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The Washington times., 1915-09-06
MAN FALLS 40 FEET
AND LANDS ON BABY
Neither One Hurt and Tumbling
Window CIeanor Quickly
Disappears.

BROOKLYN. Sept. 6.-One ~ the
most peculiar accidents of which the
police have any record occurred yes
terday. and four persons including q
baby, q man, a little girl. and a woman,
were affected by It. The man and the
baby escaped: the little girl was in
jured, and the woman, her mother, who
has q weak heart. swooned when she
heard false report that her daughter
was killed.
An unidentified man got a Job clean
ing the front windows of Mrs. JenninSs,
n tenant on the third floor OF go Skill
man street The weight of the man
a. about 15o pounds, which Is inter-
csting, In view OF what happened. He
seated himself on a window sill and
started TO mop the ranes high above
the street.
isabella Boyden. a child Of seven
years. passed blithcly along the side
nlk, wheeling In a carriage Earl Spar
row. eighteen months old.
the Windows where the man sat clean
nothing to break his fall. He LANDED
partly on the little nursemaid and part.
ly on the carriage: Beneath the s ws!shts
perhaps forty feet. the carriage col
lapsed like a toy balloon punctured BY
| pin.
Baby, man. and girl lay amid the
debris OF the carriage. Windows went
up all about the neighborhood and all
Skillman street poured forth to see
what had hapICned. They expected to
find three dead or seriously injured
persons.
The baby sat up and gave vent to .
long drawn "Ee--wah!" making .
mouth which resembled the opening
OF a subway kiosk BY q miracle It
was not even scratched: 1t was Just
good and mad. so 1t howled.
| The little girl bore the brunt Of tho
fall. She was injured about the SPINE
and bruised. The man was as for
tunate as the baby He picked him
self up. and. after tentatively trying
his legs, to make sure that they worked
properly started Off He did not stop
until he was out Of sight. Nobody
| wants to stick around after falling
three stories. Later he returned to
hear how the little girl was doing. but
disappeared again without giving his
name or address.
Some highly thoughtful person ran
to the home Of Isabella's mother ana
shrieked out that the girl was dead.
The sudden shock was too much for
Mrs. Boyden's heart and she tainted.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
Fire Gongs and Smoke
Fail to Wake Chinaman

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 6.-Undis-
turbt by smoke. the cries Of neigh
bors and the changing OF frebells.
Charles Wing a Chinese laundrymsn.
slept while fremen burst open the
door OF his shop and eNtinguished n
fire that threatened to destroy the
building. The flames started from II
small gas stove, which had overturned
and dropped into basket Of laun-
dered shirts.
Discovering that the Chinaman was
missing, fremen beEan search.
They crept through clouds of smoke
to rear window. There. huddled in
bunk. asleep, was Charlie. 1t took
several energetic pokes 10 awake n
him. He rubbed his eyes lazily.
"LlaGndy closed today: come tomor-
row for washce" he exclaimed.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
WONDERFUL RECORD
IN FIGHT ON TYPHUS
Cases Reduced From 100000
to 600, and Mortality From
70 to 20 Per Cent.
By HENRY WOOD.
Copyright. 1915, by the United Press. c.
IL Ill al

Copyright. 1876 by the United Press. copy
right In Great Britain).
NIsH, Serbia, Aug. I (by maiD.-From
100.0O0 cases Of typhus to 900, and from
a maximum mortality of 70 per cent to
one of 2o-all within the space of three
months. is the record Of the American
Red Cross and Rockefeller Institute
sanitary mission, sent here to save the
Serbian nation from the epidemic that
was threatening it's actual existence.
BY September Serbia will be entirely
free of the plague.
The full story Of the most remarkable
humanitarian task ever undertaken by
the United States was today told for
the first time In an interview granted
to the United Press by DR.. Richard p.
Strong. professor of tropical diseases at
Harvard University. and head of The
American mission; The interview took
car. which. fitted out with beds in one
part and shower bath in the other.
and with fat car attached behind for
carrying his automobile and another car
in front for the members of his imme-
diate staff, has been practically the
only home DIR. Strong has known in
Serbia. Almost every night of the three
months campaign has been spent by
him aboard the car hurrying from one
end of Serbia to the other in the fight
against the deadly plague.
Began in Janaury.
The typhus epidemic in Serbia,
in he vicinity OF Vallievo, follow!ne
the Austrian invasion of the month be;
fore, and spread with such rapidity thai
1t became the greatest epidemic OF thAa
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
BY GARDNER MACK.

