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The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
Snuff Is Weapon of Woman
To Hold Up One Of Her Sex

A unique and daring hold-up was
staged in Washington in the wee
small hours of yesterday morning.
1t was 4 case Of one woman robbing
another. The weapon used by the
"highway-w woman" was small
quantity of SNUFF.
Miss Sallie Gormley. aged IS, 11l6
FiftC enth street northwest, was re-
turning to her home at l o'clock yes
terday morning after having made a
visit to some sick friends. When she
was walking along II street, between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets north
west, a negro woman jumped from
an areaway and dashed some snuff
in her eyes.
The negro woman grabbed Miss
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
insult TO WOMAN
CAUSES RACE RIOT
Razors Flash as 1000 Fight in
Philadelphia Streets.
recisI TO The washington Herald.

SreCisI 10 The Washington Herald.
Philadelphia, Sept. 3O.-A mob of 500
white men engaged in a riot with a
crowd of negroes almost as large
over the alleged Insults to white wo-
men by n negro barber.
The disturbance reached such pro-
portions that special details of police
men had to be hurried to the scene.
The negro who was the cause of the
trouble is Cephus Hollway, who has
shop at Montgomery avenue and
Woodstock street. Miss Elizabeth
Smith, of No. 175i Woodstock street.
was passing the barber shop when
she declares Hollway came out and
insulted her.
She went home and told her brother
who organized the white men of the
neishborhood into a vigilance COM
mittee and started for Hollway's
shop. Threats of lynching were heard
as the angry citizens made their
way to the barber shop Meantime
Hollway got word of their coming
and force OF negroes gathered to
protect him. The barber welding q
razor in each hand defied the white
men. The latter dashed at him ard
tnefe was general melee IN Wnlcn
razors flashed right and left and
clubs were welded over many heads.
For fifteen minutes the street battle
continued.
Then the police dashed upon the
scene. Hollway was locked up as the
cause of the riot and white men
chcered as he was driven of to the
station in police patrol. Many bat
tered and cut heads were treated al
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
Drink for Stomach's S Sake,
Says Bootlegging Minister

The police assert that Jacob is a
regular "bootlegger" but that this is
the first time that they have been
able to get the goods" on him.
Jacob, they say, made regular trips
to Washington and frequently left
the cars at different points along the
route in order to battle the police.
Jacob told newspaper men last
night that he purchased the liquor
for his own personal use, and added
II am for justice. truth and love for
all mankind" He quoted st. Paul
saying Drink a little for thy stom-
ach's sake and added he was go
ing to carry out this injunction.
According to the police, Jacob fire.
quently carried a basket in order to
bring along his liquor, and on other
occasions he simply wrapped it in a
piece Of cloth used for ticking. Jacob
will be given a chance to explain in
Police Court tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
BARS NO BAR
TO Lover LIPS
Couple Reunited in Dingy
Cell After Near
Tragedy.
BY MARY LAW

