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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15

''You have not gotten that Pyrene
Fire Extinguisher yet from the JET
FERSON GARAGE, you will put it off
till it is too late. after you hayea de-
structive fire, you will then see your
mistake. Fifteen of them have gone
out in the last two months. four of
them to the corporation of Charles
Town to be used by the two fire COM
panies, A. s. ALLEN, Prop.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15

Buy Base and Tennis Balls of MilIer's
Pharmacy.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1915-07-15
PUBLIC SALE
Of Valuable Real Estate.
24th Day of July, 1915

in front of the Court House in Charlie
Town, West Virginia, at IL o'clock a
m, the following described real estate
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
OCCUPY
Joint HEADQUARTERS
Women of Different Organizations
Open One Office to Prepare for
National Convention. \

-Four suffragist Organizations affiliated
with the National American Woman
Suffrage Association yesterday opened
joint headquarters at 1907 F street north
west in preparation for the annual con-
yention Of the association. to be held
here December II to 1s. Mrs. Raymond
b. Morgan, vice chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements, Is In charge Of
operations.
The four organizations are the College
Women's Equal Suffrage League. the
Washington Woman Suffrage Council,
the District of Columbia Equal Suffrage
League and the committee on local ar
rangements Of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association.
The joint committee consists Of Mrs
Winston Churchill. chairman; Mrs. Ray
mond B. Morgan, executive vice chair
man; Mrs. George Alexander Mosshart,
secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Helen
Gardener, Miss Mary O'Toole, Miss Flor
ence F. Stiles. Mrs. Frank Hiram Smell,
Mrs. John o. Moquet, Mrs. Helen r.
Tindall. Mrs. Glenna 6. Tinnin and Mrs.
Karl r. Kellerman.
Morven Thompson and Mortimer Clark
are to assist in planning the lighting
effects for the Susan B. Anthony suffrage
pageant, to be held at Convention Hall
on December 13 under the auspices Of
the Congressional Union. Mrs. Ralph
Keith Forest assistant director, and
Mrs. William g. Moore, chairman Of the
costumes committee, yesterday went to
Philadelphia to complete arrangements
for the costumes.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
GERMANS ARE LOSING
SPIRIT, SAYS GENERAL
Teutons, Worn Out by Pnvahons.
Surrender to Russians in Battalions.
Declares Russky.

Petrograd. Nov. 15-Gen- Russky has
given the following interview 10 the cor
respondent Of the Bourse Gazette.
We are now guarding against un-
pleasant surprises on the part OF the
Germans. The time for surprises Is past
The Germans are still strong. but not so
strong that We need fear them.
The Anglo-French army has so fora-
fed itself that II there are surprises they
can only be agreeable to our allies
Wait a little and there will be a hfth
aIly BY not advancing. the enemy IN
reality is retreating. Recently ne also
has been deteriorating In physique
"At Dvinsk we are delivering tremen-
dIous blows by our transition to the as-
gressive. The Germans now SURRENDER
readily in whole companies ana oa1tai
ions. This in my opinion Is an ominous
sign Their men, worn out by priva-
tIons and the cold. show no trace OF
their former self-confdence.
'sThe Balkans are a secondary theater
Of war. II is not there that the fate OF
nations will be decided. Even II Ger
many should operate successfully IN the
Balkans she will merely make things
temporarily easy for herself. She connot
possibly save herself.
The story OF the landing OF Russian
troops on the Bulgarian coast Is untrue.
However, do not doubt that In antlcl-
patton of such a landing the Germans Will
send troops to protect Burgas and Varna
so that the Bulgarians will avoid an
encounter with those who freed them and
any psychological eventuality may hap
pen, including the mutiny Of the Bull
garian troops.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
DEMAND" INSTEAD OF
"REQUEST" ON ENGLAND
State Department May Take Vigorous
Step in Case of the Steamer
Winnebaso.