ization was known as the Union
Feature Film Company. The venture
was not successful. however, and I
again became associated with Grit
fifth IN the Biograph Company.
When Griffith severed his con-
nectinn with Biograph to produce
his own special features and super
wise the pictures made by the Re-
lance and Majestic Companies,
wus engaged to play dramatic leads
In the big features. Later I was
with the Balboa Company and then
after another short season with
Griffith. came to the Essany ranks.
That's all there Is to my said story"
The Washington times., 1915-09-06

Note-These selections are made
from programs prepared by the
n,nnaCers of the tbeaters concerned,
and no responsibility is assumed for
a arbitrary changes without notice to
The Times. They are based on the
personality of the players and the
producing company. and not per-
sonal inspection. except In special
cases. q. M.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06

this engagement went into motion
pictures and Joined tn Biograph
Company. which was then under
the direction OF d. w. Griffith. !
remained with Biograph for almost
q year. but Joined the Reliance when
Mr.. Griffith took his Bograph Com
pany t. California. After a few
months with Reliance. I joined
Pathe. where l stayed for the bal
ance Of the season.
Taking heart Of courage. l de-
cidedc to 90 into the producing bust
ness on my own hook and formed
the FIRST feature film corrtny mat
was then In existence. The organ
The Washington times., 1915-09-06

Mrs. A. c. Eisinger. accompanied by
hor daughter. Miss Florence Eisinger,
and her son. Frank and Mrs. w. g.
FiSinGer. has returned to her home IL
Fi"''th street. after summcrinG in the
Pennsylvania mountains
The Washington times., 1915-09-06

The Secretary of the Treasury Will
i1m q. McAdOo. ac"ompanied nv the
Secretary of hCri' ulture. David r.
FouSton. and Francis q. Caff"v. ar
rivoi at the Homestead. at the Virginia
Hot Springs Saturday evening by mo-
cabaret entsssstnnssts 1 - shS aJans nsas sns
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
Asks Court to Compel
Hubby to Stay in Nights

NEW YORK. Sept. 6.-Mrs. Laura
Baumeistcr. Of l2s Hawthorne avenue.
Yonkers. n bride of two months. had
her husband Fred summoned to court
in an attempt to prevent him remaining
out late at nights.
She also complained that he had
bought her only one R1ft. a pair ?f
stockings, sine" they were married.
Judge Reall advised Paumeister to keep
better hours and dimissed the case.
The Washington times., 1915-09-06
TODAY'S BEST FILMS
BY GARDNER MACK.

Florence Reed In Her Own Way"
Metro Pictures). the Casino. F. near
Seventh street.
Theda Bara in Tho Two Or
phans" william Fox). Crandalrs.
Ninth and E streets.
Hazel Dawn in The Heart OF
5enns. as,. Tsssne TwesS ristSre ana The
Robert Edeson in "Mortmain"
edapted from the story by Arthur
Train N. S. L. E.-Vitagraph). tho
Strand. Ninth and D streets;
Nell CrRg In The Whirlpool"
CEssanay). the Leader. Ninth. be-
tween Men,s E Tn1ns,t rnd streets: ,n mr. Plum.
Pudding" UniversaD. the Garden.
42a Ninth street.
and Franklin Richie in East
Lynne Biography. the Revere.
Georgia avenue and Park road.
Hal Forde in The Maker 9f
streets northwest.
James o'Neil in The Count OF
Monte Cristo." adapted from the
story by Alexander Dumas Famous
Players). the Hippodrome, Ninth
street and New York avenue.
Betty Harte In Nancy OF Stoney
Isle" Knickerbocker), the Olympic.
143l You street.
Olive Fuller Golden and Charles
Manley in The Source Of Happi-
ness" Gaemmle). the Arcade. Four
teenth street and Park road.
Marguerite Clark In The Goose
Girl" adapted from the story by
Harold MacGrath (Paramount Pic
tures), Crandalrs Apollo. 62i H street
Murdock MacQuarrie in The Mys-
terry of the Tapestry Room" (Uni-
versaD, the Alhambra. 5ls Seventh
street.
stormers" (Kalem). the Masonic
Auditorium. Thirteenth street and
New York avenue.
Charles Chaplin and Mabel Nor
mand in "Mabers Strange Predica-
ment" (Keystone). the Virginia.
Ninth between F and g streets.
Charles Clary and Teddy Sampson
in "Jim's Big Heart" MaJestic). the
Staunton, Third and streets north
Winifred Greenwood and Ed Coxen
in THE Divine Decree" (American).
the American, First street and
Rhode Island avenue.
Paul Willis and Mildred Harris in
1.-The Little Lumber Jack" (Reli-
ance), the Empire, sl5 H street
northeast.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Set Up Dummy Safe
To Deceive Watchman

