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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
ONE POINT WINS FOR UNION.
Basketball Team Defeats Rcnssr.
laer Poly - 10 30.

SCHENECTADY, y. Y, Jan. S.-Union's
Basketball team won from Rensselaer,
polytechnic institute here last nigh, b.
@ score Of ~ to 20 in one of the fastest
games ever played in Unions new gym
nasium. Ininn led throughout the first
half and in the second half, with five
minutes I" PLAY the score stood Union,
is Rensselaer,. -.
Woolsey, the hig centre Of the Troy
team. bruk" away and scored three sue
ccssivc field baskets. tieing the score,
McManus scored two more and cant,
thinner mhd" II ~ to 90 in Ilensselaer'a
favor by scoring from the foul line
with ON" minute to play Scoby scored
the deciding point won on "A field basket
The Washington times., 1916-06-17
M|STLETOE MUST GO,
/. IS SCIENTISTS ED|CT
Campaign for Elimination Of
Cupid's Aid to BashfuI Low
ers Inaugurated.

A campaign for elimination OF
mistletoe. cupid's aid for bashfui low
ers. was inaugurated today by pro-
sale scientists of the Department OF
Agriculture.
Utterly unmindful OF the mistle-
toes past services in bringing Joy to
youthful hearts. and kisses TO youth
full lips. the bearded scientists declare
the plant must go.
The mistletoe 10 q forest pest"
the department says in q bulletin to-
day. Then II goes on to say that the
mistletoe has damaged some confer
Gus trees in the northwest" by reduc-
ing the leaf surface and stunting the
trees In height and diameter.
Therefore. the mistletoe must 90.
say the scientists. and they have is
sued q lengthy bulletin, full Of ions
words and technical description ex-
blaming Just how 1t may be extsr-
1t is known that some Of the bac-
THEOLOGICAL experts of the Depart
mont OF Agriculture have shared the
Views OF brother scientists In other
Government departments that the kiss
is insanitary. unsafe. and unnecessary
this attack on the mistietoe az a mere
subterfuge. designed to cloak q crusade
But the Department OF Agriculture
bulletin has nothing to say whatever
about the twining Of mistletoe about
kissing. The department Ia bent on
saving those coniferous trees In the
northwest no matter how many hum
cry lips 70 unkissed.
The Washington times., 1916-06-17
BY MONTE w. SOHN.

Haynes held the ground a. though
II were running on tracks. The c6n-
slant curves bothered Il not at all
II held true to the master touch at
tho wheel on turns taken at fifty
miles an hour.
6:1s saw Metuchen's outskirts.
Gish iii fresh cigar. and, still
hunched over the wheel. gave the car
more gas. 65-5s-eo-Ss. The Haynes
tore along. Higbie grunted. -
travelling" and held his peace.
Trees. houses. telegraph poles new
by In frenzied panorama like a NOV
ing picture with an operator gone
mad. There was no sight and no
more sound than the wind and the
out.
A bridge. . scattering OF houses,
New Brunswick-6:26-andt then open
road again. Duckstein bent over the
above the wind. Gish nodded. The
car new along.
Stop for Gas and OIL.
Monmouth Junction. Trenton,
Langhorne dropped back In rapid
succession and at 7:3o the distance
showed Philadelphia looming through
the light morning haze. Twenty
three minutes later the Haynes
crossed Broad and Diamond streets
In tho Quaker City.
Two hours and thirty minutes to
Philadelphia!
% Bradley" said Duckstein. '.have
q sandwich" Gish shook his head.
Nope" he srunted without turning,
and lit fresh cigar.
Darby. Chester, Marcus Hook at
s:42 and q stop for gasoleno and oil.
Three minutes gone.
Wilmington Mt s:o6. A swift patch
OF green panorama at seventy
mile an hour. and then Elsmere
Junction. Another minutes wait for
for a freight train. indifferent to
ord.breaking automobiles.
Marshalltown at GIT O. m. and
another delay Of three minutes for
freight train Of sixty cars.
Havre dc Grace 10:3o; reeling land
scape for a brief hour. and Baltimore
at 1:23.
The End Of the Run.
Hyattsville at 12:23. Fifteenth and
II streets at 12:s2. and when the car
rolled into r street at Thirteenth at
1910 .. m, q new record OF seven
hour and twenty-six minutes, clip
ping one hour and twenty-six min
utes from Terry's record with the
Apperson Jackrabbit. one year ago.
The Haynes hunmed softly at the
curb.
'Sish looked into his overcoat poo
Z ket. "Hishte." he said. got a cigar?"
That was the making of a new
The half dozen stops necessary for
tpopportuAe freight trains. draw
bridges inconvenfently open and
The Washington times., 1916-06-17
WAR VETERANS TO
ELECT DELEGATES
Representatives at National En-
!. !. campment Of Spanish War
Body To Be Chosen Today.

