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Oct Jun0.
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chi EIGHTEEN HOTEL

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Il. Weyrich Sheet Metal Works

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be- Selephon Srnbis 1880.
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Eelepbon Grodeft 65s.
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The Washington herald., 1917-06-03
Chamber of Commerce Presi-
dent Proves His Faith in
the Soundness of the Con-
solidation Movement.

With the trail blazed for the merger OF
all of the trade bodies of the District at
the Forward Washington" meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce, the machinery
was set in motion yesterday to bring
ABOUT the organization of one central
body OF business men as speedily as pos
siole, as proposed by Joseph Berberich.
The important developments yesterday
IN the movement for a larger and more
enective commercial organization were:
1.-The resignation of A. Leftwich Sim
clair, president OF the Chamber OF Com
merce, to assist the consolidation plan.
EIhe announcement that the consoli-
oation plan will be presented to the board
OF directors and membership of the Board
OF Trade for early consideration
S-Announcement that a committee of
representative business and professional
men had been requested to study the
commerce a definite working plan by
Wnlch the merger may be brought about
d rom norfolk, Va, late last night r.
Merchants% re%sj sIoinf,an pseisidsnt Of the Retail
tSNor Ia consolidation Of the trade bodies
sL,,,t' " Lne Dlstrlct, II the merger was upon
fiaS fsiauitsoie, eonstructiye and scientinc
mead OF the merchants. however, until he
. mas aetermfned what the sentiment Of
tna5 oody IL toward the merger plan.
WIN the latent sentiment aroused for
q unihcation Of the organizations by the
Chamber Of Commerce meeting, ii was
the main topic of discussion IN businesS
GrcIes Yesterday, and everywhere the
In his letter Of resignation Mr.. SIM
Favored Consolidation for YearH
our Forward Washington movement
mas developed very strong Sentiment
among the business and professional Tnen
ana women Of the District in favor of
Ihe merger of our trade bodies. There is
a very general and insistent demand IN
the District for an organization in EasnI m
ing with the prestige, population and
wealth of the Nations CapitaI stron1
IN membership. strong in influence stron9
nIs,ItI,a nIHGe ice ana equipped to render EN-
needed WIG So greatly
have been strongly in favor of the
consolidation Of the local trade ho,1iao
years ana am still in favor of N
l Ieel that there Is greater need TODAY for
large efhcient business orRaniza tion
al the National capital than ever hefore
4, 10 snow how I stand on the nronosi.
@ tGn; and to facilitate the proposed con-
solidation of these bodies, I berebv ter-
der you my resignation as YOUR prssi6s,t
TO take effect at such time "a the nro'
posed consolidation may be agreed nnor %
II was announced unoficially BY leaders
on the movement that the Board of Trade
tion within a very few days. Confdence
Is expressed that a majority Of the en-
members Will register a choice in favor Of
tne one big organization comprising the
separate units.
E. c. Brandenburg. president Of the
Board OF Trade, does not favor the
yesterday said:
In answer to your inquiry as to whether
there should be a consolidation of the
civic bodies of the city, I am conpeIieS
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-03
SLEUTHS SEEK WOMAN
IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Location of Keet Baby. Heir to
100000, Still a Mystery.

Springfield, Mo-, June "A score OF de-
tectiyes were set at work tonight doggtng
the footsteps of strange women In
Springfield on the theory that one of
them may know the whereabouts OF Il
months-old Lloyd Keet. heir to a 5000 ,o0o
estate.
The police now feel certain a woman
was a member. II not the directing
genius, Of the gang Of kidnappers that
carried on the infant while the father,
]. Holland Keet, and the mother were
dancing at the Country Club. They be-
heve they may fnd another remarkable
woman criminal Of the type of Helen
Boyle, Of BILLY" Whitla kidnapping
fame.
Another study this afternoon Of the let
ter received by Mrs. Keet demanding
ransom led detectives to believe the
writer was not only a woman but a
woman of education. The author mis-
spelled several simple words Il. an ap-
parent enort to lead the authorities
Mr.. Keet stoutly denied this afternoon
report that he had paid over the 5000
ransom money on a mysterious auto trip
he made last night and was awaiting
the return of his child. He said he had
had no communication with the kid
napperS since Thursday
Despite this statement from Keet his
friends learned late today that Judge
Arch johnson, one of the men leading the
search for the baby, received telephone
call today and Immediately left his home
without telling any member Of his fam
turned tonight. 1t is believed that he
may be acting as a medium of comnuni-
cation between Mr.. Keet and the kid
nappers.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-03
READY TO ARREST
LAST DRAFT FOES
Final Roundup of Anti-Reg.
istration Leaders Due.To-
day. and Tomorrow.

