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The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
Million-Dollar Firm Fails.

for receiver for the E. S. Bliss Com
pany, a milion-dollar corporation and
one OF the largest plantation and land
purchasing concerns In the South, was
made today in a general creditors bill
that the concern is insolvent.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
"Viotory First-Then Peace"

Paris, May 22--Prenier BRAND in re-
ceiving a delegation from the Russian
Duma today, said: Peace, which the
allies demand, cannot be gained by in
trigues. 1t can result only from a de-
cieiFe victory, which will insure the world
against similar catastrophe"
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
CYMRIC WAS TORPEDOED,
BRITISH STOUTLY HOLD

London, May 2.-The admiralty tonight
less message to Washington on Friday
stated that according to reports from
Amsterdam, the crew Of the Cynlric on
its arrival at Liverpool had stated that
the Cyrnric was sunk by an explosion OF
her boilers. This suggestion Is entirely
unfounded. The Cymric was torpedoed
without warning whatever"
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
Social Leaders Found Dead

Danviue. Va, May 22.-The bodies OF
Willard S. Crater and his wife, social
leaders here, were found today by a gro
cery boy In the kitchen OF their home.
There were two bullet holes IN the back
Of Mrs. Carters head. while one bullet
through the brain had caused Carters
death
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
Crosses Continent Backward.

New York, May 22.-Patrick Harmon,
who bet $4,000 he could walk backwards
from San Francisco to New York in 26J
days, arrived today at City Hall Park
still facing the West. His time was 23s
days. He could have done better. he
said, but for sickness.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
Husband of Poetess Dies,

New Haven, Conn, May A--Robert NJ.
wilcox. husband of Ella Wheeler Will
cox, the writer, died tonight at his
summer home, the Anchorage, at Short
Beach. Death was due to pneumonia.
Mr.. Wilcox and Miss Wheeler were mar
ried In 1884
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
ARCTIC EXPLORER RETURNS.
Member of American Expedition t,
Crockerland Reaches Denmark,

Member of American Expedition to
Crockerland Reaches Denmark.
Copenhagen, May 22.-Prot Maurice
&c. Tanquary, Of Chicago, zoologist of
the American expedition that set out
to explore Crockerland in 1913, ar
rived here today from Greenland on the
steamer Hans Egede. He was the
first member of the expedition to re-
turn
Prof. Tanquary reported that the ex-
petition which was headed by Donald B.
Mcmillan has been extremely successful
IN its scientific work. The other members,
he said. had been forced to remain at
North Star Bay as the relief ship Cluitt
had been prevented by ice from reach
ing the explorers base. They prob
ably will be able to get out this sum-
mer
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
Fairbanks Headquarters Opened.

Chicago, May 22.-with the opening
here today Of headquarters for Charles
Fairbanks, Of Indiana, favorite son.
practically all the aspirants to the Presi-
Dental nomination have active repre-
eentatives in the city.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
French Minister Recalled.

Paris, May 2.-Recall of NJ. Blondel,
French minister to Roumania. was an
nounced today. He will be succeeded by
Col De SAINT Aulaire. now adjutant to
the Moroccan resident general
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
Pasteur Expert Near Death,

Paris, May 22.-President Ellie Metchni-
kof, head of the Pasteur Institute, and
the worlds greatest bacteriologist, is so
weak today as a result of his recent at
tack of heart disease that all hope Of his
living has been abandoned.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
schwab Donates 100000 Hall.

Bethlehem, Pa, May 22.-Charles NJ
Schwab announced today a gift to
Bethlehem in the form Of 10000 con-
cert hall which will seat 900 people.
and in which future festivals con-
esyt4 sts-, viii b held
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
Austrian Drive Continues.

London. May 22--The Austrian drive on
Vicenza, gaining fresh momentum, has
now carried across the TavarOne plateau
and the frontier heights to the west,
according to official statements from
Vienna, the Italians having been rolled
back to the Astach valley and the Monte
Tormino-Monte Majo line. The number
Of prisoners taken by the Austrians has
been increased TO 23,SS3; the number of
heavy caliber cannon to 172.
King Victor Emmanuel. Of Italy is re-
ported to have started for Vicenza, head
Trentino to rally his troops. Great re-
endorsements are bing rushed to the
front
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
Kaiser IN Visit italian Front

Paris, May 22.-The Temps states that
Emperor William viii shortly 80 TO the
Austro- italian front
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
British Front Dealt Blow.

