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The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL
SITE IS TURNED DOWN
File Order with Clerk of Court Dis
missing Condemnation Proceedings.
Have Not Found Another.

The District Commissioners yesterday
filed with the clerk of the District SUI
preme Court an order dismissing the con-
demnation proceedings in connection
with the proposed site for the new East
ern High School. the jury award for
which was rejected by them on the
ground that the amount awarded was too
great and not justified by the evidence
submitted.
No steps We're taken yesterday toward
the acquisition of different site. though
prior to their selection of the site
bounded by Seventeenth. Nineteenth. A
and East Capitol streets the Commits
soners had considered other sites, among
them the tracts at East Capitol, A. Six
teenth and Eighteenth streets southeast; +;
Massachusetts, avenue. Sixteenth and
Eighteenth streets southeast, and Thir-
teenth, Fourteenth, D and E streets
northeast.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
FLEET SHELLS ZEEBRUGGE.
German Ammunition DepOts struck
During Bonn ba ID ment.

Amsterdam. Sept. 25.-British warships
bombarded the German naval base at Zee
brugge, Belgium, at dawn today. The
German defenses are reported to have
been damaged before the German artil
lery compelled the squadron to draw or
The bombardmdht took place during
rainstorm and aeroplanes were used to
direct the fire.
The cannonade was directed mainly
against the harbor works and explosions
which occurred on land indicated that
ammunition depots had been blown up.
The gun fire at Zeebrugge lasted about
three hours. Afterward firing could be
heard at other points ON the Belgian coast.
The British squadron could be seen OF
Knocke from the Dutch-Belgian border.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS
WILL RECEIVE FLAGS
Woman Relief Corps Plans Presenta-
ton for Tuesday Morning with
Brief, but Imposing Ceremonies.

The presentation of flags to three of the
high schools of Washington is to be one
of the beautiful ceremonies of the coming
week. The schools to be honored by the
national organization of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps are Central. the NJ Street and
the Mckinley. Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball
and Mrs. Mary Nanness Fauth have been
working on plans for the presentation
since last February.
The exercises will take place on Tues
day morning at 9 o'clock at the NJ Street
School, 1O:15 at the Mckinley and II 30 at
Central The program will be brief. the
presentation being made by National
Patriotic Instructor Mrs. Laura /. Smith.
of Attleboro. Mass: National President
Mrs. Sarah /. Fulton. National Secretary
Mrs Eliza Brown Daggett. Past National
Vice President Mrs. Isabel Worrell Ball,
and Department President Mrs. Mamie
Palmer Dorsey. Patriotic Instructor Mrs.
Mrs Mary Nanness Fauth will represent,
the Woman's Relief Corps in the cere-
monies.
The flags are large silk parade flags
beautifully mounted.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
New Order to Open Distilleries.

New York, Sept. Announcement was
made tonight that the United States In
dustrial Alcohol Company has secured the
largest order for alcohol ever placed in
the United States. Neither the amount
of it nor the names of those who placed
the order were revealed. Part of the con-
tract has been sublet to the Distillers
Security Company, and there will be
enough work to reopen all the plants Of
that concern. Some of the smaller con-
Germs also will be called upon to assist
the United States Industrial IN duin2 Its
huge order
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
MAY DECLARE LOCAL HOLIDAY.
Department Heads May Let Clerks
on on Wednesday.

Government employees will probably
be given a holiday Wednesday during
the review and parade of civil war
veterans. 1t is not known whether the
President will issue an executive Or
der creating the holiday. but it Is
thought likely the heads of depart
ments will announce the holiday il no
such action is taken at the White
House.
Since the street car lines will cease
operation at $3.50 o'clock to prepare
for the grand review. embarrassment
to downtown clerks will be unavoid-
able unless the holiday is declared. The
fact is being pointed out to Depart
mental heads.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
FLEET SHELLS TURK GUNS.
Allies Bomba rdment of Cote d'Asis
Successful. Claim of Paris,

Paris. Sept. G5.-The following Official
was issued at the war Office this after
noon:
AT the Dardanelles the last week was
very quiet in the two zones of Gallipoli
peninsula. On our front the Turks at
tempted an attack with a mine, but We
destroyed their gallery with a decided
check, killing. according to a prisoner,
two officers and thirteen men.
"One of our warships effectually shelled
a battery of large caliber on the Cote
d'Asie' Chill of Asia).''
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
CHoCTAW FOR PREPAREDNESS.
Chief Locke Joins Army League AZ
Contributing Member.