Federal and local authorities through.
out the country last night were waiting
for word from Washington to begin a
series Of raids which the Department OF
Justice believes will break the back
bone Of the anti-registration propaganda
These raids are expected today and to-
morrow. They will clean out the head,
quarters and distributing agencies of the
plotters. They are timed to let the blow
fall just before registration day.
This plan Of the Federal authorities
up the propaganda by a general round
up of its leading advocates. The second
Is to have ringleaders of the anarchist
and radical non-registration groups in
not incite trouble around the booths.
Prepared for Trouble.
The Department of Justice is prepared
on Tuesday when the booths open. Riot
ing will be dealt with by the local police,
and sufficient armed guards will be sta
toned at each registration place to pro-
register.
First Of the series Of arrests which will
mark the next forty-eight hours were
made late yesterday in Cincinnati. Thers
in the agitation against registration,
were taken into custody. Scattering ar
rests were made throughout the country.
more than 200 persons now being behind
the bars for advocating violation of the
law.
Attorney General Gregory yesterday
made the government reply to the
pacifists and propagandists who have
preached better to rot in Jail in the
good old United States than in the
trenches in Europe"
Evaders to BE Drafted.
1T has come to the notice of the de-
partment." said Mr.. Gregory, that
certain disloyal citizens. who are them
selves beyond the Conscription age. are
suggesting to the young men of the
that it is better to suffer i'm
prisonment under the terms of the con-
scription act than to register with the
likelihood of being enlisted and COM
PEELED to serve at the front
Attention Is called to the fact that
under Section of this act, parties con-
victed on the charge of evading registra-
ton are not only punished for the crime
committed but are thereupon duly regis
tered with all the liability for military
service resulting therefrom."
The definite statement was made YES
terday that 1t is the governments plan
to draft the violators of the law first.
They will be sent to the trenches with
their sentences for failing to register
hanging over them.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-03
SOUTHERN HOSTS
THRONGING CITY
Confederate Veterans Here
for Opening Of Annual
Reunion Tomorrow.

Everything Is in readiness for the en-
tertainment Of the host OF Confederate
veterans, who are rapidly arriving here
for the twenty-seventh annual reunion
which begins tomorrow AS train after
train pulled into Union Station last night
and early this morning. company after
company of the We: rams lined up and
awaited commands to march to their
quarters. either in the tents on the Union
Station Plaza or the various hotels in the
city. Old Glory was carried aloft by
hands that once bore the stars and bars
battle. Vi
hospitality to you men in gray and your
accompanying relatives and friends. Our
latchstfings swing outward for the sons
and daughters Of sunny Dixie" was the
greeting which Col. Robert N. Harper
chairman # The general reunion com
mittee: extended to the arriving visitors
last night.
Today memorial exercises will he held
at Arlington. at which President Wilson
will be present. Tomorrow a welcorns
meeting will be held at 4:30 O'Clock by
the Confederated Southern Memorial AS
expected that fully 1850 veterans will
arrive from various Southern States dur
ing the day for the events Tuesday,
President will address the veterans Tues
day. in the Arcade, Fourteenth street and
Park road.
Headquarters of the veterans in the
gridiron r""~- II the Willard, and OF the
Sons of Confederate Veterans at the
Paleigh, were busy places last night VIII
the registering of he incoming thron9s
AS during inauguration time, a public
comfort committee. headed by A Left
wich Sinclair, established themselves on
the concourse of the Union Station for
the benefit of the arriving veterans, They
have list of all houses and rooms avail
able and with the aid of Rov Sca,,t.
dispatched the visitors to comfortable
lodgings.
Flags are being unfurled from almost
every house and place of business ana
due to the flags of our allies sharin9
honors with Old Glory. the addition ~
the stars and bars make an impressive
appearance.
The picturesque official program NJ tha
reunion has just come OF the press anS
contains every detail of what will taLs
place during the week.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-03
WILSON TO DEFENSE
OF GREEK and latin
Opposes Rockefeller Foundation +,
Move to Substitute Practical Studies.
CBy the International New, SCI.


