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The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
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The aims of baby week were explained
from nearly every pulpit in the city
yesterday. In many churches the entire
sermon was devoted to urging upon the
congregation the Importance of careful
treatment of infants, in order that the
future generations of American citizens
might improve physically and morally.
The Florence Crittenton baby exhibit
will be given at Julius Lansburgh's store
Ninth street, near F northwest, under
auspices Of the Baby Lovers Club on
Friday and Saturday from II till 5 o'clock
On Thursday evening under auspices of
the Home Club Of the Interior Depart
ment Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett presid-
ing. Walter c. Clephane, Mrs. A. Cami-
netti and Mrs. Mary Kirwan, Of the
board of charities. will speek. The Flor
ence Crittenton Chevy Chase Circle will
meet at the home of Mrs. w s. Corby
this afternoon. Mrs. Kate Waller Bar
rett will speak and will give an exhibition
.of health exercises. The meetings are
open to the public.
To Show Montressori Work.
At 3 o'clock every afternoon during
Baby Week. at central exhibit room,
Fifteenth and F streets, the Montessori
method will be demonstrated by children
Of the classes now conducted at Friend
ship Settlement, Washington Founding
Home, and the Children's House on Kali
Drama road.
The Montessorl Educational Association
OF Washington is maintaining two free
schools besides the tuition school in Kali
Drama road. At the beginning of the
current school year Montessori work
was begun in the Founding Home. Miss
Jane Kenny is in charge of this work,
class of about twenty-five children be-
ing admitted to the training. Miss Lii
Ian Crawford is in charge OF the group
at Friendship House
At o'clock today and tomorrow the
children from Friendship House will
demonstrate the method, on Wednesday
those from the Founding Home and on
Friday small group from the school
IN Kalorama road. On Saturday after
noon. at the same place and hour, the
didacttc material originated by DR.. Mon
tessori will be exhibited to the public
and explained by Miss Roberta Fletcher
The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
COLLECT SNAILS AND
PLANTS ALONG RIVER
Members of Aquarium Society Gather
More Than 200 Specimens on
Sunday Expedition.

More than two hundred specimens
were gathered by a members of the
Aquarium Society of Washington, on the
second spring expedition conducted yes
terday by the organization. Twenty
eight members were in the party, which
spent most of the afternoon in the woods
above Chain Bridge, along the District
line.
Many varieties of snails, in unusual
environment were discovered by the
scientists. Several rare plants for
aquarium use were brought home by the
party.
The party was led by Mr.. SoeIner and
Mrs L. Helen Fowler, manager of the
Shaw lily grounds at Kensington. The
society conducts the expeditions once a
month and holds a monthly indoor meet
ing, the May session being set for the
18th at the Thomson School.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
WOMAN DROPS DEAD
WHILE In THEATER
Mrs. Molhe B. Lea Succumbs to Heart
Disease While Sitting Beside
Daughter.

Mrs. Mollie B. Lea. of the Newberne
apartments, Twelfth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest. dropped dead
of heart disease yesterday afternoon
while attending an entertainment at a
theater
Mrs. Lea was 50 years old. and a ma
tive of Georgia, but had lived for some
time with her daughter at the Newberne.
She was formerly a Miss Bats. She
is survived by two daughters, one OF
whom is the wife Of DR.. ]. n. Roberts.
Of this city. The other is Miss Ida Lea,
a clerk in the Agriculture Department.
The body will be shipped to Little
Rock. Ark, for interment beside that OF
her husband
The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
German Generals Outwitted
BY Joffre in Duel at Verdun
Captured Staff Report, Perhaps Intended for
Kaiser, Shows How Teutons Decided to
Break Through Lines