In dingy cen corridor the sordid-
ness OF which was intensified by a
slaring electric light, a man. and wife
were roconciled last night, who may
be separated for many cruelty long
years by the immutable processes OF
the law.
The man was Maurice ]. Sullivan
who shot his wife's mother Saturday
evening, after a dispute concerning
his 6-months-old baby. Sullivan is not
man of vicious appearance.
There may be some secret we'll of
savagery in him. but it is not evident
to the casual observer. His most keen
sensation seems to be one of Mortified
amazement at finding himself in such
position. He reiterated, "It don't
seem possible that I'm in such a place
as this. He claims that he did not
intend TO shoot his mother-in-law, but
that she got between his father-in-
law and himself who he believed in
tended to attack with a shotgun. Con-
tlnuous wranSles with his '1n-laws,"
according to Sullivan, caused him 10
leave home, and when permission was
denied him to visit his frail baby, his
smouldering temper famed up.
While Sullivan was talking, a mes
senGer announced that his wife was
waiting to see him. His face flushed
hotly as she came in. She is a little
dark, gypsyish-looking mere girl, Just
bit worn by the racking stress she
has undergone. Under the bright cleo
trio lights she seemed keyed to the
breaking point. They kissed each
other through the cold heavy cell
bars without a word.
1t made one think Of that SONG
which runs, when people love each
other there's no need for words" But
afterward they talked in tremulous
| undertones for a long time. There
were few reproaches but they
seemed to melt away.
As she left the station, Mrs. Sulli-
| van said:
| "As soon as I knew that mother
wasn't hurt dangerously, 1 thought
| I'd have TO come to see my husband
or course, when this is over, well
live together. And we'll live wherever
he wants to-"
Sullivan is held under the charge OF
! assault with a dangerous weapon. II
Is thought possible, however. that II
/ Mrs. Marlowe, the injured mother OF
| Mrs. Sullivan, continues TO make
favorable progress that he will get of
without any extreme penalty imposed.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
stamps have been prepared and are
ready for distribution.
Each subscriber to a liberty bond
is to receive a badge of honor, as
the official liberty loan button is de-
scribed. Ten million of these buttons
have been already ordered and are
now in the hands OF the Federal Re-
serve District Liberty Loan Commit
ties for allotment.
The Second Liberty Loan is to be ad-
vcrtised in every railway station, post
office and other public buildings, street
cars, steamboats,, mail and express
wagons and specially designed can
ceiling stamps transmitting to mail
matter an advertisement of the liberty
loan are to be employed.
Liberty loan primers. containing
questions and answers on liberty loan
bonds have been prepared by the
Treasury Department. and 100000 of
them are now being distributed
through the publicity committees of
the twelve Federal reserve districts.
Source books, containing extended
data about the war, the reasons why
America is taking part in it, and what
liberty bonds are and why they are
issued. have been prepared for the use
of school teachers, speakers, etc. More
than 100000 copies of these books
will be distributed, one of them being
sent to every school teacher in the
United States.
A speakers bureau, In cooperation
with the Federal Reserve District
Cimmittees, will send speakers
throughout the country to tell the
people what liberty bonds are and why
they are issued. Some of the most
prominent men in the country will
patriotically participate in this speak
ing campaign.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
"SUFFS" ARE At Odds
Regarding OCCOQUAN
Mrs. Lewis Will Renew Charges
Against Superintendent Whitaker.

Renewed charges against Supt.
Whitaker. Of the Occoquan work
house, were made public by Mrs.
Lawrence Lewis yesterday when she
-etuTned from another inspection trip
10 look into conditions among the i'm
pvisoned pickets. II accepted at face
value" it will disprOve the statements
made public by Mrs. Mark Jackson,
the Baltimore suff. who obtained her
l,lease on a promise not TO picket
gain. Mrs. jackson stated that the
cjions of piCkets undergoing SEN
nee. reminded her OF little girls at
boarding school, except that their
-'5behaviOT was consciously perniCi-
.--s
iI view OF the suffs' attempts to oust
O.. hittaker from his position, and dis
,eJdit the prison regime in the eyes
the public, continued refusal of the
lsluerOn House militants to make any
.-tcment last night answering Mrs.
-cksOns statement. is regarded as
raging to the sUff cause. 1t was
rE.rmed yesterday that the National
-Unan's party had nothing to say.
ID would make no reply to Mrs.
.cksOn's interview" in which the
ed picket accuses the other prison.
% Of being defiant and active in
.e1kinS prison rules from the begin
~ of their terms.
u ia time for a showdown those
touch with the whole matter de
re. il the militants would make
-OnS case against Whitaker for
coming investigation by the Dis
let authorities.
As a horrible example of work
..ouse food. Mrs. Lawrence Lewis.
ne Philadelphia woman lawyer who
- assistant counsel 10 the suffs,
ought back a piece of cOrnbread
which is said to contain worms, bear
GE out previous reports from mill
INT headquarters OF such fare. On
ais point Of diet, Mrs. Jackson stated
~ an interview made public yester-
cay that the portions were excellent
and we'll cooked, and so generous
that only Il hard working woman
could eat a full share"
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01

Special to Tha Washington Herald.
Alexandria. Va. Sept. 3c-The
Rev" Jacob Jones, cOlored an
itinerant street preacher. who on Sun
days goes out into the highways and
byways and ministers to all who de-
sire to listen. spent Sunday in a cell
at police headquarters instead of do
ing ministerial duties as he does every
Sunday without fail. Doubtless, those
accustomed to listen to the words of
wisdom" given Jacob today, were
disappointed when he failed to show
up at his usual places for Sunday
worship.
All OF this was due to the fact that
Jacob last night journeyed over to
Washington and brought back to
Alexandria eight full pints of alco-
holic stimulants, four being of gin
and four of whiskey, and in addition
Jacob carried along a half pint bottle
partially filed with whiskey evi-
IDENTIFY for his personal use.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01

