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The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
THOUSANDS GAZE AS
WOMAN Fights To Die
Broadway Crowd Electrified by Strus-
gle in Window: Breaking Away.
Woman Plunges Five Stories.

New York. March ia great throng
stood electrified this afternoon at
Fifth avenue and Thirtieth street.
while they watched two Greyhaired
women struggling fercely before a
window on the fifth floor Of the Hol-
land House. FrighIeneo CRIES rose
above the hum of the traffic. Then
wrenched herself free. mounted the
window sill and plunged headlonG
downward.
Her body crashed upon a glass cam
opy which spanned the sidewalk.
paused for moment and then amid
shower OF broken glass dropped
heavily to the pavement. The woman
was Miss Theresa J. Nicholson, of Lit
tie Neck. Long Island, sister Of J. J
Nicholson. prominent in Chicago. The
woman who had fought to prevent the
leap was her sister, Miss Mary Nichol-
son. OF 81. Paul.
At p m the women had engaged
room for few hours stating that
they would be there only until J. J.
Nicholson called for them. Miss Mary
explained that Miss Theresa had been
i'll and was to be taken to a SANTA
rum.
The women had been In their room
but a short time when frightened
shrieks rang through the hotel CORR
doris, followed by sounds of the strug
gle which was Witnessed from the
street. Patrolman Squassoni rushed
into the hotel. but the crash of Miss
Theresa's body on the glass roof out
side came while he was waiting for
the elevator. The woman was carried
back into the hotel just as J. j.
Nicholson arrived.
At New York Hospital. where the
woman is a prisoner it was found
that she had sustained a fractured
shoulder. decorations and internal In
ir:ries She nrnha hlN will recnNer
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
MANIAC STAYS Two;
-FOUR Others Dying
Armed with FIatiron, Murderer Nearly
Wipes Out Family in Terre
Haute.

Terre Haute. Ind. March 1.-Two
members of the family of Will Bald =
ing were found dead and four others
were probably fatally hurt today as the
result OF an attack. evidently by a
maniac. The head of each OF tn" six
was crushed with a flatiron which was
found lying beside one of the bodies.
The dead: Samuel Balding. aged IL:
Celestia Balding. aged I.
Dying: Mrs. Will Balding. Clifford
BaldinE. Il: Irene Balding. 5: baby,
aged :.
The crime was discovered by Mrs.
Lizzie BlaCketer. The room was liter
ally drenChed in blood.
VIII Balding, the father. is a tele-
phone lineman. He has been working
for several days near Chicago and is
supposed to be still there. The Balding
home is on the outskirts of Terre
Haute.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
RUSSIANS DRAW IRON
RING AROUND PRZEMYSI
Sweeping Forward in Blizzard. Gar
Troops Drive Austrians from
Chief Eastern Defenses.

fetrograd. March l5.-AH the nniddl
Carpathian passes siY are locked in
blizzard of snow. The Austrians Nh
have been making desperate efforts t,
eXtricate themselves. are choked in tn
ravines and among the sources of tn
rivers which flow into the valley stretch
ing toward the region of Przemysl. stry
The Russians have been prompt T.
seize the advantage. amid the hurrican
and snow. TO charge into the chief east
ern defenses of Przemysl. which is onl,
three miles from the heart of the for.
tress.
The Austrian position there Is held b,
strong force of infantry and artillery
but the vehemence of the Russian on.
slauSht was such that an entire battalion
surrendered. The siege ring has now
been drawn much tighter.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
GETTING A START.
DISCRIMINATION.
BY NATHANIEL L. FOWLER, Jr.

