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The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
MORGAN PARTNERSHIP
FOR THOMAS COCHRAN
Bank President Who Started Penni-
less, Gets Plum.

Try the International News SeryIce:)
New York. Dec. IA partnership In
tn firm OF J. P. Morgan & Co.-that blue
riNhon for which young financiers strive
hos been conferred upon Thomas Coch-
ran. president of the Liberty National
Eank.
7. p. Morgan & Co. made the announce
r1eut today.
rartner on January !. He is 40 years
old. a Yale man, who rose from the ranks
without money or influence. Henry p.
Davidson. of the Morgan firm. is said to
have had an eye on" Mr.. Cochran for
some time.
C0Chran's parents were New Workers,
who moved to st. Paul, Mimi. where he
was horn. In Yale he made" the foot
hall team and Skull and Bones. During
his third year his father lost his fortune.
Young Cochran worked his way through
his fourth year. Seventeen years ago he
came to New York with no money but
any amount of energy. Henry P. Dav-
idson was vice president Of the First Ma
Cochran. He picked two young men to
help him organize the Astor Trust Com
pany. One OF these was Thomas Coch-
ran.
He was vice president from 1907 until
1914 and the company was very success
full Then he was offered the presidency
OF the Liberty National Bank. Under his
direction 1t has since become the most
profitable national bank in the United
States
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
CONGRESS- RUSHES'
BEFORE HOLIDAYS.
Leaders Will Force Through
Supply Bills Before Christ
mas Adjournment.

Congress will start today to clean up
for Christmas and the holiday recess.
The House will continue consideration OF
appropriation measures. The legislative
judicial and executive bill and the huge
supply measure for the government of
the District of Columbia will be passed.
The Senate will dispose of the Shep-
pard prohibition bill and take up the
Townsend volunteer officers bill after
ward.
Present plans Of Congressional leaders
call for a recess from Friday to Tuesday.
January 2. But both Senators and Rep
resentatives will begin the holiday exodus
early in the week, and by Friday it is
expected that majority of both houses
will be gone from Washington.
Action on President Wilson's legislative
program, including ommendations for
railroad legislation will be postponed by
both Houses until after the recess.
Meantime the fight for prohibition will
occupy the center of the Congressional
stage. Senate dry advocates are de-
termined to force the Sheppard bill to
make Washington dry to a vote as
soon as possible and before the week is
out they feel certain that the measure
will go through the Senate by a substan-
tial majority. 1t will then go to the
House.
Senators will concentrate their fight on
an amendment to submit the prohibition
question to a referendum vote in the Dis
trict, which Is complicated by a pro-
posal to give the women a vote on the
issue.
Failure to reach an agreement yester-
day on time for a vote on the bill in
dicated that the final disposition of the
measure will be delayed in the hope of
pushing the referendum idea and sub
sdtuting the Smoot bill which Is much
more drastic than the Sheppard proposal.
Holidays Delay Senate.
The holidays will delay Senate action
on the railroad program, proposals for
universal military training, and the PresI-
dents plan to legalize combinations OF
American manufacturers and merchants
in the foreign trade.
On all Of these matters Senate commit
tees will begin hearings soon after Con-
gress reconvenes.
In the House the leaders will press the
routine program of supply bills, and may
break all records by passing four ap-
propSiation bills before Christmas. The
Indian bill has already been passed, the
legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill Is under consideration, and
the District OF Columbia and diplomatic
and consular bills will be reported to the
House from committees today.
Majority Leader RltGhin saii yesterday
that he expected to dispose Of all of
these measures before taking the hoIi-
day recess.
Prohibition and suffrage fights will be
started in the House this week in pre-
paration for the struggle for considera-
ton OF the universal suffrage and prohi-
bitiOn amendments to the Constitution
which will be taken up after the recess.
Pressure will be brought to bear on the
Rules Committee to bring out rules of
the consideration of both measures
There will be little difficulty in offer
ing a rule for the prohibition amendment,
but a vote on the suffrage proposal may
be delayed.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
find negro IN BED IN
REP. KENT'S CLOTHES
Detectives Raid Home and Recover
Quantity of Stolen Property.

