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The Washington herald., 1915-03-30
WILL AID BREWERY WORKERS.
Central Labor Union Indorses Ac-
tiOn of Employees.

The brewery workers OF the Dfstric,
Will be supported in their dena nds upon
the local breweries by the Central Labor
nion. At meeting last night the union
voted to indorse the action OF the brew
cry workers, the Endorsement including
the men In all branches Of the industry.
and to cooperate with them IN the event
of strike by refusing to consume the
product of Washington brewcries.
The Central Labor Union takes tho
stand. il was said last night. that In view
uf the fact that upon the enactment Of
the 1OnCS-Works excise law the local
brewers raised the price Of beer 81 per
barrel. there is no reason why that law
should cause the brewers to alter tho
compensation of their employees
II was reported at the meeting that In
other cities the brewers had conceded
these same demands To their employees.
and for that reason. il was stated. the
union would use the product Of other
cities as pressure upon the local firms
The Washington herald., 1915-03-30
data GATHERING
TO Begin SOON
Subcommittee on Half-and-
Half Plan Have Outlined
Methods.
APPEAL FOR FUNDS MADE
Chairman P. T. Moran Asks Financial
Help in Compiling
Information.

| SubComnlitteeS of the citizens COM
mittee IN charge of the collection OF
| data in support of th" continuance OF
| tho half-and-h half financial scheme Tor
! presentation before the Congressional
/ inquiry commission appointed to tn
ycStigate fiscal relations between the
district and Federal governments have
outlined their methods of procedure.
and soon VIII commence the task OF
gathering facts.
The Suhcommittees on historical
| facts francial facts. and statistical
| facts have held preliminary meetings.
aud have decided definitely upon the
| methods TO he pursued. The person
| mel of tho Sub"opmIttee on assess
| ment and taxation. Of which John 10y
| E.dsou is chairman. viii he completed
+ within Il few days. and immediately
| thereafter meeting will be held to
outline \ plan of procedure. The work
Of collecting facts will he in fuIl
swing Within another week
Appeal for Funds Issued.
The subcommittee on finances or
" hirh T. T Moran is chairman. has
issued an appeal for funds TO defray
tho cNpcus. Of gathering and compil
ing rh. iuforna tion and Of preparing
it for presentation before the inquiry
commission This subcommittee Is
Conposed Of the heads of the six civic
organizations represented on the citi-
zans' committre--ihe Board of Trade.
the Chamber of Commerce. tho COM
Initree of One. Hundred. the Fedora
tion Of Citizens Associations. the Re
tail Merchants Association. and the
builders and Manufacturers Exchange.
The members OF this subcommittee
soon will appoint committees to so
licit subscriptions from members of
the various civic organizati tions Con-
trihutions varying from 81 to $40 are
rcqus sted. The campaign for the con-
tinuarce of the half-and-half plan will
entail q considerable expense because
of the necessity of employing a STAN
of experts to aid in the work. but the
subcommittee of finance feels that il
will have no difficulty in raising money
for a cause which means future money
aving to the people of the District.
Mr.. Moran yesterday announced the
personnel of the committee 10 repre-
sent the Chamber of Commerce in the
solicitation of subscriptions The com
mlttee is as follows: O. J. DE Moll.
chairman: Byron S. Adams. Milton y
Allies. Iarz Anderson. DIR. Lewis +.
Battle. b. r. Behrend. Joseph A. Ber-
berich. Edward ]. BeuChert. w.
Bolgiano. L. s. Brashears. John W.
Brawner. l. f. Breuninger. A. +. Burk-
lin, John q. Capcrs. DR.. W. 2. Carr.
w. W. Chiswell, Carl Droop. 7. c.
Dulin. B. B. Earnshaw. Fulton r. Cor
don. J. Philip Herman, d. J. Kaufman.
Harry King, John l.. Newoold, H. T.
Ofterdinger, and Raymond H. 'Pilson.
Henry b. +. Macfarland. chairman
OF the citizens committee. last night
expressed the desire that all persons
having suggestions concerning the
campaign communicate them at once
TO him at his office. in the Evans
Building.
The executive committee OF the citi-
zens committee is holding meetings In
Mr.. Macfarlands Offices nearly every
other night.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-30
FANCY DOGS ENTERED.
Successful Ecnnel show PrOmiscd
by Competitors Announced.

