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The Washington herald., 1915-08-02
farmer ACCUSES
TW0PRlSONERS
Sweeney and Wife Say Sus-
poets Are Men Who At
tempted Robbery.
SAY THEY RODE FREIGHT
Youths Assert They Reached City
Twelve Hours After Hold-up
Occurred.
SAY THEY RODE FREIGHT

: Two young white men arrested in
Benning ID. c., late yesterday after
noon were held for Prince George Coun-
ty. Md, authorities following their al
legged identification as the hiShwaymen
who attempted to hold up Philip T.
Sweeney, a farmer living near Forest
vile, Md, early Friday. Sweeney was
accompanied by his wife when halted by
the would-be robbers. The man and his
wife were called in yesterday and said
they were positive of their Identification.
The prisoners. being held at the Tenth
precinct police station, were arrested by
Policeman c. A. Strobel, Of the Tenth
precinct. They told the police they had
come to Washington Saturday night,
some twelve hours after Sweeney had
his encounter with the highwaymen.
One of the prisoners is "a and the other
q. Both declared they had ridden a
tersburg, Va. where they had applied
for work in a powder factory.
Following their arrest, Prince George
County authorities were notified and Un-
der Sheriff o. 8. Pumphrey was detailed
to bring Mr.. and Mrs. Sweeney to the
Metropolitan police station.
Police doubt the Identification, prin-
cipaily because of the stories told by
the prisoners. The alibis have not been
Inc lHct- Will Oc 8uEHeQ over
to the Maryland authorities this morning
Sweeney was held up about o'clock
Friday morning as he was driving into
Washington with a load OF vegetables.
He was accompanied by his wife. A
short distance beyond the District line
on the Marlborough pike, they were halt
ed by two fellows who ran from the
roadside with drawn revolvers. They
climbed onto the wagon. but were beaten
h,- J,, tha .tr
ey was hit with blackjack. The men
fired twice as they turned to run. One
bullet tore a hole in Sweeney's shirt
over his shoulder
The Washington herald., 1915-08-02

Especial Correspondent Of The Washington Hcrald.)
New Work. August 1.-Col. George
Harvey, who gave to the world the
famous chesters of tortoise trimmed
glasses SO beloved by college boys. is
back from Missouri, where he intro
duced something new, SO they are tell
ing at the Fifth avenue clubs.
Col. Harvey went out to the we'd
ding of Champ Clark's daughter in
Pike County and he showed the resi-
dents that he was no 'piker." for he
brought along with him. a valet. one
of those kind of vacilating creatures
who goes by the name of Meadows or
Forbes or James.
1t put all the natives of Bowling
Green on the Qui vive, SO the gos-
sips say, and several houn' dawgs took
one look at the valet and his funny
side lace curtains and streaked for
the tall timber. 1t was intimated to
Col. Harvey that the only persons in
Missouri suggesting Wallets are the
men who dress beef.
Broadway is reviving the old and
much mooted question: when is a
man drunk" The revival follows the
arrest of a wrist-watch-weari young
man who staggered out of big
Forty-second street soda fountain and
fell into the gutter.
He told the Judge that he was not
drunk, that he only had a dish of
ice cream and became faint on ac-
count of an attack of indigestion. The
arresting officer insisted he was slosh-
ed.
One humorist decides that a man Is
drunk when he kisses the bartender
goodnight and another one carries the
point still farther by proclaimng that
there Is still a more advanced stage
when, having kissed the bartender good
night, he pins a water lily on his coat.
Frederick ]. Haskin, the Washington
newspaperman, was in town last week
looking over Broadway and q few Of
the side streets. His friends say that
he has grown heavier since the tango
craze has died down.
Haskin told OF a friend Of his who
bought celebrated fiivver car re-
Gently and on the first ride out in
the suburbs of the Capitol It sudden
ly turned turtle.
The owner hurriedly called up the
garage and asked for help, what
seems to be the matter?" the garage
man asked.
II do not know exactly" was the
The Washington herald., 1915-08-02
POLICE, In RAID, SMASH
UP HOUSE; REPRIMANDED
Couple Arrested by Energetic Detect
ives Discharged After Work
With Axes.

New York. Aug. 1.-Using axes. de-
tectives under Police Inspector Bo-
land, broke into a house on Fifty-fi first
street, near the old Vanderbilt resi-
dence, early today. Two roulette
wheels were destroyed and Michael
Buckley and his wife arrested. The
raid was a spectacular one. Three de-
tectives got into the yard and climbed
10 an extension leading to the second
floor. The inspector and two other de-
tectives then rang the bell in front
and smashing in the door ran into
the house while three other detectives
smashed the windows in the rear.
The Buckleys told Magistrate Her
rigan that the room in which the rou-
lette wheels were found. had been
rented to a private club, and he dis
charged them after reprimanding the
inspector.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-02
HIKERs' RANKS CUT BY HEAT.
Thirty Stroll Through Rock Creek
Park to silver Spring.