ing soldiers will be eConomized and
most important of all. ii will be possible
TO definitely break through the enemys
line and bring about a great victory in
the open field
The Germans tried this at Verdun, and
the French outwtted them. JofTre and
De Castelnau. too, had been pondering
over the lessons at Champagne and Loos.
and they came to the conclusion that the
importance attached to holding ground
had been Overrated. that the main thing,
as Gen. Petain remarked to a British visi-
tor at his headquarters, was to kill Ger
mans, always to kill Germans" They ac-
cordingly worked out the plan Of defense
which was tried at Nerdun, and which
aimed, first, to compel the enemy to ex-
pend millions of shells in destroying the
few devoted troops left to man the ma
chine guns in the advanced lines, and,
second, to exact the maximum toll from
the advancing enemy infantry, without
exposing a great number Of French troops
to slaughter in an endeavor to hold the
line to the last
Not Easy TO Judge
It is perhaps too early to say that the
French plan has definitely succeeded and
the Germans failed at Verdun. for
obviously the Germans counted on spend
ing great deal of time in battering down
line after line. Hilaire BeIloc. a British
military critic whose star was eClipsed
by his greatly excessive estimate of Ger
man losses and his mistakes concerning
the campaign in the East last wear. has
contributed valuable comment concerning
the Nerdun campaign, since he served in
the French artillery himself and knows
every foot Of the ground along the Meuse.
Mr.. BellOc, who like myself. appears TO
nave seen only ma ~ he
tured' report, writes concerning it:
What succeeded to the irst great blow
was a series of efforts intended to be
spaced apart by about the time required
TO reorganize the attack and especially
to bring up heavy munitionment. But
when it came to practice instead Of
theory, the intended regular advance by
successive and calculated steps failed
The factor of time has been quite dis
prOportionate to the result aimed at, and
the factor OF exhaustion in men has also
been disproportionate. Further. after A
comparatively early stage in the action
it was clearly found impossible to pro-
Iceed by successive general efforts The
first general effort. by which the effort
upon broad front was succeeded by a
great number of particular efforts against
narrow fronts That part of the plan
which has come nearest to realization has
OeeH the succession OF intensive lombard
ment. The supply of munitionment has
been kept up perhaps beyond the expecta-
ton of the Allies. and shows so far no
sign Of failing. 1t is clear that the ex-
penditure Of muntionment is at far
greater rate than the supply can pos
sibly be, but still the supply is coming
fn on TO this particular sector at a rate
superior to that which was perhaps cal
culated for it upon the other side"
Mr.. Belloc says that he regards an
estimate of 100000 as the total German
loss during the Verdun attack as too
low.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
SECULAR LEAGUE ADJoURNs
w. T. Brown Talks on Modern Edu-
cation at Last Meeting of season.

speaking on the subject of Education
In the Light of Modern knowledge and
Need William Thurston Brown, a rem
resentative Of the Nationalist movement
IN the United State, who is shortly to
take charge Of a Ferrer modern school"
located in the vicinity of New York City,
addressed the Washington Secular League
yesterday afternoon at Pythian Temple.
he advocated the adoption of the sys-
tenn or method of education with which
the name OF Francisco Ferrer, of SPAIN
mas been associated-an educational sys-
tpem based entirely on natural sciences
and which eliminates not only religious
but political and economic and social sup
erstitions as well, that now prevent the
realization of democracy and enable the
few to exploit and mlsgovern the many.
At the close Of the meeting the league
adjourned for the summer,
The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
DEATH RECORD.
" HITE.

WHITE.
Milo Henry. q years. Emergency Hosp.
Jennie E. Robb, n. 924 Pa. ave Sc
Stella A. Yale. ~. l.o5 Vernon st. NV
Harry L. E35aCr, A, I23l Potomsc st. NV.
Charles Smith, 2. Providence Hosp.
Ffbian. S. Columbus, g. Freedmens Hosp
Edward Austin, S. Garfield HOSP
Clara l. Mari. 60, 6l7 Md. ave. ne.
Emma McGill. CO. Providence Hosp.
Karl X. Locke, 81, Z7Ol llth st. NV.
Julia Pricci, ?, 437 st. NV.
Ruth NJ. Davis, Is months, 3ls 7th ct. Sc
C0LORED.
Eltzab-th Fowler. 81 years. Columbia Hosp.
Charlss White g., 20 18th ST. Sc.
Eliza Howard. 79 1904 5 II. NV
Mar Walker 20, Freodmen's Hosp.
William j. Turner, 10 months, BurTille, D.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
Dies While Fishing.