De,.s.t.. ars 20 =. cno..r for the
,.t,ono, .ncsn,n,n.n. 80 az a.. n,.t
nat'onai encanipment OF the spanish
War Veterans at the annual meeting
Temple this afternoon.
4 osf,.ors ~ the .nnu., .r,.mnment
,.,,, -. .,... a.. n...s., e"'"''p'''e"'
VIII De e'ecteo TINS evening
gram for the afternoon session. Among
these reports will be n recommendation
Or onnyovoi n, the nlr,n,,,r, wage
TOT opprova OF tne Ih'himum wase
bill now peIore Congress, proud,nR LOT
payment OF not less than 70 per dsy
The Washington times., 1916-06-17
LaudS Achievement OF
Bradley Gish and Haynes Car

Last Sunday morning at o'clock
Bradley Gish. local dealer. drove q
stock model HAYNES car from Sew
enth and New York avenue IN q
northerly direction. The destination
OF the car was New York city. from
which Gish intended on the return
trip to break the existing records to
Washington.
He did.
All that this arduous trip called
for with It's demands for tremendous
speed, rugged. enduring strength and
power were In the Haynes. That
was proven conclusively long before
the record breaking car arrived In
Washington Wednesday morning.
All the daring and neryeless skill
Il needed In its driver were In the
steady hand end cool. calculating
brain Of Bradley Gish.
Trip North Uneventful.
Leisurely the Haynes rolled away
from Washington early Sunday
morning. The trip to the North
was almost uneventful. II was
long. arduous. a twelve-hour run
through wet. sticky fog and mist
that penetrated the party to the
marrow.
It took almost an hour and .
half to Baltimore-no great speed.
And those brief periods when Gish
stepped on the accelerator the
Haynes responded eagerly. but
gave no indication of the powers
beneath her hood.
At Philadelphia the party loafsd
over lunch. grateful for the
warmth of the restaurant. After
ward-1:30 p. m.-they proceeded.
On the ferry from Jersey City
to New York there was not much
small talk. Every man was think
ing oo Of one S.t sh I,ysn 81 sp.,
Wednesday morning. shortly after
8. the Haynes stopped In front of .
small lunchroom in Jersey City. Hot
coffee-black. thick. and heavy with,
the taste Of chicory; q pocketful Of
fat cslNlrs for Gish. who chews and
smokes them necessarily. and the
Haynes purred slowly over to the
Hudson tubes entrance-from which
all previous record runs have begun.
AT 5:23 a. m. Gish lit his first cigar
while the Haynes chugged good-by
to the grim gray ferry houses at her
back. Ten minutes later the Car
CROSSED the iron bridge on the plank
road to Newark. and at 5:i5 reached
Broad and Market streets.
Car Holds the Road.
The speedometer bodied variously
between 40 and So. all the way
to Metuchen. Through the CORFU
gated trails of northern Jersey. over
the rough ribbed roads that wound
in seeming endless curves. the
The Washington times., 1916-06-17
Police STILL TRYING
TO FIND LOST NAME
"Mr. Jack" Following Fresh
Trails Today In Search Of
Missing Identity.

'Mr. Jack" the man without a name.
will continue his search for his lost
Identity in Washington today. Some
time late this afternoon, unless an in
faiible clue to his Identity develops.
he will 20 to Baltimore. there to submit
himself to the surgeons Of Johns Hop
kins University. In q final effort to have
the mists Of aphasia cleared from his
brain.
since he arrived in Washington yes
terday morning from August. Ca, ''Mr.
jack has presented q battling mystery
to the police Of Washington. At his
request they are making every effort to
run OUT several local trails which
have been suggested by the young man.
who Il positive he spent several days
here last February.
At Phillips Exeter.
After working all day yesterday upon
his statements that he stopped at
hotel across the street from Polls
Thester. and that he IL positive that
nine years ago he was a student at
Phillips Exeter Academy. the net result
ss sd n e. N.s ssd se Tst. t fssn .ss
recognizes Mr.. Jack" as a young man
VINO stopped at the hotel several
When he declared he had attended
Phillips Exeter Academy. Inspector
Of Detectives Grant secured the city
for alumnae of that institution. He
located several and last night had them
cali at police headquarters. None of
them. however. recognized Mr.. Jack"
The Man without q Name. however.
was shown a copy OF THE Pean," the
college yearbook. for 1909. In II was a
picture Of the college campus. without
hesitation he picked out all Of the build
ings. giving them their proper designa-
lions. and accurately described many
OF the men he said were in athletics
during the time he claims to have been
at the school.
Other Trails Followed.
Other hotels and other trails will be
followed today by the detectives. Should
these all fail. the young man. accom-
panied by w. T. Trowbridge Of Angus
"a. who has befriended him. will go on
to Baltimore.
An x-ray examination was made OF
my skull just after awakened In Au-
gusta. after having been lost in the
Savannah River swamp last February"
said Mr.. Jack" today, This examina-
ton showed what appeared to be two
Expressions Of the skull. Maybe II
these are removed, can remember my
name and the name of the town in
which I live.
II am willing to undergo an oper-
alton. If this fails, think II I am
set down in Bangor Me-, ! can 60 home
In an automobile"
The Washington times., 1916-06-17
Two Bullets in His Back.