London. May 22.-The German left
wing on the Anglo-Teuton line in the
west this afternoon dealt a serious
blow to the solidarity of the British
front by penetrating, according to
official admission by the British war
office tonight. the British front line
trenches on a front of about 1900
yards to a depth varying between
100 and 500 yards, at the north end
of Vimy ridge. about half way be-
tween Loos and Arras.
The German war Office in its after
noon statement reports the capture Of
several lines Of British positions over
front Of two kilometres Zone and
one-fourth miles) near Givenchy-en-
Gobelle. which lies slightly to the
northwest OF the Vimy ridge.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23

ALL the news and more daily
features are bringing The
HERALD record-breaking
circulation increases.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-23
WANT A COOK?

Call main $780,
The Ad Will Appear Tomorrow
And Cook VIII
Arrive the Same Day.
HERALD Want Ads Cost 1c Word.
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
SPIRIT OF YOUTH IN
ALL-STORY MAGAZINE
THE Reckless Age" Offers Enter
tainment Of New Brand.

The spirit Of youth and real anal ysis
OF that spirit Is contained In THE Reck-
less Age" the new four-part serial
story by Octavus Roy Cohen and ]. U.
Giesy. which begins in this weeks is.
today.
THE Reckless Age is a story that IL
set apart from other stories Of the same
sort. The heroine. Shiela Mcleod, IA
the sort OF girl every girl likes to
Imagine herself to be. and Edgar
Trevor. the hero. Is a real, flesh and
blood man. The difficulties into which
these two become involved are diff.
culties that are human In their appeal
and In their working out.
Another four-part serial that begins
In this Issue IL .'Two's Two" by ].
Storer Clouston. The hero, Archie Fitz-
wyverne. Is a new type-a happy-Eo-
lucky adventurer in life whose acts
create never ending merriment. Another
interesting story will be Dancing
Laura" by Raymond s. Spears, which
gives a new twist to the vagaries OF
chance. The Lucky Number" by r.
X. Means; "A Lesson in Geography. i
by Frank Condor; The Hoidout," BY
Samuel G. Camp. and Mr.. Fix-i,
OToole, are among the other stories
that NIL the midsummer Short Story
to overlooking with readable literature
The Washington times., 1916-08-24

of the Teutonic powers, in many
cases under conditions Of the most
exasperating and excuseless sort. 1t
would appear that Berlin 10 dis
posed to relax all serious effort ut
enforcing It's agreements, and to be
feeling its way toward wide-open
license to undersea boats, in the
hope that the United States Govern
ment will be weak enough to SUBJ
nit to an occasional mistake"
rather than reopen the whole sub
marine issue. Perhaps Berlin Is
safe in this assumption; but the
American people will not cheerfully
assent to any recession Of this Cow
eminent from the full measure Of
demands It has presented and Of
whose acceptance 1t has been as
sured.
Suppose, for example, that the
Washington authorities should in
form Berlin that undersea craft Of
commerce, like the Deutschland and
Breme, would not be permitted in
our territorial waters until repara-
ton for submarine wrongs had been
made, and convincing assurances re-
ceived that there would be no further
outrages Of this kind? It would
seem that our Government now has
the whip hand; that it is in position
to enforce vigorous demand by i'm
posing instant and real penalties.
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
THE SUBMARINE ISSUE RE.
OPENEDP

