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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05

Col. w. w. Harris, superintendent of
public buildings and grounds. is spending
the Fourth of July holidays with his
family at Madison. Conn.
Eugene F. Hartley, chief Of division.
Census Bureau. has just returned from
Hamtramck. Mich. where he has been
ulation.
Miss Ella ]. Maloney. private secretary
to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Peters, will spend the remainder of July
at her home near Boston. Mass.
Battalion Chief James Keliher, Of the
fire department, is spending his vacation
at his cottage at North Chesapeake
Beach, Md, and last week sent the men
of his company. Truck. No. 4. two bar
rels of steamed crabs. The chief says
he caught them all.
Percy S. Foster. local piano merchant.
is planning to leave the city July IS to
attend the annual convention of the Ma
tional Association OF Piano Merchants of
America, which opens at San Francisco.
July %. Mr.. Foster is national secre-
tary.
W. c. Sicily, assistant chief of the
mail division of the Library of Congress.
is planning to leave the city July 10 to
spend his vacation at Atlantic City.
Second Battalion Chief Samuel r.
Henry, of the fire department. is spend
ing his vacation at Niagara Falls, which
is near the home OF his daughter.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy, is recovering rapidly
from an operation for appendicitis per-
formed at the Naval Hospital early in
the week. Secretary Roosevelt was
stricken suddenly at his home and hur-
ried to the hospital.
James G. SHIRLEY, an official of the De-
partment of Agriculture, took his fam
lily to Wildwood, N. j., last week for a
short vacation.
John S. Smith, chief naturalization ex-
aminer for the Department of Labor at
Seattle. Wash. is in the city on official
business.
winslow Lewis. of the Government
Printing ONCE. will leave the city in a
few days to spend his annual leave at
Francisco.
Bicycle Policeman Charles S. Mont
gomery. of the Sixth precinct. is confined
to his home with broken rib. sustained
when he fell from his wheel while pur-
suing a speeding autoist several days ago.
Miss aKtherine Gallagher. of the Smith
sonian Institution. is expected to return
tomorrow from New York City. where
she has been spending her vacation. .
William J. Martin, confidential sec
rotary to Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo, who was injured in street
car accident and has been In Emer-
gency Hospital since last Sunday,
has improved so much within the past
week that his physicians yesterday
allowed him to return to his home,
1915 Kansas avenue.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
CUPLD,S U7NEY SERVICE
OPPOSED BY MINISTER'S
Gergmen Of Ekton Md, Up in Arms Against Matrimonial
Scheme Conceived by Young Mormon Preacher.
Plan to Break Marriage Trust
Special to The Washinetou Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Elkton, Nd, July 4.-Clergymen Of this
town. who have been accustomed to per-
forming the marriage ceremony for many
of the runaway couples of Virginia and
the District Of Columbia. are up In arms
against Rev. Henry Carr. a young Nor
mon preacher, who is credited with hav-
ing established a "matrimonial titney
service"
drastic action to break the marriage
trust" he has created here. OF 2Ss who
took out licenses here during June the
Mormon preacher married lis. The Sc
cret of his success lies, 1t is said, in the
fact that he pays jitney bus drivers 80
cents for each couple they bring to his
rapid-fire bureau in the Hotel FELTON,.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05

Cars marriage fees for the month are
estimated at $500
The possibilities Of this city as an
elopement center dawned on Carr early
In Juno and he promptly moved here,
taking rooms in the FELTON,. which Is
near the railroad station. He considered
this q strategic point, The other minis
tiers soon became aware Of q swift cur
rent Of competition sweeping couples from
their doors. The breeze blew in the
direction of the hotel, and there they
found the source Of their sudden turn in
fortune.
Drivers Of titneys and horse-drawp
buses. who watch every train at the sta
ton for wedding prospects, began boost.
Ing the Mormon preacher within forty.
eight hours
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
YOUNG MEN ON WAY TO
PACIFIC IN A CANOE
Making First Tour of Its Kind b,
Rivers of This Country-They
Reach WASHINGTON.