Princeton, n. J., June 2-Presidon,
Wilson and two of his predecessors semi
messages of approval and encoura ge-
ment to 1,500 friends of the classics y-bo
rallied here today to defend Greek Al
Latin against the attack of THE Rorke-
feller Formation.
The conference had been called bv
Dean Andrew Fleming West. on Prince
ton University with the assent of his
FELLOW professors and the lively co-opera-
tlon OF educated men everyWhere who
were in his confidence.
In addition to the messages from Wool
row Wilson, William H. Taft, and Theo-
dore Roosevelt. the conference listened
TO addresses by Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, Fairfax Harrison, Chairman OF
the Committee of National Defense Rail-
way National Association; A B. John
son, president Of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works; Louis Buckley Stflwell, Of the
National Research Council; and Cha
n. Herty, former president of the Amer
lean Chemical Society.
In obtaining 50 many business men Of
the hTst rank to declaim against the
schene of DR.. Flexner, OF the Rookie
feller Foundation, to confine educatIon
to the teaching OF utiIitarian stu6ies
Dean West designed to demonstrate thai
the classics are as valuable in the eouip-
ment Of the practical man as IN that
part:
I'VE should have scant capital tn trsds
on were We TO throw away the wisdom
We have inherited and seek our for
tunes with the slender stock we have
ourselves accumulated.
This, Il seems TO me, IA the real az
gument for holding every man We can
to the intimate study Of the ancient
The Washington herald., 1917-06-03
OUTDOOR MASQUE
ATTRACTS $1,000
Sylvan Theater Opens to I'm
mense Crowd at Base
of Monument.

Mrs. Christian HennInick and the United
States government "got away with theif
big open-air masQue, The Drama Tri-
umphant," at the new Sylvan Theater on
the Monument Lot last night, but II
wasn't the fault of Jupe Pluvius, the
wel-known weather god.
The barrage fire of rain, which swept
the performance into the discord on FRI
day night, wasted itself in little bursts
Of afternoon hate" yesterday and by the
time Mrs. Hemmick was ready for her
big drive at o'clock, the weather man
was out Of ammunition.
1t must not be thought that the drama
Is anything but triumphant in the Capital,
for not only did Is 900 persons through the
Monument Grounds from s street to the
top Of the hill. with 5000 failing to-get
seats, but a good portion of the seated
crowd had held down their chairs since
early afternoon.
Haekett . Headliner.
The show was a S performance for
nothing. James K. Hackett who used
to have them all pushed on the boards
for ma tinee idoling, was one Of the head
liners. There was likewise Izetta Jewel
Brown. one of Washington's most popular
stage stars; Sophie Breslau and others
that made the program run thick with
art.
Although some wondered why the gov
ernment was putting on masques during
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-03
Lever BILL PASSED
BY UPPER CHAMBER
Amendment Adopted Empowering
Wilson to Halt Grain Speculation.

