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The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Those BABYLON GIRLS
were GREAT FUSSERS'
Prof. Torey Knoxville Found Hair
pins in the Ruins.

Try the International News Service. ,
st. Louis. Mo-, Dec. 29-The SWEETEST
girls of ancient Babylon will blush all
over when the things Prof Charles =.
Torey. Of Yale University said about
them are ferried across the river Styx
The professor gave the old girls away
In an address before the Archaeological
Institute Of America. in session here.
Here are few of the things he SAID
about them:
They spent hours dressing their hair
centuries before they thought of wear
ing much clothes.
They fused their hair all up in ring
lets, "Gaby Curls." love locks. Greek
knots. top knots and marcel waves IN
theirs pursuit OF the gay boys spending
money along Eabylon's white way.
They ado.nd the bald headed BOYS be-
cause the ancient gods were supposed
to be bald headed.
Pr~f Tcrey got his inside dope about
hair-dressinE in Pa5yion hy prodding
ancient ruins. lie found hairrins buried
in the rock starta several layers below
strata i'm which buttons were found.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Peter "Sleeps" Himself
Into Ticket to Chicago

Steubenville, Ohio, Dec 29.-when Peter
Barblatch, y, a local machinist, stepped
from Pan Handle train here relatives
and the police learned he had been on a
"somnambulistic Journey" Barblatcn
mysteriously disappeared more than a
week ago. He explained the mystery as
follows:
Il must have arisen in my sleep and
made my way to the railroad yards.
can recall nothing of my movements
until l woke up 200 miles from this city
on train that was speeding westward.
l remember buying no ticket. yet I
found one in my pocket, but l was rid
ing on a freight train.
Il continued my journey to Chicago
where l remained several days, and then
took a train for home. can't under
stand how I managed to get dressed
but when 1 awoke 1 had on all my
clothes"
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Why Didn't You Say 1t
Fore Thanksgiving, Dean ?

New York, Dec. 29.-Cursing on the
football field should be as much out of
place as it is in the classroom in the
opinion of Dean lie Baron K. Briggs.
of Harvard University
There is no more reason" Dean
Briggs told the 2CO delegates, why the
teachers of football should curse his
pupils than why the teacher of civics
should curse his. who may be quite as
exasperating; and there is every reason
why the leader. whose manners and con-
duct are more catching than are those
of others. should lead straight whether
on or off the field.
There may be reasons why the athletic
coach should not have three times as
much salary as the professor OF Greek,
but there Is no inherent reason why he
should not hold a position Of equal dig
nifty
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Telegraph Tips

Zurich. Dec. 29-It Is reported fro,,
Jassy that a new Roumanian cabinet ha $
been formed with NJ. Brattiano as
premier and foreign minister
Rom", Dec. 29.-Reports that the PapaI
Nrncto at Vienna had informed the
Vienna newspapers that the Austrian;
Emperor had requested him to ask Pope
Benedict to intervene for peace and tina;
the Pope had given a favorable reply,
were denied today
Boston. Dec. 29.-News of the loss ir
storm of the former Boston 9 hoouer
Fannie Palmer. while on a voyage from
Newport News to Carthagena, Spain,
was received here today.
Paris. Dec. 29.-The Socialist Congress.
has adopted a resolution calling upon
the government to pursue a more vigor-
GUS policy. both as regards military
operations and economics. so that the
war may be brought to a close more
quickly.
Hagerman. Texas, Dec. 29-The Hager-
man State Bank was robbed by five
bandits early today. They blew open the
safe and escaped in a motor car with
$4,000
London. Dec 29-The purchase OF the
drink trade by the government Is be-
fieved to be imminent, says the Daily
Express. 1t estimates the cost at about
81, 10000.
Toronto, Dec. 29.-The King street
barns of the Toronto Street Railway were
burned today with loss of $1,000 OOG.
Three hundred cars were destroyed.
Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 29.-Thomas Cas-
grain, former speaker of the Canadian
Parliament, and for many years a resi-
dent of Detroit, Mich. died here today.
Cleveland, Ohio. Dec 29.-Seven men
were hurt and twenty shaken up when
the trailer OF st. Clair avenue car
jumped the track and hit q telephone
pole early today.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
.CREEPS Up ON MANIAC
With CHAIR AS SHIELD
Detective Wrests Gun from Man Who
Shot Doctor.


