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The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
a. FL. TO FIGHT
FOR NOLAN BILL
President Gompers and Repre-
sentatives Agree on So MIN
imum Wage Measure.

President Samuel Gompers. Of the
American Federation of Labor, last night
conferred with Representatives Nolan and
Keating and representatives of the Fed
eral Employees Union and agreed that
the tight for the Nolan 50 day minimum
wage bill should be continued.
The sentiment Of the conference was
that the 10 per cent graded increases
made In the legislative, executive and
judicial bill were entirely Inadequate and
inequitable. The labor leaders say that
sentiment in the House of Representa-
tives favors the Nolan bill and enough
members have assured the California
Representative they will vote for his
measure, to make victory certain.
The Senate leaders do not favor the
Nolan bill, however, although they admit
that general graded increase for em-
ployes Is necessary. When the legislative
executive and judicial bill reaches the
Senate It may be materially amended
since the sentiment Of many Senators
canvassed yesterday was that the in
creases granted by the House were not
adequate.
President Wilson was officially invited
to address the mass meeting in National
Rifles Armory on December 20. by Presi-
dent H. NJ. McLarin. Of the Federal EN-
ployes Union yesterday. A reply to the
invitation is expected today.
The legislative committee of the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor has had a merry
time trying to arrange a conference with
Chairman Fitzgerald, of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations. but has not
yet had the opportunity to discuss the
question Of higher wages with him. 1t
seems certain that the New York repre-
sentative will be among those who will
oppose any increases in excess OF the 10
per cent included in the legislative bill.
District branch of the Federal EN-
ployes' Union met last night at the Cham
Der OF Commerce and passed the follow
ing resolution: Whereas, the movement
for increased salaries for the government
employees and those OF the District of
Columbia has gained great headway
through the sustained support of the
press, be 1t
Resolved: That we extend our thanks
to the press Of the city. particularly The
CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
GREEKS BATTLE
AGAINST FRENCH
Fighting Reported IN Progress
Sixty Miles from Saloniki
byOverseas News Agency.
tBy the Intern.tion.I New. service.

(By the International. News seryiee.)
Amsterdam, Dec. 12-Five thousand
Greek regulars are embattled with
French troops sixty miles southwest of
ssloniki. according to semi-ohiciaI news
dispatches from Berlin today.
Though there was nothing in the days
message from Athens to corroborate this
assertion, advices from the German
capital were to the effect that the news
Is fully credited in Germany and is
hailed there as the opening of Greek
armed actions against the entente
Athens dispatches to London character
lied the situation in Greece as compare
lively calm. though it is added that vir-
tualiy all citizens of the entente nations
have left the Hellenic Kingdom.
The new allied demands, it was re-
ported have not yet been definitely
drawn up for presentation to the Greek
government.
The Overseas News Agency announced
the lighting between the Greeks and
French took place north Of Katerini on
the western shore of the Saloniki Gulf,
that the Greeks captured Katerini, broke
through the French lines and took up a
nattie line between, that town and BOr-
botzke.
Vice Admiral Dufournet today was ac-
cused by the German semI-oficiaI News
Agency OF having violated a truce. Com
ing upon the heels of the vice admiraPs
removal as commander in chief Of the
allled naval forces in the Mediterranean,
and the appointment OF Admiral Gaucher
In his stead, this charge was suggested
by some observers here as being respon-
slble for the charge. It is believed King
Constantine demanded Dufournets re-
moval on the same accusation,
An authorized Greek individual Is
quoted by the Overseas Agency as having
stated in the Berner Bund that in spite
OF the fact that a truce had been agreed
upon. at the request of the French vice
admiral. the latter allowed entente war
ships to open a sudden bombardment OF
Athens
Thirty-eight projectiles were fired,
seven striking the Royal Castle, 1t is al
legged
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
Washington Woman Sues
france Who Tilted Her
And Welded Her Niece

New York. Dec I3.-MiEs Leonora M.
Edie, Of Washington, ID. c., whose niece,
Miss Florence Caroline Mol, eloped win
James L. Knox, publisher and one-time
Harvard athletic coach TO whom Miss
Edie had been engaged, has begun suit
against Knox In the Supreme Court
for $500 which she said he owed her.
An action against the publisher which
followed his elopment was compromised.
according TO Miss Edie's complaint, and
Knox agreed to pay her $50 a month 30
long as she remained unmarried ultil thu
sum OF 500 should have been paid"
The plaintiff says s2.3oo was paid up
to April Is last, when shs says. Knox
Jailed to remit.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
NAKED STUDENTS FLEE
POLICE in SNOWSTORM
Cross River on Snow While Feminine
Friends. Shiverins. Are Arrested.
CBy the International News serviee.