Judging from the entries received yes
terday the coming dog show OF he
Washington Kennel Club on April l. and
Is next is going 10 proYe a huge sue
cess. The entries of Mrs. Jerome Bona
parte Of her Pekinesc and Pomeranisn-.
and those of Mrs. LarZ Andersons Brus-
sells griffons. indicate the class of dogs
which will compete for the honors.
Mrs Tom" Green has sent in the en-
try of Prince Nala." the prize winning
French bull at many of the dog show ;
held i'm the East the past season. Worth
Daniels. son of the Secretary Of the Navy.
has decided to 20 after the high honors
awaiting the best Aircdsle terrier in the
show.
An entry which is bound to attract
attention is that OF August Belmont. who
will send his entire kennel TO the show.
F-ank d. Stewart. of the Piedmont Hunt
club of the Plains, Va. has entered his
pack of American fox hounds and bcaElos.
The proceeds of the show will he devoted
to the Ncighborhood House.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-30

wanted a government Job. He was
taken to Washington Asylum Hospital
for mental observation.
Fire in house at 5:7 Eighteenth
street northwest. occupied by William
II. Taylor. yesterday did damage esti-
mated at 5000. A small fire i'll the
Corby yeast factory. doing damage OF
$50. was discovered about noon yes
terday.
DIR. }. Brittan Clark Will deliver to
the Christian Endeavorers of the Dis
triCt of Columbia his ninth lecture on
the life of Paul. on the subject Paul
in Ephesus." The lecture will be given
in the Rhode Island Avenue Methodist
Protestant Church. First street and
Rhode Island avenue northwest.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-30
WIFE VAN|SHES;
HE SEEKS Death
Deputy Sheriff Gray, of Ger
mantown, Swallows Car
bolic Acid.
LONG SEARCH IS FUTILE
Woman Disappears While Nlsitins
Friends Near Rock
vile, Md.
LONG SEARCH IS FUTILE
sp.cral to The Washington Herald


Rockville. Md, March .,-w,-rr
over tho disappearance of his wIfe
Emma Gray. 81 years old. who left her
nome ten days ago and whose where
abouts have since been mvsterv
charles II. Gray. OF Germantown rhis
county. for number of years a depu,v
sheriff. attempted suicide here earI,-
this afternoon by drinking carbolir
acid.
He drank the poison which he rad
purchased only few minutes before
uhder the pretense of wanting 4, for
oed cleaning purposes, while standing
In the doorway of one OF the Office. Of
the courthouse.
He collapsed Immediately, and with
IN a very few minutes Drs. O VI
Linthicum. &. IT, Mannar and F. y
henderson came to hfs assistance. Tho
physicians succeeded in restoring him
to consciousness. but his condition
seemed so serious that they ordered
him sent to a Washington hospital an
ambulance leaving here with him short
ly after / O'Clock Just before III. am
bulance started. Gray's condition be-
came wors" and the physicians ex-
pressed the fear that he could not re-
cover. He Is thought to have swal-
lowed about thrcc-quarters OF an ounce
of the poison.
Disappeared March IT.
Gray's wife disappeared on March II
The night before she and her husband
spent the night at the home of friends
near Rockville. and the following morn
ing Gray came to Rockville, the under
standing being that his wife was tc
follow later in the day shortly after
noon, Mrs. Gray left for the electric car
line. ostensibly to come to Rockville, but
Instead she took a car for Washington.
where all trace OF her WAS lost
Since his wifc's disappearance, Gray
has been busy night and day in an ef-
fort to locate her. He has visited various
cities where he thought she might have
gone. but has succeeded in learning moth
Ing concerning her wherea bouts. lie has
been assisted in his search by the author
flies Of Washington. Baltimore and other
places.
lie declared he knew OF no reason why
his wife should have deserted him. as
their home life had always heen happy.
The couple have a son. Is years old.
Gray was for number Of years a.tIve
in salvation Army work In Washington
reaching the rank Of captain. His wffo
before her marriage was Miss Matthews.
of this county
Physicians at Georgetown University
Hospital late last night declared Charles
r. Gray. deputy, sheriff of Montgomery
County. Md. was in as good condition
as could be expected of a person taking
half an ounce of carbolic acid His
chances OF recovery are fair. II was de-
clared.
Grays stomach WAS washed about If
teen minutes after he took the poison.
Friends and members Of his family were
with him at the hospital yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-30
MARRIAGE LICENSES.