Baltimore. Dec. 29.-The capture lat,
today of George G.. Gantz. the Prince
ton graduate who shot his physician and
held the police at bay for six hours,
was accomplished through the daring
of a single member of the Baltimore po-
lice force
1t was Wesley CTcamer. a detective
who finally entered Gantz's home at 353
Rosebank avenue, Govans. and disarme,!
the craZed man.
The final assault of the police evil
dcnCed skill at guerilla warfare. Dur
ing the afternoon they had sought to
exhaust Gantz's supply of ammunition
hut he fired only when good opportunities
offered. Nearly every window in tn,
house had been shattered by the exchange
of shots.
Finally the detective. backed by tw1
policemen, entered the house. They car
ried as armor heavily cushioned arm
chairs behind which they crouched AS
they crept into the door. Creamer made
his way slowly from room to room in
the quiet house until he came upon CAN'T
at the foot of the stairs leading to the
attic. Gantz held a pistol in his hand
but the detective grappIed with him and
disarmed him after a violent struggle.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Will Dance to Music
Coming Via Wireless
lBy the InternntIonaI Now. serxic,

CBy the international News Service.
New York, Dec. 29.-The wireless tele-
phone will furnish music for a dance
tomorrow night at the home in Morris
town, y. j., of Theodore Gaty, vice pres
ident of the Fidelity and Casualty Com
pany Of this city.
The music will he transmitted by radio
telephone from Highbridge, New York
City. a distance of thirty-one miles.
Before inviting his guests, Mr. Gaty
heard a successful test of the powers
Of the apparatus to transmit music
through the air to his home. 1t is said
that the wireless music dance will be
the first of it's kind.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
NO RAIL STRIKE
WITHIN so DAYS,
UNIONS PROMISE
Second Strike Vote of Big
Four" However, VIII
Be Taken.
LEADERS SEEM WORRIED
No Settlement Until Men Give Roads a
Taste Of Their Power" Says
Trainmens Representative.
By the Intern.tIopar New. service,

| 'by the international News SeryIeel
New York, Dec. 8.-No general strike
will be called on the country's railroads
on Monday or within two months OF that
date. But a second strike vote Of the
10000 railroad employees will be taken
The four brotherhood chiefs came to
this decision today, following a fiat re-
lection of their demand upon the ma
tional conference Of railway managers
that the Adamson eight-hour law be
placed in operation Monday.
The men are gradually coming to the
conclusion that the railroads are deter
mined to make them victims OF a bam-
boozling scheme" heatedly asserted a
brotherhood representative 1T was
made plain at tOday's unsatisfactory con-
ference that the railroads intend to hIock
indefinitely the placing In operation OF
the Adamson act This without regard 10
the decision Of the Federal Suprems
Court.
Must show Their Power.
There are those OF US who believe
that this question OF decent hours and
decent wages will never be settled un-
til our organizations give the railroads a
taste OF their power 1t is for this rca-
son that circular was sent out to-
day which amounts practically to a new
strike referendum"
The circular signed by Messrs. Sheppard.
Stone, Lee and Carter stated the belief
OF the brotherhood heads that the rail-
roads intend to block the attempts or
President Wilson TO give US a square
deal" and added
you. warrant a r,Newal and immediate
enforcement Of the general strike order
put in the hands OF your chiefs last
spring.
1t is not expected that the result o,
the new referendum will be In the hands
of the leaders before February l., lsli.
or later.
The brotherhood heads issued stat
ment this afternoon in which the"
charged that the roads have nullifed the
Adamson law by their pending liuEa-
tion.
Won't Discuss Vote.
No recommendation whatever was
made in the circulars, according TO Var
ren s Stone. chief Of the engineers. u"
also refused to give fuller explanation
Of the statement
Us the strike vote still in effect" he
was asked.
Il don't care 10 say anything about
that was the reply
II was said that the four chiefs may
give out another statement today or to-
morrow in Cleveland
The railway managers were not dis
turhed by today's action OF the men.
Said one OF their representative:
There may be minor outbreaks Mon
day. Rut no general strike l. feared.
IF you read between the lines OF te-
days statement you will perceive that
the brotherhood heads are losing their
former enthusiasm for the AdsmsOn Law.
They realize that under its provisior,E
We can enforce an eiEht-hour work day
uTon passenger as we'll as freight cm-
pIoyes. This is something that did not
occur to them when the law was framed
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
This Girl Took Six Weeks
To Go to Corner Store

