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The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
ONE KILLED, MANY HURT,
IN CANAL ZONE FIGHT
Statement from Panama Legation
Tells of Row Started by
Carnival Liquor.

number of Uncle Sans soldiers on
duty in the Canal Zone are nursing sore
heads and ono citizen Of the republic OF
Panama is dead following battle royal
in Panama city at midnight last Satur-
day between several of the soldiers and
the natives. This is according to state
ment given out last night by Walter 3
Penfield. attorney OF the Panama Lesa-
ton. The statement:
The Legation of the Republic or
Panama has received official information
that shortly after midnight last Satur-
day a quarrel occurred in Cocoa Grove
uhe tenderloin district between Ameri-
can soldiers and private individuals.
When the Panamanian police interviewed
TO restore order. they Were attacked.
hut. notwithstanding. they made all pos
sible effort to avoid the shedding Of
blood Unfortunately. it is to he regret
ted that Panamanian was killed. and
many Panamanians and Americans We're
wounded and bruised. None of them APP
pears to he in a serious condition.
4 little after the ARRAY the Secretary
of Foreign Affairs E. T. Lefevre. and the
Secretary of Government J. B. Sosa. had
a cordial conference with the American
Minister. W. J. Price, and Brig. Gen. Ed
wards. and much interest is being taken
to make "A full investigation in order to
punish the responsible parties. The trou-
bile undoubtedly was caused by the use
of liquor during the carnival festivities
of Saturday night.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
u. S. SPINDLES STILL:
EUROPE GETS COTTON
Exports Went Above Normal Propor-
tons During January. According
to Census Bureau.

According to the monthly report Of tine
census Bureau issued yesterday. cotton
exports were beyond normal proportions
during January. the quantity being more
than 800" bales greater than last year
Cotton used was less than the usual
January total. as 5O0o0 fewer spindles
We're operated during the month Manu-
featuring establishments held less cot
ton January 81 than they did year
ago. but in independent warehouses the
quantity on hand was greater by /, 800 OO0
bales.
Exports included hS5.S34 bales TO the
United Kingdom. 2l7.9s2 bales to Italy.
9a.9l3 bales to Germany. 10901 bales TO
France and SST.S45 bales TO all other coun-
tries. The total exports for the six
months ended January 81 were 200 GO
bales less than during the period last
year.
Cotton on hand January 81 in manufac-
turing establishments was Isis, go bales
against 1,76i.56l a year ago. and in in
dependent warehouses 4.6S9,956 bales,
against 2.S3e.9i2 a year ago.
Exports We're 1.312l75 bales against l.
6e.2'2 last year. and for the six months
3,97S,329 against 6.4sa. 49, a year ago. I'm
ports were $9.2c9 bales. against IS. ga last
year. and for the six months IS9. 80,
against 63,5S a year ago.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
CITIES OF BRITISH
TROOPS in FRANCE
Southern Provinces Contain Great
Concentration Camps Of kitcheners
Requirements. Visitors State.

Paris, Feb. l5.-In confirmation of the
cable message sent from here which
was published in The Washington
Herald on January IA. stating that
about 500. 00o English troops were to he
landed on French soil within few
days. visitors returning from Etaples
near Roulogne. report seeing cities of
English soldiers. with a population of
100000 to 600. 600.
This vast army of ten to twenty army
corps is the big English army Lord
Kitchener has been training for the last
half year The rest of Kitchener's
army of 100000 is expected to be land
% in France within the next four
weeks
The news Of ne arrival OF the huge
army of EnGlishmen has not been pub
lished in the papers here.
Among the lately arrived English
soldiers are regiments from Malta and
canada, which shows that Kitchener
is calling upon til entire empire for
the pick of men.
Some of the troops. it is known. have
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
History Tellers Organize.

The Afro-American History Story
telling Association has obtained arti-
cles of Incorporation, with the fol-
lowing officers: Mary L. Mason, first
vice president; Annie May Miller. sec
ond vice president; Nellie n Guam
der, recording secretary; Bertha j.
Monday. corresponding secretary; Min
ME A. Lucas, financiaI secretary; Sadie
A. Gaskins. treasurer; Alma j. Scott.
librarian. and Rachel E. Guy. Laura
E. Joiner, Josephine L. cambridge. and
Ella NJ. Boston. The object Of the
association was stated to be literary
and educational Branches are to be
formed in other cities
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
.F|END|SH CRIMES
TRACED TODRUGS
S. McComas Hawken Cites
Deeds of Violence Per-
petrated by Users.
WOMAN CAUGHT in PLOT
Many Will Steal and Kill for Money
with Which to Crafty
Cravings.
WOMAN CAUGHT In PLOT