One of the differences between the sue
ccssful man and the mediocre is that the
former has judgment or discrimination.
while the latter is automatic in action.
does what he is told to do, and goes by
the clock.
The president OF a large corporation. in
a moment of irritation. ordered the head
of one OF his departments to send a COM
municatiOn to all customers who had
failed 20 meet their obligations to the
firm. He did not discriminate. he did not
specify: ne said all.
The manager did as he was told.
The result was that more than fifty
good customers rebelled. and some OF
them could not be pacihed.
The firm lost at least two hundred
thousand dollars worth of business
The manager did what he was told to
do. and. technically speaking. he should
be commended for being a faithful en-
ploye: for following orders. He did not
stop to think. however: he did not use
his Judgment: he did not discriminate. 1t
did not occur to him that this order was
given in moment of temporary irrita-
ton. He did not consult other officers,
of the company. he did not again refer
the matter to the president when that
official had become normal. He simply
went ahead and followed orders.
The president could not criticfse
him. for the president was to blame.
But-and that but looms large in the
affairs OF life-but il the manager had
Disseminated. If he had thought, if
he had felt his responsibility, he would
not have blindly followed orders He
would have tarried a while. He would
not have disobeyed. He might have
gone so far as to have all the letters
written. when he might have again
referred ha
in which case his judgment could not
have been questioned.
This manager still retains his posi-
ton, but his salary remains the same
and he has not been promoted He
can he trusted. and yet he cannot be
trusted He is today looked upon as
an automatic machine. which responds
to the touch of n button. but which
has no mind. no judgment, which does
as il Is ordered to do. neither more
nor less.
The blind follower Of orders. the
man who does not think for himself.
but lets others think for him Is never
going to rise high in the ranks of
business or occupy any prominent po-
sition in the affairs Of life.
Faithfulness and obedience to or
ders are to be commended. but he who
takes an order thouEhtlessly and ex-
eCuleS u 10 HO DetteE
than the clock which marks time but
does nothing for time.
The man who gets ahead has in
itiative. He Is ready to consult his
friends, he is glad to ask for advice |
but he thinks out his own problems,
assisted by the experience of others |
He is his own court OF last appeal |
His judgment settles his life conduct |
BY contact with those around him he |
nfa1 nd
his Judgment a safe guide to follow |
Copyright. 1851
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16

to the high standard expected. / cannot
too strongly point out that unless the
whole nation works with and for us. not
only supplying the manhood of the Coun-
try to serve in the ranks. but also sup
plying the necessary arms, ammunition
and eduipment successful operations in
the various parts Of the world in which
We are engaged will be severely ham
pered and delayed"
Praise for Canadians.
Reviewing recent military operations.
Lord Kitchener mentioned especially tn.
Canadian division. the men of which. he
said. had shown their mett1e. and re-
ceived the warm commentator OF Sir
John French for their high spirit and
bravery. They have done their part"
Speaking of the capture of Neuve
Chapelle and LEpinette. he said: Our
casualties in the three days fighting.
though probably severe. were not nearly
SO heavy as the enemy's. A large num-
Der of prisoners were taken"
Lord Kitchener announced that since
his last speech substantial re-enforce-
ments had been sent to France These
off by the swollen Aisne. had made fur
included the Canadian. the North Mid
land and the Second London divisions.
with other units.
The health OF the troops, he said. was
remarkably good. The French army ex-
cept for a slight withdrawal near Sois-
sons owing TO re-enforcements being cut
ther important progress at various paris
Of the line. and especially in Champagne.
In the eastern theater violent German
attacks directed against Warsaw have
failed There was a considerable concen-
tration of German troops in the attack
upon the Russians positions in East
Prussia. After causing a retirement of
the Russian forces. they are now either
well held or are being driven back
I'm the Caucasus fresh defeats have
been inflicted by the Russians upon the
Turks. The latter were repulsed by our
forces In Egypt when they attempted an
attack upon the Suez Canal
The situation in the DardaneIics is
well in hand"
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
SHE KEEPS SECRET 8 MONTHS.
Girl, After Long silence. Tells Of
Marriage.

After eight months in the bonds OF we'd
lock- MIR. and Mrs. Wilbur @. Kramer.
the former OF 500 Third street southeast,
and his wife. OF 90 f street southeast.
where she lived while she was still Miss
Olivia Norris. decided yesterday to take
the world into their secret They an
nounced their marriage. which took place
last August The only persons besides
themselves who knew of the wedding
were the mother OF Mrs. Kramer and
Rev. Father Morris. OF St Peters
Catholic Church. who helped them secure
a special dispensation from Cardinal
Gibbons The marriage was performed
in Alexandra. Mrs. Kramer is Is years
old
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
FRENCH.

