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The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
Eight -YearOld Philadelphia
Boy Murdered in
Marsh.
In NOVEMBER
Anonymous Letter Described
Place Where Body Was
Found Under Brush.
(By the Sun News servfce.)

Philadelphia, May a-The body OF s.
year-old Richard Meekins.. cruelty mis-
treated and murdered by a man who alb
Quoted him November % last. was found
today. A mans handkerchief. knotted
about the child's neck, showed he had
been strangled.
Little Richards body lay, covered by
brush, on a piece OF high land in a marsh.
at a point that is approximately Sixty
ninth street and Botanic road.
The spot is identical with that marked
on a rude map traced on the back OF an
anonymous letter received by the child
victims parents, January g The writer
of the letter said he had kidnapped Rich
ard and intimated he had killed him De-
cember s.
CIew Not Followed.
Detectives had dismissed the letter as
the work Of a crank, and no effort ap-
psrently was made to determine whether
the anonymous writer's drawing. with a
figure to indicate the burial place Of the
boy. bore any relation to the mysterious
disappearance Of the Meekins child.
1t was generally believed tonight that
the letter writer is the murderer. and
that his letter tells the true story Of the
lads disappearance.
1t is hardly within the range Of pos
sibilities, detectives admit, that any one
could draw such an accurate map Of the
marshland and plainly mark ne place of
the lads burial without absolute knowl-
edge Of the topography Of the section and
the burial OF the boy.
A farmer, seeking strawberry plants,
crossed by accident the spot marked on
the anonymous writer's map ard discov-
cred the body. strewn around it wer'
the child's overcoat, cap and other arti-
cles of clothing.
Father Identifies Body.
An hour later. the police were hurrying
to the spot. Parents Of the lad. who
live at 2449 South Sixty-frst street, were
notified. and the father met the patrol
wagon as it carried the body. little more
than a skeleton, to the morgue. glance
at the clothing confirmed his fears
It's my poor little boy" he sobbed.
Mrs Meekins, who has hoped and
prayed for the safe return OF her boy.
is in a state Of nervous collapse. She
had confidently hoped the child would
be restored to her. and at Christmas she
trimmed tree for him and bought some
little gifts. Easter found a bunny in q
basket awaiting Richards return.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
1900 Physicians at Conference

Berlin, via wireless ssyviTe, May a.
Sixteen hundred physicians participated
in the surgeons congress at Warsaw, ac-
cording to advices received by the Trans-
Ocean News Bureau. Among those pres
ent were many university professors and
the chief surgeons Of the Austro-H Hun
garian. German, Turkish and Bulgarian
arrnieS
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
WOULD CENsURE WILSON.
Meth hOdfst Episcopal Conference
Committee Gets Resolution,

Saratoga Springs. n. Y, May 3.-Right
Rev. James w. Bashford, for twelve
years Bishop of China, and Right Rev
Wilson s. Lewis. resident bishop at Foo
chow. China, presented reports Of the
growth OF Methodism in that country at
this evenings session of the general con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
One of the most important resolutions
before the committee on temperance and
prohibition is a criticism Of President
Woodrow Wilson for restoring wines to
the rulers of other nations are making
every effort to restrict the use Of
liquors.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
Would Close Mails to Loan Sharks"

Chicago, May 2-Judge lands todaf
called for the United States district at
torney 10 start an investigation to De-
termine whether loan agents. who have
been collecting from 4oO to 800 per cent IN
terest from men who have come into
the court, cannot be forbidden the uss ox
the mails fer business purpaxsx
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
Russia Shows Good Intentions.

Petrograd, Russia, May 3.-News from
rinis, the residence of the, viceroy of
the Caucasus, Grand Duke Nicholas,
shows that Russia is taking all meas
ures to consolidate the conquered terri
tory and to assure the population, Chris
tian as well as Mussulman, of its ben
evoIent intentions
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
Follows Twin Sister to Grave.

Blueheld, w. Va, Nay S.-Twenty-four
hours after her twin sister, Emily Alb
shire, died, Lizzie Abshlre, previously in
perfect health, passed away. Physicians
say she died OF grief. They were aged
81. and had been inseparable companions
from childhood.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
England Again Rsided.

IN. May "A German seroplAne
this afternoon bombsrded the city Of
Deal. in Kent, on the north sea coast.
The war Office issued a statement this
afternoon declaring that there had been
nine persons killed and twenty-seven In
jured in the raid.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
Stays Babe and Herself.