Habit forming drugs are responsible
for many crimes. and for crimes worse
than those committed by persons who
DO not use drugs 5. NcComas Hawken.
Assistant United States Attorney in
charge of prosecutions in Crimianl Court
No. l. said yesterday.
We have many cases here that may
he attributed TO drugs" said Mr..
Hawken. Drug crimes are always more
brutal than those committed under Ordi-
nary circumstances. mainland espe-
cially natural criminal-under the in
fiuerce of drugs has no sense Of respon-
sibility. The drug destroys all idea of
sympathy with a victim
"A child will tease cat because il
has no idea OF the pain it is causing the
animal. \ druG-crazcd man is the same
way. He does not realize the injury
he is doing. All finer emotions are killed
Drug Victim In Prison.
"A woman recently sent to prison here
because Of her part in a conspiracy to
obtain A divorce for "A man by obtaining
evidence against his wife was NOR
phine user. MY belief is that she COM
mitted the crime because she could get
money thereby to buy the drug that
would give her relief Young man
whose father is a wealthy New Yorker.
recently was sent to prison for nine
years. He was a drug user. His need
for the drug and the fact that he could
get II by helping another man to carry
out an auto-bandit scheme. caused him
TO violate the law. He will be released
when he is cured of the habit
There was case in court recently
of two men charged with offenses that
were caused by drugs. Who asked to
he sent TO Jail for year so that they
could be cured
One of two young men recently
sent to prison for two years for steal
ing an automobile and taking it to
Northern city. stole so that he could
buy drug. Two men who. several
years ago. terrorized the northwest
section Of the city and were sent to
prison for sixteen and eighteen years
for HOUSEKEEPING. committed their
crimes because they had to have money
with which to satisfy their craving for
a drug.
Shared by Drug Habit.
"A soldier who was sentenced TO life
imprisonment for numbering a woman
in the red-light district. committed his
crime because OF the drug habit
A great many persons who commit
crimes are drug fiends, and most OF
them. If they were not victims of the
drug habit. would not necessarily be
criminals. person who has fallen
victim to the habit must have money
to buy drugs. If he cannot get money
enough to buy the drug honestly he
will steal-or murder, if necessary-to
get it."
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
NEGROES TO FAST In
Jim CROW CAR FIGHT
Forty Days of Prayer and Abstention
from Food Planned to De-
feat Measure.

Forty days of fasting and PRAYER
against the bill of Representative Clark
providing for Jim Crow cars in the Dis
trict is the plan of the colored ministers
of Washington. who have entered protest
against the bill
The National Colored Baptist Alliance
OF America met yesterday in the Cos
mopolitan Baptist Church Rev. Simon
p. w. Drew introduced a resolution call
ing on all ministers of the District and
all other cities and towns in the United
States to join in forty days of prayer
starting February II.
The resolution also called on all the
citizens OF the District to petition the
members OF Congress to defeat the bill
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16

been landed as far south as Marseilles
and Bordeaux.
To meet the requirements of housing
the big army of British soldiers, miles
of water pipes have been laid, and
acres of forests have been razed. That
the English expect TO remain in France
for long time is proved by the cree
tion of reinforced concrete houses for
the officers At Rouen preparations for
receiving the British soldiers are going
on even on larger scale than at
Eta pies.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
DR.. ]. B. Clark to Lecture.

The fourth lecture on the Life of
Paul. in the course given the Christian
Endeavorers of the District by John
Britain Clark will he given this even
ing at O'Clock in the Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church. Columbia road
and Fourteenth street northwest. The
subject is The Birth of Foreign Mis-
SionS -
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
Blood Destruction
Stopped and Rebuilt
Worries Overcome, Evidence
Brushed Away. The
Skin Cleared.

s. s. s. the famous blood purifier. Is
mans architect. 1t contempIates the dam
age done and repairs the. damage. It also
looks after the possible damage and cor
reefs all tendency TO blood eruptions, decay
Of bones, cIogging Of Joints and any and
all Of those myriad Of destructive effects
such rs rheumatism. catarrh. swollen glands.
sore throat. bronchial affections and the
host Of infirmities so we'll known as being
caused by impure blood. And now. why
should s. s. s. do all this? Simply because
II is Natures antidote, a remedy Of search
ing influence. 1t contains a powerful nat
ural ingredient, that sweeps its way to the
skin. And in doing this 1t not only ami
hilates destructive germs but causes them
to be SO converted that they are easily
and harmlessly voided, expelled or de-
stroyed and then driven out through the
natural outlets OF the body. Thus let
S. s. s. be your safeguard In all blood
troubles NO matter what they are. It
won't fail you. Get bottle today Of any
druggist but refuse any and all substl-
tutes
Get In communication with the medical
department. Write The Swift SPECIFIC Co..
"a Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. This special
advisory work on blood troubles has been
Of incaleulable benefit and has cured
host Of caterers.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
Has Reserve Bank Bill.