Not by any means the least ON
nous fact that has become public
property, concerning a submarine
attack on the American steamship
Owego, is the extreme reticence that
the State Department has displayed
in commenting on it. Secretary
Lansing has been extremely cautious
of his confessions Of interest in the
affair, and such information as has
reached the public on this side has
come chiefly from across the Allan
tic.
Rotterdam reports that the Owego,
on arriving there, announced that off
the Isle of Wight she had been at
tackled by German submarine and
made the target Of about q dozen
shells, none of which struck her, al
though the aim was SO good that she
was in imminent danger.
The attack appears to have been
peculiarly unprovoked, for the YES
sells papers were perfectly regular.
They were finally sent aboard the
submarine, and after examination
were returned and the vessel allowed
to proceed on its way.
This performance Is peculiarly In
excusable in view Of the assurances
that Germany has given to the Unit
ed States. The Owego, it appears,
cannot be accused or suspected Of
carrying contraband. She was not
stopped or warned. The number Of
shells fired justifies the conclusion
that the submarine commander did
not intend them as warnings; they
were so aimed, and Of such number,
that it is apparent there was a mar
row escape from a tragedy that
would have had most serious conse-
quences for this country and Ger
many.
The case Of the Essex made it
difficult to believe that German sub
marine commanders are being re-
CURED to obey the letter and spirit
of the instructions which Berlin
claims to have issued to submarine
commanders. The recent statement
in Parliament that at least seven
cases have arisen in which all avail
able information indicated that Ber-
Inns promises had been violated, was
startling. The fact of an unpro-
voked attack on an American ship
is yet more so.
Neutral vessels have been sunk
by the hundreds by the submarines
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
MOON AND SATURN
TO KISS TOMORROW
But Only Astronomers Will
Witness Oscillation During
Wee Sma' Hours. 4.

"ouoth the languid moon to the morn
my Little Maid, how late You srey.
oh. couldn't rise from my couch!'
wills y. he Man in til. Moon wa. look.
But she has grown older since the
above was written by Father Tabb. and
perhaps wiser and much more bold.
For lo-and we have word of high Of
ficials OF the Naval Observatory for it
at exactly eleven minutes after three
tomorrow morning. this shy little planet
10 going to kiss the man In the Moon.
And then-to keep curious people In the
other planets from noticing her blurhes--
she II going to hide her face behind his
for Just one hour and two minutss By
the end Of that time sho will have re-
gained her composure and will come out
and resume her place In the Ornament
just as II nothing had happened
Saturn is the name Of this flirtatious
the Naval Observatory. this is by no
means the first time she has played
ne part OF the coquette with the old
Man IN the MG 9S,n Ne longer ago g, than ran
servatory saw her do the very same
thing. and again, back in 1900, there
was a little affair between the two
during the early morning hours, which.
although the rest of the world slept and
remained ignorant. the astronomers saw
and remembered.
The "occulation Of Saturn by the
Moon" IL what the astrologers call It.
walls OF eight or ten years. and 10 due
to the fact that the moon passes be-
tween the planet and the earth.
Early tomorrow morning Saturn will
a AN 70 AI~ a
just S:11. the two will kiss. Then Saturn
will disappear. reappearing at Ala.
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
CHAUFFEUR is HELD
ON ASSAULT CHARGE
Oscar Shipley, Colored, Accused Of
Attack on Edwin Friend.

Police Of the Seventh precinct arrested
late last night Oscar Shipley. colored
chauffeur. charged with having as
saulted Edwin Friend. white chauf-
feur. who Is dying at Emergency Hos
pital from q fractured skull.
Physicians at the hospital said this
morning that Friend might not live
through the day.
Friend and Shipley were at Smoot's
wharf. foot OF Thirty-fifth street north
west. about II o'clock Tuesday morning
with their trucks when there was an
argument. During the fight that en-
sued Friend was struck on the head
with a milk bottle.
The police have been unable to learn
from Shiplev what started the argu-
ment.
Friend is thirty-four years old and a
native Of Scotland. He has lived in
Washington nearly all his life. and has
no family. A brother Is at his bedside
in the hospital. Friend lives In the Elm
apartment. Fourteenth and c streets
southeast.
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
War Babies.

Lincoln Springfield. the brilliant Lon
don editor, was talking to an American
correspondent.
II know a regiment" he said, where
the subalterns are so young that not one
of them Is able to raise the Charlie
Chaplin mustache required by etiquette.
"A handful of privates from this regi-
ment swaggered back to quarters late
one night singing the popular ditty, AN
other Little Drink Won't Do Us Any
Harm.
Gas they passed the officers billets.
the guard on duty growled at them:
"'Shut up, you noisy fools, or you'll
wake the war babies! New Orleans
States,
The Washington times., 1916-08-24