The State Department has abandoned
its original intention OF making a re
quest" OF Great Britain to permit the
American steamer Winnebago, owned by
the American transatlantic Steamship
Buenos Aires to New York. II has de-
Cided instead to make a demand on
Great Britain that she leave the vessel
alone. providing II Is first satisfied that
the vessel is entitled to full American
rights.
In the meantime the department has
asked the attorneys for the American
transatlantic Company to prepare a
form OF representation which the COM
pany thinks this government should
make to Great Britain with reference TO
the cases of both the Winnebago and the
Hooking. The latter vessel was seized
by a British cruiser outside New York
and is now in a British prize court. The
statement will be submitted TO the de-
partment today.
G W. Field, attorney for the American
transatlantic Company. called at the
State Department yesterday TO present
personally the reasons why the United
States should extend its protection to the
vessels OF that company.
Secretary OF State Lansing was en-
gagged, SO Mr.. Field saw Counselor Polk.
No official statement was made as to
the conference. except that the depart
ment is to receive today the statement
of the views of the company as to what
the state Department should do through
diplomatic channels.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
BRQTHER-N-LAW STOLE
HER Child, is charge
Mother Sues to Obtain Daughter AL
legged to Have Been Kidnapped
from Home.

Mabel z. Lowe. through Attorney Rob-
ert E Mattingly. filed a petition yester-
day for a writ of habeas corpus to OBJ
tain possession of her daughter, Edna
May Lowe, years old. who at present Is
in the Washington City Orphan Asylum.
The petitioner states that she and
James P. Lowe were married in Wash
ington. August IS, 1909, and that they
have two children. Edna May Lowe and
Florence Virginia Lowe, years old. She
alleges that after moving to Silver Hill.
Nd, about a year and half ago her
husband obtained employment for her in
Washington and that when she came to
the city to work he left her.
She says she has been living with her
parents at Good Hope, d. c., and that on
Sunday, October 81. 1915. Arthur Lowe, a
brother of her husband, came to her
parents house in an automobile and chat
ted with the family. The petitioner al
leges that shortly before he left the house
he asked to see the children. stating that
he wanted to bid them good-by. When
the children were brought out to see him,
the petitioner states. he suddenly grab
bed Edna, ran 10 the machine with her,
and rode away.
Mrs. Lowe says that until November II
last she was in ignorance as to the
whereabouts of the child. She says that
by telephoning to the various institutions
IN Washington she finally located Edna
At the Washington City Orphan Asylum.
where the authorities stated the child
had been since October 81. 1915. the date
upon which 1t is alleged the child was
taken away in the machine.
The petitioner asks that the orphan
asylum be directed to return the child to
her.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
District Courts

Justice Anderson granted Mabel G.
Page a divorce from Arthur d. Page
yesterday. The suit was filed November
10. 1914 Attorney Leo A. Rover repre-
sented the wife.
The will of DR.. John p. Dunnigan, q
physician of Southeast Washington, who
died November IL at Providence Hos
pital, was filed for probate yesterday.
The document Is dated August 8. The
entire estate Is left to his wife. Mar
guerite C. Dunnigan, who Is named ex-
ecutrix. with Clarence D. Donohue. ex-
ecutor.
The Union Trust Company yesterday
filed for probate the will OF Walter
Howe, who died November g. The will
is dated January 1s. The entire estate is
left to the wife, Elizabeth Dunn Howe.
who is named executrix without bond.
In the will of Otto Carl Gsanter. filed
yesterday. the entire estate Is left to the
wife, Linda Schmitt Gsantner. who Is
named executrix without bond. The doc
ument Is dated July q, 1915.
Mitilda Button. wife of Percy Button.
Is left the entire estate of her husband
In his will dated October 81 and filed
yesterday by Attorney Harry ]. Klmball.
Mr. Button died on November !, after he
drew his will.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16

powder cans and boxes in a larger box
because of their Ieaky habits, and II
sounds like a good plan, doesn't IL? II
powder has upset over a ribbon. IT can
never be all brushed out. Indeed, Il Ia
her opinion land l wish you could see
how neatly she keeps house In her dress
er drawersD that boxes, innumerable and
all sizes, are the secret OF dresser-drawer
neatness. though they do not look as
interesting as glimpses OF laces and rib
bons
do not like to keep an article for
which I have no use IL It can be of any
use to some other, though often. because
Of my crowded days. they do accumulate.
The moth is an ungrateful little pest, and
one knows no inspiration to unselfsh-
ness in feeding him. II he kept a diary
OF what he gets to eat every day, and II
were printed alongside the story Of some
other PERSONS needs. how It would shame
those who have fed him,
One learns when on the road many
rea sons why one should travel light"
The reasons are as good and as obvious,
why one should travel light all through
life. A confusion of useless belong
irss neither means wealth nor peace Of
mind.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
SYNDICATE WILL DEFY
BRITISH COUNCIL ORDER
American Ships Going to Rotterdam
for Cargo Will Furnish New
Test of Blockade.