Ansonia. Conn, May S-Mrs. August
Holzwig. Sc. today killed Adeline, aged s.
a child she had raised from an infant
and expected to adopt today. After cut
ting the girls throat, Mrs. Holzwig COM
mitted suicide.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
APRIL CIRCULATION.

District OF Columbia, SIS:
z. c. ROGERS, business manager of
The Washington HERALD, does
solemnly swear that the actual num-
ber Of copies Of the paper named sold
and distributed during the month Of
April, A D. 1915, was as follows:
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
Comic Opera Star Weds.

New York, May S-Eleanor Painter,
comic opera star, was married to Louis
Graveure, a concert singer, Tuesday
night at the home of her mother Mrs.
]. A. Painter, of 34s Linden avenue,
Flatbush. Brooklyn, 1t became known
today
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
TO PRESERVE BATTLE LINES,
French Government Asked to Care
for Trenches After War.

Paris, May 3.-A campaign was begun
today to induce the French government
to preserve the present French battle
line untouched and to appoint soldiers to
take charge of it after the war and thus
enable 100000 Americans who have ex-
pressed an intention of visiting the battle
field, to see the entrenched line exactly
as It appears today.
The suggested name for the battle line
is The Holy Way"
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
Face Penalties of S525,0 600

Chicago, May S.-Swift & Co. today
faced penalties aggregating $525,OOO, as
the result of verdict returned today in
Judge Landis' court, in which the big
lacking company was found guilty on
all twenty-nine counts Of an Indictment
charging Illegal rates and false billing in
connection with meat shipments into
Afinhixan
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04
LoRnMER ACQUITTED.
Ex Senator Not Guilty of wreckInE
Chicago Bank.

Chicago. May 3.-Former Senator
Lorimer was acquitted by the jury
tonight on the charge of conspiring
to wreck the La Sale Street Trust
and Savings Bank.
In the closing arguments Of coun-
sci. Hayden Bell, assistant States at
torney. excoriated the former Sena-
tor as a smooth and oily criminal who
had used his political and personal
influence to perpetrate gigantic
swindle.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04

CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04

Sports Of all sorts covered
by experts and the COM
plete box scores of the ball
games.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-04

All the News of the World
by Two Telegrsphic and
Cable Services-Al the News
Of Washington.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
WILSON AND BRIDE
LEAVE FOR CAPITAL
President Hurriedly Called from
Hot Springs by Persia
Crisis.

Hot Springs. Va, Jan. 3.-After
HONEYMOON OF sixteen days here the
President and Mrs. Wilson left for
Washington tonight. Their intention
had been TO remain until Wednesday or
Thursday, but the President changed
his plans this morning because Of the
acute situation due 20 the sinking Of
the Persia and other ships by U-boats.
The morning train from New York
brought the private car Colonial, on
which were ". Earl Dodge and Joseph
Hartman, Of New York. Both are TO
remain mere for a fortnight. and Mr..
Dodge offered to release his car for the
use OF the President 4 second Pull
man was attached for the use OF the
Secret Service guards and newspaper
men who accompanied the President
and his bride here. The two cars lett
here at 9:l5 and will arrive IN wash
ington at 7:l5 tomorrow morning.
Five minutes before the train LETT
the President stepped on the observa-
tion platform Of his car and shook
hands with a little group, among "hom
were j. II. Mccullough and McLaln
Hartman, the young son OF Joseph
Hartman.
The Presidents hurried departure
made IL difficult for all those who were
leaving Hot Springs tonight to secure
reseryations; and ex-Assemblyman
Charles Harwood, OF Brooklyn, and hiS
bride. who have been spending part OF
their honeymoon here, were gwen a
compartment on the Presidents tram
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04

ended, and 500 of those were fatalities.
"Thc Board Of Health is doing all it
can to increase preparedness by seat
iering literature, advising against over
crowdinc, overheating, sleeping with
closed windows and drinking alcohols.
With deaths from grip doubling and
,ripling each week for the last month
the prospects for January arc not
bright"
Girls who insist on wearing sheer
silk stockings during the winter are
warned not to follow Dame Fashion TO
the extent of having theiT tonsils re-
moved during the present grip cpl
dcmic. Nowadays it has become the
fashion 10 have the tonsils removed
when a slight irritation sets in said
DR.. d. Bryson Delavan, professor OF
Iarvngologv at the New York Polytechnic,
"but if there must be a throat opera
tion. bv all means delay 1t until the
grin endemic is past. We learned with
costly experience, during the great grip
endemic of 1895 that we could not per
from nasal operations with success
when such an epidemic was prevalent.
At the Good Samaritan Dispensary'
Broome and Essex Streets, DR.. L. g.
Continued on page p column
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
SAVES TWO LIVES
WITH HER LEGS
High School Girl Hangs from
Bridge and Fishes Boy
Skaters Out of Water.