Two young New York men are travel
ing by canoe from the Atlantic to thf
Pacific Coast by the inland waterways
making what is said to be the frs
cross-continental tour Of its kind. The:
are Harry Duncan and Harry Fornan
and they reached Washington yesterday
having been on their odd trip sine
May IS
They will go to Georgetown and tax,
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal int
Western Pennsylvania There the frs
portage will be made. a train carrying
their canoe to the headwaters of tho
Monongahela. whence they will paddle
to the Ohio. down that stream to thu
Mississippi up to the Missouri. thence
to the Kaw and North Platte, and from
there to the Yellowstone. This streanr
win be followed to its juncture with tho
Snake River, which will take them te
the tributaries Of the Columbia, whencs
they will reach the Pacific Ocean
In view of the fact that many turbu
lent streams are to be encountered the.
have a motor attached to their eighteen.
foot canoe and expect to complete thsi,
journey within four months.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
JUST 'PAT-PAT," DON'T
- KISS, PHYSICIAN SAYS
Oscillation Spreads Disease. So Medi-
cal Fraternity Favors Touch
m Cheek

San Francisco. July 4-"Pat-pat If you
rnust-but don't kiss. The lip-to-lip kiss
must 60"
Such is the dictum and earnest sug-
gestion of DIR. E. F. Otis. delegate from
the Dominican Republic to the Pan
American Medical Congress. in paper
read by him.
THE pat-pat is the accepted form in
Dominica said the doctor. it having
been proved there that kissing is the
most common way of transmitting tuber-
culosis. The spread of the disease has
been traced in many cases to the kiss,
and for this reason we have waged a
war on oscillation that should be taken
up by the health authorities Of the United
States"
Explaining the "pat-pat." DR.. Otis said
that when q couple, osculatorily inclined,
meet they should advance to within
handshaking distance and then, instead
of grasping hands or kissing. pat each
other lightly on the cheek and smile.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
MAsoNS PLAN SOCIAL MEET.
Churches Hold Patriotic
Religious Services.

Anacostia Lodge, No. q. F. A. A NJ.
has postponed its meeting for tonight.
Master A E Beck has announced a
social gathering for the evening of July
10. On the next Sunday afternoon this
lodge will have charge Of the religious
services to be held at the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home.
Dr. James II. Hassall, Of the medical
stan at the Government Hospital for the
Insane, with Mrs. Hassall and party Of
relatives, has left on an automobile trip
for Troy. N. Y The party will tour the
New England States slater, returning in
August.
Special services wee held yesterday
in all Of the churches in this vicinity in
commemoration of Independence Day.
The sermons dealt with the meaning of
the day and the national colors were in
evidence in all churches.
Anacostia Tent, No. z, Knights OF the
Maccabeee, scheduled to meet tonight In
the Masonic Hail. has postponed its meet
ing until next Monday night. at which
time the semi-ennual installation of Of
ficers will be held in connection with q
social gathering. Deputy Grand Com
mander D. W. Gall will be in charge of
the installation.
The American mountain sheep are the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
LOCAL MENTION.

CSC: tuna nsh. ioc: tall cans salmon, Sc;
s cans sugar corn. CSC; cans e J.
peas. Csc; large cans Cal peaches. 1oc;
; large cans beans. CSC: large cans Blue
.s ss' i s large bod. mustard. &c: large
bots. ginger ale. 7hc: RaBdalrs grape
Juice. quarts. 3sc: lbs. evap. peaches,
Csc; Tbs. lima beans. csc: navy beams.
soap. .10c; lbs. starch. 1oc:. - lbs,
wAshfhg soda. loo: 3 Country Maid cat
sup. Csc: sour pickles. lee; peanut butt
Old Time flour. S1.7s: pound can cocoa.
1sc: sass N st nv. ana ali the }. I. d
|Pylea Utores.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
BIRTHS REPORTED.
WHITE

Charles r. and Mamie V. Weeks. girl.
]. Lawn and Anna L. Thompson. boy.
James s. and Hulda Taylor. boy.
Charles Z. and Lillian Truax, boy.
James o. and Ethel +. Ped. boy.
Maurice and Annie Garfinkle. boy.
Joseph c. and Augusta c. Elliott. boy.
Nathan and Annie Broidie, girl.
Passed. and Beatrice Breedon. boy.
Frank Y. and Marie X. Auth. girl.
COLORED.
James o. and Murren y Fitch. girl.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
ARRESTED ONLY 156 TINES.
Bill" Let Out I
Promise to Leave County.