Victor NJ. Locke. principal chief of
the Choctaw nation. has joined the
Army League of the United States as a
contributing member.
Mr.. Locke. in a patriotic letter to the
league headquarters from the rescrva-
ton in Idaho. declares it the duty of
every true American to do all he can
to aid putting the nation in state of
preparedness.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
Mrs. Longworth Startles
Chicago in Pantalettes

Chicago. Sept. 25.-Mrs. Nicho-
las Longworth, daughter of for
mer President Theodore Roose-
welt, has been for a day or more
the center of attraction for Mich
igan Boulevard, Chicago's most
fashionable thoroughfare. The
former Miss Alice Roosevelt has
decided to set the fashion by
wearing a tufted and furbelowed
pantalette skirt.
For the last few days a fash
ion show" fostered by the mo-
distes of the Middle West, has
been open to the public. Mrs.
Longworth, when she first made
her appearance on Michigan
Boulevard attired in the "panta-
lette skirt, was mistaken for a
model of the show, but in a short
time she was identified and be-
came the cynosure of all eyes.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
Untold Dangers in Black
Stockings, Speakers Assert

Chicago, Sept. 25.-Beware the
black stocking, madame, Along
its shimmering length untold
dangers lurk. Besides. the black
stocking is absolutely taboo for
the coming winter.
The decree was issued by
speakers who addressed the
Fashion Art League of America.
which is holding its annual con-
vention here today. Until Ameri-
can dye manufacturers can pro-
duce more lasting colors, WON
en-, they said. will do well TO alb
stain from wearing stockings of
all deeper tones. They advised
the wearing of white ones.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
Auto Injuries Mrs. Adams.

Mrs Eliza beth Adams. 20. 2l2o G street
northwest. was injured slightly yester-
day when she was struck, near Fifteenth
and streets northwest. by an automo-
bile driven by James Elliott, %(5 Sixth
street northwest. Elliott lost control of
the ma chine. which collided with an au-
of Mrs. +. p. Keane 1907 Bit
more street. before it was stopped
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
Sweden Bars Exports.

Stockholm. Sept. 25.-The Swedish gov
eminent has decided to prohibit the ex-
port of rubber, printers ink. dyes and
varnishes. 1t was officially announced to-
day.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
Austria Moving Big Guns.

Vienna (via Berlin and Amsterdam
Sept. 3.-The great Austro-German Often
sive against Serbia Is expected to start
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
CITIZENS BRIEF CITES
TAX BURDENS In D. E.,

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
GIRL TWINS BRING
TINY BROTHER ALONG
Father of Four Other Girls De-
lighted at Heirs Arrival.

Hampstead, Long Island, Dec. IL
Plenty of twins have been born in Mas
ssu County, and parents there think they
have generally met with the approval Of
Colonel Roosevelt, but It remained for
Mrs. Herman /. Pels, wife of the super
intendent Of Belmont Park racetrack,
TO make a record for the county. On
December 7 she presented her husband
with two girls and one boy. Their to-
tai weight Is fourteen and one-half
pounds.
Pels was at the track when told he
was a father. As he already had four
other girls, the oldest fifteen and the
Youngest four, he inquired whether IT
were a boy or girl. When told 1t was
a girl he was slightly disappointed, as
he hoped the stork would bring him an
heir. A few minutes later, when told
he was father of twins, another daugh-
ter having been born, he started for
the house in a hurry. At the door q
smiling nurse told him that still an
other infant had been born and that 1t
was a boy. His JOY knew no bounds.
All three Of the children are doing well.
Mrs. Pels was Eleanor Wonderly.
Both she and her husband come from
large families, there being nine chill
dren in each OF their parents families.
Mrs. Pels Is thirty-fve years old.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
LED ASTRAY BY "BRAIN-FOG"
Francis Donigan Reads He is Missing
and Remembers.

The mystery surrounding the d.sap-
pesrance of Henry Francis Donigan, a
business man Of Louisville, KY, who
has been missing for three weeks, was
cleared yesterday, when he communi
Gated with his brother-in-law, DR..
Dwight Hunter, who lives at the San
Reno Hotel. Donigan has been stay
ing at the Hotel Chelsea, 222 West
Twenty-third Street.
An alarm was sent out for Donigan
yesterday from Police Headquarters,
and news of his disappearance was
published in the newspapers. The
missing man happened to read one of
the reports and the shock Of learning
that search was being carried OIL
for him restored his mental faculties.
II was said last night that Donigan
had been suffering from "brain-fog.
due TO overwork.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
CHICAGO, JUNE T.,
PLACE AND DATE
FOR REPUBLICANS
National Committee De
cides on Convention
Ahead of Democrats.

