands of different kinds of
articles. and hardly a thing that could
be carried on a street car can be named
| that has not at some time or other been
| found.
a woman, indeed must be very forget
| full to leave her cOrsets ON the street
car, and yet this article Of feminine APP
parel frequently is among the found
things. And a man must have ponder
Gus thoughts weighing in his mind to
be So ncglectful as to leave his collar
| and necktie in the car; yet the stock Of
these accessories of male attire each
month is large enough to start a respect
ably large haberdashery. perhaps re
Specially is the wrong term here. for
| II is questionable whether such haber-
| dashery would be respectable, as a large
percentage of the collars and neck
| ties picked up are woefully soiled and
! ragged)
| Books and magazines constitute one Of
the largest classifications with which
the lost and found departments have to
deal. The books range in title form from
THE Girl Wife," paper-backed, torn, and
| greasy. to THE Judicial Aspects of In
! sanity" a sedate-looking legal text book.
Newspapers are picked up on the cars
daily by the thousands and are baled
| and sold.
Umbrellas Found Daily.
First place in point of number goes to
the umbrella. Between go and 800 UNI
brellas are left on cars each month.
and in rainy weather the number in
creases to about twenty-five or more a
day, according TO the figures of the
Washington and Electric Railway Com
pany. The Capital Traction Company has
fully as many.
PocketboOks and handbags come next
in number. They contain on an average
of less than 81 in money and many
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

Thousands of sea-lions are shown, play
ing about on the rocky islet, then plung
ing into the ocean. where they romp and
race like schools of porpoise. And
again. when the modern Motana is "close
upon the spouting whale" the spectator
is thrilled with the intimate view he
gets of the leviathan of the deep.
In response to an appeal from the Comite
FranceAmerique, Mr.. Curtis will give
his drama. The Land OF the Head Hunt
ers." on the afternoons of Thursday and
Friday. February % and %, at 49,
O'Clock at Belasco Theater. The pro-
ceeds of the entertainments are to be
spent in Washington for clothing and
other nccessaries, for the benefit of the
men ill the trenches.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
Butterfly Seen in Jersey.

New York, Feb. 20.-In Eayonne, n. j..
where mosquitoes Were seen and felt re-
Gently, butterfly made its appearance
today in the city park. Boys played
baseball in the lots and organ grinders
made their debut.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

West Virginia is facing a deficit in
State funds.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

of the Edison Mother" Mrs. Erskine
has taken many mother" parts.
Weren't you nervous. Miss Hulette.
when you stepped in front of that
taXi?" she was asked.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
TO REMAIN NEUTRAL
ITALY EXPECTS To GAIN GREAT
Err VICTORY BY KEEPING OUT
OF THE CONFLICT.
STATEMENT BY HIGH OFFICIAL
Important Code Dispatches Sent to
Berlin and Vienna by Teuton Am
bassador After Conference at the
Italian Foreign Office.
By BRlxToN ALLAIRE.

International News Service Correspondent.
Rome, April 2S.-'Italy will not par
ticipate in the war. By remaining
neutral she viii win greater victory
than would be possible were she to
enter either one of the hostile camps"
This statement was made to the In
ternatienaI News Service staff CORE
spondent by an official of the Italian
government. For obvious reasons, he
requested that his name should not be
used.
A Kaleidoscope change in the stu
alton has developed during the last
"a hours No stronger evidence of
this fact than the foregoing statement
1t came from an official who is in
close touch with Italian and foreign
diplomatists.
Important code dispatches were sent
to Berlin and Vienna by the German
and Austrian ambassadors. These are
believed to have an important bear
ing upon Italy's foreign relations, as
their transmission followed a confer
ence between Foreign Minister Son.
ntno and Prince Won BueloW, the Ger
man ambassador. This meeting took
place at the foreign office, and at its
conclusion Prince Won Buelow hurried
to the Austrian embassy where Baron
Won Macchio, the Austrian envoy, was
awaiting him.
The official who stated that Italy
would not enter the war said
that a full statement of the interna-
tional situation as it involved Italy
would be made by Signor Sonnino to
parliament when it convened on
May IL.
This statement is expected D
prove most satisfactory to Italy" he
added. 'In view of what is now known
it is almost impossible to conceive of
parliament taking any stand in OPP
position to that which will be recon-
mended by the government"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
ITALY MAKES DEMANDS
DOCUMENT GIVES AUSTRIA MINI
MUM TERMS OF PEACE.
All Ships to U. S. Are HeId-MiIitary
Preparations Are Being Made
Along the Frontier.