Paris. March 15.-Tonights Of
dCiai statement says
The day has been marked by
various actions favorable to us.
In the vicinity of Lombaertzyde
our artillery effectively bombarded
the German works. The Germans
endeavored to retake a small fort
but were repulsed. leaving about
fifty dead on the field.
South of Ypres the British
army. which yesterday was at
tackled by the Germans and COM
PEELED to fall back beyond st. Eloi.
reCaptured that village and almost
all the neighboring trenches. de-
spite several German counter-at-
lacks.
North of Arras brilliant
French infantry attack carried
three lines of trenches on the spur
Notre Dame de Lorette and reached
the edge of the plateau. We cap
tured 100 prisoners. including sew
eral officers. destroyed two mitrail-
leuses, and blew up an ammunl-
ton depot
Further south. in the region OF
Ecurie and Roclincourt. near the
road from Lille. we blew up sew
eral German trenches.
Near Carney. in the vicinity or
Albert the Germans exploded
mine under one of our trenches
and occupied the excavation. We
drove them out, but they again
installed themselves there. A
fresh COunter-attaCk, however, en-
abled us to retake the position.
Near Vasseus. north of Nouvron
80 hA
German companies suffered very
heavy losses.
In Champagne we made fur
Their gains. We repufsed two
counter-attacks northeast of Mes
nil. before a bridge position.
In the Argonne there was great
activity. Near Bagatelle two Ger
man counter-attacks were repealed
and a blockhouse demolished We
have established ourselves on the
site.
AT Vauquois. our infantry at
tackled an dmade themselves mas
ters of the western part of the
village, taking numerous prisoners.
At Lepew woods. near Pont-a-
Mousson, the Germans blew up
with mines four of our advanced
trenches which were completed
destroyed. After the explosion we
CAPTURED two of the first trenches
and half of the third"
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
INMATE ESCAPES FROM
CHEVY CHASE ASYLUM
He Returned Voluntarily in Fifteen
Minutes. Sanatorium At
taches Say.

Upon the eve of a hearing before
the District Commissioners. at which
the existence Of the Chevy Chase
Sanatorium will be AT s-ase. a patient
escaped from the institution yesterday
afternoon.
At the sanatorium il was said the
patient. a man. had been gone bur
fifteen minutes. had harmed no one.
caused no excitement and returned
voluntarily. No report was made
to the police.
The Commissioners today will con-
slider a petition signed by fifty resi-
dents of Chevy Chase. d. G. and Pine
hurst. in which the revocation of the
Institutions charter is asked upon the
Grounds of improper conduct of nurses
and attendants and negligent care OF
inmates, who are permitted to roam
about the country. the charges say.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
devil CHASING Brings
BILLY SUNDAY $4,000
Sixty-hve Thousand Dollars Contribut.
ed on Thanks Day at Philadel-
phia Tabernacle Alone.

Philadelphia. March 15.-The amount
donated to Billy Sunday on the closing
day of his campaign here already totals
more than So 600. and the flood of checks
bills and gold continues to pour into the
Land Title Trust Company in such GUAM
tity that the tellers estimate the total
will exceed $1,000
Persons associated with Sunday estI-
mated that the evangelist will receive
about $4,000 from the donations at the
tabernacle yesterday Hundreds of per-
sons who either were not able to reach
the tabernacle. or did not try. are send
ing their contributions. by messenger and
mail
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
Suffrage Pageant Planned.

The fortieth anniversary of Susan r
Anthony's proposal for a constitutions.
amendment giving the vote to womer
will be celebrated here in December BY
suffrage pageant. The plans wer,
given out yesterday by Miss Alice Paul
head of the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage. The pageant will b.
held in Convention Hall and will depic.
the life Of Miss Anthony. who will b,
represented as the Joan of Arc Of Ameri.
can suffragists.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
BEACHEY's MOTHER NEAR DEATH
shock of Sons Tragic End May
Cost Her Life.

San Francisco. March l5-The funeral
Of Lincoln Beachey. the famous aviator.
who yesterday met death at the EXPOSE
ton grounds when his monoplane COL
lapsed in mid-air, will be held wednes.
day afternoon Funeral ARRANGEMENTS
were made by San Francisco Lodge. No
.. b. p. o. E.. and the services wiz be
held in Elks' Hall in this city.
The aged mother of Beachey Is pros
trated with gISef at her sons tragic
death. and 1t Is feared the shock may
prove fatal
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
Invitations in Paw Envelones

letter of invitation to take advantac e
of a special delivery system of books
was put in the pay envelopes OF eacn
District employe yesterday through
George F. Bowerman. librarian of the
Public Library. An arrangement il in
effect whereby messengers of the library
call at the District Building each day
to collect books and to take requests for
bookA
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
TURKISH.

