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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-16
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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-16
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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-16
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The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
CHILD ASSAULTED
Man Held Charged with At.
tacking 8-Year-Old Girl.

Charged with simple assault on pretty
little s-year-old Alice Wine. Harry C Tay-
lor. IS years old. 23IS o street northwest.
was yesterda arrested by Precinct De-
tective Scribn, The nSn denies the
charge He was held for $50 collateral.
According to the story told the police
by little Alice. daughter Of Robert Wine.
a grocer. 3oS5 Cambridge street northwest
and substantiated by one of her play
mates. Taylor yesterday morning went 10
the house at 3o5l Q street which is for
rent. The little girls were playing in
front OF it. He entered with a key which.
It is alleged by the police had been OBJ
taincd from the agents for the property.
and invited the children to come in. it is
charged.
Little Alice, according to he- statement.
was lured to a second floor.
Postman CavanauGh. passing on his
mail delivery route at the time. heard a
child scream, and securing assistance. on
tered the house. The man had left. Pre-
CinCt Detective SCribncr was assigned the
case and Taylor was soon arrested. The
man. according to the statement of De-
tectivc Scribner. admits he was in the
house with the children, but denies any
assault was committed.
Taylor told the police that he is mem
ber of the army who have no profess
sion
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
TEUTONS IN DASH
lnterned Sailors at Philadel.
phia Attempt to Escape.
CBy the international New. Service

(By the International News Service.
Philadelphia, Pa, March 1s.-A break
for liberty was made at $50 tonight by
German sailors held on board the COM
merce raiders Prinz EiteI Friedrich and
the Kron Prinz Wilhelm at the League
Island Navy Yard.
A number of the men managed to
escape the navy yard barriers and scat
tered over the meadows between the
built-up section of South Philadelphia
and the navy yard.
A large detail Of mounted police and
patrolmen were rushed to the scene to
aid In rounding UP the escaping Germans
Two Of the sailors surrendered when
fired on by policemen and a member
OF the marine guard as they were
swimming TO shore In the Back Basin.
where the raiders are anchored.
Later, according to the police. the re-
naming FIVE were fshed out of the
Delaware River near the yard.
Absolute secrecy with regard to the
escape was maintained by the officials
of the navy yard. so that It was not
certain how many sailors escaped.
Persons near the yard said that four
made the dash for liberty.
While the mounted policemen were run
ming sailors to cover. the searchlight OF
the cruiser Salem. moOred near the raid
ers. played over the marshes between the
yards and the city
Since the severance of diplomatic rela-
tons with Germany mounted policemen
in the downtown districts have been sta
toned near the yard. but usually their
duties have consisted in keeping off
prowlers. They became busy about .
O'Clock however. when the Germans were
sighted creeping along the sea wall of
the back channel.
Inside the yard near the northern end
OF the back channel. where the raiders
arc moored. is a stockade about sever
feet high. This stockade protects the
landing place and inside OF 1t is stationed
a squad of ten to twenty marines. Tents
have been provided for the marine guard
and when the men are of duty they sIeeT
inside the stocksde, -
In order to elude the marines the Ger.
mans crept along the seawall until they
came to the end of the stockade and
then took to the meadows. where they
were taken by surprise
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
ATTEMPT MADE ON SAFE
'OF STORAGE WAREHOUSE
Watchman Discovers Cracksman a,
Work and Calls Police.

An attempt was made to blow the safe
in the Union Trust and Storage Ware
house at First and I. streets northeast
shortly before midnight
Carter Young. the colored watchmar.
was returning to the office in the build
ing from his rounds at midnight when
he saw the face Of a white man peering
at him from an Office window. He tried
to open the door into the office but
found the lock iammed. He ran to a
telephone and called the Ninth Precinct.
and Lieut.. Hodges. Bicycle Policeman
William. and Detective Sergts O'Brien
and Burlingame responded.
The policemen found that the combina- :
ton had Been cracked and hole bored
In the safe. but 1t had not been opened.
Young told the detectives that about II
o'clock, while he was passing from one
building to another. he was struck on
the back by a piece of concrete. but
could not see anv one. and the detectives
think the safe-cracker was trying to
stun Young.
Police were searching all hooks and
crannies of the warehouse until late
this morning in the hope they would find
the safe-cracker hidden.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
CARS BOMBARDED
Bricks and Bottles Smash
Through Car Windows.

