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The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
BOY SCRAMBLED WITH
EGGS BECOMES OMELET

Special to The Washington Herald.
Baltimore, Aug. "a human ONE
let!
That is what Francis Redmiles, II
years old, most resembled last night
when he emerged from a basket OF
eggs into which he had fallen al
Greenmount and Lafayette avenues.
Young Redmiles. who halls from
Severn, Anne Arundel County. was
supposed to meet his tather. Romeo
Redmiles, at the corner where he left
the car. When he did meet dad" he
was masked" beyond recognition. II
happened as follows:
The car in which Francis rode had
nearlQ passed his destination when
he hurriedly jumped off with the large
basket of eggs and poultry in his
arms. At the same time he slipped
The Transformation then quickly took
place.
After being scraped Francis was
taken home by his father and given
an egg shampoo.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
HUSBAND DESERTS
15-YEAR-OLD BRIDE
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Boston, Mass. Aug. 6.-Fifteen-
old Mrs. George L. Turner, of Lexing-
ton. declared today she is sorry she
was ever married and will have nc
more to do with her husband, who had
been strangely missing since last
Wednesday. eleven days after they
were married.. and who was found
alive and well today in Scituate.
1t had been thought that he had
gone into the woods near his home in
Lexington and had been stricken ill
Troops of Boy Scouts searched in the
vicinity, but were called of when the
Scituate police gave notice that the
missing man had been found.
Turner offered no explanation for
leaving home. When he left home he
took a suit of clothes with him, say
ing that he was going to have them
fixed up at the tailors. He also took
SO to make a payment on some furni-
ture bought in Waltham, but did not
go to Waltham.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
CONVICTS TRAP SELVES
BY POSING FOR CAMERA

Special to The Washington Herald.
Aurora, Ill, Aug. s.-William Kelleher
and James Kennedy. former convicts and
safe blowers, have had their pictures
taken frequently since they were boys.
most always by the police. When they
found a camera in the loot OF a store
they recently robbed they could not re-
sist photographing themselves at time
when they could pose as they chose. The
safe blowers had a companion who got
into the picture with them.
Police found the camera in an auto
mobile abandoned by the three on the
outskirts OF the city. Kelleher and Ken
nedy were arrested at farmhouse. The
third man escaped.
Chicago detectives recognized and
caught the third man. Joe Redmon, at
Riverview Park, and he confessed that
he had been a chauffeur for Kelleher and
Kennedy. who, he said. robbed ten stores
and five postoffices in Northern Illinois
and Southern Wisconsin.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
JUDGE TO WORRY OVER
WHAT ARE FALSE TEETH

Special to The Washington Herald
Baltimore. Aug. 6-The status of false
teeth in law will have to be determined
by Justice Gerecht in Eastern Police
Court, the next day or two. The pen
atty for knocking out real teeth is usu-
ally severe, and whether substitutes
should be equally favored is the ques-
ton before the Justice
Declaring that he had been assaulted,
a young man was before the magis-
trate this morning and complained that
several of his teeth had been knocked
out. The Justice looked at the young
mans mouth for the broken molars,
but the gum was apparently unintured;
then the young man explained that the
teeth were false. A warrant was issued.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
SISTERS LOSE $4,000
ESTATE If THEY WE'D

Special TO The Washington Herald
Pottsville, Pa, Aug. "a lawsuit be-
fore Judge Wilhelm in the Orphans
Court revealed one OF the strangest wills
ever probated in this county.
Caroline. Bertha, Louisa and Sarah
Yaissle. four unmarried middle aged sis
ters. recently came into possession OF
an estate from their mother. valued
at $4,000. with the provision that IL any
got married that one should forfeit all
share in the estate.
Miss Bertha. one OF the sisters who
shared in the legacy under these strange
conditions. died a short time ago. and
now two brothers who were disinherited
by the will OF their mother. claim the
right to share in her portion OF the
estate, claiming that she amply fulfilled
the conditions imposed, inasmuch as she
died single woman.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
WILSON SEES
MOOSE BOLT
Mccormick Claims Entire Pro-
gressive Vote of Western
States for President.