Stanhope. N. j.. July 4.-William Van
Horn, better known as "Rattlesnake
BILL" was locked up in the Stanhope
jail yesterday by Recorder Isaac Kenni-
cult and then let out again. This makes
the 156th arrest of Van Horn. He said
he Just came from the Stroudsburg, Pa.
jail. where he spent ten days for car
rying two rattlesnakes through the town.
He was on his way to see Gov. Field
er, he declared. to convince the governor
1t was unconstitutional for the Sussex
and Warren County authorities to exile
him.
Both counties having forbidden him to
enter the counties on penalty Of being
sent to State prison. Recorder Kennicutt
said he would sentence Bill to work nine
ty days on the public road With the
State convicts. The word work" not
being In Bilrs Vocabulary he fell on his
knees and begged one more chance to
travel. He promised never to enter
Stanhope again.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
sMASHEs CHINESE "PEEPER. !"
kee Sing Recovering from He
Brother-in.1Aw's Puneh. i

Brooklyn. July Alt win be a long
time before Kee Sing. Chinese laundry
man. Of l26 Fourth avenue. tries to peep
through 4 window at Q woman who ID
retiring for the night. Kee, with .
broken arm. is q prisoner In the Meth
odist Episcopal Hospital, where he Is re-
covering from the effects Of having been
found out.
lGiss Anna X. Brown. q pretty woman
Of -. returned to her home. at "a Fourth
avenue. next to Sing's laundry. at In
O'Clock yesterday morning. and while she
was getting ready to retife her gase
happened to rest ON the window Of her
room. which fronts on . shed In the rear
Of the house. She saw the gsjnninx face
of Chinese peering at her. and. In
terror. ahe summoned her brother-in-Iaw.
Thomas CopptnSer Mr.. Cpppinser raised
The window and dealt the Chinese q blow
that sent him reeiing on The sAsd and
intpfthe yard. . distance Of twenty test.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
HEN MATCHES TURTLE BROOD.
Fowl Sets on Nest Until Snappera
Arrive.

Smith. La. July IA remarkable in
stance of filial devotion in the lower
animals has just come to light here.
Lem Macy had an old Rhode Island
red hen named Sairy, which insisted
upon setting all the time.
Lem dug out turtles nest and found
about twenty eggs. He took. the eggs
home, made a nice nest and put Sairy
on them. In due time Sairy Matched
out eighteen nice. healthy swapping tur-
ties, O.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05

Mission workers are rejoicing over ths
building of the fine new road between
Assam and Korea. It is being built thai
the Koreans may more easily exchange
the wool. which forms their chief prod
uct. for the Assam tea. of which they
use large quantities. But where com.
merce goes Christianity will also go
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
LORD FISHER 10 SERVE AGAm
British Aaniral WIN Have Plass ..
nj Inventiens beard.

London, July l-rhe pres bureau an
nouneed the appointment Of Admiral Lord
Fisher a. chairman Of the Inventions
board. which viii asBist the admiralty
II, encouraging and co-ordinating naval
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05
DEATH RECORD.
WHITE

WHITE
Mary c. Hoch. g. ,x34 Wardef st. n. W.
Frederick Walsh, S. Tuberculosis Hospital
COLORED.
Henry Smith. n. 1870 Third &. n. ".
Mary White, q; Washinstoa Asylum Hospital
Grace CANT. q, . Patterson St y. Z.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05

The American mountain sheep are the
greatest leapers in the world.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05

II guilty. Husrta sheuAa - szflsa teI
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05

purely Personal

Col. w. w. Harris, superintendent of
public buildings and grounds. is spending
the Fourth of July holidays with his
family at Madison, Conn.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05

Miss Ella J. Maloney, private secretary
to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Peters, will spend the remainder of July
at her home near Boston. Mass.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05

Eugene F. Hartley, chief Of division.
Census Bureau. has just returned from
Hamtramck. Mich. where he has been
making a special enumeration of the pop
ulation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-05

Battalion Chief James Keliher, Of the
fire department, is spending his vacation
at his cottage at North Chesapeake
Beach, Nd, and last week sent the men
of his company. Truck. No. 4. two bar
rels of steamed crabs. The chief says
he caught them all.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
GERMAN ARMY
HEADQUARTERS
ISSUES REPORT

