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The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
STANDARD OIL GRANTS
10000 A BIGGER wage
New Jersey Company Announces Raise
on Account of High Living Cost.
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New York. Nov. S.-Ten thousand en-
ployes of the Standard Oil Company Of
New Jersey today were granted an in
crease in wages TO become effective Fri
day. The company says the increase is
granted because Of the present high cost
Of living
The Company will maintain the eight
hour day in all departments. The in
crease fer common labor will be from
40 to $50 a day. More than 800 work
ers Will receive this advance. Those now
receiving less than $50 will be increased
in proportion to the increase in the COM
mon labor rate. All other classes will
receive a fat increase of - cents a day
The new schedule affecting unskilIed
labor is greater than that paid by any
Of the big manufacturing concerns, the
company says. Common labor In the
standard Oil plants now receives 81 IA
cents an hour for eight hours. against
- TO = l-2 cents an hour for nine or ten
hours in other plants.
With previous advance in the wage
S""Iv. tho company has increased wages
"t is employSS - per cent since August
I?I5. In nddhon to this. in september
l9l'. the eiCht-hour day with time and a
half for overtime was adopted. resulting
III an Increase cost 10 the company Of
- pc cont. Thus the combined increase
r"H'' scnIS an advance Of 60 per cent in
;no rvSt Of ldbor Of the company.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
rockefeller TO QUIT
AS FOUNDATIONS Chief
Will Be Succeeded by DR.. George E.
Vincent. University President.
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New York. Nov. 2S.-John D. Rookie
felIer. jr.. will resign as president of the
Rockefeller Foundation May Is, 1917. At
that time he win become chairman Of the
board OF trustees.
Mr.. Rockefeller will be succeeded by
Dr. George Z. Vincent president Of the
University OF Minnesota. Announcement
Of DIR. Vincent's resignation from his
present post was made tonight.
Little significance is attached to Mr.
RockefelIer's resignation. 1t was learned
tonight 1t was due entirely to his inabil-
ity to administer to the rapidly growing
work of the Foundation in addition to his
other responsibilities. The Encouragement
will relieve him of a great deal of the
routine work which has fallen upon his
shoulders in the past few years.
The new president Of the Foundation
will devote his entire time to its affairs.
DIR. Vincent comes well prepared for the
work. He is a member Of the general
education board of the Rockefeller Foun-
dation and has been associated with
many of the Rockefeller philanthropies in
recent years
Dr. Vincent has been president OF the
University of Minnesota since 1911. He
is a graduate OF Yale and was for many
Years dean of the Faculty of Arts, Liter
ature and Science of the University of
Chicago
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
ASKFOOD BOYCOTT EMBASSY STIRRED
Club Women's Requests De-
bated by Federation.