HARRISBURG. Pa. May A.-Rob-
bers blew the safe in the F. w. Wool
worth & Co.. 5 and 10 cent store, get
ting $3.50. They probably were fright
ened off the Job. for they left behind
a pair OF shoes. a burglars outfit and
bag containing 81 in cash. They
also overlooked some loose change in
drawer in the safe.
II is believed the burglars are a
gang which has operated in other
stores OF a similar character in diff
ferent parts Of the country. The
method employed here is the same
which. 1t is said. has been used on
similar Jobs elsewhere.
The safe blowers tore the side out
OF big carton of heavy pasteboard
and painted 1t black In the center
they stuck the flaring mouth Of 10.
cent tin horn. to represent the com.
bination knob; soma inches to the
left they inserted the mouthpiece OF
the same horn, to represent the han,
| die of the safe. The real safe was
moved aside, and the dummy stood
under the night light. A casua
glance from the street would not re-
veal the trick.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Briton Takes Kaiser's
Luggage and Letters

LONDON. April 90 (by mail.)-A story
of Kaiser Wilhelms narrow squeak"
from capture and how he lost his bag
gage came from northern France to-
day.
The imperial luggage and private cor
respondence Of the Kaiser, captured
with 1t. Is now at the British front. ac-
cording to the tale Of how Commander
Samson. of the British aviation corps,
in an armored motor car made fear
less sally into German territory and
made the Kaiser and his aides beat a
hasty retreat
Samson. according to the information,
wearied Of air scouting, and decided to
take a spin in a powerful motor Near
the German line he saw a party Of Ger
mans moving across the skyline several
miles away. Making a dash in that
direction. firing as he speeded. the Ger
mans hed. Samson was in time to
gather up the baggage abandoned and
proudly brought 1t back to the British
tsined the Kaiser's raiment.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
SONS OF ITALY HERE
AWAIT CALL TO ARMS
FraternaI Society at Meeting
Tonight Will Discuss Ma.
tion's Entrance Into War.

The Sons Of Italy. a fraternal or
ganization Of younger Italian Ameri-
cans. will meet tonight in the G. A. r.
Hall. 14l2 Pennsylvania avenue north
west. Italy's entrance into the Euro
pean war will be the general topic of
discussion.
Many Of the members Of the society
are subject to call to arms by their
country.
These members will endeavor to place
the society on record favorable to i'm
mediately informing the Italian gov
ernment that all reservists in the Dis
trlct and numerous volunteers will re-
spond at once to the first call to arms
More conservative members of the
organization will counsel less hasty
action. Several OF these today ex-
pressed regret that their mother coun-
try was compelled to take up arms
and expressed the hope that Italy's
action would prove the beginning OF
the end of the bloody war"
Recognizing President Wilson's re.
quest to guard against unneutral act,
or speech. many of the older Italian.
Americans of the District refuse All.
solutely to discuss the entrance o,
Italy into the war. Some of these
acknowledged that they have seryef
the Italian colors, but now are Amer.
leans and neutrals."
There are eight organizations o,
Italian-Americans in the District Tn,
Italian American population in tn,
District Is set at between $4,000 anc
10000. The last census, taken in 1910
gave the native born Italians in tn,
District at 5000.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
BUILDING PROBLEM
PUzzL|NC OFFICIALS
Structures Within Boundary OF
New Porkway to Be De-
cided.

whether they have authority to re-
ject an application for the erection Of
buildings within the boundary Of the
proposed connecting parkway between
Potomac and Rock Creek Parks Is a
question that Is puzzling the Commits
sioners.
Recently an application was filed for
permits for the erection of four buildings
at Twentieth street and Belmont road,
which Is within the area Of the proposed
parkway.
Congress has authorized the condem-
nation Of the land but. as no appropria-
ton has been made for the work. the
Commissioners must determine whether
they have authority to reject the ap-
pltcation. as requested by number
Of property owners and residents In the
neighborhood.
The protestants say that II the build
inss are erected 1t may be decided to
alter the original boundary lines in
order to escape payment for the i'm
provements. Corporation Counsel Syme
has been asked for an opinion. The
matter may be decided by the Com
missioners at their board session tomor-
row.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Porto Rican-American
Commerce on Increase

