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The Washington times., 1916-01-03
HEBREWS HERE
MEET JAN. 70.
.T0RA|SEFUNDS
Appeal for Relief Of Jews Of
Russia Will Be Made in
Temple.

A great mass meeting to raise funds
for the relief of the homeless, war
stricken Jews OF Poland. Galicia and
Russia will be held in this city on the
night of January 20 at the Eighth Street
Temple.
The Rev. DR.. j. l.. Magnes. whose
eloquence so stirred New York gath
erinS a few nights ago that s1.0oo,oOo
was subscribed. will be the principal
speaker at the Washington meeting.
President Wilson. members OF his Cabi-
net Senators. Congressman and other
officials have been invited to attend.
Arrangements for the mass meeting
here are being rade by a committee
consisting of Simon Wolf. chairman .
julius Peyser, treasurer. and the
Rev. nr. Abram Simon, secretary. AL
ready there have heen responses TO
the appeal in behalf of the suffering
Ic>vs OF Europe. Mr.. Wolf announced
today that the following early con-
tributions have been received:
Large Contributors.
Simon kann, OF s. Kann Sons x Co.
$500: Chris Heurich. $3.50; John Z. Nc
Lean. 500; Mrs. william J. Boardman
500; Miss Mabel Boardman. So; Charles
e. Glover. $50, and many smaller con
tributions.
'"rhcrc are at least one million home
less, suffering Jews in the European
war zone" said Mr.. Wolf, today
There is needed now Sl0,@00Dc. and
ff the war continues this Will be bul
temporary relief. Jewish aid up to this
time has been confined almost entirely
to the co-roIIgionists OF the European
slffercrs. but the appeal is made to all
Jews Aided Belgians.
"rho Jews of Washington and else
where have been contributors 10 varioIs
r"licr funds for the Belgians. Arnenans
md others and now their own people
| are in direst want We expect l great
, mass meeting on the evening of January
! 90. aud Or. Magnes is coming to describe
! the conditions in Russia. Poland and
! ti%liria where the suffering centers."
The Washington committee. headed by
/ ar. Wolf. was named b ythe national
Jewish relief committee. whose rcnd-
! quarters are in New York. a city that
| quickly raised 81 ."o0 900 TO aid the Euro
| l,eaR Jews.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
Food on Every Side,
Oscar on the Tide;
Little Squirrel Died
1t Night Have Given the Jitney a
Spurt IF They'd Let the
Starving Pet Eat
Rert
BY BERTON BEALFY.

WITH FORD PEACE PARTY.
CURISTTANIA. Norway. Dec. 10 tby
mail to New York. so busy were
the delegates. with weiGhtv work OF
peace; so plunged in various mental
states by words that did not cease:
so well cngrossed in hosts Of things
of import extra high; so deep in
wlrelessing TO Kings. they let the
squirrel die.
They let the little squirrel die,
within his cage Of wire, although
with nutolv Dleading eve he showed
his dumb desire for lust nut or
two for food TO spur his tagging
hrcath-and so amid this noble brood
the squirrel starved to death.
They brought this little pet along
upon this merry trip. vet no one in
tn" highbrow thrOng that filled the
peaceful ship had time to feed the
ebbing strength that faded day by
day, and so they let him starve at
lcHgth-the squirrel passed away.
Although the squirrel was a Joke.
Il Jest of low degree. what shall We
think OF peace shin folk who brought
him oversee. and then while talking
hand on heart-of love with every
breath. allowed his spirit Ia depart
and let him starvc to death?
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
POSTOFF|CE Wins
AUTOMOBILE SUIT
Appellate Court Holds Roper
Had Right to Terminate Co..
lection Contract.