Berlin, Dec. >, Via London.-Re-
pulse of d Russian attack by the troops
of General Won Bothmer is reported by
German army headquarters in today's
official statement. Only minor opera
tons on the Western front are men
toned. The statement reads:
'>WeStern theatre of war: Apart
from artillery battles and mine war
fare at different points along the front
there have been no special incidents.
ITO the northwest of st. Quentin.
a biplane containing two English Off
GERS. forced to descend because OF mo-
tor trouble, fell into our hands
Eastern theatre of war The situa
ton is unchanged.
THE description in the Russian
conmunique of Nov. 80. regarding bat
ties at Illoukst and Kazimirichki is
an invention.
Army Of General Won Bothmer:
The advance of Russian divisions was
repulsed by our advanced guards
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
CHARLES ", ELIOT DECLARES
CIVIL. SERVANTS INCOMPETENCE
ENDANCERS WHOLE Government
With Several Other Speakers, Including. Sena-
tor Norris, He Criticizes Administration
of Post Office Department

institutions must be expected and pro-
vided against, for it has been demon
strated that there exists in Europe
strong autocratic governments which
are ambitious to rule not only their
neighbors. but the world"
1T has been made plain by the great
war in Europe" he said, that industrial
financial and civil efficiency are all neces-
sary to military efficiency.
'If, then, the free governments are to
continue to live they must prove them
selves to be at least as effective as au-
tocratic governments in developing indus
trial, commercial and financial and mill
tary efficiency
In criticizing what he called the inefti-
cheney in public service. Dr.. Eliot called
particular attention to the, postoffiee de-
partment. He declared that to change
all the high officials of that department
once every four years or whenever the
national administration passes from the
sands of one political party to those OF
another, is to violate every principle OF
sound business management.
Several other speakers, including Unit
ed States Senator Norris of Nebraska
also criticized the postoffice department
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
WANTS RECEIVER
FOR u. S. LIGHT AND
HEATING Comply

Niagara Falls, n. Y, Dec. Am
nouncement was made here today that
papers had been served in a suit in the
supreme court of Niagara county asking
for the appointment of a receiver for the
United States Light & Heating Corpor-
alton. The action was brought by Her.
bert V. Falk, a stakeholder and secretary
of IKE stockholders protective commit
tee of the United States Light & Heating
Co. of Maine of which the present COM
pany is the successor. The nature of the
complaint was not disclosed. The Maine
company went into the hands Of receiv-
ers in July, 1914.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
ss'+tssal.t" -'gs ~ ~ ur'-f -1' m
OFFICIAL / :.
REPORTS.
BRITISH

London, Dec Am official commu-
nication issued this evening says:
During the past four days success
full bombardments of hostile trenches
and strong points and gun positions
have been carried out. The damage in
fiicted on the enemy was considerable
The reply of his artillery to our fire
was weak.
"On Nov. 80 we sprung two mines
opposite Givenchy. While the craters
were being consolidated by us the
enemy sprung a mine, burying 10 or
our men. Yesterday we exploded
mine east Of Boisfranca and the enc
my replied with mine in the same
neighborhood. On the 30th two hos
tile aeroplanes were brought down by
the fire from our aeroplanes, one fall
ing east of HODGE and the other near
Henin- Lietard (Pas De Calais). The
same day 20 Of our aeroplanes bombed
an important German supply depot at
Miraumont. northeast of Amiens),
causing considerable damage to stores,
buildings and the railway line
''One Of our aeroplanes which had
been on a reconnaissance the first of
December failed to return and another
on the second Of December"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
The DUTCH STEAMER. HAMR0Rl
RE0vISIT|0NED Al 0NC WITH the
AMERICAN STR HOOKING THURSDAY

Halifax, n. S., Dec. 1.-The Dutch
steamer Hamborn, as we'll as the Amer
lean steamer Hooking, was ordered requi-
sitioned by the British government today.
The Hamborn. which was seized on her
way from New York to Cuba with a gen.
eral cargo, was brought here on the same
day as the Hooking under suspicion of
being owned by German capital although
flying the colors of a: neutral nation.
The same procedure will be followed in
the case of both steamers. A commission
of appraisment will be issued to the mar
shall, who will select one or more COM
petent appraisers to determine the true
value of the ships. Upon the undertaking
of the government to pay the appraised
value, if ordered by the prize court to do
so, the ships will be delivered to the
crown. In opening the hearing in the adj
miralty court today w. A. Henry, for the
crown, said there were but two points to
consider: If the application was made
on behalf of a proper officer of the crown
and if it was desired to requisition the
ships on behalf of His Majesty's gov
eminent.
Marshal James Hall today appoint
ed S. M. Brookfeld and Capt. Neil Hall
as appraisers of the Hooking and the
Hamborn. The steamers will be hand
ed over to the British government.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
FRENCH