Grand Rapids. Wis, Dec. 29.-Anna
Pollock, Is years old, who was sent by
her mother to the corner grocery six
weeks ago to buy a pound of crackers
and hurry home. suddenly reappcared
yesterday. walking away from the cor
ner grocery with her pound of crackers.
With her was the same pet dog which
had accompanied her when she left
home. Her hair was plated IN the same
way. but she wore different dress.
She said she had to hurry home with
the crackers because her mother was
waiting for them. When she was asked
where she had been she insisted that she
had not been away at all
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Senator Seeks to Save
55-Year-Old Whiskers

Senator Brandegee. of Connect
cut. has interceded to save one of
the finest sets of whiskers extant.
1t has been worn since the civil
war by Henry Jarvis. a guide IN
the State. War. and Navy Build
Ing here.
Col. W. W. Harts. in direct
charge Of the guides and watch
men at the State. War, and Navy
Building. has ordered the beard re-
moved.
Jarvis has appealed to Senator
Brandegee for q transfer to the
Interior Department Building. The
Senator has asked for the trans
fer, and the fate of Jarvis beard
hangs in the balance.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
FRE'K MEMS STYLES
COMING BACK AGAIN
But-We Sighl-There Will Be No
Padded Shoulders.
periaI To- Thr Washington Herald.

Special t. ThH Washington Herald.
Cincinnati. Dec. 29.-Are freak styles IN
mc-s clothing coming back next year
No less an authority than irving l.
Frankel. of Cincinnati. president of the
tisnaI Association of Clothing Design
ers, believes that American men ar6
about due to GO of on another sartorial
spree"
Further. he believes 1t win be catch
ing in the fall or winter of 1917.
I'VE have had n sample of freaks
In the coats adorned with buttons and
the pat, pockets worn a few years
ago. said Mr.. Frankel
DO you remember the faring coat
= Irts? Then the balamacan Overcoat
came into vogue, and now we have with
US the trench Overcoat. made popular
by the war
Overcoats and suits for next fall and
wi ter will not have padded shoulders
Frankel says.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
On Capturing a Burglar
Always Feed Him First

!, New York Dec. 29.-The first thing to
be done when one finds a hungry boy
burglar, In the opinion of DIR. Edward Al
bright, of 267 West Seventh-nlnth street,
is to feed him. DIR. Albright found a
yOungster in his apartment at o'clock
yesterday morning
why did you break in here?' asked
the doctor
I'm hungry and can't get job" re-
piled the boy
'All right, then I'll give you some
thing to eat" replied Dr. Albright.
So when breakfast was served to the
boy burglar he ate his fill.
The boy was turned over to the Chill
dren's Society.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
TEUTONS DRIVE
AT ENEMY WING
Mackensen Rolling Up South
ern Russo-Rumanian
Line.

The momentum OF the Teuton offen-
sive against the Sereth line has sudden
ly switched far to the north of the scene
of the great five-day break through"
battle.
With the elimination of that battle,
consisting in the capture of the big rail-
head at Rimnicu-Sarat, the period of
strategic 'feelers" was terminated in the
last thirty-six hours, Mackensen,
prompted by the swift succession OF
events furthering his plans, showed his
hand"
From the mountainous region around
the town of Sosmezo. just above the
northermost tip Of the Transylvanian
Alps. there was set into motion early
yesterday an evidently powerful force OF
Teuton infantry under Gen. Gerck. As
II only the field marshars ''vorwaerts''
had been needed, this column pushed
promptly forward, driving due east, cap
turing heights after heights and driving
the surprised Russians further and
further against the middle Sereth
Fourteen hundred Russians fell into
Gerok's hand in the initial onrush of his
army and eighteen machine guns and
three cannon were captured.
Moreover from the Petrograd war Of
flee came the ominous admission that In
this area the enemy's advance continues
at several points,
Rolling Up south Wing.
T. German official report makes Il
clear that this sudden offensive between
the Carpathians and Pennsylvania is "in
coordination with movements in great
Wallachia."
To Gen. Gerok evidently has faller
the chief part in Mackensen's plan tc
roll up the entire Russian southern
wing. to clear Southern Galicia. the Bu-
kowina, the Carpathians and Transyl-
vania of MuscOVities. and to make pos
sible the piercing of the Sereth line and
the subsequent drive at Odessa
From Rimnicu-Sarat, Falkenhayn's
troops. constituting the now famous ninth
army, are fastening at top speed north
ward to reinforce Gerok. should the Rus
slams stop him as they will undoubtedly
try. Already Bavarians and Austro- Hun
gary troops, under Kraft Won Delmen-
singer, on the left wing of the Ninth
army. have pushed thirteen and a halt
miles beyond Rimnicu-Sarat to Dumitresci
some forty-nine miles from where Gerok
Is driving eastwards.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
PYTHIANs TO GIVE AWAY BABY.