The action of the District Supreme
Court in refusing 10 erjoin the Pest
office Department from Terminating" a
contract for automobile service In the
collection of mail in the District was
upheld today by the Court of Appeals
in ruling on the acti.ln brought by Jo-
sephus Wells against Daniel G. Roper.
First Assistant Osi master General
The upper court held the action brought
by Wells was against the United states
Government and could not b: MAIN
tanned.
The suit grew out Of a notice sent
Wells by Mr.. Horer that his contract
for collecting the mails would termin-
ate in ninety days. Wells. who hac a
contract for four Years. only hair OF
which rcricd lIad ELAPSED. sought 10 an
Join the Government Official fr IN can
ceiling the contract. The lower court
held with tho defendant and refused
III" injunction
In appealing. former Justice Daniel
Thew Wright and 7. NJ Namplc:. ap.
pearing for Wells. conceded that Roper
vas acting for the Government. but that
his act was an "unlaWful' one.
The Appellate Court disagreed with
this view. and held that the act was
one OF q Government official and that
suit could not he maintained against
the United States Government. and on
this ground ordered the dismissal or
the bill.
In pleading the case. Wells attorneys
Contended that he had expended $4,000
to equip himself for the work the Gov
ornmcnt contracted for Assistant DIS
trict Attorney Arch. appearing for the
Government. argued that a clause in the
contract gave the official privilege to
terminate the agreement by giving nine
~ days notice. The contract was ior
81 coo 2 month.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
ST. JOHNS WILL HAVE
MILITARY COMPANY

81. Johns College, IN Vermont ave-
nue., near Thomas Circle. is TO have
a military company, and military in
structIon after today will form regu-
lar part OF the curriculum.
This became known when orders were
signing Major John A. Dapray as pro-
fessor Of military science and tactics
AT the school.
MAJOR Dapray has begun the organi-
zation of battalion OF cadets. the
enrolment already havinb reached $50.
Appointment Of an officer of the reg
ular army to st. Johns College. follow
ed an inspection of that institution pF
the War Department. and was made as
a part of the general scheme OF military
preparedness, and encouragement OF
military training. 1t is the first time
that any but the public schools oil
Washington have had military instruc-
ton from an officer of the army.
Georgetown and GonZaga Colleges, each
have had cadet companies in the past,
however. 49,
Military ira lining at st. Johns will
not be confined to cadet drill. A reg
ular preparatory course in military SCI
encc and tactics will be given by Major
Dapray, to prepare graduates for en-
trance to West Point and Annapolis,
and for appointment direct to the army.
navy. and marine corps.
II is believed that this training will
help solve the problem of differing
American troops in time OF emergency.
Major John A. Dapray has had wide
experience in teaching military science
a ndtacti having been instructor at
tho Peacock Military Institute, the
! West Point OF Texas. at Maryland Agri-
| cultural College. and with several State
militia organiza tions. He will have as
| his assistant a drill sergeant who served
with hi ryon the Texas border. Major
Dapray has had long service in Wash
! ignton, as adjutant general of the Dis
| tirct Militia. as aid to the Secretary OF
| War and in other capacities.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
PERSIA SURVIVOR
SAW TORPEDO WAKE
Heavy Loss OF Life Due to Sue
den Sinking and Fact That
Passengers Were at Lunch
Continued from First Page. J

said. Some Of the crew were trying
to get over another boat. but the pas
senEers mostly were grouped about the
deck. the women clinging 10 the men,
the children crying. Then a biz wave
broke over the stern, and I vas in the
water
Most of the survivors were Suffering
from exposure to the bitter cold upon
their arrival here, and it Is possible
other deaths may result. The women
were lightly clad, and several mer. res
cued from the water, were withoUt
coats until picked up by a rescue steam
er and brought to this port.
searching the waters off Crete for
bodies OF the Persia's victims. 1t Is
believed barely possible that some q
the persia's passengers remained aioat
long enough to be picked up by Gree,
tGawlers.
LONDON. Jan. 3.-Consul Genera
Skinner today cabled the American
consul at Alexandria to obtain at once
the British liner Persia from Charles
II. Grant. of Boston. believed to be the
only American survivor.
The story told by Grant will be O.!
pend whether the United States will
take drastic action in the new crisis
resulting from the torpedoins of the
British steamer.
skinner has abandoned hope for Rob
ert NJ. McNeely. newly appointed Uni
ted states consul to Alden American
Consul Garrels. at Alexandria. cabled
early today that McNeely in all prob
ability was lost. Press dispatches re-
port that McNeely was last seen strug-
CLING I'm the water.
Accurate statements of the number OF
lives lost are still unavailable. though
it is known that the survivors, number
between l55 and 100. Cable dispatches;
from Alexandria put the number OF
missing at between 3i7 and ?S5. account
ing for a crew of $50. Others declare
more than 200 persons lost their lives.
ba sing their estimate on crew Of more
than 200.
Despite press reports from Alexan-
dria. declaring no panic occurred
aboard the sinking liner, shipping men
| ton OF the crew than OF the passenger
was saved Only thirty-nine OF the A1
' pa ssengers were among the survivors
ninety-four OF the crew OF l50 to 10
were saved.
Only seventeen of the eighty.seven
women passengers and only two OF the
| thirty children aboard the Persia are
| included among the survivors landed Al
| Alexandria by warship.
The London press today, expressing
! horror over the heavy sacrifice of lives
! of non-combatants through the sinking
| OF the Persia, devoted a large share Of
| their editorial remarks to speculation
| as to Americas probable course. Tht
, that the Central Empires are foutins
America and are expressing their con
tempt for the Washington administra
| ton
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
TWO CONVICTS SCALE
HIGH WALL AND FLEE
Men Escape From Jersey Prison,
Braving Guard With
Repeating Rifle.

