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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-01-12
EXPERT HITS
POWER PLAN
Engineer Weller Says Falls
Project Would Cost More
Than $4,000, 900.
WOULD MEAN MANY MILLIONS
OVER GOVERNMENTS FIGURES
Speaker Claims Dam Will Flood Rail
way Tracks of Three Roads if
Ii Is Constructed.

That the proposed power develop
ment of the Potomac River to make II
furnish electricity for light and power
throughout the National Capital would
cost s24.ss7,0oo complete, instead OF
the SIS 100000 estimated in the report
of the government engineers. and that
the project was entirely Impractical
from an economic standpoint were
statements made by Francis R. Weller.
civil and hydraulic engineer, last
night before the Washington branch
OF the American Association of Elec-
trical Engineers, in the Cosmos Club.
Water power. to be practical from
the economic view, should be able TO
compete with steam power. ought to
have q fairly high load demand. and
should involve low cost of installation
and maintenance" said Mr.. Weller.
THE Great Falls power develop
ment project, IN spite of the way II
has been played UP in the press and
the widespread talk of an electric
city and cheap hydro-electric power.
has failed to measure up TO a single
one of these requirements"
Mr.. Weller showed by diagram and
facts from the reports of various en-
gtneers that there were numerous er-
rors IN the government report which
gave rise to the project and promised
the Harvesting of the Potomac River
to the task of making Washington a
smokeless Industrial center. The main
errors. the speaker said, were due TO
omissions of itemS for which eIpendi-
ture was required quite as surely as
the cost of building the dam and pow
er house.
-In case the dam was built, II would
result in flooding the tracks of the
Cabin John line of the electric rail-
way. the Baltimore and Ohio and the
chssapeake and ohso.'' said Mr.. well
Ter. More than 5000 acres Of land
would be nooded. and this would re-
suit in land damages not included in
the government estimate"
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chamber to support the movement
launched by Isaac Cans at the last
meeting Of the board Of directors for the
erection OF a permanent home for the
organization. He pointed to the rapidity
with which Washington is becoming a
convention city. and said the chamber
should have a home into which It could
invite the hundreds of guests It invites
to the city. He said in part:
Referring briefly to some Of the ae-
tivities of the chamber, I call to your
attention that In the first meeting after
you had honored me by placing the gayel
in my hands, our chamber went on rec
ord in opposition to the Crosser bill, then
pending. and gave as q reason for opposi-
ton the very good ground that the Public
Utilities Commission had not then been
ktyen = suficient trial - *
AFTER careful investigation and ex-
animation OF candidates, the chamber
presented three medals to as many Boy
Scouts Of washington who had demon
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
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The following directors were elected:
Cuno H. Rudolph, Joseph 1. Weller. d.
j. Kaufman, DIR. Lewis j. Battle,
Clarence p. King, Merritt o. Chance.
Louis Gutenberg. B. w. Guy. Charles J.
Bell and John G.. Capers.
Mr.. Moran's reelection was forcasted
by William F. GUIDE. former president,
who presented Mr.. Moran with q hand
some gavel when he had concluded read
ing his annual report. Some wondered
why the chamber had waited until It's
president was retiring from once be-
fore presenting him with the instrument
Of order. but five minutes later he had
been reelected, and then they realised
why the gavel had been given.
The gavel was made by Franklin A
whaien. superintendent OF the Washing
ton estate at Mount Vernon. and wss
carved from magn6ha-purpura tres
planted near washington's home by Gen.
Lafayette in 1904
The report OF Ralph W. Lee, treasurer,
showed a balance on hand Of s7,6AsL
Mr.. Moran, in his report, urged the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-01-12
Prosecutor Says Killing Of
Physician Was Carefully
Planned Crime.
JEALOUS WIFE ARRANGED IT
WITH EMPEOYES, HE STATES
Asserts Crime Was Fixed for Saturday
Night Before 1t Happened.
Taking of Testimony Begun.
By SOPHIE TREADwEL'

