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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
SCOUTS PARADE.
next SATURDAY
Boys Will Pave Way to Work
of Raising Sum Of
$30,000~
PLAN A DEMONSTRATION
Teams Which Will Secure Money Are
to Be Headed by Prominent
Citizens of Washington.
PLAN A DEMONSTRATION

To pave the way for the three days
campaign for the raising OF $4,000 for the
Boy Scouts OF the District. the scouts will
hold a big parade Saturday afternoon.
commencing at S:45 o'clock. They will
be accompanied by q police escort and
band. marching along Pennsylvania ave-
nue. from the Peaoe Monument to Seven
tenth street.
Half an hour later detachnents OF
scouts will give demonstrations OF phases
OF their work at the Belasco Theater lot
and at Seventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue. They will show first aid, signal
Ing. fre-making by friction and tent
pitching. Thirteen hundred scouts expect
to take part In this demonstration.
Speaking at Local Schools.
The series OF addresses which have
been given in the school buildings by Ma
tioIal Field Scout Commissioner Hous-
man are being continued by his asso-
ciate. II. NJ. Butler. who yesterday spoke
at the Curtis. Hyde. Addison. Edmunds
and Congress Heights schools. The head
quarters OF the Washington Council of
the Boy Scouts is busy In preparing for
the campaign for 5000
The council has already secured the
active cooperation of the following citi-
zens, who have agreed to act as team
captains during the whirlwind campaign:
Colin Livingstone. Mrs. F. d. Middleton.
E. c. Finkel. Robert S. Young. A W.
Davis, Vernon Bailey. E. c. Brooks. j.
f. Bangs. D. ]. Callahan. Grant Leet.
John Z. Finney. DR.. p. Z. Brengle. A. b.
Leet. E. c. Robinson. Richard Common,
Isaac Cans. Odell Whipple. A. j. De
Moll. Frank Sebring. lie Roy Mark and
c. X Brands.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
MUSICIANS PLAY AT
HOME CLUB MEETING
Musurgia Quoted and Mandolin,
Guitar. and Banjo Societies Fur
nIsh EnterlaInment.


The Musurgia quartet, Nordlca
Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra, and
the Nordica Banjo Club, were the
principal attractions last night at a
musicale at the Home Club of the In
terror Department. II Jackson Place
northwest.
The entertainment was opened by
the Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Or
chestra with the overture Jolly Rob-
bers." by Suppe. This was followed
by a Hawaiian number Aloha De"
in which ]. W. Bell introduced the
Hawaiian steel guitar: the Russian
Song of the Volga Boatmen." and
"Valse-Memoirs d'Amour." by Walter
T. Holt.
Edwin Callow read two original Sc
Iections. Tony the Barber" and ia
Footaball Gam"
The Musurgia quarter rendered
"Estudiantina," by Dore: Sympathy"
from the Fire Fly" by Friel. and two
Southern dialect songs. ''Dinah." by
Taylor. and sweet Miss Mary" by
Neidlinger-Howard.
The quartet was composed of Mrs.
Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler. soprano; Mrs.
William T. Reed, contralto; Richard
p. Backing. tenor: Edwin Callow,
basso-reader. and Harry Weaton How
ard. piaist-director.
Moonlight on the Plantation" by
Jennings, was rendered by the Nordica
Banjo Club, by request.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
District Courts

Justice Anderson yesterday granted a
limited divorce to Sophia NJ RennO from
Charles Graves Renno. The suit was
/ filed February %. 1915. Attorney E. l..
Gies represented the wife.
James William Marshall. colored. was
found guilty of secOnd-degree murder by
IA jury before Chief Justice Covington
yesterday in Criminal Division l. The de-
PENDANT was alleged TO have hit Edward
Williams in the head with a brick, re-
sulting in his death on February .. AS
sistant United States Attorney Samuel
NJ. Hawken conducted the prosecution.
while the defendant was represented by
Attorneys Charles Fahey and G. William
Sultzer.
In the will of James Patterson, who
died November 5. the entire estate is left
to his wife. Roberta Abbott Patterson.
who is made executrix. without bond.
The document. which is dated November
., 1910. WAS fled by Charles Linkins.
By the will OF Mary Catharine Reese
who died October Is. she bequeaths her
entire estate TO her husband. William F.
keese. The document was filed for pro-
bate by c. Clinton James. and is dated
June -. 1907. In the event of her hus-
bands death, the testatrix directs that
Elizabeth Violet Chlds and William H
Taylor are to receive 500 each; Cora NJ.
Maggie 800 and Joseph A. and Franz c.
Magic $50 each.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
u. S. OFFICIALS SEEK
ZEALANDIA'S PAPERS
State Department Asks Consulate at
Progreso. Mexico. to Report
on Documents.