CBy the International News servIce.J
New York, Aug. "a Bull Moose
stampede" for Wilson has set in. ac-
cording to an official statement ISSUED
from the Democratic national head
quarters tonight. 1t began, declares the
document, Immediately after the Pro
gressive conference at Indianapolis.
National Chairman Mccormick author.
lied publication of list Of former Pro-
gressives and Republicans who have
written him. or the President that they
will support the Democratic ticket.
In connection it was asserted:
Reports from the Pacific Coast indi.
cate that practically the entire Pro-
gressive vote Of several of these States
will be cast for the President The
communities that were most enthusiastic
in following Theodore Roosevelt as the
Moose of political reform are the most
bitter in denouncing his surrender and
the most determined now not to be de-
livered back by Roosevelt, Perkins et
al to the unregenerated crooks OF
1871.
In Washington the Progressive and
Republican stampede to Wilson is most
pronounced. Women as well as men
are included.
The California stampede of the
Moose, led by Francis J. Heney, Pro-
gressive candidate for the United States
Senate, extends to every corner of that
State"
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
CAR STRIKE
NEARS END
Peace Basis Found in New
York Traffic
Tie-Up.

New York, Aug. 6.-The street rail-
road strike which has paralyzed the
surface car traffic of four boroughs is
likely to be ended tomorrow. By night
fall may see the full schedule resumed
and all the striking employees back at
their posts.
The prospect Of a settlement came
spread the strike to every transit sys-
tenn in the city. Not even the electric
suburban lines of the great trunk rail-
roads were to be permitted to run.
Three conferences were held Chair
man Oscar Strauss. of the Public Se"v-
ice Commission, who has been fighting
doggedly to prevent a complete tie-up,
agreed upon a new plan of action. He
came from his home in White Plains
early this morning and met representa-
The opposing parties did not come to-
gether except through a meeting of the
heads.
Great secrecy marked the final
agreement. But Theodore Rousseau,
the mayors secretary, on behalf of
Mr.. Strauss and the mayor, made the
announcement at o'clock tonight
that "a basis of settlement had been
found"
The mayor. through Mr.. Rousseau,
asked that there be no speculation as
to the terms of the proposed settle
ment.
At a meeting of the striking en-
ployes of the New York Railways
Company. held in the Central Opera
House tonight, word was conveyed to
the men of the prospects of a settle
ment of the strike. They received the
news without enthusiasm at first, but
soon began cheering wildly.
1t was freely predicted at this meet
ing that the recognition of the right
to unionize had been granted.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
BABY SC0URCE
| CAUSES RIOT|NC
Mob of 200 Attacks New
York Policeman Enforc-
ing Quarantine Law.

(By the International News Service.)
New York. Aug. 6.-Rioting occurred
today in Brooklyn whe = Policeman Theo-
dore Raphael, under Department of
Health orders, made two arrests for vio-
lations of infantile paralysis quarantine
rules. A mob of some 200 people attacked
Raphael and he was forced to call out
the reserves of the Stagg street station.
Raphael had arrested Mr.. and Mrs.
Henschel Lehrman because he had found
their four children playing in the street
despite quarantine orders. The Lehrmans
and another man were held under $500
bail each for hearing.
Last Monday little Silvia Lehrman, aged
2, was found to be suffering from the
dread disease The Department of Health
said the other four Lehman children
were playing in the streets. Raphael was
sent to investigate
The greatest number of cases of in
fantile paralysis recorded in Sunday fig
ures since the epidemic started was re-
ported today by the Health Department
Figures included 1ss new cases and thirty
three deaths. an increase of twenty-four
cases and decrease of eight deaths.
The plague has now claimed 5.oe3 vic
tins and has caused 1,09s deaths.
The exodus of children from the city is
continuing. To date 63,34O certificates
have been issued for children whose par
ents have taken them away to escape
the plague. On Saturday 5,O6s certificates
were issued
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
COLON|ALS DEFY
Rain OF STEEL
Australians Hold Gains Won,
Repelling Three German
Counter-Attacks.
BY FREDERICK PALMER.
international News service.l

With the British Army in the Field,
Aug. 5.-Under the merciless concentra-
ton of shell-fire the Australians are
holding on to their gains today after
their advance last night on a two-mIle
front. The Germans already have de-
livered three powerful counter-attacks in
efforts to retake the lost groGnd, and all
failed. In one counter-attack the Ger
mans came forward, holding up their
hands.
Behind them the British guns were
placed in curtains OF shell-fre through
which 1t was impossible for them to re-
treat while the Austrian machine gun
and rife fire was moving them down
and made 1t hopeless to continue their
charge.
1t was death whichever way they mov-
ed; death If they stood still or lay down
In the bullet-swept space, and they sur
rendered rather than continue their vain
effort.
Their last previous attack having been
by the right flank, the British renewed
the offensive by the left flank after a
week of bombing and sapping Here the
task fell to the Australians, who added
another victory to the brilliant record Of
the taking of Pozieres
In grilling fire under blazing sun
they had been working under contisual
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
HEART BREAKER LANDS
In JAIL ON CHARGES