Whether a boycott on foodstuffs by
sible plan to combat the high cost Of liv-
Ing was discussed at length last night
at the monthly meeting of the District
Federation of Women's Clubs. House
have placed home embargoes upon COM
modities for which exorbitant prices are
claimed. No action was taken by the
federation.
Mrs. c. F. Wood, the president. be-
lieved boycott would not reduce prices
Requests had been made that club MEM
bers boycott eggs. butter and other COM
modlties, she said.
The cost-of-livng problem promises to
be one of the paramount topics of the
winter, following statements by admins
tration leaders that Congress plans legis-
Iation designed to benefit the consumer
Speaker Champ Clark, who returned to
Washington yesterday. declared he be-
heves there is criminal conspiracy to
raise the price of certain articles OF
food" He doubted that an embargo bill
would pass.
Chairman Fitzgerald, OF the House
Committee on Appropriations, said the
HBnl lOT an embargo Will commence In
earnest when Congress reconvenes. Op-
ponents Of the proposed measure say leg
lslation OF some kind must be passed to
still the growing chorus of protests from
all parts of the country.
The Postoffice and the Agricultural de-
partments lent their agencies to the fight
to reduce the cost of living in plans to
make the parcel post system serve pro-
ducer and consumer directly
= dealers were thrown into
X = ie collapse in prices of
es~} rs and chickens. The
wholest iice OF 2s~rand 80 cents
pound for choice dressed birds drop-
PED to IS cents. Warm weather pros.
poets. dealers said. were largely re-
sponsible. Large receipts of Thanks
giving fowls also added to the gem
eral unessiness OF the market, II was
stated
Eggs sold at ~ and 40 cents, with
weakening market. Butter ad-
vanced to 46 cents for best EIgin.
Dressed chickens went down one
cent to 1s cents and demand was
lighter. Receipts were heavy.
Recommendations as to the Cham
ber of Commerce attitude regarding
increased food prices will be made
this week by an investigating com
mittee.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
STEALS 100000
$25-a-Week Clerk Admits
Thieving to Live Royalty.
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New York. Nov. 2s.-Adolph J. Loeffler.
clerk. 80 years old. today nonchalantly
confessed to having robbed his employers,
Francis H. Leggett & Co.. Of more than
100000 during the past two years.
His almost ''uncanny DESIRE" as he ex-
pressed 1t, to live in luxury. brought his
downfall. Loefrler readily admitted this
to NJ. R. Ryttenberg, assistant district
attorney.
Before Magistrate Marsh, in the Jeffer-
son Market Court. he was charged with
larceny and forgery. He pleaded guilty
and was held without bail for the grand
jury.
Four years ago. he said, he lived in
poverty in a $3.50 room in East Twenty
ninth street. He ate at a cheap restau-
rant and bought his clothing at bargain
sales.
He then was employee. as he was up
to the time Of his arrest. by the Leggett
Company. He started at 3l2 a week
Thus he lived until about two years
ago. when he was given SIS n week.
Then he married a pretty young
stenographer. Although his salary was
still s25 a week. here is the way he lived ::
he had an apartment in " est Eighty
sixth street He paid $50 a month. The
furniture cost him about SIS 900, he said.
Two OF the rugs in the apartment cost
$1,000 each. and he produced bills to
prove it. Tiger skins gave added warmth
to his home.
His bric-a-brac cost many thousands
Of dollars.
He had hveried chauffeur to whom
he paid So week-the same amount he
received from Leggett & Co.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
TRAIN PLOWS THROUGH
CROWD, killing Three
Hits Group of Sixty Munition Work
ers at Kingsland. N: J.
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Kingsland. N. J., Nov ga Lacka-
wanna train plowed through a Eroup Of
GO munition workers on the station plat
form here tonight. and three were killed
four MORALLY hurt and fifteen received
minor injuries.
Passengers on the train were thrown
into panic as human bodies were thrown
in three directions by the locomotive
Several women tainted.
The dead are: Evan Turner, Joseph
Depeza. and Edward Selacio.
The accident occurred at 6:2J o'clock
The munitions workers were boarding a
special train. which was to carry them
TO Hoboken. They were getting into the
cars from the westbound track of the
station in scramble for seats.
None of the men saw the westbound
train bearing upon them until too late
They were caught between the cars of
the special and the commuters train and
moved down. The first three struck to
clogged the wheels of the locomotive that
the rest were simply pushed and hurled
clear of the track. All were empIoyes
of the Canadian Car and Foundry Com
pany of Kingsland.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
Hints That Envoy Should Be
Given Safe Conduct.

The British Embassy is understood 10
have cabIed the London foreign office
Yesterday that the refusal Of safe con-
duct TO Count Tsrnowski. the recently
appointed Austro-H Hungarian Ambassador
to the United States. would have a most
unfavorable effect in this country.
The embassy, it was reported informed
Eiscount Grey, British foreign minister.
that the announcement from London that
safe conduct would be denied had stirred
resentment throughout the United States,
as well as among the highest government
officials.
The British Embassy was credited with
an Informal assurance Yesterday that
England will not arrest Count Tarnowski
II he sails for this country. This step
was taken. it is understood, for the pur-
pose of counteracting the effect of the
British governments announcement and
to make IT easier for England to recede
from her present position.
Secretary of State Lansing announced
Yesterday that he had received from Lon
don officials notice confirming the British
Governments refusal to grant safe con-
duct to Count Tarnowski. Mr.. Lansing
said II was practically the same as pub
lished in the press. but he would not
make public the text.
Mr. Lansing also declined to discuss
what action this government would take.
1t was stated that this government, in
behalf of Austria-Hungary. had request
ed safe cond'St for the new Ambassa-
dor
The United States made the request a.
the representative OF Austria Hungary
and not in its own name
II was said that the State Department
has under advisement several courses
which might be pursued. in eass England
remains oPdurate.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
Simon Wolf HONORED
At NATIONAL BANQUET
Jews From All Parts of Country Pay
Tribute to Washingtonian.