Washington, Dec. 14.-Chlcago was
selected tonight by the Republican
National Committee as the meeting
place OF the 1916 Republican national
convention, to be held on June T, one
week before the Democratic convention
in ST. Louis. The vote stood: Chicago,
81; San Francisco, l3; St. Louis, -;
Philadelphia, ,.
Earlier in the day the committee
had determined on the convention date,
without roll call, and some persons
said a record vote might have brought
a different result.
Advocates Of an early convention
date argued that this was the time for
the Republican party to take the Of
fensiye against its political enemies,
without regard to the ancient custom
of allowing the party in power TO meet
first and announce its candidates and
principles. II was urged that the party
should not consider a defensive cam
paign. but should blaze the trail and
give its story TO the country first.
Technical objection raised to an early
date by representatives Of West Vir-
ginia and South Dakota, where pri-
maries to elect convention delegates
will be held on June 6, was swept away
by the adoption of a resolution which
will permit placing the names Of the
candidates from these states on the
temporary roll OF the convention, with
the agreement that certifcation by tfe-
graph from the proper state authorities
after the primaries will be valid au-
thorization for seating them.
The fight for the convention proved
more one-sided than friends OF the
cities which lost had expected. The
fact that the Democrats will meet in
st. Louis on June IL, and that many
thousands who will attend have made
reservations al the hotels there for
several days ahead, undoubtedly had its
influence against St. Louis after the
Continued on page 8. column
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
STOLE FROM Y. w. c. A.,
GIRL GUEST ADMITS
No. 1875 in Addresses BetrayS
Mysterious RObber.

81 am guilty" said Miss Edna New
bait, arrested Sunday on a charge Of
stealing the property of other girls in
the Harriet Judson Memorial Young
Women's Christian Association. Brook
lyn, as she stood before Magistrate
Naumer in the Adams Street court
yesterday.
81 cannot tell you what led me to
steal" she continued, "'but have been
trying since / took the last thing that
did not belong to me to be good, and |
think l am going to win out. / am
willing TO make restitution for what /
took"
The magistrate was unmoved by the
girls plea. He held her In $1,000 bail
for the action of the grand jury.
In July, August. September and 0e-
tober Miss Newbatt made five visits to
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton building and registered as transi-
ent guest. In comparing the register
TO determine who was in the building
81 the time the thefts occurred. the
secretary found that FIVE different
names were in similar handwriting.
Although the cities from which the
girl registered were different, the num-
Der 125 was fixed in her mind. as on
three occasions she gave that as a
street number. It was through an IN
vestigation of the addresses that Miss
Newbatt was arrested.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
WAR COSTS GERMANY
HALF BILLION A MONTH
Expenses Will Increase, Says
Treasury Secretary.

Berlin. Dec. 14--In the Reichstag to-
day DR.. Karl HelTerich. the Secretary
OF the Imperial Treasury, pointed out
that the previous credits totailed s'c
500 ,0O0,0 900, OF which the last s2,o0o,-
$1,000 was voted in August. He said
that he had then estimated the monthly
demands at about S500,000,00O, and as
four months had since passed and the
fifth month was being entered on, the
necessity for a new vote of credit was
self-evident
The increase in the war expenditures
compared with last spring, DR.. Helter-
ich said, wa. not very material, despite
the fact that not only had there been
a growth in the army and in field opera
tions. but an increase in the price OF
almost all necessities for the army and
navy.
The authorities, the Imperial Treas
urer said, had exercised the creates
, economy. but now Germany must
reckon with continued and probably in
creasingly high expenditures. Against
the credit votes Of $1,000, 100000. three
loans had yielded ss,SOO,O0o,OOo, and
the balance had in part been covered
bv short term treasury certihc'teS'
This method would be followed until
the issue of the next war loan.
Through the great success OF the
third war loan the government, the
treasurer concluded, could wait with
the next loan until March.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
Prom The Tribune Bureau.

Washington, Dec. IA veterinary
surgeon who until few years ago WAS
prescribing for ailments peculiar to
horses, hogs and cows will be estab-
lished as head Of the Coast and Geo
detic Survey, one of tie most highly
scientific bureaus in the government,
If the Senate confirms nomination
made by President Wilson. The horse
doctor is already filing the place. and
the appointment has caused much criti-
cism and no little apprehension among
other scientists in government employ.
+. Lester Jones. V. ". d., Of Culpeper,
Va. according TO his letterhead, is the
man who has been chosen by President
Wilson for this post.
DR.. Jones will take the place Of Otto
II. Tittmann. who through nearly hall
a century Of survey work, had won his
way 70 the head of the bureau and to
an international reputation, evidenced
by his membership in a dozen great
scientific societies.
Scientific bodies here while admit
ting that DR.. Jones is man OF talent
and many likable qualities, deny that
any man can possibly measure up to
the work TO which he has been assigned
without long years of arduous special
training, widely different from that 70
be gained by prescribing for animal
diseases. They express surprise that
President Wilson, who they had sup
posed particularly well fitted to under
stand the need for expert qualifications,
should have overridden the long ira
dition exempting scientific posts from
the spoilsmen.
Fear for Scientific Work.
They fear that the appointment will
not be the last of its kind, and that
the high reputation which the scien-
tific bureaus have borne will suffer
heavily In consequence. They also
point out how serious to industries it
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
Teut0ns Threaten Pursuit Across Greek Line
NOT BOUND BY BERLIN
PLEDGE, SAYS VIENNA