More disorder than any day since the
strike began occurred yesterday
Bricks and bottles were hurled at cars
manned by strikebreakers in different
parts of the city. some finding targets
and one strikebreaking conductor was as
saulted by two passengers.
Three unidentified white men. It was re-
ported at police headquarters last night
after throwing a bottle through one OF
the windows of car No. s24, of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company at
S:4S last night fled into 1870 Water street
southwest. a house in front of which the
car was standing.
James Lewis, an 1S-year-old strike
breaking mOtorman on the Anacostia
branch of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company. was hit on the head
with a brick last night and Is now in
Casualty Hospital with a fractured skull.
Someone. the police do not know who.
threw 1t at him while he was running his
car along Nichols avenue southeast
Lewis was taken to the hospital. where
he is still confined. suffering from a jag 81
three-cornered laceration over the righ'
eye and a fracture of the frontal bone.
Thomas Madden, % years old. 4O6 Sixth
street northwest, a conductor on Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company
car No. "a. last night reported to the po-
lice that while his car was passing Water
and p streets southwest shortly before G
o'clock two unidentified white men board
ed the car and assaulted him. He sus-
tained a cut finger.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
PLAN Rate BOOST
Railways Will Ask Increase to
Meet Wage Raise.
'By the international News seryice.D

IBy the International News Serviee.D
New York, March 19.-The threatened
strike OF 10000 railroad employees was
averted today. The agreement between
the chiefs of the four big brotherhoods
and the conference committee Of the
railways came at the end OF two days
and nights OF discussion
The conferences were conducted by
President Wilson's committee O. four.
headed by Franklin X. Lane. Secretary
Of the Interior. The conclusion was
reached at 6 O'Clock this morning.
The agreement reached grants the
eight-hour day TO the 100000 engineers,
fremen. conductors and railway train
men. The brotherhood chiefs abandoned
their demand for pay at the rate of time
and a half for overtime. Pro-rata pay
for overtime was accepted.
The compromise. according TO state
ments today by officials of the national
committee of the railways. will cost the
railroads of this country 81. COO a year.
They admitted that a demand will be
made upon the Interstate Commerce
Commission for the privilege OF raising
rates.
Franklin Lane just before his departure
LOT washington. stated MS -pellei tnat
the railroads would be entitled 10 some
compensation.
Six hours after the agreement was
reached. the announcement that the
United States Supreme Court had upheld
the AdamsOn law by vote Of five to
four reached the successful Federal med
iators, the railroads committee and the
brotherhood chiefs.
The decision caused spirited discussion
among the labor leaders at the Hotel Bilt-
more because OF the clause which denies
the right to strike by railroad mon. hold
ing that they are in the public service.
W. C. Lee. president Of tho brotherhood
of Railway Trainmcn and spokesman for
the brotherhood chiefs. said
Il would not undertake in the face
OF the decision just handed down to
question or interpret the action OF the
Supreme Court. II We are government
employees. or public employees. all right
but ! don't believe We are. We've al
ways been against public ownership of
the railroads and We are now We pre-
fer to work for private corporations.
There is more money and less politics.
''As to the ruling that we have no right
to strike without submitting our de-
mands to investigation. we'll interpret
il for ourselves when We reach the occa-
sion"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
RUSSIANS SWEAR
TO 0CONTINUE War
Proclamation of Revolution.
ary Government Vows Ma
tional Unity Against Foe.

by a powerful stroke the Russian
people have overthrown the old re-
gime. A new Russia is born after long
years of struggle"
Thus opens a proclamation issued to
the people of Russia tonight by the
provisional government.
The message asserts that "the gov
ernment will faithfully observe all al
liances uniting US to other powers and
all agreements made in the past"
1t urges the Russian people, and par
ticularly the army, to unite in full
filling the patriotic duty of saving Rus
sia from its foreign enemies and
bring the war to a victorious conclu-
sion"
The former government is violently
assailed for its crimes and blunders.
Petrograd. March 19.-The French Am
bassador to Russia today handed to the
foreign Office a message from the French
government In reply to Foreign Minister
Milukoff's circular-note to the entente
governments in which he told of the alb
dication Of Nicholas II and the acceptance
of the throne by Grand Duke Michael
on the condition of a pop
lar vote.
THE government of the republic" says
the French message. expresses its wishes
for the good fortune and the grandeur of
Russia.
Convinced that the ties that unite the
allied powers will become more close and
intimate every day the government of
the republic is assured. as Is NJ Milukoff.
that these powers which have fought for
nearly three years for the triumph of lib
erty and justice. upon which rests the in
dependence Of the peoples, will continue
to battle without truce or failure until the
final victory"
Republic or democratic monarchy. a
united Russia, intent on fighting the war
To the bitter end, will arise from. the
-ulns of the old autocracy. There will
y" no separate peace with Russia s
."gies. This was the outstanding de-
v,lopment today of more than a week
of startling developments.
The message which Foreign Minister
NJ. Miliukofr sent to all diplomatic rep
resentatives OF Russia in foreign lands
is looked upon here as a corner stone
Of the new governments structure
THE government can not forget for a
single instant the grave external circum-
stances in which II assumes power" the
message said. Russia did not will the
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
POLICE HOLD WITNESS
In STRANGLING MYSTERY
Benny Sternburg. "a, Arrested in
Connection with Hilair Case.