After days Of discussion, the Senate
Yesterday PASSED the Lever bill proyid-
ing food census and the stimuIation
Of production. The bill carries A total
appropriation OF $10,102ooo. II must now
return to the House, where the chanxas
made by the Senate viii be acted unon.
The bill 10 create fool Controller wfll
be taken up soon. -
The entire discussion yesterday was
limited TO an amendment forbidcinx spec
ulation on grain Exchanges It is In
tended to prevent wheat and other
cereals attaining the sky-high prices re-
Gently reached In Chicago. Senator Nell
son. of Minnesota. was author Of
the amendment. which was accepted by
q vote OF 81 TO II.
This new section defines Grain az
changes and grain traders. II stipulates
that II o speculator buying or selling
for future delivery during the war en-
deavors to 'unduiy or unreasonably en-
hance the price Of wheat or other Cereals
TO the injury Of the people OF the United
States" the President may REQUEST trad
ing to cease on the exchanee FOR ne,i.
Cd specified by him. II this reqnest d
not complied with promptly, the Presi-
dent can suspend operations arbitrarily.
Penalty for noncompliance Ia also nxed
at d,0oo fine and not more than one
year in jail.
An amendment increasing the size OF
homestead lands from gao to 60 acres
was also adopted, to apply to New Mex
loo, Colorado, Utah. Arizona, and South
Dakota
The Washington herald., 1917-06-03
SWEETHEART IN ARMS,
ARRESTED FOR Theft
Brokerage Office Clerk Charged with
Embezzlement of 100000.
(By the International News seryIee.)

-
New York, June 2.-with his sweetheart
clasped in his arms, Richard Asch, a
margin clerk in the cotton brokerage Of
nee of Moyse & Holmes, of 26 Beaver
street, this city, was arrested this aft
ernoon in the Broad Street Station in
Philadelphia
Asch had successfully eluded the officers
for three weeks. Complaints duplicating
MIN and another employe of the brok-
erage house were made about that time
10 the district attorneys office here. Ac-
cording to Phelan Beale, the attorney
who made the complaint, a third person
Is implicated in the embezzlement more
important than either OF the others In
yolved. 1t - reported that the defalca-
ton may reach $4,000. although Mr..
Beale declared tonight that he aid not
think II would exceed 800. 900.
The attorney explained that the short
age was enected by using tho accounts
OF regular customers Of the firm who
conducted their business over the tele-
pnone- Stocks were bought and sold on
tnese customers accounts. When a pro-
nt was made, those in the scheme divided
pronts. When losses were incurred, they
were charged against the firm John NJ
vale, salesmanager of the concern,
Voluntarily surrendered a week ago and
revealed the workings of the plot
The arrest Of Asch was due directly to
In the station at Philadelphia today. The
girl, Miss Margaret Anderson, barely
out OF her teens, hurried to Philadelphia
IN response to a letter from Asch. On
Miss Anderson, said to Be a rnanicurist.
stepped from the fast train and hurriedly
scanned the faces OF the men about the
exit gate Seeing Asch, she let fali her
handbag and ht rried into his arms A
and the missing clark was placed under
arrest
The Washington herald., 1917-06-03
INSANEPATIENT
slain With BAT
Keeper at St. Elizabeth
Charged with Brutally
Killing His Charge.

John overtonr a S7-year-olds negro
patient at the Government Hospital for
the Insane. was brutally beaten to death
by a keeper yesterday morning. two base
ball bats having been shattered over
oysrton's head. the police declare.
WITHIN eight hours OF the time Over
tons body was discovered IN the room
OF another insane patient, who had car
ried 1t there from the cellar, the police
had arrested James H. Shumate. a white
son, 70, another keeper
Jenerson. the police say. made a COM
plete confession, prior to the arrest OF
Shumate. who was caught as he entered
last night. Both men are locked up
at the Eleventh precinct station, charged
with murder.
Says He Was Attacked.
shumate. the police say, declares the
negro assaulted him. At any rate,
the police have evidence that after Over
70 ION W. was I IIstsiiy beaten. he was dragged
assailant unconcernedly left him. The
police also allege that the assailant walk
ed downtown and attended a picture show
JEFFERSON told the police that he found
Shumate and Overton in q fight In the
Gray Ash Building about o'clock. JEFF
ferson said he did not know what
overton; but that when he entered the
room, Shumate had a baseball bat in
his hands with which he was striking
0verton over the head and shoulders
Two heavy standard oak baseball bats,
one Louisville Slugger" and the other
Spalding. both broken and slivered,
were found In the basement of the build
bats are at detective headquarters.
Jefferson told the police that after
Shumate had knocked Overton uncon-
scions. the keeper dragged his half-dead
victim through hallway and down into
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