Vienna Dec. Is (via London. Dec.
II: delayed) The American note to
Austria Hungary Is regarded here
as weak in one important point.
which may deprive the note In gen
eral OF its foundation. This con-
Germs the standpoint taken that
the Austro-Hungarian government
should be familiar With the attitude
of the American government regard
ing the freedom of the seas because
President Wilson had explained this
TO the German government.
Against this stand of Washington
the objection is raised that the gov-
ernment has knowledge o: the ne
gotiatlons In the Lusitan,s case only
through the newspapers, that It
could give to these reports no diplo-
matte value, and that II has not
concerned itself in any way with
the Lusitania case.
II is suggested that in any case
il would have been better II Wash
ington at the time had communicat-
ed the memorandum OF its stand
point to all belligerent governments.
in which case the present note
would seem more justified.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
Question of Price of Ex-
nlosion Put Up TO Him,
Is Allegation.
sIx TEUTONS SEIZED
ON ARMY TRANSPORT
wo,s n s. UnifOrmS-Fonr OF
Crew Held on Charge of
Smuggling Aliens.

W,,r;ng United States uniforms
e., Germans and an Austrian hare
.,,, fopnd on the government trans
-, Sheridan. Tlco tCere arrested
gonob,lu and confessed that they
I'D altered d bribe Of $4,000 to men
,sas transports crer0 If they 'oere
,.pOolsd safely into San Francisco.
T,,ir statements led 10 the arrest Of
ioyr others 10hen the ship 70o-s
,,.t,d at San Francisco. -Four
m,n5ers Of the QunrtermdsterS
,n,ad have been placed under ar
,,,, and a rigid inquiry is under
COY.
The governments Investigation
;,to bomb plots, nor under acay at
Son francisco, has developed eri-
d,,ee aqainst Captain Frdn@ ron
po,er the German Gttach6 recalled
m the Kaiser, and Franz Bopp, Ger
,,op Consul General at San Fran
cseo. According to evidence in the
oorsynments hands, the price Of the
distraction Of munitions plant
ras put up to vor Papen. Bopp, 40
erding TO an affidavit held by the
ofieials, engineered a plot to blo'0
no tunnels on the Canadian Pacific
EqihCCy.
Darid Lamar, the "WoH OF Wall
Street, associated lCith Franz ron
Rmteler, notv a prisoner IN London,
urged strikes 10 cat of supplies to
ne Entente Allies, according to a
confession to the Federal authorities
nNeie York City.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
BRITAIN PLANS NEW
DRIVE IN EAST AFRICA
Smith. Dorrien Named 10 Lead
Expeditionary Force.
by Cable To The Tribune

London, Dec. 14.-With the appoint
ment Of General SmithDorrien TO the
supreme command Of the British
forces IN East Africa the campaign
+, that theatre Of the war enters a
new phase. Smith-Dorrien has had
considerable experience in Airicah
fighting, having served with distinc-
ton in the Zulu war in 1879 and made
= big reputation in the Boer war
which was enhanced by his brilliant
conduct Of the retreat from Mons IN
the early days Of the present struggle'
Little has been heard Of Smith-Dor-
ricn since the battle Of NeuYe Cna
nellie. but fl rs evident that ne retains
the confidence Of the government and
il certainly idolized by Tommy Atkins.
He is exactly the man 20 hit It of with
the South African troops, who will
form the backbone Of the East African
expedition.
So far the war in East Africa has
not been satisfactory TO the BRUSH.
but the colony is at last to be invaded
IN force and will almost inevitably
share the fate Of Southwest Africa.
An enthusiastic recruiting campaign IL
South Africa for the expeditionary
force is now ended and in the ne"
wear the South African Dutch a. wen
as British will again be engaged Il"
making history for the dark continent
and in driving Germans from their
last stronghold in Africa and almost
the last piece Of territory held !
them outside Of Europe. The TERRITORY
is twice the size of the German Empire
and has a population of eight m'Iloh
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
Wilson Picks Horse Doctor
as Coast Surrey Head
E. Lester Jones' Veterinary to Succeed DIR. Otto littman
Noted Scientist-Spoilsmens nroads
Feared in Bureaus.