Sprawled in bed. with a suit Of clothing
belonging to Representative William Kent
doing service as lounge costume Grover
Staten. colored. was arrested early yes
terday on charges of housebreaking'
depreciation on private property and as
sault with a dangerous weapon.
Stolen jewelry. clothing. oil paintings
silvcrware and other articles were found
in the home at 1906 street northwest
Staten. who is 81 years old. is believed
to be the man who fired several shots at
Policemen Edwards and Jeffries when
surprised in a vacant house on r street
several days ago and then jumped from
second-story window. He escaped on
bicycle.
Ida Staten. a sister of the prisoner. and
who lives in Georgetown, is under arrest
on a charge OF receiving stolen property.
She had remodeleG two gowns stolen
from the Kent home to her own measure
After the arrest of Staten by Sergt
J. Willard Green and Detectives Scrivner.
Davis and Scott, of the Seventh precinct
the California Representative identified
the walking suit worn by the prisoner
as his own and also claimed a 500 dia-
mond ring, a s65 watch and a 500 paint
ing found in Staten's home. Two patrol
wagons full of unidentified loot were
carted from the place.
Representative Kent's home was robbed
last week
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
VILLA THREATENS
Chihuahua City in Panic When
Bandit Warns of Visit.
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FL Paso. Dec. l7.-Chihuahua City is in
a state of panic. Villa has sent a threat
to reoccupy the city Christmas Day. 1t
is recalled that he fixed September Is as
the date Of his first occupation and kept
bis promise.
The populace is making frantic efforts
to evacuate. but only military trains are
operating. Gen. Murguia, in command Of
the garrison at chihuahua City, has four
wood-burning locomotives, all the rest
being oil burners and there is no oil avail
able.
Late tonight il was said that Villa is
making his headquarters at Creel, on the
Orient Railway. a hundred miles south
east Of ElvRlle, Pershing's lowest outpost
Villa detachments are holding Santa Ro-
salia and Jiminez. and arc advancing on
Torreon and Parral
Villa S overtures TO the administration
VIII be completely ignored. This state
ment was made at the War Depa rtment
last night. unOff1cially. but as represent
ing the views of the department
The conference asked by Gen. Villa wit n
Gen. Hugh l. Scott. Chief OF staff OF the
American army. would be ridiculous. il
was said. With the portion Of the army
under Gen. Pershing still in Mexico. with
the instructions to get Villa still un-
changed, II was pointed out il would he
nothing short OF ludicrous for the rank
establishment TO confer with the Mexican
leader. who is regarded by the administra-
ton as nothing more than a bandit
leader
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
SAILORS
landed IN new YORK
Only Eleven of Fifty-one on Freighter
Pho TX Rescued.
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CBy the International News Service.)
New York, Dec. 17.-Eleven members of
the crew of the Spanish freighter Pho
TX, rescued from RATS during a howltng
Northwestern on the night of December 4,
reached port on the Spanish liner Buenos
Aires
The Pho TX sailed from New Orleans
November 16. bound for Valencia. with
$500 bales of cotton and a shipment of
slaves. She had sixty-two men aboard,
and besides those brought to port today
eleven others are believed to have been
picked up by a French cruiser. The re-
manning forty were drowned. The last
word from the Pios wireless operator
was received by the Buenos Aires at /
a. m. December 5. reading:
We are sinking fast. Decks awash.
Good-by."
At great danger to the BuenoS Aires.
Capt. Soria maneuvered near enough to
shoot line to the Pho. The rope parted.
Three times he tried, and each time the
line broke. During the evening a light
was seen flashing from the surface of the
sea. boat was lowered and two of the
Pio's crew were rescued. They had leap
ed into the water with a companion lad
der for support. Later another light was
observed and nine more men were res
cued from an improvised raft.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
Gift TO WORKERS
Dying Woman Gives Estate
for Phthisis Victims.
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New York, Dec l7.-Miss Martha
Hentschel, OF Kingston, n. Y, has just
given fortune to the Garment Workers
Of New York City. The fortune is rep
resented in a beautiful estate on the
heights overlooking the Hudson River,
near Kingston. 1t will be used to
endow a sanatorium for tubercular pa
tients in the garment trades.
Three years ago Miss HentscheI, as a
trained nurse, was caring for tubercular
patients when she contracted the disease
Her fight for life has been a losing one
and today her physicians declared she
probably would not live through the holi-
days. Through Miss Lillian wahl, of the
Henry Street Settlement here, she learned
OF the suffering among the Garment
Workers from the disease Of which she
was dying. Examination has shown that
among the 1900 workers. one out OF every
100 is suffering with the disease.
The Kingston estate is valued at $780,
600 and $4,000 is to be spent on additional
hospital buildings. Each member of the
different local Garment Workers Unions
is TO be taxed 81 a year and thus Miss
Hentschells gift will be, self-supporting
The sanatorium will be ready for occu-
pancy by May.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
Herald Fight for Pay
Increases IN Nutshell