Plans of a New York syndicate to bring
SO. 900 worth of American-owned mer-
chandise out of Rotterdam in chartered
American ships were furthered yesterday
through conferences between r. c.
Mitchell, Washington representative OF
the company, and William B. Fleming.
foreign trade adviser OF the State De-
partment
Mr.. Mitchell said afterward he had not
asked official sanction Of the State De-
partment for this plan OF relieving Amer
lean importers whose goods are tied up
in Rotterdam, as he holds that none is
needed.
I'VE do not care a rap for the British
orders in council" he said. I'VE are not
going TO ask the King for permission to
go into a neutral port and bring out
American goods We have notified the
State Department Of our plans because
there is no intention to embarrass the
government, but if British cruisers seize
our vessels We will expect the American
government TO back US up
Just how far the government will go
in backing up the New York syndicate
i'm its plans State Department officials
would not say. They admitted. however,
that the importers would have a strong
legal case for damages against Great
Britain il the noncontraband, American
owned goods were seized by the British
government while being brought home
on an American ship. .
Mr. NntcheH slid the first of the steam
ers which will make the new blockade
test has been. chartered already by the
syndicate .--..
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
RELYING ON MELLEN
AS DEFENSE WITNESS
Counsel Springs a Surprise in Trial
OF New Haven Railroad

New York, Nov. 15.-The value of
Charles s. Mellen as a government wit
ness was seriously questioned today at
the New Haven directors trial He was
heralded before the trial began as the
prosecutions star witness" Much de-
pended upon his testimony, 1t was inti-
mated, for the success OF the govern
ment's case.
J. w. H. Grim. who was Mellen's coun-
sci before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. warned the governments coun-
sci today that they would probably be
disappointed. Grim Is counsel now for
several Of the Observation-Disclosures. Mel
len Is immune from prosecution since he
testified at Washington.
1t was when r. L. Bats, Of counsel
for the government. stated that the ac-
QUESTION of trolley lines was part of the
New Haven's plan to establish a mon
opoly Of transportation facilities that
Grim said:
Il challenge that statement, and I ask
the court to instruct the jury 70 disre-
gard It"
I'VE are relying upon the stateemnts
of Mr.. Mellen as to this matter" replied
Bats.
And I am relying upon him that you
won't prove any such thing" was crim's
retort.
When did he change his mind?" asked
Bats.
Il don't think he has changed his
views" replied Grim.
1t was plain the government had re-
ceived an unpleasant surprise.
Mellen's face Nvened up earlier in the
day when he was talking OF the late J.
p. Morgan's prejudice against Charles
W. Morse. Mellen submitted to the New
Haven directors a proposition from
Morse regarding the reorganization Of
the Metropolitan Steamship Line
'Mr. Morgan was violently opposed to
the project. He was angry because had
had any intercourse with Morse, and
gave me the option Of breaking with him
or breaking with Morse. Morse was at
that time IN the Tonbs. No reason was
given by Morgan for his opposition, but
he took the matter up very forcibly.
when I said Why, he offers to give
the New Haven-one-
half of the capital stock Mr.. Morgan
replied, I wouldn't take 1t as a gift.
wouldn't have anything to do with him.
You will either break with him or break
with me- That ended II. broke with
Morse"
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
BRITISH MOBILES WHO HAVE DIED ON FIELD OF BATTLE

the title will disappear by a death in
the war unless the rule is changed.
These are the baronies OF knares-
borough. Playfair. Ribblesdale. and
Stamfordham and the marQuesate of
Six peers-Lords Congleton. Hawar-
den. Brabourne. Annesley. De Freyne.
and Petre-and about thirty heirs to
peerages have been killed. In all. fifty
sons OF peers have perished in the
struggle. There are now 213 peers and
42i sons OF peers serving with the COL
ors.
Many of those who have died are
well known to Americans. Information
al turfmen heard with especially keen
regret of the death OF the Hon. Fran
els Lambton. youngest brother OF the
Earl OF Durham. He was a lieutenant
in the Royal Horse Guards. and before
the outbreak of Armageddon, he di-
rected a successful training stable at
Newmarket for the plutocrat, Sir Err
nest CasseL
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16