The State Department yesterday CALI
ed upon the United States consulate at
Progreso, Mexico. for a further report
on the case OF the American steamship
Zealandia, which was searched by an
armed party from British cruiser while
lying of the port of Progreso.
The instructions direct particularly
that a report be made as to the ships
papers. The British Embassy has been
advised that when the Zealandia was
searched no papers were found on board.
To this the captain and owners OF the
Zealandia rctorted that OF course they
were not on board as they had been
filed with the American consulate at
Progreso. The consulate, however. has
never mentioned the Zealandia's papers
having been deposited there. when re-
porting on the case, and the State De-
partment is anxious to clear up this
point in the case.
There is also a conflict of statement
between the British and those interested
in the vessel. The former assert that
the Zealandia was lying outside the
three-mile limit when searched and that
therefore there was no violation Of Mex
lean neutrality or the rights OF an Amer
lean ship.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
WOMEN SPIES STRIPPED.
Military Documents Found ClcverIy
Concealed About Their Bodies.

Paris. Nov. 16-The amazing ruses en-
ploysd by female spies attempting to
cross the Austro-Swiss frontier are re-
veaied in a dispatch from Geneva to-
day The Austrian military authorities
force all women travellers to disrobe since
1t was discovered that military docu-
merts had been concealed beneath a
porous plaster on the back of one spy.
Another woman, who bore her arm in a
sling. was found to be carrying a mes
sage in a small tube inserted in wound
en- her arm. All women travellers are
led by female attendants into 4 bath
room. where they are stripped and
scrubbed with hot water. Frequently
this reveals small pieces of very thin
tissue paper, upon which are written
military secrets.
Often thin strips of tissue paper have
been found stuck to women's bodies or
hidden beneath cosmetics.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
NEw-oRK-DN1-B DAY.
O.O.Ms

have never been able to raise anything
except what is technically known as the
Old Ned. Fifth avenue is packed at pa
rade time these afternoons with young
boulevardiers who delight in exhibiting
their new growth.
New-fanGlcd remedies to make the
| mustache sprout rapidly are being offered
in the drug emporiums and one street
Vender is hawking a 'mustache fertili-
ger" on a downtown street corner.
Charles W. H. Needham, globe trotter
extraordinary. is in New York for a brief
spell. Needham spent several years in
darkest Africa, where he had some ex-
citing experiences studying the home life
Of cannibals. Being a vegetarian, the life
soon palled on him. and the next that
was heard of him was the news brought
back by returning travellers that he was
running the Sour Dough Restaurant at
Nome Alaska
A town character used to spend his
evenings loafing around the restaurant
stove. He was nontalkative person and
each night he would sit aIoof from the
others and at certain hour would mum
BILE:
"Crickey! Wish ! had COW"
Then he would lapse into silence for A
long time and suddenly exclaim: Nav.
what do l want with a cow Needham
didn't object TO the visitor changing his
opinion about the bovine but the fellow
got so on his nerves that he had to sell
out and trek to his native town-Galli-
polls, Ohio.
While sitting in the public square in
Gallipolis one day watching the river traf-
fic a stranger tapped him on the shoulder.
Needham turned and recognized the 81
lent man from Nome. He was travelling
and so far as Needham could ascertain
by careful and searching questioning
he had never come to any definite de-
Cision regarding the COW,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Miss Paul Goes to Charleston.

gressional Union for Woman Suffrage.
left Washington last night for Charles
ton, S c., where tonight she will adj
dress a mass meeting to be held under
the auspices of the organizing commit
tee OF the. South Carolina branch of
the union. Miss Paul will be the guest
of Miss Susan Pringle Frost. of Charles
ton. president of the Charleston Equal
Suffrage League. a progressive organi-
zation having more than 600 members.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
SERVICES FOR MRS. TRUNNELL
Lifelong Resident of District Buried
at Congregational Cemetery.