Developments yesterday in move
ment for increased salaries for
government and District employees.
Final arrangements completed
for big mass meeting at Conven-
tion Hall tonight.
3Representatives of organized
labor met at the A. F. of L. Build
ing and discussed ways and means
for advancing wage legislation.
ICustodians and Janltors' I'm
ion Of school employees adopt reso-
luton Of thanks to The Washing
ton Herald.
+House leaders hope to have the
legislative. executive and judicial
bill carrying increases passed by
tomorrow night.
STeachers' Union arranges for
mass meeting at the new Central
High School tomorrow night, and
the Federal Employees Union will
have a separate mass meeting
Wednesday night at National
Rifles Armory.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
Surgeon Is Good Samaritan,
But He Braves Snow Vainly

New York. Dec. H.-Dr. Anthony Avata,
an ambulance surgeon in ST. Mary's Hos
pital, Jamaica, received a telephone mes
sage last night that a man had been
seriously burned at a fire at Rockaway
Boulevard and Haw Tree Creek road,
Woodhaven, L. l. He responded in a
motor ambulance.
When two miles from Woodhaven the
physician and his driver ran into a snow
drift five feet deep. and stalled. They got
out and trudged two miles over snowy
fields to the scene of the fire, When they
arrived there the person who telephoned
to the hospital apologized. He said he
had understood the injured man was
alive Instead. the surgeon found that
Jacob Suffer, 66 years old, caretaker of
the burned barn, had almost been COM
pletely incinerated.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
Rumanian Victories Give
Germans Plentiful Supply
OF Grain and FoodstuHs

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Berlin (via Sayville wireless). Dec. H.
The Budapest newspaper Taa Jsag pub
fishes an interview with the President OF
the German war food office, Tortilozitz
Won Batcoki. who is quoted as saying:
THE poor German potato crops were
a heavy blow for the moment: neverthe-
less there was no misery, but only an un-
pleasant scarcity which. however. was
remedied even before the Rumanian vic
tory.
Now we are amply provided with po-
tatoes and grain which in Rumania fell
into our hands in such quantities that VIC
can simply feast until the next crops.
Germany as well as Austria Hungary and
also Bulgaria and Turkey will receive
a considerable share"
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
SANTA IN AN AIRPLANE.

Philadelphia, Dec. T7.-Sants Claus must
become modernized. Owing TO the tre-
mendous area he must cover he win make
his appearance in an airplane at the first
annual Christmas party of the Walnut
Street Business Association, which will
be held on the roof of the Bellevue-Strat-
ford next Wednesday evening
The wonderful prosperity of the year
makes 1t necessary for him to have sew
eral assistants, who will likewise be
modernized, to the extent of making their
entree in automobiles
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
FLAMES drive WOMAN
TO dive into STREET
Other Occupants of Blazing House
Flee Across Roofs.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
New York, Dec. IA woman's leap to
the street, the rush of a score of per-
sons across roofs and down fire escapes
and rescues by firemen and policemen
marked an exciting fire in a five-story
tenement house at 1873 Third avenue to-
day.
Three occupants of the house were In
jured. One of them, Mrs. Barbara Col
Inns, 3s years old. is in the Reception Hos
pital, suffering from a fracture of the
skull. Her condition Is serious.
Mrs. Collins was awakened by. exces-
sive heat and found her room on the sec
ond floor ablaze. She Immediately ran
to the window and, without hesitating
longer than a moment, plunged to the
street, Her head struck the sidewalk.
Charles Chromer, 19, was taken uncon-
scious from the fourth floor of the build
ing by firemen. He Is in Flower Hospital,
suffering from the effects of inhaling
smoke.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
Woman Stabs Negro Thug
On Street with Hat Pin

The police are on watch at all Wash
ington hospitals, and as soon as a negro
appears at one Of these institutions TO
ask for treatment for a hat-pin wound
in his breast he will be given free lodg-
ing in the District Jail
When Mrs. Bessie Veigler. S3H Warden
street, left her home last night to visit
n neighbor, a colored man tried to snatch
her purse. Mrs. Veigler drew a long hat
pin, lunged at her assailant and stabbed
him in the chest. She is confident she In
hicted a serious wound. The wounded
negro tried to wrench the hand bag from
her, but Mrs. VeigIer resisted. Finally
the negro ran away.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
This Undertaken Conveyed
To Hospital in Own Hearse