New York. May While fishing in the
Hudson River from a pier at One Hun
drcd and Ninetieth street Frederick
Blaser. 81 years old. OF SO West One Hun
dTed and Seventy-frst street. became sud
denly in and died before the arrival OF
physician. Heart disease is believed to
have been the cause Of death
The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
Carbolic Flakes Fatal

New York. May 7.-E. Alfred Weinberg,
90 years old, committed suicide today in
his room at the Hotel Albert by swallow
ing about a teaspoonful Of carbolic fakes
Weinberg came to this city from Balti-
more three years ago
The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
WEATHER CONDITIONS,

For the District Of Columbia fair Monday and
Tuesday; moderate south and southwest winds
Fer Maryland fair Monday warmer in west ror.
ton. Tuesday fair; moderate south and south.
west winds
In the Atlantic States the weather will be gen
orally fair Monday and Tuesday The Winds along
the Middle Atlantic coast will be moderate variable
TEMPERATURES IN OTHER CfTIEs
The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
CREATURES IN OTHER CITIES.
LAW =
Highest last
BIRTH RECORD.

WHITE
Alexander Y. P. and Mildred P. Garnett, boy.
William and Lillian Cooper, giIl.
CoLORED.
Benjamin and Mar T. Robinson. boy
Edward and Msybell Ridseley, boy.
Albert and Margaret Carter, girl.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
By JOHN l.. BALDERsTUN.
Copyright, 1851


London, April 15-Somc weeks ago upon
the authority of a very high parsonage
in Paris, described the attack on Verdun
as a new type of battle which will
revolutionize tactics in war until some
general works out something better. That
view was based upon the French methods
at Verdun, where they manned their first
lines with plenty Of machine guns and n
few men. forced the enemy to expand
enormous quantities of shells to occupy
one position. and then continued their
unimpared resistance from a position in
the rear. This method was adopted in
contrast to that of the Germans in
Champagne. where heavy loss was suf-
fered because the defenders tried to hold
their ground.
Since that article was written a doCu-
ment prepared by an authority on the
German general staff, apparently for
General Won Falkenhayn and the Kaiser.
has been captured" by the French. I
am given 10 understand that it was found
upon an officer who was captured, but
general staff officers are seldom captured.
and don't carry such papers into the
trenches when they go there. so perhaps
espionage is the real explanation of how
the French got it.
New Attack Recommended.
This report gives the impressions OF
some unnamed German authority con-
cerninC the lessons of the French at
tack in Champa gno. and recommends a
different form of attack in the looming
offensive" against the French. The docu-
ment was drawn up during the early
winter, and evidently refers to the at
tack on Nerdun.
1t is explained that the French sue
cess in breaking the first German line
in Champagne could be duplicated at
any time by either side, with sufficient
artillery work to pulverize the enemy's
defenses in advance. but the report points
out that the great mistake of the French
was in trying to break through the SCcC nd
and third German lines in one rush. The
impossibility of accurate artillery fire
from guns hastily pulled over captured
ground and firing upon targets from un-
ascertained ranges is cited, and COM
pared with the advantage the guns of the
defense possess in firing on ground of
which they know every inch. Other IA
miliar handicaps imposed on the attack
in modern war. from which both sides
have suffered, were enumerated.
The report then goes on to explain
how to win through the enemys line,
avoiding the previous mistakes, and the
method recommended Is that which the
Germans adopted at Verdun. The first
line should be crushed and captured, the
report advises, as both French and Ger
mans have done, but then the attack
should pause and not assault the second
line at once.
Should Move Up Guns.
An interval of some days should elapse
The Washington herald., 1916-05-08
should Move Up Gums.

An interval of some days should elapse,
until the heavy guns are moved in po-
sltion and the ranges ascertained, and
then the process should be repeated. BY
this method, it is said, the supply Of
shells required will be far greater than
in the past. but the lives OF the attack
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-02
GIBBONS UNPOPULAR IN NEW YORK;
BEATEN TOO Of TEN IN NE ROPOLI5
Fascos With Bartfield Ted Lewis and Mcfarland Irri-
tate the Fans of the Big ity Who Believe Gibbons
Has Not Been Making the Proper Effort to Put
Up a Real Battle for Their Money.
By FRANK C. MENKE.