Gormley's handbag. but only sue
ceeded in escaping with it after a
violent struggle. Mrs. Rose Lawton.
SOi Tenth street northwest, who was
passing, heard the screams of Miss
Gormley and came to her aid.
The colored woman broke away and
ran off down the street. A fireman
Of No. Engine House captured her.
He notified the First police precinct
and Bicycle Policeman William H.
Adams came and took her to the sta
ton.
At the precinct the arrested woman
registered as Mary Johnson, colored,
50. 2l2 F street southwest. Miss
Gormley's handbag was found on the
street where the negro woman haS
probably dropped it in her flight
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
AMERICAN SPORTS
POPULAR in China
Boys of Flowey Kingdom Enjoy
Games, Says Student.

Quaint, old Oriental China is not
so far behind the United States when
it comes TO Boy Scouts, II Tsu
Kwang Kwan, son Of a Chinese rails
road magnate, and winner Of the two
highest awards in the gift Of the Boy
Scout organization, can tell the story.
He is in Washington taking a course
at Friends Select School.
There is practically nothing in the
way OF sports in the United States
which is not known and played in
China Our boys play all the modern
games except football. But the dis
like for football is made up In the
great popularity OF soccer.
I think there is nothing on earth
which can help a boy so much as
the Scouts. 1 love 10 go out with
my troop and help do things with
them. / don't intend to forsake the
ranks OF the Boy Scouts until nv
studies make 1t imperative for me to
give IL up"
An English firm needs mattress
wire
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
CAPTAINS Wife Loses
$4,000 in Jewels,
Offers $500 Reward

New York, Sept 3O.-Mrs. W. NJ.
Littauer, wife of Capt. Littauer,
of Camp Devens, Aver, Mass, to-
day offered a reward of $500 with
no questions for the return of
$4,000 worth of Jewels. She dis
covered the loss after leaving a
handbag on a train from Boston.
She asks that the jewels be re-
turned to the Colony Club, 5si
Park avenue, New York,
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
Tries to Wreck Boat.

Hoboken. N. j.. Sept. 3O-A man who
described himself as Walter Fricks.
20. of 104 Tenth street, West New
York, was arrested tonight charged
with attempting to wreck and thus
render use 'ess the machinery of an
American vessel
A heavy bolt is said to have been
discovered in the gearing of the main
engine. and a wrench in an auxiliary
engine
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
Camp Meade Sidelights

Quite a gallery Of women visitors
watched the impromptu boxing
matches staged on the company
streets yesterday and agreed that
boxing was not as brutal as some of
its foes have painted it.
Infantry regiments will be brought
20 company strength OF 165 men each
ny the addition of men from the va
rious training battalions. The first
muster OF these augmented regi-
Iuents will be held today Visitors
will he permitted to the camp. but
they must be escorted by the mill
tary police. comprised of hundreds
Of officers of the Guartermasters
corps.
When the draft came along. Leon
Eidwell was a floor manager in Gold
enbergs. Now he Is drilling five
hours a day in Gods open country.
Leon has forgotten all about ribbons
and laces and is anxious only to note
the latest frills in machine guns.
Mai. NJ. ]. Pickering, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. is the official
athletic officer for Camp Meade. He
is man who knows how to put snap
into every athletic sport and before
his advent in army life turned out
some crackerjack football teams for
the Red and Blue. He has plenty of
good gridiron material among the
District quota.
Every one OF the soldiers speaks in
hfrhagk ~
the latter, in turn, are exceedingly
proud OF the spirit the men show.
1t is a most cougenial family in the
camp in this respect
When will We get leave?" Is the
burning question with the majority
OF the Washir gtonians, but nothing
official Is forthcoming on this sub
ject- Some OF the Baltimore men who
came in last Thursday got furloughs
saturday and others were allowed
leave yesterday, so that il would not
be surprising IL a number of the men
were permitted a weekend visit to
the Capital next Saturday.
Not all OF the District men will
have rifles The machine gun battal-
ASA oAA NdAAg PAsAOAS anu Oliy q pOT-
ton are trained with the army rifles
They all get plenty of training with
the machine guns, however.
Next Friday the second quota from
the District, consisting of per cent
Of the total, will enter Camp Meade
They will also be assigned to the
machine gun battalion until that unit
"a recruited % to fun strength.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
By RUDOLPH PERKINS.