(By the International News Service. }
New York, March 19.-Benjamin Stern
berg, "a years old, was held tonight for
further examination tomorrow as a ma
terial witness in connection with the mur-
der of Mrs. Elsie Caven Hilair, the
Brooklyn woman strangled to death in
the Hotel Martinique last Thursday.
He was located in his home in Brook
lyn by Acting Capt. Coughlin, of the
Brooklyn detectives. He admitted know
ing Mrs. Hilair; that he met her and
her niece, Miss Irene Murray, in the Or
pheum Theater, Brooklyn, Thursday.
March 8. that he saw Mrs. Hilair at least
three times afterward
But he denied having telephoned to
Mrs. Hilair's home in Brooklyn the day
of the murder. He says that he last
saw Mrs Hilair Monday, March 12; that
she had tried to induce him to meet her
the next day but that he was unable
to do so. He denies having seen her on
Wednesday and Thursday or having been
in communication with her
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
MEN With GUN SEEK
AUDIENCE With WILSON
Foreigners. When Arrested. Claim to
Be Inventors.

Alexander Gwiazdowski, 81 years old Q
native Of Poland. and Joseph Kolodziez-
czak, . years old, a Russian, both of
whom said they lived in Toledo, Ohio,
were arrested at the Union Station last
night by Detective Sergt. Springman. The
men wanted to see President Wilson and
show him a special armor which will
protect the ships of the United States
from submarine attack and also an i'm
provement in the United States subma- :
rine
When the men were searched at police
headquarters 1t was found that Alexan-
der carried a .3S caliber revolver a num-
ber OF cartridges, and % cents in cash.
He is held charged with carrying con-
cealed weapons. Joseph had in his pos
session a pawn ticket for a watch and
S5.16 in cash. He is held for investiga-
ton.
The attention OF Detective SprIngman,
on duty at the Union Station. was first
attracted to the men when the telephone
Main (the Executive Mansionl De-
tective SprinGman walked to the tele-
phone room and noticed both men crowd
ed into the same booth. When they saw
he was watching them they came out
"Who do you want to get on the tele-
phone?" inquired the officer.
I'VE want to talk to President Wilson
said Alexander.
you can't get him on that phone
said the officer. come on down here
and I will see what can do for you"
The men were led to the police room
at the station.
The men said they had been In Wash
ington only twenty-four hours.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
Fifteen LOST LIVES
ON TORPEDOED ship
Vigilancia' Captain Says Members of
Grew Were Drowned.

London. March l9-Capt. Frank A
Middleton, of New York. skipper OF the
American steamship Nigilancia, stated
positively tonight on his arrival in
Plymouth that fifteen members of his
vessels crew lost their lives when the
Vigilancia was torpedOed by a U-bo--z
TIL" survivors were in open. lifehoa :
from Friday morning until Sunday aft
ernOon.
Several American citizens were
RmoEE those drowned, according TO
Middleton. He said Third Officer NeiIs
=. North and Third Engineer Carl Ade-
holde were among the victims.
The captain asserted his ship was sunk
without warning.
He added that several times during the
night while he and others were drifting
in a iifcboat. he saw submarine fol-
lowing hf:y Sards behind. but no attempt
Mas made TO render assistance
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20