Tighteen-year-old Rose Krauss, OF
8494 Fort independence Street, The
Bronx, hung from a bridge in Van
Cortland Park yesterday and saved
from drowning Clarence and John Car
penter. twelve and ten years old, of 60
Arthur Street, Yonkers, who each
grabbed one Of her legs and was hauled
from the water into which he had
plunged while skating.
The girl went to the park yesterday
with her mother, Mrs. Anna Krauss,
and her cousin, Nettie Black, sixteen,
Of 497 Sixth Avenue. The two girls
had promised to teach Mrs Krauss to
skate. Finding that the lake was
closed they repaired 20 small sheet
Of ice which covered patch Of waste
land near the park.
1--WE had been teaching mother for
an hour" the girl said last night, "and
were just taking of our skates to go
downtown shopping when | heard little
Tommy Martin, who lives next door 70
US, screaming"
Beneath the bridge spanning the
stream which runs through Van Cort-
landt Park John Carpenter was strug-
cling in the water amid the broken ice
through which he had fallen. Miss
Krauss is slim and athletic and She
distanced her cousin in their run 10
the bridge. As she climbed over the
rail and let herself down toward the
water Clarence lost his head at the
plight of his brother and jumped from
the bridge, striking the girl in his iaIl
and splashing into the water alongside
John. They began TO drown in unison.
Catch my feet!" Miss Krauss. com
manded. waving those members IN the
direction Of the boys. Each grabbed
for shoe and caught il. and the girl,
aided by Miss Black, pulled the lads up
TO tie bridge. 49,
Miss Krauss is a graduate OF Wad-
leigh High School, and helps her father
in his work as superintendent OF tEe
Rpreau of Moral and Hygienic Edu-
cation. She has pledged her lie 70 this
work she says. One of her fathers 5
namphlets against the vice traffic or
tbe city carries her picture and the
cantion: Miss Rose NJ. krauss, who
is devoting her life TO helping young
Girls TO see the good there IS IN rght
living"
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
Grip Death List Trebled
in Last Week of Old Year
Number of Victims in Holiday Season Fifteen Times
Greater than Same Period in l9l4-Preparedness
Urged Germ Army Sweeps City

Grip Killed fifteen times as many
this Christmas season rs il did the sea-
son Of 1914 Last week grip caused
three times as many deaths rs il caused
the previous week Pneumonia's raw
ages, though less serious. show a de-
oided increase over the previous week
and over the corresponding week last
year.
Mortality statistics given out by the
Board Of Health last night show that
the victims of influenza in the holiday
week were "a. compared with % the
previous week and 5 for the correspond
ing week last year. Pneumonia caused
395 deaths last week, SOS the previous
week and 277 the corresponding week
last year The deadliness of the grip
outbreak is noteworthy in view Of the
decrease OF deaths from all other
causes from 1897 during last years
holidays to 256 this season.
New York is in a state Of siege from
the grip" said Dr.. Charles +. Bolduan,
director OF Public Health Education,
last night, "and preparedness IS the
word. Il will be worth his while for
every New Yorker to arm himself with
precautions against the invading germs,
for they added 1000 20 New York's al
ready huge casualty list in the week just
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
WOOD HAS RESIGNED,
REPORT IN ALBANY
Commissioners Secretary Sees
Governor.

Albany, Jan. 3.-Public Service Com
missioner Robert c. Wood has rendered
his resignation to Governor Whitman,
according TO a persistent report here
tonight. J. P. Archibald, Commis-
sioner Woods secretary, came here to-
night and al once went to the Executive
Mansion. lie refused to disclose the
reason for his visit to the Governor.
It is believed, however, that he car
ried Commissioner Woods resignation.
The Thompson committee will file
charges against Wood with the Gov
ernor tomorrow. If, however, the Com
missioner has resigned no action on
the part Of the Governor will be neces-
sary. Governor Whitman has irtimat-
ed that ne intended to remove Wood
when the charges were filed, and this
IS believed to have prompted the Com
missioner's reported action tonight
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
Japan WILL SEND
CRUISERS TO SUEz
Squadron to Guard Ships
from U-Boats, Toxic
Paper Hears.