y HAVE heard of homes where the popu-
L lar family Joke concerned the top bu-
reau drawer. Il being considered funny
and sometimes true-to say that any
thing lost in the house or yard. from the
garden rake to the baby's bottle. could be
found In that much-crowded space.
have never personally known such homes.
but I have heard Of girls who kept their
belongings in such a mass OF confusion
that have heard II could have been
quite possible in looking for thing to
stir and stir the contents with stick,
like an old woman stirring a kettle. and
the desired article would finally bubble
to the surface.
There IN a neatness and compactness
about railroad time tables that have a
good effect on every one compelled to
study them, and the travelling salesman
carries a sample case that is as precisely
arranged. He knows he would lose a
sale on an article II. after getting the
customer interested. he should have to
spend a half hour finding the article he
wanted to sell
In a perhaps less important way l
leni ned when travelling that I must have
a commanding knowledge OF the where
abouts Of everything in my trunk and
suit case, and the experience was so
valuable that still know Just where to
nut nv hand on every article possess
There Is never time In life to do all one
wants to do. so why waste a minute in
searching for that which never should
have been LOST
To clean house in dresser drawers Is
ALWAYS a treat TO me. and occasionally
nv rare leisure at home Is spent that
way. II is the little girl instinct In me
that make me delight in smoothing and
rolling up ribbons and placing them In
neat little piles in a box kept for that
purpose. have a passion for looking
over handkerchiefs to see II they are
neatly folded and there Is no little rent
in them. of admiring them and enjoying
them. don't know what It is to find
glove strayed from its mate. or to see
them rolled up tightly in a ball.
Little bags Of sachet kept among all
these little intimate possessions make
them a greater Joy. and while delicate
colored silk and satin bags are pleasure.
one need not go to that expense II one
cannot AFFORD it. I have heard OF girls
who produce the same pleasing eheof oy
making sachet bags OF cotton and cheese
cloth. A strip of cotton. torn apart and
the sachet introduced. and all OF II
seved up I'm cheesecloth. Is an inexpen-
siye toilet requisite. and one need have
no aualms of conscience about throwing
all away when the scent has faded.
A very neat girl I know keeps all her
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16

London. Nov 1h-The war is max
ing fearful incursions on Norman
blood" in Great Britain. Nowhere did
the Mother Country's call to duty find
reader response than among the Eng
lish nobility and the casualty lists
daily contain many names of ancient
stocks.
The ranks of the peerage are being
thinned in an alarming manner. Many
families are threatened with extinction
in the male line.
1t is certain that II the war con-
tinues to the end of the three-year
period which was a favorite guess of
its duration in the early stages, spe-
cial measures will be necessary to fill
up the lists Of the cream of the upper
class here.
Another result OF the slaughter is
that titles will be lost through II by
many families. In the usual British
patent OF nobility the title only de-
scends to heirs OF the body male"
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Evangeline writes from Quebec TO ask
for a curl OF my hair. I am sorry not
to be able to give it. II is pleasant
thought that any one thinks enough of
me to want It. but curls do not grow
rapidly. and IL I were to give to all who
ask l am quite sure no one would ad-
mire me. And II Is quite essential for
a girl IN the films to be admired by the
girls who see her pictures
John Nolan, Of Buffalo. writes me that
he gets 800 a month. and don't think
that se5 of It is enough to keep up all
household expenses for a wife and two
children. II would be useless for me to
tell Mr.. Nolan. for I do not know. Why
not try It himself for Just one month
and then report
A dear little girl writes me from De-
troit that she has been told We OF the
screen never work after dusk. I have
been in the studio as late as midnight
many a time.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
POOR GAS SUPPLY IS
CHARGE OF CITIZENS
Two Complaints Filed with Public
Utilities Commission by Resi-
dents Of Northwest.

Two complaints against gas service in
the northwest section were received by
the Public Utilities Commission yester-
day. The complainants allege the flow Is
poor between $50 and $50 in the even
Ing when, they say, II is most needed.
There evidently is either too small a
supply pipe or a clogged pipe in the line
supplying this immediate neighborhood."
writes Robert b. Sosman. of Newark
street. Cleveland Park.
Col. Louis A. La Garde. U. 8. A, re-
tired, states that for three years the
residents OF woodley place have borne
with poor gas service. They have in a
number Of cases complained to the gas
company without result" the letter
states II am convinced that there is
something wrong with the amount of
gas distributed to this section. since the
complaint Is general"
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
EXCURSIONS.
DIVORCE FOR MRS. WILSON.
Decree Granted Wife of Former A.
sistant Secretary of State.