Dy SCI HE lnLAb" LILA
Special to The Washington Herald.
Providence. Jans 11.-An amazing
tragedy In the Mohr case was presented
by the States attorney in his opening
statement to the jury this afternoon
This is the story Attorney Abbot Philips
told these twelve New England men:
That one night a few months ago. at
place not twelve miles away. wealthy
ply ysician was ambushed and murdered,
shot from the back, while his automobile
was stopped by the side of a country
road. That the young woman who was
riding with himswas shot in the same
way. That, as she rose to her feet. she
fell. and as she tried to get up. she
was shot again. That all this happened
in the dark at the edge Of dense wood.
That 1t was done by two negro stable
boys. and that these men did 1t because
a white woman promised them money
for the doing Of it. And that the woman
was the murdered mans wife. And that
the motives that led her to want this
ooacs "cf0 JSoiousys Supioity, feSch8c
and fear.
Arranged for on Saturday Night.
This is the case Rhode Island says It
viii prove against Elizabeth F. Mohr.
Cecil Victor Brown, and Harry H. SPELL
man. While its attorney told it, the
woman accused sat quietly. listening.
Only once did her face change express
sion and that was when Attorney Philips
said: Miss Burger, although seriously
wounded, recovered"
A particularly grewsome feature of the
story was Philips assertion that the muir
der was arranged for the Saturday night
preceding: that the two stable boys were
at the same place in the road that night.
waiting. but that the crime did not hap
pen because the doctors chauffeur sped
By because the intended woman victim.
Emily Burger. wss not with the doctor
thst night.
I'VE will show that DR.. and Mrs.
Mohr had lived apart since March. 1914
We will show that she was always
watching what was going on In her hus-
bands home. especially with reference
to Miss Emily Burger. his housskeeper.
Of whom shs was intsnssly tsalous.''
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EVACUATION
IS DESCRIBED
Turks Shell Allies Heavily as
Forces Finally Leave Cal
lipoi Peninsula.
RED LIGHT FLARE ALONG
LINE AS BIG GUNS BELCH
In Spite of Difficulties. Says London
Press Bureau. Troops An En-
barked in Early Morn.

Special Cable to Ths Washington Herald.
London, Jan. u.-Details of the Anal
evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula by
in the following report of Gen. Sir Chaa
Monroe, given out by the ofiicial press
bureau tonight:
THE Turks attempted q heavy attack
on Helles on January T. In the afternoon
the trenches were continually shelIed.
The bombardment was intense. The
Turks opened heavy musketry IRE
and later sprang two mines psar the
western Bird Cage of 'Fusilier Bluff :
The enemy fixed bayonets all along our
front and the officers endeavored to make
their men assault our lines. They were
only successful opposite Fifth avenue
Of Fusilier Blur ..
'"The Staffordshires repuised their at
tack and q large proportion of the Turks
were killed or wounded. Our casualties
were nve officers and one hundred and
thirty men killer or wounded. Our aero
planes reported that the naval fire on
0oi ASAt hdiih was iiicst dCSufdtc anu
It is probable that the enemy suffered
considerably.
"On the eighth the wind Increased
to thirty-ive miles an hour From mid
night onwards it was only possible to
use tho piers and lighters. 1t was I'm
possible to embark troops in the de-
stroyers alongside the sunken ships
at w. Beach owing to the fact tha,
the connecting piers had been washed
away. Embarkation ut Gully Beach
was impossible. One lighter went
ashore there and the remaining troops
had to march to w. Beach. In spite
of these difficulties the program at
W. and T. beacaes was completed At
$3.50 q m. The troops from Gully
Beach and all the beach parties were
embarked at m
"A hostile submarine was reported
on Cape Helies at . p. m.
"rhs Turkish artillery was silent
during the whole night until the stores
were fred by the time fuse after the
evacuation had been completed. The
Turks then fired red lights along the
line and opened heavy sheiiing OF our
beaches and the second line trenches
The Smelling was continued until after
dAybreak.
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y. c. Even OF CHIHUAHUA CITY, IN q
private dispatch to H NJ Anderson. Of
El Paso. said:
Fifteen Americans were killed by VII
hstaa near San Isabel They were strip
ped Of their clothing, beaten, and then
executed II Is believed that Gen Jose
Rodrieue. led the viIlistss- The foreign
colony IL greatly aroused. and an effort
is being made TO send all foreign women
and children to the United States. It is
reported that three Engiishmen also were
executed. but this has not been con-
hrmed-"
Hears Shrfeks and shots.
First details of the massacre were fur
the party. who escaped and reached Chi
hushua City. Omcials of the Mexican
Western Railway this afternoon received
tbs foiiovins from representatives a,
chihuahua CITY:
"T- B. Holmes, q member of the party
who escapsd and rsacbec here this morn
ing nh tn train was boarded at 4
O'Clock this msrnins by So armed Med-
cans At Kilcmetsr. about forty miles west
Of here. According to Holmes. the seven
teen Americans tn the group wer, ordered
to aiieht. Holmes hid In a lhvstory and
escaped capture. Prom his hiding place
he watched his companions stripped
naked by the bandits. who then ordered
them to march toward the west Holmes
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ANXIETY FOR
BRITISH ARMY
Force of 10000 Troops Be-
sieged by Turks in
Mesopotamia.
RELIEF CUT OFF BY ARMY
OF MUCH GREATER STRENGTH
Two British Forces. Although Only
Twenty Miles Apart. May Be
Unable to Unite.
,ecial Cabls To The Washington Herald.