San Francisco, Cal. Dec. he. p
Halsted, prominent and wealthy under
taker. was driven to San Francisco in his
own hearse, and taken to st. Luks's Hos
pital In a dying condition.
Halsted left here to attend a funeral in
San Mateo. Near Daily City he left the
hearse to transact some bushes and was
struck by a street car.
A DAILY City physician pronounced him
dead. and he was placed in the hearse.
Signs of life were discovered later how
ever, and the hearse driver rushed his
vehicle to the hospital.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
"OUEST FOR FLATTERY
GIRLS BESETTING SIN"
Rev. J. E. Briggs Delivers Sermon on
Young Women's Temptations"

Love of f1attery Is one of the worst
evils of the young women of the present
generation" declared Rev. John +.
Briggs. of the Fifth Baptist Church, in
his sermon, Young Womans Tempta-
tions.' last night.
ITO attain this fiattery they will run
into debt, buying clothes and ornaments
far beyond their income. running up large
accounts at the stores. There is only
one end for such a course and it is very
plain. I need not go into it."
''Insincerity is one OF their chief char
acteristics." said DIR. Briggs Their
whole life is dominated by frivolous
pleasures, and they will do all in their
power to be among the bright lights,
with never a thought about the serious
side of existence.
They will not make good wives, be-
cause they have not the proper training. -
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
Don'ts for War Hospitals
Now Used In Great Britain

London, Dec. T7.-Considerable annoy
ance is caused by well-meaning friends
visiting wounded English heroes and ask
ing foolish and obvious questions. In
the East Leeds War Hospital there is the
following list of Questions which visitors
are requested not to ask:
Are you wounded?
How did you know you were wounded ?
Did II hurt7
Which hurts most-going in or coming
out?
Did the shell hit you?
Did you see any Germans?
How many did you kill?
Do you want to go back?
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
TAMES WILD DUCKS.

Junction City, Kan. Dec l5.-Robert
Rose. Union Pacific engineer of this
city. has solved the hight cost of living.
so far as eggs are concerned. Instead
of maintaining a flock OF hens that go
on strike when their product reaches -
cents a dozen. Mr.. Rose has dozen
tame" wild ducks.
The collection represents several Years
of hunting. all of the ducks having been
slightly wounded. They lay from eight
to ten eggs daily during the season when
the hens are taking their vacation
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
WEALTHY TO FOIL BURGLARS.

Poughkec psie. Dec. F.-Wealthy resi-
dents OF this district, in fear Of burglars.
have organized the Upper Hudson Pro
tective Society, which filed articles OF
Incorporation yesterday
Among the men in the organization are &:
Vincent Astor. Robert P Huntington.
Frederick Vanderbilt. William B. Dins-
more and John +. Roosevelt The direc-
tors are: Warren Delano. of Tarrytown:
Col. Archibald Rogers. OF Hyde Park
Tracy BOWS, OF Rhinebeck: Herman Liv-
!ngston. of Greendale. and Thomas Hunt.
Of Clermont
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
Keep Your Overshoes and
Umbrellas Handy for Snow;
Also Skates Are in Vogue
Sharpen your skates.


The ice is hard enough to hold you un-
less you weigh a ton or more. A good
many lovers Of the great winter pastime
were out yesterday on lakes and ponds,
cutting preliminary capers on the frozen
waters.
Keep your overshoes and umbrellas
handy, the snow hasn't forgotten how to
fall yet. It is very probable that a few
fistfuls Of the white and fiakey will show
er on the District this afternoon or to-
night
Clouds Of various shapes and hues are
expected to sail overhead today and in
tercept the warm yellow rays of good old
beaming Sol. But despite the gray day
predicted by the man who regulates the
worlds sprinkling apparatus, the four
winds and the temperature. Washington
folk can steal little pocket edition of
sunshine from the knowledge that the
thermometer is not expected to register a
fall.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
FALSE TEETH CAUSE ARREST.

kenosha. Wis. Dec. l7.-Pst Murphy, a
Cleveland man, lost his false teeth in
Kenosha. Murphy was engaged in a fight
with Joe Gallagher in a saloon. and Gal
lagher was stabbed in the back with
knife.
As Murphy fed from the saloon his
false teeth fell out. and they were turned
over TO the police as a clew TO his identity
Murphy found that ne could not get along
without the teeth any longer and he
came to the police and made an appeal
for them
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
Santa Smokes a Cigarette;
Burns Off Part of Beard