The intense heat prevented Chief Wan
derluster John Boyle. jr.. from mobilizinS
his usual army of mixers yesterday, but
the thirty-odd who responded strolled
through Rock Creek Park to Silver
Spring. Md. The start was from the
District line at Georgia avenue northwest.
thence west into the park. At Silver
Spring the party. nearly exhausted.
eagerly sought the trolley cars.
One group wandered off from the main
party in the direction Of Millers Cabin in
Rock Creek Park. They took advantage
of a deep part of the creek to cool off.
The country through the section traversed
yesterday is badly in need of rain be-
cause of the recent scorching heat, hikers
said last night.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-02
WORK FOR CLEAN MOVIES"
Baltimore knights of Columbu,
Would Bar Suggestive Films.

Baltimore. Aug. 1.-Following several
months of campaigning. in corporation
with the leading theater managers of the
city. to keep all forms of Objectionable
plays from the local stage. the united
councils OF the Baltimore knights of CO.
lumbus have turned their efforts toward
the moving picture field. and during the
summer will work with the movie" man.
ayers in an effort to prevent the exhibi-
ton of immoral or suggestive films.
The Baltimore Theatrical crusade COM
menced in the early part of the year, fol-
lowing an announcement of the girl Stu
dents of Trinity College in Washington
that they would withdraw their patron
age from any theater which presented
any of a series of twenty-six plays black
listed by the Washington Truth Society.
The announcement created attention
throughout the country at the time, and
the Baltimore theater movement was a
result.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-02
RAIN PREVENTS SERVICES.
Religious Meetings to Be Held in
Lincoln Park.

Rain yesterday prevented the holding
of the first of q series of open-air re-
ligious services in Lincoln Park under
auspices of the Y. NJ. c. A. The asso-
citation plans to hold a meeting there
every Sunday afternoon during August
and September Rev. DR.. George A.
Miller. of the Ninth Street Christian
Church, was. to have delivered the ser
mon yesterday.
The interchurch committee that is CO.
operating with the Y. NJ. c. A. in holding
the services includes Albert Alcorn,
Harry Beavens, ]. F. Bixler, Gis E. Blew,
John r. Brayshaw. jr., Samuel Croft. +.
F. Dorain. A. B. Garden. s. D. Hardy.
George Havell. c. NJ. Griest, August E.
Janson. H. E. Kaufman, Wallace Kirby,
William H. Lyles. X. ]. Minot. John
Peter, William H. Richardson, Walter
Simpson. Monroe Stockett, L. p. Tade
w. F. wellener. Samuel B. Frantz. J. II.
Holiinger. and George NJ. Kirk.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-02
Church Work to Be Discussed.

Plans for visitations and church rally
work during the fall and winter will be
discussed by the executive council of the
Independent Order Sons Of Jonadab at a
meeting at the home Of Capt. John C..
Daley. COS T street northwest, tonight.
Among those who attended the meetings
during the last rally week. which ended
Friday. were Mark Kelley, Patrick
INLAND, John W. Mcmahon, Edward
Bresnahan. James T. Peake, Joseph d.
Buckley, John r. Mahoney and Wayne
w. Cordeil
The Washington herald., 1915-08-02
Yacht Races Are Off.

Newport, r. l.. August 1.-The series OF
races between the Americas Cup candi-
dates Vanitie and Resolute OF this port
was abandoned when thick weather made
It necessary to call off yesterdays con-
test. Only one CT three races planned
was held. Resolute winning
The Washington herald., 1915-08-02
SUMMER RESORTS.
HOTEL ABSEC0N

viHinia ave.. beach FIREPROOF. Built Of
9ick and stone Private baths. rooms with rsnni,a
water electric lights elevator to street evel. aA
all modern convenience special early season ratas
$50 up daily: $3.50 up weekly. 81 up Ruropssh
Booklet q. d. PAINCkA
The Washington herald., 1915-08-02

She-"What makes tho street cars so
crowded tonight?" He-"I have an idea
that it's the large number Of passengers -
Boston Transcript.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
SPORT.