Saugus, Mass, Dec. 29.-The annual
ball of saugus Lodge, Knights of Py-
thias, next Monday night, will be fea-
tured by the presentation of a baby to
some desirous couple.
The identity of the three lodge mem
bers who will select the baby's foster
parents is as deep secret as Is the
whereabouts of the infant, whose adver-
tised disposition has set the whole town
astir.
Since it first became known that the
ball committee had decided to present
the infant to some deserving couple -
little else has been talked of here.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
16 PLANES FOR HERTEAUX.

Paris. Dec. 29.-Flight Lieut.. Herteaux
of the French air service, has brought
down his sixteenth aCroplane. the war
Office announced today in a communique
devoted to aviation.
Five German machines were brought
down in air fighting on December g
One OF these fell victim to Lieut. Loste
who has now accounted for six hostile
machines.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
"CRARLE" SABN, JR.,
GLAD father IS WE'D
Cannot See Why Divorced Mother Is
Excited.

(By the International News Service
New York, Dec. 29.-The marriage an
nounced yesterday of Charles II. Sabin,
president of the Guarantee Trust Conn
pany. and Mrs. Pauline Morton Smith.
daughter of the late Paul Morton. meets
approval at least from one member of
the Sabin family.
Charles H. Sabin. jr.. son of the bank
president, warned reporters today from
attempts to interview his mother with
whom he is stopping during a vacation
from college. She obtained a divorce in
October.
Mother is pretty angry about this
thing" he said. Il wouldn't dare let YOU
see her She has a frosty tongue take it
from me. I'm as pleased as can be.
believe father is going to have a nice
home now and that is more than he has
had for long time.
Did know Mrs. Smith? Sure, knew
her-and she's n peach: fathers been
around with her a lot. We all knew her
We expected this. That's why I don't
see why mother should get so excited
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Here Y'are, Girls! They
Call 1t "The Toddle"-
Four Back-Then Pivot !!

New York, Dec. s-The tango is
obsolete-like red-flannel underwear and
hoop skirts
1t Is THE Toddle" that will seize gay
Gotham-four steps backward, pivot
there's where the trouble starts. Before
long though. even mothers will be in
structing their children to "toddle along"
The new gyration was officially de-
scribed today by G. Hepburn Wilson,
president of the National College OF
Dancing, as a cross between a one-step
and an old-fashioned clog
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Don't Beat Friend Wife!
1t Costs Dollar a Pound

Pueblo. Colo. Dec. 2S-The cost of
wife beating Is w. and it bears unfairly
on various individuals. A dollar pound.
wife's live weight, is the latest quotation
as officially fixed by a magistrate in a
Pueblo court.
Magistrate Crossman, OF Pueblo, was
passing on the case of James Arris Mr..
Arris had a wife who, he testified, dis
obeyed him. BEING gentleman of spirit
he beat her.
How much do you weight" the magis-
trate asked the frail little woman.
"One hundred pounds" she said.
The ma masistratc. turning to Mr.. Arris
said. You are fined 800. That's 2
dollar A pound. and next time it may
cost you more"
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
Maybe Uncle Sam Could
Make EN- Lay, at That |!