(By the International News Serviee.) D
Brewster. N. Y, Dec. 1a-washington
and his half clothed army who crossed
the Delaware in dead OF winter In pur-
suit Of liberty had nothing on a party of
ten or twelve college students who made
their escapes near here from a sherifr's
posse.
The students carried their clothes In
their arms, not to keep them from get
ting wet, but because they didn't have
time to don them. In two road houses,
from which they escaped, the sheriff 5
men found number of women in the
same predicament.
The posse raided the roadhouse on COM
plant OF a number of wealthy residents
OF the neighborhood. As they started
battering down the doors, the students
jumped out of windows IN the rear and
boarded an old scow that lay on the
edge of a pond.
A binding snow was falling and there
was q cold wind. They suffered keenly
until they could get to the other side
and dress.
The sheriff arrested George Ashmore,
his wife, and q number Of women who
had preferred arrest to escaping m-
clothed in the icy winds.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
PRETTY GIRL STUDENT
Caught IN Police NET
Arrested While Mailing Note from Her
Escort TO His Wife.

(By the International News service.)
Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. B.-Damari.
Tompkins, pretty 1s-year-old student
Of an exclusive Philadelphia girls school,
was held here today at central police
station while detectives were searching
for Raymond H. Gardner. Of Boston, who
Is alleged to have induced the girl to &C
company him here.
The girls parents, Mr.. and Mrs. d. ID.
Tompkins, of Ardmore, Q Philadelphia
suburb. are now en- route to take back
their daughter.
The girl was arrested while she was
mailing a letter addressed Madame
Gardner. F. D., fremont Street, Boston -
1t had been written, according to police.
by Gardner to his wife.
In 1t was a declaration that "you are
to my mind as artificial and unnatural as
the Empress Shang Tu of the yang
dynasty Of the Chinese empire"
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
Hitch IN BORDER PACT
NOW DEEMED PROBABLE
Arredondo Goes to New York for Con,
ference with Pani.

Eliseo Arredondo. Carranzas Ambas-
sador-designate t6 the United States, left
for New York yesterday for an impor-
tant conference to be held there be-
tween members of the Mexican side OF
the American-Mexican commission or
border control. The commission will hear
from Senor Pani, just returned from
Mexico, Gen. Carranza's views on the
recently drafted protocol.
Senior PAM is believed to have elaborate
comments by CarranZa on the protocol,
and suggestions for numerous changes
1t is feared that he may attempt to
precipitate some new question when the
commission reconvenes December IS, al
Philadelphia.
The most serious hitch, It is stated.
would come should Carranza insist on
having the embargo on arms and am.
munition raised. at least as far as his
government was concerned.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
BAY Liner SUNK
BYSTRANGE SHIP;
EVERYONE SAVED
Steamer Powhatan Rammed
by Mysterious Vessel IN
Hampton Roads.
WIRELESS MAN HERO
Washington Steamer Southland Res
cues Passengers from Bali-
more Boat.
By the I.ter.ation.I News serviee.)