Funeral services were held at 2:3O
o'clock yesterday afternoon for Mrs.
Harriet A. Trunnell. lifelong resident
of Washington. who died Sunday at
her home, 645 D street southeast. Rev.
A. S. Johns conducted the services,
which were held at Mrs. Trunnelrs
late home. Burial was made in Con-
gressional Cemetery
Mrs. TrunneH was rs years old. She
was taken i'll three weeks. Two
daughters, Mrs. George Perrott and
Mrs. Madison Annandale. and twin
sons, Joseph G. Trunnell. chief oper-
ator of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany, and Seaton w. Trunnell, of the
money order division of the City Post
office, survive her
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Girl Writer "DiScOpers"
Sam SOthern off Stage

while to so to the Belasco to hear. and
you have Sam Sothern on stage.
do ye know, they're rather rare an
England. these interviews" Mr.. Sothern
went on. except for theatrical maya
zines The newspapers don't seem to
care for them, and I'm inclined to think
that the old days were best when the
public knew less about an actor and
there was much mystery about life back
Of the stage. A play was more fun to
the playgoer then. just as a circus was
a more wonderful event to the small boy
when he couldn't go and pat the elephant
as he does now. But perhaps Americans
care for It because they are such an
enormously playgoing nation-much more
so than England. Every one goes to the
theater in this country. The English au-
ly enthusiastic. You're rather surprised
at that. aren't you. for an Englishman is
cold and reserved. you think. Well, he
Is. individually. but put him in the pit
in a London theater with a lot more
Englishmen and he'll work up more en-
thusiasm than can be got from an Amer
ican audience in a long time.
Few Catch the Slang.
"Of course. plays make an enormous
difference Now. in this one. for in
stance, a Pair OF silk Stockings there's
a bit OF English slang that American
audiences naturally can't get at all. but
an English audience would be convulsed.
and the case works both ways We've
played in a few cities here. but believe
We got the most laughs out OF Boston"
Except for a six-weeks engagement with
Sir Charles Wyndham In The Mollusc"
four years ago. Mr.. Sothern has not
visited America for twenty years. But
things have changed enormously-hotels.
trains, theaters, everything-and travel
Ing Is almost as convenient as staying
at home in London and getting in a
cab to go round the corner TO the
theater," he said.
II would be interesting to see Mr..
Sothern's home in London. Of which he
speaks frequently with afTectionate in
terest. but which Is so lacking in de-
tails that one knows 1t is a bit OF real
home from which the curious eyes of
the public at large are barred. and in
cidentally. one feels sure that Il is
charmingly luxurious. brave photog-
rapher once gained access to the IL
brary, set up an enormous camera and
sent for Mr.. Sothern to be seated at
the desk in the graceful style associated
with prime ministers and playwrights
But Mr.. Sothern wouldn't sit. and we
had an awful row." he chuckled remi-
niscently. II wouldn't be photographed
writing a letter, or mounting a bicycle.
don't We know. so my house never got
into a magazine"
That is Sam Sothern OF stage.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17

Special Correspondent Of The Washington Herald
New York. Nov. 16.-Despite the herald
ed extravaganza. it seems to be reliable
Information that Vernon Castle has gath
cred together enough money to give his
feet a rest. Everything points to his
Withdrawal from the tango world the first
of the year and his entrance into the
theater of war.
lie will join his company in England
and use his nimbly. skipping feet in dodg-
ing schrapnel. Mrs. Castle is also through
with dancing. and while Vernon is shoot
ing the enemy she will spend the winter
at their country home near New York.
Salary experts have estimated that
within the past three years the Castles
have made a couple of millions. They
say Vernon has half OF this amount SILT
ed away for that day it rains.
Bonnie Glass. another dancer is going
10 quit the tango life. She is to marry a
very prominent Kentuckian, and loll away
the winter hours around the parlor lamp
Since skating has become the vogue,
dancers believe that there will be no more
big fortunes for professional dancers
the professional skater will now come
into his own and grab the big pay.
Rafting OF ponies as dance prizes is
one of the popular indoor sports on
Broadway this season. One convivial
gentleman tried to take a pony he won
up in his apartment via the elevator the
other night and the animal grew frac-
tious en- route and kicked the elevator
runner SO hard that he allowed the car
to drop three floors before he recovered
himself.
The ''thousand-legger'' mustache is 60
ing to be more popular than ever this
winter among the young blades who slick
back their hair. wear spats and wrist
watches and say ''idear" for idea.
The toothbrush facial adornment offers
a field of endeavor for young men who
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
TORTURED BY VILLA INDIANS.
American Is Compelled to March
Naked Over Mexican Desert.