William smothers. colored. 7 Limerick
Court. is at Emergency Hospital. He
has two bullets in his back. His condi-
ton 10 serious.
The police say that the man was shot
during an alteration yesterday after
noon near Third street and Virginia
avenue. They are endeavoring to ap-
prehend another colored man whom
they charge, fired the shots.
The Washington times., 1916-06-17
Knights of Columbus
To Have Field Day

The family reunion and field day Of
the knights Of Columbus of Washing
ton will be held at chesapeake Beach
July II. Tickets are being distributed
among members by the finance COM
mittee Of the organization.
Proceeds of the event will DO used
in the education campaign planned by
tho knights. Ticket distribution Is in
charge of DR.. A. d. wilkinson. chair
man: p. J. Galligan. vice chairman;
Thomas X. Gallagher. secretary, and
b. r. Myers. treasurer.
The Washington times., 1916-06-17
Fire Engine Skids
And Uproots a Tree

While responding to a false alarm
last night. No. engine skidded and
collided with tree near Second and e
streets northeast. The tree was up
rooted and the engine continued across
the pavement, demolishing an iron
fence IN front of c2 e street north
east
Private william Toy was thrown
from the engine and sustained minor
injuries, which did not necessitate hos
pital treatment
The Washington times., 1916-06-17
Upperville Horse Show
Opens After Two DELAYS

The Upperviile vsJ horse show,
of rain. opened today.
Scores Of Washington horse lovers
and other society folk went to the
quaint little Virginia town to partici-
pate in the show or watch the perform
ances Of the thoroughbreds.
The Upperville show IL rated as one
Of the best In the East.
The Washington times., 1916-06-17
Picnic Is Postponed.

Because OF the rainy weather Of the
last few days. the annual picnic 81
Christ Church Sunday School, which
was to have been held At Glen Echo
next week. superintendent II. W. Dor.
sey has not named the exact date Of tho
picnic. but II probably will be Thursday
or Friday.
The Washington times., 1916-06-17

single halt for gasoiene and oil to-
tailed fourteen minutes lost.
Besides the fourteen minutes not
taken of for these delays. after
the car left Baltimore. Gish de
cided to play safe with q new rec
ord already made by coming into
speed" II he had spurred the car
to its best for the last ap-Balti-
more to Washington-the new fig-
ures would have been closer to
seven hours.
Both car and driver. however.
have well merited the tribute mo-
tordom extends. II will be difficult
to divide their laurels.
In hailing Gish as washingtons
newest road champion. the motor
world acknowledges a wonderful
markable than what II has accom-
pished.
Bill Ullman. our pride and Joy. has
tumbled from the pedestal on which
We hung him. The Statistic Cham
pion pulls some higher mathematics
in the present issue OF the American
Motorfst. Says Bill:
The little city Of Los Angeles each
month pays $3.50. 900 more for its gaso-
lene than II did one year ago. Think
what 1t means to take nearly 1900
per day from q community"
"sir:"-respectfully inquiries q. A.
M.-"Have you ever thought what q
lot OF truck there Ia on the market
which IL supposed TO come into the
pleasure-car class"
Six months ago we Joined the LIN
coin Highway Association. We ac-
quired much literature and a hand
some gold button bearing the ini-
tial L and three colors; red. white
and blue. We were glad to Join
such a movement and we admired
the button a great deal.
On a trip to New York. previous
to the recent mountaineering run
the car passed under a railroad
bridge. II bore a large red. white
and blue rectangle; an L In the
what's that" we asked Duck
stein. thinking Of a hot cup Of
mo. answered our esteemed con-
temporary sarcastically - Landing
place for submarines"
After which we wrapped our cloak
Of obscurity a little tighter and
dozed of again.
Automobile dealers Of Fort Wayne.
Indiana. have unanimously agreed
not to acsept old cars as part pay
ment Of purchase price on new cars.
Henceforth. purchasers in that city
will have to pay cash for their new
cars.
old cars with the dealers who will
try to dispose Of them to best advan-
tage of the owners. This move Is
a result OF heavy losses by dealers
in accepting trades Of unstable
used cars.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
SPOR T.