Rome, April PA report reached
Rome from Petrograd on Thursday
that Italy had sent note to Austria
which virtually amounted to an ulti-
matum. The note is said to embody
the minimum terms upon which Italy
viii consent to conclude an agree
ment with Austria.
General opinion in Rome is that an
agreement may still be reached. New
ertheless, military preparations are
being continued with the greatest en-
ergy along the frontier, where Aus
tria is concentrating troops.
All German and Austrian subjects
in Switzerland, even those who never
did military service, were recalled by
their respective governments. News
reached Lugano that the Italian gov
eminent had stopped the transatlantic
service with the United States. Pas
sengers who had purchased tickets
have had their money returned. The
Italian government, the report says.
requires all the steamships.
Dispatches were received indicating
that all sea communication between
Great Britain and the Netherlands has
been cut off.
Taken in connection with the an
nouncement few days ago that all
communication between Holland and
Germany had been cut off and with
the news that Holland was rushing
preparations for war, the dispatches
assume extraordinary significance. No
reasons were given for the action.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
REPORT EPIDEMICS CURBED
State Board of Health Issues a BulIe-
tin on Contagious Diseases
in Wisconsin.

Madison.-State Health officer G..
A. Harper states the report of con-
tagious diseases in Wisconsin for
January, February and March, 1915,
shows that during that time there
were 604 cases of diptheria, 121
cases of typhoid fever, 241
cases of whooping cough, 827 cases
of small pox, S51 cases of scarlet
fever, 66S cases of measles, 455
cases of tuberculosis, twenty-seven
cases of meningitis and four cases
of infantile paralysis. Two of the
cases of infantile paralysis were in
Chippewa county and two in Kenosha
county. DR.. Harper said:
1.-THE large number of cases of
diphtheira and scarlet fever reported
was due large to the seasonal varia-
ton of these diseases and not to any
unusual epidemic in any section of
the state. With the services of five
full time deputy state health officers
all of whom are experienced physi-
clans, it is coming to be more and
more impossible for epidemics of any
dangerous, communicable disease to
gain a foothold in this state"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
NAMES EVANGELICAL CLERGY
Bishop 5reyfeaei issues Announce
ment at Fond du Lac-National
Delegates Made.

Fond du Lac.-The fifty-ninth annu
al Wisconsin conference of the Evan
gelical association, which was helc
here, will meet at Appleton the las'
week in April, 1916. The state con
vention of the Y. P. A. will be held al
the Lomira camp grounds in August
Delegates to the general conference
in Los Angeles next October were
elected as follows: j. resserschmidt,
Madison; a. Quilting. Menomonie;
John Sprecher, Arcadia, and H. o
Wadewitz, Racine. The alternates are
J. Liebenstein and G. f. Finger, Fond
du Lac; H. A. Wadewitz, Racine; A.
Quilting, Menomonie; John Sprecher
Independence, and Joseph Messer
schmidt, Madison.
Bishop S. c. Breyfogel announced
the following state appointments: Mil
waukee district, c. Schneider, presid,
ing elder; ]. H. Bernd, Batavia: H. j.
Procknow, Menomonie Falls; f. w
Schoeller, Zion, Milwaukee; G.. Il. Epp
Salem, Milwaukee; F. Rabehl, Tabor.
Milwaukee; G. Friedrich, Frieden, Mil
waukee; ]. Nickel, Bethel, Milwaukee;
E. w, Schueber, Ebenezer. Milwaukee:
w. Gaverke, Emmanuel, Milwaukee,
NJ. Wittenweiler. North Milwaukee; L.
Fritsche, Racine; j. C. Etzelmueller
South Milwaukee: G. A. Bloede, Sha.
ron; NJ. L. Zeller, Waukesha; L. NJ,
Stewart, Whitewater, and A. Guiliano,
Italian mission, Milwaukee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
EDWARD c. WALL IS !.
CALLED BY DEATH.
FORMER LEADER OF DEMOCRATIC.
PARTY IN THE STATE
AND NATION.
SOUGHT PRESIDENCY IN 1904
Was SoIidly Supported by Wisconsin
Delegation at ST. Louis conven-
tion--Member of State and
National Committees.