Chicago, March 1s-Rush orders to
halt the mastering out Of militia were
received from Secretary of War Baker
by Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barrick in COM
mand of the Central Department of the
army. today.
New York, March l9.-MaiI sacks con-
tanning documents for the United States
government and the British Embassy at
Washington were rihed on the Cunard
liner Saxonia. which arrived here this
afternoon from Liverpool
New York, March ia decree of di-
vorce has been granted to Mrs Dorothy
William McCombs from William F. Nc
Combs, former chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee and one of
the earliest supporters of President Will
son.
London, March 19.-The smallpox epi-
demic in Germany is increasing SAYS
press dispatches from Holland today.
There were 146 cases and II deaths in
Berlin last week. it was stated.
Laredo, Texas. March 1s-About 1oo1
Germans We're among the S.5i9 persons
who entered Mexico by way of Laredo
last week, according to figures made pub
lie by the State Health Department here
today.
London, March 19-It is costing Eng
land $30,OO0,O00 daily to carry on the war.
it was announced in the House Of Com
mons today by A. Bonar Law, chan
cellor of the eXchequer.
New York. March IA $25, 900 cargo of
cotton. consigned to the du Pont works
for the manufacture of explosives. was
lost today when a lighter burned at her
pier here. The fire department is investi-
eating.
New York. March 19.-Fve firemen OF
the United States revenue cutter Seneca
were landed in sha cl<les today and Jailed
pending their court martial on charges of
mutiny. There was no official explana-
ton made of the arrests.
. New York. March ia. w. Cudden-
back, superintendent of the East Jersey
Water Company. which supplies Paterson
and Other cities. has ordered an armed
guard placed At the plant
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
New French Cabinet
Named by Government

Paris, March 1.-THE following new
cabinet was officially announced to.
night:
Premier and Foreign Minister Alex
andre Ribot; Minister of Justice, Rene
Viviani; Minister of War, Paul Pain.
love; Minister Of Marine, Rear Ad.
miraI Lecasee; Minister Of Munitions
Albert Thomas; Minister of Finance
Joseph Thierry; Minister OF the In
terior. Louis J. Maly; Public Instruc-
tion. Jules Steeg; Public Works
Georges Desplas; Commerce, EtIenne
Clementel; Agriculture, Fernand David
Subsistence, Maurice violette; Labor
Leon Bourgeois; Colonies, Andre Magi-
not; Under Secretary for Aviation
Daniel Voncent.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
YARDLOOTED and fired;
PYROMANIACS BLAMED
Lumber Yard Official Also Finds Lock
of Safe Pried Off.

Thieves ransacked the lumberyard office
of Thomas ]. Shryock & Co. at South
Capitol and G+streets late last night and
then set fire to it.
The fire was discovered by a pedestrian
and an alarm telcphoned to No. engine
company. 1t spread to some nearby piles
Of lumber but the firemen extinguished
it with loss of only 500 and were about
to leave when William r. Mahon. the
manager of the company. arrived and dis
covered the office in confusion.
Mr.. Mahon discovered that the back
had been pried off the safe and the en-
tire office had been ransacked, but moth
ing of value taken,
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
DEMAND WAR TRAINING,

New York, March 19.-Students in New
York City High Schools cannot wait until
the State law for compulsory military
training is put into effect. A vote taken
among the students in five high schools
showed today that s. per cent voted to
begin drills Immediately.
Two hundred and fifty boys from one
school stormed the Seventy-1rst Regi-
ment Armory today and demanded to be
given military instruction.
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
CHANCELLOR outlines
GERMANY'S Big TASK
After-War Battle Gigantic" Warns
Bethmann-HolIwes.

'b! thS International News Service
Berlin via Sayville wireless). March 10
AFTER the war We will face a task
more gigantic than was ever a nation's
fate to face before-a task so enormous
that everybody in the nation must lend a
helping hand"
This is an extract from the speech of
the imperial chancellor. DIR. Won Beth
mann-HellWcE. in the Prussian Diet
wednesday. detailed report of which
was given out today by the Overseas
News Agency
The premier said that Germany will
have to have strong foreign policy
We don't want to face our enemies
with Dragging and boasting but with the
real inner strength of the nation" said
the chancellor. Before the war the in
terests of the working class were fire.
quently opposed to interests of state and
the employers. hope the war has cured
this error"
The Washington herald., 1917-03-20
MILITARISM DANGER
SLIGHT, SAYS GERARD

New York, March l9.-"Only when the
military are given absolute control is
there any danger of militarism." said
James w. Gerard. former American Am
bassador to Germany. in a speech here
this afternoon. in which he urged uni
versal military training
THE United States stands today in a
position not pleasant" Gerard said He
urged that the nation stand back of Pres
ident Wilson as a unit
What we ought to strive for is peace
and honor. because honor includes
peace" Gerard concluded