TRENTON. n. J.. Ian. 5-Joseph
Thomas, serving twenty-siX and one
half to fifty-five years. and Fred VIII
son. sentenced to nine to twenty years
prison here early this morning by seal
ing the high wall with a rope ladder.
The men went over the wall at
point within fifty yards Of the watch
tower. in which was guard with a re-
peating rifle.
Thomas was sent to the prison to
serve concurrent sentences from Bur
lington, Ocean. and Monmouth counties
He was charged with arson and larceny.
Wilson WAS sentenced from Mercer
county on charges OF breaking and en-
terlng and larceny. He ssrvAl time In
Elmira and Sing Sing.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils to
Open Up Air Passages.

All! What relief! Your clOgged nos
trils open right up, the air passages Of
your head are clear, and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking,
snuffling, mucous discharge, headache,
dryness-no struggling for breath at
night. your cold or Catarrh is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up. Get a small
druggist now. Apply a little OF this
fragrant, antiseptic cream in your nos
trils. let it penetrate through every air
passHge Of the neSid: sOuthe and heal
the swollen, 'ntamcd mucous mem
Mau". giving YOU instant rclicf. EIy's
Cream Balm IL Just what every cold
and catarrh sufferer has been seekiQG
It's just splendid. -Adyt. y
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
HINGTON TIN
yConvert
insane, Kills Mother

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Jan. 81
Ed G. H. Buchenau, promi-
nent Syracusan, killed his
mother with a hammer this
morning while suffering from
a fit of religious mania. He
was a Billy Sunday trail
\ hitter.
After saying that he and other
members of the family had
hit the trail, Buchenau de-
clared he wanted his mother
to 60 to heavan, where she
would not have to work so
hard. Buchenau is about
twenty-eight years old.
The Buchenau home, when en-
tered by the police, was found
literally plastered with pic
lures of Billy Sunday and
members of his party.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
GAMBLING
COSTS EMPLOYEES PAY

Pending a further investigation hy
Public Printer Ford. five employees Of
the Government Printing Office. sus-
pended at the close OF the day Friday
for alleged betting on horse races in
the building. will remain suspended
without pay. The Public Printer Is Civ
ing his personal consideration 70 the
matter. the suspensions resulting from .
personal inquiry on his part.
Investigation followed the rcCcirt OF
anonymous communications deClarinc
that betting on the races was prevalent
The Public Printer made Il clear that
his investigation was purely an Imnis
tratiVc Onr. though he was assisted bS
Dcuartment of Justice INVESTIGATORS
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR STOLEN AUTO
Court Holds Owner Cannot Be
Liable For Thief's
ReckleSSneSS.

An accident resulting from the reck-
less driving Of stolen auromobila is
not attributable to the owner Of the
machine even If his agent rcgligontlN
left the switCh-key in it, ai'i thus per
mtted its theft, according to de
cision handed down today by Associate
Justice Josiah a. Van prsdel in the
Court of Appeals OF the District.
The case was that of Mary l.. SquircS
against Leo c. Brooks, heard on ap-
peal by the plaintiff from {. judgment
sustaining Il demurrer to The declara-
tion.
The negligence alleged in the declara-
ton against the defendant, and on
which the action was BASED, vas that
his agent left the Defendants automo-
bile standing in the street unattended
and without having removed the switch
pin, or locking the 'lever, throttle. ur
SWITCH" as required by law.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
PAN-AMERICAN PROGRAM
FOR TOMORROW