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New York. Nov. S.-Prominent Jews
from all over the country tonight at
tended a banquet at the Hotel Savoy in
honor Of the SOth birthday of Simon Wolf.
for fifty years a leader of the American
Jewry.
For many years Mr. Wolf has been
the Washington representative of the He
brew Sheltering and Immigrants Aid
Society of America, which made him a
man OF national prominence.
President Wilson sent a telegram Of con-
gratulations, which was read at the han
quet. Col Roosevelt also sent a telegram
in which he declared Mr. Wolf was a
citizen worthy of any honor"
The aged leader of the American Jewrv
was presented with a Hebrew Bible
trimmed in gold and silver.
Among the speakers were Arthur Bris-
bane and DR.. Abram Simon. of wash
ington.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
SUSPECTED OF BEING SPY

Baltimore. No, Nov. 2s.-Agents Of the
Department of Justice are making a
rigid investigation into the past life OF
Carl J. W. Marsh, alias william Fox,
alias Carl Miller, IN Jail here awaiting
trial on a charge Of larceny.
Marsh at the time OF his arrest made
statements picturing himself as an ad-
venturer and soldier Of fortune. These
utterances cast suspicion that the man
was in some way connected with the
espionage System Of the German govern
ment. Separate statements made by
Marsh while in jail led local government
agents 20 make examination which has
been completed. The result Of their fnd-
inGs vii be reported 10 the Federal
authorities at Washington within thu
next few days.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
FOOTBALL CLAIMS 6 LIVES,

Chicago, Nov. 2s.-Football claim
ed only six lives in 1916, according to
figures published here. The list fol-
lows:
Fred Wilson. 22,. kicked in head at
Minneapolis on October 16.
Wallace Rowland, is, injured at
weirton, W. Va. November g.
Hiram Cole. 19, concussion of the
brain received in game against Mis-
souri, Military Academy at Mexico,
Mo-, November Is.
Ephraim Angel, 20, broken neck in
practice at FL Centre, Cal, November
21.
Cyril Pritchard. Elgin, Ill, high
school student. concussion of the
brain, November %.
Elmer Carlquist, II, Chicago ANA
teur. tetanus from cut by glass on
November IA.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
GERMAN FORCES
ONLY so MILES
FROM BUCHAREST
Capture Giurgiu, Railway Cen
ter, and Push Toward
Rumanian Capital.
ARMY CROSSES ALT RIVER
Won Falkenhayn's Troops Take Cur
tea De Argos -Rumanians
Menaced.

Less than thirty miles. conservatively
estimated. separate Field Marshal Won
Mackensen's Danube army from Bucha-
rest, Rumania's capital. At his present
rate OF advance, the Teuton commander
will be in a position to train his big guns
upon the city within the next twenty-
four hours
In the face of the approaching siege,
King Ferdinand's government has not yet
fed. The last Rumanian war office state
ment, issued shortly before noon yester-
day. came from Bucharest
In maintaining itself this long in the
capital. the Rumanian government Is set
ting up noteworthy record. defying all
Precedents of this war. furnished by the
Belgian. French. Serbian and Montenegrin
ministries. The effect of this apparent
the crumblinS little Balkan kingdom can
ROT he Overestimated.
Eleventh Hour Comp.
II is this official Rumanian caImness-
'VadcnCed also in the Bucharest war office
- ports which. coupled with vague unof-
teal dispatches. gives rise to the theory
InIt the Rumanian high command plans
an eleVenth-hour coup OF titanic import
aECe. comparable only with Gen. Gallienis
fcsr of 1914 in turning back Won Kluck's
flank and thereby the entire German
army from the gates of Paris to the
Marine.
On the face of events as recorded in
yesterday's official news. however, the
chances of success of such a coup seem
extremely slim.
Giurgiu. thirty-seven miles south OF
the capital, fell to the Teutons on
Monday. Berlin announced yesterday
afternoon. From Giurgiu an excellent
railway leads directly to Bucharest
The first outer forts aimed at by
Mackensen on the route lie only thir-
ty-two miles to the north.
In Rumania our movements are
progressing" was the sole comment
of the German war office in its regu-
lar bulletin late last night.
Mighty Blows Struck.
Meanwhile mighty blows were
struck in quick succession by Cen.
Won FaIkenhayn during the last
twenty-four hours. His center Cross
ed the Alt River. while his northern
army captured Curtea de Argos, an
important railway center whence a
railway runs directly southeast to
Bucharest by way of the important
intersection Pitesci.
The capture OF Curtea de Argos
adds to the flanking menace to King
Ferdinand's northern forces, which are
still battling desperately in the Tran
sylvania foothills from the region
north of Campolung as far as Drag
osIaveIe. Campolung is only twenty
miles northeast of Curtea de Argos.
I'm Rumania our movements are
Argos lies the tomb of King Charles
of Rumania and his consort. Elisabeth
carmen Sylva).
After telling of the crossing of the
Ait and the capture of Curtea de Ar
gOs. the German war office says that
further operations have been initi-
ated, beginning with engagements
that resulted in substantial success
for us"
Meanwhile the Bulgarians have
crossed the Danube at three more
points. namely. Rahova, Lom-Palanka
and Vidin. capturing two Rumanian
towns. Beseht. opposite Rahova, and
KaIafatu. opposite Vidin.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
WAR ON SHOP.LFTERS
in CHRISTMAS CROWDS
Mert Z<%bH With Authorities to
z -. With Store Thieves.