Heavy gains in the commerce between
the United States and Porto Rico since
the acquisition of the island by this
country are shown in a report today by
the Department OF Commerce.
The aggregate value of merchandise
shipped from the United States to
Porto Rico during the fifteen years since
its organization as a cuustoms district
is fully $500 ooo) 90. the Commerce De-
partment report shows. or about seven
times the amount bought from foreign
countries.
In 1897, prior to occupation. the United
States sold to the island only about
s., 10000 worth OF merchandise, as COM
pared with $500 900 bought from other
countries. During the period since 1900
Porto Rico has sold to the United States
about $3.50, 10000 worth. as against $73,-
900 900 sold to other countries.
The aggregate commerce of Porto
Rico in 1914 was $76,934, 5o4. a decrease OF
50 ,l21, when compared with the pre-
cecing year.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24

our lessons" The middle part Of the
map was the earth 1t was most New
York city and woods. England, way
off at the left, looked like a bullfrog
Germany and Austria looked like two
eagles, back to back; France was a
little girl in a striped petticoat; sit
ting on very high stool and beating
a drum the whole was surrounded
with great broad blue sash of ocean,
in which all sorts of ships seemed to
move, so clev.arly had the angel school
teacher drawn them. or sucn was the
magic OF her chalk on the blackboard.
To represent what was underneath the
earth she used a piece Of ruby 'colored
chalk. and sometimes when she made
q particularly broad line little smoke
appeared to rise from II.
This dream went away, and Tommy
saw the little Amesbury girl once
more in the garden playing with the
Jewels. Suddenly she rose and threw
all the jewels impaiently aside. and
then ran into the house and looked
under her pillow, and, low and behold.
there she found the very doll that
Tommy had given her. and then, she
looked so happy and contented that
Tommy, even in his sleep, knew that
when he walked he wouldn't be as
sad about her as he had been.
She was in the schoolroom. The map
which the teacher had drawn in red
chalk had grown so big that you
could no longer see the other maps at
all. and II was blood red and smok-
ing. 1t looked leas and less like a
map. and more and more like a face.
1t had horns and pointed ears. but
these melted off, and II began to de
velop two enormous eyes with coal
black rims. Before the thing really
looked like anybody that he had ever
seen Tommy knew that in the very
next Crumb OF time it was going TO
look exactly like Prof. Stilliter.
He knew that he must knock its
glasses off or perish. He struck at
them with all his might, and his
hand passed through them. as II they
had been made of smoke.
Then Ne walked up. and with as loud
scream as any healthy minded and
badly frightered small boy ever sue
ceeded in screaming.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Naval Academy
Winners Named
Presentations Of Awards In
Athletics and Professional
Branches to be Made Soon.

ANNAPOLIS. May 27.-Announcement
was made at the Naval Academy today
Of the winners of a number of competi-
tions i'm athletics and professional
branches open to midshpmen. The
presentati tions of the awards for these
is one OF the features of June week.
The winner of the Navy Athletic As
sociation sword for greatest personal
excellence in athletics is Harvey L.
.Overesch, of Indiana, captain and end
Of the football team. Midshipmar
Overesch also has been a member of
the first eight and of the Academy
basketball Ave.
The honor of having his name tn
scribod On the Thompson. cup for hav-
ing cxcrted the greatest personal in
fiuence for the advancement of athletics
goes to Midshipman Richard r. Adams.
of Utah. He IL a crack player on the
baseball and basketball teams.
The Thompson binoculars for tie
best handling of smalicraft under sail
was won by MiGshipman Phillip ",
Warren, of Illinois, a member OF tho
third elesss The Thompson monocular5
for second place in the same compcti-
tion, was won by Midshipman NcWbo,d
T. Lawrence, tr., of Michigan. a mem
Der of the second class.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
John Hays Hammond
Sued for 81 500, 900

BALTIMORE, May A.-John Hays
Hammond is the defendant in two suits,
for an aggregate, with interest, OF more
than 81. 500, 900 damages, instituted in the
superior court Without interest or
the costs of the case the claims are, re-
spectiyely for $3.50, 900 and SAT- 100. a total
OF $1.431 600
One suit was brought by Willard D.
Doremus and the other by Addison @.
Duboise. Each alleges Mr.. Hammond
froze them out of the General Cotton
Securities Company of Delaware and de-
prived OF interest in that company equal
in value to the amount of the claims for
damages in the respective cases.
deputy sheriff served notice on Mr..
Hammond on a train as he was passing
through the city from Washington to
New York
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
TRADING IS CONFINED
TO FOUR SALES HERE
Price Changes, However, Are
Few and in Majority of In
stances for Fractional Gains.