The ghost of old John Barleycorn
will straddle a specially-made brourn-
stick. manufactured on Capitol Hill
and fly around and away with hun
dreds of other ghosts and witches
on Halloween night. because his pail
bearers have orders to report for
duty the same time.
October 81, Halloween night, will be
night long remembered in Washing
ton. 1t will be some night, IL pres
ent indications amount to a row of
pins. At least nine-tenths of WASH
ington will be downtown to attend
the funeral OF the meanest old cuss
that ever lived, John Barleycorn. He
will have more mourners than any
other individual that ever lived.
He had more friends when he was
living too. than any other fellow.
JOY and sorrow will be mixed. the
vets and the drys will rub shoulders,
the drunk and the sober will bid
hlm farewell and wake up the next
a. m. with a headache as big as all
outdoors.
In Comatose State.
He won't really be dead, just in q
comatose condition. But he will be
put out of active running. however
and what remains of him will find ar
easy chair and a protecting arm q
few miles away. Traces of him will
be found for sometime to come. The
man and the woman who have had
foresight, have a little or a great deal
laid away. and for many days and
many nights, the customary night
cap and morning bracer will be there
| just the same.
How fares the poor man who hasn't
! had the cash or the sense to lay
away a stock for rainy day. VIII
he suffer by having his toddy taker
away from him all of a sudden? H,
sure will. He will wish that he wa.
among the more fortunate persons. i
will be worse than being stranded
on the Sahara.
Rich Can Afford.
What Is Maria johnson, who lives
back in the alley, and is accustomed
to a daily swig OF the stun that
makes her fight her grandmother
going to do? OF course, grandma
won't be sorry, but how about Maria
| VIII she be happy? Will she Join the
| gay throng on the Avenue Halloween
night and make merry?
| IuesS HOl. 1dlk ABOUT Dante In
ferno. Can't touch Maria's feeling:
on the subject. And how about Mr.
Richfellow? Oh. he's alright, thanks
| to a well-flled purse.
He won't suffer. He can ride UP
and down the street in his Pierce
| Arrow and help to give a jolly send
! off to his best and worst friend His
! cellar will be better stocked with
wines and liquors than most barrooms
were before the drought. He can sit
in his Morris chair and enjoy a Man
haitian cocktail, while Maria John
son and her husband are nearly crazy
for a drink of gin.
It's a funny world. but the man
who hasn't laid in a stock of wet
goods won't agree with you II you
tell him that Not much Ina gine
John Rumblossoms" feelings when
he Collides with a white ribboner" on
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
Halloween Night Brings
With 1t Death to "John
Barleycorn" in District

, Halloween night. Provided a cop
isn't near. there's apt to be some
| broken heads that night.
Police on the Job.
Now IL anyone ina agines that the
rolice department is going to be off
duty that night he is very much mis-
| taken. There is grave doubt IL a
single policeman will be slumbering
that night. And there is strong
possibility that quite a few, extra
ones will be sworn in. For haven't
the bar keeps already said that on
Halloween night the sky will be the
limit. They sure did, and they meant
it too.
Somebody has to take care of "Mr.
PERIODICAL" because he may desert his
wife and "cheeild'' that night and
go on one grand toot. A toOt that you
will be some toot. A toot that you
never saw before. The drug stores,
bless their soul, are laying in a stock
Of headache medicines. They know
their business
VIII Arrests Decrease.
Naturally the question of the So
cialogist and criminologist turns TO
the question, "Will there be as many
arrests for drunkenness after the
town goes dry?" Yes and no. Both
ways. Here's how. as the barkeep
! says.
There is without the slightest doubt
an enormous stock of booze laid
away. At least eighty per cent of
the people who laid it away will
have it on the brain for some
time to come. And it will be
the most natural thing in the world,
that, having it on the brain, and
knowing that the use of it is forbid
den. inasmuch as the sale is forbid
f, den, they will drink up the reserve
stock, and drink more than they
would IL they knew they could easily
| get more.
So for a few days drinking Is apt
to increase. This information we have
| from people who handle the drinks
from the policeman to the Judge
Then the decline. Little by little the
number of drunks arrested will shrink
OF course all this time Congress will
have more curses heaped on its head
than ever before.
Judges VIII Wonder.
1
baltimore, or else convince herself
that she actually has to stop. John
Rumblossom'' will sober up and sup,
! port his wife like she's been trying
to get him TO do for ten years. MIR.
Richfellow" will have a much redder
nose, because he. too, is human and
will drink more for awhile. MIR,
! Periodical will have gotten a raise in
| pay because he can do more work.
Judge Mullowny and Judge Pugh
will wonder what has become of all
| the cases. There will be less brick
throwing, razor welding. fights, cut
ting and stabbing. and fewer assaults
| by husbands OH their wives. We know
about these things because both
| judges have remarked time and time
| again that Is per cent of all the petty
and serious offenses are the direct re-
suit of booze taken in too large guam
| titles.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01
lta,y's Post Aviator Promoted.