MISUNDERSTANDING c. Wall, who
has been al prominent figure in the
political and business life of Milwau-
kee and Wisconsin for half century,
died at his home here, aged II years,
following a protracted Illness.
His death marks the passage Of
one of the best known Democrats in
the history of the state, prominent
not only in state, but in national af-
fairs. He was active in the Wiseon-
sin campaign during the first election
of Grover Cleveland as president in
1884. In 1892, when Grover Cleve-l
land was elected the second time, Mr..
Wall as chairman of the Wisconsin
committee, as a member of the ma
tional committee and of the commit
tee of three to manage the western
campaign, did much for the success
of the national Democratic party.
In 1878 he was elected to the as
sembly and succeeded himself for the
following term. In 1885 he was ap-.
pointed United States internal rev.
enue collector for the Milwaukee dis.
trict, holding the position until 1889.
He was first elected to the Demo-
cratic state central committee in
1878 and served on that body until
1885. In 1890 upon the resignation
of Ellis P. Usher as chairman, Mr..
Wall was elected to succeed him and
served as chairman until 1896. He
was elected national Democratic COM
mitteeman in 1892, remaining on the
body until 1900. He was a member
of the national campaign committee
in 1892, and in 1896 as one of a
committee of nine made arrange
ments for the Democratic national
convention that first nominated Will
liam Jennings Bryan.
Democratic politics in Wisconsin
was long conferred around the activi-.
ties of Mr.. Wall and eliminated in
1904, when the Wisconsin delegation
solidly supported him for the Demo-
cratic nomination for president at
the St. Louis national convention.
1t was during his incumbency as
state chairman that the Democrats
elected George w. Peck governor of
Wisconsin in 1892.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
U. S. TO INSTRUCT GUARDS.
Artillery Companies viii Receive
Schooling Under Federal Disci-
pIine on National Range.

Sparta.-Camp Sparta, the govern
ment military reservation near here
which it was understood last summer
was to be dismantled, will hum with
activity this summer. Orders have
been issued at Washington that it is
to be the scene of field artillery prac-
tice for National guardsmen from sew
eral states and for instruction for med
ical reserve corps officers on the mac.
tive list. twenty-five National guard
companies will take part al the artil-
lery practice and the medical corps
men from nine states will be called to-
gether Tor the first instruction of the
kind the government has held. 1t is
proposed to provide a complete field
hospital ambulance company, regimen
tai infirmary and such other equipment
as may be necessary to offer as thor
ough and practical instruction as is
needed by officers in the field. For the
artillery practice two batteries of the
regular army artillery have been or
dered to report here May 25.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
ROBERTS IS OUsTED
MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL RE.
MOVE EXECUTIVE OF TERRE
HAUTE. IND.
Ex-HEAD HAS NOTHING TO SAY
James Gossom Appointed Successor
Governor Ralston Names r. ".
Newton to Succeed Convicted Judge
Thomas Smith.

Terre Haute, Ind, April 27-Donn
NJ. Roberts. mayor of Terre Haute. was
removed from office by impeachment
of the city council, the vote being Z
to 8. The trial, which lasted nearly
two days, came to an end shortly after
two o'clock Saturday, all of the mem
bers OF the council voting.
One ballot found Roberts guilty of
the thirteen charges. including one
that he was convicted in the federal
court of election conspiracy, for which
he is now in the Leayenworth prison.
and the other was On impeachment.
The motion for impeachment was
made by Ohm and seconded by Mon
.ninger. The motion to find Roberts
guilty was made and seconded by the
same men and the vote was the same
on both.
James Gossom, acting mayor, adj
dressed the council and promised his
best service while in Office.
Il have nothing whatever to say"
declared Dom NJ. Roberts, at the fed
erai prison at Leavenworth, Kan.
when informed of the action Of Terre
Haute city council in impeaching him
as mayor.
Governor Ralston. in appointing R..
Voorhees, Newton Judge of the city
court of Terre Haute TO succeed Judge
Thomas Smith, now serving time in the
federal prison at Leavenworth. Kan.
issued a statement at Indianapolis
in which he expressed confidence that
former conditions. so much to be re-
GREETED, will never again be permitted
IN that city" The governor congratu-
lates the citizens Of Terre Haute
upon their determination to see that
their municipal affairs in the future
are properly administered"
The governor said that it is mis-
take for anyone to conclude that
none but bad men aspire to public of
flee in Terre Haute."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
TEUTONS HUNT SEA FOR FOE
Berlin Declare Fleet Failed to Lo-
cate Enemy-Bie Naval Battle
Rumored.