(By the International News serviee.)
Norfolk, Va. Dec. 1a.-With half Of her
starboard side torn away by q collision
with an unknown vessel and an ex-
plosion Of her boilers. the Merchant and
three and half fathoms Of water. three
miles southeast Of Thimble Shoals in
Hampton Roads.
The vessel was sturck about 7:3o o'clock
tonight and sank within half an hour
while Capt. Chase, her skipper, was en-
deayoring to beach her.
Wireless calls brought a number Of
Warships and other vessels. The James
town, Of the Old Dominion Line, took
on the Powhatan's passengers and trans
ferred them to the Washington steamer
Southland, which will reach Norfolk at
l q m Four were injured.
Her wireless operators call brought the
Revenue Cutter Yamacraw, the Steamer
Jefferson. of the Old Dominion Line, the
Nantucket OF the Merchants and Miners
Line, and several warships in Hampton
Roads. in addition to the Jamestown.
searchIishts Outline Ship.
The warships were less than five miles
from the scene Of the collision and they
Immediately dispatched the Idestroyers
the sinking ships. Powerful searchlights
on the warships turned toward Thimble
sheals. Illuminated the way for the ves-
sells hurrying to the rescue and outlined
the doomed Powhatan so that she was
almost visible from the shore at Old
Point Comfort
The jamestown was the first to reach
the Powhatan. and while she kept her
searchlights on the ship, lowered her
lIreDOaIs tn 0fT
crew.
The wireless operator on the Powhatan
Kept up a continuous call for assistance
and advised answering ships that the
vessel was in momentary danger of turn
ing oyeI
Half ship torn away by collision;
please send help head one message.
While the Powhatan was making for the
sbore, the vessel began to fill rapidly and
part OF her cargo poured through the big
hole ih her side. The Powhatan listed so
far on her port side that those on board
could not remain on their feet.
Wireless Man Hero,
The wireless man stuck to his post and
which read. Vessel rapidly filling; danger
caDs:zing: hurry help"
Answering calls to this message were
received from the fleet Of rescuing shfps
The operator later sent out calls for
physicians and several were sent from
the warships in Hampton Roads on tor
redo boats.
Three Of the latter vessels stood by the
Powhatan for two hours while physicians
were treating the injured.
The force Of the collision jarnmed the
door OF the Powhstan's wireless room so
tight that the operator could not get out
He was lying on his face part of the
time while the ship was listing to her
portside. He had no light. the electric
system having been disabled when the
ship was struck.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
Days Developments IN
Fight for Higher Pay

1. President Gompers conferred
with the labor group IN Congress
to bring about action on the Nolan
g q day minimum wage bill
4 President Wilson invited to
address mass meeting for increas-
ed salaries at National Rifles Ar
mory. Wednesday. December 20.
q District branch, Federal EN-
ployes Union. indorses support Of
The Washington Herald in move
ment for higher salaries. -
4. Additional increases in salary
granted in postal appropriation
bin.
5. Representative Hubert, Of
New York. introduced a retirement
bill for employees Of the Treasury
Department. which, If passed. VIII
operate to increase salaries.
6. Women employees claim they
are Disseminated against in the
government service because Of sex.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
Is o. s. NOW AT WARP

Columbus. Ohio, Dec. is.-Ohio Su-
preme Court today was asked by
Judge Advocate General H 8. Turney.
OF the Ohio National Guard, to deter
mine whether the United States Is at
war with Mexico. This Is the first
tribunal to consider the question of
our status with Mexico.
The question was raised in a man.
damus suit seeking to compel State
Auditor Donahey to pay -Adjt. Gen. e.
B. Bryant $4,000 instead of $4,000 a
year salary. An Ohio statute says the
acting adjutant general shall be paid
$4,000 in time Of war and $4,000 In
time of peace
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
Girl BRIDE MURDERED;
PHYSICIAN ARRESTED
Detroit Scandal May Involve Other
Doctors-Husband Is Accuser. ,
(By the InternationaI New, s.ry,c,

CBy the InternatienaI News Service,
Detroit, Mich, Dec. IA sensational
scandal. which already has resulted In a
charge Of murder being placed against
one physician and which threatens to in
volVe others, was revealed here today.
DR.. Henry A. Lounsbcrry, a well-to-do
physician, is charged with thu murder OF
Mrs Madeline Kramer. q pretty 1s-year-
old bride. whose body was found half
frozen in a ditch near Taylor avenue.
Around her throat was a window cord
tightly knotted. A blood-soaked gag,
made from strips torn from her under
clothing. was In her mouth. She had been
missing since December Z.
The arrest of the physician resulted
from intinaations dropped TO the police by
the girls husband, Ambrose Kramer. He
intimated that she was about to become
a mother. and believed she might have
submitted to an illegal operation.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
ALLIES DECLARED DrsrRusrFuI

Baltimore. Nd. Dec. 13--srhat the Ger
man peace overtures might after all
serve only to awaken false hopes for the
cessation OF hostilities, inasmuch as The
allies may look upon Germany's tntentions
with distrust was the opinion expressed
today by Theodore Marburg. former
minister to Belgium. Mr.. MarburE said
that Germany was now holding the
trump card and was naturally ready
anxious TO talk peace
an my opinion" said Mr.. Marburg.
nothing Germany is likely 10 offsr will
bring peace at this time. The allies are
unwilling to trust the futurs Intentions
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
HAD LOVE UNDER BOND.