Ge.-Se Mo-. Thorn. 90 ard RoSns Sch-ab 81.
Eez l. ~. Baker.
William A. rlr.nan - and Mary F. Rollae =.
Rcv. James :. MoIisumcr-.
Per'v J. Towns, q anG Ethel L. Jones. 2. both
of Ei,-Irno-d -. R-v H. Schrrrdc-.
Josph T. Sch-iu n and Myrtle Downs. %.
Rev. William Tsylo Snyder.
COLOREp.
Ent--t Washington. -. and Ni"let Brt>,o-. -.
both OF OrirI,a. Va Rev. ". Wcstrsy.
Howard iirroks e. and Cnr,elis Wissmap. 9
Erv. Ianrs = Willis
Il,n .olcnr-n. =. and vicle. Jordan. 2. Rrr
William A. TAYLOR.
McI,I0 rhonIl. -, and EI-nOra Hend-sro. =.
Rev George ''l:ver.
ro,tor E,-erlr. Il. and Mar :. Brown. 3. Rev.
T. mas r. r.. lnr
Ismrs I" Lawson, n. and Clara Arn-s - Rev
t.ua-l'' y. lrNnr.
An-r- Rar-.nl. z. and Elsi. Carte. u. Rev.
Inhn Rirll1ri
The Washington herald., 1915-03-30
SAYS CYCLIST HELD HIM UP.

Thomas Cunningham. a messenger boy
II,inS at sol l." Fourth street northwest
declared to police Yesterday he was held
up aud robbed of SO by negro riding
hi,.yrI" at Thirteenth and Maryland
4, cnUc northeast. shortly after noon
Cuunir CHAM. also riding a bicycle. said
h" noticed the peculiar actions of the
negro few blocks from the SCENE of tho
alleged hold-up. and when he stopped at
Thirteenth and Maryland avenue. the
negro rode up. held him of and ripped
open the satchel in which he was carry
ing his days collections
The Washington herald., 1915-03-30
LOCAL MENTION

Stsr "f the T:ast 10 the hest winter
wheat flour. lbs. choice evap. PEACHES
2"c: . cans peas. &c: white potatoes.
13c PIX. large cans Cal. peaches. 1oc .
I large cans tomatoes. sc: cans corn
25": cans Peerless milk. 10r: 5 cans
asparagus. soc. pink salmon. 9r: lbs.
small prunes. "5c; large prunes, 1n":
seeded raisiuS, 20: eVap. apriCOts. l"C.
peanut butter. 10c: fresh eggs. @Ic: but
ter. sc: ]" lbs. white meal. "5c: sacks
salt. 1Oc: pound cans cocoa. CSC: - y -o-
catsup. 1oc: pt. bots. crap" juice. -.
Wonder coffee, @nc: fat Norway mack
erel. and 1ar. az 4th st. s. e. and all
the J. r. u. Pyles stores.
Skaters Flowers are In demand fos
early spring weddings. Store. 800 18th.
Perry Jones Chocolates for Easter.
Charlie Chaplin today. Virginia, 60e 9th.
Rest business lunch In washington-
Eckstcin's Ladies' and gentlemen. 141i
New York Ave. 35c. list and I'd floors.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-30
BIRTHS REPORTED.
WHITE