Rome. Sept. so.-Gabriele' D'Annun-
zlo, ltaly's post aviator has been pro-
NOTED to the rs of major.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01

An English firm needs mattress
wire.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01

Next Friday the second quota from
the District, consisting of 5 per cent
OF the total, will enter Camp Meade
They will also be assigned to the
machine gun battalion until that unit
ia recruited % to fun strength.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01

Not all OF the District men will
have rifles The machine gun battal-
ion all carry pistols and only a por-
ton are trained with the army rifles.
They all get plenty of training with
the machine guns, however.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01

Every one OF the soldiers speaks in
the highest terms Of his officers and
the latter. in turn. are exceedingly
proud OF the spirit the men show
It is a most congenial family in the
camp in this respect.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01

Quite a gallery Of women visitors
watched the impromptu boxing
matches staged on the company
streets yesterday and agreed that
boxing was not as brutal as some of
its foes have painted it.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-01

When the draft came along. Leon
Eidwell was a floor manager in Gold
enberg's. Now he Is drilling five
hours a day in Gods open country.
con has forgotten all about ribbons
and laces and is anxious only to note
the latest frilIs in machine guns.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-27
|HEADOFF THIS
PHONE STRIKE!.

TELEPHONE strike thrcaensl Electrical work
"A and girl operators numbering from o00o 10000
on the coast threaten walk August 10 unless the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Go. comes to settlement
with them their demand pending since January for IN
creased wages.
There remain weeks for mediation. concilation and
arbitration Ii would be high against the city the
and tho nation IT, during these two weeks basis OF
settlement could not be effected.
NOW the time Tor the State Council OF Defense to
step and till after the strike is actually
NOW the time for the Washington State Council to get in
with the Councils OF Oregon and Idaho and Cali
forna and Nevada and tho other councils in the Pacific
district Now the time call for Uncle Sans IN
tervention.
ALL THESE COUNCILS WILL GET BUSY AFTER
THE STRIKE NO DOUBT. ANYHOW' WHY NOT DO
IT NOW? WHY NOT LOCK THE BARN BEFORE THE
HORSE Is STOLEN?
There is right and wrong to the question presented by
the telephone workers. Right minded arbrators will get
HONEST results. There must be basis OF settlement be
the telephone company and the workers And that
basis MUST be found NOW. before the strike is onl
Get busy DR. Suzzallo Here is real work for youthe
grandest Of ALL achieve the face of
threat administer the OF prevention which worth
than the pound Of cure
Workers as well employers MUST listen to
and il is much with them NOW than
employers have got realize that in this
national they must get together Of
equality square dealing and settle their differences
friendly fashion Seattle rid herself of all this
strife and about the task OF doing her bit for
the government
SEATTLE DOES NOT WANT ANOTHER STRIKE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-27
BILL AIMED At
NON-STRIKERS
UP TO COUNCIL

The city council was scheduled
10 consider. at p. m. today. an
emergency ordinance prohibiting
any but competent trainmen from
operating Seattle street cars.
As It was drafted this morning,
the ordinance Is similar 10 that
which requires jitney bus operat-
ors to be skillful None but men
between the ages OF II and 50 will
be permitted to run cars. and they
WI have to demonstrate their abil-
ity to the satisfaction OF the super
intendent OF public utilities.
The applicant will have TO pass
physical examination. and will
not be accepted II he Is a drug or
haOltual liquor user.
Violation OF the ordinance will
be made punishable by n fine OF
not TO exceed 800 or 30 days In
jail, or both.
The ordinance was drafted by
Corporation Counsel Hugh Cald'
we'll. and II is understood that a
majority OF the city council favor
It. as we'll as the mayor.
In order that II may not work a
hardship on the Seattle. Renton e.
Southern Co. and the municipal
railway. the ordinance viii give
companies now operating 10 days
in which 10 comply with the law.