Ad Wolsast announced that he had
booked four fights for next month. be-
ginning with a fifteen-round match in
Kansas City, Mo, New Year day with
Otto Wallace.
The St. Louis Cardinals were almost
sold once again. Russell II. Gardner
millionaire manufacturer of st. Louis.
offered Mrs. Helen Britton. owner Of
the club. s25O.0O0.
That Joe Tinker, deposed manager
of the Cubs. will purchase the Colum-
bus. Ohio, American Association Club
soon was the confident belief of his
closest friends at Chicago.
The Colorado trotter, A. r. G..
brought s1,7OO. the top price. in the
sale of trotters and PAGERS at the
Union stockyards in Chicago. E. B.
Brown OF Denver bought A R. G.. aft
er spirited bidding.
Billy Anderson, cowboy who
weighs 204 pounds and puts every
ounce OF it into his business arm
when he takes poke at anybody. Is
Jack Kanners pick for the heavy
weight honors in the D. a. C. tourney
in Denver.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
FoRxion.

The small Russian steamer Skiftet
has been sunk by striking mine near
Abo. Finland.
The new Almanach de Gotha's list
Of nobility fallen in the war includes
25S counts. SGT barons and 1,465 les
ser nobility.
Announcement of the new board OF
agriculture's intention to guarantee .
fixed price for wheat was made In the
House of Commons in London.
Death OF Prince Guido Henckel Won
Donnersmark, the second richest man
in Germany, at the age of Sc, was an
Iounced by the official press bureau at
Berlin.
American schooner William Mason.
bound from Perth-Ampoy for Var
mouth, N. s., has been lost with all
hands, according to report received
at Halifax, n. S.
Premier BRANDS proposal to sup
press the manufacture and sale OF
spirits in France. which is generally
approved by the public, is being
fought by the powerful liquor trade
interests.
The House OF Commons at London
passed a resolution presented by the
government that an additional num-
ber of land forces not exceeding l.
100000. shall be maintained at home
and abroad"
Three German army officers, cap
tain and two lieutenants who escaped
from a Siberian prison camp have
been killed in Mongolia by Russian
soldiers, according to the Chinese for
eign office at Peking.
The Argentine steamer Curumalan.
which sailed from Cardiff. Wales, on
Sept. 81. with cargo of coal has not
arrived at Buenos Aires, and it is
feared she has been sunk. She car
ried a crew of twenty-nine.
The report from Berlin that the
Kaiser may soon invite the American
ambassador. James w. Gerard. to
headquarters for a discussion of posi-
BILE mediation by the United States.
aroused much comment in diplomatic
circles at The Hague.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
nLLA TAKES cARRANzA HOME.
Big Estates at San Pedro de las Co
lonias Fall Into Bandits Hands.

Ell Paso, Tex. Villa celebrated
'hristmas by capturing San Pedro de
's Colonias. the home of his arch
nemy. Gen. Venustiano Carranza.
This was stated in advices from for.
ign sources in northeastern Mexico.
San Pedro de las Colonias is north.
'ast of Torreon. captured on Friday,
IN the railrond line leading toward
Monterey. which is Villas present
object
1t is rich agricultural community
md 1t is believed to be Villas pur-
pose to raid the farming section to
replenish his stores OF supplies.
Carranza's estates are among the
argest in the vicinity OF San Pedro.
which also has the distinction of hav.
ing been the birthplace of President
Francisco l. Madero.
Mexicans on the border took It for
granted the Carranza and Madero es.
tates would be devastated, inasmuch
as the Madero properties are being
administered by the de facto govern
ment.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
Merrill Separate Maintenance Suit.

Pueblo.-Sensationa charges were
brought out in the opening session OF
a separate maintenance suit that is
arousing keen interest among the So
cial circles Of Pueblo. The suit is that
OF Mrs. Coda B. Merrill. prominent So
ciety matron. against George W. Mer
rill, chief train dispatcher of the Pueb-
10 division OF the Santa Fe railroad
Twenty-seven love letters. declared to
have been written to Merrill by two
women correspondents. were intro
duced in evidence. Merrill. under
cros-examination by the plaintiffs
counsel, admitted that the letters had
been written to him by Mrs. Anna
Chittenden, formerly OF Denver. and
now OF Cheyenne, Wyo., and Mrs. Mol
lie jefferson. wife OF a prominent
Omaha physician.
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
GENE ERGl.