Special TO The Washington Herald
Pittsburgh, Aug. 6-Many pretty girls
camping along the Allegheny River at
Oakmont will miss handsome Dick"
Carter, aged %, and his fast motor boat
tomorrow.
While the girls sweethesrts will be
laughing at how the girls were duped by
Carter, who posed as the son OF mil
lionaire. Carter will be sweltering in a
hot cell in the county jail instead OF
entertaining the girls on the cool water
of the river.
Carter. a good looking young man.
attired in white trousers. blue coat and
light cap, was arrested at his rooming
house in Walnut street yesterday by
Lieut. OF the Motorcycle Police Harris.
charged with stealing a motorboat, an
automobile, and passing four alleged
worthless checks.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
MEDIATION IN
STRIKE LIKELY
Scant Probability of Railroad
Peace, Without u. S. In
tervention, Seen.

Information reaching Washington from
railway managers OF the 225 railroad
systems in the United States and the
representatives Of the engineers. firemen,
trainmen and conductors are unlikely
to effect a direct settlement of their diff
ferences, and that the Federal Board
of Mediation and Cancellation will have
to intervene.
1t is believed here that Wednesday will
be the crucial day and that the members
of the mediation board. all of whom will
be in New York at the time. will make
formal tender of their good offices then,
If neither side shall have requested their
services.
Some doubt was expressed yesterday
over the success of mediatory efforts by
the board, and it was said that in the
event of failure by the conciliators to
bring the employees and the roads to-
gether. arbitration of the controversy
will be urged upon both parties by Presi-
dent Wilson.
1t was considered certain that the rail-
road managers would not refuse to arbi-
trate, IL arbitration should offer the only
escape from a national strike.
If the issue comes to that point, the
arbitration will take place under the pro-
visions of the Federal act providing for
mediation. conciliation and arbitration be-
tween common carriers and their en-
ployes.
This act provides for the creation Of
an arbitral board of either three or six
persons.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
MAN RUDELY AWAKENED
BY FLAMING PAJAMAS
NJ W,,,irgto, Ber,Id

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Baltimore, Aug. 6.-Not until his pa
jamas blazed up, did Charles c. Haslup
awaken when fire broke out at o'clock
this morning in his room on the third
floor of 1923 West LanvaIe street. He was
slightly burned on the thigh and side.
Haslup went to bed about o'clock and
fell asleep at once. The next thing he
knew the walls, bed and his night clothes
were on fire.
Mr.. Haslup sounded an alarm and quick
work by No. Engine Company kept the
fire confined TO Mr.. Haslup's room.
Damage done by the fire is small but
a fire hose burst and flooded the two
lower floors before it could be cut of
The origin Of the fire is a mystery. says
Mr.. Haslup.
Mr.. Haslup also says he has always
had the reputation OF being a sound
sleeper.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
ATHLETIC GIRL ROUTS
MASHER WITH FISTS
Special to The Washington Herald

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Braintree, Mass. Aug. 6.-Miss Winifred
Drinkwater. a 17-year-old stenographer.
has a theory Of her own about the way
to eradicate the "masher evil" She i'll
lustrated it by soundly thrashing one Of
the pests who accosted her on Brain
tree street in broad daylight today
A little training and a little nerve will
rout the 'masher' every time" said Miss
Drinkwater He is always an srrant
coward. The idea that a woman will
turn on him with her fists never enters
his mind. and when she does attack him
he is so surprised that he offers little or
no resistance"
Miss Drinkwater. who weighs 80 pounds
and is of athletic build, attributes her
ability to defend herself to constant ex-
ercise at tennis and basketball.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
British Paper Predicts
South American War
CBy international News Service,

(By International News seryiee)
London, Aug. 6.-Reynolds
newspaper today gives promi-
nence to a rumor that there
is likely to be war in South
America.
"a diplomatic source re-
ports" says the paper, that
Peru and Venezuela have Sc
cretly agreed to take vast
land from Colombia and Ecua-
dor.
The same journal revives
the controversy which follow
ed the naval battle of Jutland.
Positive proof has been
found" says the paper, that
the German Dreadnoughts
Kaiser and Kronprinz were
sunk in the Jutland fight"
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
FATHER MANGLES BABY,
Drives Mower over Two-Year-oId
Daughter.