A bill offered in the House yesterday
by Representative Crisp. Of Florida,
makes 1t an offense punishable by a fine
of 5000 and imprisonment at hard labor
for not more than ten years for an ON
GER Of any Federal Reserve Bank to ac-
cept deposits in such institution when
he Is aware that the bank Is insol-
vent.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
New York Hotel Arrivals.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
New York. Feb. 15.-The following
registered at New
York hotels today:
Park Avenue Aberdeen
Miss X. j. Bemas. c. +. Johnston.
j. II. Clark. Collingwood-
G. W. KLEIN. Mrs. T. B. Mcbride
Latham York
ID. r. Clank. W. E. Hoover.
Union Square G. F. Richner
a. J. GoetZ. EP Seeds
Grand HermitaRe-
MD. Morrill ID. V. Smythe.
c. r. Wright.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
OBITUARY..

Miss Mary f. Redfern, who died Sum-
day night, will be buried this morning on
her eightythird birthday. The funeral
will consist of low mass at St Paul's
Church. and interment will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery. She is survived BY A
nephew, Edward Redfern. and one niece
Miss Marie Clothilde
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16

Funeral services for Mrs Mary Z.
Evans will be held from Calvary Bap-
fist Church at O'Clock this afternoon.
with Rev. Samuel II. Greene, pastor, Of
ficiatinS. 1nterment will be in Glenwood
Cemetery. Mrs. Evans. who was ninety
two years old. died Sunday morning at
the home of her grandson. 154 u street
northwest.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16

Funeral arrangements for DR.. Joseph
II. Moore. who died Sunday at his home.
1916 g street northwest. will be completed
today upon the arrival of Dr. Moore's
daughter. Miss Gladys Moore, from
Texas DR.. Moore has been a practicins
physician of this city for twenty-five
years.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
Y. W. c. A. Campaign Starts.

At noon today the teams Of the Y. w.
c. A.. which started out on their men,
bership campaigns yesterda2 will make
their first report. The headquarters will
be open to the public every night Of the
campaign.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
SUBMARINES WRECKED
BY BRITISH BOMBS

Amsterdam, Feb. 15.-Two
wsrkshops containinE German
submarines were completely
wrecked and twenty workmen
injured in ZeebrugEe by the
bombs OF the British airmen dur
ing their recent raid, II was
learned here today.
A vast amount of other damage
also was done.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16

Funeral services for Luther f. Inee,
f"rty-six. who died Sunday at his resi-
d"ncc in the Home apartments. will be
held at O'Clock tomorrow afternoon
from the residence. Interment will be
in Glenwood Cemetery. Mr.. Inge had
been an employe of the Southern Rail-
way for many years
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16

Mrs. and Miss Seldomridge will re-
ceive at The Highlands from to s
this afternoon for the last time this
season.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16

Owing to bereavement in her
family. Mrs. Key Pittman has can
celed all her social engagements.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16
SOCIETY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE SIX.

and Mrs. Claflin at their residence in
connecticut avenue and Mintwood
place. for this week
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16

entertainment. after which dancing
will be in order The general com
mittee consists of Mrs. Matte ].
Vaughan, Mrs. s. c. Eberly, Mrs. NJ.
G. Copeland. Mrs. J. W. williams,
Mrs. NJ l. Weller, Mrs. NJ NJ Mitch
ell. Mrs. William ]. Brewer, and Mrs.
{. Louise Hurlbut. Mrs. J.. G. Wine
man has charge of tickets. Mrs. Will
lam III. McCauley. Mrs. y. T. Barnes.
and Mrs. Grace Wilson HopeweI, as
sisted by Mr.. William F. Elliott, Mr..
Job farnall. Mr.. Charles Batson. Mr.
W. ]. Weber. Mr.. William Jones. Mr..
Raymond Clark. and Mr.. Elmer Kintz
will have charge of the floor: Mrs.
II. W. Weber and Grace Wilson Hope
well in charge of entertainment, while
Drs. u. Olin Leech. George e. Clark.
J. c. Blackstone. y. T. Barnes, l.. X.
Beatty. C. b. Conklin. Henry w
Jaeger. J. C Wineman, J. W. Brewer.
and q. r. Tucker constitute the re-
Ception committee.
The Delta Tau Delta Fraternity viii
give dance on Monday evening. Feb
ruary %. from to y. M. at the
fraternity house, at 1910 y street
northwest
The regular weekly meeting Of the
Congressional Union will be omitted
this week.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16