The Standard Oil Company an.
nounced an advance OF 1c in refined
oil in cases for export.
Marion HarIand Mrs. Edward Pay
son TerhuneJ celebrated her eighty
fifth birth anniversary at her hon in .
New York by working. She is the
author Of more than forty books.
Oregon's prohibition law was given
a blow at Portland when Circuit Judge
Henry E. McGinn ruled that the state
had no authority to limit or prohibit
citizens from manufacturing OF i'm
porting liquor for personal use.
The sale at foreclosure Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Of the St Louis. Iron
Mountain & Southern railroads was or.
dered by Judge Hook in the United
States District Court at st. Louis. The
minimum price for the Missouri Pa
cific was fixed at 1850 600 and for
the Iron Mountain at $4,000 900.
Gen. P. Elias Gales announced at
Douglas, Ariz.. that he had petitioned
Venustiano Carranza, first chief OF
he constitutionalist party, to decree
lies wide along the entire northern
border of Mexico, to facilitate com
Ierce between the border sections OF
Mexico and the United States.
The will of Mrs. Clara L. Ricciardi.
'crmerly Clara de Riquet, princess de
Ihimay. formerly Clara L. Ward, and
petition for letters testamentary
we're filed in the Probate Court in Chi
ago by John w. Gary The petition
ecites that the estate is worth ap
,roximately s1,124,935.s6 in personal
roperty and $4,000 in real estate
practically all of which is left to
giuseppe Ricciardi. who is in Italy
Marie de Chimay daughter, and
oseph de Chimay. son, who resides
Paris. Mrs. Clara L. Blakeslee Of
chicago, cousin, is given a bequest
Of $4,000.
At Wichita. Kan, five bodies were
| AIKEN from the ruins, and three per
ons are in critical condition as {
esult Of an early morning fire which
.estroyed the Kansas Masonic Homo
mailing a money loss estimated .,
| ESQ, 900.
Charles H. Sheriff.. former minister
| o Argentina and organizer Of thu
;Ieat preparedness parade in New
York, has refused to accept S1oo, ,oot
,equeathed to him b. his mcthar-iu
| slw, Mr., earaA netksg 0sbhs ~
I - Z 111 - s6sa1s -
& y ri {i<s III I'M s n, "
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
FROM rELEeRAPHIc REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMP RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR. ..

Petrograd admits the retirement Of
Russian forces in the Dobrudja region.
A spirited engagement has been
fought in Galicia and Berlin reports
the breaking Of the Russian line.
Berlin records attacks favorable to
Turks and Bulgarians in the Struma
region of the Macedonian front.
Berlin announces the capture of 900
Russians in that section and declares
the Teuton advance is continuing.
Ell 4rish, an Egyptian town on the
frontier of Palestine, has been cap
tured by the British after a siege Of
two years.
Hundreds of Bulgarians were
drowned when q Russian regiment
drove detachment of the enemy into
Lake Ibolata.
British troops penetrated advanced
German positions north Of Arras. Sub
seQuently they were elected by Ger
man counter attack.
Several attacks by Russian troops
on the German lines along the front
in Volhynia and farther north were
repulsed. the war office announced at
Berlin.
Increased artillery activity Is re-
ported along the Somme and on the
east bank of the Meuse in the Verdun
region. the scene of the latest French
advance.
Gen. Joffre handed over the com
mand OF the French armies OF the
north and northeast to Gen. Robert
George Neville. recently appointed
commander-in-chief
French forces have taken a total
of 1887 German prisoners on the
Verdun front since Dec. Is. according
to the announcement made by the
French war office.
A report received at Ell Paso. Tex,
and said to have come from Chihua-
hua City, stated that Villa and his
forces attacked Torreon and the bat
tie was a violent and bloody one
The Ordway new era., 1916-12-29
Confessed Deserter Surrenders.

Greeley.-Declaring that ne was
tired OF being hunted and lodging ev-
cry peace officer he saw, man Civ
ing the name of James A Carr. who
claimed to be desertor from troop
L. Twelfth cavalry. stationed at Hua-
cida, n. NJ, gave himself up to Off
GER Martin and wanted to be taken
back for military trial. He enlisted
in Pennsylvania and was serving his
second term. The officers telegraphed
the commander OF troop l. at Huacida
asking what to do with him.