But before 1 pulled the trigger,
Just started In to figger
would linger
Till the finger
OF old Fate was kind to ne. ..
Now I'm glad didn't get her.
And I'm very glad let her
Wed the other
Lovelorn brother.
Though the sentiment sounds mean.
For she Is suffragetting
And her husband Is Just getting
Ger a fracture
So they tell me
Where she soaked him on the bean.
Roy X. Moulton, In Oakland Gal
Inquirer.
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
Thief's Haul Too Big;
Bundle Calls Police

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2-Fate was
against Leon Gibbs last night when he
Is alleged to have prepared without per-
mission fourteen suits Of clothing In q
tailoring establishment at So North
Ninth street for immediate shipment and
then to have turned In his own burglar
alarm.
Gibbs Is a negro, twenty-three years
old, and gave his home as Franklin
above Callowhill street. He entered the
shop by rear window and bundled up
such q pile Of suits that exit by the
window was impossible. 30 he chose the
front door. Carrying the apparel there,
its dimensions get of the burglar alarm,
which rang In the Eleventh and Winter
streets station. While Gibbs was wres-
Ting with the load Patrolmen McCabe
and Tryon and Sergeant McGregor came
to his assistance and took him and the
suits to the station. where he was held
for a hearing this morning.
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
OLD GOLD BRICK BAIT
FOOLS A COBBLER
Yonkers Man Gives Lifetime Saw
ings to Glib Swindler.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Carl RAM. a
Yonkers cobbler. stuck 50 closely to his
last that the world outside his little
shop at % Croton street was a closed
book to him.
Several days ago three glib strangers
approached him with a story OF being
forced to sell a solid gold brick for al
RAM bargained to take the brick for
81 900, made an advance payment OF $s74
and received a small piece Of real gold.
represented as a chip of the brick
The strangers disappeared and have
day RAM told his story to the police.
The $S74. he said. represented the saw
ings of his lifetime.
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
New York Harbor Is
Invaded By Whales

NEW YORK. Aug. A.-The submarine
Bremen might have been reported a.
entering the harbor yesterday II the sea
rover mistaken for 1t at Sandy Hook
hadn't proved to be a whale.
When the observers at the Hook had
their eyes properly trained on II the
whale was seen to be conveyed by an
other leviathan. They were of the
humpbacked variety and fully hum
bred feet long. the observers sa.d-but
they may have been excited.
The whale and his friend were first
noticed invading the harbor up the
main channel within a quarter mile Of
the shore. spouting geysers that sug-
gested periscopes: When they reached
the point of the Hook they turned and
put out to sea.
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
MAIL BAG
Wants Better Conditions in the Exits
on Street Railway Cars.

w ~sss1 DStsgh SVhuitEVNb u thG CAItS
on Street Railway Cars.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In these days Of improved trans
portation. why does not the Public
Utilities Commission, or the railway
company. for that matter, take steps
to expedite and make more comfortable
travel on the stuffy closed cars Of the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
psny on the Mt. Pleasant and other
Would It not be a good idea to have
passengers board the double platform
cars at the rear and leave by the front
door.
s q street car hogs and other unds''r-
Company rules printed in cute little
letters on the platform cowles say
passengers are forbidden to ride on
the platform OF motor cars.
The rule. however, Is not enforced.
Platforms are SO jammed that 1t Is i'm.
possible to get on or of cars Of the old
box" car type. Passengers. particu-
larry nnny.r women are annoyed by the s, In
cars. but they complain in vain.
Those compelled to ride on this
type of conveyance deserve some
need Of comfort. but even that con :
SDss % ~. Rn,hsps mo, ksy
the company-is n minor one COM
pared to the question OF safety.
Furthermore, II seems inconceivable
tation problems given to considera-
tion of such problems could not see
the utility of a one-way entrance.
one-way exit for this type OF car.
Engineers devised It for safety and
enters or pay-within cars. It is Just
as practical on the other types OF
two-end cars. Cannot The Times do
something7 A PASSENGER.
Washington. August ..
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
ASKED FOR REPORTS
ON OWEGO SMELLING
Ambassador Penfield and Gerard
to Make Inquiry.