shoplifters will have difficulty plying
their trade in Washington during the
holiday season, as a result of plans made
yesterday at a conference held by As
slstant District Attorney Ralph Given,
charles j. Columbus. secretary of the
Retail Merchants Association, and rep
resentatives of local department stores
All known and suspected shoplifters
will be closely watched during the
Christmas season and all shoplifting
cases will be brought before the Police
Court, where the maximum sentence will
be sought. according to plans made at
the conference.
Maj. Raymond w. Pullman, chief os
police. has stationed plain clothes men
in the shopping district and many private
detectives have been employed by mer-
chants.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
BALTIMORE BoYCoTTs EGGS,

Baltimore, Md. Nov. 2S-BaItimore
housewives have Joined the boycott
against eggs. This was learned from
dealers in that staple throughout the city
today. who claim that the consumers
have shut down almost entirely on their
egg purchases.
THE people simply are not buying
eggs" one of the largest egg dealers in
this city said today. Women come here
and pay the highest price for butter, but
eggs-well, they simply stay in our stores
day after day. The housewives saw they
will not buy them until the price is ma
terially lowered
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
FOR FEDERAL FOOD CONTROL.

Chiraso. Nov. Ex-senator James Ham
ilton Lewis will introduce a measure
at the coming session of Congress pro-
vidnS for the government purchase Of
food and its sale at reasonable price
he SAID today.
His plan is for the government to Of
fer a fair price for food. and IL that is
declined. to condemn and seize it, SUBJ
NIT the evidence to juries, and let them
decide on a just price. He would have
the government establish stations
throughout the country where the food
would be sold 10 the consumer
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
ID VESSELS SUNK in A DAY;
LOSS PLACED AT $11,O72,OOO

Fourteen vessels yesterday
They represent aggre-
gate tonnage calculated at
The calculation close for tonnage
ships three Norwegian craft Bansead OHe Tyn
is inscribed in Lloyds register
In the above total the three Norwegian ships
credited with the modest tonnage of apiece.
Estimating value ships cargoes at the customary
maritime $500 the yesterdays sink
ings reaches the total of
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
EIGHT-HoUR LAW RAPED,

New York, Nov. &.-Yardmasters of
several railroads were witnesses today be-
fore the Board of Arbitration, which is
trying the controversy between thirteen
railroads and $500 switchmen. They all
agreed that an eight-hour day for switch
men would mean a large increase in yard
operation cost to the companies Most
of them thought It impractical
Horace Baker conducted the examina-
ton for the railroads and 8. E. Heberling,
president of the Switchmen's Union of
North America, for the workers.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
MCCORMICK ANSWERS o'LEARY,

New York, Nov. 8.-Vance McCorm,ck
chairman Of the Democratic National
Democratic Committee in the last cam
paign, today filed in the Supreme Court
his answer to the 100000 libel action
brought against him by Jeremiah h
O'Leary.
Mccormick admits he wrote the article
which referred to O'Leary as a "hyphen-
ate" but says he did so without malice
and In the interest Of good American
citizenship.
Mccormick sets forth a COPY of the
telegram which O'Leary sent President
Wilson. accusing him of pro- British
sentiments and telling him that the pri-
mary in New Jersey indicated he was
losing votes.
Mccormick says this charged the Presi-
dent with "disloyalty in violation of neu-
trality and with trucking to the British. -
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
PREPARE FOR s-HoUR PROBE,

New York, Nov. S.-Members of Gen.
George W. Goethals' railroad commission
appointed by the President to study the
effects Of the Adamson law held an in
formal meeting here today with heads Of
the four railroad brotherhoods.
The meeting was purely informal, :"
said Edgar E. Clark, member of the
commission. and also of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. I'VE just wanted
to get some data and prepare for the
formal sitting Of the commission on jan
uary Il"
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
MURDERER'S BODY IN LAKE.