Trading on the Washington Stock
Exchange today was confined to four
sales. divided equally between the
stock and bond lists. Price changes,
however. were few and in the majority
of instances were for fractional gains.
The bond transactions consisted Of a
81 900 Washington Railway and Electric
4 at 50. and $500 Washington Gas
Light at los. The stock ssles included
a quotation lot of Lanston Monotype
stock at 60ss, or u Of a point above the
previous price. and an odd lot offive
shares Of Capital Traction at 81.
The weakest issues were Mergen-
thaler Linotype and Washington Gas
stocks. Though no sales were effected
in either: the bid price on each was
lowered q point.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Women and Children
Hurt in Motor Wreck

Mrs. D. P. Myers. OF 30 Quincy stree,
northwest, and two of her six children
arc recovering today from injuries re-
ceived yesterday when an automobile
in which they were riding struck a troll
ley pole and overturned on Bladens-
burg road near the National Training
School for Boys.
In the maclIne were William ]. Doo-
Ian. 1892 c street northeast; Mr.. and
Mrs. Myers ard their children. The ma
chine struck an iron trolley pole, car
romed into a ditch and turned over on
its side, throwing the occupants out
! Mrs. Myers was cut on her hands and
bruised, and Charles Myers, eleven years
| cid. and Ella Myers, four years old
were bruised slightly. They were taken
| 20 Casualty Hospital. and later were
taken home
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
NEW YORK CHANGE
SUFFERS REACTION
Strong Opening With Gains Is
Followed by Heavy Offerings
of Securities.

NEW YORK. May 4.-Heving opened
strong with gains that ranged from one
half to a fun point under the sent
mental effect Of optimistic expressions
by the professional element, stocks suf-
fered a reaction during the second hour
as result Of heavy offerings of securi-
ties.
When the market opened a general
belief apeared to prevail that Italy's
entrance into the war would cause the
tenor Of the German reply to President
Wilson's Note to be more conciliatory
than 1t might otherwise have been, and
consequently. preclude any possibility
of more strained relations between the
opinion was given as the cause for thc
advance of prices.
Later however, with no news de-
velopmerts TO account for the reaction
profit taking. large blocks of stock were
offered and price levels became ir-
regular, with the changes measured
generally in fractions.
seth!chem eth, Steel f,uctuated NOR,
market for this stock has apparently
become thin" and moderate trading
caused SHARP and sudden changes. lIav-
ing advanced IN points to l45 Bethle-
hem declined in brief period to 1876,
to 140.
The stocks of companies which have
been accredited with war orders
showed most resiliency. American Lo-
connective recorded a gain of IA points
at iS1t, and Sloss-Shefield steel made
an early gain Of 31a. selling at 34hs but
lost portion OF It's advance in the
general reaction.
Westinghouse. after selling up 3
points dropped back to 96. yesterday s
closing figure. United States Steel, hav-
Ing registered an advance OF more than
point at b5is reacted to hover around
the closing price of yesterday,
The railroad stocks appeared to be
less sharply affected than the indus
trials. Reading was the weakest N
this list and closed with a net loss ap-
proximating a point.
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Robert Trouland Fatally
Stricken Going to Church

Robert Trouland. aged seventy-ive
years. an employe of the mail transfer
department at Union Station, while on
his way from his home. AZ Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest, to church
last night was stricken with cerebral
hemorrhage at Ninth and K streets
northwest. and fell to the pavement.
He was placed in an automobile and
rushed to Emergency Hospital He did
not regain consciousness. and died
shortly after midnight.
Mr. Trouland had been employed ~
the postoffce for about forty years.
He is survived by eight children
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Junior Republic Heads
Are to Meet Tomorrow

The directors OF the National Junior
Republic will meet tomorrow at D.
m. at the institution, near Annapolis
Junction.
A train leaving Union Station will
convey Washington supporters to the
Riggs building. has charge OF the saie
OF tickets
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
American Is Commended
In British Army Orders

LONDON. May 4.-Kenneth Weeks. a
young American from Cambridge,
Mass. has been commended In army
orders for distinguished conduct at the
| taking OF La Targette and Neuville ST,
Vast.
The corps to which Weeks belonps
the Fourth Foreign Regiment. in which
there are other American volunteer
serving. covered itself with glory.
IT went into action 900 men strong,
and came back with only l,SO0
The Washington times., 1915-05-24
Teachers May Not Talk
Of War in School Room

SACRAMENTO, May A-Teachers
must not permit. nor take part in, argu-
ments in the school room about the Eu-
ropean war, says E. ]. Carraghor,
commissioner OF education.
Complaint has been made to the COM
missioner that high school teacher had
not only permitted such a discussion,
but had taken a partisan part in It,