Milwaukee. Dec. 2e-Governmcrt own
eIship of hens was declared to be more
timely than Federal ownership Of rail-
roads. telCTr0ne and telegraph systems
and other utilities by P f. sunny. prcs-
dent of the Chicago Telephone Company.
IN III address tonight in the University
Club.
The average person is more inter
ested in the price Of eggs than ne is in
the regulation of freight rates or the teIa-
phone or other utilitics." declared Mr.
Sunny
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
ALLIED CRUISER LINE
CLEAR ACROSS OCEAN

New York, Dec. zg.-Beeause Of
the reports OF the activities of
German raider I'm mid-Atlantie, the
British admiralty has caused
patrOIiing fleet to guard the entire
length of the steamship lanes.
This means that allied cruisers are
drawn out I'm a long line from
Halifax to Liverpool, with auxII-
iRry fleets guarding the entranees
to Important American harbOrs.
Not since the outbreak of the
war has there been such n large
fleet of cruisers on patrol duty.
Ii consists for n large part of
merchantmen that have been
secretly converted into auxiliary
cruisers.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
" Automatic Wedding" Is
New Eugenic Wrinkle

Chicago. Dec. 29.-Social workers and
club women here are debating. the mer-
its of two proposals to eliminate iIIe-
gitimacy made before the Illinois Wom-
ems Congress.
The DR.. Lucy Waite automatic mar
riage BILL" which provides that the birth
of q child shall operate Automatically
to marry the parents is one. The other
Is the Castberg law (Norwegian), which
gives to the child born out of wedIock
its fathers name and provides for its
support but does not enforce marriage
between the parents
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
RUSS REGIMENT LOST
when ship HITS Mine
Second Liner Goes Down in Bay oi
Finland.
CBy the International New. Service.

CBy the International News Service.)
Berlin Cvia Sayville). Dec 9.-An EN-
tire Russian regiment of coast artillery,
about 1,50o men, with the exception OF
hfty. was lost when the Russian steam
ship Oihonna struck a mine near the
Gulf OF Finland. according to a Copen-
hagen dispatch to the Frankfurter Zeit-
ung. One thousand horses were also
drowned.
Many persons lost their lives in the sink
ing Of another liner in the Finnish Bay,
The dispatch says. Both disasters are
attributed to badly fixed Russian mines. :"
The Othonna was a Russian steamship
5wned in Helsingfors. She displaced l.O76
tons and was built in 1895. The vessel
was en- route from the Oakland Island
% Helsingfors and sank in a few minutes.
utes. The second liner was plying be-
tween Abo and Markham.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
ARSENIC BREAD POIsONs NINE

Vineland, n. j.. Dec. 29-Frank Mauro.
his wife and seven children. of Landis-
vile, near here. were all found in their
home writhing in agony from arsenic
poisoning, the children, to 70 years
cid, in dying condition. Today all but
two of the children are thought to be
out of danger.
The family blamed the bread for their
ailment. A physician had some of the
bran of which 1t was made anaIyzed and
1t showed a considerable percentage Of
arsenic.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
LEAVES WEDDING TO ENLIST

Laredo. Texas, Dec. "a party of
flfbusters who crossed into Mexico sew.
eral days ago. held up a wedding party
twenty miles south of Rodriguez Wed.
nesday afternoon. lined up the priest
civil authorities and bridal party and in
vited them to join in fishting Carranza
One OF the attendants volunteered
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
THREE-DAY WIDOW WEDs,

Boston. Dec. 29.-Three days after the
death and a day before the burial of
Daniel ]. Sullivan. retired policeman and
civil war veteran, his widow applied for
her second marriage license.
The Sullivans were estranged for four
years, the husband living at the Sol
diera Home here.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
WOMEN TO DEFY POLICE.

Chicar E-That informat ton on
birth cont J.. already disseminated secret
ly in Chicago. will be given out publicly
and arrest. courted as a test has 49,
cijt;T ~ -. ing OF club women.
DIR. Anna Blount. a physician. offered
herself as a sacrifice. Lawyers declared
they did not believe a conviction could be
obtained in Illinois
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
BOY SHOOTS wIFE's ADMIRER.

Youngstown. Ohio. Dec. 9.-waIking
into an ice cream parlor where he found
his wife drinking soda with a. old cd
'mirer. Edw-rd c. F7rch. 70. TO-DAY shot
and killed T., RI +. Mitchell. "a
Enoch called the coroner's office and
told them to remove the body. Then
he surrendered to the police.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-30
EARTH SHAKES FOR MILES

Sapulpa, Okla, Dec. 2e-ExpIosion OF
wagon load of nitrogylcerine bound
FOR the oil fields has shaken the country
fer miles around, Two men with the
wagon probably were blown to atoms,
as no trace of their bodies has been
found.