Constantinople. March - jvia Berlin
and Amsterdam).-More warships of
the allies have been damag ed In their
OPERATIONS at the Dardanelles. it was
onlciaily announced here today
The statement follows:
Inc enemy's ironclads yesterday
Dombarded at intervals forts Sedd-El-
Bahr and Kun Kale. but their fire
was Ineffective 4 light fotiIIa at
tempted TO approach the mine fields
but was driven OF by the Turkish
batteries. Some of the hostile ships
were damaged and compelled TO retire
from the battle line
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
WOMEN SHOT; BOTH MAY DIE.
Man Arrested After Attempt Z.
Ecape

Mrs. William Dent, coIored. 261 War
rem street northeast, and her COM
panion. Ella Washington. were shot
and probably fatally wounded at the
latter's home. 1923 wylie court north
east. last night. The women were
taken to Casualty Hospital. William
Dent was arrested at Twelfth and
Maryland avenue northeast, by Police
men L. w. Giles and =. r. Bunham, of
the Ninth precinct while trying to
escape. He offered no resistance. A
brother. Raymond Dent. was with the
fleeing man. but declared he was not
present At the shooting
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
Movies Trust" Wins Shit

Philadelphia. March l5.-Basing his de
cision principally upon the ground tina;
the defendant, Louis NJ. Swaab. faile(
to prove conspiracy against him by int.
grail parts OF the so-called moving pic.
ture film trust. in an effort to drive hin
out of business. Justice Won MoschziskeI
delivering the opinion Of the Supreme
Court. today ordered a revision of thu
verdict Of soo.4 24 obtained BY Swaab. VIII.
is an exchange dealer. against thu
Vitagraph Company of America.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
Two Liners Brave War Zone

Liverpool. March l5.-The liners
Cameronia and Grampian. from New
York and St John, N B.. respectively.
arrived here today. Both passed
through the Irish Sea without being
attacked by submarines. but their life
boats were made ready for launching
as soon as the liners reached British
waters
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
RUSSIAN.

Petrograd. March 1.-THE gen.
eral staff tonight issued the fol-
lowing statement:
"On the whole PrZasnyss front.
from the Mlawa Railway to the
OrZhitZ River. we progressed.
fighting all the way. German
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
Russians Capture $1,000
Austrians in Two DAYS

PetroErad. March 15-Ia Gall.
cha Austrian prisoners have been
pouring In steadily At the rate
Of about $500 daily fer several
months. The numbers taken from
Thursday to saturday total be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 and many
others were caught In minor
skirmIshes.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
Filipino Will Speak.

DR.. Manuel V. Arguelles. of the Uni
versity of the Philippines. Manila, will
read a paper on THE Filipino Racial
Complex" at a meeting this evening at
the Public Library of the Anthropological
Society of Washington. A board meet
ing will precede the address
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
DR.. White Will Speak.

DR.. William a. White, superintendent
of the Government Hospital for the In
sane. will be a speaker at meeting at
IL o'clock tomorrow morning of the Dis
trict OF Columbia section of the womans
department of the National Civic Fed
Grafton at Rauscher's.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
coonerstown PLAYS Midwiek

San Francisco. March l5-The opening game in
the universal polo tournament will be played on
the Tolo field at the Panama-fscihc EXPOSITION
tomorrow between the Coopcrstown IN. u four
and the Midwick team. from Pasadena. Cal
During the 81, weeks Of polo sixteen teams will
ccmpete
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
Colonial Furniture Is Tonic.