Special Cabls To The Washington Herald.
London. Jan. 1.-THE British public
awaited with anxiety tonight news Of
the fate of Gen. Townshend's 10000 troops
beseiged in Kut ell Amara, Mesopotamia,
by the Turks. =
The latest statement regarding the sit
uation fails to relieve the anxiety. Gen.
Aylmer's column. which is advancing to
the relief of Kut ell Amara. is confronted
by a Turkish army greatly superior in
numbers. 1t is evident a successful
juncture of the two British forces, al
though they are only twenty miles apart,
may prove a difficult matter.
Dispatches from Constanunopie quote
high Turkish officials as declaring Gen.
Townshend's forces are doomed.
Advices from, the eastern front to the
Turkish war office report the relief Co. !.
ufnn of 5000, which set out for Kut ell
Amara from Imam ali Cherbt has been
checked after furious battle. The Eng
lish lost heavily. The Turks took many
prisoners.
Turks are attacking the British posi-
,tions at Kut ell Amara ceaselessly and
the town is being bopbarded night and
day.
Gen. Aylmars troops are halted at
sheik Said. some twenty <miles from Kut
ell Amara. according tosthe latest ad-
vices. But the halt Is declared due to
weather conditions and the necessity Of
removing the wounded by river.
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LOVCEN FALLS
TO AUSTRIANS
Montenegro Stronghold TAX
en- After Four Days Of
Furious Fighting.
FORCES CLOSING In UPON
GALLANT LITTLE ARMY
Austrians Press Forward from North
and East While Bulgars
Advance from South.
Special Cable to Tas Washington Herald.