Akron, Ohio, Dec. 13-Marriett More
zalis wasn't content with formal an
nouncement Of engagement and exchange
Of rings in accordance with the custom
Of the Greek church. but signed with
her hance, John Damaltos, a written
contract to marry, with $500 penalty
attached, she recites in q breach Of
promise action just filed.
She claims the contract provided they
should wed between September and
September 10. Damaltos refused to carry
OUT the agreement she says, and now
she asks for the $500 plus interest
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
FRENCH TRANSPORT SUNK.

Berlin (via Sayville). Dec. 13-The ad-
miralty. tonight issued the following an
nounceinent:
"a German submarine on December L
near Malta, sank the transport steamer.
Algerie, of 1000 tons, which was IN the
service of the French navy.
1.-THE Algerie was bound from Saloniki
to France. OF the military persons on
board, one officer and six men were made
prisoners"
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
THREE DIE AS MUSIC PLAYS,

New York. Dec. 13-The despondency
which had gripped Gustav Hum for
several months snapped under the strain
OF music early today and he murdered
his two little children ana then corn
mitted suicide.
Blum was secretary Of the naval train
ing ship Granite City and had been des-
pondent ever since his wife had been
placed in an asylum. -
Neighbors found the bodies of the
father and the children. Joe, 10. and
Elsie, 4. They said they had heard ..The
Rosary played continually last night.
The roll was still on the piano wher
the bodies were found.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
TASTE OF real WINTER
ENCOUNTERED HERE
Homesoers Face Near-Blizzard When
Mercury Drops 20 Degrees.

Washington is IN the grip of real win
ter weather which Is expected to con-
tinue for several days Last night was
the coolest night Of this winter, the
mercury dropping TO % degrees.
The snow furry last evening began
In blizzard-liks form, and hundreds Of
people ON their way home from the
downtown districts were caught in q
pected as summer. II blew here from
q storm which originated over the Great
Lakes.
The forecast for today 10 fair with a
declining temperature. The high wind
VIII moderate somewhat and win prob
ably shin 10 . north and northwsstsriy
dfrsc<ipa
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
TEPER'S Wife Tells =
OF HAPPY Home LIFE
Paints Picture of Marital Devotion on
Part of Husband. Accused Slayer.
CBy the lnternation.I New, s.,v,.. !,

(by the International News Service. D
Buffalo. N. Y. Dec. IA picture of
martial devotion and happy home life
was drawn before the jury in the Teiper
trial today by Mrs. Laura Teiper. wife
Of John Edward Teiper, who is accused
Of numbering his aged mother that he
might profit by her will The defendant.
she told the jury, was devoted to her
their three small children. and their home
life.
Mrs; Teiper, slight, girlish, and excep-
tionally pretty, showed the effects of tbe
four weeks strain as she related before
the crowded courtroom the actions Of her
husband on the night that Mrs. Teiper
sr., was murdered on the lonely orchard
road.
All evening, she said, her husband had
played with the children. finally putting
them to bed before his mother came to
attend his birthday dinner. It was at her
own suggestion and not her husbands.
Mrs. Teiper said. that the dinner party
was arranged. ..-...
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
REJECTS WILSON AS ARBITER

. London, Dec. 13.-An Amsterdam dis
patch quotes the Cologne Germany
volkszeitung as saying: I'VE contest the
right Of the President Of the United
States 10 act as a moralist with regard
to the acts OF belligerents."
The statement is contained in an article
on the removal of Belgian workmen and
the inquiry of the United States with
regard to them.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
NEEDN'T WEAR ,EM SHORT.

Tulsa, Okla, Dec l8-It rests entirely
IN the Judgment Of the chorus giri. not
the theatrical manager. as to how much
Of her Frankie Bailey's she may with
modesty disclose. Trankfe Bailey used to
get 10000 year just on the grace of
her underpinnings) This dictum may not
go on Broadway, but it's the law In
Oklahoma as enunciated by Judge h.
B. Schaeffer.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
SAYS ALLIES SHOT AT PALACE

Berlin (via Sayville wireless). Dec.
1Ss-Several projectiles were fired in
the direction of King Constantiue's
palace by allied warships during re-
cent disorders in Athens. according to
an anonymous interview given out to-
Agency.
The interview. which Is attributed
to -an authorised Greek personality" |"
Isr1gtnaliy appsarsd - ne Bsrnsrbun1-
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
DOCTOR IN SING SING SUED,