e. Paso. Tex. Nov. 16.-Joseph L. Tays.
the American. who was slain by Indians
near San Blase. Sinola, Mexico. was COM
PEELED to march naked across the Next
can desert for five miles before death put
an end 20 his sufferings.
Details OF Tays' death were received to-
day in a letter from the father OF the
murdered man. Tays was on his way to
Los Mechis when he and his companions
were overtaken by 500 Indians of Gen.
Villas army. They were made prisoners
and stripped OF their clothing In the
blazing sun they were compelled to
march to the Indians camp five miles
away.
When they begged for water the In
dams tantalized them with well-dlled
Csnteens, but gave them none
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Germans Open Warsaw University

Berlin, Nov. 16-The Warsaw Univer-
sity was opened today under German
administration. The North German
Gazette in commenting upon the event
says:
midst of war is an achievement of civili-
zation which the enemies have been I'M
able to match"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
"Ad" Bureau Incorporated.

Articles of Incorporation were granted
yesterday to the Gardner Johnson Ad-
vertisers' Service Bureau, Inc, to write
advertisements and to manufacture and
sell advertisers devices and novelties
The incorporators are Gardner johnson.
Margaret Hutchinson and G. Percy Nc
Glue. The capital stock of the company
is 1000 in shares of 500 each. and II
will have offices at 110l Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
WAR SCRIBE WILL LECTURE.
Capt. FortesQue to Describe Activi
ties I'm Dardanelles.

with the Turkish Army in the Oar.
danelles' will be the subject OF an ad.
dress at the National Press Club at 81:
o'clock tomorrow evening by Capt. Gran
Vile r. Fortesque, U. 8. A. retired, MILL
tary aid at the White House during the
Roosevelt administration. who Is said &c
have been one Of very few American
front.
Capt. Fortesque was wounded at San
Juan Hill in the Spanish-AmerIcan war
He was an observer for the United
States in the Russo-Japanese war. and
since his retirement has gained distinc-
ton as an explorer and war CORE
spondent.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Protests Opening of Avenue

Melvin Hazen. District surveyor, has
under consideration a protest from C. p.
Hunt. OF 26G3 Brentwood road, against
the institution OF condemnation pro-
ceedings for the opening of Central av-
enue from Brentwood road to Rhode Is
land avenue northeast. Mr.. Hunt saws
he Is likely to be assessed for the i'm
provement from which neither he nor
his neighbors will derive any benefit.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Canadian Steamer Long Overdue

Montreal, Quebec, Nov. 1.-THE Cana
dian steamer Dunedin. 2,319 tons, which
sailed from Sydney. Nova Scotia, on
October 16 for Manchester. England. has
not been heard from and she is believed
to have been sunk by a German sub
marine. She carried a crew Of twenty.
mostly Americans
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Two Fires in Coffee Grinder,

Spontaneous combustion In a coffee
grinding machine at the Waters grocery
store, 1872 Seventh street northwest. yes
terday resulted in the calling out OF fire
apparatus twice. The first alarm was at
10 o'clock and the engines were called
again at o'clock. Char in the machine
is supposed to have caused the combus-
ton. No damage was done.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
BY MILDRED MARSHALL KOoNCE.

Fresh from an afternoon on the golf
links. Sam Sothern walked into the hotel
lobby yesterday afternoon with such
smiling eQuanimity that no observer
could guess that he was going to perform
what is to him a most distasteful duty
to be a party to an interview. And the
fact that the interviewer was a constel-
lation Of far less magnitude than the one
who usually accomplishes such things.
loutwardly affected Mr.. Sothern's cor
diaIity not at all. Perhaps 1t would be
unfair to accuse Mr.. Sothern Of shyness.
but:
I'm the bane OF a press agent" he an
nounced genially. because I'm termed
at an interview. I'm not afraid of you.
but usually some great big husky chap
comes and pops questions at me which
answer at random until ind that I've
said all sorts OF things / never meant to
say, don't ye know. and then l wish I'd
never been born
Personally. ] don't believe the public
cares so much for an actors impressions
or beliefs or any other thing as II does
for the kind OF soap he uses. or the per-
son who makes his boots? I can remem-
Der once In London being approached by
an interviewer. and / discoursed seriously
rapidly more impatient, and finally he
burst out: That's all right, that's all
right. Mr. Sothern. but what about that
furniture you sold last week."
Hn. jolly Little Laugh.
Mr.. Sothern ended with the jolly lit
tie laugh that oddly marks even his most
serious speeches and individualiZes his
charmingly English mode Of expression
Slim and straight, with hair a tribe
whitened at the temples. and strikinGly
like his brother, z. II. Sothern. in fea-
lures, he gives an impression Of SPLEEN
did vitality combined with a nervous
energy OF magnetic quality. drawing the
eye and absorbing the interest quite as
completely in an ordinary converse ion
as in exciting moments on the stage.
One leaves Mr.. Sothern with the mem
DRY of a pair OF brilliant eyes which
WITTY each passing thought. and there
is a little play with the hands, too
which quite misses nervousness or afrec-
tation, and merely becomes an evidence
OF a spirit keenly alive. But one OF his
most interesting characteristics is his
little do ye see" which ends many of
his sentences. That do ye see coming
at the end of a thought. in the case Of
Sam Sothern, imparts an air Of delight
full confidence, sort Of Just between
ydn and me- you know" Add to this
an accent impossible to reproduce in
type, for which it is quite worth
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
ALI of Bosnia's Passenger Safe.