SPECIAL Gable 70 The washington Herald. =
London. jan 11.-After four days oi
furious attacks by land. supported by 9
hurricane Of uninterrupted fire from theii
warships. the Austrians have captured
Lovcen is a heavily fortified mountain,
$40 feet high. which dominated and
menaced the Austrian naval base at Cat
tarro, on the AdristIc. 1t is only about
SIX andone-hslt miles west Of Cettinje,
the Montenegrin capital. to which the
way is now practically open.
The Austrians and Bulgarians have
also captured the less important town of
Beran. another Montenegrin place. Tns
Montenegrins confirm the loss of both
places.
1t Is evident. however. that Monte
negro's gallant little army, surrounded on
three sides, Is making its last stand in
the mountain fastnesses.
Austrians Press On
The Austrian troops are slowly and
steadily pressing forward from the north
and east, while the Bulgars are sdvanc-
ing from the south.
A Rome dispatch tonight quotes an
italian military expert as saying:
1T is only a matter Of time when the
Montenegrins will meet the same fate as
the Serbians"
The same dispatch adds:
THE situation is fraught with danger
to Italy's interests. This is admitted
frankly by Gen. Corsi. military expert
of the Tribuna. He points out today
that the subjugation of Montenegro by
the Teutons and Bulgars and the capture
of Mount Lovcen will furnish Italy with
difficult problem when 1t comes to =
final settlement
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descended from the train and made haste
TO escape IN the darkness He had been
walking only a few minutes when be
heard shrielos and a fusslsde Of shots
from the direction taken by the Amers-
cans and their csptors--
Mrs. Holmes. who rves here. received q
telegram from her husband this srter-
noon telling OF his srrivsI IN chihuahua
City.
Recall villas threat.
The belief prevails here that the bsBdits
are a portion Of the detachment Of VIA
soldiers who left Cssas Grsndes some
weeks ago under Gen. Jose Rodriguez 20
rejotn villa who was then supposed 70
be In the mountains around cusihuiris-
chic
II was recalled here this afternoon by
many Americans who knew VIA wen
that he often declared In the last days
Of HIS power. that he would bring on
Intervention by the United States rather
than submit TO Csrranza rule in Mex
leo.
Many Americans here who have made
Mexico their home for years sent the
following telegram to President wilson
today:
The massacre Of nfteen more Aneri-
cans IN Mexico shows the result OF
wsNchful waiting policy"
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COLONEL URGES UNION
Saws Forces Should Unite, Re
gardless of Party, to Gust
Democrats from Power.
DEFENSE TO BE PRIME ISSUE
Dates and Place Of Bull Moose Con
yention Same as Those Selected
by Republican Party.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Chicago, Jan. i1.-As a political entity
the Progressive party will have no ex-
istence in the nation campaign of las
n the Republican grasp the olive branch
which was prorered them today by
George W. Perkins and other Bull Moose
leaders in the meeting OF the national
Progressive committee at Chicago.
That the Prosresslves in their peace ad-
vances are willing to forego a Presidential
nomination for Theodore Roosevelt II
amaIgamation and harmony can be
brought about thereby was revealed in
the following statement of Mr.. Perkins,
made at the conclusion OF the commit
tees session:
We all are hopeful that both parties
will agree upon somebody and it need
not necessarily be Mr. Roosevelt"
This remark was made after Col. Roose-
welt had sent a message to the commit
tee in which he asked them to subor-
dinste party to country and to join
with other forces in waging a conflict to
oust the Democrats from control at the
National Capital
There is crying need" said the Col.
that We shall cast aside all purely
partisan considerations and disregard all
but the vital issues affecting the nation
al life, and shall strive ~hole-heartedly
for a sound Americanisrn. which shall
insist that every man who Is within our
borders shall be an American and MOTH
ing else"
Dates and Place Same.
Immediately after the message was
pad the committee decided upon Chicago
Did June as the place and time for
holding a national convention. This is
the date which the Republican National
Committee has selected for its 1916 con-
yention in Chicago.
Mr.. Perkins during the evening en-
Iarged upon his earlier statement by is
suing another one. in which he defined
what he regards as the issues in the
coming campaign and the relation which
the Progressive following holds to them
He reiterated the party declarations 9,
1872. and then proclaimed the PROPOSE
ton Of national military and naval pre-
paredness as the prime issue of the cam
psisn this year.
Because of the failure Of the Wilson
administration to deal adequately with
national honor and Industrial welfare,
this country faces problems of graver
and more fsr-reaching consequence than
any since the civil war; he said.
1T has stood by while the law of na-
-tions disappeared from the earth with
out adequate protests or resistance"
The Perkins program OF amalzamation
was not put through the committee
meeting without resistance. 1t was only
when William Finn, of Pennsylvania; H.
+. Cochems. Of Wisconsin, and Villa n,
Allen White, Of Kansas City, came to
the assistance Of the project that It was
accepted.
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Victims, Including Three Englishmen Too,
Dragged from Train, Stripped of Clothes,
Beaten, and Then are Executed.
VILLAS SOLDIERS SUSPECTED
Fl Paso Citizens, Aroused Over Outrage Send Wilson Letter
Criticising Watchful Waiting Policy-American Who
Escaped Tells of the Shrieks and Shots
Special to tn. w.ssipst.. Her.ld-

FL Paso Jan 1At least fifteen Americans by
Mexican bandits the mining camp of Cusihurac San Isabel
state of Chihuahua early this morning according reaching
FL Paso' Three Englmen also reported killed
Harry Scobe British consul Chihuahua City tonight
graphed H M. Myles, British consul, here follows:
Fifteen Americans and three English killed San
Isabel fifty miles of here Names and details follow
Collector of Customs Cobb exo representative
Department FL Paso reported Washington story of
the had been confirmed He gave no details
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-01-12
Bread Rations Still Limited.