Senator and Mrs. J. w Weeks, of
Massachusetts. entertained A dinner
company of sixteen in the Presidential
suite of the New willard yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16

Funeral services for Mrs. James NJ,
Davis. siXty-two. who died Saturday
night at George Washington University
Hospital, will be held at 10 O'Clock this
morning from st. Paurs Church. Twen-
ty-third street, near Washington Circle.
Mrs. Davis. who lived at the Marion
apartments. Twentieth and II streets
northwest, was associated with MANY
charitable institutions
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia
Goodrich Marshall. of ,I20s X street
northwest. who died Saturday night.
will be held this afternoon at go
O'Clock from Wright's undertaking par
lors. Interment will be in Oongressional
Cemetery. Mrs. Marshall is survived by
burg, Va: Albert Z. Marshall. and Ed
gar c. Marshall. OF Washington, and
two daughters. Mrs. Robert II. Love and
Mrs. c. B. keyser. of Washington.
Kelvie Lemon Hoover. of so r street
northwest, will be held from United
Brethren Church, at o'clock tomor-
row afternoon. Mrs. Hoover is sur
vived by six sons. William II. H.,
jr., s. Lemon, Charles N. George p,
Frank F., and Eugene T.: three sis
ters, Mary V. Bell, of westfield, n. j.;
Helen La Monte, OF Stanford. Conn.
and Martha L. Schneider. Of New
York City. and a brother, william H
Lemon, 1898 Carlin street northwest,
Of this city.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16

The board of lady managers of the
Eastern Dispensary and Casualty Hos
pital have about completed plans for
the concert and dansant that they
propose giving at Rauschers on the
evening of February % The Rebew
Orchestra. H. W. Weber. director. as
sisted by Miss Viola L. Schippert.
MISS Lillian Chenoweth. and Mr.
Charles W. Moore, will furnish the
The Washington herald., 1915-02-16

The regular weekly meeting Of tn,
Congressional Union will be omitted
this week.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-05-21
For AcId.proofinu Concrete pire.

Patent rights have recently been
awarded in Germany on a process for
rendering concrete pipes acid-proof.
The method consists of coating the m
terror of the tubing with asphalt, a
thing which has previously been at
tempted but net with satisfactory #-j
suits for the reason that the mate
could not be made to adhere PEI N
nently. In the new process c. III
quantity of asphalt is mixed WI |.
concrete before the pipe Is RvI Y
When the cast has been made SO u
tube dried, the interior is sandIALW
30 that the particles of asphalt
ded in the concrete are laid q
When hot asphalt is subsequf
coated over the inner wall Of thq hAes
1t Immediately combines with hfn FIN
phalt particles in the concrete, yior
serve to securely anchor 1t in n.y.
There has been much demand fol IS J.
ing of this kind in industries in w n
large quantities of materials co1t34
Ing acids must be conveyed II
pipe lines.-Popular MechanipsVecif4
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-05-21
WOOS OVER BORDER

they heard the thud of horses hoofs
and down the bend In the road they
saw patrol of uhlans heading straight
for the house.
Mieke hastily pushed her gallant
into the stable, then rushed back to
remove the third plate and seat her
self at the table as if nothing had
happened. Pete hurriedly crept into a
meal bin and drew down the lid. He
must have been there for hours,
when toward evening Mieke came into
the stable.
Where are you, Pete?" she wills
pered, and Pete crept out from his
hiding place as white as miller.
Mieke stopped for q laugh, then told
him to get away back into Holland
as fast as possible, as the uhlans were
not all asleep and this might be his
only chance, for the whole patrol had
been billeted on the farm and would
be in and out at all hours.
So the sweethearts babe each other
hasty farewell and Pete fastened to
return by the same arduous way he
had come. Now he is once more do
ing his love making through a barbed-
wire barrier.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-05-21
EPlTAPH ON STEPPING STONE
Found on Under Side of Slab dust
Turned Over for First Time
In so Years.