The st. Joseph Western League
Club sold George Watson, outfielder,
to the Oakland Club of the Pacific
Coast League.
Tom McCarty of Lewiston, Mont,
defeated Terry Kellar, the California
light heavyweight, in a ten.round
bout In Brooklyn, N. Y.
The University of Colorado Basket.
ball five defeated the Colorado Agri-
cultural team in the opening game Of
the intercollegiate season at Boulder,
Colo.
Averaging 1.103 In the Northwest
Bowling League tournament at Chi
cago, the Littau Ryes bowlers be.
lieve they have broken the national
record.
United States District Judge X. NJ.
Lands at Chicago took under advise
ment the prayer of the Federal
League for a temporary injunction
against the leading bodies of organ
lied baseball to restrain them from
interfering with its players and from
prosecuting the several suits against
them.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
GERMANS DEFEAT RUSSIANS
Austrians in Fierce Rally Block Slav
Invasion of Hungary.

London. Jan. ga dispatch from
Trieste says an Austrian cruiser
struck a mine near the Brioni islands
at the mouth of the harbor of Pola.
Austria's naval base, and sank.
London.-The sudden stiffening OF
the Austrian front at the eleventh
nour, to check the Russian invasion
Of Hungary as a natural sequence OF
the occupation of Bukowina, seems
for the present TO be the event of
chief military importance
Second in importance, perhaps. are
the Russian movements near the
East and West Prussian frontiers =
movements of which the German
statement received by wireless takes
cognizance, although insisting that no
new advances into German territory
now are feared
In the western theater there has
been SO little change that the British
newspapers print the official commu-
nications with scant comment.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
WESTERN.

Elias X. Kessler, Nebraska
rancher who went to Denver to at
tend the National Horse Show, died
suddenly from acute indigestion.
magnificent spectacular demon
stration was given at Redding, Cal, by
Lassen peak. which broke forth in
what is probably the most violent erup-
tion of the series that began last May.
Great Britain is In the market for
100000 horses, according to state
ment by British agent. who is look
ing over the market at Butte, Mont.
England now has 100000 horses on
hand.
The city commissioner has preferred
charges of incompetency against w.
A. Parish. the first city manager OF
Phoenix, Ariz., under the commission
form of government, which was
adopted last year.
A new organization, to be known as
the Rocky Mountain Association of
Electrical Inspectors, was formed in
Denver by representatives of the in
spection departments of cities in the
four states of Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah and New Mexico.
Nearly two thousand miners and
mill men in the Miami. Ariz., district
have won twelye-day strike, during
E~uslch time there was never a quarrel
-. even loud argument on the streets
The Miami and Inspiration
Companies agreed to raise the wages
] OF their men and the strikers resumed
work.
Bernard Marvin, whose strange
case of so-called dual personality puz-
zled physicians and attracted much
public attention in 1911, has been re-
stored, after four years of lapsed
memory. Maryin's restoration of
memory came suddenly in San Luis
Obspo. Cal He thought he had been
asleep.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
FROM TglEoRAPHic REPoRro
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMPo oRTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