Reno, New, Nov. ia decree Of di-
vorce on grounds OF cruelty was granted
by the District Court here to Lucy James
Huntington Wilson. from Huntington
Wilson. who was assistant secretary Of
state during the Taft administrator.
Wilson brought the suit alleging deser-
tion. but the court denied him relief
and granted the decree to Mrs. Wilson.
who set up a cross complaint. alleging
mental cruelty. She was allowed to re-
sumo her maiden name, Lucy Wartham
James.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
EATS EN- ALIVE NO MORE.
stopped in Frog Swallowing Acf the
"Humnn Tank Appeals to Courts.

New York. Nov. 15.-For thirty years
Gustav F. Delair was a gay and care
free human tank" Then the Society
for the Prevention OF Cruelty to AMI
mails stepped in, and now Delair wants
s. OOO from the estate OF the late VIM
Hammerstein, who cancelled his act be-
cause of the society's protests.
Delair would swallow live frogs, gold
fish, beer, milk, water. everything in fact
that the audience desired, bar elephants
and then emit them again. He was book
ed at the Palace Theater two years ago
and his act was cancelled because the
S. P. c. A. took it upon itself to. pro-
tect the festive frog. VIM. Hammerstein
was manager of the playhouse. Hence
the suit.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
METHODIST MISSIONARY
SOCIETY MEETS TODAY
Thirteenth Annual Convention for
Baltimore District to Be Held
at Hamline Church.

The thirtieth annual convention of the
woman's Home Missionary Society of
the Baltimore Conference OF the Meth
Odist Episcopal Church will be convened
at 10 O'Clock this morning at HamIine NJ.
z. Church, Ninth and streets north
west. The convention will be in session
today and tomorrow.
There will be two meetings each day
one at 10 o'clock in the morning and the
second, following a luncheon, at 2
o'clock
In addition to the business meetings
there will be a reception and demonstra-
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
OBITUARY..

Funeral services for James B. Bar
rett who died Saturday. will be held
at his residence, 1343 F street north
east, this afternoon at o'clock. In
terment will be made In Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
O'Hagan, who died Saturday. will be
held this morning at $3.50 o'clock at
her home, 1719 Sixth street northwest
thence to the Church OF the Immacu-
late Conception at o'clock. Inter-
ment will be made at Mt. Olivet Gene
terry.
Funeral services for Miss Gertrude
NJ. Regan. who died Sunday. will be
held at her home. AL Sixth street
southwest, this morning at o'clock.
thence to St Dornfnfc's Church
Funeral services for George B.
Shane, who died Sunday at Ceilings
wood. N. j., will be held at Thomas
S Surgeons Chapel. 1o11 Seventh street
northwest. this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Interment will be made In Rock Creek
Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Ttf-
fey, who died Saturday, will be held at
her home, 1854 Rhode Island avenue.
this morning at 1890 o'clock. Inter-
ment will be private.
Funeral services for Mrs. Amelia l.
Wilcox, who died at Garfield Hospital.
will be held at her residence, 2610
University place, tomorrow at o'clock
Interment will be made In Rock Creek
Cemetery.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
PATENT EXPERT PASSES AWAY.
W. J. DiIIon's Body Will BE Taken
to Green Bay, Wis.

william ]. Dillon. so, an expert patent
searcher, who died yesterday at his
home, COS B street northeast, will be
buried at his former home at Green Bay.
Wis, Thursday. The body OF Mr.. Dillon
will be taken to Wisconsin today.
Mr.. Dillon was a patent expert for
seventeen years here. first with c. A.
Snow and Company and then with Vic
tor ]. Evans. He was assistant post
master at Green Bay before he came to
Mrs. Dillon, a daughter
OF former Representative Hudd OF Green
Bay, survives Mr.. Dillon.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
NEW HOME FOR EXCHANGE.
Brokers and Bankers VIII Open
Joint Quarters in March.

The second floor OF the new annex
to the National Savings and Trust
Company Building has been leased by
the Washington Stock Exchange. The
brokers expect their new quarters
will be ready March I, 1916. For
many years the exchange has occupied
the second story of the Adams Build
ing. in + street near Fourteenth.
TIE Bankers Association of the
District and the Washington chapter
of the American Institute of Banking
will be tenants of the exchange.
Brokers look for a material increase
In membership In their new home,
The Washington herald., 1915-11-16
What Soldiers Ask for Christmas.

Berlin. Nov. l5-The Berline Tageblatt
asked for suggestions as to Christmas
gifts for soldiers at the front and these
are some OF the replies:
Gen Won Buelow-For muffs for soldiers
in Russia.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen-Cocoa,
chocolate meat fats and butter.
Gen. Won Gallwitz-Anything except
wool. We have enought Of that"
Prussian guard regiments-Rum