Harold AMI Annie Walton. boz.
William s. aud Catherine =. Wis1,sll. hog.
Joseph e. and Pauline Toomey, by.
SYDNEY and Mar Stablcr. 10y.
Robert Y. and Esther r. sullivan, hn-.
-. ThaXtcr and DoIlir =. Smith. rirl.
John =. aud Angela l.. Riston. hoy.
joseph and Lucia Maniii. hoy.
John T.. AMI Ida VI. MrtIlcr. tor.
Charles =. and clara L. MazEer. n, hoy.
Leslie !. and Katie VI. IONS girl.
''euge and Sadie Hudson. girl
David ard katlir,n u. Graham. hov.
Frank y. and Ernie Forester. girl.
Isaac y. AMI Lulu F1uckry. hov.
Peter !. sni Sarah y. Etchcr. boy.
Lnrrnz and Florence CcrTola. 10y.
IsrnS and Lizzie Ras-eit b,y.
Charles -. ard Anna VI. Curtin. bD-.
Samuel NJ AMI Mary I. RlandfCrd. ErI.
Nicholas anil Amccn .,tnhi. boy.
C0IORED.
Lawrence and Florence johnson. sirI.
Jerome anil Frances Ferguson. girl.
clifton snd Sarah Dic-s. hoy.
Louis aud Ella Brooks. by.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-30
ARMY TEST CASE IN COURT.
County's JurisdictiOn Over Soldiers
Ii lssuc.

Whether county officials have turisdic-
ton over an officer of the United states
army while he is performing his duty Is
the question which will be at issue this
morning when Lieut.. Philip Thurber. OF
the Third Field Artillery. is arraigncd
in the Magistrates Court. Alexandria
County. Va. on charge of riding his horse
on sidewalk
Army officers at Fort Myer have been
much annoyed by local intcrferences. and
army officials seized upon Thurbers case
to make a test. Thurber rode his horse
on part Of a road set aside as side
walk. The alleged offense was commit
ted during an artillery practice drill.
Secretary of War Garrison asked the
Department OF Justice for legal advice
and Attorney General Gregory desis-
mated Special Attorney W. &. Heron to
defend Lieut.. Thurber and to carry the
question to be tested TO the highest court
Y necessary
The Washington herald., 1915-03-30
DEATH RECORD.
WHITE.

Charles ~ Lrvi. e0 wears. - q ST. nv.
John =. Winshir. -. Ns Cambridge ri. nv.
George W I'lson, a. Shorcham Hotel.
James ". TIcx"r. 81, Geisl-rro Point. Il. q
Addie D--Viae .. The Ashlcy.
Susan Davis. &C. Blue Plains.
CharI,4te Richardson. 7e. iJi Tenth st. Sc
Jsmcs T. Gibson. u. ll2a Potomac ave. -.
Mary \. Manly. 81. q Randolph FL nv.
Col Augusta Willis. G.. Providence Hospital
Cornelius Mailman. -. I4sn . st. nv.
Annie r. Oliver. g. 6l6 T st. NV.
Cstharine Wcnis. mo-. VI " ST. NV
CDLORED.
George W. Carey 6n. e. Browns court sx
Bsniamn veeney. -. Freedmcns Hospital
Mary Campbell %. "a Ridge st NV
Infant Of Lewis and Ella Brooks ) days, I,
hzf street.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-30

attempting to pass a forged check In
the Second National Bank and who
was chased three blocks by employees
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-27
ILLUSTRATES WITH LIVE MICE
Up-to-Date Seller of Traps Uses Novel
Means to Get His Hearers inter
ested i'm His Goods.