Rome, Nov. 16-The missing life boat
from the italian steamer Bosnia, which
steamship was sunk by a Teutonic sub
marine in the Mediterranean has reached
Crete. All those on the Bosnia have now
been accounted for.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Chnkes Postmistress, Robs Office

East Liverpool. Ohio. Nov. lS-After
choking Postmistress Mayme Lange. OF
Salinsville, into uncOnsciousness. rob-
Der this afternoon forced the post office
safe, and escaped with 800 In cash and
stamps.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
$500. 900 in Gold Lost on Ancona

Rome. Nov. i6.-It was announced to-
day by the admiralty that the Italian
liner Ancona, which was sunk by a sub
marine, was carrying $780, in gold. the
ultimate destination of which was San
Francisco.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Wheat-ladeu Lake Steamer Burns

Calumet. Mich. Nov. 16-The wheat
laden steamer Alfred p. Wright. OF
Cleveland. was destroyed by fire OF I'M
known origin in Portage Entry this
morning. The captain and crew escaped
by jumping.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
American Tank Shin in Peril

Horta, Portugal. Nov l6-The Ameri-
can tanker Portland, which sailed from
New York on October 9 for La PaIIice
has been damaged by gales and reported
by wireless today that she is leaking.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Italian Docks Burned BY Inosndiarz

Lugano. Switzerland. Nov. 16-All the
docks at Rivarolo. Italy. together with
an immense amount OF war supplies. were
destroyed by fire today. An Austrian in
|cendiaEy il suspected.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Duchess to Wed Vienna Physician

Berlin via Sayyille Nov. 16-The en-
gasement OF the daughter OF Archduke
Frederick OF Austria, now a Red Cross
nurse to Professor AIbreacht, q Vienna
physician. is announced.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Belgian Archbishop to Visit pope

Amsterdam, Nov. 16.-Cardinal Mercier.
Archbishop OF Malines, Belgium. will go
to Rome this week upon an invitation
from Pope Benedict XIV. The yisit is
regarded as significant from q political
standpoint.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17

J. T. Laws. a clerk in the Office of the
Public Utilities Commission. L. absent be-
cause Of illness In his family
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17
Shaw Play Suppressed by Censor.

Dublin. Nov. 16.-Bernard Shaw's new
play, ''O'Flaherty, V. c." skit on
British recruiting, has been suppressed
by the censor. 1t was to have been pro-
duced at the Abbey Theater
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17

Peru is the size of Spain. France, Ger
many and Italy put together.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17

The body OF Mrs. jamie L. Atkinson.
who died in Washington, will be brought
here tomorrow afternoon and buried in
Union Cemetery. Her funeral will take
place at o'clock at her late home. oil
n street northwest. Services will be
conducted by Rev. F.. V. REGISTER. for
merly presiding elder OF the NJ. f.
Church South.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-17

Maurice Bentley. q. died shortly before
10 o'clock this morning at the Alexandria
Hospital after a long illness. Mr.. Bent
ley was formerly employed rs n law
clerk in Birmingham. Ala. The body
will be taken TO Sandy Spring. Nd. for
burial
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-03-04
What Saved Him.

Miss Opperl will never Inarry. y0il. Denkeisen--Oh heavens. would blow my brains ont if we were not in the midst of the busy season and have 50 mnch to d6! Fllegende Bntter.