Toxic, Jan. Announcement is
made by the "Jiji Shimpo" that a
squadron Of japanese warships will
sail for the Suez Canal. presumably TO
protect Japanese shipping. Ii is said
the armored cruisers Kasuga. Tokiwa
and Chitose have been assigned Tor this
service.
The decision of the Japanese govern
ment to send a squadron 20 the Suez
Canal follows the sinking of two Jap
anese steamships in the Mediterranean.
The passenger liner Yasaka Maru was
torpedoed OH Port Said on December
21. The freighter Kankoku Maru was
sunk by a submarine OF December 70.
Those on board both vessels were res
cued. The Japan Mail steamship Com
pany. which controls the bulk Of Jap
anese shipping, has abandoned the Suez
route.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
VIENNA PRESS SEES
ANC0NA CASE ENDED
Budapest Papers Believe All
Danger of Rupture Is Over.

Geneva. Jan. 3.-The Vienna news
papers have published the text OF the
new Austrian note to the United States
concerning the steamer Ancona. They
are unanimously of the opinion that
the incident now will be definitely
settled
The Budapest newspapers express the
belief that the note is couchec IN SUI
liciently conciliatory and digniilea
terms. that il will remove al DANCE
of a rupture between the two couctries
and that the United States government
will be pleased with Austria for her
conciliatory attitude.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
REPORT KAISER VERY
ILL AFTER OPERATION

Paris, Jan. 3.-Press dispatches
from Switzerland and Italy continue
to affirm that the illness of En-
peror William is serious. IL -
stated that he YVES operated on last
Wednesday. but the nature of the
operation is not specified.
1t Is stated that the Emperor IL
suffering from a deep-seated affec-
tion of which the cutaneOus erup-
ton is but an incidental symptom,
and that the malady is complicated
by the temperance of his old
throat trouble, which has extended
TO the mouth. II is even asserted
that il will be necessary to provide
him with an artificial palate made
of silver.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
INVESTIGATE CARELESS INCAS
Millions Left Lying Around in Noun
tains Hunted by Federal Men.

Perhaps the Incas stored millions OF
dollars worth Of gold and assorted
treasure in the mountains OF Peru
and perhaps they didn't. Harry Barber
won't tell. lie is a postotiice Inspector
who returned yesterday on the GAIA
mares. after a three months search Tor
the tabled riches. .Lo
In climbing from crag to crag in the
Andes. sometimes az an altitude Oh
$4,000 feet. and in places wheIe 10
white man had ever been, Barber
learned enough about Inca -uins TO
make an antiquarian go mad witn Joy
He told of countless halroreadtn s,. es-
canes that a motion picture manager
would have paid 1000 foot 70 hlm'
but about the Inca Treasury. Depart
ment he was silent. lie explained thaC
he was reserving that part If his story
for testimony in the government
prosecutions Of Raymond McCune' auc
thor of certain prospectuses telling OF
untold wealth that is to be had Tor inc
digging in Peru.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
SULLIVAN SUIT DISMISSED
Neither Side Was Ready to Proceed
with Mrs. Mohr's Sj,i00 Action.

Justice Shearn yesterday dismissed
the suit against the estate OF Iimothy
D. Sullivan by Mrs. Sarah G. Mohr for
S. 400. which she said was due her un-
der an agreement with the politician
that he would pay her $4,000 II she
would not marry until her daughter
was sixteen years old.
Mrs. Mohr was known for many years
as Mrs. Sullivan. The daughter IS now
Mrs. Mabel Raynor. Her mother, WSln,0,
did not marry until the alleged child
of Big Tim was seventeen years oiu'
received $4,000 on account OF the
agreed $4,000. IL, .oi.hor
Mrs. Mohr nor the executors oil the
Sullivan estate were ready TO proceed
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
BRITAIN IN CHARGE
OF ALLIES CREDITS
Gold Reserves of France and
Russia at Her Disposal.
By YVES GUYOT.