would be II the time came when the
governments scientific reports could
not be trusted.
DR.. z. Lester Jones Is a New Jersey
man by birth and a Princetonian. II
was at college that his abilities at
tracted the attention Of DR.. Wilson,
and the latter made prompt use Of them
after hi. election TO the Presidency.
Within three months, or on May le,
1913, DR.. Jones was called from his
pigs and chickens in Culpeper to be
come assistant deputy superintendent
Of the Bureau Of Fisheries, a place pay
ing $4,000 year. His two years work
there. President Wilson must have de
cided, proved or provided his fitness for
the geodetic post, paying $4,000, and ne
was appointed TO it on September ~
after the resignation of Mr.. Tittmann.
Besides being a veterinarian and dep
uty fish superintendent, DR.. Jones has
been a stock breeder. His letterhead
pears Ine SuptIHNl APN'NH
Stock Farm" and sdvertises him as
breeder of high class horses, regis
tered Jersey cattle and registered Berk-
shire swine"
Ran Stock Farm On the Side.
This enterprise was carried on IN
conjunction with his veterinary busi-
ness. His prescriptions written at TINS
time bear the usual cryptic symbols ior
the druggists edifcatiOn, and such
notes as the following:
zone on tongue t. id; give portion
70 horse at night; bath Csic) injured
parts twice
Attainments of Mr.. Tittmann.
Mr.. Tittmann had been with the sur
vev since 1867. He was assistant as
tronomer with the expedition sent to
Japan in 1874; directed several survey
ing expeditions along the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts; had been in charge OF
Continued on page 8. column
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
Taft Sleeps In Train.

Despite these tribulations, il was re-
ported at the COMMISSIONER Office that
there had not been a single telephone
call from an irate merchant demanding
that the street be cleared in front Of
his place so he could get his goods
through. Last year, his secretary said,
every telephone in the Office was buzzing
with these complaints. This contrast
was accepted as an index of efficiency.
The snow problem was various At
the Battery only three inches fell. In
The Bronx there were eleven inches.
Therefore it was difficult 20 apportion
men, and equally hard TO estimate the
cost TO the city OF making the snow
clearance. II is usually estimated at
s35. 900 an inch under the present sys-
TEN. The shortage Of men was sttrib-
uted 10 the exodus OF reservists for
the wars and the fact that surplus
labor has been absorbed by munition
factories.
The Fifth Avenue Coach Company
announced that IL cleaned twenty miles
~ streets above Fifty-ninth Street on
the routes served by II IN less than
three hours, using twenty-five snow
pIoas attached 10 the highest powered
buae4. The work was done on Firth
Aycnuc, from Fifty-ninth up 10 llOth
street. Cathedral Parkway, Seventh
and 81. Nicholas avenues. Riverside
Driyc and the transverse roads through
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
WOULD EXPEL HAISELDEN
Medical Society May Dust Man VINO
Let Baby Die.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE council OF the
Chicago Medical Society, in a finding
made public tonight recommended 10
the society that DR.. II. J. Haiselden'
who advised against operating on the
Bollincer baby, be expelled from the
society. .ho ohorr.
brought against the doctor. A series OF
ort;c1es under his name dealing with
.his case and the subject Of eugenics
generally osr appeared after the demise OF
The baby. a few weeks ago, and Tor
tbese he was charged with unethicsl
conduct and found guilty.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
WAR oUTsTRIPS YEAR BOOK
~AImanach de Gotha" Still Has haisers
Son a, British Colonel.

Amsterdam. Dec. 1.-THE 1915 edi-
ton OF the "Almanach de Goths' has
lust been published, written in French,
as usual.
In the preface complaint is made OF
the difficulty of obtaining Trustworthy
data. This difficulty is shown by the
fac. that the German Crown Prince
still appears as colonel OF a regiment
Of British hussars.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-15
2.244.24s PRUSSIANS LOST
Bavarian., wurtembergians and Sax
onians Not In Total.

Rotterdam, Dec. l4.-Prussian cas-
ualty lists No. $50 to 8s9, according 10
the "Rottcrdamsche Couraut," contain
the names Of 65,340 killed, wounded
and missing. making the total 2.244,24s.
This is exclusive OF the namss on
237 Bavarian. $40 Wurtembergisn, 233
SaEonisn and the naval and Turkish
lists.