New York, Dec. I3.-Dr. F.. Waldo
Whitney. a well-to-do specialist, who for,
mer!y lived at 211 West Sixtieth street
but whose address is now Sing Sing
was made defendant yesterday in q suit
for $4,000 damages brought by Johr
Beutelman, who declared that his wife
Margaret Kolb Beutelman, died as tn.
result of an operation by the physician.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
CALL ARBrTER UNNECESSARY

London. Dec. R-The Manchester Quar-
dian, the leading Liberal newspaper In
England, declared today that ian arnis-
tice or the Intervention Of third party
Is not necessary to consideration OF the
proposals."
1t added that any interchange Of Views
must be Immediate and direct. The Guar
dian evidently presumes that the pro-
posais stand chance ef getting serious
eonsidsrzfions
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
Senator Salisbury Chosen
By Democratic Caucus to
Be President of the Senate

Democratic members of the Senate in
caucus last night selected Willard SauIs-
bury, Of Delaware, for president pro-
tenn OF the Senate to succeed the late
James P. Clarke. of Arkansas
Senator Ollie James. of Kentucky, had
been suggested for the place, but made
1t known he preferred his name SHOULD
not be advanced.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
MANY HURT IN POWDER BLAST

Baltimore, Nd, Dec. 12-By the explo-
sion Of powder used in the manufacture
Of munitions at the plant Of the Bartlett
Hayward Company near Turner'S station
Baltimore County, shortly before noon
today, two young women employees were
seriously injured and many others were
slightly injured
The two more seriously injured were
rushed to Mercy Hospital here whils
those who received lesser hurts were
given treatment at the company,s em-
ergency hospital connected with the big
works.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
War Has Cost Allies
Toll Of 1872 Vessels


By InternatiensI News servfceo
Berlin (via sayvflle wireless),
Dec. B-The destruction Of the
French cruiser suffren brings the
naval losses Of the allies up to 1ss
vessels since the beginning of the
war. It was announced today
through the Overseas News
Agency.
These do not include special
ships such as auxiliaries. -
The total tonnage of the de-
stroyed ships Is 7A.soo.
One hundred and twenty-three of
, them. with a total tonnage Of $685.
200. were British.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
CANADA scoRNs PEACE.

Saskatosh. Sask., Dec. Ia-Canada,
through its premier, Robert Borden. gave
It's answer to Germanys peace offers to-
day in no unmistakable terms.
People Of this land and Of the British
Empire are determined there shall be
no truce" said the premier. speaking be-
fore a large assemblage. THAT is the
Spirit Of Canada-at the front, at the
hospitals and al the training camp"
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14

Reduced Fares for Chrisfmas
Holidays to points South, December 20
& IS e issa sGS.hssa ss ssa i{ 3 GSr.rls zss
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14

Union Savings Bank
Christmas Savings Club Cor ie17 onsns
Dscsmbsr 2o>-Advs
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14
WILSON TO URGE
ACCEPTANCE OF
PEACE PROPOSAL
BULLETIN.

London, Dec hwsdsy)-Tbe Austrian government has resigned
This announcement made Reuter- dispatch from Amsterdam
The Washington herald., 1916-12-14

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-14
URGES LIVE" PROGRAM
FOR WORK OF Church
Cooperation of Laymen Advocated al
Meeting Of Washington Institute
of Evangelism.

Getting the lsymen of the church to
cooperate in uplifting the community
through church and evangelistic work.
instead Of making the pastor and
evangelist shoulder the work alone.
was the topic discussed by Rev. David
H Craver, OF Geneva. n. Y yesterday
afternoon before the Washington In
stitute of Evangelism, in the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church
DR.. Crsver advocated the adoption of
a Tive" program of church work
which would appeal to the red -blooded
men and women of the world. rather
than the anaemic class OF church
goers, who respond only to the lem
onade and ladies' aid"
Rev. II. n. FauIconer. of Baltimore.
expressed similar ideas He said
Every man, woman. and child in ev-
cry congregation ought TO consider
himself a preacher Of the word of
God"
Rev. William p. Fulton. OF Philaoel-
phis. said: The world will never be
Converted by pastors alone" He de-
clared that Billy Sunday was doing
great work in that he was popu-
lariring religion among the people and
the press.
Others who spoke were Rev. Her
bert Wells Veach, of Rochester. n. Y:
Rev. Murdock Mcleod. of Minnes polls;
Rev. John Mcdowell, Of Baltimore;
Rev. George ID. Mahy. Of Philadelphia.
and Rev. Henry C. Minton. of New
Brunswick, n. J., who presided.