Paris, Dec. 1.-The following official
communication was issued by the war
Office tonight:
"A lively cannonade has continued
in Artois on both sides in the sectors
of Loos, the Bots En- Hache and An
ges. An engagement with torpedoes
took place northwest of hill 40 North
OF the five roads a German detachment
which attempted to approach. our
trenches was dispersed by our fire.
The enemy has thrown about so
shells on Arras.
South of the Somme, before Faye,
we successfully exploded a mine; a
small German post was destroyed.
Eat Les Eparges we fired a camou-
flet, which shattered a mine work Of
the adversary.
the Belgian official communication
reads: There was slight activity on
the part of the enemy last night: A
few projectiles were fired west of Dix
nude. Today reciprocal artillery ac-
tons occurred on the User and Ypres
fronts. The Germans bombarded our
post at Stuyvekemskerke and various
villages III our lines, Pervyse, Dude
capelle, Saint Jacquescapelle and
Nieucapelle. 'Our artillery, in retalia-
ton, shelled the Chateau De Woumen
and the enemy camps at Luyghen and
s1lenced the hostile artillery north of
Steenstraete'
Army OF the east: The Serbians still
occupy Monastir on Dec. l. On the Ger
ma there has been an exchange of can
non shots. The Bulgarian artillery has
likewise been firing on Krivolak and
Vousan. Calm prevails on the rest of
the front
Expetitionary corps Of the Darda-
nelles:
NOV. 30 and Dec. 1 were marked nv
activity on the. part Of both artilleries.
Our guns caused important damage to
the Turkish works. The temperature
AFTER having been rigorous for several
days, has become appreciably milder,"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
MRS. FRANK DIPPER
AN AGED QUEBEC
LADY MURDERED

Abercorn, Que, Dec. 1.-THE body of
Mrs. Frank Dipper, so years old, was
found in her home here today with
indications of struggle which led to
the police that she had been attacked
by a burglar or had died of fright.
She had been gagged with parts of a
garment and there were finger prints
on the body. When Mrs. Dipper who
lived alone, had not been seen for sew
eral days. neighbors investigated and
found that the house had been entered
through a window which was broken.
No arrests have been made.
A coroner's jury returned a verdict
that Mrs. Dipper had been murdered.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03
TURK REPORT DECL ARES. TURK
TR00PSPURSUE BRITISH IN
MS0P0TARA|h; COMPLETE Defeat

neighborhood large stores of victuals,
ammunition and war material. Turk
ish patrols captured 100 camel belong
ing to the British. The enemy was UNI
able to set fire even to small part OF
his war material. The British left the
personal belongings of their officers
behind. This proves the magnitude OF
their defeat.
"The Turks captured a war motor
boat lighter with foodstuffs and war
material. The fleeing British threw
boxes Of ammunition into the Tigris
river.
THE British in order to concealltheir
defeat on the Irak front told the pop
ulation of the surrounding territory
that they had concluded peace, but
the rapid prosecution of the fighting
revealed the real state of things.
Three aeroplanes of four taken from
the enemy have been repaired and are
being used against the enemy.
"Dardanelles front: An enemy cruis-
err which started firing on the Turkish
left wing was forced by the fire of
Turkish torpedo boats to withdraw.
An enemy cruiser of the Agamemnon
type shelled the hospital at Killid Bahr
and killed four and wounded 20 SOL
diers."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-03

Philadelphia, Dec. 2.-Incompetency
and inefficiency on the part of civil
servants is .endangering the whole fab
ric of our government as well as all
the precious ideals of public liberty
and justice from a war standpoint, ac-
cording to Charles w. Eliot, president
Emeritus of Harvard University, who
addressed the meeting of the Civil Ser
vice Reform League here tonight. Mr..
Eliot declared that it had been obvi-
Gus for some time that democracy as
a form of government is on trial before
the civilized world.
"Can democracy be as efficient as
modern autocracy in war;" he asked.
To-day no one can answer that ques-
ton with confidence. If the free gov
ernments cannot organize and main
tam an as, efficient armies and navies
as the aufocrntic governments can and
fight as well as the autocratic govern
ments do, they will not survive the at
F. tacks Of despotic government when
possesses as great natural resources as
the free governments and uses them
with more skill and greater concentra-
ton of purpose. Such attacks on free