Columbia, Conn.-Needing a fat
stone for repairs that he was making.
Edward Phillips pried up one which
for over fifty years had been used as
a stepping-stone near the farmhouse
back door To his surprise he saw on
the reverse side, in fairly plain letters.
the inscriptions:
In memory Of Emily. daughter of Mr..
Joseph and Mrs. Eunice Smith. who died
lpril 15. 1874. aged six months and fifteen
days.
Rest thou. sweet slumberer. in the peace
full grave;
Short was thy life; forgotten soon shalt
be.
Except the few who, drowned in sorrow
wave,
With painful pleasure still remember
thee.
NOBODY knows where the stone had
been used or where 1t came from.
Mr.. Phillips father bought the house
over fifty years ago and the stone was
at the back door then for a stepping
stone. 1t Is five feet long and nearly
TWO feet wide.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-05-21
Generals Honor Artist.

The French painter Hoffbauer, who
abandoned a commission to paint
Richmond war pictures to Join the
French army at the outbreak of the
war, was recently summoned from
the trenches near scissors to local
headquarters. Though only private,
he was received respectfully by five
generals, who explained that he was
among the painters selected to make
battle pictures along the front for the
future glory of France.
Hoffbauer made brief trip to Paris
for materials and then went to
Reims whence he is to visit interest
ing points.
When he EXPRESSED SUNRISE at
honor accorded him by the geneI
one of them replied: Even in
time France still is the motherlan
art
The Franco-American sculptor, F
co.'s M L. Torretti, who is
known in New York, where he hsl
studio. and his wife, who is @lso al
sculptor. have recently been Ttermit1
ted to visit the ambulance directed
by DR. Alexis Carroll at Comniegne to-
make a series of anatomical drawings
of the seriously wounded for present.
alton TO the medical museums for thd
benefit of future research.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-05-21
'MARYliH1 DAY At TIE FAIR
Guests Of Panama Exposition Off
Gals At Luncheon-Display
Revelation.

San Diego. Cal.-Wednesday was
Maryland Day at Panama Exposi
lion and Official outhern Califor
HAS splendid ored Governor
Goldsborough party with
| marked attenti,
When the spec.a train reached here
at 8 O'Clock Mayor Caps. Admiral
Urtel Sebree, u. S. N, retired. and
other prominent persons were at the
station and accompanied the party to
the U. 8. Grant Hotel After break
fast Exposition officials, including
President G. Aubrey Davidson. escort
ed the Governor and his staff and
members Of the Maryland commission
to the fair grounds, a battalion of
marines and a band leading the way.
Former residents of Maryland who
attended an informal reception to the
Governor on the grounds included Col
and Mrs. J. II. Pendleton, erstwhile Of
Annapolis. and August Zange and Miss
zange. one-tlme Baltimoreans.
centers OF Interest.
The Governor and his uniformed
staff were the centre OF interest at
the Exposition. At noon they were
the guests of fair officials at luncheon,
and their guides through the wonder
full buildings and grounds were Presi-
dent Davidson and Admiral Sebree.
The latter was friend OF Governor
Goldsborough's father in San Fran
cisco and the Governor himself knew
him as youth In that city rs years
ago. Another member of the local
escort was o. J. Slough, of this city.
Mr.. Slough is 81 years OF age and as
vigorous as man of S..
Many of the members of the Mary
land party left the fair grounds In
time to go bathing at Coronado Beach,
going thence by motor car across the
line into Mexico. Everyone was
with the exposition and with
the courtesy of its officials and the
residents Of San Diego. The fair is a
revelation of the wonderful range Of
products of Southern California. The
exhibits include every imaginable
variety of yield OF orchard, mine, fac
tory and garden
To Perpetuate Fair Grounds.
The grounds, located in q city |
owned park overlooking San Diego |
Bay and the Pacific. will be perpetually
in their present state. even
after the termination Of the fair.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-05-21

Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve of Bar
nard college declares that there are
fewer divorces among college women
than among any other class, because
the college graduate is apt to marry
purely for love and not for an occu-
patton or home, Motherhood, she
declares, is really profession, and a
good cook may be better one for a
knowledge of Greek. The greatest
value of college education for girls
says Dean Gildersleeve, lies in just
this: that 1t gives them better bal
ance, a more rounded outlook and a
truer appreciation of lifes values. The
picture is from a specially posed pho
tograph of Dean Gildersleeve.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-05-21
Missed Chewing 7, bacco.

Clifton, Okla.-The fact that they
took his chewing tobacco is made the
main basis of Jack Mason's complaint
to the county officers here in describ-
Ing the men who held him up in the
oil field. six miles south of clifton
The men were not masked, but were
strangers, and worked quickly. Ma
son did not have much to say about
the $3.50 they relieved him OF, but as.
serted that good Chewing is lux
ury In the field.