Gibbons weighed I55 - and Lewis only
143. in other words, second rate
welter spotted the supposedly top
notch middieweight 9 - pounds ter
rifle handicap.
The ringside odds were about TO l
that Gibbons would win He had every
thing in his favor; height weight. reach,
experience. science-everythi that
goes to make up fighter.
Lewis Was There.
And Ted C"Kid'D Lewis, the second
rater. beat Mike Gibbons in that fight
He took everything Mike had to offer
in the early rounds. He let Nike try
out his famous 1WalOps on his jaw
and merely grinned when they landed
lie acted as Mikes punching bag for
the first three or four rounds And then
he went after Nike He broke through
Mixes so-called -impenetrable defence
and landed at will He forced the
fighting-and he forced Mike 10 back
I'D time and again He turned aside
most Of Mixes punches during the lat
ter part OF the battling and he made
Mike Gibbons look like a novice
The non-partisan fans here are OF
the opinion that Mike IS through, that
he has shot his pugillStlc bolt and no
longer can be classed as q headliner.
They point to the Bartfield. Mcfarland
and Lewis fights to support their claim
thar Mike has faded The Gibbons en-
thusiasts. however, claim that Mike
still ranks as the best middleweight
in the land and that he didn't beat
Lewis in a decisive way merely be-
cause he didn't extend himself
Ought To Fight To Limit.
If Mike didn't work to his absolute
limit. why not2 That's what he was
paid for. Any fighter who accepts
money for ten rounds Of fighting and
then really doesn't try 10 fight gets
money under false pretenses. That
goes for Mike Gibbons. as well as any
other fighter in the land
Whether Mike has played out his big
league" schedule or merely loafed in
that Lewis bout viii remain a question
for a time. But Nike Gibbons cannot
redeem himself in the opinion of the
Gotham fans They are through with
him. Hell never draw another crowd
here again unless the fans suddenly I
lose their mentality
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-02

EW YORK, June Mike Gibbons
NJ is just about as popular in New
\ York Just now as would be the
sultan If he visited Petrograd the week
after next.
The last three times Mike has fought
in this town he has been beaten The
first time it was by a dub scrapper;
the second time Packey Mcfarland
turned the trick and last week it was
Ted (..Kid'') Lewis who triumphed over
him. That Lewis beating has disguised
GOthamites for all time, as far as Mike
is concerned
Gibbons took on soldier Bartfeld last
summer and everyone thought il would
be cinch. It was-fOr Bartfield- The
dub beat the peerless Mike" to almost
all Of his swings. He broke through
Mixes guard at Will And he went
further. He showed in what contempt
he held Gibbons when he spent half Of
his time mimicl1ing Gibbons in his ring
tricks. while the crowd howled with
laughter.
Gibbons Acted Like Novice.
And then came that Gibbons cFar-
land fiasco. That fight almost killed
the game in this town Neither man
fully extended himself Yet Packey
won because Of his greater aggressive
ness From where we sat 1t looked as
though Packey was landing three wal
Tops to one by Gibbons And Mike, the
.sure-p Uncher." was missing frequently
and acted like a novice
Ever since Mike has been 'panned"
by the New York critics They de-
clared that either he didn't try to fight
or that he is through Mike resented
those criticisms He begged one more
chance to display his wares in New
York And he got it-against Lewis
Lewis Is Second Rater.
Now Lewis, despite all the diligent
press-agenting Of Jimmy Johnson, is
nothing but a second rate welter He
has been beaten by both Jack Britton
and Nike Glover. He never has shown
anything marvellous in his fights And
so. when the GibbOns-LeWis fight was
framed everyone told everyone else !
what a cinch il would be for Gibbons. !
When the men stepped into the ring,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-02
WHO IMPORTED
GOLF To j. s.?
Many Claim Honor; Seems
to Have Been Brought
Across About 1882.