Womens PanAmercan Conference Continental Memorial Hall,
morning.
Special meetings
Section 2, Carnegie Institution, afternoon.
Section 8, the Raleigh morning and afternoon
Section a. Pan-Amercan Union, morning and afternoon
Section 5, the Raleigh morning and afternoon.
Section g. the Shoreham morning and afternoon.
Section 7, the Raleigh, morning and afternoon.
Section g. the New Ebbtt morning and afternoon.
Section g. the New Willard, morning and afternoon.
Juan Domenjoz will give exhibitions with Beo monoplane
the White Lot
Reception members of the congress by the of the
Carnegie Institution, Sixteenth and P streets, p. m.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
SCIENTISTS TO HEAR
BRYAN AND DUMONT
Aviator Urges Commercial Air
Routes Before Pan-Ameri-
can Conference.

a more thorough Pan-AmcTiCan COM
mercial education San[ps 'Dumont. urG-
ing commercial aviati0n routes. and
bankers OF North and !;nnth America
advocating uniform currency in al
American republics. furn'tirrd the high
lights for the opening sessions Of the
second weeks meeting of tho PAN
American Scientific Congress today.
The former Secretary II state and
the aviator are speaking this afternoon :;
the former at the Pan-Amcrican Union
and the latter at the New Willa'd
Hotel
Ask Monetary Uniformity.
The bankers made their plea for a
monetary uniformity IN the Western
| Hemisphere at the New Willard i1ls
morning. with Prof Guill"rmo Suhcr-
! caseauN. professor Of DbiiuCal economy
! in the University of chile, making the
most striking rcCommcndation ths. Of
I the establishment of monetary union
I in America similar to the Latin none
I tary union Of Europe.
The entire question ~ uniform cur
renCy was thrcst&d out In '"OuGhly, and
! was characterized AS one II the most
! important factors in the cultivation OF
commercial cooperation tween the
| American nations.
! other experts taking part in the dis
|
were Prof. l.. W Kcmmcrcr. Of PRINCE
! ton. and George f. Roberts, of the
/ National City Bank. Of New York.
! Prof. Kemmerer said the condition al
present is especially favorable to the
| securing OF Pan-Nmerican monetary
| comprise about four-fifths of the gold
| coins of the Americas. while our gold
dollar or its equivalent ~ the unit OF
50 per cent OF all American popula alton.
Looks For Dollar Standard.
Though ten OF the twenty -onc rcpub-
| lies are not row on gold basis they
| intend to go back TO such basis. ulti-
! mately. he said. and that fact makes
! the securing OF thr United States gold
dollar as unit extremely hopeful.
/ Prof. SubcvcaScauX suggested that.
since each country would guard jcal-
! ously the exerCis" OF its sovereign
rights. any Pan-American monetary
union would have to be patterned after
the Latin Monetary Union, formed by a
convention composed of France. Bel
! gium, Switzerland. Italy and Greece
! which is still in force.
Would Limit Regulation.
Rational limits to railroad regulation
were urged by Prof. Emory X. johnson
! of the University OF Pennsylvania. Tic
said competing railroads should be per
| mitted to work together in arranging
services, under appropriate supervision
In the scientific meetings, Elmer A.
| Sperry, OF New York, inventor OF the
gYroscope, gave a demonstration Of his
device. explaining it's application "a
aeroplanes and ships. Solar power was
discussed by Prof. a. z. Douglass. OF
the University of Arizona. and Prof
II. II. Kimball. OF the Weather Bu-
reau Eight hours of sunlight at Tue,
son. Ariz.. according to Prof. Douglass
instruments. develops enough energy tC
produce sl,OOO.OOO worth of electric pow,
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
Prominent Attorney
Dead in Petersburg

PETERSBURG, Va, Jan. 3.-Wnliam
prominent LAWYERS, died this morning Of
pneumonia. lie was counsel in Peters
hurC for the Seaboard .Nir Line aud Il
member Of city council, of which body
Nc was one" president. HE was also a
mcInhor of the city finance committee
lie WAS siNty-thrc" wears Old. He Is
survived by his widow and one son.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
Decrease In Milwaukee.
THE WEATHER REPORT.