Paris, Jan. 3.-A new financial agree
ment is understood 70 have been nego-
tiated by France, England and Russia
according TO which England assumes
charge of regulating the credits of
three countries with neutrals for NUM-
tions, commerce and the general eS-
terror debt. BY this agreement France
and Russia must put their gold re-
serves at the disposition of England,
which will return them after peace is
signed.
Russia is to send 5O,000,0OO francs
and France l25,00O,000 TO London every
month. Ny information is that this
plan is not yet effective IN Russia, but
that as soon as it goes into operation
il is expected 10 have a very beneficial
effect on Russian exchange.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
MONTACU AND TEN
OTHERS ARE LANDED
Survivors of Persia Total 1863,
According to p. & 0. Figures.

London. Jan. 3.-The Peninsula &
Oriental Steamship Company has re-
ceived a dispatch from Malta saying
that eleven more survivors Of the
steamer Persia have been landed, in
cluding Lord Montagu.
The survivors of the Persia now
total lG9.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
BRITAIN HOLDS U. S. WOOL
Refuses to Give License for Shipment
of Half a ,iilliOn Bales.

London, Jan. 3.-Licenses for the
shipment OF English wool, Australian
cross-bred wool and tops and merino
tops 10 the United states are not being
granted. x s believed tina. American
purchases this season in the Cape and
Australia and New Zealand, estimated
at hall million bales, will not all be
allowed to be shipped.
The woods bought privately upcoun-
try are the first TO be Disseminated
against
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
S4,OOO,o0O JEWELS
LOST ON THE PERSIA
Gems OF Maharajah of Kapur-
thala at Bottom Of Sea.

London, Jan. 3.-A Cairo dispatch
to the Evening News" says that the
jewels Of the Maharaiah Of Kapurthala,
valued at 100000 ($4OO0,O0O), were
lost aboard the steamer Persia.
The members Of the Maharalan
suite were aboard the ship, but the
Maharajah himself intended TO JOIN
them at Port Said.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
KING CONSTANTINE BETTER
German Physicians Leave Athens on
Greek Torpedo Boat.

Paris, Jan. "a Hayas dispatch
from Athens says that the German
physicians Of King Constantine-Pro-
,essor Kraus, Of Berlin. and Professor
Fiselberg. of Vienna-are leaving TO-
day on board torpedo boat.
The physicians announced last niSnt
that the Kings condition was most SAT
isfactory.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
loco. e9n OO0 Heart Balm.

Washington. Jan. "a $4,000 vel, yer
d;ct for breach OF promise which Mrs.
ida ida NJ McNahb OF Milwaukee, won III
the District Supreme Court here 81 sev-
ersI months ago against John ); KIN
oov millionaire mine owner and lum-
beI man of Palatka, Mich, was re. re-
versed to-day by the Court OF Appeals
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
Wilson Returns TO Face Growing U-Boat Crisis;
Four More Steamships Sunk in Mediterranean
MISS ANNA ALEXANDRA HURT
Society Girl Thrown from Sled While
Coasting at Lcnoy.

by Telegraph 70 Tho Tribune
Lcnox, Mass, Jan. g. Miss Anna i.
Alexandre, daughter of Mrs. John l..
Alexandre, of 26 West Thirty eighth
street, New York, was badly hurt while
coasting at the Lenox Club to-day. Miss
Alexandra was thrown from her sled
on a steep incline at the golf links. She
struck the ragged frozen surface OF
snow ON the left side Of her face and
her lips were cut open. DR.. Henry Colt,
Of P.ttsficld, closed the cut with four
stitches.
She viii be confined 10 apartments in
the clubhouse for few days. DR.. Colt
believes that her injuries will not cause
any facial Disagreement.
New-York tribune., 1916-01-04
Real Republican Must
Lead, X-PreSident'S
Warning.
BETTER TO LOSE
WITH A REGULAR
Choice of Any but a
Straight Party Man
Called ASburd.
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silence OF Regulars Misleading.
81 take the liberty Of putting what
follows i'm quotation marks, Tor the
sake of simplicity. 1t may be accepted
as presenting Mr.. Taft's opinions with
out committing him TO the language:
Regular Republicans have shown
no disposition TO make themselves con-
spicuous in the political discussions OF
the day. Assured of the survival of
their party. of its rehabilitation and
restoration TO position of aggressive
ness and miitaucy, they have been
careful TO throw difficulty into the path
of the returning brethren.
"'Their silence seems to have been
misinterpreted Leaders OF the old
Progressive movement have taken ad-
vantage of il for purposes Of self-ag-
grandIzement. And some of the lead
ing men of Congress. although not
identified with the Progressive defec-
ton. anxious 10 remain in the good
graces of both factional elements, have
been playing a game of good Lord and
good devu"-a game that can't be
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