An ingenious method for exploiting
an invention is being used with sue
cess by a Washington man. His in
vention is a mousetrap, a model of
which he takes along with him. He
Immediately interests his intended
customers by producing two live
white mice, which he sets down in
front of the trap.
They promptly head for passage
way at one end of the trap, appar-
emily tempted by cheese contained be.
hind a grating inside. AS they enter,
however, their weight springs trap
door, closing the passage by which
they entered; the cheese proves to be
inaccessible, and in seeking to escape
they follow passage leading up an
incline and ending with another trap
door. Presently they push open the
door and tumble down into pail Of
saWdust-their nest. The opening of
this second trap door by the mice re-
sets the trap by opening the first trap
door which had first shut off their
escape. The inventor then turns to
his interested audience and remarks:
Now, gentlemen, if this pail had
been filled with water instead of saw
dust and set overnight. in the morning
you would find the mice trapped in it
and drowned. | also have a larger
trap that works the same way, for
rats. How many traps can you user
He generally makes a sale.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-27
lee MAGEE LEADS
FEDS IN EVERYTHING.

Baseball fans in many. cities would
do well to focus their eyes upon
young man named Lee Magee, who is
managing the Brooklyn team of the
Federal league and playing second
base. There are many reasons why
Mr.. Magee is deserving of their atten-
ton. Herewith we enumerate a few
of them:
First. - He is leading the Federal
league in batting.
Second.-He is leading the Federal
league in stolen bases.
Third. = He is leading the Federal
league in runs scored.
Lee Magee, at the age af twenty
six, assumed charge of a league ball
club torn with dissension. He con-
tinually had to contend with numerous
cliques seeking to undermine him in
his new position. Despite these things
he has played and is playing the best
ball in his league. He has brought
harmony out of chaos in his club. His
feat is without parallel in the history
of the grand old game. SIS IS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-27
How the Spider Works.

A patient Englishman who last sum-
ner watched garden spider spin its
nest from start TO finish has told what
ne saw, in a recent issue of Knowl-
edge. At $3.50 o'clock in the evening
The spider. half-grown female. began
work by dropping from one branch of
pine tree to another below. and
here making fast line, which event
tally formed two of the perpendicular
radiating lines of the web. From that
line it continued to work without in
corruption until 1875 o'clock the next
morning. The network and radial
ines were done by 1890 o'clock, and
he spiral part of the web was con-
sequently made in less than an hour.
The observer drew many interesting
diagrams of the web at different stages
IN its construction. He says the fin
shed web was one of the most per
feet he has ever seen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-27
MAKING a Rua "Antiaue."

How genuine antique rugs" are
manufactured and prepared for Euro
pean and American markets is told
by writer in the National Geographic
Magazine, who visited Bagdad.
The shopping streets seem like tun-
nels, he writes. They are arobed over
head with brick to keep out the heat;
thus they run, like subways, up and
down the bazaar quarter. Through
those long, sitting, faintly-iighted tun-
nels throngs the eternal crowd Of men,
mules and camels.
Often you will see fine rug lying
fiat in the filth of a narrow street,
ground beneath the tramp of men and
beasts; but there is method in this
Foreigners make Oriental rugs, bright
and new. in Persia, and sell them
through Bagdad. Since an "old rug
is worth more, willy brokers have hit
On this shameful way TO make new
rug look old.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-27
A PINCH HITTING PITCHER.
New York Americans HurIer Best
Batting Twirler In Game Today.

New York Americans Hurier Best
Batting TwirIer In Game Today.
Who said that a pitcher couldn't hit?
Raymond B. Caldwell. the star heav-
er of the Yankee pitching staff, estab-
lished a modern record by accumulat-
ing three home runs in four times at
bat. At the same time he set a new
pinch hitting mark when he hit for a
homer twice in succession while enact
ing the role of a substitute hitter.
These three circuit wallops scored
seven runs.
Caldwell always has been a good hit
ter. Slim is really a great ball play
er, and if he would only take the game
a little more seriously there is not the
least doubt he would be one of Cobbs
hottest rivals. He is a big, good ma
tured. careless fellow, more interested
in pleasure than work. Baseball is
somewhat of a joke to Ray.
However, this year seems to be at
tracing his attention more than usual,
for his pitching as we'll as his batting
has improved, and by the end of the
season the lanky one promises to be
the surprise of the year.
Three home runs in four times at bat
is not the record. Bach in the old days
of heavy sluggers, when they used to
bunt 'em over the fences $50 they say,
Caldwell's mark was bettered on three
different occasions by three different
men. Dan Brouthers, Jimmy Lowe
and the famous Ed Delehanty all sue
ceeded in driving out four homers in
five times at bat-and in a single game
foo
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-27
WILD MEN OF BASEBALL.
ReuIbach and George Hold Major
League Record of II Passes.