An illustrated lecture on Colonial Fur
niture'' will be given at mid-Lent so
cial this evening Of the Washington
1917 II street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16

and fax crops. This is the season at
which this product is imported. nine
t"nths OF the total amount coming from
NUcatan. Mexico
CarranZa had declared PrOgreso
closed port. wishing To starve out the
faction which had gained control of Pro-
gr"so over another faction more favored
by Carranza. He announced his intention
to blockade the port 10 make his decree
effective
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16

In some parts Of Siberia milk Is sold
frozen around a piece Of wood. which
serves n Q handle to carry It
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
Webster Wins Game,

The Webster School defeated the Thomas School
yesterday on the White Lot in IN elevea-inninS
saAe 70 Il
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
BRITAIN NEEDS POWDER,
KITCHENER TELLS LORDS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
The Washington herald., 1915-03-16
CARRANZA REMOVES
BAN ON THE CHURCHES

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-01
CALL NEW STRIKES

Raincoat makers have not settled
their strike at Rosewald & We'll, Kin
zie and Ashland. Furthermore, they
don't intend to settle until R. & w.
sign up with garment workers at
their $40 S. 9Th av. factory. Rain
coat Makers are affiliated with the A.
F. of L.
New raincoat makers strikes have
been called at Chicago Raincoat Co,
New Era, Harrison and Blue Island
av., and Home Raincoat Co., 1144 S.
Halsted. More pay and union recog-
milton demanded,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-01
RECORD BREAKING POLICE
PROBE STARTS NEXT WEEK

Willie N1dyOI O11O POI y
of aldermen are off to California next
week there will get into action in the
city hall a record-breaking probe OF
the police department and police sys-
TEN.
The first clash on this job comes
Monday night when Chairman Thos.
J. Lynch of the council police COM
mittee will ask power for his commit
tee to search anybody and anything
in the police department from CHIEF
Healey and Sec'y Luthardt on down
10 plain clothes men and beat po-
icemen.
A report by Pres. Percy Coffin is
slated for reading. The report rakes
over and tries to tear holes in the
work of the Merriam crime commit
tee and Aid. Merriam personally.
In this report Coffin will held up his
1nds and boiler with horror again
u er the employment by Merriam of
4 oks, SWITCHES, boozefghters and
people to go into saloons and
,tlgouts of thieves.
The Merriam bunch in the council
lii come to bat and ask Where else
but in dives, joints and shady raths-
kellers is anybody going TO hunt Tor
the system by which detectives and
police fixers are to be found.
Chairman Lynch will read into the
record an up-to-date list of the
crimes happening since Chief Healey
was appointed with a promise to
drive the crooks from the city,
Aid Lynch has been in conference
with Aid. eMrriam The two Of them
told Day Book reporter they want
one point understood about like this:
It's a certainty there will always be
more or less crime in a city of 2,O0O,-
600 people. The crimes that can be
stopped, however, are those COM
mitted by known crooks who stay in
the city and get protection from
crooks inside the police department.
First, clean out the crooks in the po-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-01
SHOWDOWN SOON ON HOW MANY
CROOKS HEALY'S DRIVEN OUT

What will Chief Healey's batting
average be on his showdown Monday
night? Both Mayor Thompson and
his police chief are pledged to drive
crooks out Of the city,
Monday night the chief is under
council orders to hand in the official
squeal book telling how many and
what crimes have been pulled off in
Chi. the last four months.
Average number of crimes ran
1900 month before the period to be
covered by the squeal book. Will
the squeal book Monday night show
$500 crimes or more or less. If it's
more, the mayor and his chief need
more time to keep their promise to
drive crooks out of the city.
strikers seem to take more time
and energy of the coppers nowadays
than crooks" said Aid. John C. Ken
nedy of the police committee today.
while the Armour jewel burglars are
eating and sleeping easily, working
girls are ridden into by Healey's
mounted squads. Fine work"
-O-O
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-01

violated or evaded civil service law
is a minor point. That Chief Healey
should o. K. the reinstatement o.
former Chief McWeeney, Detectives
Powers, Mulvey and others, after
those officers were put off the force
under peculiar conditions, needs ex-
PLANTATION.
Evening journal., 1915-04-10

voting her attention to suffrage has little opportunity
consider the question of home management The modern
business probably has given the subject
thought because of comparison with improved business
methods yet she has occasion for putting her ideas
into practice To all refer consideration of electric
cooking, not a possibility, but actual and
attention
Regarded step forward in the world of the home
electric cooking compares favoraby with the giant strides
in the world of industry and 1t accomplshes
those purposes in the home that the business de-
mands in his organizations economies saves time and
produces greater results