/ New York. June About the only
way to settle the question as to who
| introduced golf in America seems to
Z be TO army the rival factions with
! machetes and let it be the survival OF
the fittest
Every since golf developed into a
national sport in the United States.
different folks have been claiming
the credit for bringing the game from
foreign shores while municipalities
are scrapping over the honor OF being
the first in America in which sounded
the OminOus cry Of Fore
It seems, from the Information at
hand. that one John Reid. ST., OF
Yonkers. y Y is credited with being
the official parent of American golf
But there are many who rise right Up
and say that Reid wasn't the rlrsr
citizen TO import the foreign sport.
The official birthday Of organized
American golf has been fixed as No
vember IS. 1SSs- but the unofficial date
White sulphur Springs. West Viz
gfnia. AYERS that the game was
PLAYED there long before the fonkers
folks even thought OF swatting the
elusive globule- It's said in White
sulphur Springs that some where along
in the latter part of the zoe or the
early SOS a few British subjects set
tied there They became homesick
"a
cure was golf. So they sent back
home for a supply or balls and clubs.
laid out a six hole course and began
Claim Loekarf started Tt
The Reidites. however. pOOh-pooh
the West Virginia claim. and credit
the parentage Of American golf to
Reid. Yet in so doing. they cite facts
which would indicate that Reid really
did not introduce the game. that IL
anyone in YOnkers turned the trick il
was Reds friend. Robert Lockart BIT
Reid gets the honor and has been
COLI"
Lockhart. according TO our informa-
tion. went 20 Europe along in 1882.
gazed upon a few golf matches. was
invited 10 take several SWars at the
ball and at once became innoculated
with GOlfitis. When he returned to
these shores. his pockets bulged with
golf balls and his trunk contained n
few clubs Arriving in Yonkers in the
fall Of 1852, LOckart invited Reid into
his back yard and the two began
EOlfing- Very soon they became con-
WINGED that yard was too small
place in which TO confine ones drfv-
ing activities So they secured the
loan" of an orchard. belonging to H
o. TaIlmadge. a YonEers neighbor,
and laid out short six mole course.
II was crude to an extreme
Two GOlfed Alone.
For 4 time the tWo-LOrckart and
wandered onto their links one day and
was invited 20 take a swipe-7 he did
and missed. That failure piqUed
him Tallmadge, up 10 that time.
thought the game a silly one Anyone
could hit that little ball, he figured
Continued next paEe-)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-02
In Boyland: ''';i; 81: !: ::::i
Boys Sports, ind

CHANDLER WHITE sOx now want
to play their games on Sunday af-
ternoons only. However, the games
scheduled for this week viii have to
stand for all teams II is now imposs:-
bic to change the schedule but it seems
that there will have to be a reorgant-
cation for next week
Chandler White Sox have released
Nate Edwards and Ben Edwards as they
are leaving town. Gale Talbot was hurt
this week and cannot play. Bishop Pat
terson has been signed by the Sox.
Oaklauds report the signing Of John
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-02

! Richardson. He viii likely be found in
the Oakland lineup next week.
The Lone Stars report signing Perry
stevens and Howard Leuthey The Lone
Stars cannot see where the Fort bliss
Juniors have any right to a forfeit
game as the Juniors. according to the
stars. had only four men on the field
and the stars had two. II the Fort Bliss
manager wants credit for the default.
he win have to prove that he had Rine
men on the field at the scheduled time
for the game.
Philip Gibson is now managing the
WalZ Juniors. The Wall Juniors will
have to watch the Boyland column for
the list OF their games. They cannot De
notified by telephone
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-02

Everybody needs strengthening, purifying tonic Just
at this season of the year. when the demands Of nature
in renovating the system that breakdown
is the result with many people Impurities that have
been accommodating all winter must now be gotten nd or
as Spring is the time set apart by nature for general
houseceaning within 1t is necessary that this cleans
ing process take place in order to strengthen the system
and prepare it for the trying of hot weather. when
sickness is so abundant This task can not be
plished without the assistance of cleansing health
renewing medicine and for this purpose S. S s. stands
out alone without an equal It purifes the blood i'm
proves the appetite, builds up and strengthens gives
rudy, healthy complexion, removing all pimples and
blotches and So tones up and mpar life and energy
to the entire system.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-02
''Beck's" Amen Corner
BIZ HBECKP

WHITE SOX broke into the win
ming column again on Thursday
by beating Detroit. Joe Jackson had
his war club and got two singles and
a triple In three times at bat All
JacksOn's hits were timely and he
scored two runs himself besides driv-
ing In two others.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-02
80 CARS ARE ENTERED
FOR $4,000 MOTOR DERBY

Chicago. H.. June Thirty
cars had been entered IN the $4,000 au-
tOmObile derby 10 be run here June 10
when the lists closed Thursday night
Four more entrants are expected by
mail Drivers must make at least 90
miles an hour to qualify.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-02
CALIFORNIA ATHLETES ARE
IN CHICAGO FOR BIG MEET

Chicago. III. June 1.-The University
Of California athletes, headed by their
coach. Walter Christie. arrived here
Thursday from the east for the 18th an
nual conference track meet at North
western field. the preliminary events OF
which were held today.
The largest and probably the best
field that ever took part in the Big
Mines classic has been entered