Bruno Haas the former Worcester aead-
envy pitcher, who signed with the Ath-
etics and set new American league rec
ord when he passed 1G New York Yam
KEGS in one game, recalls other feats of
wiIdness to Boston scribe
The previous record Of the American
league was held in Carroll Brown and
Eddie Plank, each of whom issued II
passes in a game
1t is believed Billy George, once a Giant,
and Ed Rculbach are tied for the major
league record. Each gave Il bases in one
game Beulbach won his game lie held
the opposing team, Boston, to three hits
George lost his to Ansons Colts. This
was in 1897.
Davidson, then of Newark, is believed
the widest man, as he gave Buffalo &c
bases on balls in one game
The widest game recorded was that
pitched by Cy Seymour and Eddie Doheny
against Chicago at the Polo Grounds, il
1896 Or perhaps it was 1885 Seymour
gave Il bases and hit two men Doheny
finishing up, gave nine passes and hi
| three men.
Another freak Of pitching was the frs
inning of a game between Chicago and st
Louis in 1909 Chicago drew four passe
and made FIVE runs in the first inning II
the last half Of that inning, Cole, Richi
and Ruelbach gave eight passes and hit
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-27
Sinoino Stones.

Singing stones are found in various
parts of the world. Fraas, journeying
from the Red sea to the Nile, saw a
round thin fragment an inch In
diameter, resembling shell, split off
with a peculiar sound. from a flint
which lay baking in the hot sun at
his feet. This observation is very
remarkable, and perhaps unique, for
fiints split gradually as a rule, but
the violent and noisy rupture of the
fast bond under the influence of the
suns rays and in the presence of an
observer does not seem impossible
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-27
COURTNEY Is NO GUTTER.
Cornen's "OId Man Disproving
Charge That He Lacked sand. !

The fight which Charles T.. Courtncy
is making for his life in the City hos
pital at Ithaca, n. Y, is disproving the
tradition that the Old Man = is lack
ing in sand, as has been SO otter
charged since an incident dating back
to the days when Courtney was pro
fessional sculler.
Courtney was alleged to have avoid
ed meeting Ned HunIan, then in the
heyday of his glory, and the story that
he cut his boat in two on the eve OF
the race stuck to Courtney no matte!
how hard he tried to disprove it. Tha
story has been the cause of much sol
row to the cold Man, - but his present
sickness must he taken by those who
have professed to believe it as a refuta
tion of the rumor.
Courtney on June II suffered q frac.
ture at the base of the skull, and not
q soul knew it, not even a doctor, I'M
til the night of June %, after the var.
sity race in the Poughkeepsia Iegatta
had been rOwed and won by the Cornell
crew. Then it was that Courtney col
| lapsed and it was discovered that fol
! - days he had borne intense pain with
| out word.
| Those who were with Courtney IL tn,
Cornell training quarters at Poughkeep
sic say he was the hearty, genial sou
| he always was. His eve was clear. hi.
grip firm and his whole bearing seemed
to indicate that he was in the best Of
health. All this was pose, done 10 de
ceive his Fboys' and to keep then
from getting downcast ON the eve OF
the big race. "'Better to sacrifice my
self than the boys, - seems to nave been
| Courtney theory.
The last reports from Ithaca indieat,
that the cod Man. is slowly recove1
ing, but Cornell men fear that ne vii
never be seen again in command of
Cornell crew, something that has beer
a part of Courtney 5 life for 50 OF hi
60 years.