There are reports OF a peace move
ment In Hungary.
In the Argonne' the fighting con-
tinued all night at Fontaine Madame
and ST. Hubert. All the attempts of
the enemy were repulsed.
The attacks in front OF Warsaw
have grown less frequent and appar-
emily are not being pushed with the
same determination as previously. In
the Carpathians the armies are snow
bound
While German airmen were drop
ping bombs on Dunkirk, one of which
damaged the American consulate, two
British aviators paid visit to Zee
brugge and succeeded in damaging a
submarine and killed or wounding the
crews of the guns mounted on the
mole to prevent attack from the sea
on that new German base.
The automobile played an import
ant role in deciding the battle of
Scissors, It is now learned that rein
forcements, brought up by column
of more than 200 automobiles on the
night of Jan. IL, and thrown in on the
German left flank at Vregny, turned
the scale wheE the Germans were
making their counter stroke, and en-
abled them to sweep the French from
the plateau.
An attempt by German cruiser
squadron to repeat the attack recently
made on Scarborough, the Hartepools
and other British coast towns, was
frustrated Sunday by the British pa
trolling squadron and in running
fight the German armored cruiser
Bluecher was sunk and two German
battle cruisers were seriously dam.
aged. The British ships suffered only
slight injury. So far as it known only
1913 of the Bluecher's crew Of Ss5 was
saved.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
COLORADO LIVE STOCK
INCREASE OF s12,224,1oo SHOWN
IN REPORT.
Every Branch Of Industry Has Great
er Value Than in 1s13-Dairy
Herds Gain $2,222, 900.
Western Newspaper Union N.ws serxt,.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-An increase of $12,224 100
in the value of Colorado's livestock
industry in the las. year is reported
by the department Of agriculture. The
greatest increase was in horned cat
tie. Mich cows increased in number
from 10000 to 205,000. the average
value increasing from $63 to $6S.
The total value of the dairy herds
rose from $1l.7ls.O00 to $13,940, 900,
making gain of $2,222,000 over the
previous year. There are $4,000
other cattle, as against $4,000 year
ago. The average value rose from
$40 to 1870, and the total value from
$37,960,000 to $43,525.200 a gain OF
$5,OOO,OOO.
The horses in the state number
$4,000. averaging $S5. The previous
year there were 100000, averaging $SS
each. The gain is 1000. The total
for this year is SIS, 900, an In
crease Of $2,275.000. Mules increased
from 1900 to 10000. The total value
of this stock is $1,SO0,OO0, an increase
of $4,000.
The number of Colorado sheep rose
from 1,66S,000 to 1851 900, the aver
age value increasing from 1910 to
$40. Total values show a gain Of
$l,543,400, 1914 figures being $6,17l,-
900, and 1916, $7,7O4 400.
Swine increased $1,000 during the
year, from 205,00O to 256.000. Their
value increased $535,500, from $2,66S,.
900 to $2,l52.500.
Figures for the entire United States
follow: Horses, total, 21,195,000; val
ue, average, $l03.3S. Milch cows, 81
262,000 average value, $55.33. Other
cattle, 37067,000; value, each $33.3S.
Mules, 4479000; value, 1926. Sheep,
49,956,000 average value, $3.50. Swine,
64,6lS.00O; average value. $9.s7.
Colorado mich cows, cattle and
swine are of higher average value
than those of the nation; but the gen
eral average of horses. mules and
sheep is lower.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
FOREIGN.

DIR. Philip Newton, one Of the Amer
lean Red Cross surgeons in charge of
the Kiev hospital, married the Prin.
cess Helene Schahofskaya in Petro-
grad.
Large numbers OF the Germans and
Austrians who were placed in deten.
tion camps In various parts of Eng,
land during the early days of the
war, are now being released.
The Rumanian legation at Berlin
has not received official confirma.
tion of the Swiss and Italian reports
regarding Rumanian mobilization, for
which, it is stated. the necessary
royal decree has not been issued
A group of we'll known Italians has
addressed letter to Secretary OF
State Bryan conveying an appeal that
the United States take some action
to the end that the monuments Of art
in the belligerent countries be pre-,
served from ruin.
General Joffre. the French com.
manderin-chief, was decorated with
the Cross of st. George by Maj. Gen.
Prince Felix Youssoupoff Of Emperor
Nicholas suite, who went to France
to confer the decoration on behalf of
the Russian emperor.
Imports of foodstuffs. raw materials
and other commodities at Liverpool
continue on an unprecedented scale,
and the congestion. which was al
ready acute, has been accentuated by
the arrival Of twenty-one more car
goes from various ports of the world
King Victor Emmanuel has placed
the royal palace at Gaserta at the
disposal Of earthquake refugees and
wounded Notwithstanding the ex-
ceedingly stormy weather, snow and
freezing rain fallinga the King
motored to Ayezzand Palsorax1p.
Isola, Belliri and Sora-r icd N>N0
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
GEN ERAL.