Baltimore. Nd. Nov. 2S.-with a bullet
wound In the right cheek, the body Of
George Louis Praeger, who was being
sougth by the police for the murder Of
Miss Annie Roth, aged q. here, last
night. was found in the Druid reservoir
at Druid Hill Park today. The body has
been taken to the morgue.
The. police believe that after shooting
Miss Roth, Praeger went to the edge Of
the reservoir. where he shot himself, his
body falling into the water.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER,

Huntsville, = 80,
Overton, former clerk OF the Madison
County Circuit Court. today was found
guilty Of numbering Probate Judge Will
lam T. Lawler on June "a. last The
jury recommended the death penalty and
the court set January Il. 1917, as execu-
ton day
Sentence was suspended pending a mo-
ton to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
A. FOSTER HIGGINS DEAD.

Greenwich. Conn. Nov S-A. Foster
Higgins, the well-known New Ydrk fnan-
cier, died at his home here tonight
He was president and re-organizer Of
The Knickerbocker Trust Company OF
New York and director of many. mining
and railroad enterprises in Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
AMERICAN SHIP
SUNK BY U-BOAT,-
CREW is SAVED
Thirty-6ve Men, Mostly U. S.
Citizens, Rescued After
Steamer Is Torpedoed.
VESSEL ALSO SHELLED
Captain Refuses to Lower Stars and
Stripes When Austrians Give
Order.
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CBy the international News servIee.J
London. Nov. A-The American steam
ship Chemung. with q crew Of thirty
five men. practically all Americans. was
sunk by gunfre and torpedo IRE, pre-
sumsbly by an Austrian submarine, on
Sunday morning. near Cabo De Gata,
Spain
The crew OF the vessel were given time
to take TO the boats, and the submarine
towed the boats to within i've miles Of
the Spanish shore. where they were
abandoned The Spanish steamer Ciner
rescued the men and landed them safely
at Valencia. Despite the fact that the
men had drifted in open boats for some
time. they were all well when they
reached shore.
The Chemung was bound from New
York for Genoa and carried q eenersI
cargo. She sunk with the American nag
flying at her stern. Capt John L Du1y
having formally refused to lower II
Cabo De Gata is on the coast OF An
dalusia, Spain.
other Neutrals Sunk
The sinking OF the ChemunE was oose-
ly followed by reports from Lloyd's
telling OF the destruction OF several neu.
trail ships and many flying the nags OF
the allies.
The largest Of these was the British
steamship City OF Birmingham, OF I,sss
tons gross. Loyd's advices said that all
the passengers and crew were saved with
the exception OF a physician and three
members or the crew. who were drown
ed. The City OF Birmingham was last
reported on her arrival In Bombay from
Liverpool on September l. She was I51
feet long. built in 1911, and owned By the
Hall Line, Of Liverpool
Another U-boat victim was the Nor
wegian steamship visborE, Of LII tons
gross Lloyd's announced that the cap
tain and crew had been landed The
captain officially reported ths stezner
,was sunk by q German suhmzr4naL The
visborg was rs feet long and built m
Newcastle IN 1885. She was owned IN
Haugesund. Norway.
TorDedoed by U-Bosa-
Another Lloyd's announcement said
that the captain and crew Of the Nor
wegian steamer Belle Isle Of isss tons
gross. have been landed and report that
their ship was torpedoed by q German
submarine The Belle Isle was hast re-
ported on November as passing Ushant
while bound from Gothenburg for Bill
bao.
Two Greek steamers are included in
Lloyd's list. One whose name is given
as Mihail, but which Is believed TO be
the Michael, was torpedoed on Tinos
Island. one OF the Grecian Archlpeligo
The other was the Christoforos, OF 1854
tons, owned in Pireaus. The captain and
crew landed and reported the steamer
sunk by German submarine.
Among the vessels reported as sunk by
Lloyd's were the British steamer Rhone,
Of 60 tons gross; the Norwegian steamers
Banstead, oilJel and Tryn: the British
steamers Emlynderne and Jerseyman,
and the French sailing vessels Alfred De
Courey, OF le4 tons gross, and Malvins.
of liz tons gross.
The British steamship Ernaston, previ-
ously reported as having been sunk, has
been towed into Gravesend. She was
badly damaged by q mine or torpedo.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
NEWSPAPERS RAISE PRICE.

Pittsburgh, Pa. Nov. 2S-Owing to the
enormous increase IN cost of white pa
per and other materials used in the
production OF newspapers all Pitts
burEh afternoon papers advanced their
prices today to cents. The papcrs in
clude the Sun. ChronIcle-Telegraph and
Leader, and the Press.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
Minimum Wage Demanded.

The Retail Clerks Union, No. 361.
has begun a campaign for q minimum
wage for all female workers. Robert
Ryan. international organizer. of Gin
Cinnsti who is endeavoring to ORGAN
ize Washington walters and walt
resses. declares some hotels pay
walters only SIS . month.