Cumberland, Nd, Dec. T.-Robert
Quail White, a young man who has
been impersonating Santa Claus for the
Salvation Army relief department, was
severely burned yesterday when the gray
beard Of his false face took fire while he
was lighting a cigarette. He was steated
in a barber chair Of the city hall shop.
Whites cries brought Desk Sergt
Thomas l. Hassan and Patrol Driver
Himmler from police headquarters near
by to the rescue Himmler dashed a pail
of water on White and extinguished the
blaze.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
Has Triplets at Age of Is;
And Her Husband Is Only 19

Baltimore, Dec. H.-Probably one of the
youngest mothers of triplets ever in this
city Is Mrs. Lena Stockman, who Is only
Is years old. Three baby girls recently
arrived at her home. Their father, Law
renee Stockman, is but 10 years old.
Mrs. Mary Herr, mother of Mrs. Stock
man, has indirectly achieved a record of
her own. She Is only "a years old. The
other week she was merely a mother;
now she has three grandchildren.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
SNOW FATALLY BLINDS.

Pottsville. Pa. Dec. Il. - Walking
through the cold and snow. he stated TO
a neighbor. to have funds to purchase a
Christmas gift for his wife. who is in a
hospital. Paul Headock was killed on the
railroad at st. Clair today. With his
head down. he did not see or hear an ap-
preaching train.
Benjamin Long. of Auburn. who was
injured in a snOwstorm and whose arm
was amputated al the Pottsville Hospital,
died TODAY
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
Crippled Youngster Makes
His Own Feet Out of Willow

Emporia, Kan, Dec. 17.-Making his
own feet is a part of the work done by
William Ashman, a Wamego boy, in ad-
dition to his regular school work in the
normal at Emporia this year.
William was injured on a railroad when
years old, losing his left leg. Since that
time he has worn and outgrown several
artificial legs and feet. The last two Of
these have been replaced by articles of
his own make.
The wood which Ashman uses for his
new feet is willow.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
MARYLAND ROADS BLOCKED.

fredericksburg. Nd. Dec. 17.-Travel IN
this section by automobile and team Is
suspended owing to the heavy fall of
snow. A large number Of automobiles
and many teams are stalled tonight here
and at Williamsburg. owing to the heavy
drifts. T. Coleman du Pont. of Whining
ton, while on his way to attend a fash
lonable welding al Cambridge, reached
Williamsport, where his machine became
stalled In a snow drift and he had TO re-
turn here.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
HOT OIL BATTLES TRAIN,

Iowa Falls, Iowa. Dec. 17.-Three hun
dred gallons of hot oil were hurled over
an Illinois Central passenger train here
today when the locomotive of the train
struck an oil tank wagon. The tank ex-
ploded. Joseph Taylor. driver of the
wa -on. was fatally burned and the crew
of the locomotive slightly burned.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
JEM MACE's MASTER DEAD.

Chicago. Dec. IT-Few who watched the
modest funeral possession accompanying
the body Of John Miller to the cemetery
today knew that he was none other than
a man who for forty years had been a
model saloon-keeper' of Chicago. Yet,
half a century ago. his name was known
throughout the pugilistic world as the
conqueror Of the famous English prize
fighter, Jem Mace.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
RAIL STRIKE IN HAVANA.

Havana, Dec. 17.-At the expiration of
the mems ultimatum at s O'Clock yestcr-
day morning a general strike on the Ha-
vana Central Railway was begun Traffic
has been paralyzed. ' The electric plant
be cut Of operation, the current in
many towns in Havana province was cut
on. Police are guarding the railroad and
ferry terminals.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
Welded Year Ago Today,
President VIII Entertain

President Wilson will receive few, IL
any. callers today. the first anniversary
OF his marriage to Mrs. Edith Boiling
Gait. -
No announcement has been made as to
the plans the President and Mrs. Wilson
have for the day, but 1t is Understood
that they will spend the day surrounded
by family circle
Their program may include some golf
this morning.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
BLAST IN AUSTRIA KILLS IA.

Copenhagen, Dec. IL-Fourteen persons
were killed and seventy-seven others
were injured by a violent explosion last
night at munitions factory at Felix
dorf village of Lower Austria. in the
district of Wiener-Neustadt. says the
Neue Freie Presse. Several buildings IN
the town were destroyed.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-18
VAULT DOOR WEIGHS 40 TONS.

New York, Dec. 17.-One OF the largest
and strongest bank vaults in the world
will be put into operation today. II is In
the new Fifth avenue ONCE of the Guar
anty Trust Company Of New York, on
the southeast corner of Firty-third street
The vaults in the Morgan and Guaranty
Trust buildings downtown are the only
two that equal ii in size.
The main door OF this vault weighs
nearly forty tons.