The Indiana Senate passed, 27 to 81,
a measure to abolish capital punish.
ment. The bill now goes to the House.
Louis D. Brandeis of Boston testi-
fled in New York before the United
Staaes commission of industrial rela-
tions that he believed the great cor.
porations tended to degenerate the
type Of labor.
Lorlys Elton Rogers, fascinator OF
women. remained in the Bronx county
Jail in New York, while his attorney,
friends and the three women whose
lives he has SO tangled sought $500,
necessary to obtain his release.
The Federal District Court of New
York appointed Walter C. Noyes re-
ceiver of the Chicago, Rock Island 4
Pacific Railroad Company, the Iowa
corporation whose stock was sold at
public auction two weeks ago.
At La Paz, Mex, five men were
killed and eight seriously injured on
board the armored cuiser San Diego
when boiler tube blew out after a
steaming trial of four hours had been
completed.
Treating" In saloons of Iowa will
be prohibited, and the practice Of per.
sons living In dry territory carrying
home well filled suit cases will be
stopped IL the General Assembly en-
acts laws proposed in the Senate.
Four bills designed to further restrict
the sale Of liquor in Iowa appeared.
The best possible solution of the un-
employment question lies In govern
ment encouragement or cooperation
in the restoration of railroad con-
struction and the opening Of new
lands, said Benjamin r. Yoakum.
chairman of the ST. Louis & San
Francisco Railroad Company, in a
speech in New York before the Re.
publican Club.
A former Denver man is named as
the bandit who held up the Bingham
State bank. Bingham, Utah, three
weeks ago and stole $16,500. after
locking the cashier. assistant cashier
and clerk in a receiving vault. c. J..
Smith, Denver manager of the W. J.
Burns Detective agency, returned to
Denver after identifying the robber as
Burt Heaton of Denver, -.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
I'D. JR. INDORSES
LABOR UNIONS
80 LONG AS THEIR PURPOSE IS
TO PROMOTE WELL.BEING OF
THE EMPLOYEES
DIRECT0RSRESPONSIBLE
DENIES ATTEMPTING TO DICTATE
POLICY OR CONTROL THE
SITUATION.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
New York.-John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
active head of the interests acquired
or built up by his father, occupied the
witness stand for five hours Monday
at the inquiry being conducted here
by the United States Commission on
Industrial Relations into the great
philanthropic foundations and the
cause OF industrial unrest.
While on the stand, Rockefeller
said that he intended to visit Colo
RADIO In the near future and intimated
that he was delaying the trip only
because of the present hearing.
Rockefeller's testimony dealt large.
ly with the labor situation in the
Colorado mining section. Reading
from a prepared statement. he denied
that he had sought or even wished to
exercise sort of absolutism over the
coal industry In Colorado and de.
clared he was most heartily in favor
of labor unions, SO long as they had
due regard for the interests of the
public.
THE only coal property In Colo.
RADIO in which we are In any way in.
terested is the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company" Rockefeller said. For me
to have attempted to dictate a policy,
or control the situation, would have
meant an assumption of authority far
beyond what the investment which
represent would have justified.
THE commission has asked my
views, said Rockefeller, "as to, what
extent the stockholders and dir sctcrs
OF a corporation are responsible for
the labor conditions which exist in it,
and for the social conditions which
are produced; how generally and in
what manner such responsibilities are
assumed by stockholders and direct
ors, and, in actual practice, how and
upon what general basis the labor
policies of large corporations are de-
termined.
The responsibilities of stockhold-
ers is practically limited to the elec.
tion OF directors. They have no pow
er to elect officers. to employ labor,
to make contracts or to intervene d.
rectly in the management of the busi-
ness. A large stockholder. however.
is able to exercise considerable
moral influence over the directors
and officers and is responsible for ex.
ercising that influence properly.
THE directors are responsible for
the general conduct of business; they
have the power to elect officers and
do determine the policies of the bust
nesE.
Labor conditions so far as they
are within the control OF corpora
tion, are matters for which the off
GERS of the corporations are primarily
responsible. . 80
Labor policies are initiated and
determined by the officers. + "" A
business, 10 be successful, must not
only provide to labor remunerative
employment under proper working
conditions. but 1t also must render
useful service to the community and
earn a fair return on the money in
vested.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
Montrose Quits State Stockgrowers.

Denver.-The withdrawal of the
Montrose Stockgrowers Association,
numbering III members, from the
Colorado Stockgrowers' Association,
because Of its failure to support the
bill, now pending in Congress, author
izing the federal leasing of public
lands, marred the closing session Of
the state organization in Denver.
1t is understood that following the
session private offers were made by
the Colorado association to attempt to
secure state legislation dividing the
range on the Western Slope of the
federal bill was defeated, thereby
gaining the ends desired by the Mont
rose stockmen.
Resolutions were adopted by the
stockmen approving the attitude of
Governor Carlson In the leasing of
public land by the government; COM
mending the action of the state board
of stock inspectors and the state vet
erinarian in securing the recent quar-.
antine proclamation against the i'm.
portation of diseased stock from out
side the state; asking that law be
passed by the State Legislature pro-
tecting stockmen from migratory
herds from other states.
Those holding office during the past
year were unanimously re elected.
They are; Frank Squier. Rifle, pres-
dent, Frank Jones, Middle Park, vice
president; Fred Johnson, Denver, sec
retary, and II. S. Hustled, Denver,
treasurer.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-01-28
WASHINGTON.

Senate Democrats in caucus reached
final agreement on the administra-
tion ship purchase bill and adopted a
resolution making 1t party measure.
The reported disappearance of thou.
sands Of dollars OF public works
funds in Santo Domingo occurred be-
for any OF the happenings which led
up to the present investigation in
New York of James NJ. Sullivan,
American minister to Santo Domingo,
according to Secretary Bryan's un-
derstanding of the situation.