The forecast for the District of CO.
lumbia-Fair and colder tonight; tenn
perature close to freezing; Tuesday
fair. Gentle to moderate northwest
winds
Marylsnd-Fair and colder tonight
temperature about freezing in north
portion; Tuesday fair. Gentle 20 mod
crate northwest winds.
Virginia-Fair and somewhat colder
tonight; Tuesday fair. Gentle to mod
crate northwest winds.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03

was 24.l23 to 22.l45. and the decrease
among infants from 454l to 3,79O
I'm Pittsburgh general decrea Sc
from S.s93 to S.0S4. and among infants
from 1873 TO 674
IN Providence there was general
decrease from 3.4O6 to 3.367. and a de-
crease In infants from 643 to 5Si
In Seattle. general decrease from
E:.n 10 2.2W. and among infants from
21 70 241."
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-08
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES

The Dickinson Public Library is
open daily from 200 to $50 in the
afternoon and 700 to 900 in the
evening, and Saturday mornings from
900 to 1900. Sunday is open from
200 to $3.50 for reading only and
not for exchanging books.
Storytelling for the little folks
begins in the Library this week. All
children in the first three grades at
school are invited to attend. Satur-
day mornings at 10 o'clock the story
hour will begin. The Library will be
closed that morning for anything else,
and the doors will be unlocked at
twenty minutes before ten.
The January numbers of all the
new magazines have arrived with the
exception of American Cookery. A
complete list of them has been posted
at the end of the magazine racks,
with the numbers where they can be
found on the racks.
The Garden Magazine for this
month is full of plans for gardens of
all sizes and kinds. Together with
the seed catalogues at the Library, it
will furnish ideas for definite plan
ming of next summers flowers and
vegetables so that early orders may
be made out.
The popular magazine "Life" may
be found at the Library from now on.
HELEN F. CARLETON,
Librarian,
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-08
BOY ARRESTED
ON CHARGE Of MURDER

The eight-year-old son of Paul
Orluck, residing near Mary, in the
southeastern corner of Mckenzie
county, vas arrested recently on a
warrant charging murder of the five
year-old sol Of John Zakapeyko on
December 18th. The warrant was is
sued by Justice of the Peace A. E.
Lawhead on a complaint signed by
the dead boys father. The accused
boy was brought to Schafer, where
the states attorney made an investi-
cation of the case, which resulted in
a dismissal of the charge, it having
been clearly shown that the shoot
ing was accidental.
Circumstances leading to the ar
rest Of the Orluck boy are peculiar.
1t seems that the parents of the
dead boy did not know that the
child had been shot until after it had
been buried. The parents claimed
that the Orluck boy had told them
that their little son had fallen from
a window, first striking his forehead
on a highchair and then falling back
wards, striking the back of his head
against the bed. This seemed to
satisfy the parents as to the wounds,
one in the forehead squarely between
the eyes and the other in the back
of the head. According to Kakapeyko
the day following the funeral he dis
covered what appeared to be a bullet
hole in the sod wall of the house
above the bed. Digging into the wall
for some IS inches he found a steel
jacketed 5000 bullet. Taking down
his rifle from the wall of the room
he found an empty shell in the barrel
which was not there a few days be-
fore. He then had the Orluck boy ar.
rested for killing his son..
The story Of the shooting brought
out at the examination follows:
Mrs. Orluck and two of ner sons
the n that did the shooting and one
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-08

16-year-old boy, went to the Zaka-
peyko home OF Friday, December
18th. Leaving the eight-year-old boy
at the house with the Zakapeyko
child, Mrs. Orluck and Mrs. Zakarey-
ko and the 16-year-old boy went a
short distance from the house to pick
bullberries. Returning to the house
about Is minutes later they found
the Zakapeyko boy lying dead on the
floor in a pool of blood. The Orluck
boy explained at the examination that
he had taken the rifle from the wall
and had pumped a shell into it when
it exploded, the bullet striking the
Zakapeyko boy in the forehead.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-23
sHERIFF'S PROCLAMATION.

I, John C. Scott, Sheriff OF Leo
County, Iowa. do hereby proclaim,
make known an give notice that in
pursuance of the foregoing proclama-
ton and in connection Herewith, there
will be elected on the same day, to-
wit: on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in November. A D. 1916,
it being the 7th day of November. A.
D. 1916, the following officers for Lee
county, to-wit:
One County Auditor
One County Treasurer
One Clerk of the District Court.
One County Sheriff
One County Recorder OF Deeds.
One County Attorney.
One County Coroner
Two embers of the Board Of Super.
visors.
Wherefore, Ali electors throughout
Lee County, Iowa, will take due no.
tice hereof and be governed accord
ingly.
In witness whereof have hereunto
set my hand in Keokuk. Lee County,
Iowa, this 23rd day of October, A. D.
1916.
JOHN c. SCOTT,
Sheriff Of Lee County, Iowa.