Ambassadors Gerard and Pcntiold
have been instructed to make formal
inquiry of the German and Austrian
governments for facts concerning sub
marine attack on the American steamer
Owego off the Isle Of Wight early this
month.
Unofficial reports show the Owego
was shelled. but without damage be-
fore IL was able to stop and send an
officer with the ships papers to the
submarine. This Is the first case or
submarine attack on n vessel carrying
Americans reported to the State De-
partment since Germany announced
abandonment OF illegal submarine war
fare after the Sussex attack.
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
Personnel Changes
At g. p. o. Announced

Public Printer Ford announced today
the following changes In personnel in
the Government Printing Office:
.r App9in 1tnH Charles F.; Cannon.
James. linotype operator, reinstated;
Ralph w. Alderman. monotype KEY.
board operator. reinstated. Edward p.
Hayes. clerk. transferred from United
states Naval Academy: Alonzo B.
Thomson. temporary pressman; William
Berger. temporary pressman; Henry T.
McConvey. temporary compositor; Wal
Ter .. Trouland. temporary electrician:
EDWARD C. Holmes. probational linotype
tional linotype operator; Joseph II. Phil
lips. temporary compositor; George F.
Melis. temporary pressman: Alpheus
shell, temporary compositor: Frank
Wayson. temporary composition.
Separations-Samuel W. Taylor, tenn
porary compositor: Frank A. Goebel.
caster helper. resigned; Howard b.
Virsinia He esssng nr.s boy. dresisned Mrs
William a. Schmitt. messenger boy. re-
signed: Edward A. Kennedy, messenger
boy. resigned; John NJ. johnson, tenn
porary ekilled laborer. resigned; Jacob
resigned: John w. Moore, elevator con-
ductor. resigned; Jerome Hartnett, ma
chinists helper.
Transfers, etc:-Bernard NJ. MulvibiIl.
messenger boy. x4D per annum, office of
superintendent Of documents, to mes
senser boy. $500 per annum, office Of
superintendent of documents: William
7. Windsor. messenger boy, Ss75 per
annum. to messenger boy. S42O per an
mum, office Of superintendent OF docu-
ments: Eugene w. Blackford. messen-
ger boy. $500 per annum. to skilled la
berer, $626 per annum, office Of super
intendent Of documents; Miss Mary Z.
McGrath. temporary skilled laborer, 25
cents per hour. to probationai skilled
laborer. rs cents per hour. office of su-
perintendent OF documents: Leo F.
spaight, temporary messenger boy, is
cents per hour. presswork division. to
probational messenger boy. $37b per an
mum: office OF superintendent OF docu-
ments; Albert N. Scott, temporary COM
positor. 80 cents per hour. to proba-
tional compositor at 80 cents per hour,
linotype section; ]. Manning Kings.
bury, skilled iaborer. Is cents per hour,
presswork division. to counter, IS cents
per hour. cutting and packing section: :
cents per hour. hand section, to proof
reader, 60 cents per hour. proof section:
Stephen l. Mccarthy. clerk. 1900 per
annum. to clerk. 81. 900 per annum, Of
flee OF the accountant.
The Washington times., 1916-08-24
ECONOMY IN THE WRONG SPOT

The spasm Of economy converse
ton that is sweeping over Congress,
just after it is too late to exert any
effect on the pork appointments, is
bit out of place. There is danger
that some of the useful constructive
measures of recent time-measures
that have been in no way partisan,
but that represent the purpose of the
whole country-may be greatly
crippled If this manifestation of
niggardliness shall be permitted to
write its mark across the legisla-
ton.
A more discreditable argument
could hardly be found than that
which urges that, as a Senator or a
Congressman gets only $500 a year,
the members Of the major Govern
ment commissions should be content
with that sum. Men don't become
Senators for the money in 1t. Most
of them, if paid enough to compen-
safe for what they relinquish when
they enter the Senate, would get
several times the wages they gladly
accept for their service there. A
place on an administrative commits
sion, demanding a particular sort of
specialized ability and amending hard
work, is not to be compared with the
seat Of Senator; and nobody knows
this better than the men who hold
Senatorial commissions.
The extravagances that have been
rolled down the ways in the pork
barrels are not to be compensated by
cheap economies at the wrong points
now. The tariff commission must
not be crippled by making II I'm
possible to attract to it the kind of
men who alone could make it a use
full instrument. The salary should
be restored at least to $4,000 a
year, and it should be done with a
decisiveness that will end all mis-
giving about the future.