Wilkes-Ba Fa-, Aug. While
Charles E. Barrow. of Milford, Pike
County, was cutting hay with a moving
machine yesterday. Mary, his 2-year-old
daughter was caught in the blades and
both legs were cut off.
Barron did not know the child was in
the field. She was playing in grass about
three feet high. and the first her father
knew of her presence was when he heard
screams and saw her being mangled. Bar
ron hurried the child to hospital, and
her life may be saved
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
MILITIA ON BOOZE" HUNT.
Dry Alabama Again Goes to War on
Liquor.

Girard, Ala. Aug. 6.-State. military
and civil authorities today instituted
another liquor raid here.
Soon after Sheriff Linsey with depu-
ties and Capt. Shannon, of the State
of Guardsmen, many cases of whisky
were thrown into the Chattahoochee
River. A number of cases were re-
covered. There was no serious disor-
der.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
GIRLS In BATH SUITS
STAGE MELON PARTY
special to The Washington Herald.

special to The Washington Herald
st. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 6.-The safe and
sane method Of eating watermelon was
used at party given to 30 girls and
their chaperones at Piasa Chautauqua
by Miss Mildred Haynes of East st.
Louis. After swim in the pool the party,
clad in their dripping bathing-suits and
raincoats, invaded the restaurant and
ordered watermelon.
The watermelon was enjoyed with per-
feet safety, the seeds and spray max
ing no impression on the raincoats and
bathing-suits. The swimming party was
. strictly feminine affair,
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
BURGLAR SHOT FLEEING
FROM ASTOR ESTATE


(By the International News Service.D
Poughkeepsie. N. Y, Aug. 6.-Brought
to bay by two bullet wounds in a running
sheriff while he was fleeing from Vincent
Astor's estate. Fritz Cramer. S5. lies in
critical condition at the Vassar Hos
pital and refuses to divulge the names
of the other members of the gang Of
burglars to which he belongs and which
has been terrorizing estates Of million
aires north of this town.
Cramer was returning for loot, hidden in
woods on the Douglas Merritt estate,
opposite Astor's house. when discovered
and was found in bushes on the Astor
estate exhausted from loss Of blood
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
COAST GUARD REsCUES SIX.
Dory Capsines and Occupant, H.v.
Close Call

Boston. Mass, Aug. s.-Six young men
from the Roxbury district, who had been
thrown into the water when their 1s-foot
sailing dory was capsized by strong
southwest wind, were rescued early to-
day from the waters of Dorchester Raw
by men of the City Point coast guard.
All could swim, but were much ex-
hausted when taken from the water.
They were taken to the floating station.
where Capt. Robert Pearce and the crew
worked over them for an hour.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
TINKHAM WILL HOLD
HIS SEAT in HOUSE

After long delay House Committee No.
2 on Elections will report today on the
contested case of Representative George
Holden Tinkham and Francis j. Horgan,
of Massachusetts.
The committee will vote to throw out
the contest of Horgan and sustain the
election of the member from Massachu-
setts.
The contest was based on an alleged
violation of the Federal corrupt practices
act and was the subject Of extended hear
ings before the committee.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
HOT ONE FOR JUDGE.
Legal Lore Invoked where Clean
ing Processes Fail.

Maryville. Cal, Aug. 6.-1s the
clothes cleaner responsible when he
contracts to remove perfumery stains
from milady's silk poplin and fails in
every process known to the profess
sion?
That is the question Justice of the
Peace Morrissey. of this city, must
determine in the case entitled Mary
A Hoosier against the Crack-a-Jack
Cleaning Company.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
ICE CHEATS HEAVILY FINED.
Dealers Who Rob the Public Are
Assessed $50.

New York. Aug. 6-Joseph Hartigan.
commissioner of the mayors bureau of
weights and measures. says that as a re-
cult of his recent crusade against the
fraudulent sale of ice 1000 inspections
were made, resulting in the discovery
of 624 violations of the city ordinances.
In each of these cases a penalty of Sc
will be imposed. There were, in addi-
ton, eight criminal violations
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
DRIVERS ESCAPE PLUNGE.
Auto Racers Nearly Leap on Pike
Peak.

Colorado Springs. Aug. 6.-RaIph Mui,
ford and A. H. Patterson. of Stockton.
Cal, automobile drivers, narrowly
escaped a plunge of 1000 feet from Pixies
Peak today, when the right front wheel
of their car flew of while they were
making a trial trip over the course OF
next weeks races.
The car was making ffty-five miles an
hour. it was said. when the accident hap
Pened. 1t Plowed along several hundred
feet and crashed into a boulder.
Mulford and his companion escaped
with slight injuries.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
BRITISH HOLD
GAINS IN FACE
OF LIQUID FIRE
Repell Desperate Germ a n
Counter-Attacks andPress
Nearer Goal.
CBy the International News service.)