Berlin, April 26-The German high
seas feet is securing the North sea
for the British feet, ready to give
battle to Admiral Beatty in what will
beyond doubt be the greatest naval
battle in the history of the world
when it is fought. The following state
ment was issued here:
THE German high sea fleet re-
Gently carried out many cruises in
the North sea, navigating in English
waters, but did not observe any Eng
lish vessels"
Montreal, Que, April 26.-An eve
ming paper prints a dispatch saying
that Montreal banker has received a
cable stating that big naval battle
is raging in the North sea.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
5000 LOST IN YPRES BATTLE
Fight for Hill No. 60 Continues-Brit-
ish Lost 1000 and Ger
mans 1000.

London, April 24.-Hill No. 60, DOM
mating an area to the southeast of
Ypres, continues to be the storm GEN.
ter of the western front, with the Brit
ish clinging tenacjously to the ground
taken by assault last Saturday. Coun-
ter-attack after counter-attack has
been so far successfully repulsed, but
the British hold is still disputed by
the Germans, and the end of the lively
and costly fighting is not yet in sight.
The British losses have not been an
nounced, but they are estimated at
well over 1000. The Germans are be-
lieved to have lost more than 1900
men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
WlTTE A SUICIDE, REPORT
Famous Russian Count Said to Have
Been Discovered at Head of
- New Movement

New York. April 27.-1he latest re-
ports regarding the death of Count
WHITE to reach New York from Europe
ere that he committed suicide as a re-
suit of the discovery of a widespread
and secret movement to prepare for
what is believed to be the development
OF reactionary forces in Russia. Lib
eral opinion in France and England is
becoming alarmed at the tendencies
which are showing themselves in Rus
STA. Count Witte IS lid to have put
himself at the head of a movement In
tended to counteract this threatening
reaction and to have committed sui
eide on its discovery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE

st. Louis, April 27.-August H.
Frederick, who recently resigned from
the presidency of the board of alder
men, to which he was elected this
spring by $4,000 plurality. pleaded
guilty to forgery in the first degree
on Saturday. He was sentenced to
ten years in the penitentiary. 1t was
announced he would be taken to JEFF
ferson City at once.
Tabriz, April 27.-Hundreds Of Ar
menians in the vilayet of Van have
been massacred by Turkish trops, ac-
cording to refugees who arrived here.
All the towns near Lake Van have
been sacked.
Philadelphia, April 2S.-The nation
wide unity of men, and plans for a
campaign for an interdenominationa
federation were among the questions
discussed by representatives of the
chapters throughout the eastern Sec
ton of the United States and Canada
and Jamaica, who are attending the
eleventh international convention of
the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip,
in session here.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
MRS. STORYS TICKET WINS
D. A. r. President-General Retained
Office by Majority of 234 Votes
Congratulated by Opponents.

Washington, April 24.-Memorial
hall rang with cheers on Thursday
for Mrs. william Cummings Story
when she called the congress of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton to order, following her reelection
as president-general. She also car
ried her entire ticket to victory in the
balloting. Mrs. Story was retained
in office by a majority of 234 votes.
Mrs. George T. Guernsey Of Independ-
ence, Kan, went to the platform and
congratulated her successful oppo-
nent. Ten Story vice-president-gen-
erals were chosen. Mrs. George E.
Ransdell, wife of the senator from
Louisiana, was elected treasurer-gen-
eral; Mrs. William A. Smoot of Vir-
ginia, organizing secretary-general;
Mrs. Grave H. Pierce of New York,
registrar-general, and Miss Natalie
Sumner Lincoln of this city, editor OF
the D. A. r. Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-05-04
THAW WINS COURT BATTLE
Slayer Granted Jury Trial by Justice
Hendrick - Case Up on
MAY IL

New York. April 26.-Harry K.
Thaw on Friday won his long fight for
a sanity trial. Justice Hendrick of the
supreme court handed down a deci-
sion granting the slayer of Stanford
White hearing to determine whether
he is sane or insane. The trial of
Thaw's sanity viii be conducted be-
fore a jury. Justice Hendrick deciding
that il was within his power to grant
this request. and set the trial for
May IT.
Thaw's lawyers declared that he de-
cision of the court assured Thaw his
freedom. as they had no doubt they
would be able to convince any fair
minded jury of his sanity.