Berlin Cby wireless), Jan. 1.-THE Ger
man government today Cancelled its an
nounced program for the distribution Of
larger quantities of bread. It was an
nounced that the original bread distribu-
ton measure would remain in effect, but
that sufficient bread rations for all hard
working persons would be provided.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-01-12
Larz W. Anderson III.

Baltimore. Md, Jan Liars worthing
Anderson. of Cincinnati. a cousin OF
Lars Anderson, former United States
Minister to Belgium and Ambassador 10
japan, Is . patient at Johns Hopkins
Hospital Mr.. Anderson's aunt Mrs
Charles Anderson. is a sister of Mrs. VIII
liam Taft, wife of the former President
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Poincare Under Heavy Fire.

Paris. Jan. li.-After trip to the
frst line trenches on the northern
front President Poincare returned to
Paris today. While the French e1ecu-
tive was inspecting the advanced
trenches near Neuvilie st. vaast In
Artois he was under heavy German ar
tillery fre
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-01-12
Youngstown Trouble Over.

East Youngstown. Ohio, Jan. IL
At least SOC Rore men went to work at
the plant OF the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company here this morning.
There was no sign of trouble of any
kind
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-01-12
Ten Per Cent Raise for 1000.

Baltimore. Nd, Jan 1.-THE Maryland
Steel Company announced that on Feb
ruary / the company viii increase the
pay of all its ,workmen approximately 10
per cent The whole force At the plant
about 1000 men. will benefit by the rsise.
as 1t is to include every department of
the plant, 1t was announced.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-01-12
Huerta Lapses Into Coma.

Ell Paso. Tex. Jan. 1l.--Gen. Vic
toriano Huerta, former President of
Mexico. lapsed into = state of coma
at 2:t6 this afternoon following III
ness Of several weeks and his physi-
clans fear that he may not recover.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-01-12
143 broken Killed in War.

Paris, JAN 1.-THE Figaro publishes
statistics showing that l4s stock brokers
have been killed In battle since the war
haRAA
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F1orfds-superior Service via Atlantic
Coast. Line; IN. y & Florida Special
trains daily. Once. lbs N. x. ave. nw.-
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New Meuse Trenches for Germans.

new mouse ArcncAes Ior 0ermans.
Amsterdam. Jan. 1.-THE Germans are
digging new lines Of trenches along the
Meuse and are constructing new forts at
certain points in the western theater Of
war
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-01-12

| 4 BOUT everybody who is really interested in Wash
| ~ ington, the city's and peoples welfare. reads
The Herald. The HERALD averages more than
$4,000 paid circulation daily which most of the
/ best homes in Washington.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-16
RAILROAD STATE
BEFORE COURT
Western Pacific May Be
Sold Now or Held Indefi-
nitely BY the Receiver.

San Francisco. Calf, March IS
The Immediate fate of the Western Pa
cific railroad-whether it shall be sold
now in line with the plans Of the re-
organizing bOndholders or continue in
definitely in the hands of receivers
was argued today before the United
states district court Of appeals here.
There are three actions. The first is
a petition for a writ of mandamus
made by the Equitable Trust company
OF New York. trustee of the first mort
gage bonds Of the Western Pacific, di-
recting judge VIM. Van Fleet Of the
United states district court, to order an
immediate sale of the road.
The second is a petition for a writ of
prohibition, also, asked by the Equit-
able Trust, restraining judge Van Fleet
from forcing the Denver q Rio Grande
and the Missouri Pacific to become de-
PENDANTS to the foreclosure suit brought
by the Equitable Trust year ago.
The third question to be presented to
the court is an appeal from an order of
judge Van Fleet by the Equitable Trust
company, restraining the trust COM
pany from prosecuting a separate ac-
ton against the Denver & Rio Grande
Railroad company and the Missouri Pa
clfic railroad company, to discover the
responsibilities of those companies in
guarantees made on the defaulted
western Pacific bonds and on traffic.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-16
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