London. Aug. 6.-After defeating
two strong German counter-attacks,
in which fiery liquid and noxious gases
were used as a screen for the attack
ing troops, the British today resumed
their forward movement
Striking east of Pozieres along the
highroad to Bapaume, Austrian and
territorial troops advanced the British
lines further toward the heights of
Marin Puich, crest of the vast plateau
across which the battle is being
fought.
They are now within a mile and a
half of this their immediate objective.
From Marlin Puich the British artil-
lery would have control of the wide
sweep to the eastward. which leads
down to Bapaume.
Through the vast network of
trenches which criss-cross this gently
rolling terrain the British today
fought their way inch by inch. The
Germans have organized the greatest
ground for miles. 1t is a labyrinth
Of bitches and dugouts and progress
is necessarily slow.
Now Protected from Attack.
Through the earlier attacks north
Of Bazeline Petite and FOureaux
woods. being the advanced trenches
of the German third line, the British
have succeeded in advancing their
front on a two-mile sector until to-
night the sharp angle at Foureaux has
been considerably widened. and Is now
a gradual curve, which eliminates the
peril of attack from three sides, to
which it previously had been exposed.
The German counter-attacks in the
Pozieres sector were launched early this
morning after a night Of continuous bonn
bardment which extended along the
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
AUTO HITS MAN ON BENCH.
Runaway Motorcsr Dsshes TbreuGh
Baltimore Park

Baltimore, Aug. S-The automobile of
Charles A. Hicks. s11 West Thirty-sixth
street. became unmanageable and dashed
up the slope on Mount Royal Terrsc.
late last night, crashing into the bench
on which George C. Adams. 80 years
old, was sitting.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
TWO DIE FROM HEAT
AS WAVE HITS CHICAGO
CBy the International New. service.)

(By the international News service.D
Chicago. Aug. 6-The heat wave, which
had been diverted from Chicago by the
timely rainstorm9 Of last week. swept
over Chicago again today with a maxi
mum temperature of s5.3 degrees at :
o'clock and again sent Chicagoans
swarming to the parks and the lake.
Two deaths directly due to the heat
were reported to the police and a number
of prostrations were recorded.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
JAPS MAKE EUROPEAN" WINES.
Result Is Bigger Heads and Longer
Aches.

Tokyo, Aug. 6.-Samples Of japanese
quet given for the purpose last night
by the governor OF Hyogo Results are
still unreported. Persons who have ex-
perimented with japanese French"
wines and japanese Scotch" are Of opln-
ion that the native champagne will pro-
duce a stronger and longer headache
than the imported variety.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
"sUBv COMMANDER SAVES LIFE.
Rescues wharfman from Water Al
most Unconscious.

/ Newport, r. l., Aug. 6.-Lieut ]. r.
Morrison, commanding officer of SUBJ
marine KS, saved the life of Patrick
sheehan, a wharf janitor, Saturday.
The lieutenant was on board the steam
boat General and he saw sheehan fall
into the water. Dropping his handbag,
he jumped overheard and rescued Shee-
han. who was almost unconscaouA
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
Thirsty Stewards Hold Up Liner.

New York, Aug 6.-The French liner
Rochambeau sailed today for Bordeaux
with 2H passengers. The vessel was held
up because nine stewards had overstep-
ped their leave while in search Of COOL
ing dreuSbtA
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
WHIPS PoRCUPINE TO DEATH.
winsted Man Kills Animal Weigh
ing Eighteen Pounds.

winsted. Conn. Aug. 6-Charles Rood.
driving in North Colebrook Saturday. saw
a porcupine ahead OF him in the road
blows Of a horsewhip. The porcupine
weighed eighteen pounds and had quiIls
three inches long.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
AUTO SMASH KILLS TWO.
One Woman from Each Car Thrown
Out.

New Gretna. n J., Aug. 6.-Two wom-
en- were killed when one automobile ran
against another in front of it on the
bridge over Jobs Creek, on the Atlantic
automobile highway. a mile north of this
city.
The women who lost their lives were
Miss Agnes Kreamer, of Boston, Mass,
and Mrs. Frank Browning, Manhattan.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-07
COURT CROWD FOOLED.
Ncighbrohood Row Not Aired for
Large Gallery

Baltimore, Aug. "a crowd that filed
the Northwestern Police Court room and
adjoining corridors to hear a neighbor-
hood row" that APPARENTLY had been
well advertised, met disappointment this
morning when Mrs. Amelie Hall, North
Bradford street, defendant in the case
prayed jury trial Even windows on
one side Of the court room were dark
ened by people.